bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
E-government as a tool for communication with young people: legal aspects
Authors: Akimov Andrey , Kadysheva Ksenia
Published: April 2023

Objective: The relevance of the topic is determined by the need to consider e-government not only as a tool for providing public services but also as a channel of communication with the population, especially young people.

Methods: The authors use methods of analysis and synthesis to summarize the experience of different countries, as well as statistical and comparative methods. The source analysis method is also used.

Results: It is determined that despite the established format of interaction, the "State – Electronic Government – Citizens" model takes a step towards the principles of information openness of state bodies. It will concentrate all information in one source, which is an advantage in terms of approaches to publicizing the activities of the state through independent websites or social network pages for individual bodies and departments at the federal and regional levels.

Conclusion: E-government promotes the development of democratic values, allows the building of a trusting attitude of citizens towards political and state institutions, and receives information in a way convenient for citizens. The new culture of interaction between the state and citizens, despite all the advantages, takes a long time to implement. First of all, it is worth focusing on youth, since young people have all the necessary competencies, and communication with young people will increase the level of trust in official information broadcast by the state.
¿Cómo medir la estrategia de la empresa? Alternativas y consideraciones para la medición de la estrategia empresarial
Authors: Aragón Correa Juan Alberto
Published: April 2023

La estrategia empresarial es uno de los temas estrella en el campo de la organización y dirección de empresas. No obstante, las dificultades teóricas para una rigurosa delimitación del concepto y el escaso conocimiento de las posibilidades existentes para su medición, han provocado que el número de trabajos empíricos sobre el tema no alcancen aún la relevancia deseable. El trabajo pretende ofrecer una visión de las alternativas existentes para la medición de la estrategia empresarial y recomendaciones para el correcto uso de las mismas. Se concluye en la necesidad de conocer las diferentes opciones y sus características para una elección adecuada en función de las circunstancias.
Perfil de la oferta de empleo en España para titulados universitarios sin experiencia
Authors: Fernández Barcala Marta , García Canal Esteban
Published: April 2023

En este trabajo se analizan las ofertas de empleo realizadas en España a titulados universitarios sin experiencia laboral previa, con base en una muestra formada por 151 empresas. En concreto, se pretende identificar distintos perfiles de ofertas de empleo, basándonos en la formación requerida, sector de actividad de la empresa y la actividad a desarrollar por el trabajador, entre otras características. En este sentido, se identifican cuatro grupos de empleadores que presentan diferencias significativas con relación a las variables anteriormente mencionadas.
Problemas a resolver en una reorganización: un enfoque práctico
Authors: Rivas Tovar Luis Arturo
Published: April 2023

Problemas a resolver en una reorganización: un enfoque práctico
La gestión de calidad total en centros hospitalarios españoles
Authors: Villegas Periñán María del Mar
Published: April 2023

La gestión de calidad total en centros hospitalarios españoles
Las redes de cooperación empresarial: ¿Una organización para el próximo milenio?
Authors: Fernández de Arroyabe Juan Carlos , Arranz Peña Nieves
Published: April 2023

Las redes de cooperación empresarial: ¿Una organización para el próximo milenio?
Las Cajas de Ahorro fusionadas: comportamiento financiero y resultados
Authors: Santos Álvarez María Valle , Pérez Santana María Pilar
Published: April 2023

La presente investigación nace con el propósito de completar la evidencia empírica acerca de las fusiones, centrada, hasta el momento, únicamente en el estudio de los resultados organizativos y de la eficiencia. Así, el trabajo que desarrollamos amplía el estudio de los procesos de fusión ya que completa el análisis de las rentabilidad de las cajas de ahorro fusionadas con el análisis de su comportamiento financiero. Los resultados obtenidos indican que los resultados organizativos se resienten en los periodos inmediatos a la fusión y conforme se supera el periodo inicial los resultados recuperan su curso y tan sólo siguen descendiendo si la fusión resultó inadecuada. Además, los resultados ponen de manifiesto que la evolución de la rentabilidad viene condicionada por la medida en que las entidades se apoyan en las operaciones financieras más tradicionales. Así, el proceso de fusión se torna especialmente arriesgado cuando dicho proceso se combina con el avance de la entidad hacia la conquista de posiciones innovadoras.
Teoría de los recursos y estrategia de marketing. Aplicación al sector bancario español
Authors: Gómez Suárez Mónica
Published: April 2023

La Teoría de los Recursos se ha convertido en un enfoque alternativo al análisis económico más tradicional, sobre todo, a nivel de formulación de estrategias competitivas. Este artículo se centra en la relación entre recursos, resultados económico-financieros y estrategia de marketing. Concretamente, se ofrece un estudio exploratorio a nivel empírico que muestra la aplicación de la teoría al sector de banca de empresas, ámbito hasta ahora bastante desconocido desde el punto de vista del marketing.
¿Hay un futuro para los Correos?: Reflexiones sobre la innovación como elemento para la supervivencia empresarial
Authors: Marcos Espinosa José María
Published: April 2023

El entorno de los servicios postales, antaño tranquilo y predecible, fruto de sus condiciones de funcionamiento monopolísticas, se enfrenta actualmente a convulsiones y turbulencias derivadas de la liberalización del sector, de la globalización de los mercados y de la competencia de otros medios de comunicación consolidados o emergentes. Los correos han sobrevivido a la aparición del telégrafo, del teléfono, del fax y hasta del correo electrónico. ¿Sobrevivirán a las autopistas de la información y a la globalización de los mercados?.En el artículo se revisan ponencias y opiniones de expertos, vertidas en congresos y foros tecnológicos habitualmente poco accesibles fuera del sector, sobre las tendencias futuras del mercado postal y sobre las amenazas y oportunidades que éstas representan para los correos públicos. En la mayoría de ellas se plantea la necesidad de la innovación para la supervivencia de los servicios postales. La innovación tecnológica, aplicada inicialmente a los procesos, ha de extenderse a los productos y servicios, en especial a los basados en las tecnologías de la información y de las comunicaciones, con una focalización de la empresa en la satisfacción plena de las necesidades de sus clientes. Finalmente se apunta la necesidad de una innovación organizativa, en la línea de la que empieza a apuntarse en las empresas más avanzadas, que permita aprovechar al máximo los beneficios de la innovación tecnológica. Solo aquéllos correos que sean capaces de innovar y replantearse su organización, sus procesos y sus productos, podrán sobrevivir en el siglo XXI.
Optimización de operaciones en cadenas de suministro: minimizar los flujos de almacenamiento en función de la ubicación de los productos
Authors: Água Pedro B. , Delaunay Rodrigo , Frias Armindo
Published: April 2023

El almacenamiento añade flexibilidad y costes a las cadenas de suministro. El objetivo de este estudio es minimizar los costes de almacenamiento. Esto se logra mediante la evaluación de los flujos de materiales dentro del almacén, derivados de las políticas y operaciones realizadas. una propuesta concreta de modificación de la ubicación de los artículos existentes y un modelo de distribución para un nuevo almacén, sugieren mejoras relevantes basadas en la simulación de las tasas de manipulación. La cuantificación y validación del potencial de mejora se basan en el cálculo de la distancia total recorrida por los materiales dentro del almacén.
Network analysis of co-participation in thesis examination committees in an academic field in Spain
Authors: Garrido-Labrador José Luis , Ramírez-Sanz José Miguel , Ahedo Virginia , Arnaiz-Rodríguez Adrián , García-Osorio César , Santos José Ignacio , Galán José Manuel
Published: April 2023

Este artículo analiza la base de datos TESEO mediante redes complejas para obtener la estructura informal del área de conocimiento de Organización de Empresas en España. Para ello, toma todas las tesis referidas al campo UNESCO de Organización y Dirección de Empresas, y las analiza de forma estática. Los resultados revelan una distribución de grado de la participación en tribunales y supervisión de tesis compatible con una ley de potencia truncada, y una clara estructura modular. Los patrones encontrados analizando el núcleo de la red pueden ser parcialmente explicados por homofilia entre los investigadores de la misma asociación académica.
Tuning the photophysical property of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads by variation of the electron donating and accepting capability: synthesis and study of the intersystem crossing and thermally-activated delayed fluorescence
Authors: Cao Liyuan , Liu Xi , Zhang Xue , Zhao Jianzhang , Yu Fabiao , Wan Yan
Published: April 2023

A series of naphthalimide (NI)-phenothiazine (PTZ) electron donor-acceptor dyads were prepared to study the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) property of the dyads, from a point of view of detection of the various transient species. The photophysical properties of the dyads were tuned by changing the electron donating and the electron withdrawal capability of the PTZ and NI moieties, respectively, by oxidation of the PTZ unit, or by using different arylamines to attach with the NI unit. This tuning effect was manifested in the UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectra, e.g., the change of the charge transfer absorption bands. TADF was observed for the dyads containing native PTZ unit, and the prompt and delayed fluorescence lifetimes changed when different arylamine was used. In polar solvent, no TADF was observed. For the dyads with the PTZ unit oxidized, no TADF was observed as while. Femtosecond transient absorption spectra show that the charge separation takes ca. 0.6 ps, and admixture of locally excited (3LE) state and charge separated (1CS/3CS) states formed (in n-hexane). The subsequent charge recombination from the 1CS state takes ca. 7.92 ns. Upon oxidation of the PTZ unit, the beginning of charge separation is at 178 fs, and formation of 3LE state takes 4.53 ns. Nanosecond transient absorption (ns-TA) spectra show that both 3CS and 3LE states were observed for the dyads showing TADF, whereas only 3LE or 3CS state was observed for the systems lacking of TADF. This is a rare but unambiguous experimental evidence that the spin-vibronic coupling of 3CS/ 3LE states is crucial for TADF. Without the mediating effect of the 3LE state, no TADF is resulted, even the long-lived 3CS state is populated (lifetime τCS ≈ 140 ns). This experimental result confirms the 3CS → 1CS reverse intersystem crossing (rISC) is slow, without coupling with an approximate 3LE state. These studies are useful for in-depth understanding of the photophysical mechanisms of the TADF emitters, as well as for molecular structure design of new electron donor-acceptor TADF emitters.
The Effect of Default Risk on Cash Flow Profitability Indicators: Analytical Research for a Sample of Iraqi Private Banks
Authors: Makttoof Hanadi Seqar
Published: April 2023

Focusing on the negative role of default risk on banks, as it is one of the most important risks facing banks, which are difficult to determine accurately, and its reflection on the indicators of profitability of cash flows. The increasing competition between banks led to an increase in the credit facilities granted by banks, and was accompanied by an increase in exposure to the risks of default, which led to an impact on the level of performance of banks in terms of achieving the required return according to the levels of high competition. Therefore, the problem of this study focused on the extent to which the risk indicators of default affect the profitability indicators of the cash flows of the banks research sample in the profitability indicators of cash flow on the sample banks. The research sample included (10) private Iraqi banks listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange for the period (2005-2015). A set of statistical methods were used to analyze, test and measure the data by statistical programs (Ordinary Least Squares) and (Static Panel Data Analysis). As for the results of the analysis, it showed that the default of lenders exposes banks to an important credit risk that may lead to bankruptcy in the event of inability to confront it.
The female of Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), a new case of brachyptery in alpine Lepidoptera
Authors: Huemer Peter
Published: April 2023

Megacraspedus peslieri was described from the Pyrenees in 2018 and subsequently also discovered at a few localities in the northern Cottian Alps (Italy). The hitherto unknown female was collected in these localities after a targeted search. As with some other representatives of the genus, the female is flightless and shows a strikingly strong reduction of the wings (brachyptery). Whereas the forewings are significantly shortened and narrowed, the hindwings are strongly reduced. Both the external morphology and the genitalia of the female are described and illustrated in detail, together with previously unpublished photographs of live adults of both sexes. The identification of specimens from the Alps as well as of the male and female were determined by means of a DNA barcode comparison with the holotype.
Aerial culling invasive alien deer with shotguns improves efficiency and welfare outcomes
Authors: Bradshaw Corey J. A. , Doube Andrew , Scanlon Annette , Page Brad , Tarran Myall , Fielder Kate , Andrews Lindell , Bourne Steve , Stevens Mike , Schulz Penny , Kloeden Tom , Drewer Seb , Matthews Rob , Findlay Chris , White Warren , Leehane Craig , Conibear Brett , Doube James , Rowley Ted
Published: April 2023

Invasive alien deer (known in Australia as ‘feral deer’; hereafter, ‘alien deer’) are some of Australia’s worst emerging pest species. Recently, the Government of South Australia launched a four-year program to reduce the populations of alien fallow deer (Dama dama). The program will focus on coordinating landscape-scale aerial culls and seeks to deliver the most efficient and humane approach to aerial culling. We sourced data from a recent program trialling a new approach to aerial culling that incorporated advanced thermal technology and a second shooter with a shotgun to target fallow deer. We reviewed available video and audio records of 104 deer culled in the program to assess efficiency and welfare outcomes. We collected information on the number of shotgun and rifle rounds fired per animal, time between first shot with a shotgun and apparent death, and pursuit time. We completed field dissections of 20 individuals targeted in the program to assess the lethality of wounds inflicted with shotgun pellets. We also compared program costs and efficiency against published and unpublished data from ten other aerial-culling programs for alien deer in South Australia since 2009. A total of 383 shotgun rounds and 10 rifle rounds were used on 104 fallow deer in the focal program. We documented strong improvements to animal welfare for alien deer targeted with shotguns. The mean (± standard error) time between first shot and apparent death with a shotgun was 11.1 ± 0.7 seconds; mean pursuit time between detection and apparent death was 49.5 ± 3.4 seconds. Pursuit time increased with subsequent deer controlled within a group; the maximum pursuit time for any individual was 159.0 seconds. All autopsied animals had received lethal wounds from shotgun pellets, with 100% receiving lung-penetrating damage and 70% also receiving heart-penetrating damage. While a program that uses a shotgun and rifle combined with a second shooter and thermographer can cost more to mobilise, the outcomes measured in cost deer-1 made it the most cost-effective approach of any program we assessed. Control options that deliver improved animal welfare outcomes and increase efficiency are desirable for managing expanding populations of alien deer in South Australia and elsewhere.
Restricting living space: Development and larval morphology in sticky frogs (Microhylidae: Kalophrynus) with different reproductive modes
Authors: Vassilieva Anna B. , Nguyen Thi Van
Published: April 2023

We compare reproductive features, development, and larval morphology in three closely related species of sticky frogs (Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838) inhabiting the lowland and mountain forests of Vietnam and displaying a variety of reproductive modes. While K. interlineatus breeds in open temporary ponds, K. honbaensis and K. cryptophonus are phytotelm-breeders using tree hollows and bamboo stems for reproduction. Their tadpoles also differ in trophic specialization: larval K. interlineatus are typical suspension-feeders, whereas K. honbaensis and K. cryptophonus are obligatorily oophagous. All three species differ in egg and clutch sizes, duration of embryonal period and hatching stage, and the structure of the larval digestive tract and skeleton. Based on external and internal morphology, we conclude that tadpoles of K. interlineatus and K. cryptophonus represent two “extremes” of the adaptive spectrum of microhylid larvae, while K. honbaensis displays a set of transitory traits. Relying on these new findings in anuran biology, we discuss reproductive, ontogenetic, and morphological rearrangements during the transition from pond breeding to phytotelm breeding and from microphagy to macrophagy as well as the significance of the revealed adaptations to different habitats and larval life modes.
Yunguirius gen. nov., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from southwest China
Authors: Li Bing , Zhao Zhe , Okumura Ken-ichi , Meng Kaibayier , Li Shuqiang , Chen Haifeng
Published: April 2023

A new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893, Yunguiriusgen. nov. is described, comprising two new species and three species previously described in Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999, all from southwest China: Y. duogesp. nov. (♀), Y. xiangdingsp. nov. (♀), Y. ornatus (Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990) comb. nov. (♂♀) (the type species of Yunguiriusgen. nov.), Y. subterebratus (Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017) comb. nov. (♀), and Y. terebratus (Peng & Wang, 1997) comb. nov. (♂♀). Molecular analyses support Yunguiriusgen. nov. as a monophyletic group, with the Sinodraconarius clade as its sister group: Yunguiriusgen. nov. + (Hengconarius + (Nuconarius + Sinodraconarius)).
Le PS et l’antiracisme : de l’instrumentalisation à la mise en cause, genèse d’une incompréhension
Authors: Baudot Pierre-Nicolas
Published: April 2023

Cet article propose une approche diachronique des rapports entre le PS et les mouvements antiracistes. En mêlant approche idéelle et organisationnelle, il s’agit premièrement de revenir sur la constitution d’un soutien partisan au mouvement antiraciste dans les années 1980 par l’intermédiaire de SOS Racisme. En se situant à l’intérieur du parti et au niveau des individus, nous étudions le contexte particulier ayant abouti à une relation située dans l’espace et le temps, faite autant de soutien que de méfiance. Par la suite, nous conservons cette approche partisane pour analyser la distance entre le parti et les mouvements antiracistes ainsi que la mise en cause d’un discours antiraciste postcolonial. Autant qu’il souligne la part idéelle de ces évolutions, cet article convie des dimensions organisationnelles faisant apparaître cette distance comme historique plutôt que récente, la relative et courte expérience de soutien à SOS Racisme ne devant pas occulter une relation de méconnaissance.
Donner le pouvoir d’action aux collectivités territoriales et aux citoyens
Authors: Popelin-Desplanches Agnès
Published: April 2023

Compte tenu des conséquences avérées de la dégradation de l’environnement sur la santé, il est urgent d’établir une vraie démocratie dans ce domaine essentiel. Cela passera par une politique fondée sur la prévention et par une approche transversale de tous les acteurs (publics et privés, professionnels de la santé, chercheurs et citoyens). Les collectivités locales disposent de véritables leviers pour agir, pour peu qu’elles en aient la volonté politique puisque la santé-environnement ne relève pas de leurs compétences.
La fabrique politique du covoiturage périurbain
Authors: Baron-Yellès Nacima
Published: April 2023

Les territoires périurbains accueillent un nombre croissant d’initiatives citoyennes de partage des trajets en automobile. Parallèlement, la loi d’Orientation des mobilités promeut l’organisation du covoiturage de proximité par des intercommunalités dotées d’une compétence propre. L’article s’appuie sur des enquêtes de terrain et l’analyse des prises de paroles publiques des maires de villes de Bretagne et des Pays de la Loire. Cette zone du Grand Ouest présente un peuplement rural relativement dense et de fortes solidarités entre hameaux, bourgs et villages. Ce travail révèle que, dans ce paysage singulier, la voiture en partage se prête particulièrement à une lecture du système énergétique et politique périurbain depuis les figures de l’abondance et de la rareté. Loin de refléter la prégnance du cadrage normatif, cette étude de terrain tend à montrer combien les parties tentent d’abord de préserver les attachements socio-spatiaux et de pérenniser un style de vie.
La mesure de la performance globale à l’aune de la transformation digitale
Authors: Cretté Olivier
Published: April 2023

Au travers d’une lecture du document d’enregistrement universel 2020 du Groupe Renault, orientée sur les enjeux de performance globale positionnés dans la matrice de matérialité de sa déclaration de performance extra-financière, ainsi que de supports documentaires annexes, l’article investigue le processus d’adaptation de sa stratégie suite à la refonte de sa gouvernance en 2019 et de la crise sanitaire qui a frappé l’industrie automobile en 2020. Dans un contexte entaché d’incertitudes, l’entreprise a accentué ses efforts de transition écologique en réponse au changement climatique, et de transformation digitale de l’ensemble du dispositif industriel, et a perfectionné ses outils de mesure de la performance globale. L’annonce, en avril 2021, de la Raison d’Être du Groupe, en lien avec son nouveau plan stratégique, parachève le processus de consultation des parties prenantes sur lequel il s’est appuyé pour surmonter les aléas et tester sa résilience à moyen et long terme.
Automated Activity Scheduling Tools for Improving Learning and Evaluation of Cybersecurity Competencies in Computer Engineering Courses
Authors: Bordel Borja , Alcarria Ramón , Robles Tomás
Published: April 2023

In the last ten years, many different innovative learning methodologies have been proposed for engineering education. In those new approaches, students learning, and evaluation are usually supported by a catalogue of creative activities, practices, and presentations which may be very numerous if competencies to be acquired are heterogeneous and must cover a large knowledge area, such as in cybersecurity courses. In addition, when a high number of students are enrolled in the course, deadlines must be strict, to enable professors to evaluate all students and activities properly and on time. Due to this requiring schedule, students often cannot work all competencies with the expected depth, and their learning decreases. New instruments are needed to facilitate the learning of the students and the evaluation process are needed. Therefore, in this paper we proposed a new automated scheduling tool, based on graph theory, to fill this gap. The tool employs graph coloring algorithms to calculate all possible schedules for evaluation activities. Students may freely choose the schedule that best fits their personal situation, learning progress, background, etc. using a web portal where all solutions from the coloring algorithm are displayed. This tool was deployed in the Computer Engineering degree at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. A pilot experience was conducted for three years (2020-2022) in the context of a cybersecurity course to analyze how this new tool improves the learning and the evaluation process of students. Results show both academic results and the students’ and professor’ satisfaction improve in a significant manner.
On the Teaching of Natural Science- and Electrotechnologically-Oriented University Course for Future Teachers in the Period of Covid 19 Pandemic
Authors: Bernátová Renáta , Bernát Milan , Poráčová Janka , Rudolf Ladislav , Kľučarová Andrea
Published: April 2023

The closure of schools and urgent importance of distance education during the Covid 19 pandemic revealed a necessity to find suitable teaching methods that would help to maintain the continuity level of educational system in case of different possible critical periods of society's survival, such as viral and bacterial pandemics, war, climate, meteorological and other disasters. In this context, the need for possibilities of distance-oriented further education of teachers has also emerged. Moreover, it was very important to create a great amount of suitable teaching materials. All mentioned facts require serious didactic research. In fact, it would also help to identify the positives and negatives of previous teaching methods applied in each individual school subject before the Covid 19 pandemic in Slovakia. During the Covid 19 pandemic, the authors of this paper have implemented a natural science-technologically oriented university course for future teachers in the period of Covid 19 pandemic. The research was conducted by method of pedagogical experiment. Paper consists of 9 chapters altogether, also including introduction, conclusion, acknowledgement, and bibliography. The first chapters are theoretical. They directly present the process of creating FVCOVIDE = Distance forms of education (during Covid 19 pandemic, having the character of experimental forms of teaching). Chapter 3 is of pedagogical experiment nature, applying the above-mentioned models into school practice. It also includes research hypotheses, statistical data processing and results interpretation.
Improvement in Student Achievement through a Flipped Database Management Classroom: Shifting from Passive Traditional to Active Learning
Authors: Atyeh Husain Annas Jebreen , Qasem Al-Shayeb Abdelhafez
Published: April 2023

The current study aimed to investigate the effect of using the flipped classroom instructional method on students’ academic achievement compared to the traditional instructional method.  The data were collected from (52) undergraduate male and female students enrolled in a course in database management at a Jordanian public university.  The results of two-way ANOVA revealed a statistical significance main effect on students’ overall achievement due to the flipped classroom instructional method.  The results of two-way ANCOVA also revealed a statistical significance main effect on students’ overall achievement due to the flipped classroom instructional method after controlling for each of the student’s GPA, and the student’s average interaction covariates.
Effects of Asynchronous Interaction on Positive Emotional Experiences of Learners during Online Learning
Authors: Zhang Ting , Yu Shengnan
Published: April 2023

Abstract—Online education is appreciated by an increasing number of people, and how to guarantee positive emotional experiences of learners during online learning becomes a core problem that has become the concern of education researchers. Online asynchronous interaction is an important communication method among learners during online learning. Owing to shortages and defects in time and space, interaction channel, and interaction content, online learning easily produces many “emotional blanks.” This research reviewed studies on online asynchronous interaction and emotional experiences at home and overseas. A total of 356 students majoring in Nursing from 5 universities in Henan Province were invited for the questionnaire survey. Influences of online asynchronous interaction, including people-to-system (P2S), people-to-people (P2P), and people-to-content (P2C), on the positive emotional experiences of learners were analyzed. Differences in positive emotional experiences under different weekly online asynchronous learning hours were estimated. Research results showed that Cronbach’s α of the questionnaire is 0.920, KMO value is 0.840, and the sphericity test significance is 0.000, indicating that the proposed questionnaire has very good reliability and validity. Evidently, P2S, P2P, and P2C can promote the positive emotional experiences of learners. Influences of weekly online asynchronous learning hours on frequency (F = 3.648, p = 0.006), intensity (F = 2.560, p = 0.038), and duration (F = 2.523, p = 0.041) of positive emotional experiences have statistical significance. Research results have important references in promoting online asynchronous interaction strategies, implementing specific interventions to online asynchronous interaction behaviors, and better providing convenient asynchronous online teaching services to students.
Democratic Model of Restorative Justice
Authors: Gulzar Unanza
Published: April 2023

The adversarial model of criminal justice, with punishing the offender as its main aim, has proven counterproductive. Mounting arrears in the court, delay in the disposal of cases, and consistently rising rates of acquittals resulted in the loss of public confidence in the system. In India, hundreds of reports from different bodies and individuals are testimony to the fact that the system in the country is virtually collapsed. This chapter establishes that in a democratic country like India, while keeping the adversarial system for certain serious and complex offenses, India needs to experiment with more democratic models aimed at reconciliation and restoration of relationships through restorative justice. Further, this system with more democratic models aimed at reconciliation and restoration of relationships is a welcome step, particularly in the matter of rape offenses, juvenile justice, and family disputes; thereby providing a viable alternative to the criminal justice system.
Desktop Search Engines
Authors: Ali Shaukat , Khusro Shah , Khan Mumtaz
Published: April 2023

The advancements in desktop computing technologies and widespread use of digital devices have enabled users to generate and store tons of contents on their computers, which creates an information overload problem. Therefore, users need applications to search and retrieve required stored data instantly and accurately. This attracted the software industry to develop desktop search engines using ideas of web search engines. However, selecting an effective desktop search engine is difficult for users. In this chapter, the authors have analyzed and compared available desktop search engines using a set of parameters including users' privacy and security. A generalized architecture for desktop search engines is presented for improving understanding and unification of development efforts. The new emerging trends, supporting users' privacy and security, and several open issues and challenges in the desktop search engines domain are also highlighted. The authors hope that this chapter will be helpful for researchers to find new research problems and users to select appropriate desktop search engines.
Beyond Cryptocurrencies
Authors: Riaz Tayyaba , Alam Iftikhar
Published: April 2023

Blockchain technology is the leading and revolutionary technology in this modern era of computing. Many countries around the world are diverting towards digital currency which is the initial popular service provided by blockchain technology e.g., Bitcoin, Litecoin, etc. The main feature of blockchain is to omit the central authority by introducing distributed ledger structures. The consensus protocols play a vital role in the performance and efficiency of blockchain-based frameworks. This study introduces the solution of different e-services and associated problems that are faced in developing countries for making the system transparent, smart, and secure. These features make Web 3.0 applications, which is the ultimate goal of blockchain-based technology. This study also explains the numerous aspects of blockchain-based e-services infrastructure, implementation issues, advantages, disadvantages, and challenges. This study may help practitioners for making smart, intelligent, highly secure, and robust applications even in developing countries.
Mathematics Learning With Augmented Reality in Early Childhood Education
Authors: Ulutaş İlkay , Bozkurt Polat Emine , Aydin Bölükbaş Feyza , Budak Kadriye Selin , Engin Kübra
Published: April 2023

With the rapidly developing technology, the use of AR applications in the educational process is becoming widespread as a new field of study. When the literature was examined, there were no studies investigating AR applications and evaluating them as a mathematics education tool in early childhood. In this context, this study aims to determine the AR applications that can be used in the early childhood mathematics education process and to examine the content, mathematical skills, and functionality of these applications.
Online Student and Professor Satisfactions and Challenges During the Pandemic Period of 2020-2021
Authors: Guneri Fatma , Hayircil Gulrenk , Hasanzada Abdul Halim
Published: April 2023

The spread of the Covid pandemic has impacted every aspect of life including the educational system throughout the world. It has transformed the way of learning as well as teaching activities to online studies, and the use of different digital platforms which were supposed to be conducted in face-to-face classes. This remarkable shift to online learning has brought up issues for the students including psychological and health problems, lack of social integration, problems with the platforms and devices they use, and so forth. It also had a negative influence on the activities of professors such as technical problems, teaching from home, lack of interaction, etc. Therefore, this study attempts to explain the challenges and satisfactions during the online classes due to the pandemic and how they have impacted students' and teachers' well-being.
Mental Health Challenges of Higher Education Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Akhil M. P.
Published: April 2023

Higher education is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, which forced thousands of schools and educational institutions to close in a short amount of time in order to enact social segregation measures. Educational institutions, particularly in India, face considerable challenges in their system of planning, implementing, and assessing. The main purpose of the study was to gather qualitative data about the pandemic-related worries of college students from various part of the country. Education, personal and public safety, mental health, job security and financial instability, future uncertainty, pandemic's effects on social relationships, misleading news and information, politics, the economy, and travel were among the main topics of concern. Universities must seize the potential to enhance their evidence-based practices, provide readily accessible mental health therapies, and modify their courses to meet the needs of the contemporary world.
Theories and Application of Organisational Change Management During the COVID-19 Era
Authors: Chakraborty Oindrila
Published: April 2023

Through the book chapter, the author would primarily explore the basic concept of change management and an overview of diverse fundamental theories of conventional organisational change management (OCM) models and approaches in human resource management, along with the application in several workplaces sector wise, during pandemic times with special reference to the organisational adaptation in structural and psychological aspects to combat the unfavourable situations. The chapter would fathom the needs, drives and ideal implementation plan of change management along with the practical implementation of the same. The chapter would also try to examine different group dynamics, Resistance, Intervention Instruments and success for organisational change management.
Mastering the Chaos
Authors: Sorg Jens M. , Cunningham Karen Hodge , Stoyanova Assia
Published: April 2023

You know that change endeavors are highly complex. You know that decision-making can be extremely challenging. Today, change capacities are more important than ever. This holds even more true in unprecedented times. What if it is possible to handle change endeavors with +1000, +10.000, and even +5 million affected stakeholders and indefinite challenges? Sounds too good to be true? It is the sound of the future. CGI is harnessing the velocity of change and is making the complex simple. The authors will give insights into the current field of data-driven and AI-based strategic change management (SCM) consulting. The focus of the chapter is the challenges the authors currently facing in elaborating a data-driven and AI-based consulting approach for SCM.
Creating Meaningful Relationships in the Online Environment
Authors: Beam Andrea P.
Published: April 2023

Online education for adult learners is increasing at astonishing rates faster than previously imagined. Research conducted by Snyder, Brey, and Dillow revealed that the percentage of students who participate in at least one online class increased from 15.6% in 2004 to 43.1% in 2016. Because of this phenomenon, the ability to connect with students is at the forefront for creating a successful experience. This chapter will identify the purpose and approaches to building positive relationships and strengthening rapport in the online environment. Not only would these strategies provide guidance in the traditional classroom setting, but they are especially beneficial in the virtual world when engagement is the key to success.
Motivate to Educate
Authors: McDowell Melissa R. , Tasker Twyla J.
Published: April 2023

In post-pandemic higher education, faculty face the challenge of motivating and engaging adult learners in the online learning environment. This chapter provides a theoretical foundation, evidence-based strategies, and tried-and-true examples of mentoring online adult learners to motivate and engage them through their educational journey. The Community of Inquiry framework is introduced as the foundation for online instruction. Adult learning theory provides the foundation for meeting learner needs. The chapter features specific evidence-based strategies that have been successfully implemented in undergraduate and graduate online learning environments as a means of motivating students. These strategies provide opportunities for faculty to provide focused feedback to students by teaching, coaching, mentoring, and guiding them through learning activities involving peer review and self-reflection.
Adult Learner Engagement, Empowerment, Faculty-Student Interaction, and Technology Strategies
Authors: Paterra Theresa A.
Published: April 2023

The purpose of this chapter is to provide strategies for adult learners to engage in online learning and to empower themselves to succeed in online learning. In addition, this cannot be fully accomplished without some degree of faculty-student interaction. There are some strategies that work regardless of if a course is offered synchronously or asynchronously, such as time management and presence. Technology and the use of digital tools are essential in online learning and provide high motivation and participation to adult learning in an online course. In addition, technology is extremely important in our ever-advancing global market. Some strategies previously thought to be for in-person use only can be adapted to online learning. Cross-curriculum learning provides more motivation and participation when aligned with the concepts of a course.
Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation Through Academic Coaching
Authors: Northern Sara , Daines Ramon , Roberts Meg , Baker Shelley
Published: April 2023

Understanding the importance of lowering the affective filter of adult learners at online universities, specifically in online academic success centers, is relevant for university leadership, faculty, staff, and students who aim to accomplish their desired education outcomes. As a result, this chapter addresses the problem of how to support adult learners in lowering their affective filter by exploring best practices and theories. There is a need for further evidence when the science of learning is incorporated with student engagement, motivation, and goal setting to accomplish the application of knowledge acquisition. The mission of this chapter is to discuss successful strategies that can be replicated to support students in online academic success centers.
The Evil Dead Franchise
Authors: Ribeiro Ana Carolina Bento
Published: April 2023

In the early 1980s, Sam Raimi's feature The Evil Dead inaugurated a horror-film franchise that would become a trademark of pop culture. The movie originated four other feature films, a TV series and videogames. The franchise set its importance in film culture by actively including humor through the use of different visual, sound, and narrative resources. Such narrative and stylistic construction would later be essential for the development of the TV series and would be later subverted in the more recent film projects linked to The Evil Dead. This chapter aims to examine how film genre codes work within The Evil Dead's cinematic language and script, focusing primarily on the original trilogy directed by Sam Raimi—The Evil Dead (1979), Evil Dead 2 (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992)—therefore clarifying how the hybridization of film genres is developed in The Evil Dead franchise, contributing to its cult status.
Close to Reality in the Digital Era
Authors: Kodak Dilge
Published: April 2023

A positive perception towards the digitalization process draws attention. However, a return to retrospective understanding has started with postmodern practices. Cinema is also an art form that is at the center of these discussions. Some directors move away from digital effects day by day and stay closer to the pellicle. British director Christopher Nolan is also one of the auteur directors who are more distant to digitalization. Nolan, who prefers the absence of digital interventions as much as possible in his films and realizing the most realistic forms and forms, is closer to the pellicle. The aim of this study is to evaluate and discuss the discussion of returning to analog and reality on the axis of Nolan's cinema. The DC Comics character Batman, first adapted to the cinema in 1989, has been remade as a trilogy by Christopher Nolan since 2005. The Batman Trilogy, which is a sequel, will be the focus of the discussions in the study.
“To Create a Hero”
Authors: Nizam Feridun , Kan Seher
Published: April 2023

In this study, the representations of the “nationalist-conservative” ideology in Turkish cinema are analysed through the mixed methods of narrative historical criticism and actor analysis with the sample of historical film series. Among the nationalist-conservative films with a considerable universe size, Kara Murat, Malkoçoğlu, and Battalgazi film series in which Cüneyt Arkın is the leading actor were selected by purposive sampling method. Based on the motto “Cinema can build a nation consciousness,” it is aimed to trace the background of nationalism narrative in Turkish cinema. In this context, the assumptions of nationalism narrative is the main axis in historical film series portrayed by Cüneyt Arkın and religious and sacred figures are used to support nationalism ideology in historical film series with Cüneyt Arkın are tested.
28 Weeks Later-28 Days Later
Authors: Ünal Gülin Terek
Published: April 2023

When the necromancy, which was a distinctive talent of gifted and powerful voodoo witch, transforms to a radioactive sprinkle or to a disease as common as a flu, the audience encounter zombies. Today, zombies reveal themselves in various forms of art, like literature, cartoons, comic strips, games, TV series, and movies. This topic provides researchers with a comprehensive study opportunity in main areas such as politics, religion, sociology, gender studies, and psychology. This study aims to examine zombies in 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later films within the framework of topics such as ideology, surveillance society, military and war, ethical values, and family relations. In addition, another important issue to be addressed is the problem of what kind of results will hunger, which is one of the most basic human instinct, when combined with anger.
The Weight of the Cinematic Landscape in Wim Wenders' Road Trilogy Films
Authors: Çavuş Metin
Published: April 2023

The three films that create Wim Wenders' Road Trilogy (Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of the Road) are examples of modern cinema. Even though landscapes occupy an important place in road movies, in Wenders' modern trilogy they are much more critical. Here, Wenders experiments with different styles of modern cinema, and the presentation of landscapes is very diverse. In one film, long landscape scenes interrupt the narrative; in another, they have an alienating effect. Landscapes with different formal applications help to reflect the inner journeys of the characters. In the Road Trilogy, the cinematic landscape is a complex production with multiple intertextual references and the tension between different gazes complicates its representation. Rather than being ‘pure', the autonomous landscapes in Wenders' films are dialectic constructs helping the characters to change. Wenders emerges as a pragmatic director experimenting with different formal practices in his early period.
Information Technology for Enhancing Public Sector Sustainability
Authors: Baragde Dileep Baburao
Published: April 2023

This chapter aims to study the role of information technology in public sector organizations. There is little evidence that success in implementing IT reforms leads to more rapid and inclusive economics. The public sector is considered to be a set of organizations with the mission to serve citizens. Furthermore, this chapter is going to come up with the answer to an essential question: should information technology rely on stable functions of the public sector? The chapter focuses on the new advanced technology adopted by many public sectors like artificial intelligence analytics, blockchain, the internet of things, and cloud computing and virtualization.