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THE ROLE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AS AN INSTITUTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN MODERN RUSSIA
Authors:   Oryol Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia named after V.V. Lukyanov, Vlasov V.V.
Published: December 2023

The role of religion in contemporary societies is analyzed. The article substantiates the thesis that the Russian Orthodox Church plays an important role in solving the problems facing the Russian state, but its potential has not been exhausted. Based on this, measures are proposed aimed at improving the effectiveness of interaction between state and church authorities.
Challenges of the implementation of the divisional governance and management model: A comprehensive university case study
Authors: Dwesini Nombeko Felicity
Published: December 2023

This article explored challenges experienced in merged higher education institutions during restructuring using a selected comprehensive university (CU). As part of its restructuring, the CU abandoned the unitary governance model it had adopted when it merged and opted for a new governance model — the divisional governance and management (DGM) model. This was to consolidate the problematic merger and expedite the achievement of the objectives of the National Plan for Higher Education (NPHE). The governance model being investigated here is important because it is unique in the South African higher education context (Stumpf, 2008). It has been adopted in only one merged South African university, the North West University; it has not been attempted anywhere else in the merged South African universities (Mantashe, 2013). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 39 respondents, purposively selected for data collection. The findings revealed the following challenges: resistance to change, lack of clear reporting lines, inadequate financial resources and high costs of implementing the new governance model, unequal treatment of the different campuses or sites of the merged university, inconsistent application of institutional policies across the different campuses of the merged institution, the institutional culture, highly unionised institution, leadership instability, and inadequate communication. Based on the findings of the research, the study provided some recommendations to address the challenges identified by the study.
Hong Kong Poets and the Making of a Sinophone Literary Genre
Authors: Tong Christopher K.
Published: December 2023

Hong Kong has always existed on the margins of history. Interestingly, Hong Kong’s liminal status also made it a cosmopolitan space for transcultural exchanges between Chinese and Western worlds throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Despite its unique position vis-à-vis China and the West, however, Hong Kong has long been dismissed as lacking cultural gravitas. As such, Hong Kong culture finds itself self-consciously confronting a perennial crisis: as the People’s Republic of China gains increasing recognition in the canons of world literature, Hong Kong’s cosmopolitan culture is indirectly side-lined in the process. Meanwhile, Hong Kong literature is routinely underrepresented in the canons of modern Chinese literature. Anthologies of modern Chinese poetry and poetry research, for instance, scarcely include Hong Kong poets, if at all. Given this context, this essay seeks to rearticulate the place of Hong Kong in modern Chinese literary history. More specifically, it traces the emergence of Hong Kong poetry as a cosmopolitan literary genre in the latter half of the twentieth century. The goals are threefold: to historicise the confluence of Chinese and Western literary traditions in the city of Hong Kong; to locate specific intersections of identity, language, and politics in the production of Hong Kong poetry; and to introduce biographical and bibliographical data on notable Hong Kong poets.
Bridging the Gap: Pancreas Tissue Slices From Organ and Tissue Donors for the Study of Diabetes Pathogenesis
Authors: Cohrs Christian M. , Chen Chunguang , Atkinson Mark A. , Drotar Denise M. , Speier Stephan
Published: December 2023

Over the last two decades, increased availability of human pancreatic tissues has allowed for major expansions in our understanding of islet biology in health and disease. Indeed, studies of fixed and frozen pancreatic tissues, as well as efforts using viable isolated islets obtained from organ donors, have provided significant insights toward our understanding of diabetes. However, the procedures associated with islet isolation result in distressed cells that have been removed from any surrounding influence. The pancreas tissue slice technology was developed as an in situ approach to overcome certain limitations associated with studies on isolated islets or fixed tissue. In this Perspective, we discuss the value of this novel platform and review how pancreas tissue slices, within a short time, have been integrated in numerous studies of rodent and human islet research. We show that pancreas tissue slices allow for investigations in a less perturbed organ tissue environment, ranging from cellular processes, over peri-islet modulations, to tissue interactions. Finally, we discuss the considerations and limitations of this technology in its future applications. We believe the pancreas tissue slices will help bridge the gap between studies on isolated islets and cells to the systemic conditions by providing new insight into physiological and pathophysiological processes at the organ level.

Article Highlights

Human pancreas tissue slices represent a novel platform to study human islet biology in close to physiological conditions. Complementary to established technologies, such as isolated islets, single cells, and histological sections, pancreas tissue slices help bridge our understanding of islet physiology and pathophysiology from single cell to intact organ. Diverse sources of viable human pancreas tissue, each with distinct characteristics to be considered, are available to use in tissue slices for the study of diabetes pathogenesis.
Estadística y probabilidades
Authors:   Docente en la carrera  de Biotecnología de la Universidad Técnica de Cotopax, García Paredes Nery Elisabeth , Haro Sarango Alexander Fernando ,   Docente de  Administración Financiera y como Coordinador de la carrera  Tecnológica Superior Universitaria en Administración de  Empresas e Inteligencia de Negocios en el Instituto Superior  Tecnológico España (ISTE, Silva Godoy Lizeth Fernanda ,   Docente de Ciencias Exactas  en Cálculo vectorial y Álgebra Lineal en los departamentos  de Energía y Mecánica, Eléctrica y Electrónica, Ciencias de la  Computación ( ESPE-L), Pozo Parra Fredin Fernando ,   Docente de Algebra lineal  y Cálculo Diferencial e Integral, de la Facultad de Ciencias  Agrarias y Forestales (UTEQ), Salguero Gualpa Stalin Gabriel ,   Asesor académico,  capacitador en la institución privada ESCAM
Published: December 2023

Bienvenidos a un viaje fascinante y enriquecedor hacia el mundo de la estadística y la teoría de probabilidades. En las páginas que siguen, nos embarcaremos en un recorrido por los misteriosos y apasionantes territorios de los números, las incertidumbres y las predicciones. A través de este libro, desentrañaremos los conceptos fundamentales que subyacen a estas disciplinas y descubriremos cómo han moldeado nuestro entendimiento del mundo y han revolucionado una multitud de campos, desde la ciencia hasta la economía y más allá. La estadística y la teoría de probabilidades son como las dos caras de una moneda; están intrínsecamente entrelazadas y se complementan mutuamente para proporcionar una comprensión profunda de los fenómenos aleatorios y la variabilidad en nuestros datos. En este libro, exploraremos cómo estas herramientas han evolucionado a lo largo de los siglos, desde sus raíces en los juegos de azar y la astronomía hasta su centralidad en la toma de decisiones informadas en la era moderna.
CRUEL SPEECH:
Authors: Ries Nancy
Published: December 2023

This paper interrogates the official purveyance of exterminist rhetoric in Russia’s war on Ukraine, with a particular focus on state media discourse. Over decades, the Putin regime has constructed an overarching system of intertwined narratives about Ukraine, centred on historical and geopolitical fables and exhortations to violence, and conveyed via repetitive tropes and tones of speech. These are ritualistic semi-scripted televised discussions (“agitainment”) featuring state officials, hack journalists, and prowar scholars. This elaborate discursive spectacle models a sadistic affect and seems designed to crush empathy towards Ukrainian civilians and among Russia’s own citizens. Anthropological and critical discursive approaches to the circulation of utterance suggest avenues for analysing the impacts, obvious and subtle, of these rhetorical and aesthetic devices in the context of terror directed both internationally and domestically.
O rompimento da Barragem de Fundão em Mariana-MG após 03 anos: considerações sobre um “crime que se renova”
Authors: Bertollo Kathiuça
Published: December 2023

Este artigo aborda o contexto da luta de classes após 03 anos do rompimento/crime da barragem de Fundão em Mariana-MG, ocorrido no dia 05 de novembro de 2015. Tal fato se inscreve na lógica produtivista em contexto de capitalismo dependente. O processo de extração e comercialização do minério de ferro, uma das commodities mais produzidas/extraídas do território brasileiro neste início de século XXI, é conformado pela queda e retomada das taxas de lucro, o que contribui para a perpetuação da dependência e subordinação econômica, política e social deste continente e do Brasil em relação aos países de capitalismo central. Após o rompimento/crime duas posições antagônicas se explicitaram no processo de ressarcimento e reparação dos danos/perdas: a atuação da Fundação Renova, instituição fortemente vinculada às mineradoras que causaram o rompimento/crime, e a perspectiva de luta e reivindicação por parte dos atingidos. Conclui-se que o contexto de luta e resistência é árduo, atravessado por interesses de classes sociais antagônicas que são materializados em trâmites burocrático-institucionais e legal-normativos, o que reafirma a histórica dominação do capital sobre a classe trabalhadora no contexto da mineração extrativista.
Sozdanie geneticheski kodiruemogo svetoinduciruemogo sensora dlya vizualizacii yadryshka
Authors: Журлова П. А. , Беседовская З. В. , Соколинская Е. Л. , Путляева Л. В.
Published: December 2023

YAdryshki uchastvuyut v usilenii produkcii rRNK i podderzhanii biogeneza ribosom v opuholevyh kletkah, chto delaet ih zhelannoj mishen'yu v geneticheskih i onkologicheskih issledovaniyah. Naibolee udobnym metodom vizualizacii yadryshka blagodarya svoej effektivnosti i dostupnosti yavlyaetsya fluorescentnaya mikroskopiya. V nastoyashchee vremya metody vizualizacii yadryshek libo netochny, libo neprigodny dlya zhivyh kletok, libo trebuyut postoyannogo okrashivaniya dlya zhivogo monitoringa. Cel'yu issledovaniya bylo sozdat' geneticheski kodiruemuyu sistemu fotoinduciruemyh sensorov (light-activated nucleolus sensor, LANS) dlya vizualizacii yadryshka v real'nom vremeni. Kombinaciya domena eMag dlya svetoinduciruemoj dimerizacii i ridernogo domena belka DPF3 pozvolyaet sisteme LANS effektivno osushchestvlyat' napravlennoe peremeshchenie celevogo belka v yadryshko posredstvom oblucheniya kletki korotkimi impul'sami sinego sveta, ne vliyaya na morfologiyu kletok. Dannaya sistema pozvolyaet uvelichit' predstavlennost' proby LANS2 v yadryshke v 1,5 raza otnositel'no znachenij intensivnosti fluorescencii, poluchennyh do oblucheniya yadryshka. Sozdannaya sistema sensorov LANS pozvolit uskorit' poisk novyh lekarstv i uluchshit' pervichnyj skrining lekarstvennyh soedinenij v modelyah in vivo.
Converting a DJI Tello Quadcopter into a Face-follower Machine Using the Haar Cascade with PID Controller
Authors: Abdallah Shalaw M.
Published: December 2023

Drones have been frequently used for photography in recent years at significantly cheaper rates. However, the most modern drones are exceedingly error-prone and require precise manual control to take high-quality photos or films. We suggest using the AI method of Haar cascades with a PID controller to give drones vision, enabling them to do autonomous tracking and detection. This project aims to improve photography fields. The proposed system tries to detect the face and track the person's movements. This system will help photographers and journalists upgrade their work, even if it is used in surveillance and the military. The algorithm's results show that the DJI Tello tiny drone's camera is capable of detecting and tracking faces. The micro drone was picked since it is lightweight and compact, making its use safe and enabling testing to take place inside. Additionally, the DJI Tello may be easily programmed using Python. The position of the drone is contrasted with the set point in the center of the image to identify errors, allowing control signals for calculating forward/backwards, right/left, and yaw movements. The proposed system results show that the drone can detect and track the face very well, and the PID values are stable.
KORELASI AKTIVITAS BERORGANISASI DENGAN KEDISIPLINAN BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK MTs MUHAMMADIYAH 1 WAY BUNGUR LAMPUNG TIMUR
Authors: Setiawan Heri , Dacholfany M. Ihsan , Iswati Iswati
Published: December 2023

Seiring dengan banyaknya sekolah yang ada maka semakin banyak pula organisasi sekolah yang ada.Baik sekolah yang didirikan oleh pemerintah maupun sekolah yang didirikan oleh pihak swasta sepertisekolah Muhammadiyah. Organisasi yang ada pada sekolah Muhammadiyah khususnya MadrasahTsanawiyah yaitu IPM (Ikatan Pelajar Muhammadiyah). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahuiaktivitas berorganisasi Peserta Didik, Kedisiplinan Belajar Peserta Didik dan Korelasi signifikan antaraAktivitas Berorganisasi dengan Kedisiplinan Belajar Peserta Didik. Metode yang digunakan dalampenelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui penyebaran angket,interview/wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi, kemudian data yang telah dikumpul di analisismenggunakan metode produk moment. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adanya korelasi antaraaktifitas berorganisasi dengan kedisiplinan belajar peserta didik MTs Muhammadiyah 1 Way BungurKabupaten Lampung Timur tidak mempunyai dampak atau pengaruh terhadap kedisiplinan belajarpeserta didik. Kedisiplinan belajar peserta didik tidak akan menurun dengan peserta didik aktifberorganisasi, selama peserta didik tersebut mampu mengatur dan membagi waktu belajar dengan baik.Korelasi antara aktifitas berorganisasi dengan kedisiplinan belajar peserta didik MTs Muhammadiyah 1Way Bungur Kabupaten Lampung Timur. Jadi, hasil penelitian ini ada hubungan signifikan antaraaktivitas berorganisasi dengan kedisiplinan belajar peserta didik.
3D Vision systémy v průmyslové robotice
Authors:   University of West Bohemia, Müller Jakub , Vítek Lukáš ,   University of West Bohemia, Broum Tomáš ,   University of West Bohemia, Malaga Miroslav ,   University of West Bohemia
Published: December 2023

Strojové vidění je metoda využívající systém jedné či více kamer, pomocí kterého je možné objekty automaticky kontrolovat, analyzovat a provádět s nimi různé pohybové úlohy. Zařízení a senzory zprostředkovávají potřebná data pro řídící systém, kde jsou vyhodnocena pro vykonání úloh pro dané zařízení. 3D vision systémy využívají strojového vidění a jsou integrovány do robotických zařízení, které najdou uplatnění ve strojírenství, automotive a dalších průmyslových odvětvích.
Recuerdo. A Bernardo y Rosita: mis padres
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana, Trujillo Turizo Margarita Rosa
Published: December 2023

Respetuosamente, los invito a memorar con un minuto de silencio a nuestros amigos y compañeros de sueños y acciones por esta querida Universidad, en particular a Rosita Turizo, Bernardo Trujillo, y su amigo Jaime Jaramillo Panesso. Saludo a todas las personas que hoy acompañan de manera virtual a la Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana, en la presentación del número 41 de la Revista UNAULA. En este número se hace un homenaje al Dr. Jaime Jaramillo Panesso y una dedicatoria especial a la familia Trujillo Turizo, en cabeza de mis padres Rosita y Bernardo.
La teoría crítica de la Escuela de Frankfurt
Authors:   Universidad de Antioquia, Rubiano Muñoz Rafael
Published: December 2023

Entre los años de 1914 a 1923 se abrió paso, en un medio convulso y turbulento, una serie de ideas que renovarían al marxismo y aportarían nuevas perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas a las ciencias sociales. Su lugar de gestación fue Ilmenau-Alemania. En ese poblado se reunieron en febrero de 1922, Georg Lukács, Karl Korsch, Richard Sorge, Friedrick Pollock, Karl August Wittfogel, Bela Fogarasi, Karl Schrnückle, Konstantin Zetkin, entre otros, quienes eran intelectuales de izquierda. Su propósito fue leer el manuscrito todavía inédito de Karl Korsch titulado “Marxismo y Filosofía”2 y planear una semana de trabajo acerca del marxismo, que se denominó Erste Marxistische Arbeitswoche (Primera semana de trabajo marxista), con el anhelo de una segunda que no se llevó a cabo.
El museo de Edgarsville
Authors:   Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Velásquez Córdoba Carlos Alberto
Published: December 2023

El doctor Johnson paro en la estación de servicio de Beach Grove. —Perdone, ¿sabe usted como se llega a Chattanooga por esta vía? —Solo siga ese camino unas treinta millas. Siempre tome la desviación de la derecha. A la sexta desviación gire a la izquierda y luego siga siempre a la derecha. Llegará a la ruta 24. No se perderá. —Muchas gracias —respondió el doctor Johnson mientras se repetía a sí mismo: “siempre a la derecha, a la sexta a la izquierda y luego siempre a la derecha”.
The Darker Side of Jonathan Swift: On the Coloniality of Being in A Modest Proposal (1729)
Authors:   Linnaeus University, Sweden, Ó CUINNEAGÁIN EOIN
Published: December 2023

This article reads A Modest Proposal from the darker side of the westernised/anglicised Enlightenment. Firstly, it critically engages with the proclivity within the Anglocentric academy to celebrate English language literary figures associated with “The Enlightenment” in Ireland without a questioning of their role in the colonial project and in shaping its discourses of racism and sexism. Secondly, it focuses on how, from an Irish decolonial perspective, Jonathan Swift can be understood as a manager of the colonial racial/patriarchal matrix of power. Thirdly, it argues that the satire written by Jonathan Swift should be understood as an Anglocentric geo-cultural category and may be understood as westernised/anglicised Enlightenment satire. Finally, A Modest Proposal is analysed in terms of the exceptionality principle of irony, Swift’s project of improvement and salvation of the colonised, and modernity/coloniality’s rhetorical promise yet inability to solve the problems it produces.
Introduction: “Enlightenment Legacies”
Authors:   Bilkent University, Turkey, LINES JOE , WARD JAMES ,   Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Published: December 2023

Titled “Enlightenment Legacies”, this Special Issue brings together articles, poems and discussions which address the continuing relevance to modern Irish culture of the period and movement known as “the Enlightenment”. As shown by the varied range of topics, people and debates covered by contributors, our present continues to be shaped by Enlightenment themes and values in ways both unexpected and unignorable.
Aplikasi SI-APIK Sebagai Solusi Penyusunan Laporan Keuangan bagi UMKM Makanan dan Minuman
Authors: Zuliyati Zuliyati , Triyanto Wiwit Agus , Rusdianto Hutomo
Published: December 2023

UMKM need to increase their productivity through technological improvements, so that the production process becomes more effective and efficient. Service partners are UMKM engaged in the food and beverage sector in Kudus Regency, namely Catering Bu Yati. The problem faced is the low management of the business and the unpreparedness of resources in the face of technological change so that the business is managed conventionally and traditionally. This service method uses technological guidance, application training and business management assistance. The output of this activity is the use of neat applications, increased income, as well as national seminars and publications through scientific articles in the form of proceedings or service journals.
Pelatihan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) untuk Guru SMP Negeri 2 Wedarijaksa, Pati
Authors: Setiadi Gunawan
Published: December 2023

This proposal community service program is designed to provide and assist the teachers to understand a classroom action research. The basic for proposing this service is the existence the problems, the teacher ability to understand a classroom action research, unable to make  a research proposal and unable to make a research report. The activities that will be carried out in this service are to provide a in-house training. The objectives to be achieved are: 1) increasing the understanding of a classroom action research, 2) increasing ability to write a research proposal, and 3) increasing ability to write a research report. The approach offered in the realization of this service is a in house-training model.           Keywords: a classroom action research, a research proposal, research report.
MELESTARIKAN KESENIAN GAMELAN PADA ERA MODERN
Authors: Prasukma Nadia Putri
Published: December 2023

This article, entitled Preserving Gamelan Traditional Arts in the Modern Era as an effort to foster a love of traditional culture in the Muludan Tlompakan community, describes various problems related to the preservation of traditional arts in the Muludan Tlompakan community. There are several studies in this article, namely: 1. Art as the identity of the village environment, 2. Documentation as a place for preservation, 3. Design of Art Conservation in the modern era, 4. Process of Preservation Implementation, 5. Traditional culture. In describing the discussion of this article, the influencing factors include 1. The large number of people, especially the younger generation, who are not familiar with traditional arts 2. Public awareness to preserve traditional arts is very lacking. Muludan Hamlet, Tlompakan Village, Tuntang District, Semarang Regency is a child-friendly hamlet that was pioneered as one of the Art and Culture Hamlets in the Central Java area. With a variety of arts in it, this hamlet has the potential to improve arts and culture in the Central Java area. In this article, the author tries to describe using descriptive research methods. The author sees firsthand the problems that exist in that place and sees the importance of optimizing documentation as a support for preservation and encouraging a sense of pride in the traditional arts of the childfriendly Hamlet of Muludan Hamlet Art and Culture. Then the author develops the problems that are in place and makes an Innovation Plan in the form of implementation.
PEMANFAATAN SOSIAL MEDIA UNTUK DIGITAL MARKETING PADA SISWA JURUSAN TEKNIK DAN BISNIS SEPEDA MOTOR
Authors: Ferdiansyah Pramudhita , Yusril Syahputra Muhammad Reza
Published: December 2023

Currently the development of the world of education is increasing, especially in the fields of marketing and business. Where all majors or disciplines cannot be separated from marketing and business materials. This service focuses on vocational schools majoring in Motorcycle Engineering and Business. Where in the department there is already a curriculum on the motorcycle business. In improving the quality competence of SMK students majoring in Motorcycle Engineering and Business (TBSM) in developing business knowledge, it is necessary to introduce supporting aspects in the sale of goods or services, especially digital marketing. The training that will be carried out later is taking photos or pictures according to the composition of the photography so that the goods or products look more attractive, then simple editing of product photos. In addition, briefing on the use of social media to be used as a means of promotion or marketing of the selected products. The end result of this service is that students can get to know digital marketing and are able to manage and utilize social media to be used as a means of marketing or business. The material delivered is in accordance with the school curriculum majoring in Motorcycle Engineering and Business, so that the knowledge gained can be well integrated and can be used as a curriculum development for the School Engineering and Motorcycle Business major.
Pengembangan Olahan Ikan Kembung untuk Mencegah Stunting di Desa Tedunan Wedung Demak
Authors: Yudanti Gendis Purno , Palupi Dian Arsanti , Handayani Yanulia , Ismah Kadar , Setyoningsih Heni
Published: December 2023

Stunting is a chronic nutritional problem if it isn't controlled with catch-up growth it will cause decreased growth, increases the death risk and inhibits motor and mental growth. The Indonesian Government promise to reduce the prevalence of stunting so it needs to strengthen coordination and expand the scope of programs carried out by related Government Institutions. Tedunan, one of the villages on the coast of Demak which becomes the target of reducing stunting rates, it has abundant marine products but has not been used optimally. Based on Journal of Nutrition and Food Science 2016, an important ingredient found in mackerel is selenium. Selenium plays a role in reducing the risk of low birth weight and the risk of stunting. This community service program aims to increase consumption of mackerel by making nuggets which are ready to eat and are liked by children and increase the economic selling value of mackerel.
Pemberdayaan Kompetensi Mahasiswa Akhir Program Studi Pendidikan Dokter dalam Melakukan Promosi Kesehatan Olahraga
Authors: Laeto Arwan Bin , Santoso Budi , Zulissetiana Eka Febri , Susilawati Susilawati
Published: December 2023

Athis community service activity aims to empower the competence of final semester students of the Medical Education Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Sriwijaya University, in implementing the concepts and knowledge they already have through organizing sports health promotion activities. The novelty of this activity is that early students are trained to develop effective communication competencies with the general public before actually being in the community, according to profession they occupy. The result of this community service is that students become skilled in promoting sports health as a result of empowering the knowledge and insights that have been obtained in the early semester.
MALAYSIA AS A BACKPACKING DESTINATION FOR MILLENNIAL SOLO FEMALE TRAVELLERS: EXAMINING DESTINATION IMAGE, MOTIVATION, AND INTENTIONS
Authors:   Universiti Teknologi MARA,Cawangan Selangor, Zulkurnain Muhammad Zulhilmi , Awang Ali Quratul Ain Syahirah ,   Universiti Teknologi MARA,Cawangan Selangor, Belly Tressy ,   Universiti Teknologi MARA,Cawangan Selangor
Published: December 2023

This study explores Malaysia's appeal as a backpacking destination for millennial solo female travellers. The study aims to fill a gap in the knowledge focussing on understanding the way millennial solo female travellers see their destination, what motivates them, and how their views can help to shape their travel choices interconnected with their travel plans. The factors affecting this demographic’s choice of destinations and travel intentions are thoroughly examined in this study using a quantitative approach. The 164 respondents were assessed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), and the findings demonstrated that psychological motive, cultural motive, personal motive, and destination image positively influence tourist travel intention among millennial solo female travellers. The study's findings offer important information for modifying marketing plans and offerings to suit the requirements and preferences of this growing and powerful tourism market, helping to position Malaysia as a welcoming and inclusive female traveller -backpacking destination.
The Art of Complaints: Analysing Complaints Management from a Social Media Banking Account
Authors:   Taylor’s University, Syed Khalid Sharifah Syazwa Amierah , Abd Rahman Amir Lukman ,   Akademi Pengajian Bahasa,Universiti Teknologi MARA
Published: December 2023

Banking institutions’ handling of complaints in today’s context has become one of the most highlighted areas in customer service. Customer complaints are the basis of any organisation, and an organisation’s ability to handle its customers reflects the competitive spirit in the business area. The resolution quality is what makes an organisation different from the others. Every business entity has now used an advanced tool to create customer satisfaction, and social media is a tool that has become familiar and popular among the public. Considering these phenomena, the banking industry has adopted social media to communicate with its customers. Subsequently, there are thousands of complaints posted through the social media platform and viral issues in social media could damage the organisation, affecting the profit made. While a happy customer could spread the information to 10 people, an unhappy customer could spread that issue to thousands of people on social media in a matter of seconds. Thus, the banking institution must strategize its standard of procedure in handling complaints so it would be beneficial instead of damaging. The present paper will analyse the types of complaints made by customers through the banking social media platform and the type of resolution the institution gave to rectify and solve the complaints. Findings showed that the highest type of customer complaint would be related to a banking service issue, followed by delayed service, general information, and issues on a social media campaign. In contrast, the most used type of resolution would focus more on explaining the predicaments, followed by resolution quality, being courteous, apology and accessibility.
FOUNDATIONS OF AFRICAN PERCEPTIONS ON SECURITY AND VIOLENCE. OVERLAPPING THE NEED FOR PEACE WITH THE NARRATIVES OF STRUGGLE, A SAFE WAY OR AN AFRICAN WAY?
Authors: STOICA Diana Sfetlana
Published: December 2023

Would western defined security be an African security and would this reproduce, or develop, from indigenous African ontologies, so that African understanding of security and violence could actually bestow to the global peacekeeping actions? Considering this research question, focused on the understanding of security and violence in an African postcolonial and maybe de-colonial taxonomy, the present paper invites to reflect on the evolution of the concepts of security and violence in African scholarships, their connections with the sustainable African social development narratives that seem to monopolize the space of debates in African Studies.  Moreover, the intentions are to explore the disruptions between the need for peace and the narratives of struggle in the context of a critical resistance to the global connecting and disconnecting biases that define the conceptual “security” and “violence”. This content analysis and critical look on the becoming of the term of violence, at the base of a typical evolution of the term security, in African literature or African focused debates, might contribute to defining that security and violence are floating terms, their understanding in an African taxonomy should be Africanized, being highlighted that security includes violence as inner boosting element, that allows for the two to be in a strange relationship, recalling for attentive consideration and critics on the application of Western inspired peacekeeping actions that do not take into account specific conditions such as territory and culture.
SUFISM IN THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN POLITICS
Authors: BĂDESCU Șerban-P.
Published: December 2023

The objective of this article is to explore how political Sufism, in conjunction with political Shī’ism, influences contemporary Iranian internal and external affairs, the decision-making process, and the future political ideology. While religion has consistently been an integral part of Iranian state and culture, the primary faith has not always played a definitive role in political decisions throughout history, particularly in recent decades. To gain a deeper understanding of Iranian politics and its future trajectory, it is essential to comprehend the role of Sufi elements within it. This work elucidates the core political Sufi ideas and their persistence and development within Persian borders up to the present day, despite facing substantial opposition from the ulama. Furthermore, in order to identify these Sufi elements within the current Iranian political landscape, the article analyzes all presidential administrations since the Revolution and highlights how political Sufism has become ingrained in both the decision-making process and political propaganda.
"POIS": PROPRIETÀ DISCORSIVE E INTERAZIONALI DI UN MARCATORE DISCORSIVO PORTOGHESE TRADOTTO IN ITALIANO
Authors: MORLEO Francesco
Published: December 2023

Pois: discursive and interactional properties of a Portuguese discourse marker translated into Italian. In this paper we intend to present the study of the Portuguese discursive marker pois to emphasise the various discursive and interactional possibilities. This discursive connector is included by Lopes e Carrilho (2020) among the explanatory discursive markers: the lexical element takes the form of an operator with anaphoric value that proposes the part of discourse that follows it as an explanation of the part of discourse that precedes it. Part of this semantic value is also found in the pois with an interactional function of response. This phenomenon could be explained by considering the process of semantic drift that sees the expansion of the discursive space of use of a lexical element. To present the various areas of use of the discursive marker pois, written and oral language data will be examined. In addition, a contrastive analysis with Italian will be proposed based on the possible translations that this discourse marker can have in this language in order to broaden the contrastive studies between the two Romance languages.
REZUMAT. Pois: proprietăți discursive și interacționale ale unui marcator discursiv portughez tradus în italiană. În această lucrare ne propunem să studiem marcatorul discursiv pois (portugheză europeană), pentru a sublinia diferitele sale posibilități discursive și interacționale. Acest conector discursiv este inclus de Lopes e Carrilho (2020) în categoria marcatorilor discursivi explicativi: elementul lexical ia forma unui operator cu valoare anaforică ce propune partea de discurs care îl urmează ca explicație a părții de discurs care îl precedă. O parte a acestei valori semantice se regăsește și în pois cu funcție interacțională de răspuns. Acest fenomen ar putea fi explicat prin prisma procesului de derivă semantică care cuprinde extinderea spațiului discursiv de utilizare a unui element lexical. Pentru a prezenta diferitele domenii de utilizare ale marcatorului discursiv pois, vor fi examinate date de limbă scrisă și orală. În plus, se va propune o analiză contrastivă cu limba italiană, bazată pe posibilele traduceri ale acestui marcator discursiv, pentru a îmbogăți studiile contrastive între cele două limbi romanice.
Cuvinte-cheie: marcatori discursivi; portugheză, italiană; pois; interacțiune lingvistică.
Article history: Received 1 August 2023; Revised 1 November 2023; Accepted 10 November 2023; Available online 20 December 2023; Available print 31 December 2023.
THE NORWEGIAN CABIN IN CHRISTIAN VALEUR’S "STEFFEN TAR SIN DEL AV ANSVARET"
Authors: BOZÎNTAN Georgiana
Published: December 2023

The Norwegian Cabin in Christian Valeur’s Steffen tar sin del av ansvaret. The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis of the representation of the hytte or the Norwegian cabin in Christian Valeur’s 2009 novel Steffen tar sin del av ansvaret (“Steffen Takes His Share of the Responsibility”). Discussing the topos of the hytte, I seek to show how the novel offers a commentary on the Norwegian cabin tradition in the context of the climate crisis in particular and, more generally, on the paradoxical ideas of closeness to nature through consumerism. Drawing on Ellen Rees’s study about cabins in Norwegian literature (2014) and understanding this locus as a heterotopia (Foucault 1986), I discuss how the cabin ironically loses its value of being an “environmentally friendly” form of dwelling, and therefore cannot accomplish its potential role as a heterotopia of compensation. On the other hand, the cabin becomes a place of refuge and self-reflection for the narrator and therefore functions as a heterotopia of crisis. Finally, I suggest we can read the novel in relation to the hyttebok (“cabin book”) conventions, underlining the satirical and subversive nature of the novel towards ecological attitudes in Norwegian society. In this way, I aim to propose a new interpretation of the novel as a work of climate fiction.
REZUMAT. Cabana norvegiană în Steffen tar sin del av ansvaret de Christian Valeur. Scopul acestui articol este de a oferi o analiză a reprezentării cabanei norvegiene (hytte) în romanul lui Christian Valeur, Steffen tar sin del av ansvaret („Steffen își asumă responsabilitatea”, 2009). Discutând toposul cabanei, îmi propun să arăt cum romanul aduce un comentariu asupra tradiției cabanei norvegiene în contextul crizei climatice în particular și, în mod general, asupra ideii paradoxale de apropiere față de natură prin consumerism. Având la bază studiul lui Ellen Rees (2014) despre cabanele din literatura norvegiană și înțelegând acest spațiu ca o heterotopie (Foucault 1986), îmi propun să discut cum, în mod ironic, cabana reprezentată în roman își pierde calitatea de formă de locuire „prietenoasă cu mediul” și astfel nu își poate îndeplini rolul potențial de heterotopie de compensație. Pe de altă parte, cabana devine un loc de refugiu și reflexie asupra sinelui pentru personajul-narator, în acest fel funcționând ca heterotopie de criză. În cele din urmă, sugerez că putem citi romanul în raport cu convențiile jurnalului de cabană (hyttebok), punând în evidență caracterul satiric și subversiv al romanului la adresa atitudinilor ecologice din societatea norvegiană. În felul acesta, îmi propun să ofer o nouă interpretare a romanului citit ca ficțiune climatică.
Cuvinte-cheie: cabana norvegiană, heterotopie, Christian Valeur, hyttebok, ficțiune climatică.
Article history: Received 3 August 2023; Revised 16 November 2023; Accepted 28 November 2023;Available online 20 December 2023; Available print 31 December 2023.
"Conflict Management in Romanian School Communities: an Examination of Practices in Cluj-Napoca High Schools"
Authors:   ", CHEREJI Christian-Radu ,   Professor, Director of Conflict Studies Center, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", SANDU Ciprian ,   "Lecturer, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania"
Published: December 2023

This article delves into the nuanced landscape of conflict management within Romanian school communities, with a specific focus on administrators, teachers, students, and parents. This study conducted comprehensive research involving four high schools in Cluj-Napoca, employing a multifaceted approach incorporating focus groups and surveys. The findings of this investigation reveal a prominent trend in conflict resolution within these school communities: conflicts are primarily resolved through administrative decisions and sanctions. This predominant reliance on hierarchical authority structures to address disputes emerges as a dominant theme, while awareness and utilization of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods are notably absent.
"Romanian Ngos’ Efforts to Advocate on Behalf of Marginalized Groups and Prevent Social Turbulence"
Authors:   ", IRIMIEȘ Laura Maria ,   Associate professor, Department for Journalism and Digital Media, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", IRIMIEȘ Cosmin ,   "Professor, Department for Communication, Public Relations and Advertising, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", MESAROȘ Emil Mihai ,   "PdD Candidate, Doctoral School for Communication, Public Relations and Advertising, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania"
Published: December 2023

While Romania has undergone huge progress during the last 30 years, the situation of marginalized groups hasn’t progressed as well as the country’s rapid economic development. The plight of vulnerable groups such as unhoused people, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQ community continues to be a source of social turbulence, as they are consistently facing exclusion. Authorities do not prioritize their integration within society and there is a lack of policies to deal with these issues, leading to the appearance of extremely polarizing movements such as the 2018 referendum initiative to ban same-sex unions. This paper aims to analyze three case studies where advocacy organizations championed the cause of the above-mentioned groups, in order to increase visibility, representation, and integration, and pinpoint best practices for organizations advocating on behalf of disadvantaged groups. The three main best practices we have learned regarding advocacy projects targeting public policy for marginalized groups are: a. always put a local group at the center of the project, b. bring outside partners or mentors who can bring advocacy skills to the project, c. look for other, supplemental, positive outcomes, that usually tend to come up in the work with marginalized groups.
"Managers’ Decision-Making Strategies During Crises: Bounded Rationality and Intuition — an Interplay"
Authors:   ", PREDA Marian ,   Professor, Sociology Department, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania", STAN Oana Mara ,   "Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania"
Published: December 2023

The article discusses managers’ decision-making strategies that encompass risk, time pressure, and uncertainty into a heuristic logic of obligation to act. It highlights the performative features of metacognitive processes that put intuition into use within the framework of bounded rationality and emotional intelligence. Among the threats that leaders face when confronted with intuitive decision-making are failure, blame, and reputational damage, with ensuing restoration tactics. The implications for impactful managerial practices concern ways to reconcile short-term acceptability with collective rationality outcomes of actionable decisions.
"E-Government, Strategic Planning and Co-Production: Can Technology Promote Greater Citizen Engagement in a Rapidly Changing and Turbulent World: the University Response"
Authors:   ", URS Nicolae ,   Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Management, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Vice-Dean, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", HAMLIN Roger E. ,   "President and CEO of The Michigan State Policy Center at Proaction Institute, Michigan, United States of America Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States of America Associated Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", ZHAO Juanjuan ,   "PhD student, School of Public Administration and Public Policies, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania", HAMLIN Amanda R. ,   "English and Writing Instructor, Oakton Community College in the Chicago, Illinois, United States of America"
Published: December 2023

"Any large city mayor or public administrator has a sense that the world with which his/her city must interface is turbulent and changing exponentially faster. Advancing communication, transportation and other technologies have made the people of the world increasingly interconnected. Immediate crises such as financial collapse, pandemics, climate change and military tensions bring the negative side of this global phenomenon to the fore. Nevertheless, even in their absence, other incipient, but persistent, and portentous issues are increasingly demanding of public action. Simultaneously, pressure to engage all citizens in public policy debates and decision-making is growing and becoming central to trust in government and the survival of democracies. The collision of the two forces, turbulence v. demand for increasing public debate and involvement, gives further salience to the notion that science-based technologies are charging ahead while the development of social technologies, such as democratic institutions, are lagging. This paper looks at several approaches to citizen engagement: co-production, asset-oriented public management, strategic planning, and participatory modeling. It then addresses various forms of e-governance and investigates how new technologies might be used to expand and improve citizen engagement while allowing the government to deal with the more turbulent environment. Some criticisms and cautions are listed. Finally, the paper investigates how well higher education in public administration is responding to the collision through the offering of specialized courses and programs. The methodology was to catalog the course offerings of the top ranked PA programs. The conclusion is that these programs are not adequately responding to the issues presented in this paper."
De la especificidad a la postautonomía: debate sobre la vigencia de una tradición
Authors: Bardauil Pablo
Published: December 2023

Con el concepto de postautonomía elaborado en la última etapa de su producción, Josefina Ludmer propone dejar atrás un conjunto de principios –autonomía, especificidad, autorreferencia, ambigüedad del sentido, valor literario- que habían sido centrales en la teoría literaria del siglo XX y cuya validez pone en duda para pensar la literatura del presente. Sus provocativas postulaciones, que involucran el abandono de muchos de los presupuestos en los que se habían constituido sus propios libros iniciales, dieron lugar a un fuerte debate que provocó, llamativamente, el efecto contrario: hacer retornar al centro de la discusión la pregunta por la validez de aquellos conceptos que se pretende jubilar por envejecidos. En una época en la que los estudios culturales parecen haber colonizado las reflexiones sobre la literatura, ¿qué vigencia pueden tener aquellas nociones que fueron claves para la teoría literaria del siglo pasado en la actualidad?
Trajetórias acadêmicas de diplomadas(os) em Ciências da Educação
Authors: Correia Miguel , Vaz Henrique
Published: December 2023

A presente pesquisa, alicerçada no conhecimento produzido em torno da profissionalidade em Ciências da Educação, teve por objetivo explorar as trajetórias acadêmicas de ex-estudantes do curso de Ciências da Educação com uma experiência profissional superior a 7 anos. Para tal, construíram-se 21 retratos sociológicos com o propósito de captar as trajetórias acadêmicas e os caminhos profissionais destas pessoas. A partir destes retratos, procedeu-se à tipificação das trajetórias acadêmicas por meio da construção de ideais-tipo: lineares, de especialização, de reformulação e de reconstrução. Numa perspetiva ampla, as trajetórias acadêmicas surgem imbricadas com os percursos profissionais, suscitando reflexões profundas em torno da profissionalidade em Ciências da Educação.