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ANÁLISE DOS RISCOS E BENEFÍCIOS NO TRATAMENTO FARMACOLÓGICO DA OBESIDADE: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DE BIBLIOGRAFIA
Authors: Vieira Júnior Cláudio Alex , Costa Ádny Adriany Lopes , Lima Rayane Pereira , Da Silva Diêgo Raffael Fernandes , Araújo Andressa Rharenna , Garcia Filho Leandro de Freitas , De Farias Layza Roberta Lima , Gomes Victoria Lee Garrido de Andrade , Manganeli Ana Gabriela de Oliveira , De Oliveira Isabelle Soares Gonçalves , Gomes Hugo Napoleão Caju Santos Souza , Oliveira Michelle Geovanna Campos
Published: February 2025

Introdução: A obesidade é um problema de saúde pública global caracterizado pelo acúmulo excessivo de gordura corporal, associado a diversas comorbidades. Seu tratamento inclui abordagens multidisciplinares, entre elas, o uso de fármacos que auxiliam no controle do peso. No entanto, esses medicamentos apresentam diferentes níveis de eficácia e potenciais efeitos adversos. Objetivo: Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os principais tratamentos farmacológicos utilizados para a obesidade, seus efeitos colaterais e a reincidência do ganho de peso após a interrupção da medicação. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática de bibliografia baseada em artigos científicos publicados nos últimos cinco anos. As fontes utilizadas incluem bases de dados como Google Scholar, Latindex e SciELO. Foram aplicados critérios de inclusão e exclusão para selecionar estudos relevantes sobre o tema, garantindo a atualidade e confiabilidade das informações. Resultados e discussão: Os agonistas do receptor GLP-1, inibidores da recaptação de norepinefrina e dopamina e antagonistas do receptor canabinoide tipo 1 destacam-se entre os medicamentos mais prescritos. Apesar da eficácia na redução do peso, muitos desses fármacos apresentam efeitos adversos, como náuseas, risco cardiovascular e impacto psiquiátrico. Além disso, observou-se que a descontinuação do uso desses medicamentos frequentemente resulta na recuperação do peso perdido, indicando a necessidade de estratégias complementares para manutenção da perda de peso. Considerações finais: O tratamento farmacológico da obesidade pode ser uma alternativa eficaz para determinados perfis de pacientes, mas apresenta desafios como efeitos colaterais e alta taxa de reincidência do ganho de peso após a suspensão da medicação. Assim, recomenda-se que o uso desses fármacos seja sempre acompanhado de reeducação alimentar e suporte psicológico, garantindo melhores resultados a longo prazo.
TECENDO INCLUSÃO: TICS A SERVIÇO DA DIVERSIDADE EDUCACIONAL
Authors: Ribeiro Elson José , Souza Alana Pena , Dos Santos Cristina Bento , Gomes Antonio José Ferreira , Nunes Cleonice Lucimar Ribeiro
Published: February 2025

Este estudo abordou o impacto das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TICs) na inclusão educacional, com foco na utilização dessas ferramentas para promover a inclusão de alunos com deficiência. O problema central da pesquisa foi entender como as TICs podem ser utilizadas para promover a inclusão educacional, considerando as diversas necessidades dos alunos e as barreiras existentes na implementação dessas tecnologias nas escolas. O objetivo geral foi analisar como as TICs contribuem para a inclusão de alunos com deficiência, destacando os desafios e oportunidades envolvidas. A metodologia adotada foi uma pesquisa bibliográfica, na qual foram analisados artigos, dissertações e livros relevantes sobre o uso das TICs no contexto educacional. Os resultados indicaram que as TICs oferecem recursos essenciais para a inclusão, como leitores de tela, softwares de adaptação e plataformas digitais, que ajudam a promover o acesso ao conteúdo pedagógico e melhoram o desempenho dos alunos com deficiência. Contudo, a pesquisa também revelou desafios significativos, como a falta de infraestrutura adequada nas escolas, resistência cultural dos professores e gestores, e limitações financeiras, que dificultam a implementação das TICs. As considerações finais destacaram a importância da formação contínua dos educadores e a necessidade de políticas públicas que incentivem a adoção das TICs nas escolas, além da sugestão de novos estudos para complementar os achados sobre a inclusão educacional por meio da tecnologia.
DIAGNÓSTICO DO SISTEMA DE ABASTECIMENTO DE ÁGUA: UM ESTUDO DE CASO DO MUNICÍPIO DE MARABÁ-PA
Authors: Portela Matheus Serra , Silva José Antônio de Castro , Ripardo Hebe Simone Sousa , Serra Joelma de Oliveira , Loureiro Glauber Epifânio , Gutierrez Lucy Anne Cardoso Lobão , Coutinho Eliane de Castro , Brito Rodolfo Pereira
Published: February 2025

O Sistema de Abastecimento de Água (SAA) de Marabá-PA, estabelecido há mais de quatro décadas, representa o principal acesso ao recurso hídrico vital para muitos residentes locais. No entanto, enfrenta desafios significativos, como frequentes interrupções no fornecimento e medidas de racionamento implementadas pela concessionária responsável. Este estudo visa investigar as causas subjacentes a esse cenário, identificar possíveis fragilidades no sistema e propor medidas mitigadoras adequadas para cada uma delas, com o objetivo de atender às necessidades da população. Na metodologia adotada, foram enviados ofícios e realizadas visitas técnicas às instalações da Companhia de Saneamento do Pará (COSANPA) para coletar dados qualitativos e quantitativos relevantes. Esses dados foram processados utilizando equações análogas à Equação da Continuidade, e com base nos resultados obtidos, foram elaboradas propostas de solução apropriadas. Os resultados revelaram a presença de dois sistemas distintos de abastecimento de água na cidade (Marabá Pioneira e Nova Marabá). A análise evidenciou deficiências, especialmente na captação e na rede de distribuição, além de fragilidades na elevação e na reservação. Cada uma dessas áreas recebeu propostas específicas de melhoria. Em conclusão, constatou-se que o SAA de Marabá opera em duas frentes: uma caracterizada por infraestruturas robustas e tecnologicamente avançadas em determinadas partes do sistema, e outra marcada pela fragilidade decorrente da falta de manutenção ou investimento em novas tecnologias, sendo esta última a principal responsável pelos problemas identificados nesta pesquisa.
“SEXTA DO PÉ-DE-MEIA” AND THE PLACE OF WORKSHOPS WITH FAMILIES IN BASIC SOCIAL PROTECTION
Authors: Cavalcante Rafael Soares , de Araújo Nicole Agnes Nunes , da Silva Antonia Liandra , Alves Hellen Cristina de Oliveira , Gomes Rafaela Maria da Silva , Teixeira Sávio Augusto Carvalho , de Morais Ana Glória França , Serejo Matheus Lima , da Silva Maiza Karina Oliveira , Lopes Josikelly Rodrigues
Published: February 2025

This article analyzes the role of workshops with families carried out within the scope of the Family Protection and Comprehensive Care Service (PAIF) in preventing rights violations, protecting families and promoting proactive actions in the context of Basic Social Protection (PSB). Through writing, we address the experience of the "Sexta do Pé-de-Meia" project, implemented in a Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS), highlighting the intersectoral relationship between public policies and the valorization of community knowledge. The research shows how workshops can enhance the active participation of families and respond in an integrated manner to territorial specificities, increasing the effectiveness of social protection actions.
A Corpus-based Study of Metaphors in the Translated English Texts of Caigentan
Authors: Xue Bing
Published: February 2025

Caigentan 菜根谭 (Vegetable Roots Discourse), a Chinese classic of Ming Dynasty, stresses self-cultivation and self-admonition with thoughts deep-rooted in Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism through metaphors.  This research focuses on metaphors related to the key concepts of the book and adopts Critical Metaphor Analysis to facilitate the analysis of metaphors related to ‘de德’ (virtue) and ‘xin心’ (heart) in the translated English texts of Caigentan. The study aims to identify the meaning associations of de and xin and the cultural implications in comparison to the original work. Ten categories of de metaphors and twelve categories of xin metaphors are identified, and they are assigned with several human and natural metaphorical images including water, object, container, plant, soil, human, etc. Further comparison reveals that: 1) de and xin share some common characteristics such as variability, powerfulness and the need for cultivation; 2) de owns material property and invisibility while xin has spatial property and visibility; 3) de needs continuous accumulation to reach the ideal state whereas xin requires reduction and purification to achieve perfection. Furthermore, metaphor could be a process of meaning interpretation rather than meaning reflection of the source to the target domain. With the corpus-based approach, this article provides a methodological frame for metaphor studies and enriches literary studies from a metaphorical perspective. Meanwhile, it may also facilitate the exploration of cultural differences between China and the West.
I Am No Man
Authors: Gregory Christina C. , Lindke Christian
Published: February 2025

In 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the ban on women serving in combat roles in the US military. This policy decision effectively opened all positions in the military to women. Decades of scholarship inform us that military service leads to long-term socioeconomic benefits, but this research has focused on male veterans. This earning advantage holds true for all male veterans but is more significant for racial minority groups. As the original equal-pay institution, the military has long been an attractive option for women on their career path, and today female enlistment rates are rising faster than any other group. This study analyzes how military service affects women who elect to serve, across several economic and social variables, and how that has evolved for different cohorts of female service members. Conducting regression analysis on multiple census data sets, we find that women who join the military gain significant long-term socioeconomic benefits in comparison to their civilian counterparts, that military service affects social variables including marriage, and that these effects are stable over time.
Decentralized, distributed and fault-tolerant context recognition architectures for smart cities: A systematic mapping
Authors: Vianna do Nascimento Leonardo , Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira José
Published: February 2025

An essential aspect of smart city applications is how to obtain context data about their users and understand them. Several works in the last decades have presented context recognition software architectures that can be applied in smart cities. This study aims to overview the state of the art in distributed context recognition software architectures suitable for smart cities and identify research opportunities. The researchers conducted a systematic mapping that provides an overview of such architectures applied in the smart cities domain. This review focuses on the following aspects of these approaches: decentralization, plugin support, resilience, data fusion, dynamic composition, privacy, and security. The researchers searched for relevant papers using four search engines (ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Springer Link). The papers returned by this search passed by a two-step filtering process: the analysis of title, abstract, and keywords; and an analysis of sections that describe the proposed solution. The selected papers include 87 works of the total 1977 papers returned in the search. The analysis of these papers has shown that only a few works explored resilience, data fusion, security, and privacy, and fewer integrated these aspects in decentralized architecture with plugin support and dynamic composition. The development of architectures that integrate these aspects is a research opportunity, especially those that present resilience and security-related mechanisms.
Analysis of Energy Consumption on Android Devices for Developers: A Systematic Mapping Study
Authors: Monteiro Edwin , Cavalcante Helena , Barreto Raimundo , De Freitas Rosiane
Published: February 2025

Reducing energy consumption is a major challenge that mobile computing must deal with. Smartphones are constantly evolving to match traditional computers in many aspects, especially in processing and memory. However, user experience is severely impacted by the rapid discharge of batteries in smartphones. This article aims to identify which metrics and assessment techniques are applied to evaluate energy consumption on Android smartphones, by summarizing factors that cause high energy consumption through a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS). The methodology of this SMS consisted of performing searches on the digital libraries ACM, IEEE, and Scopus. Sixty articles were obtained, of which 17 were identified as relevant for this study. Among the main methods identified, energy consumption is collected at time intervals based on information on battery voltage/current or on information from features such as Wi-Fi, cellular networks, screen brightness, screen duration on, Bluetooth usage, and others. Regarding the tools and applications that collect such information, there are Android batterystats, applications developed specially for each research like BatteryHub. The data is mainly analyzed by techniques such as clustering (17.65%), covariance (17.65%), Bayesian classification, and decision trees (11.76%). From these techniques, it was identified that user profile is the main factor affecting battery performance, being present in 23.53% of the articles, followed by mobile networks and Wi-Fi (17.65%), in addition to applications and services in background present at 11.76%. Finally, two articles in this SMS provide recommendations to reduce consumption based on users’ usage profiles. In summary, the analysis has shown a significant correlation between user habits and energy consumption. As a result, it is recommended that developers prioritize the exploration of artificial intelligence techniques to automatically adjust smartphone usage settings based on usage context. This approach can lead to significant battery power savings.
Bali's Silent Crisis
Authors: Lewis Jeff , Lewis Belinda
Published: February 2025

Bali and Balinese culture have become central to western imaginings of 'the east.' Along with its natural beauty and tropical sensuality, Bali's rich and complex culture has proved intensely alluring for western artists, scholars, and travelers. However, as this aesthetic imagining and desire for beauty have evolved into a mass tourism industry, the island people and their culture have experienced radical and rapid transformation. While many in the international community were stunned by the horror of the militant bombings in 2002 and 2005, these attacks were merely the apex of a profound and ongoing crisis which resonates through the period of Bali's modernization and engagement with the global economy of pleasure. Bali's Silent Crisis examines and elucidates the complex cultural and political environment of contemporary Bali. The book explains the conditions of crisis in Bali in terms of a powerful collision of cultural elements and trends, focusing specifically on the double matrix of 'desire' and 'violence' that has characterized Bali's recent past. Moving beyond a simple opposition between 'tradition' and 'the modern', this book reveals a society that is struggling to reconcile its own profound aesthetic and sense of historical identity with the intense agonisms that are generated through rapid social and cultural change. Through its thematic approach, Bali's Silent Crisis presents an image of community trauma, creative resilience and pluralization. The book records the challenges and horrors associated with transition, as well as the formidable beauty that remains intrinsic to the island's sense of cultural destiny.
U. S. Officials and the Fall of the Shah
Authors: Brotons Jean-Charles
Published: February 2025

Unlike the dominant trend in cognitive approach to foreign policy, the approach in this book is not guided by reflections in psychology. Like part of Jervis's work, it is inspired by reflections concerning the philosophy of science; yet not by Kuhn's or those of its most well-known critics, but by some more recent and formal reflections known as the AGM theory. The AGM theory, proposed in the 1980's by Alchourr-n, GSrdenfors, and Makinson, is the core of a most dynamic branch of logic, focusing on belief change. It has produced impressive formal results, with echoes in artificial intelligence, database management, and decision and game theory. This book shows how it can be used in political science. The book includes three parts. Part One is a twenty-page review of the AGM theory, avoiding a number of pitfalls, inaccuracies, and misunderstandings that are common elsewhere. Part Two is a review of U.S.-Iranian relations under the reign of the last shah, focusing on the last years of monarchy, and including an unconventional interpretation of U.S. intelligence performance in 1978. The essential part is Part Three, where an AGM model is tested, and intriguing results obtained in connection with U.S. perceptions of the Iranian revolution.
Japan in the World
Authors: Schlichtmann Klaus
Published: February 2025

The twentieth century is as remarkable for its world wars as it is for its efforts to outlaw war in international and constitutional law and politics. Japan in the World examines some of these efforts through the life and work of Shidehara Kijuro, who was active as diplomat and statesman between 1896 until his death in 1951. Shidehara is seen as a guiding thread running through the first five decades of the twentieth century. Through the 1920s until the beginning of the 1930s, his foreign policy shaped Japan's place within the community of nations. The positive role Japan played in international relations and the high esteem in which it was held at that time goes largely to his credit. As Prime Minister and 'man of the hour' after the Second World War, he had a hand in shaping the new beginning for post-war Japan, instituting policies that would start his country on a path to peace and prosperity. Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Schlichtmann examines the work of this pacifist statesman, situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating total wars that took a vast toll of civilian lives, the politics and diplomatic history between 1899 and 1949 also saw the light of new developments in international and constitutional law to curtail state sovereignty and reach a peaceful order of international affairs. Japan in the World is an essential resource for understanding that nation's contributions to these world-changing developments.
Becoming a Model Minority
Authors: GAO Fang
Published: February 2025

Becoming a Model Minority: Schooling Experiences of Ethnic Koreans in China looks at the manner in which ethnic Korean students construct self-perception out of the model minority stereotype in their school and lives in Northeast China. It also examines how this self-perception impacts the strength of the model minority stereotype in their attitudes toward school and strategies for success. Fang Gao shows how this stereotype tends to obscure significant barriers to scholastic success suffered by Korean students, as well as how it silences the disadvantages faced by Korean schooling in China's reform period and neglects the importance of multiculturalism and racial equality under the context of a harmonious society.
The Arguments of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Authors: Hall Bryan
Published: February 2025

The importance of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason in the history of philosophy is matched only by its difficulty. In particular, readers are often frustrated by how difficult it is to extract Kant's arguments from his dense prose. This book reconstructs, using the tools of propositional logic, the central arguments of the Critique. In all, the book reconstructs thirty-six of Kant's arguments spanning the Transcendental Aesthetic, Transcendental Analytic, and Transcendental Dialectic. For each argument, they begin with a quote from Kant's text followed by a synopsis that explains the argument informally. Finally, each synopsis is followed by a formal reconstruction of the argument. The synopses offer examples, metaphors, historical background, and objections/responses to aid the reader in appreciating Kant's arguments. Even though many readers who approach Kant for the first time have a good philosophical vocabulary, few will understand Kant's unique lexicon. In addition to formally reconstructing Kant's arguments, the book also includes a glossary that defines the technical terms that Kant uses in his arguments. Finally, since this book is directed largely at students, Bryan Hall enlisted two of his own students to ensure that the book is maximally student friendly. In contrast to most pedagogical philosophical literature, the content of this book has been tailored by students for students.
Peoples of the Earth
Authors: Andersen Martin Edwin
Published: February 2025

Peoples of the Earth employs a comparative history of ethno-nationalism to examine Indian activism and its challenges to the political, social and economic status quo in the countries of Central and South America. It explores the intersect between problems of democratic empowerment and security-including the appearance of radical Islam among Indians in two important countries-arising from the re-emergence of dormant forms of ethnic militancy and unprecedented internal challenges to nation-states. The institutions and practices of Indian self-government in the United States and Canada are examined as a means of comparison with contemporary phenomena in Central and South America, suggesting frameworks for the successful democratic incorporation of the region's most disenfranchised peoples. European models emerging from "intermestic" dilemmas are considered, as are those involving the Inuit people (or Eskimos) in the Canadian far north, as policymakers there "think outside the box" in ways that include more robust roles for both sub-national and international bodies. Finally, the work challenges policymakers to broaden the debate about how to approach the issues of political and economic empowerment and regional security concerning Native peoples, to include consideration of new ways of protecting both land rights and the environment, thus avoiding a zero-sum solution between the region's 40 million Indians and the rest of its peoples.

Peoples of the Earth has the potential to become a pioneer study addressing ethnic activism, characterized by multiple, small groups pressing for state recognition and democratic participation, while also promoting a defence of the environment and natural resources. Part of its attractiveness is the likelihood that the work will lead to further investigations and will become an authoritative point of departure for the fertile area of ethnonationalism studies in Latin America. Each country chapter provides a succinct but substantial presentation of the basic issue
Volatile Knowing
Authors: Tollefson Kaia
Published: February 2025

Volatile Knowing refers to the potential for positive change that can result when parents and teachers talk with each other about the politics and policies of externally defined accountability mandates in education. This text tells the story of twelve teachers and parents who breached the unofficial but deeply inscribed home/school divide to discuss the current accountability-for-uniformity movement that has overtaken the nation's educational agenda at federal, state, and local levels. This kind of volatile knowing offers hope for progressively-minded citizens: that together, parents and teachers can ignite a new, child-centered movement for accountability and creativity in America's public schools. Volatile Knowing is based on a qualitative case study of a particular group of parents and teachers who studied and discussed information about the accountability movement that is typically censored in mainstream media coverage. The themes that emerged in this study are presented through the lens of Foucault's analysis of the workings of modern power. By making the exercise of hierarchical power visible to readers, it is hoped that Volatile Knowing will prompt an expanding conversation and ongoing study of the ways in which the people's definitional authority in their schools and society can be both lost and found.
The Art of Power
Authors: von Vacano Diego
Published: February 2025

The Art of Power is a challenge to traditional political theory. Diego A. von Vacano examines the work of Machiavelli, arguing that he establishes a new, aesthetic perspective on political life. He then proceeds to carry out the most extensive analysis to date of an important relationship in political theory: that between the thought of Machiavelli and Friedrich Nietzsche. Arguing that these two theorists have similar aims and perspectives, this work uncovers the implications of their common way of looking at the human condition and political practice to elucidate the phenomenon of the persistence of aesthetic, sensory cognition as fundamental to the human experience, particularly to the political life. By exploring this relationship, The Art of Power makes a significant contribution to the growing interest in the intersection of aesthetic theory and political philosophy as well as in interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives on political theory.
Bhakti and Philosophy
Authors: Singh R. Raj
Published: February 2025

Bhakti is a remarkable feature and tendency of human existence having to do with one's devoted involvement with a person, object, deity, or creative project. In Bhakti and Philosophy, R. Raj Singh traces the larger meanings and roles of bhakti as it historically emerged in some of the well-known thought systems of India, such as Vedanta and Buddhism, with a special focus on the seminal texts such as the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagvadgita, the Bhakti sutras and the Buddhist sutras. The book specifically outlines the connection between bhakti and philosophy, a connection hitherto missed in most studies on bhakti, which happen to focus on the religious dimension as opposed to the secular and existential meanings of this pivotal tendency. The value of this work lies not only in its substantive contribution to philosophy and religious studies, but also in advancing our understanding of bhakti as a universal tendency and a vital component in resolving the ever-enigmatic philosophical problem stated in the simple question 'what is love?'
Colonial Constitutionalism
Authors: Statham Robert E.
Published: February 2025

Colonial Constitutionalism exposes one of the great failures of American democracy. It posits that the creation of a U.S. 'empire' over the last century violated the basis of American constitutionalism through its failure to fully admit annexed offshore territories into the Union. The book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens. E. Robert Statham, Jr.'s work emphasizes the pressing need—in the face of increasingly strident calls for sovereign independence from America's offshore territories—for a modern American republic, fundamentally incompatible with imperialism and colonialism, to grant full U.S. statehood to its overseas possessions.
Confronting Disaster
Authors: Sassower Raphael
Published: February 2025

Contemporary society is rife with instability. Our active and invasive study of genetics has given life to one of the great specters of biological science: the clone. The scarcity of natural energy sources has led to an increased manipulation of atomic or nuclear energy and regressive environmental policies, resulting in a greater sense of danger for everyone. The promises of economic globalization have, in some cases, been delivered, but in many other ways globalization has created even greater gaps in social and economic life. Despite the expansion of our productive and technological capabilities, our workdays grow longer, not shorter. We find ourselves in exile from our families, our friends, and from other meaningful forms of social connection. And as 'freedom' is bandied about in the popular press and media as the preeminent global social value, it actually seems that the reigning contemporary ethos of our time is stress and anxiety. While Raphael Sassower's previous work has focused extensively on science and technology, this book is significantly different. It is an urgent commentary in the tradition of Herbert Marcuse's One Dimensional Man or even Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents; a culmination of many years of research and thought carefully arranged into an extended essay on our contemporary social, cultural, and existential orientation in the modern world. This book is written for advanced graduate students, informed and concerned citizenry, and especially the young student who, in the face of mounting anxiety, must be able to make critical choices towards an uncertain future.
The Amadeus Book of the Violin
Authors: Kolneder Walter
Published: February 2025

Available for the first time in English, this book has been considered the best single encyclopedia of the violin for 20 years. All aspects of the violin are covered: construction, history, and literature; violin playing and teaching; and violin virtuosos through the ages.
PUBLIC RELATIONS NARZĘDZIEM KSZTAŁTOWANIA WIZERUNKU ORGANIZACJI
Authors: Olszewski Grzegorz
Published: February 2025

Wizerunek pełni szczególną rolę w procesie wzmacniania i utrzymania przewagi konkurencyjnej organizacji w burzliwym otoczeniu. Odgrywa też ważną rolę w kształtowaniu relacji w jej otoczeniu wewnętrznym i zewnętrznym Artykuł jest próbą zaprezentowania znaczenia public relations w kształtowaniu wizerunku organizacji. Co prawda na gruncie literatury przedmiotu nie jest to działanie nowe i obecnie już dość obszernie opisane, ale przedstawiono tu wiedzę skoncentrowaną i zdaniem autora, niezbędną do zrozumienia opisanego zagadnienia. W tekście znajdzie się również odniesienie do ważnych z punktu widzenia kształtowania wizerunku organizacji pojęć, takich jak: zaufanie, reputacja, wiarygodność i tożsamość organizacji.
MNIEJSZOŚCI NARODOWE I ETNICZNE W WOJEWÓDZTWIE PODLASKIM W ASPEKCIE STATYSTYCZNYM
Authors: Łapińska Agnieszka , Foryś Łukasz
Published: February 2025

Artykuł przedstawia wyniki badań statystycznych dotyczących pochodzenia w Polsce pochodzenia narodowego i etnicznego oraz ich wartości użytkowych. Autorka w pierwszej kolejności wyjaśniła podstawowe pojęcia i ramy funkcjonowania w Polsce. W części końcowej nazwy uznanej w Polsce narodowej i etnicznej, z wyszczególnieniem danych statystycznych z ostatniego Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego z 2021 r. Autorka także analizy historycznych problematyki mniejszości narodowych w Polsce północno-wschodniej.
Berkeley’s Ideas of Reflection
Authors: Flage Daniel E. ,   Berkeley Studies
Published: February 2025

In this paper I show that a significant body of textual evidence suggests Berkeley was committed to the existence of ideas of reflection. I argue that Luce’s claim, “One of his [Berkeley’s] cardinal contentions, urged over and over again, is that there are no ideas of the mind and its operations.” is either trivially true or false, neither of which precludes a commitment to ideas of reflection. Finally, I argue that insofar as ideas are effects of immaterial substances, there would be a strict parity between ideas of sense and ideas of reflection. Taken together, these provide good reason to believe that the common claim that Berkeley rejected ideas of reflection (the negative thesis) is false.
Feasibility Study on Automatic Irrigation Scheme on the Jos Plateau Using Wind Power
Authors: Daniel Samson , Aliyu Hassan , Mamman Buhari , Musa Yarima Sa’id , Danladi Muhammad Nazif
Published: February 2025

The over-dependence on rainfall agriculture is affecting crop production in Nigeria today, reducing crop yield and keeping farm output below demand. Irrigation farming is insurance for rain-fed agriculture even during the rainy season. The target site is Jos, Plateau state, with wind speed potential of 3ms-1 to 9.37ms-1 all year round, making it viable to generate power for pumping irrigation water. And also, the nature of the terrain which will enable or support the pump hydro storage technology. In this work, the focus is on the feasibility of a wind-powered pump hydro storage scheme for smart irrigation systems. This provided weekly irrigation water. The wind turbine farm can generate electric sufficient power to pump water from a lower reservoir to a higher head reservoir and also charge a batstery bank. At the time of irrigation, water is released from the higher reservoir through a series of control valves installed in the farm. The battery storage was used as a power source for the irrigation control system which uses the microcontroller to monitor and control the farm parameters using soil moisture sensors, a water level sensor for the upper reservoir, and the outlet valve. This system is expected to be fully automatic. The raw wind data collected was upgraded from 10m to a hub height of 50m to improve power generation. The wind turbine (S3-1000-B8) generates power to pump the minimum amount of water of 8.7m3 and a maximum of 176m3 per week. The power generated from the wind by this turbine was determined using polynomial regression which makes it suitable for this work. Twenty (S3-1000-B8) wind turbines were used to supply 180m3 of irrigation water required per week to irrigate 10,000m2 of farmland. For a one-month safe irrigation period, 720m3 of storage water is needed. From the wind potential, a single wind turbine can generate an average energy of 16kWh in a month and pump 234.864m3 of water. Therefore, in total the wind form will generate 336kWh and pump equivalent of 4,932m3.
Praktek Smart Farming Pada Kota-Kota Di Dunia
Authors: Pratio Gunawan Adi , Rohmah Siti Nur , Akbarsyah Muhammad Ali , Supriyanto Arseto Endro
Published: February 2025

Smart farming, sebagai inovasi teknologi dalam pertanian, telah berkembang pesat dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, memberikan solusi yang efektif untuk berbagai tantangan yang dihadapi oleh sektor pertanian di kota-kota di seluruh dunia. Dalam konteks urbanisasi yang cepat dan pertumbuhan populasi yang meningkat, praktik smart farming menawarkan pendekatan yang berkelanjutan untuk meningkatkan produksi pangan serta efisiensi penggunaan sumber daya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi penerapan praktik smart farming di berbagai kota di dunia, dengan fokus pada manfaat, tantangan, dan dampak dari teknologi pertanian cerdas.
Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi pustaka, yang mencakup analisis berbagai literatur dan studi kasus dari kota-kota yang telah menerapkan teknologi smart farming. Berbagai teknologi yang menjadi fokus dalam penelitian ini mencakup Internet of Things (IoT), drone, sensor tanah, dan sistem manajemen pertanian berbasis data. Penerapan teknologi ini tidak hanya meningkatkan hasil panen tetapi juga mengurangi dampak lingkungan dari kegiatan pertanian, mengingat pentingnya keberlanjutan dalam konteks perubahan iklim.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa smart farming memberikan banyak manfaat bagi kota-kota, seperti peningkatan efisiensi dalam penggunaan air dan pupuk, pengurangan biaya operasional, dan peningkatan ketahanan pangan. Misalnya, dengan menggunakan sensor tanah, petani dapat memantau kelembapan tanah secara real-time, sehingga dapat melakukan irigasi yang lebih efisien dan mengurangi pemborosan air. Selain itu, penggunaan drone dalam pemantauan tanaman memungkinkan petani untuk mendeteksi masalah seperti serangan hama atau penyakit dengan lebih cepat, sehingga tindakan pencegahan dapat diambil sebelum kerusakan meluas.
Namun, meskipun banyak manfaat yang ditawarkan, penerapan smart farming juga menghadapi beberapa tantangan. Keterbatasan dalam akses terhadap teknologi, kurangnya pelatihan bagi petani, dan masalah regulasi menjadi hambatan signifikan dalam adopsi teknologi ini di beberapa daerah. Selain itu, ketidakpastian biaya awal yang tinggi untuk investasi teknologi dapat menjadi penghalang bagi petani kecil untuk beralih ke praktik pertanian cerdas. Oleh karena itu, perlu ada dukungan dari pemerintah dan lembaga swasta untuk memberikan pelatihan, sumber daya, dan insentif bagi petani yang ingin mengadopsi teknologi ini.
Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa smart farming memiliki potensi besar untuk merevolusi cara pertanian di kota-kota di seluruh dunia. Dengan pendekatan yang tepat dan dukungan yang memadai, praktik ini dapat meningkatkan ketahanan pangan, efisiensi penggunaan sumber daya, dan keberlanjutan lingkungan. Ke depannya, diharapkan lebih banyak kota yang dapat mengadopsi dan menerapkan teknologi smart farming untuk menghadapi tantangan pertanian di era modern ini.
Model Pengelolaan Sampah Organik Berbasis Maggot dalam Kerangka Ekonomi Sirkular di Kota Surakarta
Authors: Widiyanto Herri , Yusmaman Waringin Margi , Rohmah Siti Nur , Akbarsyah Muhammad Ali
Published: February 2025

Pengelolaan sampah organik merupakan tantangan yang signifikan di berbagai kota, termasuk Kota Surakarta. Seiring dengan meningkatnya populasi dan konsumsi, volume sampah organik juga semakin meningkat. Pendekatan tradisional dalam pengelolaan sampah seringkali tidak efektif, sehingga diperlukan inovasi yang dapat mendukung keberlanjutan lingkungan dan mempromosikan ekonomi sirkular. Salah satu solusi yang menjanjikan adalah pemanfaatan maggot, terutama dari jenis Black Soldier Fly (BSF), dalam proses pengelolaan sampah organik.
Model pengelolaan sampah organik berbasis maggot dapat mengurangi volume sampah secara signifikan, sekaligus menghasilkan produk yang bernilai, seperti pakan ternak dan pupuk organik. Proses ini melibatkan beberapa tahap, dimulai dari pengumpulan sampah organik, pengolahan menggunakan maggot, hingga pemanfaatan hasil akhir. Maggot mampu menguraikan sampah organik dengan cepat dan efisien, mengubahnya menjadi biomassa yang berguna. Selain itu, pemanfaatan maggot dalam pengelolaan sampah sejalan dengan prinsip ekonomi sirkular, yang berfokus pada pengurangan limbah, penggunaan kembali, dan daur ulang material.
Dalam konteks Kota Surakarta, penerapan model ini dapat dilakukan dengan melibatkan masyarakat, pengusaha lokal, dan pemerintah daerah. Edukasi tentang manfaat dan cara pengelolaan sampah organik berbasis maggot perlu disebarluaskan agar masyarakat lebih sadar akan pentingnya pengelolaan sampah yang baik. Selain itu, kerjasama antara berbagai pihak juga penting untuk membangun infrastruktur yang mendukung, seperti tempat pengolahan sampah yang dilengkapi dengan fasilitas untuk budidaya maggot.
Studi pustaka ini menyajikan analisis berbagai literatur yang menjelaskan tentang keberhasilan model pengelolaan sampah organik berbasis maggot di berbagai daerah. Ditemukan bahwa pendekatan ini tidak hanya mengurangi jumlah sampah yang dibuang ke tempat pembuangan akhir, tetapi juga memberikan manfaat ekonomi bagi masyarakat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dengan menerapkan model ini, Kota Surakarta dapat meningkatkan kualitas lingkungan, mengurangi pencemaran, serta menciptakan lapangan kerja baru melalui pengembangan usaha berbasis maggot.
Kesimpulannya, pengelolaan sampah organik berbasis maggot merupakan langkah strategis dalam mencapai tujuan ekonomi sirkular di Kota Surakarta. Dengan pendekatan ini, diharapkan dapat tercipta lingkungan yang lebih bersih dan berkelanjutan. Selanjutnya, pengembangan kebijakan yang mendukung implementasi model ini menjadi kunci untuk keberhasilan pengelolaan sampah organik di Kota Surakarta. Melalui kerjasama antara pemerintah, masyarakat, dan sektor swasta, diharapkan pengelolaan sampah organik dapat menjadi contoh yang baik untuk daerah lain di Indonesia.
The Development Of Tourism Sector As A Strategy To Increase Local Revenue Surakarta
Authors: Arsita Nurul Cahya , Ahmadi Mirzam Arqy
Published: February 2025

This study aims to analyze the role of tourism sector development as a strategy to increase the Regional Original Revenue (PAD) of Surakarta City. Tourism is one of the economic sectors with significant potential to contribute to regional income growth. This research employs a literature study method with a quantitative data approach, based on secondary data analysis from official reports by the Surakarta City government and related agencies, covering target and realization data of PAD and tourism sector contributions from 2022 to 2023. The analysis results indicate an increase in PAD realization from the tourism sector, although the overall PAD target has not been fully achieved. The tourism sector’s contribution to PAD has shown a consistently positive impact, with substantial progress toward meeting targets. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that tourism sector development plays an essential role in driving the local economy and significantly contributes to Surakarta City's PAD. This study is expected to serve as a reference for local governments in developing sustainable strategies to strengthen the tourism sector as a primary source of revenue.
Green Level of Information Need: A Framework for Integrating BIM With Building Sustainability Rating Systems
Authors:   , Alsehrawy Ahmed Sherif
Published: February 2025

Building Sustainability Rating Systems (BSRS) such as US LEED, offer frameworks for encouraging sustainable building practices by certifying environmentally responsible design, construction, and operation, but have always been criticised of being complicated and resource consuming. While in recent years, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become ubiquitous in the global building industry, and its contributions to sustainable buildings are vast, including energy simulations, life-cycle assessment, and sustainable design support. However, there's an underexplored opportunity in using BIM to facilitate Building Sustainability Rating (BSR). This research explores the integration possibilities of BIM and BSRS. Through literature review, professional community engagement, and expert interviews, the study identifies challenges and barriers to BIM-based BSR. The Green Level of Information Need (GLOIN) framework is developed to integrate BIM data with BSRS requirements, by introducing a new Level of Information (LOI), named as the Green LOI, and dedicated to BSR assessments. This LOI captures all information requirements mandated by US LEED standards within BIM models, drawing from the new international standard ISO 7817. A corresponding computer application is created as a proof-of-concept using Microsoft Visual Studio, Autodesk Revit API, and based on the GLOIN framework principles, which was subsequently tested and validated through a real-life case study. GLOIN offers numerous benefits by linking BIM and BSR, streamlining sustainability assessments and leveraging centralised information through utilising BIM models, to serve as a single, centralised source of BSR information. This approach eliminates ambiguity, confusion, inaccuracies, and outdated information, that BSR process is suffering from. Moreover, BIM models are optimised to include only necessary details for assessment, saving time and resources. This framework enhances the application of BSR by bridging the gap between BSRS and BIM and paves the way for a more sustainable built environment, aligning with the global efforts to address pressing environmental, social and economic challenges.
A Framework to Improve Sustainable Practices in Government Construction Projects in Ghana
Authors:   , Moses Emmanuel Kobina
Published: February 2025

For the construction industry to effectively contribute to the targets outlined in the UN Agenda 2030, a framework has been developed to enhance sustainable practices in government construction projects in Ghana, specifically on building projects. This research employed an exploratory sequential design to create the framework. Initially, qualitative data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with six industry experts and a thorough review of existing literature, which helped establish a foundational framework. Following this, a quantitative component utilised a questionnaire survey distributed to 104 practitioners to refine the initial framework after comparing qualitative and quantitative findings. A subsequent survey involving 20 industry practitioners validated the revised framework. The questionnaire incorporated eight questions utilising a five-point Likert scale and two questions on a two-point scale, with their responses detailed in the thesis. The normality tests conducted on the quantitative data indicated a need for reliability assessments, which confirmed internal consistency. The results showed that Ghana's construction industry is positively aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, its influence on decision-making regarding sustainable practices in government construction projects remains moderate throughout the project lifecycle. The newly developed framework identifies and prioritises key economic, social, and environmental factors stemming from government policies that promote sustainability in government construction projects, particularly about UNSDGs 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. In addition, it highlights crucial legislative, financial, knowledge-based, professional, and technological factors that significantly impact the implementation of these sustainable practices. The study also pinpointed 20 primary organisational barriers hindering key stakeholders from adopting sustainable practices in government construction projects and proposed 13 measures to mitigate or eliminate these obstacles. Moreover, it outlined 30 essential stakeholders that must engage to enhance sustainable practices, supported by robust government policies and a solid legal framework. The successful implementation of the developed framework relies on a comprehensive and user-friendly database system to facilitate these processes.
Pengaruh Kultur Organisasi Terhadap Kualitas Output Sistem Informasi Akuntansi
Authors: Putra Alvin Ongko , Zainal Hasnawati
Published: February 2025

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh budaya organisasi (Keterlibatan, Kemampuan Beradaptasi, Misi, dan Konsistensi) terhadap kualitas output sistem informasi akuntansi pada perusahaan-perusahaan yang berada di Indonesia (Jakarta, Tangerang, dan sekitarnya). Penelitian ini menggunakan 96 responden karyaan yang bekerja sebagai finance / accounting / tax / procurement / IT / auditor di perusahaan yang menggunakan sistem informasi akuntansi. Metode pengambilan sample yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah purposive sampling dan analisis regresi berganda. Hasil dari penelitian ini menemukan bahwa Keterlibatan, Kemampuan Beradaptasi, Misi, dan Konsistensi berpengaruh terhadap kualitas output sistem informasi akuntansi