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The Perspective of External political strategy of Administration of Joe Biden in Asia-Pacific Region
Authors: Panov Aleksandr
Published: December 2021

The article analyses the main actions of Washington in Asia-Pacific region in a first year of the presidency of Joe Biden.
This analyses allows to formulate several conclusions about conception and concrete approaches of a new administration to strategy of the USA in APR as well as to relations with main countries of the region and conclusion about differences from asia-pacific policy of previous administration.
First, when president D. Trump did not take into account opinion of experts on asia-pacific problems, Joe Biden organized a team of an experienced and authoritative specialists on regional problems, as well as on relations with the most important regional states.
Second, while sharing in general the course of the predecessor concerning policy towards China and regard China as a main threat to political, economic and military interests of the USA, Joe Biden shifted and accent from pressure on Beijung on trade-economic problems toward creation of the «containment ring» around China using formation of alliances and unions of countries, which are sharing the position of Washington about growing chinese threat.
Third, White house unleashed active ideological counteraction against chinese political, social and economic system, against attempts of Beijing to export its model of «socialism under leadership of communist party», first of all, to developing countries.
Finally, through administration of Joe Biden is revealing growing concern about rise of military might of China and about possibility using force against Taiwan, in the end of 2021 year there are started to appear signs of departure from originally determination to secure a containment of Beijing by using making pressure and intentions to lower the degree of tension in american-chinese relations by attempts to reach an agreement about «rules of behavior», about «management of intense competition».
The USA and the Formation of South Sudan
Authors: Parkhomenko Valentin
Published: December 2021

The United States played a key role in South Sudanese independence, which was decided in a 2011 referendum, and provided diplomatic support and humanitarian aid. Prior to the outbreak of the civil war in 2013, the United States supported and advocated for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), which became the new country’s government. Though largely taking a back seat in meditation efforts run by the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and neighboring countries in, its internal stabilization the United States and its international partners have an interest in ensuring a lasting settlement to the present conflict in South Sudan, addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war, and preventing destabilizing regional spillover.
US – EU: new priorities in the transatlantic relations
Authors: Prikhodko Oleg
Published: December 2021

The European Union is an important player in the U.S. policies aimed at maintaining liberal world order. The US-EU interaction has been shaped by a number of key variables, including international environment, specific goals of the U.S. administrations, institutional maturing of the EU, and a complex interplay of American and European diverging and overlapping interests. President D. Trump’s tenure was the most strained period in the US-EU relations, with an erosion of mutual trust and a ghost of trade war looming large. The Biden administration has reversed the U.S. policy towards the European Union. The US-EU summit held last June signified a return of normality in the relations of the transatlantic partners. Washington and Brussels outlined a broad agenda that embraces security, trade and economic issues, coordination in international affairs (concerning, in particular, Russia, China, and Iran), cooperation in decarbonizing of the world economy and promotion of a climate-friendly environment. A broad web of links between the United States and Europe facilitates their joining efforts in addressing global and regional challenges. Although, the US and the EU reached a series of compromises to mitigate their most acrimonious disagreements (Boeing–Airbus subsidies dispute is a vivid example in this regard), there are still unsettled major issues like a comprehensive free trade treaty unsuccessfully negotiated since the Obama presidency. The “Chinese factor” may turn out to be the most divisive one in the transatlantic relations, since the U.S. tough policy towards Beijing makes the EU countries to take hard decisions they prefer to avoid. While it is premature to predict precise implications of the Biden administration’s policy, one can reasonably expect the EU to become a more helpful partner to Washington in diplomatic and economic affairs.
On the way to the "second quantum revolution": Security risks and the US-China technological rivalry
Authors: Sokolova Marianna
Published: December 2021

The article examines the prospects and risks associated with the development of quantum technologies in the perspective of the US-China technological rivalry. In the coming decades, quantum technologies will act as a driving force for technological development, and the priority in the development and use of this innovative technology will pave the way for global technological leadership in national security, digital economy, military and defense industries. A number of future risks are predicted, among them those related to the socially fair use of quantum technologies, geopolitical and national security aspects of their use, and the need to create regulatory mechanisms (including international ones) and standards for quantum technologies. The question is raised about the current ethical initiatives of the IT and business communities to prevent the risks associated with quantum technologies in the future.
Biden’s China policy: concepts, events, preliminary results
Authors: Trush Sergey
Published: December 2021

Biden’s foreign policy team worked out the new concept of its relations with China. The main idea of this concept is more nuanced approach to China’s behavior, reassessing bilateral ties with China to separate the spheres of confrontation, regulated competition and possible cooperation for commonly shared goals. However, this concept and ideology still failed to be applied to practical policy. Biden’s many steps towards China, especially in economic and military realms, are in fact showing the inertia and obvious continuity with Trump’s policies. In political sphere, Biden’s stress for «human rights» issues, so typical for Democratic Party, make the dialogue with China the same unproductive, as it was in the Trump’s era. In economic relations Biden’s administration is not cancelling high trade tariffs on China goods, being oriented on “regulated trade” approach in its ties with PRC. Biden’s administration is more successful and active than Trump in pushing through Congress the legislation for spending on innovation and technological upgrading of the U.S. economy, that is vital to successful competition with China.
Bilingualism in Canada: the legislation's reform
Authors: Shchukina Tatiana
Published: December 2021

The Official Language Act plays a key role in the lives of Canadians. Its purpose is to ensure respect for English and French as the official languages of Canada in governmental and parliamentary institutions, support the development and vitality of official language minority communities, set out powers, duties and functions of federal institutions with respect to the official languages of Canada. The Government of Canada has decided to modernize the Act to ensure that it continues to serve Canadians in a changing environment. That is why the Government of Canada showed its commitment to promote, protect and update a law by sharing its vision for official languages reform in February, titled French and English: Towards a substantive equality of official languages in Canada. After 30 years since the last major update, a modernization of the Official Languages Act is necessary to allow the law to keep pace with the social, demographic and technological realities in today’s society, which did not exist during the last revision in 1988.
The bill recognizes the diversity of provincial and territorial language regimes and focuses on learning opportunities of the first language in minority settings and on learning opportunities of a second official language in a majority situation to improve the rate of bilingualism among Canadians. The bill also seeks to protect institutions of official language minority communities both for the English-speaking minority in Quebec and for the French-speaking minority in the rest of the country, and proposes new ways to better protect French in Canada, including in Québec.
Qualitative Analysis of State/Event Fault Trees Based on Interface Automata
Authors: He Gaofeng , Xu Bingfeng
Published: December 2021

State/Event Fault Tree (SEFT) can be used for safety modeling and assessment. However, SEFT does not provide adequate semantics for analyzing the minimal scenarios leading to system failures. In this paper, we propose a novel qualitative analysis method for SEFT based on interface automata. Firstly, we propose the concept of guarded interface automata by adding guards on interface automata transitions. Based on this model, we can describe the triggers and guards of SEFT simultaneously. Then, a weak bisimilarity operation is defined to alleviate the state space explosion problem. Based on the proposed guarded interface automata and the weak bisimilarity operation, the semantics of SEFT can be precisely determined. After that, a qualitative analysis process is presented on the basis of the formal semantics of SEFT, and the analyzing result is the minimal cut sequence set representing the causes of system failures. Finally, a fire protection system case study is illustrated step by step to demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.
A Survey on Formal Specification and Verification of Smart Mass Transit Railway Interlocking System
Authors: Kadakolmath Lokanna , Ramu Umesh D.
Published: December 2021

Nowadays interest in Smart Mass Transit Rail has grown-up to a large extent in a metropolitan area as the need for urban mobility has increased steadily. The reliability of software being used in such mass transit rail is crucial for us, specifically when software crashes may lead to catastrophic loss of human life and assets. For example, when we travel by metro it is essential for us that the interlocking system software controlling the metros are accurate so collisions and derailment are prevented. The reliability and safety of such interlocking systems are made on the precise functional requirements specification and verification respectively. Therefore, the precise functional requirements specification and verification of such interlocking systems represent a challenge in an active research area, so in this paper, we survey various articles in this field and discuss their consequences.
A Convergent Approach to the Viability of the Dynamical Systems: The Cognitive Value of Complexity
Authors: Illiashenko Oleg , Mygal Valeriy , Mygal Galyna , Protasenko Olga
Published: December 2021

The integration of information and industrial technologies, digitalization and differentiation of sciences are accompanied by an increase in various types of complexity. This limits the capabilities of computer modelling, data mining, and predictive analytics. The increasing cognitive complexity of information flows and their diversity creates problems of safety, reliability and stability of the functioning of a complex dynamic system in extreme conditions. Here we show the possibility of cognitive visualization of signals of different nature through their geometrization in the form of a topological 3D model of functioning. Its projections are spatio-temporal signatures, the configurations of which reflect the dynamic, energetic and structural features of the model. An increase in the number of components of the signature configuration and its area under external influence indicates an increase in structural and functional complexity. Therefore, the signal structure can be analyzed in real time using complementary probabilistic and deterministic methods. A set of tools for the synthesis and analysis of 3D models has innovative potential for monitoring the functioning of elements of complex dynamic systems, risk management and predictive analytics.
Refletir sobre infância, educação e cultura a partir do livro “O mundo até ontem”
Authors: Pinto Rooney Figueiredo , Trigo Maiza De Albuquerque
Published: December 2021

Este trabalho traz reflexões sobre infância, educação e cultura a partir do livro “O mundo até ontem: O que podemos aprender com as sociedades tradicionais?”, de autoria de Jared Diamond, com particular foco no capítulo cinco “Educar Crianças”, da parte três “Novos e Velhos”. Para além de aspectos relacionados ao parto, maternidade e infanticídio, a obra explora o conceito de infância e de educação em diálogo com o grupo social. Enfatiza os comportamentos e estímulos educacionais das sociedades tradicionais e sua ligação aos seus contextos sociais e culturais que se refletem sobre a educação dos mais novos. Neste cenário, a criança é estimulada em sua autonomia e habilidades sociais através das brincadeiras com grupos multietários. O exercício social da aprendizagem pela consequência dos atos, comum na sociedade tradicional observada pelo autor, serve de reflexão ao polêmico tema contemporâneo da punição física ou moral nos processos educativos. Ainda que a obra não esteja focada no âmbito da educação, o autor apresenta particularidades sociais e culturais que permitem-nos refletir sobre como estão sendo educadas nossas crianças numa sociedade avançada tecnologicamente e empobrecida humanamente.
O fazer pedagógico no chão da escola do campo em tempos de pandemia
Authors: Gomes Maria José De Sousa , Machado Ilma Ferreira
Published: December 2021

Este artigo traz algumas reflexões sobre o fazer pedagógico em uma escola do campo no estado de Mato Grosso. Procura compreender as práticas pedagógicas que estão sendo efetivadas no chão da escola, entrelaçadas com as mobilizações e movimentações para a realização das aulas remotas, em tempos de pandemia. Para o desenvolvimento deste estudo utilizou-se metodologia de pesquisa qualitativa, considerando-se a análise de documentos e depoimentos de educadoras de uma escola localizada em um assentamento rural, vinculado ao Movimento dos Trabalhadores Ruais Sem Terra – MST, no município de Mirassol D’Oeste-MT; o suporte teórico foi buscado em autores, tais como Caldart (2003, 2010), Freire (2004, 2018), Franco (2016), entre outros. Indagar sobre o fazer pedagógico pode contribuir para identificar as preocupações que afligem os educadores, pais e educandos, como também, as possibilidades de fazer acontecer a educação das crianças, jovens e adultos que vivem no/do campo. No contexto da pandemia da covid 19, educadores e educandos se vêm às voltas com inúmeras dificuldades estruturais, inseguranças e frustações, mas lutam, coletivamente, para resguardar a saúde de cada pessoa e assegurar a educação escolar no assentamento, vista como importante mecanismo para fortalecer a educação do campo e, também, o campo como espaço de vida, produção e cultura. Para tanto, reivindicam políticas públicas mais efetivas, que atendam as especificidades das escolas do campo.
Formar-se professor nas acontecências do cotidiano escolar: aprendizagem expericencial das artes do fazer docente no PIBID
Authors: Silva Fabrício Oliveira da
Published: December 2021

Este trabalho discute o processo de formação de professores a partir das aprendizagens experienciais da docência, logradas nas vivências educativas de licenciandos em Letras participantes do PIBID. Tem como objetivo compreender como a aprendizagem da docência se constitui nos movimentos formativos. Fundamenta-se na concepção de aprendizagem expericencial de Larrosa (2015) e de cotidiano de Certeau (1994). É um estudo de base qualitativa, pois se centra na vertente analítica que valora os sentidos e significados que os sujeitos atribuem a si e ao seu processo formativo. Ancora-se na abordagem (auto)biográfica, tendo a entrevista narrativa como elemento de produção de informações sobre como se dá a formação do professor de língua portuguesa a partir das vivências e experiências logradas no cotidiano escolar pela participação no PIBID. Entre alguns resultados, o estudo mostrou que o PIBID se constitui como um espaço e tempo de formação, que permite ao sujeito viver as acontecências das práticas educativas na escola. Narrar a experiência educativa se insurge como elemento de protagonismo dos processos de formação, em que o sujeito toma consciência dos modos como a identidade docente vai se constituindo ainda em formação inicial
Social and Environmental Responsibility of Tidore ESPP to the Community of Tidore City Village, Tidore Islands
Authors: Muhammad Amin , M Djafar Muh Mufti
Published: December 2021

This study aims to (1) determine the implementation of social and environmental responsibility of ESPP Tidore to the community in the rum village (2) to determine the factors that influence the implementation of social and environmental responsibility of ESPP Tidore to the community of Rum City of Tidore Islands. The results showed that the Tidore ESPP was operated in mid 2017. After that, it was inaugurated by the Government in August 2016, until entering 2021 only 4 programs were implemented. Even though it has been in operation for 5 years. This indicates unpreparedness in the planning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs and obstacles regarding the Technical component of Electric Steam Power Plant (ESPP) Operation. Distribution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even then because it considers the pressure from the community for the sake of improving communication in the business climate, in addition to obligations that are regulated based on existing regulations.
Fraud Against the Law in the Legal and Religious System of Iran
Authors: Mollaei Mahdi
Published: December 2021

Along with the formation of legal requirements, lawlessness and fraud against the law have also increased. The idea of combating fraud, in order to counteract its consequences, gradually led legal scholars to institutionalize the doctrine of the "general theory of fraud against the law." Modern civilized societies do not tolerate the non-fulfillment of legal obligations and requirements, they have made an increasing move in accepting this theory. Of course, the thought of religious scholars in enriching the theory in question, in the light of the institution of trickery, has fueled this important issue.It seems that although some religious scholars and jurists still have doubts about accepting this theory as an independent and specific establishment, but the existence of some signs in the subject law of Iran, sparks of hope in accepting this theory. . In this regard, the exclusive enforcement guarantee of "inability to invoke fraudulent action" has emerged. The article in question is an attempt to prove the above and intends to analyze the fraud against the law by carefully studying the legal and religious system of Iran.
Study of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land (LP2B) Using Spatial Approach South Pringsewu District
Authors: Miswar Dedy , Salsabilla Annisa , Yarmaidi Yarmaidi , Susanti Evi , Aryati Fauziah
Published: December 2021

This study aims to examine the distribution pattern and factors that influence the distribution of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land (LP2B) in the southern part of Pringsewu Regency in 2020. This study uses a descriptive research method. The population in this study were 9 sub-districts in Pringsewu district and the research samples were Pringsewu District, Gading Rejo District, Ambarawa District, Pardasuka District, and Pagelaran District. In this study data collection using observation, interviews and documentation techniques. Data analysis technique with a spatial approach (spatial) is used as a basis in describing and analyzing research results. The results showed: (1) The distribution pattern of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land (LP2B) in the southern part of Pringsewu Regency was clustered (2) Factors affecting the distribution of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land (LP2B) of Pringsewu Regency were physical factors and social factors. Physical factors are slope, rainfall, soil type, and water availability. Next, social factors are population, and conservation.
Criminalization of Commercial Sex Workers and Service Users of Commercial Sex Workers in Criminal Law Renewal
Authors: Ardi Muhamad Khalif , Supanto Supanto , Ginting Rehnalemken
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study is to look at the regulation of the actions of workers and service users of commercial sex workers in the current criminal law and to see the regulation of the actions of workers and service users of commercial sex workers in the future. This research is a normative research or doctrinal legal research using a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The results of this study are that there is no clear regulation in Indonesian criminal law regarding criminal liability for the actions of workers and service users of commercial sex workers other than those contained in certain regional regulations, and in the future with the criminalization of acts of sexual intercourse outside the marriage bond as an act The criminal complaint in the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) must be changed into a form of ordinary crime so as not to limit the movement of law enforcement officers in carrying out law enforcement related to the actions of workers and users of commercial sex workers.
The Analysis of Code Mixing Among Luwuk Socities’ Conversation in the Mids of Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Nurlaela Nurlaela , Mangendre Yuliana
Published: December 2021

The aim of this research is focused on the code-mixing used in the mids of covid-19 pandemic by luwuk societies’ conversation. The purposes of this research were investigated the kinds of code-mixing, the dominant kind of code-mixing, and the factors of code-mixing. This research used descriptive qualitative approach as the research method. Observation and interview were chosen as the collecting data technique. This research result showed that there were three kinds of code-mixing namely intra-sentential code-mixing, intra-lexical code-mixing and involving change pronunciation. The dominant kind is intra-sentential code-mixing. Moreover, there were attitudinal factors and linguistic factors as the causative factor. Attitudinal factors which is included of new culture introduction and social value. Linguistic factors included of popular term, code limited, speaker personal, conversation topic, conversation purpose, humor sense, and listener. The implication of this research was researchers’ and language observers’ contribution about the development of language variety among the societies of Luwuk City, Banggai Regency.
The Influence of Leadership, Motivation and Work Culture on the Performance of Poverty Reduction Program in the Administrative City of North Jakarta
Authors: Aritonang Saut Fernando , Wasistiono Sadu , Hubeis Musa , Sulistyani Dewi
Published: December 2021

This study aims to analyze how much the influence of leadership, motivation and work culture on the performance of the Poverty Reduction Program in the Administrative City of North Jakarta. The research location is in North Jakarta City, DKI Jakarta Province. The selection of location is based on the assumption that the difference in status has an impact on the leadership under it vertically.The research method uses a quantitative approach with a total population of 1,724,161 people. The sampling technique was proportional stratified random sampling using the Slovin formula, with a total of 95 samples. The data analysis technique in the research that will be carried out is simple linear regression and multiple linear regression to analyze the variables studied. The results of the study prove that leadership has an effect on 14.1%, motivation has an effect on 50.2%, work culture has an effect on 48.8%, leadership, motivation and work culture have an effect on 50.4% of poverty in North Jakarta simultaneously. Recommendations from this research, (1) the importance of transformational leadership supported by managerial progress, education and commitment, (2) the importance of motivation both internally and externally, supported by rewards and punishments, (3) the need for a commitment so that the work culture is stronger so that it will have a positive impact on the implementation of the program to become more optimal, (4) the importance of commitment, management and availability of human resources potential, according to the needs and placements in accordance with their fields.
Problems and Solutions in Testing Future Teachers' Knowledge in the National System of Foreign Language Proficiency
Authors: Botirovna Musoyeva Aziza
Published: December 2021

This article is devoted to the analysis of the test National System of Assessment of Foreign Language Proficiency, taking into consideration its importance on future foreign language teachers. It also concentrates on the requirements for foreign language teachers in Uzbekistan and the exercises which are essential for the professional development of prospective teachers. Apart from that, it shows the module "Types and criteria for assessing language skills".  Last, it covers suggestions on how to improve the students’ knowledge and skills.
Law Enforcement on Carok Actor’s Criminal Act
Authors: Suyanto Heru
Published: December 2021

Carok is a tradition in Madurese people in the form of fight for a certain, extreme reason concerning individual’s self-esteem, followed with group fight with the use of weapons, and carok implementation may cause death. In the context of formal law, carok is the manifestation of the actors’ bravery in violating the rules designated in the Criminal Code, thus they must undergo years of criminal imprisonment as actors of serious criminal act. On this basis, this research explored factors causing carok actor’s criminal act and the constraints the police faced in the law enforcement effort on carok actor’s criminal act. The normative law or literature research approach method employed in this research emphasized on criminal law literatures, prevailing laws and regulations, court decisions, legal theories, scholars’ opinions and interviews. This research took descriptive analysis form based on the approach of carok case that caused death in Decision Number 182/Pid.B/2013/PN.Bkl. From the perspective of criminal law, Carok indicates a crime that may be qualified as criminal acts of physical abuse and murder since it contains a certain period or tempo from the start to the implementation of problem, in which the actors have calmly considered any possibilities and consequences of their actions. In general, the reasons of carok actor’s criminal acts are individual or group’s self-esteem abuse, vengeance, inheritance distribution conflict, etc. The author expected that appropriate law enforcement will minimize Carok occurrences, such as through making of special regulation for carok actors and imposition of serious criminal sanction (imprisonment) on carok actors and improved education, especially primary education.
The Implementation of Special Needs School Programs as Resource Center for Inclusive Education in Indonesia
Authors: Bahrudin Bahrudin , Jaya Indra , Kustandi Cecep
Published: December 2021

This research is on the Implementation of special needs schools as Resources Center for Inclusive Education in Jakarta, Indonesia. This study aims to determine the implementation of special needs schools as organizers of inclusive educational resource centers. This research was conducted in a special needs school designated as an inclusive education resource center numbering 18 schools in Jakarta. This research uses a qualitative approach. Implementing the special needs schools' program as a resource center for inclusive education illustrates that the condition of inclusive education has not been maximized because there is still a lack of means to support the activities of inclusive educational resource centers. In addition, the need for training on inclusive education for teachers and education personnel becomes important for inclusive schools to do.
Status and Prospects of Medical Psycho-Diagnostics in Uzbekistan
Authors: R.N. Melibaeva
Published: December 2021

The article is committed to the study of the state and improvement of medical psycho-diagnostics in Uzbekistan. The author has accomplished an observational study of the state of implementation of medical psycho-diagnostics within the local environment based on a devotion to the general analysis of research conducted by world psychology and local scientists. The think about looks at the attitudes of therapeutic experts towards the status and implementation of medical psycho-diagnostics.
The Role of Corporate Governance Mechanism in Optimizing Firm Performance: A Conceptual Model for Corporate Sector of Pakistan
Authors: Akbar Ahsan
Published: December 2021

Corporate governance refers to the processes that govern and direct firm managers to take decisions that are in line with the shareholders goal of wealth maximization. Various studies have been conducted in developing countries including Pakistan to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance mostly by using the conventional measures of corporate governance. The result of these studies suggests that corporate governance positively and significantly contributes towards firm performance. The aim of this study is to incorporate some important policy measures related to major players of corporate governance that are of significant importance in establishing an effective corporate governance structure in addition to the conventional measures of corporate governance. Inclusion of these variables will help the firms to create an effective corporate governance system that will lead to an increased firm performance.
Organization Commitment and Five Factor Model of Personality: Theory Recapitulation
Authors: Syed Nida , Saeed Arfa , Farrukh Muhammad
Published: December 2021

Organizational commitment is one of the most popular psychological construct which plays a vital role in predicting work behavior. There are many approaches to study organizational commitment, and one of them is an individual difference approach. Since organizational commitment is one kind of job attitudes, and personality traits might predispose individual to experience raised or lowered levels of his or her organizational commitment. In connection to the previous studies, this research is aimed to examine the association among big five personality traits (FFM with dimensions of the organizational commitment. A questionnaire was adopted from the previous studies and a total number of 150 responses were gathered from the lecturer/supervisors working in public universities located in Lahore, Pakistan. The results of the research demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between FFM and organizational commitment dimensions. Furthermore, the results of stepwise regression analyses showed that conscientiousness and openness to experience are positively associated with affective commitment. Openness to experience is negatively linked to continuance commitment, extroversion, and neuroticism is negatively associated with normative commitment.
How Perceived Threats of Air Pollution Affect the Resident’s Purchasing Behavior of Functional Foods
Authors: Wu Ching-Hsiang , Hsieh Po-Chuen , Pan Frank
Published: December 2021

Air pollution jeopardized human’s health, in particular the respiratory diseases. Along with the industrial development, air pollution had extended effects to the surrounding areas. Plenty of evidence had shown that some functional foods were developed to strengthen the lung health. Based on the health belief model (HBM), this research explored the effects of each contributor on purchasing functional foods. There are 90 valid responses gather from the highly air polluted area, Hsio-Kang district of Kaohsiung. Statistical results indicated that the HBM significantly explained the functional food purchasing behavior for the designated area (R2=22.6). The perceived susceptibility is the strongest predictor (β= 0.42) for the behavior, followed by perceived benefits (β= 0.19), and perceived barriers (β= -0.10). Some implications and suggestions based on the discussion and conclusion were offered for reference.
Big Data Mining and Business Intelligence Trends
Authors: Bayer Harun , Aksogan Mustafa , Celik Enes , Kondiloglu Adil
Published: December 2021

The conventional databases are not capable of coping with the high capacity data due to different forms of these data’s and fast production speed. In this context, The Big Data structure comes into the scene. The Big Data has been stated as the gold of our age by many authorities. Today, large sizes of data can be analyzed and this led to changes in the lives of people, companies, states, and researchers. The companies develop effective and efficient solutions by analyzing large size of data through big data solutions for their strategic decisions, operational processes, campaign management and marketing techniques. In this research, the introduction has been made to the Big Data architecture, along with daily increasing data mining techniques and methods which will be a solution for accumulating data and current advancements in big data solutions have been addressed. In addition, some well-known companies’ tendency to implement business intelligence systems have been examined. The effects of potential threads which are the results of the big data in the business world are analyzed and a couple of suggestions for the future have been presented.
Determinants of Environmental Degradation and Empirical Investigation of Kuznets Curve: A Comparative Study of India and Bangladesh
Authors: Husain Humaira
Published: December 2021

This paper investigates the factors responsible for Environmental degradation in terms of higher Carbon dioxide and Nitrous oxide emission over the period 1981 – 2011 for Bangladesh and India from data of World development indicator. Industrialization and greenhouse gas are major contributing factors identified for deteriorating the air quality in Bangladesh and India respectively. Concentration of population in urban areas increases carbon emission and economic globalization reduces Nitrous oxide emission in both economies. Estimation results of reduced from equation for CO2 emission provides support in favour of inverted U and N shaped Kuznets curve for India which is robust to using dynamic specification. For Bangladesh the shape is Inverted U but this is not robust to using dynamic model. In quadratic approach to Kuznets curve energy consumption does play an important role for increased carbon emission in India but not in Bangladesh.
Research of Coupling Effects Between the Offshore RMB Exchange Rate and Onshore Exchange Rate
Authors: Shi Lixiong
Published: December 2021

On August 11, 2015, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) decided to start the reform of the RMB central parity mechanism. To reinforced the decisive role of the market in the RMB exchange rate formation mechanism, and also enhanced the marketization and benchmark. Meanwhile, after the announcement of the exchange rate reform, both the offshore and onshore RMB markets experienced sharp fluctuations, and it obviously impact the macroeconomic and capital market. This paper is based on the "information flow" point of view, Researcher used Granger Causality Test, The VAR Model and Impulses Response Function to test the relationship between Chinese Yuan (CNY) marketing rate and Chinese Hong Kong (CNH) marketing rate. Result improved that CNH caused CNY, also had a positive influence on CNY. Furthermore, the offshore market was more important than onshore market. Researcher also explained that The Pricing Right of RMB transfer to offshore market from onshore market.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from Indian Capital Market
Authors: Viswanathan Lakshmi
Published: December 2021

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is welcomed with more enthusiasm in recent years. The present study, is a four phase investigation of the corporate financial performance of socially responsible firms relative to other firms, listed in Bombay Stock Exchange. We start with a comparative analysis of financial performance of CSR and non-CSR firms and then proceed to explore industry-specific effects. After identification of significant factors contributing to financial performance, we conduct an analysis to check for the feed-back effect on CSR using Probit model. We also compute the probability with which a firm is more likely to adopt CSR due to improvement in any of the significant factors.
Climate Change Driven Food Inflation in Ethiopia?
Authors: Hagos Berhe Gebregewergs
Published: December 2021

The research dealt with the relationships between temperature variability and price of food stuffs in Tigrai using 84 months collected time series data thereby applied a Univariate econometric tool and finite Distributed Lag Model in defining the variables and outcome of the study. As a result, the econometric regression analysis witnessed that a 1oC temperature rise contributed the average price of food stuffs such as barley price rose up by 80 percent, maize 186 percent, sorghum close to 275 percent, wheat 60 percent, and 170 percent in white Teff over the years, ceteris paribus.
Analyzing the Service Quality of Private Secondary Schools in Sri Lanka from Student’s Perspective with Special Reference to a Reputed Private Secondary School in Colombo
Authors: Jayawardena N.S
Published: December 2021

The proposed study analyses the service quality levels of private secondary school education in Sri Lanka from the perspective of students. The aim of the research is to study service quality levels offered in private secondary schools to improve the quality of education levels in Sri Lanka. For this purpose a main private secondary school was used as the case study. It helps to develop strategies to school management and the respective administrative authorities. Furthermore, the policy implications based on the final findings of this particular research will be used to enhance the required productivity levels and quality standards of Sri Lankan private secondary schools. This is a quantitative study and intends to use the sample size of 400 students out of the total body of over 2500 student population. The survey questionnaire derived from SERVQUAL model which consists of the five dimensions which are reliability, responsiveness, empathy, assurance and tangibles. Data been analyzed using the 7 point Likert scale and the SPSS statistical software to reach the ultimate findings based on the service quality dimensions.
The Impact of National Culture on Sustainability Reporting: A Cross Country Analysis
Authors: Yamen Ahmed , Nimer Khalil , Ramadan Abdulhadi , Abidi Oualid
Published: December 2021

This study investigates the influence of culture on governance, social and environmental sustainability across 59 countries. Hofstede's culture dimensions have been used as a measure of culture, RobecoSAM sustainability measure is used as a proxy for governance, social and environmental sustainability reporting. The results reveal the countries that are characterized by high power distance, masculinity, low individualism and long-term orientation are supposed to be less interested in sustainability reporting. To increase the sustainability reporting, it is essential for the government and decision-makers to give more focus to the culture as an important driver of sustainability.
An Empirical Study on Reverse Psychology Applied in Advertising Messages
Authors: Chan Winslet Ting Yan , Leung Chi Hong
Published: December 2021

Reverse psychology, also known as psychological reactance, is a social influence tactic that encourages people to act the opposite of what it is suggested. This technique has been applied by marketers in advertising in which a negative message or tagline (e.g., “you don’t buy the product) is used to motivate consumers to make purchase. Psychological reactance theory advocates that reactance occurs when people react to restore a freedom when it is eliminated or threatened to be eliminated. The expected response to an advertising message of not doing something is to do it. An experiment was designed to measure if 52 subjects were comfortable with negative advertising messages yet felt interested in them. Results showed that 49.7% of subjects were interested in these messages, although 76.6% of them were uncomfortable with the negative advertising messages. Results suggested that the application of reverse psychology tactic in advertising enable marketers to create awareness and raise interest of consumers. It is also interesting to find out that 40.8% of subjects were uncomfortable with the messages but showed interest in them. The practical way of using reverse psychology in advertising is discussed at the end of paper with an example for illustration.
Assessment of Supply Chain Agility in the Indian Garment Industry
Authors: Rai Siddharth Shankar , Giri Sunil
Published: December 2021

The research aims to provide a supply chain agility framework with stage-wise holistic assessment of the performance and binding relationships. The study considers agility at three stages: supply, manufacturing, and distribution. It applies structural equation modelling to examine the impact of major determinants as strategic partnership, information sharing, resilience, sourcing flexibility, and order fulfillment flexibility on stage-wise agility in the supply chain. The analysis has uncovered that manufacturing agility is affected by all the determinants while supply agility is not affected by any constructs of flexibility of sourcing and order fulfillment in the Indian garment industry. Distribution agility is significantly affected by all the determinants but information sharing and resilience, which can be caused by infrastructure constraints in the Indian conditions. The research provides important implications for practitioners and researchers.
Corporate Social Responsibility Commitment and Environmental Disclosures Quality: Study of the French Context
Authors: Khelil- Rhouma Zouhaira , Hamed- Sidhom Mounira
Published: December 2021

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of firms’ corporate social responsibility commitment (CSR) on the quality of their environmental reporting. The proactive approach of the legitimacy theory is retained to formulate our expectations. We develop a multidimensional content analysis index used to apprehend environmental disclosure faithfulness dimensions. The variance analysis is applied to these indicators classified according to the variables of CSR commitment for a sample of French industrial firms listed in the SBF120 index. The study confirms the proactive approach of legitimacy. It provides empirical evidence in the French context that firms use environmental reporting for accountability with a substantial legitimation strategy. Indeed, most CSR committed sampled firms disclose in their annual reports more comprehensive mandatory environmental information and more abundant and precise voluntary information than others. They also tend to introduce more statements to justify the credibility of their disclosures than less committed firms.
Accounting Standards and the Value Relevance of Financial Statements
Authors: Mohamad Shafi , Keong Ooi Chee , Ehsanullah Syed
Published: December 2021

Using the data of 68 Malaysian listed firms, this study attempts to examine the relationship between accounting standards and the value relevance of financial statements. It also explores the difference in accounting treatment between accruals accounting and cash accounting, and evidence of supplies. This process confirmed that accruals accounting provided a more transparent picture of accounting information when compared with cash accounting aspect. Our findings are quite consistent with our hypothesis which clearly states that in economies wherein strong and secure protection mechanisms for shareholders exist, tend to apply the use of accruals accounting with confidence, assuming that the value relevance of accounting information would not be compromised at any stage.
Seasonal Anomalies: Empirical Evidence from Regional Stock Exchange Ivory Coast Securities
Authors: Douagi Fatma Wyème Ben Mrad , Chaouachi Olfa , Mory Sow
Published: December 2021

This paper tries to examine the efficiency of the Regional Stock Exchange in Ivory Coast Securities (BRVM), by testing two seasonal anomalies: the day of the week effect and the month of the year effect. Applying the GARCH models, we found evidence of day of the week and month of the year effects between January 2002 and December 2016. These seasonal anomalies challenge the efficiency of the market hypothesis, proposed by Fama (1970).
A Multivariate Analysis of Human Capital: Evidence from Readymade Garments Industry of Bangladesh
Authors: Kamal Md. Aktar , Begum Noor Nahar
Published: December 2021

The aim of the research is to find the association between human capital and financial and non-financial performance. A self-administered survey instrument is developed consisting 26 items under three parts. Both primary and secondary data have been used in this study. In order to collect primary data, face-to-face interview method was used. The result provides evidence that human capital is significantly associated with financial and non-financial performance of an organization. That means skills, education and training, knowledge and competencies, and positive attitudes are vital elements to increases organizational performance. The study recommended the BGMEA, BKMEA, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and investors to concentration on fundamental variables that are influencing the development of human capital in RMG industry of Bangladesh.
Strategic Approach: A Step towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Economies
Authors: Jamwal Divya Singh , Saurabh
Published: December 2021

The present study is based upon the prevailing issue of Solid Waste Management (SWM) faced by developing economies all over the world. The quantum and composition of waste generation pose a series of complexities regarding surrounding institutions’ plans in dealing with it. In India, the responsibility of handling solid waste primarily falls to municipal authorities or Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). These ULBs are the main functional units that plan, implement and control the actions as well as resources used for SWM within their jurisdiction. This study explores a strategic approach of these ULBs towards the management of solid waste at the functional level across 10 districts in J&K, a state of India. The study advocates for the inclusion of strategic interventions in the field of SWM based on a survey conducted which establishes the gap in strategic implementation. The strategic approach in this study is related to understanding dimensions such as strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation that contributes to various aspects of SWM for theorists, policy makers and practitioners.
The Impact of Non-Financial Rewards on Organizational Attractiveness
Authors: K.E.P Perera , R.A.I.C Karunarathne
Published: December 2021

The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of nonfinancial rewards on organizational attractiveness. Drawing on the social exchange theory we develop and empirically test a model to explain the role of nonfinancial rewards, i.e. work-life balance, learning opportunities, and career advancement on organizational attractiveness. Following the quantitative research approach we collected data from 88 undergraduate students from 3 main universities in management in Sri Lanka. To test the model we developed one hypothesis. The results of simple linear regression suggested that nonfinancial rewards had statistically significant effect on generation Y candidates’ organizational attractiveness. This study mainly contributes to enhancing our understanding of the social exchange theory.