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Sustainability Reporting: Case of European Stock Companies
Authors: Gawęda Adrian
Published: October 2021

Sustainability reporting regulations defined within NFRD (Non-Financial Reporting Directive) allow different stakeholders to assess ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance of companies and their impact on people and environment. ESG data is increasingly used in strategy definition of entities, investment decision-making process and valuation of stock companies. ESG information is also reflected in ESG ratings which create comprehensive measure of ESG performance of specific entity. It outlines the need for dissemination of true and fair corporate sustainability reporting system. The main purpose of undertaken work is to evaluate the trend and evolution of sustainability reporting and ESG ratings of European listed companies in 2000-2020 period. In order to deliver results comparative analysis is used. Research proves that vast majority of European stock companies do not provide enough ESG performance which does not allow to assign them with appropriate ESG rating. Findings of analysis indicate the size of sustainability reporting accountability gap and confirm that wider group of public interest entities should be subject of NFRD.
Online Education During Pandemic Times: Advantages and Disadvantages
Authors: Moise Daniel , Diaconu Amelia , Oancea Negescu Mihaela Diana , Gombos Carol Cristina
Published: October 2021

The latest Pandemic has changed not only our lifestyle behavior, but at the same the manner how we work, study, and evolve. We witnessed work from home, or remote working, as well as learning from home changes. The shift from the physical classroom to the online classroom came with advantages, but also with some, disadvantages. In this article, we conducted a research to discover undergraduate and graduate students’ perceptions towards online education. Students and professors are detached for the time being from their universities into online education platforms and video conference rooms, but not without other difficulties and challenges for the academic community. Some universities already had some practice and knew how to manage and use online platforms for different cycle types like: part-time or distance learning programs. Other universities appealed to platforms offered by international organizations like Microsoft or Google. The novelty was that not only the courses and seminars are held online and exams as well, proving to be a provocative issue, both for students and professors. We discovered different factors that influence online education and learning satisfaction. One of the main discoveries was that the future seems to be towards a blended learning system combining physical and online teaching.
New Tuning Approach of Fuzzy Logic System Using Proportional Integral Observer for Tracking a Nonlinear System
Authors: Jibril Mustefa
Published: October 2021

Proportional integral observer (PIO) for tracking a nonlinear method has a lower sentiency to cipher the state and output variables. So a more nonlinear controller has to be else to control to activity. In this paper, a fuzzy logic (FLC) controller has been added to the PIO to meliorate the calculation transmute. A fuzzy proportional integral observer (FPIO) for following a nonlinear system has been premeditated to decimate the susceptibleness to cipher the tell and turnout variables with the existent posit and product variables. The FPIO controller has been tested for improving the estimation control using a nonlinear quarter vehicle active suspension system with a nonlinear hydraulic actuator. A comparison simulation of the proposed nonlinear system for estimating the state variables and tracking the output (suspension deflection) with a set point bump road disturbance using FPIO and PIO. The comparison simulation result shows that the estimated state variables and system output match the actual ones perfectly using a fuzzy PIO controller.
Digitification: Why the World Community Needs a New Term
Authors: Nazarova Kseniia
Published: October 2021

For many people, the process of assessing one person to another is negative and can be defined as objectification, due to subjective perception and social attitudes. But in society, there is still a need to assess the attributes of the subject and therefore, in order to separate a bad assessment from a good one and not cause a public outcry, it is necessary to introduce a new term digitification, which carries a neutral connotation and does not violate people's personal boundaries. Such a term will make it possible to separate the concepts of objectification and digitification, not to confuse them and not to ascribe to each other inappropriate characteristics. Digitification is the process of assessing the attributes of a certain person on a voluntary basis by another person or artificial intelligence, based on objective criteria created for a particular rating system. Moreover, rating systems are different and have different functions, and therefore the rating system must be correctly selected in order to be more accurate and effective. Various online services and trading platforms have their own rating systems, their business is successful and relationships with customers are well established. Moreover, there is a whole state in the world in which the rating system is an integral part of society and it also shows good results. This article was created with the aim of introducing a new term digitification into everyday life that can change the course of human thinking for the better and open up new possibilities in the field of measurement systems through ratings and reviews.
Mechanical Ventilator Design for COVID-19 Patient with Resistive Belt Sensor
Authors: Jibril Mustefa
Published: October 2021

A ventilator is a device that provides cool air by moving the air in or out of the lungs, inhaling a patient who is not fit to smell, or breathing properly. In this paper, a resistive chest belt sensor-based mechanical ventilator is designed to provide the COVID-19 patient with the volume of air you need to deliver with the expansion of the patient's chest in need of more air. The resistive band sensor senses the expansion of the patient's chest and controls the solenoid valve attached to the oxygen compressor. The function of the respirator is tested with the MATLAB / Simulink tool with the help of a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Controller and a promising result obtained.
Phyto-nanotechnology: Current status, Challenges, and leads for future
Authors: Prakash Satya , Rajpal Vijay Rani , Vaishnavi Samantha , Deswal Renu
Published: October 2021

Nanoparticle-based studies in plants have a history of around two decades. The current spike in Phyto-nanotechnology is due to its potential to address the challenges of global food security. Nanoparticle (NP) uptake and translocation in plants are relatively well studied. From the Nano-Agri products like biosensors and nanocarriers to the acceleration of adaption of plants towards changing climate, NPs hold a bright future for next-generation agriculture. However, despite significant progress, commercialization of nanotechnology in agriculture struggles because regulations and legislations regarding Nano-based Agri-inputs are limited and non-specified. Several countries have not yet issued guidelines for the evaluation of Nano-based Agri-inputs and food products. Also, the mechanisms of interaction of NPs with plants and humans are not well understood. Therefore, the commercial application of Nano-based Agri-inputs in field conditions warrants the completion of proper safety and toxicological analyses. This review summarizes the current status of Phyto-nanotechnology with a discussion on present hurdles and possible solutions.
Removal of Heavy Metal using Non-ionic Surfactant: A Review
Authors: Bayi Felicia Alice , Pauzan Amira Satirawaty Mohamed
Published: October 2021

In emerging countries, heavy metal contamination is becoming more of a problem. Because of poor water and wastewater treatment, as well as increased industrial activities, heavy metal contamination in rivers, lakes, and other water sources has increased in developing countries. Non-ionic surfactants like Triton X-100 and Triton X-114 have been widely utilized to remove heavy metals from water, soil, and sediments via cloud point extraction and soil washing. The effectiveness of non-ionic surfactant to remove heavy metal was determined by the study of effect of the parameters which are pH, surfactant concentration, temperature, and presence of natural organic matter (NOM). Based on the overall study, non-ionic surfactant efficiency in removing heavy metals is strongly reliant on water and soil quality parameters such as pH, surfactant concentration, and temperature, as well as the surfactant's characteristics.
Psychosocial and Behavioral Risk Factors of Early Onset of Ischemic Heart Disease among the Patients Presenting at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Nazakat Shaheen , Sajid Dr Muhammad
Published: October 2021

This study investigate the psychological, behavioral, anthropometric, and social factors that may cause a possible early onset of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) at a tertiary care hospital. Case-control research design was used in the present study. The present study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Lahore city, Punjab, Pakistan. Patients in the cardiology ward of a tertiary care hospital in Lahore City aged between 35-55 years were included in the study.
The choice of feminizing genitoplasty tactic in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasya
Authors: Anikiev Alexander V.
Published: October 2021

The choice of tactics for feminizing plastic surgery (one- or two-stage) remains an actually issue. To operate early, in the first months of a child’s life, when endocrinological stabilization is achieved, or to postpone the intervention until puberty? Despite the large number of approaches to surgical treatment, still not all results can be recognized as positive. There are complications that affect the quality of life of patients, not only of a surgical but also of a psychological nature. The advantages of one or another approach are currently impossible to prove, since this will require a prospective multicenter multidisciplinary study of long-term results with each of the approaches. Therefore, pediatric surgeons for a long time in the choice of tactics will be based on accumulated experience and logical reasoning. Given the extensive experience of multidisciplinary rehabilitation, the positive long-term results of two-stage feminization remains the preferred tactic for surgical treatment of girls with CAH. The increased risk of complications from the genitourinary system in the form of infections of the urinary tract, hematocolpos and hematometra in girls with a narrow common urogenital canal, which is inherent in virilization of 3, 4 and 5 degrees according to Prader, can be considered as a reason for an early one-stage feminizing plasty.
Equivalentes em inglês para o termo “reitor” no contexto universitário
Authors: Boveto Andressa Caroline Flamia , Zanette Rosemary Irene Castañeda
Published: October 2021

A comunicação internacional das instituições de Ensino Superior, diante do contexto de internacionalização, depende de diversos fatores, como o emprego adequado de termos em língua inglesa. No entanto, sites e documentos de universidades brasileiras apresentam diferentes equivalentes para o termo “reitor”, de grande importância no contexto universitário: “rector”, “chancellor” e “president”. Desse modo, o objetivo deste estudo é verificar o grau de equivalência entre o termo em português em relação aos três possíveis equivalentes em inglês. Para tanto, serão utilizados dicionários gerais de ambos os idiomas, bem como um glossário sobre terminologia universitária. Como referencial teórico, o trabalho tem base em Crystal (2003) e Jenkins (2014), sobre o inglês como língua franca e global; Szende (1996) e Dubuc (1980, 1985) sobre a equivalência, entre outros. Diante das discussões apresentadas, espera-se contribuir para uma comunicação internacional mais precisa das universidades brasileiras.
Gender differentials in poverty among migrants in rural border communities of Oyo state, Nigeria
Authors: Popoola Kehinde Olayinka , Oladehinde Gbenga John , Animasaun Eniola
Published: October 2021

The study examined relative poverty among migrant men and women in rural border communities of the Oyo State. Three rural border settlements were randomly selected in Atisbo and Saki-west Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Oyo State. Two hundred and four (204) questionnaires were administered to the father and mother in 102 migrant households and 198 questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the study revealed that women have a higher poverty level than men. Also, the Principal Component Analysis revealed that the high loadings of factors on component one (Dwelling Conditions), for both men and women, imply inadequate living conditions. This indicates the need for improved dwelling conditions for the migrants and also the need to focus on gender-based poverty interventions especially among females, as they are more affected by poverty.
Pelvic Floor Muscles Contribution in Surgical Outcome of Children with High-type Anorectal Malformations
Authors: Roupakias Stylianos , Sinopidis Xenophon
Published: October 2021

As a consequence of high-type anorectal malformations (ARMs) pathogenesis, the pelvic floor muscles remain severely underdeveloped or hypoplastic, the rectal pouch is located at the level or above the puborectalis sling, and the bowel terminates outside the sphincter muscle complex support. For children with high-type ARMs the ultimate objective of therapy is mainly to grow up having bowel continence function that is compatible with a good quality of life, and the final prognosis depends significantly on the grade of development of pelvic floor muscles and the successful entering of the anorectum fully within the support of the external anal sphincter due to intraoperative conservation of the puborectalis sling. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently become the preferred imaging study for prediction of functional outcomes, since it can define the anatomy and evaluate the development of the sphincteric muscles before and after surgical correction. Based on recent literature and our clinical experience, we will discuss the relevance of pelvic floor muscles MRI to the clinical outcome of children with high type ARMs.
Relevance of Entrepreneurial Orientation and its Effect on the Performance of Smes in Asaba, Delta State
Authors: EKURE Marcus , ELEJE EDWARD OGBONNIA
Published: October 2021

The study investigated the relevance of entrepreneurial orientation on the performance of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Delta State. Other specific objectives are to determine the relationship between proactiveness and SMEs performance; to assess the connection between competitive aggressiveness and SMEs performance; to ascertain the connection between risk-taking and SMEs performance. A cross sectional research design was adopted for the study. A structured questionnaire was developed to elicit data from respondents for the study. This study specifically focused on relationship between proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, innovativeness and the relationship between risk-taking and SMEs performance. All the staff of selected SMEs were sampled. The analytical technique used for hypotheses testing was the chi-square, using Stata version 13. Findings revealed that, all variables used in this study had a significant and positive relationship with performance of SMEs. Thus, the study concludes that entrepreneurial orientation has a significant relationship with performance of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs). This study therefore recommends amongst others that more intensive entrepreneurial training and practice be done by students in tertiary institutions as there seems to be no job waiting for graduates among the teeming youths we have in Nigeria today.
Should Working From Home be the Norm in Nigeria After Covid_19?
Authors: Aladejebi Olufemi
Published: October 2021

As part of the response to Covid 19, working from home (WFH) was enforced by governments of more than 150 countries in order to curtail the transmission of the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic had brought new business ideas, making organizations change how they conduct their business. This study aims to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working from home in the scientific literature, using questionnaires, how employees feel about WFH in the aspects of family values, increase of performance, isolation and disrupts work-life balance, how workers cope with WFH. Data was collected from the primary source by using a structured questionnaire completed through google form. The target respondents were employers and employees both from the private sector of the economy . Data was gathered from 504 respondents. SPSS and Excel were used to analyse the data. The majority of the respondents were employees (76.98%), while 23.02% were employers. An inquiry was also made about the marital status of the respondents, and the majority (71.83%) were married while 28.17% were single. The study showed that respondents were still able to connect with their teammates despite working from home, frequently communicate with leaders, and have clarity on working from home policies. It can also be seen that the majority of the respondents enjoyed working from home, although they still look forward to returning to the office. Findings on working from home on family values show that this work style positively influences availability at the home front. Findings on the effect on work performance show average agreement on the positive impact of working from home. Agreement on the negative impact of working from home on office/social interaction and work-life balance was also seen to be on average. It can be inferred from this study that working from home is a work style that employees would prefer to continue post-COVID-19.
Does the Linder hypothesis hold? Recent Japanese case
Authors: Kurihara Yutaka
Published: October 2021

The theory of comparative advantage has for a long time played one of the most important roles among the theories of international economics. The theory says that a country has to specialize in producing and exporting goods and services that the country can produce at lower opportunity cost than other goods and services. Achieving this, both countries can benefit. The Linder hypothesis focuses on internal demand in a country. It states that the pattern of export goods is determined by internal demand structure. This study empirically analyzes this Linder hypothesis for the recent case of Japan. The Gravity model can be used to obtain theory-consistent estimates of the Linder hypothesis. This model can estimate bilateral international trade on the basis of cross-section data. The results show that the Linder effect has been holding well. Also, FTA (Free Trade Agreement) has been having positive impacts on international trade.
The Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility by Shares and Teamwork Culture
Authors: HUANG CHI FEN , Lin Jer-Yan
Published: October 2021

Corporate social responsibility has become an international trend in order to maximize profits and attract the attention of scholars and practitioners. Therefore Engaging in corporate social responsibility may affect the company's profits and cause increased costs. The social responsibility plan should determine the most necessary strategic concerns and the creating important value. Therefore Social responsibility is the key to an enterprise's pursuit of excellence. Creating social well-being and enhancing its competitive advantage may be an important factor for the company's future success. Promoting corporate social responsibility with shares and establishing a sustainable team-oriented culture can enhance corporate competitive advantages, create social well-being, and create value to stimulate Innovative.

The empirical results showed that shares and team-oriented culture have significantly positive impact on corporate social responsibility that is further positively significant to enhance employee innovation behavior. Further finding supports that environmental altruism moderates the relationship between corporate social responsibility and shares.
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION OF EVALUATION RESULTS
Authors: Okul Edwin Ochieng
Published: October 2021

A major concern in programme management, given the potential of programme or project evaluations to inform decision-making, has been how to ensure the results or findings of an evaluation are used for the intended purpose. How information from an evaluation process and/or the products are used in practice and decision making is equally a concern for evaluators. This article presents a research that sought to explore the extent to which organizational capacity impacts the utilization of evaluation findings for programme improvement. Guided by the pragmatic paradigm and informed by the Utilization Focused Evaluation Model and Knowledge Use Theory, the research adopted a descriptive and correlational design using mixed methods. The sample size for this study was 232 project staff from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. To analyze qualitative data, the open ended responses from key informant interviews were recorded and coded appropriately for further analysis for themes through content analysis and comparative analysis. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to describe the basic characteristics of the quantitative data. To ensure validity and reliability of the research instruments, pilot testing was conducted. Cronbach’s alpha at α = 0.908 was attained as the reliability coefficient of the pre-test instruments. Tests of statistical assumptions were carried out before data analysis to avoid invalidation. A hypotheses H01: Organizational capacity does not significantly influence utilization of evaluation results was tested at α = .05 level of significance and was rejected since P = 0.000 < 0.05. The study findings demonstrate that there is a significant relationship between organizational capacity and the utilization of evaluation results. This research therefore reinforces literature and helps to understand the ways in which organizational capacity influences the utilization of evaluation results. It thus informs the evaluation field of study, fills gaps in the evaluation use literature and contributes to the appreciation of factors that predict and enhance the utilization of evaluation results.
Moon Triggers “Menstrual Clock”
Authors: Subba Rao Y. V.
Published: October 2021

The study presents that Human Basal Ganglia situated underneath the Human Brain is a plausible reflection of the Solar System wherein the nine celestial bodies are the cosmic counterparts of the nine Basal Nuclei Orders in many aspects such as their orbital location and their significations in astrology of their organization and functions. Moon, the cosmic counterpart of Hypothalamus, together with the other messengers, namely the pituitary gland and the ovary, plausibly regulate human female menstrual cycle. The releasing of hormones by Hypothalamus and its messengers in a rhythmic fashion appear to be the result of variation in the intensity of lunar magnetism. Human females plausibly have an internal ‘menstrual clock’ that helps them anticipate and adapt to the regular rhythm so that it is synchronized with the Moon’s revolutions.
NCP 5 – Tangible Fixed Assets
Authors: Pereira Adalmiro Andrade
Published: October 2021

2015 saw an important step in the accounting reform in Portugal. On September 11, 2015, the Accounting Standardization System for Public Administrations (SNC-AP) was approved through Decree-Law No. 192/2015, which revokes the Official Public Accounting Plan (POCP) and establishes an accounting standard aligned with international accounting standards.

The development of this work is based on content analysis focused on Public Accounting Standard 5, NCP 5, which was broken down into the respective chapters of the regulations.

In this way, to reach the objective of the study, work was developed on several themes, which are essentially based on the chapters of NCP 5. In this way, the topics covered are: Objectives, Scope and Definitions, Measurement, Recognition and Derecognition; and, in order to better contextualize and exemplify the practical application of the standard, we will find, at the end of this work, some practical situations.
Facilitation and Service Delivery in the National Police Service in Nairobi County, Kenya
Authors: Nassiuma Bernard Kibeti , Young Ogola Humphrey , Mwangi Kung’u David
Published: October 2021

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of facilitation on service delivery in the National Police Service (NPS), Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was anchored on the New Public Management Theory; it heralds the transformation of citizens into customers of public services who deserve feedback on police service delivery.

Methodology: Pragmatic philosophical approach was used to support this study. The qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry were used to generate evidence to support the evaluation. The target population for the study was 2100 police officers in Nairobi County from which a sample of 215 respondents was selected using simple random sampling techniques. While the members 105 of the public were purposely selected. Questionnaires and key informant interview guides were the main data collection tools used in the study. The qualitative data were thematically analyzed while the quantitative data were analyzed using frequency counts, means, standard deviation, multiple regression, chi-square tests, and Pearson and Spearman rank correlation. 

Findings:  The majority of the respondents in the study were males aged between 26-35 years and over 60% of the respondents were of the opinion that police reforms had increased police mobility. Equally, the majority (64%) indicated that the infrastructure was poor, in addition to poor feedback mechanisms, which affected effective service delivery.

Contribution to Theory Practice and Policy:  The study points out the key factors which hinder effective service delivery in the Kenya Police service despite the implementation of police service reforms.

Key Words: Facilitation, Service Delivery, Police Reforms, National Police Service
21st Century Skills of Junior High School Science Teachers: A Training Needs Assesment
Authors: Unsi Alibai , MENTOK SAMER G. , SAM SOLAYHA A.
Published: October 2021

Classroom teachers need to be familiar with 21st century skills and integrate them throughout the curriculum as these directly impact teaching and learning. This study assessed the 21st century skills of Junior High School Science teachers of Cotabato City Division as a form of training needs assessment for professional development. This study also answered the level of proficiency of the respondents in terms of Learning and Innovation Skills, information, media and technology skills, and career and life skills. This study used descriptive quantitative approach using a questionnaire adapted from framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21). The analysis and interpretation used descriptive and inferential statistics. The Learning and Innovation Skills got the lowest grand mean, while the information, media and technology got the highest grand mean. There is no statistically significant difference between the mean ratings of the proficiency of the skills of the teachers and the administrators. This study concludes that the Junior High School Science teachers of Cotabato City Division have highly practiced/ applied 21st Century Skills. The means revealed that the respondents are most proficient information, media and technology skills and are less proficient in Learning and Innovation Skills.
Alea Ke Pau or Negotiated Evaluation: A Vital Concept in Pacific Health Promotion
Authors: Ofanoa Malakai , Ofanoa Samuela , Buetow Stephen
Published: October 2021

For Pacific peoples, health promotion, community nursing and community development initiative over many years, has often been conducted within a framework of one-sided decision-making. There is always an imbalance between the power relationships of the community being studied and those of the researchers or health practitioners. As a result, there is lack of understanding on the part of the researchers and the health funding agencies of the need to negotiate processes with members of the community being studied or engaging with. All of this are within an overarching lack of understanding of, and respect for, Pacific cultural values, frameworks and Pacific ways of doing things. This paper seeks to explore an alternative concept whereby these values are acknowledged. This concept is metaphorically called “alea ke pau” (or, negotiated evaluation). This approach is forward-looking and one that respects a ‘bottom-up’ view rather than the traditional ‘top-down’ view of health work and funding agencies.

However, using two Pacific research methodologies called Talanga and Kakala, to explore the concept of alea ke pau were held with five men’s focus groups operating within Kava Clubs in Auckland, New Zealand, and five focus groups in Tonga. The results from these discussions are presented demonstrating the development and application of the “alea ke pau” or “negotiated evaluation” approach.
Impact of Online Promoting Techniques on Moving Forward the Status of Businesses within the covid-19 Circumstance: Ghana as the Merging Point.
Authors: APHU ELVIS SELASE , Abra Ekor Sophia Enyonam
Published: October 2021

The expanding improvement of data innovation and communication has delivered a wide impact on commerce processes. The Web has made it conceivable to reach universal markets as the foremost successful means of electronic showcasing or marketing with worldwide scope. Be that as it may, in Ghana, numerous companies were ignorant of the need of utilizing different showcasing and online promoting strategies and their impacts on companies' circumstances until basic circumstances such as this so-called pandemic. This article looks at the definitions and standards of showcasing and online deals, e-commerce, their pros and cons to thrust companies and teach to utilize this kind of marketing and business. This ponder demonstrates that this sort of promoting and exchange as a vital and competitive advantage has contributed altogether to deals development and expanded the share of the inner and outside market share to Ghanaian companies within the competitive age. With the expanding world competition and the predominance of the Coronavirus, get to worldwide markets has gotten to be more complicated, and the require for modern worldwide devices and strategies can be of incredible offer assistance in this respect. The shrewd utilize of e-commerce innovation can offer assistance Ghanaian companies move forward exchange proficiency, make more dynamic cooperation within the worldwide exchange field and offer assistance fortify the country’s position on territorial and worldwide markets.
The Effect of Patriarkat Ideology and the Relationship of Women's Flores Towards Local Culture Preservation
Authors: Kebingin Benedikta Yosefina
Published: October 2021

Research taken location in the region of Flores were in the paint with the culture of patriarchy is written under the theme "Influence of Ideology Patriarchate and the Women's Keberperanana Flores on the Local Cultural Preservation". The life of the people of Flores has been well-established and strict in patriarchal culture since the time of the World War. In the course of time it cannot be denied that the way of viewing women and their involvement has certainly undergone some changes. Nevertheless, still needed an affirmation by deepening and cultural interpretation from time to time. The writer as a nun Congregation Imitationis Jesus (CIJ) has recorded the growth and development of women's place in the Church and in Flores society. CIJ since inception and ala s an establishment atantion against women and its role. The role of the CIJ sisters for and with women struggles so that women have a place and opportunity to play a role in building lives according to their capacities. So in this writing used the method of library research with historical- theological approach. From the results of this study concluded that changing in gender equality discope patriarchal culture growing along with the climate of Christian life baby too new languages that were previously not commonly used, or which appear in a new way.
Select Radio Programmes and Fight Against Child Violence in Owerri Metropolis, Imo State, Nigeria
Authors: Adeline Nkwam-Uwaoma , Ifeoma Ojiakor , Williams Etumnu Emeka
Published: October 2021

The issue of child violence has continued to plague Nigerian society and if care is not taken, the future of Nigerian society will be in serious jeopardy. To this end, this study investigated radio programmes and the fight against child violence in Imo State. The agenda setting theory served as the theoretical foundation of the study. The survey research method was used with a population of 555,500 of Owerri metropolis residents. The Survey Monkey online sample size calculator was used to arrive at 384 as the sample size. The Multistage sampling technique was adopted with a questionnaire as the instrument of data collection. The percentage method was used for data analysis. Findings revealed that 52% of the respondents confirmed that they were exposed to radio programmes on the issue of child violence at a moderate level. Also, at an average of 53% of respondents are of the view that the programmes have enhanced their knowledge of the issues of child violence at a moderate level. Further findings showed that an average of 53% of respondents confirmed that Because I am Happy on Groove 98.1 FM and the Mega Kid hour on Megaband 97.3 FM are effective in the fight against child violence in Imo State. It was recommended that radio stations should step up their efforts to raise awareness of programmes dealing with child violence and other child-related issues, so that the level of exposure increases significantly and contributes to the fight against child violence. To improve the knowledge of people about child violence and other child-related issues. Radio stations should do well by constantly educating and enlightening people through their programmes designed to treat issues of child violence and other child-related issues. Radio stations, through their programmes, should endeavour to sustain their efforts to continue being effective in the fight against child violence, so that in no distant time, the issue of child violence and other child-related issues will be reduced drastically in society.
The Influence of Body Image on Interpersonal Self-Efficacy among Junior Middle School Students
Authors: HOU Yongmei , Siying Chen
Published: October 2021

【Abstract】Objective To explore the present status of body image and interpersonal self-efficacy, and analyze the impact of body image on interpersonal self-efficacy among junior middle school students. Methods A random cluster sampling was used to select 995 junior middle school students. They were investigated with Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) and Adolescent Interpersonal Communication Self-Efficacy Scale (AICSE). Results ⑴ The scores in the three subscales of MBSRQ, such as appearance evaluation, appearance orientation and self classified weight, were greater than 2.5 and less than 3.5, and the scores of body area satisfaction and over weight preoccupation were less than 2.5. (2) Junior middle school students scored less than 2.5 in the dimension of communication ability and factors of persistence, self-ability and expression ability of AICSE. At the same time, the total score and scores of the dimension of communication strategy and the other four factors of AICSE were greater than 2.5 and less than 3.5. ⑶ Multiple linear stepwise regression showed that appearance assessment positively predicted the total score of AICSE（β=.433, P<.001). Appearance orientation negatively predicted the total score of AICSE (β =-.394, P<.001). Conclusion The body image and interpersonal self-efficacy of junior middle school students need to be improved. Body image may be an important influencing factor of interpersonal self-efficacy.
Interventions Used in the Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Authors: Carneiro Juliana Margarida , Bertelli Rosangela
Published: October 2021

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a highly prevalent psychopathological condition, results from exposure to a traumatic event that evokes fear, helplessness and horror. However, effective psychotherapeutic interventions have been developed that allow for the relief of symptoms and improvements associated with the functioning of patients diagnosed with this condition. The purpose of this review of clinical reports, published between 2014 and 2019 in journals indexed in the Online Library of Knowledge (B-on), was to provide an overview of the interventions that were used, by psychologists or other health professionals, in the psychotherapeutic treatment of the aforementioned disorder. Fifty one publications that met the inclusion criteria were identified and there was a predominance of the cognitive-behavioural approach, with strategies and procedures derived from the Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Learning. The results were later discussed.
KAVA CONSUMPTION AND FAMILY VIOLENCE
Authors: Ofanoa Malakai , Ofanoa Samuela
Published: October 2021

Kava drinking has become an intrinsic part of Tongan culture. It involves regular participation and high consumption of kava drink in kava clubs and other kava venues in Tonga and New Zealand. However, mounting evidence has indicated that the reasons for, and perceived effects of kava consumption are yet to be fully understood (Nosa and Ofanoa, 2009, Ofanoa, 2010). A qualitative study to explore the issues related with Tongan men abusing kava consumption was conducted in Tonga and Auckland, New Zealand (Ofanoa, 2010).

 

The study used culturally safe, Pacific qualitative research approaches of Kakala (Thaman, 1997) and Talanga (Ofanoa, 2010) to obtain information related to the issue. There were focus group interviews conducted with a convenience sample of 104 Tongan men across 5 kava clubs each in Tonga and Auckland, New Zealand. The analysis of the focus group interviews in both places involved a general inductive approach.

 

The findings reported that kava use is socially sanctioned and easily accessible in both countries.  Further, kava presents concerning health and social issues. It increases poor family relationships that leads to family violence. Usually the family violence happens after kava sessions. The Kava men sleep long hours; they spent a lot of their family income in Kava sessions and makes many excuses.

Moreover, kava men are usually very lazy to work, and slow to recover in the next day. Hence, the poor wives usually shoulder everything in the family. In many instances, some of them behave violently and aggressively.  When such practices happen consistently, family violence starts, and many husbands physically abuse their wives. Evidently, one end up in the hospital with serious injuries or both husband and wife appear in court.

The study concludes that Tongan men in both countries cannot continue to hide the truth that their abusive consumption of kava contributes to family violence. Hence, there is a tremendous need for urgent actions to prevent and minimize this practice. Further, since addressing the issue is sensitive and complex, a call for multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary effort with the Tongan society in both Tonga and New Zealand is required to minimize the risks and optimize the benefits of kava use.
Cytaty i plagiaty. Tekst piosenki i wypowiedzi slamerskie w świetle prawa autorskiego
Authors: Świerkowska Dagmara
Published: October 2021

The most important function of copyright is the protection of products of creativity, property rights and personal creator. In this broad sense, the laws protecting the author are understood and accepted by practice all over the world. The main focus of this article is to analyse the lyrics of Polish songs whose authors entered the judicial path to investigate one’s rights, and to compare them with spoken word texts, which, due to frequent references to the works of other authors, could be considered illegal. The research material consists of open court judgments, song lyrics and recordings of slam poetry texts collected by the author.
Argumentacja ex auctoritate w uzasadnianiu twierdzeń w tekstach homilii
Authors: Klementowicz Michał
Published: October 2021

Each public speech (including the homily) should be associated with showing the right which serves as the basis for accepting the presented statements. This is one of the fundamental features of the correct construction of a statement. The theological content of a homily can be presented on the basis of the classical form of argumentum ex auctoritate. As an inductive structure, this argument may promote specific ways of organising the whole speech. Firstly, in the rhetorical inventio structure, it allows the author to control the semantic coherence of the text. Secondly, in the structure of dis­positio, the authority can make for an interesting use of rhetorical narrative in homily text. Thirdly, argumentum ex auctoritate can be used to build the ethos of the preacher. Thanks to the above proposals, it is possible to influence the processuality of the text, which may determine the recognition and assimilation of the different key elements, both of which are crucial for preaching.
Funkcje form komicznych (memów internetowych i dowcipów) związanych z pandemią COVID-19
Authors: Szagun Dorota
Published: October 2021

The subject of the study is the analysis of a series of Internet memes and linguistic jokes made available in pseudomemic form in connection with the COVID-19 pan­demic. Comedy itself feeds on any deviations from the norm observed in social, and especially political, life; it captures all the aberrations, nonsense and inconsistencies. The pandemic emergency is fraught with new situations and rules that constitute such a deviation. A vivid social reaction is especially visible in the multisemiotic comic genres, such as Internet memes, due to their channel of entry (the Internet becomes the main channel of communication outside of family communities during social isolation), plasticity and susceptibility to replication. Comic forms, apart from peculiarly ludic and humorous functions, also perform persuasive functions, activating the social need to differentiate between oneself and the stranger, and consequently isolate or integrate certain social groups. In addition, Internet memes also serve as a commentary on current events, thus prompting the audience to take a position. Persuasion dressed in a comic costume seems to be one of the strongest ways of social influence, because it spreads in its innocent and playful form like a viral and becomes firmly fixed in social consciousness.
Dorota Połowniak-Wawrzonek, Związki frazeologiczne i skrzydlate słowa powstałe pod wpływem języka polityki oraz ich modyfikacje, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Kielce 2020, ss. 274
Authors: Fliciński Piotr
Published: October 2021

Recenzja. Dorota Połowniak-Wawrzonek, Związki frazeologiczne i skrzydlate słowa powstałe pod wpływem języka polityki oraz ich modyfikacje, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Kielce 2020, ss. 274
Jak się ukryć za słowami? Tomasz Łukasz Nowak, Język ukrycia. Zapisany socjolekt gejów, Universitas, Kraków 2020, ss. 273
Authors: Grzelka Monika
Published: October 2021

Recenzja. Jak się ukryć za słowami? Tomasz Łukasz Nowak, Język ukrycia. Zapisany socjolekt gejów, Universitas, Kraków 2020, ss. 273
Yury Fedorushkov, Adaptacja warsztatu leksykograficznego do automatyzacji rozpoznawania frazemów w systemie uczącym się (na przykładzie konstrukcji werbo-nominalnych języka rosyjskiego), Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2019, ss. 292
Authors: Szczyszek Michał
Published: October 2021

Recenzja. Yury Fedorushkov, Adaptacja warsztatu leksykograficznego do automatyzacji rozpoznawania frazemów w systemie uczącym się (na przykładzie konstrukcji werbo-nominalnych języka rosyjskiego), Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2019, ss. 292
Pojęcie przestępstwa lingwistycznego i jego typologie
Authors: Falana-Jafra Anna
Published: October 2021

The aim of the article is to formulate a definition of linguistic crimes as a specific type of crimes penalised in Polish criminal laws and to categorise them according to the follow­ing criteria: the nature of the perpetrator’s enforcement activities; the use of language or failure to use it; the length of the linguistic enforcement activities; the authorship of statements; the nature of the legal good to be protected. Human behaviour, which is legally classified as a linguistic offence, is performative in nature and therefore has the legal effect of making the offender criminally responsible and of imposing criminal sanctions on him/her by the competent state authorities. In the article, the performative function of language will be extended to include the notion of passive performativity, resulting from an offence committed as a result of the failure to use language in situa­tions where its use is required by the legal system.
Postulat usunięcia terminu obyczajność z Kodeksu karnego
Authors: Piosik Łukasz
Published: October 2021

In my article, I formulate and describe the demand to remove the term obyczajność (propriety) from the Penal Code. In the course of the analysis, I will attempt to prove that its presence in the Act is an example of cultivating a terminological tradition that dates back to the partitions period and was started for a reason that is currently out­dated – the general language was insufficient to describe sexual crimes. I also show that due to the discrepancy between the general and legal language, the use of the term obyczajność may mislead a non-professional interpreter of a legal text. The text con­cludes with a more precise description of the titular demand, i.e. a proposal to change the title of Chapter 25 of the Penal Code.
Study on the thermal insulation performance of the core–shell skeleton graphene oxide/carbon composite aerogel
Authors: Liu Hongli , Wang Peng , Yuan Wenjin , Li Hongyan
Published: October 2021

Phenolic resin (PR) was grafted onto the surface of graphene oxide (GO) through π–π conjugation and chemical bonding. After carbonization, organic compounds turned into carbon layers with a thickness of about 10 nm and coated on the surface of GO formed a core–shell structure. Besides, the adiabatic interface formed during organic carbonization can effectively connect the aerogels into a three-dimensional network. The optimum mass ratio of GO was determined to be 10 wt% in the preparation of the precursor aerogel. The adiabatic interfaces (carbon) between GO lamellae could effectively reduce the solid phase heat transfer in aerogels (thermal conductivity is 0.0457 W m−1 K−1). At the same time, the existence of GO also ensured better mechanical properties of GO/carbon composite aerogel (compressive strength is 2.43 MPa) compared with the pure carbon aerogel (1.52 MPa), demonstrating the excellent heat-shielding performance and mechanical property of GO/carbon aerogel.