bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efektivitas Dan Pengaruh Pajak Hiburan, Pajak Restoran Dan Retribusi Daerah Terhadap Pendapatan Asli Daerah Kabupaten Madiun
Authors: Nariswari Levina Ega , Muchtolifah Muchtolifah
Published: July 2022

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis tingkat efektivitas penerimaan pajak hiburan, pajak restoran, dan retribusi daerah serta pengaruhnya terhadap Pendapatan Asli Daerah di Kabupaten Madiun. Menggunakan metode regresi linear berganda dan analisis efektivitas. Berdasarkan hasil pembahasan yaitu menunjukkan bahwa variabel pajak hiburan memiliki hubungan negatif dan tidak berpengaruh terhadap pendapatan asli daerah maka hipotesis pertama tidak terbukti atau tidak diterima. Pajak restoran secara parsial berpengaruh positif terhadap pendapatan asli daerah. Jadi untuk hipotesis kedua terbukti atau diterima. Retribusi daerah secara parsial tidak berpengaruh terhadap pendapatan asli daerah. Jadi untuk hipotesis ketiga tidak terbukti atau tidak diterima. Sedangkan tingkat efektivitas analisis efektivitas diketahui bahwa tingkat efektivitas untuk pajak hiburan dikategorikan Efektif, untuk pajak restoran dikategorikan Sangat Efektif, sedangkan retribusi daerah dikategorikan Efektif. Jadi untuk hipotesis keempat tidak diterima
Professor Edenir Pereira Filho, a researcher with a broad and solid background in science and also a YouTuber, recently gave an interview to BrJAC
Authors:   Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Pereira Filho Edenir
Published: July 2022

Edenir R. Pereira Filho holds a degree in Chemistry from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1996), a Master's degree in Chemistry (1999) from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), a Master's degree in Mathematics (2022) from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), and a doctorate (2003) in Science (Unicamp). He is currently an Associate Professor at UFSCar. He works mainly on spectroanalytic, with an emphasis on Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP OES), Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS), and Laser Induced-Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), and applications of chemometric tools (Design of Experiments, DoE) in atomic spectrometry.
PENILAIAN MITIGASI KEKERINGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE BENEFIT COST RATIO (BCR)
Authors: Dadimesa Cinthya Indradewi , Suni Yulius P. K. , Henong Sebastianus B.
Published: July 2022

Jaringan Irigasi Air Tanah (JIAT) adalah salah satu opsi mitigasi kekeringan di Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). Pertanyaan utamanya adalah apakah investasi untuk pembangunan sumur bor beserta jaringan irigasi setara dengan manfaat finansial yang diperoleh dari investasi tersebut. Penelitian ini mengkaji opsi mitigasi tersebut dengan metode analisa cost and benefit di Desa Kuanheun, Kecamatan Amabi Oefeto, Kabupaten Kupang, NTT. Pada kajian ini pula dilakukan perhitungan alternatif irigasi optimum. Hasil analisa menunjukkan bahwa pola tanam dan pemberian air irigasi belum memberikan keuntungan finansial. Karena itu perlu dirancang alternatif irigasi yang berpotensi menguntungkan. Alternatif irigasi optimum yang dipilih adalah pemilihan jenis tanaman dan pola pemberian air sesuai kebutuhan tiap fase pertumbuhan tanaman. Alternatif pertama didapatkan, pola tanam yakni Padi – Padi – Jagung dengan nilai NPV Rp. 1.339.338.947,71, IRR sebesar 24% sudah menguntungkan dari segi ekonomi, dan BCR sebesar 1.95. Sedangkan alternative kedua, Padi – Padi – Kacang Tanah, diperoleh nilai NPV Rp. 2.056.045.301,17, IRR sebesar 30%, dan BCR sebesar 2.29. Kedua alternatif yang dipilih berpotensi menguntungkan dari segi finansial.
ANALISA PERBANDINGAN PENENTUAN DEBIT RENCANA MENGGUNAKAN METODE NAKAYASU DAN SIMULASI APLIKASI HEC-HMS DI DAS LOWO REA
Authors: Nggarang Yulianus Eka P. , Pattiraja Agustinus H. , Henong Sebastianus B.
Published: July 2022

Debit banjir rencana merupakan debit dengan periode ulang tertentu yang menjadi parameter perencanaan bangunan air. Perhitungan perbandingan debit rencana antara metode Nakayasu dan simulasi aplikasi HEC HMS dimaksudkan untuk membandingkan perhitungan debit yang paling sesuai terhadap karakteristik DAS Lowo Rea yang berada di Kecamatan Wewaria, Kabupaten Ende. Perhitungan debit rencana dilakukan tanpa kalibrasi terhadap data AWLR sebagai observed flow karena tidak tersedia data AWLR pada lokasi peneltian. Maka, digunakan HDRO (high direct run off) sebagai dasar pembanding. Hasil analisis perhitungan HDRO debit rencana metode Nakayasu dan simulasi aplikasi HEC HMS menyatakan bahwa metode Nakayasu lebih tepat digunakan untuk analisis debit banjir rancangan kala ulang atau periode ulang ≥ (lebih dari sama dengan) 100 tahun. Sedangkan analisis debit banjir rancangan menggunakan simulasi aplikasi HEC HMS lebih tepat digunakan untuk analisis debit banjir rancangan kala ulang atau periode ulang < (kurang dari) 100 tahun.
ANALISIS KINERJA SIMPANG TAK BERSINYAL (JL. VETERAN, JL. BELAKANG TAMAN NOSTALGIA DAN JL. DEPAN HOTEL NAKA KUPANG)
Authors: Seran Sri Santi L M F , Naikofi Rivendi , Bria Seran Engelbertha Noviani
Published: July 2022

Jumlah  kendaraan di Kota Kupang semakin bertambah di tandai dengan meningkatnya angka kepemilikan kendaraan secara signifikan dari tahun ke tahun. Tercatat angka kepemilikan kendaraan bermotor dalam tiga tahun terakhir yaitu pada tahun 2016 sebanyak 19.272 unit, tahun 2017 sebanyak 20.440 unit dan tahun 2018 tercatat sebanyak 21.680 unit (NTT Dalam   Angka 2019). Dengan meningkatnya jumlah kendaraan bermotor maka akan berpengaruh terhadap kinerja ruas jalan dan simpang. Bertambahnya kepemilikan kendaraan  tidak disertai bertambahnya ruas jalan dan pemahaman akan perilaku berkendara yang baik oleh setiap pemilik kendaraan sehingga mengakibatkan terjadinya berbagai masalah dan konflik pada ruas jalan maupun simpangan. Simpangan tak bersinyal pada Pertigaan Jl. Veteran, Jl. Belakang Taman Nostalgia dan Jl. Depan Hotel Naka merupakan salah satu simpangan tak bersinyal yang letaknya cukup dekat dengan  simpangan bersinyal pada Bundaran Patung Kirab dan merupakan jalan masuk dan keluar pada pusat – pusat kegiatan publik seperti Taman Nostalgia dan Sekolah Dian Harapan, Lippo Plasa, Ruko Oebobo dan Pasar Oebobo, Hotel Naka.Pada simpang ini sering terjadi konflik akibat kepadatan volume kendaraan dari dan yang akan menuju pada titik – titik tersebut. Jika tidak segera ditangani dengan baik maka akan menimbulkan gangguan lalu lintas pada simpangan ini.
Humanos y no-humanos en los videos de Radio Ucamara del pueblo indígena kukama kukamiria (Perú): una aproximación desde el neomaterialismo
Authors: Angulo-Giraldo Migel , Guanipa Ramírez Luis
Published: July 2022

Para el pueblo indígena kukama kukamiria (Perú), una diversidad de agentes (humanos y no-humanos)se interrelacionan de manera constante a través de una gran red en la que los distintos entrelazamientospermiten una comunicación asociativa (contraria a una comunicación social). A partir de la propuesta teórica del neomaterialismo (Lemos, 2013; Lemos, 2020) y el actor-red (Latour, 2005; Latour, 2012), esta coexistencia relacional es estudiada a través de los videos producidos por Radio Ucamara, perteneciente y dirigida por miembros del pueblo indígena kukama kukamiria. Desde un análisis cualitativo, transversal, observacional-descriptivo, se estudian los procesos comunicativos indígenas a partir de cuatro canciones (Parana, Omagua,Aparecimos y Kamatia) aparecidas en el canal de YouTube de Radio Ucamara entre 2015 y 2019. Se pone énfasis en los modos de existencia, las agencias (humanas y no-humanas) y las mediaciones radicales.El estudio concluye que, a partir de la teoría aplicada, es en las propias mediaciones (los entrelazamientosy asociaciones entre distintos agentes) en las que se produce la materialidad (agencias), las cuales dan forma a una comunicación asociativa.
Anatomía Jurídica del Mecanismo RED de flexibilidad y estabilización en el empleo
Authors: Fernández Ramírez Marina
Published: July 2022

De acuerdo a los postulados de flexibilidad y seguridad en las relaciones laborales que inspiran el debate europeo y con la finalidad de favorecer la flexibilidad interna y reducir los despidos durante épocas de crisis económica, la reforma laboral española 2021 ha creado el Mecanismo RED de flexibilidad y estabilización en el empleo. Con él, se abre la puerta a cambios estructurales en un sector que exijan recualificar a la plantilla o propiciar el traslado de trabajadores a otras actividades, o cuando una situación coyuntural que afecte a toda la economía haga necesario poner en marcha fórmulas de protección del empleo. Enfocado nuestro análisis, de manera expresa, en este novedoso mecanismo y conscientes de que las variables que manejamos son insuficientes y transitorias, principiando porque todavía estamos a la espera de su desarrollo reglamentario, en este trabajo pretendemos determinar si la apuesta por la flexibilidad interna que con él se persigue es, a priori, abiertamente voluntarista o presenta visos de consolidarse mediante soluciones eficaces al desempleo y al reparto del empleo.
THE ROLE OF E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CHINESE AND RUSSIAN SYSTEMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO BACHELORS OF NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES)
Authors:   Far Eastern State Transport University, Khabarovsk, Russia, Harina Irina V. , Gladkaya Evgenia F. ,   Far Eastern State Transport University, Khabarovsk, Russia, Rezanova Natalya V. ,   Far Eastern State Transport University, Khabarovsk, Russia, Qi Chen ,   Shandong Transport University, Jinan, China
Published: July 2022

Affected by the epidemic, the teaching activities of many universities around the world have gradually moved from traditional teaching to online distance learning. This puts forward higher requirements for the ability of students to learn independently and self-regulate. The article focuses on the features of e-learning in Chinese and Russian universities when teaching a foreign language. Using the analysis of real cases of students, the initiatives of Chinese and Russian students in online learning are compared according to five criteria, as well as finding ways to optimize learning in an electronic educational environment
Using a Bi-Level Optimization Model for Assessing the Impact of Demand Forecast Uncertainty on the Maximum Profit of Power Distribution Companies Owning Energy Storage Systems
Authors: Kien Dang Vu , Chau Le Thi Minh , Phuong Pham Quang , Van Pham Nang
Published: July 2022

This paper proposes a bi-level optimization model to maximize the net revenue of a power distribution company owning energy storage systems. Furthermore, the proposed model also takes into account the uncertainty of load forecast based on a set of multiple scenarios in order to assess its impact on the maximum net revenue of the power distribution company. This bi-level optimization model is transformed into the single-level mixed-integer linear programming model by using the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality conditions and strong duality theorem. This single-level optimization formulation can be effectively solved by using standard commercial solvers such as CPLEX. The proposed model and the effects of the load forecast uncertainty on the net revenue of the power distribution company are validated and analyzed on an IEEE 24-bus meshed transmission grid.
Applying Neural Network And Levenberg - Marquardt Algorithm for Load Forecasting in IA-Grai District, Gia Lai Province
Authors: Giap Quang Huy , Nguyen Dang Luu , Nguyen Thi Thanh Quynh , Tran Thi Minh Dung
Published: July 2022

Electrical energy is fundamental to the life and economic development. Accompany by the increasing demand for electricity by people and businesses, the electricity industry must always ensure sufficient supply for production activities. This poses an urgent need to have an accurate load forecasting tool for electricity production and distribution strategy. If the demand forecast is lower than the reality, the phenomenon of power supply shortage will occur. While if the forecast exceeds the demand for use by people and businesses, it will cause economic losses because it must mobilize power sources by using a backup as a diesel generator. For these reasons, the problem of electrical load forecasting becomes very important in terms of efficient power supply. In this paper, a load forecasting tool using Neural Network and Levenberg - Marquardt algorithm is presented.
Ensemble of Convolution Neural Networks for Improving Automatic Modulation Classification Performance
Authors: Le Ha-Khanh , Doan Van-Sang , Hoang Van-Phuc
Published: July 2022

This paper investigates convolutional neural networks (CNN) to classify 26 types of signal modulation under the influence of five different fading channels and Gausian noise with SNR from -20 dB to +18 dB. Specifically, five CNN models, including ResNet18, SqueezeNet, GoogleNet, MobileNet, and RepVGG, are taken into account for a accuracy competition to discover the best one. As a result, the SqueezeNet model achieves the highest accuracy of 97.5% for the SNR value of +8~dB. Based on the evaluation results of the single models, we propose an ensemble learning approach, which integrate some robust networks to improve classification accuracy. The numerical results show that ensemble learning can improve the automatic modulation classification accuracy compared to those single models. Specifically, the ensemble learning model gains the accuracy of 52.7% at the SNR of -20 dB and 77% at the SNR of -2 dB. In addition, three types of ensemble methods are considered for analysis and comparison. Consequently, the weighted ensemble provides a better performance in terms of accuracy than unweighted one.
SINDROME DE GUILLAIN-BARRE RELACIONADO CON LA APLICACIÓN DE LA VACUNA CONTRA SARS-CoV2 E INFLUENZA ESTACIONAL. REPORTE DE UN CASO
Authors: López-Hernández Juan Carlos , López-Alderete Jorge , Escamilla-Ramírez Angel , Rosiles-Abonce Artemio , Violante-Villanueva Arturo , Gutiérrez-Romero Alonso , Vargas-Cañas Steven
Published: July 2022

Resumen: el Síndrome de Guillain Barre (SGB) es la principal causa de parálisis flácida aguda en el mundo. En el curso de la pandemia por el virus de la influenza en décadas anteriores y, actualmente por el virus SARS-CoV2, se han reportado mayor número de casos de SGB que coinciden con la vacunación masiva. Recientemente, la vacunación contra estos dos virus se ha implementado en los esquemas de vacunación de la población adulta. Objetivo: reportar un caso de SGB relacionado a vacunación contra virus de la influenza estacional y contra SARS-CoV2. Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 53 años sin antecedente de cuadro infeccioso, quien posterior a la aplicación de la vacuna contra la influenza estacional y contra el virus SARS-CoV2 (Oxford/AstraZeneca) con 22 días de diferencia, inicia con cuadro progresivo de debilidad de predominio en extremidades inferiores, ascendente. Clínicamente se integró SGB. En los paraclínicos, tiene punción lumbar con disociación albumino citológica, con estudio de neuroconducción que cumple criterios para variante AIDP. Conclusión: a nuestro conocimiento, es el primer caso de SGB relacionado con ambos tipos de vacuna.
A Comparative Study on the Factors Affecting Middle School Students’ Participation in Private Supplementary Education in Mathematics between Korea and the USA using the TIMSS 2019 Data
Authors:   Korean Society for Educational Evaluation, Cho Sijung
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the major factors affecting the participation of Korean and American middle school students in private supplementary education in mathematics using the TIMSS 2019 data. The random forest method was used to extract, compare, and analyze the key factors predicting student’s participation in private supplementary education in mathematics on the data of 3,658 Korean middle school students and 6,960 American middle school students who participated in the TIMSS 2019 survey. Academic achievement, personal characteristics, family background, and school characteristics were found to be important predictors in both countries, but the effect of each factor on the probability of participating in private supplementary education was different between the two countries. The results of this study reconfirmed that students in Korea tend to participate in private supplementary education with 'competitive motives' whereas the United States, students engage in private supplementary education with 'supplementary motives'. Results suggest that when devising policies against private supplementary tutoring, it is necessary to diagnose the state and causes in each individual country and devise customized policies for each country.
Investigation of Preventive Health Behaviors in the Begining Term of COVID / 19 Pandemic, Evidence From Turkey
Authors: EKİNCİ Gülay , ÇINAR Fadime , CAPAR Hasim
Published: July 2022

Aim: In this study, it is aimed to determine the level of the compliance of individuals to preventive health behaviors before, during, and after the pandemic to interrupt or reduce the spread of the virus in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Materials and Method: This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. "Demographic Information Form" and "Questionnaire of Health Behaviors Regarding Influenza" were used as data collection tools. The questionnaire form prepared was designed as 16 questions, 5-point Likert type (1 = Strongly disagree to 5 = Strongly agree). The questionnaire contains the answers of the participants regarding the 14 rule implementation situations before, during, and after the flu. The universe of this study was individuals living in 81 provinces in Turkey between 1-9 April 2020. In this study, the snowball-sampling method was used. The data were collected with an online questionnaire on google forms. 517 people were surveyed from 81 cities in Turkey. In the analysis, SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used to evaluate the data.

Results: As a result of the evaluation of the Health Behavior Towards Flu test results; the Cronbach Alpha (α) values were found (0.78) before, during (0.86), and after (0.83). When the participant's compliance with the 14 rules in influenza according to demographic variables was examined according to their learning of these rules, it was determined that; gender, literate in terms of education, and housewives made a significant difference in the course (before-during-after) of the pandemic, In addition, the application situations of the participants before-during-after learning the 14 rules in influenza were compared; while the information was effective during (illness) and after (illness) the informing process and was statistically significant (p
The role of subjective power dynamics in far-right collective action: The “Unite the Right” rally and the Capitol insurrection
Authors: Hoerst Carina , Drury John
Published: July 2022

Participation in far-right mobilisations has previously been explained in terms of perceived injustices and threats. However, this does not explain mobilisations after successes. Based on the broader collective action literature, we suggest that an examination of subjective power before and during collective action may significantly complement existing explanations of partaking in far-right collective actions. We used secondary data (including videos from YouTube and ProPublica) from two US-based far-right events – the 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally and the 2021 Capitol insurrection – to qualitatively examine the extent to which attendees experienced and action was driven by collective psychological empowerment alongside legitimisation of action-taking. We find that at Charlottesville, attendees arrived already feeling empowered. While action at the Capitol insurrection seemed to be driven by anger about perceived illegitimacy, there was evidence indicating the existence of empowerment experiences based on perceptions of high turnout. Our analysis has implications for disempowering far-right collective action.
The COVID-19 pandemic and fertility decline in Costa Rica: A brief plunge due to psychosocial and economic factors and a baby bust driven by migration decisions
Authors: Rosero-Bixby Luis
Published: July 2022

The national birth registry shows a substantial baby bust in 2021 – the first full year plus nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic. The fertility of native Costa Rican women dropped by 13%. This decrease did not deviate from pre-existing fertility trends. A brief plunge in conceptions during the first full month of the pandemic (April 2020) decreased the fertility rate in January 2021 by as much as 24% for some groups. This plunge was a response to the hardships caused by pandemic mitigation measures as well as uncertainties and fears concerning the novel disease rather than to the physiological harm of the disease itself. The 2021 decrease in births among immigrant women (who contribute one-fifth of the birth rate) was 78% larger than among native women, driven mostly by pandemic-induced migration decisions. The data hint at a pandemic baby boom in low-SES communities and, especially, in families with several children.
Factors Affecting Online Purchase Intention of Prospects: A Study in Nepalese Context
Authors: Rai Arjun , Rai Chandra Kumar
Published: July 2022

Various factors influence potential buyers' purchase intention from stores. Attitude towards online shopping, perceived customer service, quality, and price fairness may also determine the prospects' intention to buy or not. Amid Covid-19, many traditional stores adopted digital platforms to reach and serve customers. In this context, this study aimed to examine how the attitude towards online shopping, prospects' perception of customer service of online stores, quality perception, and price fairness perception affect purchase intention. This study used the Ordinary Least Square model to examine the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. 3 presents the Correlation between the variables attitude, perceived customer service, quality, price fairness, and purchase intention of the respondents. The correlation test revealed significant positive correlations between the stated variables. The study employed a survey method to collect data from 425 respondents, using a structured-self administered questionnaire. The collected data were coded, entered, and analyzed in Statistical Package for Social Science (25). The result of the study indicated a significant positive impact of attitude, perceived customer service, quality perception, and price fairness perception on purchase intention. The contribution of this study highlights the positive impact of the stated variables on the purchase intention of the prospects in the Nepalese social context. This information may be helpful for online stores to improve their marketing performance.
Performance Art of the Rituals in Ethnic Film Numafung
Authors: Rai Bidur
Published: July 2022

This paper examines the performance art of the rituals in the Nabin Subba-directed Numafung, which shares some features of artworks, and rituals in the indigenous community. The film presents the fluid lives and ways of the Limbu people in rural eastern Nepal. It depicts a young girl’s struggle with cultural traditions, and the impact of her actions on her community. Numa‘s struggles characterize the lives of other young Nepali women, and are in a dilemma. In spite of hardship and complexity, they must continue fulfilling their desires and cultural traditions.  Thus, the paper analyzes the performance art of the ethnic rituals practiced in Limbu culture.  To interpret the text, the paper writer uses the critical perspectives from Richard Schechter particularly, Erving Goffman, and Bernhard Giessen and Victor Turner as a theoretical framework. Schechner views that performance art, rituals, or ordinary lives are the restored behaviors because people train and rehearse these behaviors over many times. Everyday life involves years of training and practice, and of performing one’s life roles in relation to social and personal circumstances. In the performing arts or everyday life, performances include ritualized gestures and noises. Performing arts gesture their presentations, and accentuate artistic behaviors. A performance shows highly stylized behavior such as in ballet, or the dance-dramas of the groups. Thus, the paper argues that the movie shares the elements of performance and ritualized behaviors in the indigenous culture and people. In the movie, the central character marries, remarries and elopes in ethnic culture and society. The findings of the study help understand the repeated behaviors of the indigenous people and community as art form.
The Effect of Robotic Assist Gait Training on the Gait of Stroke Patients: Retrospective Study
Authors:   The Korean Society of Medicine & Therapy Science, Kim Hyung-Geun , Kim Yong-Hoon
Published: July 2022

Objective: This study is a comparative study conducted retrospectively to investigate the effect of an exoskeleton-controlled gait-assisting robot gait machine on the improvement of balance and gait ability in subacute stroke patients. Method: 128 patients who were hospitalized in Seoul-based Hospital A from January 2020 to December 2020 agreed to participate in the study and use personal information. Patients with a factor of less than 6 months of onset and berg balance scale (BBS) score of greater than or equal to severity (21 points or more) were measured balance and gait analysis test. In the patients, 30 patients in the general physical therapy group and 30 patients in the general physical therapy with the additional exoskeleton-controlled gait-assisting robot gait training group were selected and their balance and gait abilities were retrospectively compared and analyzed. Results: The RAGTG significantly improved compared to the CG in the A-P position and lateral sysmmetry evaluation in the balance ability, and in the cadence and stride length evaluation in the gait ability. Conclusion: Both groups showed statistically significant improvement in balance and gait and in particular, the group that received additional RAGTG improved more in A-P position, lateral symmetry, and cadence, stride length compared to the CG. This result had a positive effect on balance ability and gait ability.
A Mother’s Touch: Ethics and Maternal Corporeality in Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language
Authors: Roberts Matthew
Published: July 2022

Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language presents a national military’s violent attempt to outlaw an ethnic minority group’s language. The conflict between the military personnel and an injured Elderly Woman who waits to visit her imprisoned son orients this ban and its effects. But the common qualification that the work is one of Pinter’s “political plays” risks obfuscating its specific ethical dimension. By following the Elderly Woman and her son’s words and actions, it becomes possible to observe how Mountain Languages situates its ethical significance in the figure of the maternal body. This figure precipitates a form of corporeal cohabitation – a touch shared by two bodies that makes it impossible to distinguish completely where one body ends and the other begins – that not only troubles the distinction between self and other that often foregrounds theatre and performance studies’ “ethical turn” but also makes it necessary to reimagine the political itself. Such a matter bears on the play’s performance: the only sound that the Elderly Woman’s silent stillness emits during the play’s conclusion is that of the actor’s body who plays her. In this setting, the sound produced by the actor’s body touches the body of the spectator, inspiring them both to find the language to undo the “terrible trap” that the play depicts. Mountain Language makes it possible to consider how Pinter explores the ethical implications of theatrical performance.
“These People in This House”: Intermedial Approaches to Decentring the Domestic in Harold Pinter’s A Slight Ache and The Homecoming
Authors: Fallow Catriona
Published: July 2022

This article explores the effects of moving two of Pinter’s earlier plays outside their original domestic settings by focusing on two productions staged in 2019: A Slight Ache (1958), directed by Jamie Lloyd for the “Pinter at the Pinter” season in London’s West End, and De Thuiskomst/ The Homecoming (1964), directed by Nanouk Leopold for Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA). In relocating each play from its prescribed domestic interior, both productions explicitly drew on and incorporated the conventions of different media, specifically radio and film, in markedly different ways. Rather than transposing the country home of Pinter’s original radio play onto the stage in an analogous setting, Lloyd’s Slight Ache featured two performers appearing in a radio studio to voice their characters, thereby complicating the identities and motivations of the play’s characters by evoking a place of work, not a place of domestic retreat. In Leopold’s starkly minimalist Homecoming, video projections and visualizations of the human body as a kind of digital automaton replaced the trappings of domesticity, inviting audiences to focus instead on the live and mediatized bodies of the characters. Through their different means of representation, these productions demonstrate two different approaches to decentring domestic space in Pinter’s early plays via distinct intermedial strategies. In doing so, they offer a renewed focus on the embodied presence of the actors, thereby inviting new insights into how Pinter’s early characters can transcend the confines of their interior spaces on stage and underscoring the writer’s own inherently intermedial praxis.
Lindsay Brandon Hunter, Playing Real: Mimesis, Media and Mischief
Authors: Rae Paul
Published: July 2022

Engagingly written, Playing Real promises to enhance understandings of performance in contemporary society by analysing examples across several media (film, television, augmented reality gaming) where acting processes are instructively complex. However, loose theoretical framing and a failure to historicize its examples mean the book falls short of this potential.
Katrina M. Phillips, Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History
Authors: Stanlake Christy
Published: July 2022

Revealing the complexities of Native representation, Katrina Phillips’s (Red Cliff Ojibwe) Staging Indigeneity offers new insights into historical outdoor dramas based on Native history. Phillips coins the term salvage tourism to investigate three dramas – Happy Canyon, Unto These Hills, and Tecumseh! – and their changing relationships to local economies.
Katelyn Hale Wood, Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States
Authors: Michelle Edmonds Brittney
Published: July 2022

Katelyn Hale Wood’s Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship in Black humour studies. Wood analyses the stage comedy of Black feminists including Jackie “Moms” Mabley, Mo’Nique, Wanda Sykes, Amanda Seales, and others.
Three-Dimensional and Time-Dependent Model of the Dynamic Behavior of the Arc in a Plasma Spray Torch
Authors: Baudry C. , Vardelle A. , Mariaux G. , Delalondre C. , Meillot E.
Published: July 2022

This work deals with a 3-D time-dependent modeling of the arc behavior in a plasma spray torch. The mathematical model is based on the simultaneous solutions of the conservation equations of mass, momentum, energy, electric current and the electromagnetism equations. It makes it possible to predict the motion of the anode attachment root on the anode surface under the combined effect of hydrodynamic and magnetic force and, the time-evolution of arc voltage and gas fields in the nozzle. The calculations show that the latter exhibit significant three-dimensional characteristics. The projected arc behavior and voltage fluctuations agree rather well with experimental observations.
Electrostatic Discharge Susceptibility of Surface Micromachined MEMS
Authors: Walraven Jeremy A. , Soden Jerry M. , Cole Edward I.
Published: July 2022

This article presents the results of a study conducted at Sandia National Labs to assess the effect of electrostatic discharge on surface micromachined MEMS devices. This failure mode has largely been overlooked because ESD failure mechanisms often mimic the effects of stiction-adhesion. To measure the susceptibility of MEMS devices to ESD, Sandia engineers built and tested a silicon microengine and a torsional ratcheting microactuator. Test results indicate that the effects of ESD are highly dependent on device design, component stiffness, and geometry and that slight modifications can bring improvements.
Failure Analysis Turned Upside Down: A Review of Backside Analysis Techniques
Authors: Bruce Michael R. , Bruce Victoria J. , Prejean Seth , Huynh Jeffery
Published: July 2022

This article provides a high-level review of the tools and techniques used for backside analysis. It discusses the use of laser scanning and conventional microscopy, liquid and solid immersion lenses, photon emission microscopy (PEM), and laser-based fault isolation methods with emphasis on light-induced voltage alteration (LIVA). It explains how laser voltage probing is used for backside waveform acquisition and describes backside sample preparation and deprocessing techniques including parallel polishing and milling, laser chemical etching, and FIB circuit edit and modification.
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Tunable Circuits
Authors: Flores Richard S.
Published: July 2022

This article explains how the addition of FIB tunable circuits in critical paths on ICs can alleviate some of the challenges encountered during the implementation of mixed-signal ASICs. It walks readers through the implementation of a particular digital ASIC, explaining where and how FIB tunable circuits were used to overcome difficulties, resolve problems, and realize a fully functional chip that met all system specifications on the first pass of the design.
An Overview of Molecular Computing Approaches (Part I)
Authors: Lyke James C.
Published: July 2022

This article reviews recent developments in the area of molecular-scale computing. It describes the construction and operating characteristics of molecular wires, rectifiers, switches, and transistors. It also discusses the concept of molecular gain. Molecular computing architectures based on crosspoint arrays, randomized nanocells, and cellular automata will be discussed in Part II of this article in the November 2004 issue of EDFA.
Parametric Failures Can Be a Pain in the Backside
Authors: Segura Jaume , Hawkins Charles F. , Soden Jerry M.
Published: July 2022

Parametric failures are of two general types. One type is due to defects that affect circuit parameters. The other type, which occurs in defect-free parts, is the result of interdie parameter statistical variation. IC failures can be caused by variations in any number of parameters including Leff, Weff, IDsat, Vt, contact resistance, effective gate oxide thickness, source and drain resistance, interconnect sheet resistance, and intrametal spacing affecting cross-talk, ground bounce noise, and IR voltage drops. These failures often influence the maximum operating frequency of the IC and are seldom detected by simple stuck-at fault, delay fault, functional, or IDDQ tests. This article discusses the origin, classification, and detection of a wide range of parametric failures.
An Overview of Molecular Computing Approaches (Part II)
Authors: Lyke James C.
Published: July 2022

This is the second part of an article on molecular electronics. The first part, published in the August 2004 issue of EDFA, discussed the development of molecular devices including nanowires, rectifiers, switches, and transistors. Here, the author describes nontraditional molecular computing architectures based on crosspoint arrays, randomized nanocells, and cellular automata. Challenges associated with interconnect demand, lithography alternatives, and defect tolerance are also discussed.
Spatial differentiation of the level and quality of life of the rural population (on the example of the Volgograd region)
Authors:   Volgograd State Agrarian University, Volgograd, Russia, Kolpakova Ekaterina A.
Published: July 2022

The article is devoted to the study of socio-economic categories “standard of living” and “quality of life” of the population, various indicator systems used for their assessment are considered. Based on official statistics, the article conducted an intermunicipal study of the level and quality of life of the rural population of the Volgograd region. Private, consolidated and integral indicators are analyzed, a methodological approach to the assessment of spatial differentiation is proposed, which allows to determine the extent of differences and identify the factors that determine them, to identify groups of territories with similar development parameters and to form the basis for choosing regulatory influences of public authorities on socio-economic processes taking place in rural areas.
Opportunities and prospects of the Siberian Federal District in international agricultural and food products trade
Authors:   Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Chepeleva Kristina V. , Shelkovnikov Sergey A. ,   Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Published: July 2022

The article presents the results of a study of the current state and possible prospects for the development of exports of agricultural and food products from the Siberian Federal District (SFD). With the help of a portfolio analysis of exports, enlarged commodity groups of agricultural products with a stable market position have been identified, which in the strategic perspective can provide the Siberian macro-region with stable profitability and sources of financing for new projects. Through the ABC analysis of the assortment, the commodity groups of agroexport of the Siberian Federal District have been identified, which already bring the main income from export activities and the further implementation of which will position the macro-region in the global market space. The implementation of strategic directions for the development of foreign trade and the formation of a balanced export portfolio of agricultural products of the Siberian macroregion, taking into account the terroir of the territory and the specialization of the regions, will create a new “pole” of growth of non-primary non-energy exports for the economy of the Russian Federation.
Digitalization of the agro-industrial complex from the perspective of a process approach to management
Authors:   Academy of Social Management, Moscow, Russia, Khudov Alexander M. , Sinelnikov Igor Yu. ,   Academy of Social Management, Moscow, Russia
Published: July 2022

The article is devoted to the problem of searching for theoretical and managerial approaches to forecasting and designing the process of digital transformation of agriculture. The main directions of digitalization of the agricultural sector are considered by the authors from the point of view of a process approach to management that ensures integrity and consistency in understanding the ongoing and planned changes.
Dairy market in the context of the formation of agri-food policy
Authors:   Ryazan State Agrotechnological University named after P.A. Kostychev, Ryazan, Russia, Konkina Vera S.
Published: July 2022

The article examines the situation on the Russian dairy market in the context of the existing agri-food policy. The author presents a retrospective of changes in the elements of the balance of milk and dairy products resources before the sanctions period and after the introduction of the food embargo. The purpose of the study is to consider current trends in order to find ways to harmonize agri-food policy. An analysis was made on the main types of food imports and exports for group 04 of the HS Dairy products. The information base for assessing the current situation was the official statistics of Rosstat and the Federal Customs Service. The assessment of foreign trade operations covers a wide geography of supplies: from near to far abroad, as well as information about domestic production for each nomenclature item of group 04 Dairy products. The changes in the volume of export-import supplies, in the composition of the supplier countries are shown, and the scenario of the development of the situation for the future is also predicted. The author states that import substitution occurred only partially, largely as a forced measure in response to the trade war unleashed by the EU and the United States. At the same time, import substitution should be carried out by increasing its own production, flexible pricing policy, competitiveness in production costs with high quality of domestic dairy products. The analysis given in the article can be used as an empirical basis for the development of agri-food policy.
The pandemic, sanctions and the regional labor market (on the example of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania)
Authors:   VNIOPTUSkH, branch of Federal Scientific Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas –VNIIESkH, Moscow, Russia, Mazloev Vitaliy Z. , Plaeva Albina A. ,   RSO-Alania Employment Committee, Vladikavkaz, Russia
Published: July 2022

The article considers various aspects affecting the regional labor market, arising from the coronavirus pandemic, and then aggravated by the imposition of international sanctions against the Russian Federation. It is shown what are the features of a labor-surplus region and its agro-industrial complex. The economic levers and methods allowing to smooth out the negative impact of sanctions measures on the economy of the region, including the agricultural sector, are considered.
The Start of the New Year According to the National Calendars of the Tajiks
Authors: Rakhimi Dilshod Kamolzoda
Published: July 2022

The article is devoted to the issues of the traditional calendar of the Tajik people. The purpose of the article is to consider the traditional ways of determining the onset of seasons and months among mountain Tajiks based on the use of the method of theoretical analysis. It was revealed that the main ways to determine the onset of the new year were: calculation according to the Iranian solar calendar (the entry of the sun into the constellation Aries); calendar «the sun in man» (the arrival of the sun in the sign of the «heart»); observing the appearance of stars in a certain place; reaching the shade from the sun peaks, rocks and stones; sunrise or sunset behind the sign (behind peaks, rocks, cracks); the appearance of sunlight through cracks (windows, cracks, stones with holes); phenological or behavioral observations of animals, as well as the growth of spring plants and flowers (wagtails, storks, swallows, partridges, cats, beetles). In conclusion, it is concluded that in the past, in different mountainous regions, the Tajiks had their own calendars and calendars based on observations of the cycle of the Sun and Moon, planets and stars; on the perception of natural and man-made features – for example, the fall of shadows on objects at certain points, the migration of animals and birds, and the behavior of animals. Experience and observations were passed down from generation to generation, some natural patterns were discovered and various calendars were compiled. However, along with the introduction of the lunar and solar calendars, and later the Gregorian calendar, vernacular calendars survived until the mid-twentieth century, and some of them even survive to this day.
Vozes ainda subalternas: podcasting e lutas por reconhecimento na arena midiática
Authors: Medeiros Rafael , Mendonça Fernanda , Prata Nair
Published: July 2022

O podcasting surgiu como uma modalidade radiofônica sob demanda, de produção amadora e independente, tendo contribuído para dar voz a pessoas, grupos e assuntos menosprezados pela grande mídia. Este artigo tem caráter bibliográfico e problematiza a capacidade do podcasting de amplificar vozes outrora silenciadas, além de debater como o modelo pode ser usado por grupos subalternos (Spivak, 2010) como forma de autorrepresentação em uma arena de luta por reconhecimento (Honneth, 2009).
Jornalismo em rádios brasileiras em ambiente digital: uma análise convergente do radiojornalismo
Authors: Mousquer Zuculoto Valci Regina , Moraes Jefferson Sousa , Witiuk Gabriel Lopes , Falcão Padilha Luís David
Published: July 2022

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar o jornalismo em rádios brasileiras presentes em ambiente digital, na busca por compreender aspectos sobre a convergência. No corpus, são explorados programas radiojornalísticos na Rádio CBN, Rádio Banda B e Rádio Comunitária Bacanga. Utiliza-se abordagem multimétodos com análise documental e estudo de múltiplos casos, aliado à observação de conteúdos radiojornalísticos presentes em plataformas digitais como site e redes sociais. A pesquisa tem como problema compreender como as tecnologias emergentes atuam no audiojornalismo e como essas emissoras a utilizam. Entende-se que as emissoras buscam por processos convergentes e o radiojornalismo tem ganhado foco nesse ambiente digital.
A Systematic Review of the Auditory and Vestibular Effects of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine
Authors: Batista Costa Marília
Published: July 2022

Introduction: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are antimalarial drugs that, although normally well tolerated, have side effects, such as gastrointestinal intolerance, retinopathy and arrhythmias. There are reports of sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo related to the two drugs. However, the ototoxic potential of these medications is routinely not researched. With the significant increase in the use of these drugs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the study of their ototoxic effects becomes even more important. Objective: to evaluate the ototoxic potential of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine through a systematic review of the articles available in the literature. Method: a search for articles published until April 2020 was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science, SciELO and Lilacs databases, with descriptors registered in MeSH. Articles that associated the use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine with auditory and / or vestibular effects were included. Result: the search resulted in 161 articles, of which 18 met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 16 demonstrated ototoxic effects of chloroquine and / or hydroxychloroquine. Chloroquine was considered the second main drug involved in ototoxicity in 2 studies. A 5-fold higher risk of hearing loss has also been reported in neonates whose mothers used chloroquine during pregnancy. Conclusion: studies have shown that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have ototoxic action, which may initially go unnoticed if there is no active investigation. The significant increase in the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic may represent an escalation in ototoxicity, which should not be neglected.
Sinister growth behind the ear: how can a person be sloppy and shoddy???
Authors: Basavannaiah Sphoorthi
Published: July 2022

Malignancy of ear & temporal bone are uncommon and unusual, but if occurs belongs to destructive variety. It can have both local as well as distant spread from external ear canal to inner ear passages. The spread can involve parotid gland to petrous apex. After a prompt radiological investigation, treatment is scheduled as per staging of the disease process. Early detection with treatment will have good prognosis while delayed recognition will have poor prognosis.