bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preparo psicológico
Authors: Pfeifer Paula Moraes , Ruschel Patricia Pereira
Published: March 2024

O transplante melhora a qualidade de vida do paciente, no entanto, mobiliza sentimentos ambíguos e ansiedades intensas. Para lidar com isso, o indivíduo utiliza estratégias de enfrentamento, que influenciam na adesão ao tratamento. Este estudo se propõe a verificar os tipos de estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por transplantados cardíacos e se existe diferença nos pacientes que receberam preparo psicológico. A amostra foi composta por trinta e dois pacientes que realizaram transplante cardíaco no período de 1996 a 2011, maiores de dezoito anos. Os participantes foram avaliados através da Escala Modos de Enfretamento de Problemas e questionário sociodemográfico. Realizou-se a avaliação da consistência interna dos fatores da escala através de Alfa de Cronbach. Os participantes foram agrupados em pacientes que receberam preparo psicológico pré-transplante e acompanhados após o transplante; e as estratégias de enfrentamento comparadas através de teste t de Student. Quando comparados os grupos, houve aumento significativo do enfrentamento focalizado no problema e na busca de suporte social naqueles que receberam preparo, enquanto no outro grupo houve aumento significativo do enfrentamento emotivo. Os transplantados receberam preparo psicológico utilizaram maior número de estratégias de enfrentamento ativas, o que evidencia a influência e importância do acompanhamento psicológico durante o processo.
Organizational Responsibility Management Based On A Framework
Authors: Saputra Andika
Published: March 2024

The purpose of this article is to outline the structure of management obligations and liabilities. An approach to conducting a literature review that was taken from management and organizational textbooks was used to prepare the essay. A framework is a plan, structure, guiding idea, or idea of how something will be done. So, there must be a framework for what the organization will do in order for it to exist. A system in which people are interconnected or tied to one another and develop networks that benefit one another is called an organization. Management operates inside an organizational structure. In other words, when the management process is in motion, the organization serves as a container, forum, or functional group. For management and its members, an organization functions as a road map for achieving objectives. The organization is a place where a collection of individuals is led to accomplish particular goals from the organization because the organization is a complicated management art that incorporates humans who are intended to fulfill predetermined goals.
Evaluation of a surveillance system for Clostridioides difficile infections for Swiss hospitals
Authors: Durovic Ana , Scherrer Alexandra Ursula , Widmer David , Widmer Andreas F.
Published: March 2024

AIMS:This study evaluated an approach to establishing a comprehensive nationwide surveillance system for Clostridioides difficile infection in Switzerland. We report the results of patient-related surveillance and calculate the incidence rate of C. difficile infection in Switzerland in 2022.
METHODS: Initiated in 2017 by the National Centre for Infection Prevention (Swissnoso), in collaboration with the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS), laboratory surveillance enables the automatic import of C. difficile infection laboratory data and is fully operational. However, the very limited number of participating laboratories impedes the generation of representative results. To address this gap, Swissnoso introduced patient-related surveillance, with a questionnaire-based survey used across Swiss acute care hospitals.
RESULTS: This survey revealed an incidence of 3.8 (Poisson 95% CI: 3.2–4.5) C. difficile infection episodes per 10,000 patient-days, just above the mean rate reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Additionally, we report substantial heterogeneity in laboratory tests, diagnostic criteria and infection control practices among Swiss hospitals.
CONCLUSION: This study underscores the importance of a joint effort towards standardized surveillance practices in providing comprehensive insights into C. difficile infection epidemiology and effective prevention strategies in Swiss healthcare settings. The patient-related approach remains the gold standard for C. difficile infection surveillance, although it demands substantial resources and provides results only annually. The proposed implementation of nationwide automated laboratory-based surveillance would be pragmatic and efficient, empowering authorities and hospitals to detect outbreaks promptly and to correlate infection rates with antibiotic consumption.
A Review on Internet of Things (IoT)-Related Disabilities and Their Implications
Authors: Semary H. E. , Al-Karawi Khamis A. , Abdelwahab Mahmoud M. , Elshabrawy A. M.
Published: March 2024

The transformative potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) extends to the lives of approximately one billion individuals worldwide living with disabilities, representing around 15% of the global population. This article highlights the importance of addressing challenges related to disability inclusivity and support, recognizing their significant impact on individuals and the global community. Despite inadequate support services, the IoT emerges as a beacon of hope, offering innovative solutions to empower people with disabilities. By integrating smart devices and technologies, the IoT can disrupt the cycle of dependence on families, thereby fostering economic activity and social inclusion. Introducing a proposed IoT framework elucidates its pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and facilitating their active engagement in societal and economic spheres. The article explores diverse application scenarios to underscore how the IoT can meet the unique needs of this demographic. Furthermore, it addresses critical challenges that must be acknowledged and overcome to implement IoT-based solutions in this context successfully. This study offers a comprehensive overview of IoT solutions tailored to mitigate the challenges encountered by individuals grappling with visual impairments.
Active Fire Detection in Forests with 5 Deep Learning Techniques
Authors: Matte Marcelo Kuchar , Marcato Junior José , Loebens Newton , Pistori Hemerson
Published: March 2024

Identifying active fires in natural and difficult-to-access environments is a real and current problem, especially in recent years. One of the simplest ways to monitor regions of difficult access is the use of satellite images in their various patterns, such as multi-spectral and hyper-spectral images. In this way, we used 5 CNNs (Faster R-CNN, ATSS, RetinaNet, VfNet, and SABL) to detect active fires in satellite images of the Pantanal region in May 2020. In preliminary results, it was possible to reach values greater than 50% of mAP50 in the detections performed. Studies are still ongoing in the search for higher precisions.
Brazilian Automatic License Plate Recognition: On the Importance to Add Vehicle Detection Phase in a Deep Learning Approach
Authors: Kamado Lucas Mity , Silva Murilo Varges da
Published: March 2024

In recent years, surveillance cameras have found wide-ranging applications, particularly in automatic vehicle license plate recognition to enhance security. One of the major problems of performing vehicle license plate recognition is the wide variety of existing license plate standards around the world, only in Brazil there are two standards, in addition, automatic license plate recognition depends directly on the quality of the input image. The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether adding the vehicle detection step improves license plate recognition rates in a deep learning approach. The method was implemented using the YOLOv8s model in all stages, however, two different approaches were proposed, one with and the other without the vehicle detection stage, the database used was the UFPR-ALPR, which only presents plates of the old Brazilian standard of 3 letters and 4 numbers.
Classifying pests in crop images using deep learning
Authors: Mota Gabriel Sávio de Lima , Silva Leandro H. F. P. , Moreira Larissa Ferreira Rodrigues , Mari João Fernando
Published: March 2024

Pest control is essential for agricultural success, and rapid and accurate pest identification through computer vision and machine learning enables effective pest management. This paper proposes an approach to evaluate nine customizations of the IP102 dataset. Considering the extensive range of sub-datasets, a comparative analysis was conducted between different deep learning models, including ResNet and AlexNet Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), and Vision Transform (ViT). We carried out tests considering training from scratch and fine-tuning. Our experimental results demonstrate that ViT outperforms CNN models for the problem investigated and benefits significantly from data augmentation strategies. Our study provides valuable insights for efficient pest classification, paving the way for future research and advancements in precision agriculture.
Convolutional Neural Networks for Detecting Ship Hatch Closing Moment: A Case Study Using YOLO Family
Authors: Pimentel Francisco Carlos Silva , Reis Roberto de Pádua Carvalho , Gomes Jr. Daniel Lima , Maidinz Siti Sarah , Cortes Omar Andres Carmona
Published: March 2024

This paper presents a neural network-based computer vision approach for detecting ship cargo-hold hatch closure. The investigation is relevant since weather conditions, especially rainfall, cause damage to cargo such as sodium sulfate, sugar, corn, corn bran, and potassium chloride, among others. Registering when the cargo hold hatch is closed could prevent damage to the cargo, avoiding prejudice to transportation companies. Our proposal uses YOLO framework vision detection as an economical alternative to the current state-of-the-art for detecting ship hatch closing with expensive and complex solutions. This investigation presents an experiment in a tailored dataset, and results are applied to real-time video detection that validates a stable and accurate solution to the problem of ship hatch detection. Results have shown that even though regular YOLO v4 reaches better metrics, with an accuracy of 91.55%, Fast YOLO v4 is better for real-time detection but with a penalty of lower accuracy.
Fish Erythrocytes Nuclear Abnormalities Classification using Machine Learning
Authors: Loebens Newton , Crispim Bruno do Amaral , Lima Nathalya Alice de , Tetila Everton , Costa Celso , Amorim Willian Paraguassu , Barufatti Alexeia , Silva Pedro Henrique Neves da , Higa Gabriel Toshio Hirokawa , Pistori Hemerson
Published: March 2024

The creation of automated systems capable of detecting anomalies in fish erythrocytes is an important concern in the area of marine biology. We investigate the possibility of using machine learning to classify images of abnormal and normal nuclei of fish erythrocytes, considering three abnormalities: nuclear bud, notched nuclei, and vacuole nuclei, among others. Random Forests were shown to have the highest AUC median in both sets, reaching AUC values of 0.896 and 0.959 for all sets of classes and the vacuole set, respectively, being able to correctly classify a high percentage of the bud and notched cells. However, when all classes are considered, the outcome is impressively better.
Self-Supervised Image Denoising Methods: an Application in Fetal MRI
Authors: Negreiros Ana Cláudia Souza Vidal de , Giraldi Gilson , Werner Heron , Santos Ítalo Messias Feliz
Published: March 2024

The process of image denoising in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more and more common and important in the medical area. However, it is usual that state-of-the-art deep learning methods require pair images (clean and noisy ones) to train the models which poses limitations in practice. In this sense, this work applied two recent techniques that do not need a clean image to train the models and reached good results for denoising tasks. We applied the NOISE2NOISE (N2N) and the NOISE2VOID (N2V) learning approaches and compared the results for denoising tasks using a fetal MRI dataset. The results showed that the N2N method outperformed the N2V one, considering the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) evaluation metrics, and visual analysis.
Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire Among Iranian Freshmen
Authors: Michaeli Manee Farzaneh , Asghari Bibiaghdas , Abkhiz Sheler
Published: March 2024

Background: Freshmen have to face different requirements, such as deciding on a future job, establishing a relationship with the other gender, adapting to a new environment, building new relationships, being away from family, and experiencing different courses and teachers. These different demands might make this period one of the most stressful times and turn the adaptation process into a difficult stage. Therefore, it is necessary to provide appropriate tools to determine the levels and difficulties of adaptation in various fields. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of Baker and Siryk 67-Question Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) to provide an appropriate tool for diagnosing freshmen’s problems. Methods: The current study is a methodological study with a descriptive cross-sectional design. Given the construct structure of the questionnaire, it was tried to select 445 freshmen across different undergraduate fields using a multi-stage sampling method. Then, SACQ, Brief Psychological Adjustment-6, the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults - Short Version, and the Beck Depression Inventory were administered. Then, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and divergent validity, and Cronbach's alpha were calculated for data analysis. Results: The results showed that the internal consistency coefficient of this questionnaire for all components was higher than 0.70, and it indicated that the tool was a suitable one. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the 4-factor model of original developers had a better fit than the one-factor and six-factor models in this sample. Conclusions: Since the factor structure of this scale was approved, it could be used to measure adaptation to college to determine and identify troubled or at-risk freshmen.
The Impact of Relationship Marketing Strategies on Customer Loyalty in the High-End Hair Salon Industry in Auckland
Authors: Sim Jia Wei- , Kularatne Indrapriya
Published: March 2024

The business world is a competitive place, and enterprises must cultivate sustainable relationships with their clients to gain customer loyalty. Concepts of relationship marketing (RM) are becoming vital in the service industry. Different RM strategies are used to attract customers, but some of these strategies do not achieve customer loyalty as easily as predicted due to customers’ changing behaviour patterns. This paper investigates the impact of RM strategies on customer loyalty through relationship qualities (customer satisfaction and trust) by concentrating on the high-end hairdressing sector in Auckland. Additionally, this research investigates the expectations of customers of high-end hair salons formed by RM strategies, which influence their satisfaction, trust, and customer loyalty to their service provider. The results indicate that brand image shows a significant relevance to trust, satisfaction, and customer loyalty claiming that brand image is an essential element of RM. Additionally, this investigations revels that, hair salons in Auckland are looking forward to ascertaining a sustainable relationship with their clients through a spectrum of strategies such as positive brand image, good service quality, reasonable price, and good value deals to earn optimistic relationship quality, which will ultimately escalate to customer loyalty. Findings of this research will be useful in supporting hair salons to gain a greater understanding of their customers by adopting effective RM strategies.
Evaluating and Designing Active Citizenship Education for Youth Resilience to Preventing Violent Extremism at Public Sector General Universities of Sindh, Pakistan
Authors: Imtaiz Ahmed
Published: March 2024

Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Pakistan have experienced unprecedented on-campus violent extremism. Large-scale research led approach is needed to prevent homegrown violent extremism through transformative active citizenship education at HEIs in Pakistan taking into account that youth under the age of 30 constitutes 63% of the total population of Pakistan. As recognized repeatedly by the UN Security Council, violent extremism poses a significant threat to global peace and stability, with tremendous impact on social cohesion, eroding development progress and hindering future gains. This paper assesses the current state of citizenship education at Higher Education Institutes in Sindh province. The problem, however, is that many countries, including Pakistan, do not give citizenship education the importance it deserves, nor use approaches appropriate to the development of informed and participatory citizenship. (Dean, 2000; Kerr, McCarthy, and Smith 2002; Torney-Purta and Amadeo 1999). Citizenship active citizenship in youth is a social leadership program that promotes intercultural dialogue and social responsibility as key leadership competencies in the 21st century and results in community resilience. For this purpose, institutionalizing active citizenship for developing youth resilience to violent extremism warrants a massive radical reform of the education system to develop critical analysis skills among youth enabling them challenge violent extremist narratives. This is a preventive and initiative-taking strategy to develop active citizenship to be capitalized as glue for social inclusivity, integration and national cohesiveness in Pakistan. Active citizenship encompassing volunteering, democratic engagement, environmental sustainability, community development and reflective thinking is most likely to prevent vulnerability to recruitment of violent extremist organizations.
Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan tentang Covid-19 dengan Perilaku Menerapkan Protokol Kesehatan pada Siswa
Authors: Yulistiani Indah , Dinaryanti Ratna Sari
Published: March 2024

Covid-19 kepanjangan dari Corona Virus Diseaseâ€“19 adalah penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh virus Severe Acutte Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pada manusia biasanya menyebabkan penyakit infeksi saluran pernafasan, mulai flu biasa hingga penyakit yang serius seperti Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Salah satu upaya untuk mencegah penyebaran penyakit Covid-19 adalah dengan menerapkan protokol kesehatan (menggunakan masker, mencuci tangan, menjaga jarak, menghindari kerumunan, mengurangi mobilisasi). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah analitik korelasi dengan desain studi cross sectional. Sampel merupakan seluruh siswa di SMP Yayasan Raudhatul Hikmah Anisa Kresek dengan menggunakan metode total sampling sebanyak 100 orang. Pengambilan data dengan menggunakan Quesioner. Analisis data menggunakan uji Chi-Square. Hasil penelitian didapatkan tidak ada hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan tentang covid-19 dengan perilaku menerapkan protokol kesehatan (p=0,144). Maka penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terbanyak responden yang memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup baik yaitu (57,0%) dan bahwa mayoritas responden memiliki perilaku menerapkan protokol kesehatan yang baik.
Hubungan Tingkat Kecerdasan Spiritual Dengan Kualitas Hidup Pada Lansia di Desa Kebonratu Tahun 2021
Authors: Febriyanti Mila , Sari Rina Puspita , Wibisono Ahmad Yunus Gunawan
Published: March 2024

Kecerdasan spiritual (SQ) adalah memahami Tuhan dan bagaimana Tuhan berperilaku, percaya bahwa Tuhan itu ada. Kualitas hidup adalah tingkat kepuasan dengan penerimaan kesejahteraan seseorang, berdasarkan keseluruhan pengalaman hidupnya saat ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat kecerdasan spiritual dengan kualitas hidup lansia di Desa Kebonratu Tahun 2021. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif korelasional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah 100 responden dengan teknik pengambilan sampel adalah total sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah lembar angket yang berisi beberapa pertanyaan. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis univariat dan bivariate dengan hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai P - Velue = (0,279 > 0,05) tidak ada hubungan antara tingkat kecerdasan spiritual dengan kualitas hidup lansia di Desa Kebonratu Tahun 2021.
Pengaruh Relaksasi Otot Progresif Terhadap Penurunan Skala Nyeri Terhadap Pasien Pasca Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Authors: Maysaroh Maysaroh , Wasijati Wasijati
Published: March 2024

Coronary Artery Bypass Graff (CABG) adalah salah satu intervensi terbaik untuk mengatasi penyakit jantung koroner. Sebagian besar pasien yang telah dilakukan operasi CABG mengalami nyeri luka operasi. Salah satu teknik relaksasi untuk mengurangi nyeri adalah latihan relaksasi otot progresif. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh relaksasi otot progresif terhadap penurunan skala nyeri pada pasien pasca CABG di ruang pra dan pasca bedah dewasa di Rumah Sakit Jantung dan Pembuluh Darah Harapan Kita. Metode penelitian ini adalah quasi experiment kuantitatif dengan desain pre and post test without control. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah pasien pasca Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) yang dirawat di ruang Pra dan Pasca Bedah Dewasa Rumah Sakit Jantung dan Pembuluh Darah Harapan Kita. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan purposive sampling dengan jumlah 18 responden. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) untuk mengukur skala nyeri, leaflet, SOP dan lembar monitor. Hasil analisa data menggunakan uji statistik Wilcoxon rank test didapatkam nilai p value 0.0005 (p < 0,05). Artinya ada pengaruh pemberian relaksasi otot progresif terhadap penurunan skala nyeri terhadap pasca CABG. Hasil penelitian ini dapat dijadikan alternatif pilihan dari intervensi mandiri keperawatan dalam menurunkan skala nyeri pada pasien pasca CABG.
Penyuluhan Kesehatan Menggunakan Media Leaflet dalam Pencegahan Kejang Demam pada Balita di Kelurahan Karang Timur
Authors: Rezeki Amelia Sri , Dewi Siti Utami
Published: March 2024

Kejang demam merupakan bangkitan kejang yang terjadi pada suhu rektal di atas 38ÂºC yang disebabkan oleh proses ekstrakranial. Jika kejang demam tidak ditangani dapat mengakibatkan cacat fisik, cacat mental, gangguan perilaku, hingga kematian. Namun pada kenyataannya pengetahuan orang tua tentang kejang demam masih rendah sehingga perlu metode untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan orang tua tentang kejang demam. Salah satu upaya pencegahan kejang demam pada balita yang dapat dilakukan dengan penyuluhan kesehatan. Â Penyuluhan kesehatan merupakan penambahan pengetahuan yang bertujuan untuk mempengaruhi perilaku individu atau kelompok. Hal tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan media leaflet yang disajikan secara ringkas dan jelas berisi tentang pengetahuan kejang demam pada balita. Tujuan studi kasus ini adalah mendapatkan gambaran nyata pelaksanaan penyuluhan kesehatan menggunakan media leaflet untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan keluarga dalam pencegahan kejang demam pada balita. Rancangan studi kasus ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan asuhan keperawatan keluarga. Hasil studi kasus menunjukkan presentase peningkatan pengetahuan pada keluarga subjek I sebesar 39% dan keluarga subjek II sebesar 37%. Kesimpulan dari studi kasus iniÂ bahwa pelaksanaan penyuluhan kesehatan menggunakan media leaflet tentang kejang demam pada balita dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan keluarga dan diharapkan penggunaan media yang lebih kreatif dan inovatif sehingga penyuluhan kesehatan tentang pencegahan kejang demam pada balita lebih efektif dan efisien.
Hubungan Pelaksanaan Metode Pembelajaran Daring Dengan Motivasi Belajar Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Pada Mahasiswa S1 Keperawatan Stikes Pertamedika
Authors: Maryati Maryati , Maliani Cindy Ayu
Published: March 2024

Virus Covid-19 adalah suatu penyakit jenis baru yang belum pernah ditemukan sebelumnya pada manusia yang membahayakan terhadap saluran pernafasan bahkan sampai menyebabkan kematian. Hal tersebut dapat berdampak pada berbagai bidang di indonesia, terutama pada bidang Pendidikan yang selama ini dilakukan secara langsung sehingga dinilai lebih efektif. Kemendikbud membuat perubahan pada pembelajaran yaitu dengan metode pembelajaran secara daring atau dengan secara online. Dimana perubahan tersebut kemungkinan berpengaruh terhadap motivasi belajar. Motivasi Belajar adalah segala usaha dalam diri sendiridan memberi arahan dalam kegiatanbelajar sehingga tujuan yang dihendaki tercapai. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan pelaksanaan metode pembelajaran daring dengan motivasi belajar di masa Pandemi Covid-19 pada Mahasiswa S1 Keperawatan Angkatan 11 STIKes Pertamedika.Desain Penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kolerasi dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional.Populasinya mahasiswa S1 keperawatan angkatan 11a di STIKes Pertamedika. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 43 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel ini adalah total sampling.Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner.Analisa data menggunakan Chi Square. Hasil analisa uji Chi Square didapatkan P Value 0,505 >Î± 0,05 yang berarti tidak ada hubungan antara pembelajaran daring dengan motivasi belajar. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diharapkan kepada institusi pendidikan keperawatan agar dapat mengembangkan pembelajaran daring dan motivasi belajar mahasiswa meningkat. Upayayang dilakukan adalahmemodifikasi pembelajaran dengan dibuat lebih menarik dalam penyampaiaan materidan interaktif.
Ensuring children’s online safety in Kazakhstan: balancing protection from harm with rights to information access
Authors: Zhumabekova Kuanysh , Kegembayeva Zhanar , Otarbayeva Azina , Yelubayev Abzal , Abizhanov Syrym
Published: March 2024

The relevance of scientific research is due to a number of problems that arise in the field of protecting children from the spread of harmful information on the Internet. An increase in the level of crimes against children of a sexual nature, a sharp jump in the level of suicides, the manifestation of various types of addiction, ranging from gambling and ending with drugs, is a consequence of such an influence. The purpose of this work is to study the current legislation of Kazakhstan in this area and to find gaps in its functioning, as well as to propose an effective mechanism for the legal regulation of protecting children from harmful information on the Internet, taking into account international legal experience. The basis of the methodological approach is the dialectical method, which was used to study the legal regulation in the sphere of the use of Internet resources by minors, the analysis method was used to study the legal acts in this area. The results of this study are a comparative analysis of the legal regulation of the protection of children from harmful content on the example of the legal experience of Australia, Britain, Germany in comparison with Kazakhstan. Also, the legislation on the protection of children from harmful information in Kazakhstan was analysed in detail and the main gaps in the existing acts were identified. The study outlines possible ways to develop national legislation through the adoption of new regulations, the purpose of which should be to increase control over the privacy of minors’ data, restrict and block content that explicitly contains scenes of a sexual nature or violence, restrict advertising content, restrict access to information depending on from age. Also, it is going about the creation of special departments to regulate and control the issue of harassment and bullying, namely the Special Commissioner for Cyberbullying. The results obtained in this study can be used to protect children and prevent illegal actions against minors online at the legislative and local levels
Detection and classification of heterogeneous materials as well as small particles using NIR-spectroscopy by validation of algorithms
Authors: Chen Xiaozheng , Feil Alexander
Published: March 2024

Detection, characterization and sorting of plastics using Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy is State of the Art for plastic recycling processes. NIR active materials could be characterized according to the specific spectra of each material in the NIR spectrum. This works well for homogeneous materials, as they have known uniform spectra. For the detection of heterogeneous material and particles with smaller size than the resolution of NIR camera, the analysis becomes difficult due to mixed spectra. In this paper, the capturing of spectra information with a NIR camera takes place simultaneously with the optical detection with a VIS (Visible light) camera. The NIR spectra and VIS information are combined for the analysis of the mixed spectra, because the higher resolution of VIS camera contributes to a clear definition between the plastic materials and the background as well as between the selected materials. In order to determine the material composition, different kinds of mixed spectra of plastics with background as well as of plastic composition were detected and analyzed. The background is a conveyer belt made of black plastic, and the studied types of plastics are Polypropylene (PP), Polystyrene (PS), High-Density-Polyethylene (HDPE) and Polyvinylchloride (PVC). For the analysis, several algorithms will be developed and tested. In the end, a universal algorithm which performs well for all kinds of mixed spectra will be selected and improved.
Boko Haram insurgency and sustainable development in north-east, Nigeria, 2014-2022
Authors: Kassim Saudiya Aliyu , Uke Iro Iro
Published: March 2024

The problem of insecurity and terrorism became heightened in 2014 after a series of attacks by Boko Haram on individuals, properties; government installations, etc. especially in North-East Nigeria. The study examines Boko Haram Insurgency and sustainable development in North East Nigeria, using the thematic approach of Insurgency and sustainable development. Qualitative analysis was strictly used based on purposive sampling gathered from four states of the northeastern part of Nigeria; Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, and Gombe. The Sustainable Development Theory was used to analyze the Insurgency's impact on economic, social, and human development, and the climate/environmental challenges. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources to collect information. The research findings indicate that the North East region and its people suffered grievous economic and political damages from the activities of the insurgents, with the catastrophic collapse of economic, social, and political structures, and processes, and a likelihood of the State itself collapsing and breaking into fragments if the insurgency had continued unabated for a more extended period. The study recommended that the provision of immediate and comprehensive mental health diagnosis, treatment, and counselling will play an essential and critical role in helping people exposed to insurgency recover quickly from the emotional pains and trauma that come with such exposure.
Enhancing Open-Domain Conversational Question Answering with Knowledge-Enhanced Models and…
Authors: Pi Wenyi
Published: March 2024

Enhancing Open-Domain Conversational Question Answering with Knowledge-Enhanced Models and Knowledge Graphs

How knowledge-enhanced language models and knowledge graphs are advancing open-domain conversational question answering

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Quality and quantity in publishing
Authors: Rohlfing Ingo
Published: March 2024

At the end of last week, I came across a blog entry by Olaf Storbeck, reporting that a rising star from German business economics, Prof. Ulrich Lichtenthaler, is faced with numerous inquiries concerning his publishing record. Two journals have already retracted three of his articles and additional articles are under scrutiny.
You may not like what Elsevier is doing, but…
Authors: Rohlfing Ingo
Published: March 2024

Open access and gated publishing have been discussed at length by researchers, publishers, and the media. Still, the debate got more intense when Elsevier sent takedown notices to Academia.edu. Yesterday, it got even more intense when it became public that the University of Calgary is also confronted with takedown notices from Elsevier. Elsevier responded to the critiques, but it is unlikely that this will take the heat out of the debate.
Importance of Exploring the Role of Women Successors
Authors:   DEAN – School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Himgiri Zee University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, Hada Prof. (Dr.) Veena
Published: March 2024

The chapter begins by acknowledging that family businesses are inherently patriarchal and that women have historically been excluded from leadership roles. Going on to more recent shifts, it emphasises how women are gaining traction as future leaders and heirs. In this chapter, we will look at real-life examples and statistics to see how women face discrimination and sexism when they want to be the boss in their family business. When it comes to passing the family company on to female heirs, this chapter reiterates the importance of mentorship, education, and support networks.
Ecologia humana e antropologia do imaginário: convergências e aproximações
Authors: Leal Zulenilton Sobreira , Santos Juracy Marques dos , Gomes Geam Karlo
Published: March 2024

Este artigo tem o objetivo de discutir pontos de convergência entre a Antropologia do Imaginário, do antropólogo francês Gilbert Durand, e as concepções da Ecologia Humana. Através de uma pesquisa conceitual comparativa (Niz et al., 2016), foi possível compreender que ambas as correntes de estudo têm como ponto de convergência a existência de um trajeto antropológico, ligado ao equilíbrio biopsicossocial do homo sapiens. Essa perspectiva oferece um debate complexo sobre a relação dos seres humanos com a natureza e seus diversos habitats, em particular, o habitat simbólico. Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa traz como resultado a ideia que não há como dissociar o ser ecologicus do ser simbólicus, pois consideramos as narrativas míticas e simbólicas linguagens essenciais na promoção de um olhar poético e sensível, que traduz a subjetividade e que inclui valores nas condutas dos seres, influenciando suas visões de mundo e das práticas culturais e socioambientais.
An Examination of the Writing Process in the Pre-Islamic Arab Period in the Pre-Islamic Arab History Book by Dr. Jawwad Ali
Authors: Rizki Putriani  , Hibatullah  Romdhoni  , Ihya Salsabila
Published: March 2024

The process of writing in pre-islamic Arabia had several periods and there were several factors that influenced the development of literary writing in Pre-Islamic Arabia, which had five separate periods at each time. This paper aims to examine more deeply the process of literary writing in pre-Islamic Arabia, which is studied through the book Pre-Islamic Arabic History written by Dr. Jawwad Ali. This study uses a literature study that explores Jahiliyyah Arabic literature from the perspective of social, religion and thoughts that influenced Jahiliyyah Arabic literature. The results of the study of Jahiliyyah Arabic literature are expected to increase the understanding of Arabic literature reviewers towards society and knowledge and aspirations about the culture of Jahiliyyah Arabic society from the perspective of historical and literary experiences
El tacto en las tareas físicas artístico-expresivas en la formación de maestros/ as de Educación Física
Authors: Canales-Lacruz Inma , Corral-Abós Ana
Published: March 2024

The aim of the article was to identify the positive and negative aspects as perceived by students in relation to the tactile interaction that they experience when undertaking physical artistic-expression activities. The study sample comprised 25 students from the physical education course of the Primary School Teaching Degree at Zaragoza University in Spain (10 men and 15 women, age of 22.29±2.62). Data were collected through (i) the internship diaries which students filled in in the 13 practical sessions on physical artistic-expression activities which were part of the expressive- artistic physical activities module. Then, a content analysis of the diaries was carried out, performing a concordance test with two independent encoders. The Nvivo 11 program was utilized for data procesing. The results show that: i) touch interaction conditions expressive practice; ii) the transmitter role is perceived as being more problematic than the receiver role; iii) while receivers experience relaxation, transmitters focus on maintaining con- centration and on not hurting receivers or touching certain parts of their bodies. The results of this study are relevant because they improve our understanding of the po- sitive and negative aspects of tactile interaction in artistic-expression activities.

El objetivo del artículo consistió en identificar las dificultades y facilidades percibidas por el alumnado ante la interacción táctil experimentada en las tareas artístico-expresivas. Los participantes fueron 25 estudiantes –10 hombres y 15 mujeres con una media de 22.29±2.62 años– de la mención de Educación Física del grado de Maestro de Primaria de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Zaragoza en España. El instrumento de recogida de datos fueron los diarios de prácticas que fueron cumplimentados por los estudiantes en las 13 sesiones de la asignatura Actividades físicas artístico-expresivas. Posteriormente fueron analizados mediante el análisis de contenido, realizando un test de concordancia con dos codificadoras independientes. Se utilizó el Nvivo 11para el procesamiento de la información. Los resultados mostraron que: a) la inte- racción táctil condiciona la praxis expresiva; b) el rol de emisor/a se percibe con mayor preocupación que el de receptor/a; c) el receptor/a experimenta relajación, y el emisor/a experimenta concentración en la tarea y preocupación por hacer daño al receptor/a y tocarle determinadas zonas corporales. Los resultados de este estudio son relevantes porque permiten conocer las dificultades y facilidades de la interac- ción táctil en los procesos expresivos.
UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE AND NEW ENERGY CHALLENGES DURING THE TIMES OF GROWING GLOBAL CONFLICT
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, MARCHENKO Valentyna , KAVTYSH Oksana ,   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, MAKALIUK Iryna ,   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
Published: March 2024

The article substantiates the relevance of switching approaches to the formation of energy security of countries in the times of growing global conflict. The structure and dynamics of energy production and consumption in the European Union and Ukraine considering traditional and renewable sources until 2020 were analyzed. The structure of the energy balance of Ukraine and its difference from EU countries were described. Despite the growth of energy production from renewable sources, a high level of dependence (more than 50%) of EU countries on imported traditional energy carriers from third countries, especially, the russian federation, was revealed. The negative impact and consequences of EU’s dependence on energy supply from the aggressor country and the need to develop and diversify sources of energy supply in the national context was substantiated. The experience of processing and energy utilization of waste in various European countries was studied, in terms of the biogas production and garbage incineration. The need to expand the practice of using solid household waste as a source of energy to increase the national energy sustainability of countries with strict compliance of environmental legislation was substantiated. European practices of energy production based on household waste incineration were analyzed. It was revealed that despite the implementation of circular economy standards, up to 50% of the total volume of generated household waste is incinerated in the EU countries, thereby covering the cities' need for heat and electricity. Modern technologies of energy utilization of household waste and generalized European practices of slag use, which reduces the cost of energy production, were studied. A comparison of the volumes of energy utilization of household waste in the EU and Ukraine revealed the potential of energy supply of the country's economy. It has been stated that despite the exclusion of waste-to-energy waste incineration from the list of sustainable practices, the process of building waste incineration plants based on advanced waste disposal technologies persists in EU countries. The reasons for the low level of waste energy utilization in Ukraine have been investigated. Circumstances and conditions, the formation of which will allow understanding the energy potential of solid household waste and increase the level of energy independence of Ukraine, were generalized. It was concluded that in the conditions of significant investment costs in the construction of waste incineration plants, the main factors for ensuring the efficiency of their activity are the stability of sources of waste receipt and full loading of the plant's production capacity.
ANALYSIS OF CO2 ABATEMENT COSTS İN TURKEY USING THE TIMES-MACRO ENERGY MODELİNG SYSTEM
Authors:   Bogazici University, FIROUZI Shadi , KUMBAROGLU Gurkan ,   Bogazici University
Published: March 2024

Turkey submitted its INDC to the UNFCCC in 2015, through which committed to reach 21% reduction in GHG emissions from the Business-as- Usual scenario by 2030, signed the Paris Agreement in 2016; and ratified in October 2021 after concurring to reach net zero emissions by 2053. It is therefore needed to examine Turkey’s energy sector to understand the leading cause of emissions and elaborate the policy options to reduce emissions. The TIMES-MACRO modeling framework, a hybrid energy system and economic growth model, is employed in this study to evaluate Turkey’s energy sector and CO2 emissions under various emission reduction scenarios together with associated economic implications. The results show that in the absence of scenario constraints, coal dominates the primary energy supply mix, implying that without mitigation measures, emissions will grow rapidly. The abatement costs of emissions vary according to policy, ranging from 45-265 $/ton CO2 by 2050, while the GDP loss range fluctuates between 0.4% and 1.5%.
MAIN ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC TRANSPORTS IN LOGISTICS
Authors:   Azerbaijan State Marine Academy, HASANOV Yusif , HASANZADE Ziya ,   Electrical-Electronics Engineering "Azalternativenergy" Limited Liability Company
Published: March 2024

The paper analyzes and compares charging stations for small electric vehicles, including fast and slow boats, electric cars and their components. The analysis of charging modes of electric vehicles showed that four internationally standardized modes are used, three of which use alternating current with single-phase and three-phase switching and only one – direct current. When charging on direct current, the fastest charging is provided. There are three main options for connecting the electric vehicles to the charging station: by means of a special power cable; by means of a pantograph from bottom to top and from top to bottom; wirelesses connection. There are four standardized cases of connecting charging stations to electric vehicles. Three cases of cable connection can be used on alternating current, only the third case – on direct current, and the fourth case – when wirelessly charging an electric vehicle. A comparison of existing types of connectors for charging electric vehicles has shown that the standardized interface between the charging station and the electric vehicle remains one of the most acute problems.
Leadership Styles and Change Management: A Comprehensive Analysis
Authors: Adams Shelly
Published: March 2024

This review paper delves into the symbiotic nature of leadership styles and change management in organizational settings. In the spheres of increasing dynamism and development modern leadership becomes a pivot point enabling an organization or institution to new waters. a detailed review of leadership approaches in the research on transactional, transformational, situational, and charismatic branches how they contribute to change management. Acknowledging the need for adaptive leadership, this paper is dedicated to exploring the strategic coherence of leading styles vis-a-vis their peculiarities, claiming that such a relation matters for organizational resiliency. Leaders often must use subtle tactics to overcome challenges that can occur during change processes. This paper’s contribution to the current leadership discourse is the elaboration of how various leadership styles interact with change management processes. To this end, it seeks to clarify our understanding of the connection between leadership approaches and organizational adaptation by conducting an in-depth investigation into dynamic interactions that exist between leadership styles and change management processes. This review serves as an appetizer for understanding how effective change management outcomes are achieved through the strategic utilization of different leadership styles. This review presents a roadmap to grasp the relationship between types of leadership and effective change management.
INTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADHERENCE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL (ARV) THERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS IN RSUD KOTA BOGOR
Authors: Ajeng Sekar Dewanty  , Dewi Purnamawati
Published: March 2024

Antiretroviral (ARV), as the primary therapy, plays an essential role in preventing the risk of opportunistic infections and increasing the quality of life patients with HIV. The main purpose of the ARV program treatment affected the patient’s health behavior, namely the adherence to consuming ARV daily. This study tries to elaborate on some internal factors that can affect patient compliances to finishing ARV. The study was conducted at RSUD Kota Bogor on 94 patients. The variables were classifiedased on age group, gender, level of education, work history, and compliance status Furthermore, an analysis was carried out to determine the factors affecting ARV compliance. The study showed that there were 84.2% (16) males, 68.4% (13) aged > 25 y.o, 73.7% (14) with low education, and 57.9% (11) jobless patients with a low level of adherence. In summary, this study showed that internal factors, such as age, gender, education, and occupation, are descriptively related to the level of compliance as advice analytical study with other factors was needed.