bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Acculturation Architecture Traditional Makassar to Residential Development as the Humanistic
Authors: . Imriyanti , Wunas Shirly , Arifin Mimi
Published: July 2024

House, itâ€™s a part of architecture that is very important in human life. The house is used in interaction, activities and as a shelter. The houses in Giring-Giring hamlet in the Kalaseâ€™rena village, sub district of Bontonompo, district of Gowa are still Makassar tradisional houses, but following the occuparts needs and the increase of economic demand the houses form underge architectural acculturation. The acculturations impilicate occuparts needs, their activities and changing factors to be considered. This research method is descriptif qualitative, There is to explain the house development parts and functions. The houses atterns still maintain the â€œsiringâ€ (under parts) home room (middle part) an â€œpammakkangâ€ (attic) as its trditional architecture. In the living room the maintain there areas namely â€œpaddaserang ri dallekangâ€ (front part), paddaserang ri tangga (middle part) and â€œpaddaserang ri bokoâ€ (back part). The materials of the houses are consisting of both woods/bamboo (traditional ones) and brick/cement (modern ones) as a means both to empower and to reduce the cost of the housesÂ
Effects of Season on Abundance and Diversity of Soil Arthropods in Mangli Coffee Plantation Kediri Regency, East Java, Indonesia
Authors: Suheriyanto Dwi , . Soemarno , Yanuwiadi Bagyo , Setyo Leksono Amin , Heru Prasetiyo Dony , Rizal Permana Syaiful
Published: July 2024

The soil arthropod diversity is influenced by the season rather than the plantation age. Arthropods will respond to every aberration from normal environmental conditions, against high or low temperature thresholds to respond in many ways.Â  The study was carried out in Mangli coffee plantation Kediri regency to determine the effect of season on the abundance and diversity of soil arthropods.Â  In each season is an installed systematically 30 pitfall traps. The environmental factors as measured where the temperature and humidity of soil, soil organic carbon, soil organic matter, N, P and K. The soil arthropodsÂ  abundance was analyzed using PCA. The soil arthropod diversity was analyzed using Shannon index, dominance and equitability. The environmental factor effect on the soil arthropod abundance was analyzed using CCA. The season is very effect on the soil arthropod abundance in Mangli coffee plantation. The Myrmica genus is very abundant in the dry season while in rainy season is Entomobrya genus. Based on PCA result, the dry season is characterized by Ponera genus while the rainy season is characterized byÂ  Entomobrya and Neoponera genus. The soil arthropod diversity in rainy season is higher than the dry season. The taxa number, individual number, Shannon diversity index and equitability in the rainy season are higher than the dry season. The most of environmental factors of Mangli coffee plantation in dry season except temperature and phosphor are higher than rainy season. Based on CCA can be known that temperature and phosphor influence the distribution of most soil arthropods in rainy season.Â Â
Sustainable Performance Measurement of Automotive and Machinary Industrial Cluster based of Industrial Symbiosis Scenario in the Industrial Estate
Authors: Mubin Ahmad , . .
Published: July 2024

Sustainability issues become a remarkable study lately, including the industrial sustainability, it is in line with the long term of industrial development goal to build industry according to sustainable development concept. This research aims to design a sustainability performance measurement system of automotive and machinery industrial cluster with the approach of Sustainability Balanced Scorecard and Labuschagne (SBSC-L) model, and to measure and evaluate the sustainability performance of the industry using Objective Matrix (OMAX) and Traffic Light System methods. Results of measurement and evaluation of the overall sustainability performance on scenario 0 are obtained that industry P is 4.43 (yellow) which means good, industry Q is 3.38 (red) which means poor, and industry R is 4.74 (yellow) that means good or satisfactory, industry R has the highest value of sustainability performance, and average of sustainability performance is 4.25. The application of industrial symbiosis scenario provides improved sustainability performance on average in scenario I by 68%, scenario II by 81%, and scenario III by 96% compared to scenario 0. Thus, it needs the policy for encouraging the application of industrial symbiosis systems in order to improve the sustainability performance of the industry in the industrial estate.Â
Student Attendance Recording Using Smart Camera Sensor
Authors: D. Tambunan Toufan , Budiawan Reza , Hidayat Wahyu , Bagas Samudra Fadhlulloh
Published: July 2024

Recently, studies about face detection technology has been already reach its advanced state. In computer vision field of study, face detection technology is often used to identify someone by imitating how human eye works. Generally speaking, researches on face detection technology utilize regular camera which is embedded with image processing algorithm for image sequence. The approach is different when depth camera is used in face detection study. The process of detection using depth camera is also aided by infrared sensor which provides distance (depth) information and three-dimensional imaging of the object. The purpose of this paper is to design and develop a prototype of student attendance record application. Depth camera is used as an input tool to facilitate the face detection process. The resulting images from depth camera will be processes further in order to recognize studentâ€™s facial shape. To be able to identify student identity, the face detection process is done using facial geometric approach. This paper will address few issues regarding person identification such as the variation of human face condition (adjustment to the pattern) and variation of the camera position relative to the identify subject. The accuracy of the detection process is calculated to measure overall system success rate. This paper proposes the utilization of depth camera and implements it in a prototype of student attendance record application. Our proposed prototype can accelerate student attendance recording process compared to manual attendance recording process using paper. During several tests, our prototype also shows that it can successfully identify student face both in multi-view and multi-person scenarios.Â Â
Optimization of Angkot Route Control System Based on
Authors: Suryani Prasetiyowati Sri , Imrona Mahmud , Sibaroni Yuliant
Published: July 2024

Traffic congestion problems is not only problem for big cities but already leading to small towns. It is necessary to provide an application that can help make an assessment quickly, accurately and cheap cost. Such studies can be used to specify a public policy issues related to traffic management. One of transportation mode cause congestion problem of urban areas of Indonesia is angkot. One of the problems that arise in transportation is not optimal route. In Indonesia, angkot is a unique public transportation. The problem relating to transport public transportation is related to improper route and passenger capacity are inadequate. Thus, in this study will establish a control system based on the route of public transportation passengersâ€™ optimum capacity. Completion of the issues discussed can be divided into two parts: the first relates to research in the field of prediction system for route weights based on the capacity of passengers in crowded places and the second relates to research in the field of the routing algorithm problem. The results obtained from this study was to perform route optimization breaking at the point route crowd. The test results showed that our system can give new optimal route for all sample routes.Â  These results can also be used to make new route of public transportation in the city of Bandung.Â
Review on Text Extraction in Complex Image using Five Different Web OCR
Authors: Dewi Budiwati Sari , Ananda Dahliar , Komala Sari Siska
Published: July 2024

Price product comparison is needed for the consumer in order to find the cheapest price. In this research, we build the system to compare the price between several modern markets. The input is product catalogs since consumer often receives it from the modern market. We upload 75 grayscale 75 color input images into five web OCR. We compare the results based on characteristic and segmentation parameter. We define 0.5 and 1 point if web OCR recognizes the product price or/and names from product catalogs. Characteristic parameter is a parameter which identified product price and name using box line or empty line. Meanwhile, for segmentation parameter, we use image properties such as image dimension, dots per inch (dpi), and bit depth. From both parameters, OCR4 gives a better result as it is can recognize 50.67% grayscale image and 62.67% color images. Although it is recognized by OCR4, some of its results shown with data noise. In order to remove the noise, we proposed to used Sparse Binary Polynomial Hashing (SBPH) algorithm with 5-8 letters combination. As the result, some of the text was able to recognize in order to compare its price, while the others with much data noise were not.Â
Incorporating Augmented Reality into Natural Science Study for 3rd Grade Elementary School Students
Authors: Ayu Savitri Nadia , Komala Sari Siska , Hidayat Wahyu
Published: July 2024

Augmented Reality is a technology that construct an interface in which 3D virtual objects are apparently put into the real world. Now research about Augmented Reality are growing rapidly. Utilizing Augmented Reality to improve learning and increase knowledge is one way to increase students' interest in learning. In our research, an augmented reality application is built using Blender, Unity and Vuvoria through ADDIE analysis and design model. This application is intended to facilitate teachers and students in teaching and learning Natural Science for 3rd grade elementary school, more specifically in â€œPlant and Animal Introductionâ€ chapter. By scanning the marker on the book, this application is capable of displaying animated 3D objects that can be viewed from all sides. This application also features real-life-like animal-sound and facilitate object zoom in - zoom out. Our test shows that this application is welcomed by students and teachers alike and as a supplement to enhance Natural Science Study learning experience.Â Â
Openmp and MPI Architectures for Simulating 1D Water Oscillation on Parabolic Domain
Authors: H. Gunawan P. , Juliati S. , R. Pahlevi M. , Adytia D.
Published: July 2024

This paper enlightens the simulation of 1D water oscillation on parabolic domain using shallow water equations on multicore processing. Those equation is approached by using finite volume method staggered grid scheme. This scheme is known as a robust scheme for approximating the shallow water equations. Moreover, the scheme is also straightforward to transform into numerical codes.Â  In this paper, the parallel architectures multicore processing OpenMP and MPI are used. The results are shown the CPU time of OpenMP and MPI are better than the serial programming when the number of grids is given more than 200 points. Moreover, the speedup of OpenMP is shown 3 times better than MPI with N_xÂ  = 6400 points for both 4 and 8 processors. The maximum of efficiency in the simulation can be achieved around 75% withÂ  N_xÂ  = 6400 points by 4 cores using OpenMP. However, by 8 cores of processors using OpenMP, the maximum of efficiency is obtained around 60%.Â
Marketing Strategy for Complete Feed of Beef Cattle
Authors: . Sutawi , Wahyudi Ahmad , Hendraningsih Listiari , Arief Sofyan
Published: July 2024

Population and productivity of local beef cattle must be improved if beef selfsufficient was an important matter. Achieving beef selfsufficient would need procurement of feed in adequate quantity and quality. Complete feed was very important. The objectives of research were (1) to identify the factors of strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat of the marketing for beef cattle complete feed; and (2) to formulate the marketing strategy for beef cattle complete feed. Internal and external factors behind complete feed were identified with survey method against the groups of beef cattle farmers who were provided with complete feed sample. Marketing strategy was formulated with SWOT (Rangkuti, 2005). Based on the calculation of IFAS, it was shown that strength value of complete feed was 1.398. It was lower than weakness value of 1.981 with differential of both counted for -0.583. Result of EFAS indicated that opportunity value of 1.671 was lower than threat value of 1.951 with the differential of -0.280. The most suitable marketing strategy for complete feed was WT Strategy (minimizing weakness and avoiding threat). Some activities that must be done by complete feed producers were: (1) maximizing the use of farming wastes or residues available at place to suppress the cost of complete feed production, and (2) having a cooperation work with Gapoktan (Jointed Farmer Group) and KUD (Rural Unit Cooperative) as the distributor in the marketing of beef cattle complete feed.Â
Fruit Characterization and Evaluation of Hybrids Mango (Mangifera Indica L.)
Authors: Husen S.
Published: July 2024

Variety improvement to get a unique and exotic mango being one of the mango breeding program in Indonesia. This study aims to perform the characterization and evaluation of mango hybrids by morphological characteristics and chemical properties as well as fruit yield. The material is 17 mango plants hybrid (F1),Â  3 years old,Â  theÂ  cultivars from crosses Arumanis -143 (Cg-48) which has a green color on the fruit skin with 6 clones of Cukurgondang red mango. To find fruit diversity, 16 characters quantitative and 23 qualitative characters are observed using Descriptors for Mango ofÂ  The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute 2006, Â and the evaluation done on the characters ofÂ  weight fruit, fruit pulp thickness, total soluble solids, fruit yield and fruit color. The results showed that the vast diversity only occur on characters of the weight of the fruit, seed and endocarp weight, while others have a narrow diversity. Principal component analysis on 23 qualitative characters of fruit formed 6 major components with the cumulative diversity of 81.9%, the highest proportion (PC1)Â  of 23.2%. which is the character of the shape of fruit apex, skin color ofÂ  ripe fruit, fiber length in the pulp, and cluster analysis of 13 genotypes formed two clusters. Evaluation of hybrid with high yield occur in F1-15 and F1-87, while high total dissolved solids occur in F1-02, F1-22, F1-49 and hybrid red fruit skin is F1-31, F1-47, F1-44 and F1-09 successively.Â Â
Time complexity of proposed evolutionary algorithm in artificial neural network
Authors: G.V.R. Sagar G. , Member IEEE
Published: July 2024

The important issue in Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs)analysis, is time-complexity. Here to obtain the mean hitting time of EA the concept of take-overtime is considered. The time complexity of the EA such as the takeover time is considered, i.e.the concept of the takeover time is generalized rather thana selection of operator alone. This generalization is applied to benchmark problems like N-Bit parity. For various input sizes N, the time complexity in terms of number of generations is estimated. An empirical model is also generated for proposed EA using statistical tool.Â Â
Understanding the digital transformation on the telecom companies and covid19 effect on the employment
Authors: Benayan Mohammed , Obeidat Marsail
Published: July 2024

This article delves into the digital transformation on the telecom companies and COVID-19 effect on the employment explores the impact of digital transformation in the telecommunications sector, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how digital advancements have reshaped corporate processes, culture, and customer experiences, leading to significant changes in the telecom industry. The research also delves into the effects of these transformations on employment within telecom companies, both before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The document aims to understand the implications of automation and digitalization on jobs and to assess the role of COVID-19 in accelerating these changes.
Study and modelling of the handling of equipment: case of a self-propelled handling truck
Authors: Djami Aslain Brisco Ngnassi , Nguelcheu Ulrich Ngnassi , Yamigno Serge Doka
Published: July 2024

This paper is the result of an industrial problem relating to the trauma suffered by forklift truck drivers when their trucks roll over sideways. The general objective of this paper was to model the forklift truck and the operator in order to test the different accident conditions. Specifically, a parameterised model of the forklift truck and driver was statically and dynamically modelled. This model can be used to represent most cantilever and counterbalanced forklift trucks with a nominal capacity of 2,000 to 3,000 kg, whether they are powered by petrol, propane or electricity. The forklift operator was represented by a 50th percentile Hybrid III dummy. A range of safety systems (lap belt, armrests, shoulder restraints, doors) and different rollover conditions were tested: low speed (static) and high speed (dynamic). This interface is used to enter the parameters required to create models of the truck and driver, and to define the accident conditions. The results of the static and dynamic simulations show that the models of the truck and driver are functional and relatively realistic, at least according to the limited data available in the literature and according to those involved in the field. The results show that the type of floor has little influence on the driver's injuries, but that the safety systems used have a very strong influence, for both static and dynamic rollover cases. At the current stage of modelling, doors and shoulder restraints in combination with a lap belt appear to be more effective in protecting the driver than armrests with or without a lap belt or no re-straint system at all.
Review on water evaporative cooling low-cost devices for tomato fruit preservation
Authors: Meli Viannie Ingrid Kenne , Mbetmi Guy-de-patience Ftatsi , Taga Cybèle Maka , Nono Yvette Jiokap
Published: July 2024

In order to reduce post-harvest losses and ensure the availability of fresh tomatoes during the lean period to agro-industrial companies, farmers and those who market them, it is essential to find an inexpensive way to preserve them. Energy, environmental and economic issues lead us to seek solutions adapted to the context. Inexpensive means of conservation include water evaporative cooling systems. The aim of this article was to review the scientific, technical and legal aspects of existing evaporative preservation devices to ensure a continuous supply of this fruit. From our research and the field study, it appears that “pot-in-pot” technologies and evaporative cooling chambers (ECC) are deployed but still present several limitations, particularly in terms of storage time, adaptation to certain environments, device mass, mold growth; which justifies the fact that they are not yet adopted by many tomatoes’ farmers. Perspectives have been proposed to overcome the limitations of these devices.
Efficient design of a reversible 2-to-4 decoder in quantumdot cellular automata using Toffoli gates
Authors: Galadima Bahijja Yahaya , Shehu Musa Galadanci Garba , Muhammad Shehu Nura
Published: July 2024

This research presents an optimized design of a 2-to-4 decoder in Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) using a new formula developed from the Reversible logic. The proposed QCA decoder architecture employs 112 cells and occupies an area of 0.13μm², achieving a significant reduction in size compared to previous designs. The circuit is designed using a single-layer approach, enhancing its efficiency and minimizing power dissipation. Simulation results using the QCA Designer simulator version 2.0.3 demonstrate the enhanced functionality of the suggested decoder in regard to functionality and also efficiency, making it a promising candidate for future nanoscale integrated circuit applications.
Evaluasi kios sederhana pada kawasan pesisir pantai pami dengan pendekatan arsitektur ekologis serta peran vegetasi pantai sebagai penyaring alami
Authors: Pattikayhatu Tika Ade Putri , Pasaribu Ramos P
Published: July 2024

Kawasan pesisir merupakan daerah peralihan laut dan daratan. Kawasan pesisir Pantai pami merupakan salah satu Pantai yang berada di Distrik Manokwari Utara dengan pemandangan sunset yang begitu indah. Keindahan Pantai Pami mulai menarik banyak wisatawan yang mulai berdatangan sejak pandemic covid-19 untuk menghilangkan penat akibat ruang interaksi yang dibatasi. Namun keindahan yang alami tidak tersentuh oleh manusia kini perlahan-lahan mulai hilang akibat aktivitas manusia seperti pembukaan lahan baru dengan merusak vegetasi pantai untuk pembangunan hunian, kios, cafe dan lain sebagainya. Sehingga perlu dilakukan evaluasi terhadap permasalahan yang muncul dengan prinsip ekologis serta peran vegetasi pantai sebagai penyaring alami di kawasan pesisir pantai agar tidak terjadi erosi serta dampak gelombang pasang surut yang akan berdampak pada pemanasan global yang meningkat.
Texas Children's Folklore Project
Authors: Bauman Richard
Published: July 2024

In this introductory essay, Bauman presents an overview of the historical and institutional context, the motivating ideology, the methodological framework, and the research foci of the Texas Children’s Folklore Project, conducted from 1973-1976 by a team of faculty and graduate students from the University of Texas under the auspices of the Southwest Educational Laboratory.
On the Street with Austin's Chicano Kids
Authors: McDowell John Holmes
Published: July 2024

These pages offer a retrospective on my time with the Texas Children’s Folklore Project, which set me in motion to document the verbal play of Chicano children in Austin, Texas. After a short overview of the field collection assembled there, I address its core elements in relation to techniques that enabled me to get the work done, a small set of events that stand out in my memory as exemplary, and a surmise of analytical themes emerging from my encounter with those lively youngsters and their repertories. My essay is supplemented by a selection of rhymes and songs performed by the children, in the form of audio files and corresponding transcriptions and (as needed) translations.
Riddling and Enculturation
Authors: McDowell John Holmes
Published: July 2024

This paper attempts to illustrate with concrete data that riddles serve as a didactic device to sharpen the wits of young children. The riddle is described as a verbal routine which adapts the interrogative system of a speech community to purposes of play. Riddles concerning motion or locomotion of animals, machines, and toys were collected in a single riddling session, from three Chicano children aged 5-7. The output of these neophyte riddles is discussed in the context of the acquisition and refinement of cognitive categories, and a folk taxonomy focused on the semantic domain of locomotion is suggested. Riddling is viewed as a didactic mechanism conducive to experimentation with received notions of order, and elaboration of novel cognitive orders. In riddling, at various stages, children learn to formulate culturally acceptable classifications; to articulate classifications at variance with cultural conventions; and finally to assess language and classification as arbitrary instruments reflecting only partially the continuous texture of experience.
Children's Handclaps
Authors: Stoeltje Beverly J.
Published: July 2024

The handclaps presented in the pages that follow represent a form of children's folklore, the traditional formalized play activities of children that are engaged in and maintained by the children themselves, within the peer group... This work is presented in the conviction that children's folklore, representing what mightaptly be called the indigenous art forms of childhood, unquestionably valued and enjoyed by the children themselves, can constitute a significant resource in the development of culturally responsive educational programs.
The author, Beverly Stoeltje, has singled out handclaps as an especially interesting and attractive part of the children's folklore repertoire, in an effort to make them accessible and useful to teachers. The children, given the chance, will do the rest. (Richard Bauman, Introduction to Children's Handclaps)
Inhibition of mTORC1 by SU6656, the Selective Src Kinase Inhibitor, Is Not Accompanied by Activation of Akt/PKB Signalling in Melanoma Cells
Authors: Ondrušová L. , Réda J. , Žáková P. , Tuháčková Zdena
Published: July 2024

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase conserved in all eukaryotes that plays a key role in cell growth and is a central effector of several pathways regulating essential cell functions. Hyperactivation of the mTORdependent signalling pathway occurs in many human diseases and may be a selective target for their therapy. However, the dual nature of mTOR, existing in two multiprotein complexes mTORC1 and mTORC2 driven by different feedback loops, decreases the therapeutic effects of rapamycin, the specific mTOR inhibitor. In the present study we demonstrate that the mTORC1 signalling pathway is highly activated in human melanoma cells and that up-regulation of this pathway along with the growth and malignity of these cells could be suppressed by disruption of the Src activity. SU6656, the selective inhibitor of the Src kinase activity, decreased up-regulation of the mTORC1 signalling and moreover, unlike rapamycin, it did not induce the activation of Akt/PKB and its downstream targets in HBL melanoma cells. The Src protein was found to be associated with raptor in the mTORC1 complex immunoprecipitated from these cells, suggesting that the Src activity might be a new attractive target for monotherapeutic inhibition of the up-regulated mTORC1 signalling pathway.
Evaluation of biochemical algorithms to screen dysbetalipoproteinemia in ε2ε2 and rare APOE variants carriers
Authors: Michenaud Louise , Marrié Nathanaël , Rimbert Antoine , Marmontel Oriane , Charrière Sybil , Gibert Charles , Bouveyron Caroline , Mammi Jade , Cariou Bertrand , Moulin Philippe , Di Filippo Mathilde
Published: July 2024

Objectives

Dysbetalipoproteinemia (DBL) is a combined dyslipidemia associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases mostly occurring in ε2ε2 subjects and infrequently in subjects with rare APOE variants. Several algorithms have been proposed to screen DBL. In this work, we compared the diagnostic performances of nine algorithms including a new one.

Methods

Patients were divided into 3 groups according to their APOE genotype: ε2ε2 (“ε2ε2”, n=49), carriers of rare variants (“APOEmut”, n=20) and non-carriers of ε2ε2 nor APOE rare variant (“controls”, n=115). The algorithms compared were those from Fredrickson, Sniderman, Boot, Paquette, De Graaf, Sampson, eSampson, Bea and ours, the “Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) algorithm”. Our gold standard was the presence of a ε2ε2 genotype or of a rare variant associated with triglycerides (TG) >1.7 mmol/L. A replication in the UK Biobank and a robustness analysis were performed by considering only subjects with both TG and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDLc) >90th percentile.

Results

Total cholesterol (TC)/ApoB and NHDLC/ApoB are the best ratios to suspect DBL. In ε2ε2, according to their likelihood ratios (LR), the most clinically efficient algorithms were the HCL, Sniderman and De Graaf’s. In APOEmut, Sniderman’s algorithm exhibited the lowest negative LR (0.07) whereas the HCL’s exhibited the highest positive LR (29). In both cohorts, the HCL algorithm had the best LR.

Conclusions

We proposed a powerful algorithm based on ApoB concentration and the routine lipid profile, which performs remarkably well in detecting ε2ε2 or APOE variant-related DBL. Additional studies are needed to further evaluate algorithms performances in DBL carriers of infrequent APOE variants.
“The Success is Their Own”: The Long, Arduous History of Reparations for Survivors of Vapniarka, the Camp of Death
Authors: Ştefan Olga
Published: July 2024

A regime of extermination was imposed in the early months of captivity on the Jewish prisoners of the Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria, an area occupied by the Romanian authorities with support from their German allies, through the toxic grains distributed as food. More than half of the survivors remained either with paralysis or with some permanent after-effects. This article focuses on the postwar efforts to receive adequate compensation for the hundreds of Vapniarka survivors that were handicapped for the rest of their lives, and thus no longer able to work. These efforts were unique in the history of Holocaust compensations firstly because the victims did not fit within any of the existing restitution frameworks initially defined by the German state, and secondly because they organized themselves into a mutual aid group, an organization, to better lobby for their own interests. Over the years and the course of the various new Wiedergutmachung laws, the Vapniarka survivors encountered challenges to their claims denying them rightful compensations as Germany tried to place the blame at Romania’s door and Romania blaming exclusively Germany, not recognizing its own guilt. With the faithful support of a camp’s doctor, who kept detailed notes on the inmates’ symptoms and illnesses during captivity and after, the survivors, through the organization, started to receive modest compensations only in the late 1950s. Later, a German journalist working for Christian-Jewish reconciliation, set up an aid committee through which she raised private donations, and finally in the late 1960s, the remaining survivors started to receive a more just compensation for their sufferings. This is the first article outlining the trajectory of this story.
Affluence and the Demand-side for Policy Improvements: Exploring Elite Beliefs About Vulnerability to Societal Problems
Authors: Gerber Alan S. , Lockhart Mackenzie , Patashnik Eric M.
Published: July 2024

An important stylized fact about American government is that many societal problems persist despite expert recognition that better outcomes are technically feasible. What explains the weakness of the political demand for more effective public policies? This study investigates one factor that may contribute to the attenuated demand for policy improvements: namely, the belief among many affluent citizens that they are personally insulated from societal problems. Drawing on a national public opinion survey, we show that affluent Americans believe their resources and ability to activate powerful social networks affords them a measure of personal insulation from key problems in areas such as education, healthcare and neighborhood safety. We also find that the affluent express a more optimistic view than other respondents of the average citizen’s financial situation and capacity to manage problems in several domains. Taken together, our results have important implications for understanding how highly influential Americans think about public policy in an era of inequality.
I. Petrus Damiani und die Autorität des kanonischen Rechts (ca. 1050–ca. 1150)
Authors: Genka Tatsushi
Published: July 2024

The question if it is possible to speak of “Geltungsformen des Rechts” for the period between ca. 1050 and ca. 1150, will usually be answered with ‘no’, since it was not clear what was generally enforced. The intensive research of the last decades has shown that there was little canonistic activity coordinated from Rome. Instead, both compilers and users of canon law collections pursued their own interests and needs arising from pastoral care. That resulted in various forms of reception and transmission of the normative texts. What was constant throughout the period was the fact that the authority as such of canon law was taken for granted, even if individual texts were at times ignored. This consensus found its expression in the idea that the Holy Spirit was the ultimate author of the sacred canons. The present paper deals with the role of this idea by analyzing four letters of Petrus Damiani and their influence on later thinkers up to ca. 1150.
IV. Wo sich Mittelalter und Moderne begegnen. Oder: Vom Reiz der Kirchenrechtsgeschichte
Authors: Dusil Stephan
Published: July 2024

The article is dedicated to the encounters between medieval canon law and modernity in the 19th century. It analyzes the influence of medieval law, especially of matrimonial law, the instrumentalization of the Investiture Controversy in the political debate, and the influence of these debates on the study of medieval canon law.
V. „So ist es wahr und wirklich, daß zwei Gewalten von unten aufsteigen zur Obrigkeit, und zwey zurück zum Volke“ – Friedrich Schleiermacher als Vordenker von Repräsentation und Demokratie in Kirche und Staat
Authors: von Scheliha Arnulf
Published: July 2024

The protestant theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), the central figure in the history of church and theology in the 19th century, can be seen as a pioneer of democratic structures in state and church. During the period of the Prussian Reforms he had occasion to realize his theological ideas. In his sermons he appealed to Christians to actively participate in shaping the state. He drafted a constitution for the Protestant church in Prussia, in which leading offices were to be filled by elections. In his academic lectures he made clear that he wanted the political influence of the monarch to be severely limited in favour of democratic participation of citizens in legislation and administration. In his political sermons of those years he did not spare criticism of the king’s political decisions. The measure of this criticism was the will of the nation which the monarch has to represent.
VI. Der deutsche christliche Staat: the Prussian Conservatives’ Model of the People’s Nation during the Vormärz
Authors: Avraham Doron
Published: July 2024

Since the late eighteenth century German conservatism – conveyed primarily by Prussians – was imbued with certain reactionary ideas, but at the same time did not deny the importance of changes in state and society. Conservatives recognized the irreversibility of the Reform Era that followed the defeat by Napoleon, and the need to accommodate changes required for the survival and development of a unified German state. One of the major challenges they had to face in this context was the rising concept of nationalism and the efforts to establish a German nation-state. This article argues, however, that until the 1848 Revolution, conservatives formulated a political theology which aimed to respond to the growing German national movement and the gradual spread of popular national sentiment. Such a response was neither anti-modern nor an outright denial of nationalism. Rather, many of the conservatives, who were associated with the reemergence of Christian Pietism, namely neo-Pietists, sought to accommodate nationalism by forging a religious-national synthesis that invested the people with the task of representing the essence and true spirit of the ‚Deutsche Nation‘ For these Christian devotees, the Volk had an organic identity that defined the national state. And while according to the conservative theory the people were not to be entrusted with full sovereignty, in fact they formed a German nation that eventually – especially during the 1848 Revolution – won certain political rights. The conservative religious-national synthesis, which advocated confessional reconciliation within German Christianity, introduced a specific democratic concept of the nation based on the people’s identity and solidarity as the core of the nation. It was embedded in the ideal of the ‚Christlicher Staaf‘.
IX. Ständische Ordnung und neue Partizipationskultur? Motive, Ziele und Strategien auf den preußischen Provinziallandtagen im Vormärz
Authors: Wienfort Monika
Published: July 2024

During the Premarch era, the provincial diets in Prussia did not gain much reputation as political institutions of influence. All the deputies were land owners and as such represented only a small fraction of the Prussian population. Even more, the nobility clearly dominated the estate assemblies, while town representatives and peasants were eager to have a say, too. The paper argues, however, that the diets of all eight Prussian provinces struggled to subsequently win general esteem and a politicized self-image. Although they debated mostly local and regional matters, they can be interpreted as protoparliamentary. In this regard, the most important issue involved was the emancipation of the Jews. During the 1820s and 1830s, all classes of property owners were united by a religious and economical prejudice against the Jews. Only during the 1840s, at least some representatives welcomed civil equality of the Jews. The common fight against Jewish emancipation helped to shape a political consciousness prior to the revolution of 1848.
X. Das Ringen um die presbyterial-synodale Kirchenordnung im preußischen Westen und die Relevanz demokratischer Gedanken
Authors: Kampmann Jürgen
Published: July 2024

In Jülich-Cleve-Berg-Mark, the Reformed and Lutheran churches had been governed almost independently by synods since the 17th century. With the establishment of the Prussian western provinces in 1815, however, consistories were installed alongside, whose legal claims competed with those of the existing synods; these, however, tried tenaciously to preserve their traditional rights. Considerations that this ecclesiastical demand correlated with contemporary democratic thought and its demand for a state constitution were vehemently rejected in the Prussian West for theological reasons.
XII. „Politische Analogien“. Demokratisches Denken und Nationalrepräsentation auf der Preußischen General-Synode von 1846
Authors: Schubert Anselm
Published: July 2024

The Prussian General Synod of 1846 has been understood as the ecclesiastical precursor of the Vereinigte Landtag of 1847. This essay argues that the General Synod was rather convened by the king on the model of the “Vereinigte Ausschüsse “ of 1842. To the extent granted to them by the rules of procedure, the synodals adopted democratic ideas and practices within the limits of their “Ständebewußtsein”, widely viewed them critically in the church, and vehemently rejected them in the political context.
XIII. Der Vereinigte Landtag in Preußen zwischen Verfassungsverlangen und Verteidigung des Status Quo
Authors: Hundt Sebastian
Published: July 2024

This article examines the place of the United Diet in Prussia of 1847 in the history of Prussian-German democracy, which should also be seen in the context of the “spirit of religion”. In doing so, the article will show that the United Landtag resulted on the one hand from the religious monarchical understanding of the state, and on the other hand from the shift in focus of the Prussian old conservatives from church to state politics. The focus is on the party-building processes of the liberal opposition and the conservative defenders of the monarchical system, showing that for the latter the importance of the United Landtag lies primarily as a space of experience for the revolutionary and “reactionary” period that followed in 1848.
Summa Antiquitate et tempore and Pseudo-Rufinus
Authors: Genka Tatsushi
Published: July 2024

The three manuscripts Mainz, Prague, and Vatican of the Summa Antiquitate et tempore [SAT] preserve a commentary on Distinctiones 11–101 that has been widely regarded as a revised form of Rufinus’ Summa based on the SAT. Thus the commentary is called ‘Pseudo-Rufinus’. From this point of view, it is of little value for a critical edition of the SAT. However, a close inspection reveals that the issues concerning the relationship between the SAT and the Pseudo-Rufinus are not at all settled. Two important questions still remain open, i.e., (1) what the Rufinus manuscripts on which the SAT and the Pseudo-Rufinus are based looked like, and (2) how the manuscripts of the SAT and the Pseudo-Rufinus relate to each other. Starting from these questions, the present paper argues that the SAT is based on a Pseudo-Rufinus manuscript, and the Pseudo-Rufinus manuscripts represent earlier stages of the SAT before a large-scale reworking of the former into the latter based on the Summa of Stephen of Tournai (1165/1166) and the Summa Parisiensis. That puts the Pseudo-Rufinus in the 1160s. At about the same time while the author worked on the SAT, the Summa of Johannes Faventinus became available. It was used in Paris by 1172. The SAT, too, must have been finished by that time. That may also explain the reason why the SAT enjoyed such a modest manuscript tradition.
Martian aqueduct as a first phase to a Martian mobility system
Authors: Gaviraghi Giorgio
Published: July 2024

The recent discovery of underground frozen lakes at the South Pole of Mars marks a milestone in the exploration of the planet. Water is essential for sustaining human presence, and while it may hint at the possibility of ancient life forms, its primary importance lies in supporting future human settlements on Mars. The location of these future settlements will be heavily dependent on the presence of water, limiting the choice to a few sites with underground ice deposits. However, we must also consider alternative locations that, although not close to water sources, may offer other advantages. In such cases, we should explore the possibility of constructing a network of aqueducts to supply water to these locations, originating from a central extraction point near the South Pole. Depending on the design criteria, this aqueduct system could be developed as a versatile infrastructure capable of expansion. In the future, it could be upgraded into an advanced transportation network, utilizing maglev-powered vehicles to connect Martian settlements and facilitate movement across the planet. This infrastructure would address immediate needs such as water supply while also supporting long-term development plans for Mars.
A novel mount for attaching an automatic fish feeder to a circular tank
Authors: Barnes Michael E , Gerber Alexis L , Rosner Breah R , Krebs Eric , Huysman Nathan , Voorhees Jill M
Published: July 2024

Automatic electrically-powered feeders are routinely used in aquaculture to reduce the labor associated with hand-feeding and improve fish-rearing efficiencies. However, mounting automatic feeders to tanks can be challenging because of the variety of types and sizes of fish-rearing tanks. This paper describes a simple, durable, easy-to-use, and relatively easy-to-fabricate bracket for mounting an automatic fish feeder onto a circular rearing tank. This mount uses a simple, reinforced flat aluminum frame secured to the tank with clamps. The feeder is attached to the mount with a solid aluminum rod. This mount has been continually used for over a year in six, 3.66-m diameter circular tanks at a production fish hatchery with no issues and no maintenance required.
Disruptive behavior disorders in children: a narrative review
Authors: Field Tiffany
Published: July 2024

Method: This narrative review summarizes research from the years 2019-2024 on disruptive behavior disorders in children that include conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. Results: This recent research suggests a prevalence rate of 3% for conduct disorder and a higher rate of 14% for the less severe oppositional defiant disorder. Correlates/comorbidities of disruptive behavior disorders have included callous unemotional traits, ADHD, and depression. Predictors/risk factors in this literature have included negative parenting, child maltreatment, slow recognition of facial expressions and excessive screen time. Studies on potential underlying biological mechanisms include low skin conductance reactivity, co-inhibition of parasympathetic/sympathetic activity, low white and grey matter volume, and low connectivity and activation in various brain regions. Interventions have included cognitive behavioral therapy, and parenting programs. Discussion: The studies in this review highlight the prevalence and severity of disruptive behavior disorders in children. However, they are limited by being primarily based on mixed-age child and adolescent samples as well as including conduct and oppositional disorder youth in the same groups, and results that have varied by the correlates/comorbidities of the disorders.
Electronic governments in Mozambique and the dilemmas of vertical accountability in the covid-19 context
Authors: Sitoe Júnior António Bai
Published: July 2024

With the COVID-19 pandemic, considering governance practices that value social distancing and ensure government transparency and accountability, as central in democracies was an emergency. Despite the electronic government being a decades-old phenomenon and practice in some States, in the context of COVID-19, it has proved to be a significant avenue for presenting accounts in all democratic States. In this sense, this research sought to understand how the governments of Mozambique were responsive to the citizens in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic via their portals. To meet these objectives, we resorted to asymmetric observation in government portals, by which we found that the governments of Mozambique were not compliant to the analysed requisites, and continue using traditional methods, which, in the context of COVID-19, jeopardize the good governance and develop actions linked to corruption.
Effectual Use and Implementation of Micro-Lesson Plan Activities Through Mapping of Bloom's Taxonomy and ICT Technologies
Authors: Babu B.V.Satish ,   Prasad V Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, Babu Dr. Kare Suresh , Bharadwaja Doradla ,   Professorof CSE, Department of CSE, Jawaharlal Nehru TechnologicalUniversity, Kukatpally, Hyderabad,   Prasad V Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada
Published: July 2024

Abstract : This article depicts the effective way of using various ICT (Information and Communications Technology) tools by innovatively mapping threestaged micro-lesson plan activities to the different cognitive levels of the Bloom taxonomy. In recent times, educational institutions have shifted their focus towards making use of different ICT tools in their teaching and learning processes. Under these circumstances, academicians are moving from the implementation of traditional lesson plans to microlesson plans. The effectiveness of micro lessons mainly relies on developing pre-class, in-class, and post-class activities in conjunction with relevant ICT tools. Even after selecting appropriate ICT tools for micro-lesson plan activities, it still becomes a challenging task to match existing ICT tools with students' cognitive levels. The novelty of this article lies in explaining the different ways of mapping class activities with Bloom taxonomy levels and ICT tools. The proposed mapping is applicable to present and future academic teaching and learning needs. This article also acts as a guide for academicians' effective teaching and learning in any discipline. In addition, our article mentions the prerequisites for mapping and implementing the aforesaid traits. Finally, the effectiveness of our approach has been proven by examining the end exam results as well as by conducting feedback analysis received from stakeholders involved. Keywords : Blooms taxonomy; Class Activities; ICT tools; Micro lesson; Pedagogy; Teaching and learning