bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Optimum Test Suite Using Fault-Type Coverage-Based Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Bharathi M.
Published: October 2021

Software Product Lines(SPLs) covers a mixture of features for testing Software Application Program(SPA). Testing cost reduction is a major metric of software testing. In combinatorial testing(CT), maximization of fault type coverage and test suite reduction plays a key role to reduce the testing cost of SPA. Metaheuristic Genetic Algorithm(GA) do not offer best outcome for test suite optimization problem due to mutation operation and required more computational time. So, Fault-Type Coverage Based Ant Colony Optimization(FTCBACO) algorithm is offered for test suite reduction in CT. FTCBACO algorithm starts with test cases in test suite and assign separate ant to each test case. Ants elect best test cases by updating of pheromone trails and selection of higher probability trails. Best test case path of ant with least time are taken as optimal solution for performing CT. Hence, FTCBACO Technique enriches reduction rate of test suite and minimizes computational time of reducing test cases efficiently for CT.
An Enhanced Version of Cat Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Cluster Analysis
Authors: Singh Hakam , Kumar Yugal
Published: October 2021

Clustering is an unsupervised machine learning technique that optimally organizes the data objects in a group of clusters. In present work, a meta-heuristic algorithm based on cat intelligence is adopted for optimizing clustering problems. Further, to make the cat swarm algorithm (CSO) more robust for partitional clustering, some modifications are incorporated in it. These modifications include an improved solution search equation for balancing global and local searches, accelerated velocity equation for addressing diversity, especially in tracing mode. Furthermore, a neighborhood-based search strategy is introduced to handle the local optima and premature convergence problems. The performance of enhanced cat swarm optimization (ECSO) algorithm is tested on eight real-life datasets and compared with the well-known clustering algorithms. The simulation results confirm that the proposed algorithm attains the optimal results than other clustering algorithms.
Hybrid Particle Swarm and Ranked Firefly Metaheuristic Optimization-Based Software Test Case Minimization
Authors: Bharathi M.
Published: October 2021

Software testing is a valuable and time-consuming activity that aims to improve the software quality. Due to its significance, combinatorial testing focuses on fault identification by the interaction of small amount of input factors. But, deep testing is not sufficient due to time or resources availability. To select the optimal test cases with least computation time, Hybrid Multi Criteria Particle Swarm and Ranked Firefly Metaheuristic Optimization(HMCPW-RFMO) technique are introduced. Initially, the population of the test cases is randomly initialized. Then the fitness is calculated by the pairwise coverage, execution cost, fault detection capability and average execution frequency. RFM approach starts with ‘n’ fireflies. The light intensity of each firefly gets initialized.If the light intensity of one firefly is minor than the other one, it moves near the brighter one. Next, the rank is given to the firefly based on their light intensity. Lastly, the high ranked firefly is chosen as a global best solution.The result reveals that HMCPW-RFMO technique improves the software quality.
Whale Optimization Algorithm-Based DG Allotment for Loss Minimization of Distribution Networks
Authors: Mukherjee Suvabrata , Roy Provas Kumar
Published: October 2021

For optimum placement of distributed generation (DG) units in balanced radial distribution network for loss minimization, implementation of whale optimization algorithm (WOA), a state-of-the-art meta-heuristic optimization algorithm is proposed in this paper. Encouraged by bubble-net hunting strategy of whales, WOA mimes the collective practice of humpback whales. For validating performance in solving the mentioned problem, the suggested technique is implemented on IEEE 33-bus and IEEE 69-bus balanced radial distribution test networks. The obtained results demonstrate that feasible and effective solutions are obtained using the proposed approach and can be used as a propitious substitute in practical power systems to overcome the optimum DG siting and sizing issue. Also concerning the best knowledge of the authors, it is the first report on the application of WOA in solving optimum DG siting and sizing issue.
Investigating Variations/SNPs in AUH Gene Causing 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria, Type I
Authors: Sajjad Malik Muhammad , Bukhari Sarah , Aziz Omer
Published: October 2021

A Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is a source variation in a genome. The AUH gene gives guidance about how to generate an enzyme named 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase. Mutations in AUH gene leads to 3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type I disease. The authors used multiple bioinformatics tools SIFT, Provean, PolyPhen, PHD-SNP, I-Mutant, ConSurf server and Project HOPE to isolate missense SNPs that should be deleterious to the structure and function of the AUH protein. This research aims to analyze the impact of missense SNPs on the structure and function of AUH protein. There have been a total of 259 Missense SNPs obtained, of which 13 mutations were identified as deleterious to the structure and function of the AUH protein. This is the first study in relation to AUH gene missense SNPs where most damaging SNPs associated with the AUH gene were examined using computational analysis. This research could be useful in designing specific medicines for treatment of genomic variation diseases.
RETRACTED: The Aquaponic Ecosystem Study as a Base of Applied Research in Bioinformatics
Authors: Belyanina Lubov A.
Published: October 2021

This article is an enhancement of the author's chapter “Critical Review About Aquaponics Is Non-Boring Sciences, as a Base of Competence” about conceptual platform for the work of a network of regional experimental sites that work out various aspects of the implementation of design and research activities in the study of aquaponics. The chapter contains a description of the experience of creating a new component of the regional education system “Aquaponics in Education,” the construction of the content of education in the educational organization, taking into account the new component, designing a unified network of interaction between educational organizations of various types for the implementation of the author's experimental program “the academy of non-boring sciences aquaponics.” Methodical recommendations on the inclusion of innovative equipment Fish Plant Family Unit and Fish Plant Production in the educational system, the direction of design and research activities of students in the field of aquaponics are proposed.
Avatar Control System Use Based on Bioinformatics in E-Business Research of Entrepreneurs
Authors: Rasskazova Natalia
Published: October 2021

This Avatars Control System use Based Bioinformatics in E-Business Research & deals with issues related to the construction and development of the digital economy in one particular region -Republic of Armenia. This country is considered, the digital sector of which may become the largest in the country in the next five years. The digital revolution affects all areas of the Armenian economy. Prior to this, the Armenian economy was known as the mining industry, a food producer and a food. Today, according to statistics, Armenia's leading mining and energy companies are already one step ahead of their colleagues in the economically successful implementation of digital technology. Naturally, in such successes of digital transformations, there are key components. The authors hope that the examples of development and thought about the driving springs of these transformations, chosen in consideration of the interests of the development of the Russian E-Business Research of Entrepreneurs , can be interesting and useful for Russian enterprises that have started their digital transformations.
A Survey of Unsupervised Learning in Medical Image Registration
Authors: Song Xin , Yang Huan
Published: October 2021

Medical image registration has important value in actual clinical applications. From the traditional time-consuming iterative similarity optimization method to the short time-consuming supervised deep learning to today's unsupervised learning, the continuous optimization of the registration strategy makes it more feasible in clinical applications. This survey mainly focuses on unsupervised learning methods and introduces the latest solutions for different registration relationships. The registration for inter-modality is a more challenging topic. The application of unsupervised learning in registration for inter-modality is the focus of this article. In addition, this survey also proposes ideas for future research methods to show directions of the future research.
Encouraging Internationalization and Sustainable Competitiveness in Construction
Authors: Gomes José Maria , Sousa Bruno Barbosa , Dieguez Teresa
Published: October 2021

The Civil Construction and Public Works sector in Portugal has undergone huge oscillations over the last years, reflected on the number of companies, turnover and number of direct employees assigned to the activity. This sector is an important sector for economic growth and companies must adopt strategic analysis and control tools in order to survive and remain competitive. Companies operate in a large, highly competitive and demanding market, with new players and new business models. Companies need to find new ways of competing worldwide and internationalization emerges as one of the business responses to the challenge of globalization. Sustainability is a commitment to the future, a route that organizations must travel to search the best solutions to humankind problems, whether they are economic, social or environmental.
Circular Economy, Sharing, and Sustainability
Authors: Pereira Augusta , Fernandes Paula Odete , Fonseca Manuel José
Published: October 2021

This study aims to analyse the predisposition of social economy agents to resource sharing. To achieve this, it was chosen to implement an exploratory qualitative approach directed to managers and an exploratory quantitative approach directed to employees. The results allowed to estimate that they do have a significant economic impact on number, paid work and business volume. It was shown the relationship between the interest demonstration on sharing and the appropriate qualification for the jobs of managers and employees. It was demonstrated the practice of informal and non-regulated sharing of own and third parties’ resources, among close partners, without the existence of a management model of knowledge, assets, time, use/reuse and exploitation. It is anticipated that the study could serve as scientific/methodological basis for a regional investment project, R&D and establishment of partnerships, reconciling interest in a smart region, as well as the application of circular economy principles.
Deep Stacked Autoencoder-Based Automatic Emotion Recognition Using an Efficient Hybrid Local Texture Descriptor
Authors: Pitchaiyan Shanthi , Savarimuthu Nickolas
Published: October 2021

Extracting an effective facial feature representation is the critical task for an automatic expression recognition system. Local Binary Pattern (LBP) is known to be a popular texture feature for facial expression recognition. However, only a few approaches utilize the relationship between local neighborhood pixels itself. This paper presents a Hybrid Local Texture Descriptor (HLTD) which is derived from the logical fusion of Local Neighborhood XNOR Patterns (LNXP) and LBP to investigate the potential of positional pixel relationship in automatic emotion recognition. The LNXP encodes texture information based on two nearest vertical and/or horizontal neighboring pixel of the current pixel whereas LBP encodes the center pixel relationship of the neighboring pixel. After logical feature fusion, the Deep Stacked Autoencoder (DSA) is established on the CK+, MMI and KDEF-dyn dataset and the results show that the proposed HLTD based approach outperforms many of the state of art methods with an average recognition rate of 97.5% for CK+, 94.1% for MMI and 88.5% for KDEF.
Automatic Text Summarization by Providing Coverage, Non-Redundancy, and Novelty Using Sentence Graph
Authors: Krishnaveni P.  , Balasundaram S. R.
Published: October 2021

The day-to-day growth of online information necessitates intensive research in automatic text summarization (ATS). The ATS software produces summary text by extracting important information from the original text. With the help of summaries, users can easily read and understand the documents of interest. Most of the approaches for ATS used only local properties of text. Moreover, the numerous properties make the sentence selection difficult and complicated. So this article uses a graph based summarization to utilize structural and global properties of text. It introduces maximal clique based sentence selection (MCBSS) algorithm to select important and non-redundant sentences that cover all concepts of the input text for summary. The MCBSS algorithm finds novel information using maximal cliques (MCs). The experimental results of recall oriented understudy for gisting evaluation (ROUGE) on Timeline dataset show that the proposed work outperforms the existing graph algorithms Bushy Path (BP), Aggregate Similarity (AS), and TextRank (TR).
Mechanical Properties of Hot-Pressed B4C-TiB2 Composites Synthesized from B4C-TiO2 and B4C-TiC
Authors: Zhao Shu Mao , Zhao Ling Ran
Published: October 2021

In this study, B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites were manufactured by hot pressing method. The raw materials for the in-situ synthesis of TiB2 were TiO2 and TiC. After being sintered at 1900°C for 60min under a pressure of 30MPa, compact composites samples with a TiB2 volume fraction range from 0 to 11.05% were prepared. The relative density, fracture toughness and flexural strength of different sample were tested. Microstructures on the fracture surface were studied by SEM. The result shows that B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites sintered from B4C-TiC had a better mechanical property than the one sintered from B4C-TiO2. When the content of TiB2 (reacted from TiC) was 11.05vol.%, the strength and toughness of B4C-TiB2 ceramics can reach 598MPa and 6.45MPa·m1/2. The toughening mechanisms of B4C-TiB2 composites include micro-crack toughening and energy consumption by the pulling out process of second phase.
Electrochemical Fabrication of Porous Interconnected Copper Foam
Authors: Balela Mary Donnabelle L. , Masirag Reginald E. , Pacariem Jr. Francis O. , Taguinod Juicel Marie D.
Published: October 2021

An interconnected copper network or copper foam was successfully fabricated by electrochemical deposition using polyethylene glycol (PEG) and sodium bromide (NaBr) as additives. Both the amount of PEG and the current density were varied to obtain a Cu foam with the smallest pore diameter and wall thickness. The increasing amount of PEG resulted in a decrease in pore diameter. However, the wall thickness of the Cu network was increased. At 800 mg/L PEG and 20 mM NaBr, the average pore size of the foam was about 11.03 µm. Dendritic formation was also observed on the walls of the Cu foam. Further, higher current density resulted in increased dendritic growth. X-ray diffraction confirms that the Cu foam was spontaneously oxidized in air, leading to the formation of cuprous oxide (Cu2O).
Keratolysis exfoliativa-like eruption induced by ranolazione
Authors: Pierobon Elena , Germi Lerica , Sechi Andrea , Trevisan Giampaolo , Pezzolo Elena , Feliciani Claudio , Naldi Luigi
Published: October 2021

Dermatoses affecting palms may represent a dermatologic challenge from both the diagnostic, and therapeutic point of view. Patients with supposedly occupational dermatitis can spend months or even years in a frustrating attempt to avoid contact with possible irritants or allergens. To underline the importance of a thorough unbiased analysis of the patient’s history and clinical features, we present the iconic case of a bricklayer affected by a chronic, disabling desquamation of palms which in the end was classified as keratolysis exfoliativa (KE) attributed to ranolazine-intake, an antianginal drug. To the best of our knowledge, this specific adverse effect of drug-induced KE of palms has never been reported before in association with ranolazine.
Notes on Longitarsus aphthonoides Weise 1887 and on the species groups of L. lateripunctatus (Rosenhauer 1856) and L. curtus (Allard 1860) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
Authors: Farina Laura
Published: October 2021

The aim of this study is to deepen the knowledge of five poorly studied Longitarsus species in order to elucidate their taxonomic position within the genus. For each of them further diagnostic characters and many new collecting localities are supplied. One new synonymy and one change of status are proposed: L. callidus Warchalowski 1967 = L. aphthonoides Weise 1887 syn. nov., and L. lateripunctatus personatus Weise 1893 is raised to valid species. The morphologically similar L. curtus (Allard 1860) and L. monticola Kutschera 1863 are also examined, providing new male and female diagnostic characters for their identification, as well as several European and Italian new collecting localities.
The flight of the shrike. The ornithological representation in the Baptism of Christ (1470-1475 c.) by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci
Authors: Masseti Marco
Published: October 2021

The artists of the Italian Renaissance were keen observers of nature. Their works are often enriched with realistic details that inform us about the high degree of their scientific knowledge. In the particular case of the Baptism of Christ (1470-1475 c.) by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, the careful depiction of certain bird species, including a red-backed shrike and a redstart, reveals precise meanings closely related to Christological symbolism.
Treatment notes: Some suggestions in the rehabilitation of hemiplegics
Authors: Jennings E.
Published: October 2021

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Инфинитезимальная проблема центра на нулевых циклах и гипотеза композиции
Authors: Alvarez Amelia , Bravo Jose Luis , Christopher C , Mardesić Pavao
Published: October 2021

Изучается аналог классической инфинитезимальной проблемы центра на плоскости для нулевых циклов. Для этого случая определяется функция смещения и доказывается, что она тождественно равна нулю тогда и только тогда, когда деформация имеет композиционный фактор. Иными словами, гипотеза композиции верна в этом случае, в отличие от тангенциальной проблемы центра для нулевых циклов. Приводятся примеры применения результатов.
Замечание о дифференцированиях некоторых не-CSL алгебр
Authors: Chen Chaoqun , Lu Fangyan
Published: October 2021

Решетка подпространств $\{(0),M,N,H\}$ гильбертова пространства $H$ называется решеткой обобщенного общего положения, если $M\cap N=M^\perp\cap N^\perp=(0)$ и $\dim(M^\perp\cap N)=\dim(M\cap N^\perp)$. В данной заметке показано, что любое дифференцирование алгебры решетки обобщенного общего положения в себя внутреннее.
Локализация для гиперболических мер на бесконечномерных пространствах
Authors: Kalinin Alexander Nikolaevich
Published: October 2021

Изучены свойства крайних точек семейств вогнутых мер на бесконечномерных локально выпуклых пространствах и получено обобщение метода локализации для гиперболических мер на пространствах Фреше.
Бигамильтонова структура в иерархиях DR и DZ в приближении до рода один
Authors: Brauer Oscar , Buryak Aleksandr Yurjevich
Published: October 2021

В недавней работе по заданной однородной когомологической теории поля (КогТП) Росси, Шадрин и второй автор настоящей работы предложили простую формулу для скобки на пространстве локальных функционалов, которая гипотетически задает вторую гамильтонову структуру для DR-иерархии, ассоциированной с КогТП. В данной статье мы доказываем эту гипотезу в приближении до рода $1$ и связываем эту скобку со второй пуассоновой скобкой иерархии Дубровина-Жанга явным преобразованием Миуры.
Understanding competition in digital markets: new perspectives on old practices
Authors: Mell Andrew , Shier Gareth
Published: October 2021

Around the world, competition agencies and academics alike have raised concerns that the existing suite of policy tools and economic theory fail to capture all of the harms that can arise in digital markets. At the same time, other academics and practitioners consider that competition policy and industrial organization is unable to account for many of the benefits that online platforms and digital ecosystems can bring.

As a range of new interventions – ranging from strengthened ex-post enforcement tools to new ex-ante regulations – are being proposed, we ask which view is right? Are the business practices observed in digital markets and targeted by these reforms so obviously harmful that they are deserving of a return to form-based prohibitions in place of effects-based analysis? Or does this represent an unhelpful regression, based on a misunderstanding of how these new types of markets function?
Amusing Abusers and Humourless Survivors: Analysing the Role of Comedy in Media Representations of Sexual Violence
Authors: Lamont Bethany Rose
Published: October 2021

This article reflects on the importance of comedy when considering media engagements with sexual abuse themes. This approach is informed by how closely the study of humour is rooted in the analysis of power relations, with comic theorists, both historical and contemporary, grounding the work.The comic figures of both the child sex (CS) abuser and the sexual violence survivor are first identified, before exploring what exactly about these tropes evoke laughter, and what this means for wider conceptions of interpersonal abuse and victimology.

In analysing examples of CS abuser themed British and American comedy, animated adult comedies such as Family Guy (1999-present) and Monkey Dust (2003-2005) are considered in the context of early 2000s anxieties towards the suburban dirty old man and online child safety. In the case of the sexual violence survivor, Saturday Night Live’s 1993 ‘Is It Date Rape?’ sketch is considered within the context of 1990s anxieties regarding feminist campus politics, and is paralleled to the mid-2010s media panic surrounding British and American university students and trigger warnings through examples including The Simpson’s 2017 ‘Caper Chase’ episode and early to mid-2010s online academic polemics on the humourless feminist, such as Mark Fisher’s ‘Exiting The Vampire Castle’ (2013) and Jack Halberstam’s ‘You are Triggering Me!’ (2014). The article concludes by considering the changing consensuses for sexual violence themed humour in the Me Too era through the 2018 episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-present) ‘Times Up For The Gang.’
Ethics and Values in the Digital Environment: by the Example of Parody Videos on TikTok
Authors: Busurkina Irina P.
Published: October 2021

The ethics of the comic is a relatively new interdisciplinary field of knowledge that is gaining new relevance with the development of a variety of social media. The purpose of this article is to review the existing research and show by examples how ethics and values are closely related to the specific functions of social media, such as distributing parody content and commenting on it. The main focus of our study is a parody which can be defined as communicative behavior in the form of a text, movement, or even a song, imitating the characteristics or behavior of the object being ridiculed. Unlike a literal quotation, a parody reproduces the original in a distorted form for the purpose of mockery. Within this article modern ethical approaches to the evaluation of parody as well as the main functions of parody in the digital environment are considered. Based on the examples of parody videos on TikTok the particular ways of expressing social problems and cultural traumas by using the comic strategies are identified. Furthermore, the issues of algorithmic censorship concerning such videos as well as the problem of the moral autonomy of users are discussed.
Being Human: Androids, Humans, and Identity in “Red Dwarf”
Authors: Layton David
Published: October 2021

One of the more popular transhumanist ideas is the belief that technology will allow for the transfer of human personality into a machine or cyborg body. Additionally, some transhumanists believe that this transfer could happen with few to no problems, and that such a transfer would result in a definite improvement of the human species. The episode “DNA” from the humorous British science-fiction television series Red Dwarf presents a story that challenges this idea of the easy transfer of personality. The story of the android who gets his wish to become human allows the writers to invert the common belief in Western thought that being human is inherently better than being an imitation of a human, and that technologically upgrading human bodies will produce “better” humans. By inversion, the program presents the idea that clearer and more ethical thinking is needed regarding technological enhancement, and not the utopian visions of many transhumanists.
Humorous Audio-Visual Lockdown Works
Authors: Kiss Anna Luise
Published: October 2021

This article is dedicated to humorous audio-visual lockdown works—that is, to short video clips with humorous content that were produced and circulated during the first Corona lockdown in spring 2020. The exploration of the video clips takes place within an autoethnographic approach. It will be examined what kind of humor was included in the videos I received in my WhatsApp bubble. By a rough division of recurring motifs, two exemplary analyses, and research results on humor from clinical psychology, I will describe the humor as complex coping humor. A further question relates to the functions the humorous audio-visual lockdown works were equipped with within the communication space of which I, myself, was a part of. Roger Odin’s semio-pragmatic approach serves as a starting point for first reflections on the functions which the audio-visual lockdown works were able to deploy. Against the background of Odin’s concept of reading modes and communication operators, the humorous audio-visual lockdown works will be conceptualized as relational experience operators. By utilizing social psychological approaches to the study of humor, the videos will furthermore be conceptualized as stress-buffer operators. The videos were used to unleash the communicative energy necessary for the production of a relational affirmation of a shared present, for mutual relief, and for a collective buffer against stress. Finally, I discuss that the humorous audio-visual lockdown works document the positive power of humor, community building, and care and, at the same time, reference a life that is characterized by specific privileges.
The Interpretive Challenges of American Presidential Discourse Described as Joking (Russian Translation)
Authors: Davies Catherine Evans , Semikolennykh Maria V.
Published: October 2021

When the American President speaks in a way that is later characterized as joking/kidding, a wide range of interpretations become possible. At a minimum, there are two basic interpretations: serious and non-serious.At the other extreme, there may be as many nuanced interpretations as there are audiences for the discourse. In this study, I will first examine the “just/only joking” strategy, considering how it fits within a theoretical understanding of humorous discourse, and lay out the prototypical strategic moves. Then I will explore how the two main audiences (the currently polarized political groupings in the United States) tend to interpret the “joking” in relation to the performance style of President Donald J. Trump. Using three examples, I will attempt to show how the same utterance can be interpreted by one audience as a harmless joke and by the other as a grave threat.
Avaliação do clima organizacional em um supermercado da cidade de Almenara/MG
Authors: Lopes Giseli Alves , Santos Yarla Carvalho , Rocha Luiz Célio de Souza
Published: October 2021

O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de medir a percepção do clima organizacional dos funcionários de um supermercado localizado na cidade de Almenara/MG. Foi aplicado um questionário a 94 colaboradores, correspondente a 85,45% da população. A pesquisa foi classificada como descritiva, exploratória e estudo de caso. Também é classificada como aplicada e quantitativa. Para análise do clima organizacional foi utilizada a escala proposta por Rocha (2010), referente a um “instrumento enxuto” da escala de medida de clima organizacional (ECO) apresentada por Martins et al. (2004). Foi acrescentada uma questão para avaliar a nota geral do clima de 0 a 10. A consistência interna do instrumento utilizado foi comprovada pelo teste de α de Cronbach. A média da nota geral foi 7,711. Não houve influência dos dados de caracterização na nota geral do clima organizacional. Ao analisar os dados obtidos, foi atestada a viabilidade da regressão (p-value igual a 0,000). Pela magnitude dos coeficientes, pode-se afirmar que a dimensão “Conforto físico” é a que mais impacta positivamente a nota geral de clima organizacional, seguido de “Recompensa” e “Coesão entre os colegas”. Já a dimensão “Apoio da chefia” pode ter sido confundida pelos colaboradores como uma ferramenta de controle e pressão ou invés de suporte para a realização das tarefas, o que pode ser constatado pelo sinal negativo no coeficiente dessa dimensão. Com base nos resultados, foi possível concluir que as características socioeconômicas dos respondentes não influenciam o clima organizacional. Para a empresa estudada, o conforto físico no ambiente de trabalho teve uma influência maior na percepção do clima organizacional. Isso implica que a empresa deve se manter atenta aos aspectos ergonômicos das atividades laborais, visando sempre manter condições de trabalho adequadas para que os colaboradores possam desenvolver suas atividades da melhor maneira possível. Outros aspectos importantes para a percepção de um bom clima organizacional foram as recompensas oferecidas pela organização e o relacionamento interpessoal associado a um ambiente amistoso entre as equipes de trabalho, o que ressalta a importância das ferramentas de que dispõem a gestão de pessoas visando reter seus talentos.
ATIVIDADE FÍSICA NOS ESTUDANTES DE ENFERMAGEM: DETERMINANTES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS, ACADÉMICOS E DE PERSONALIDADE
Authors: Nunes Carla Cristina Gonçalves , Chaves Cláudia , Duarte João
Published: October 2021

A inatividade física entreestudantes do ensino superior está associada a diversos fatores, tais como a complexidade e as exigências curriculares (Çiçek, 2018), especialmente em estudantes de enfermagem. Nesta perspetiva o objetivo desta investigação é identificar as variáveis sociodemográficas e académicas que interferem na prática de atividade física e determinar a associação entre a personalidade e a prática de atividade física nos estudantes de enfermagem. Realizou-se uma investigação quantitativa não experimental, em corte transversal, descritiva e correlacional, numaamostra não probabilística por conveniência de 372 estudantes de enfermagem. Aplicou-se um questionário de caracterização sociodemográfica, contexto académico, Questionário Internacional de Avaliação da Atividade Física (IPAQ) e o Inventário de Personalidade de Eysenck. Destacou-se que a amostra é maioritariamente feminina (86,3%) e com idades até aos 20 anos (41,7%). Os homens e os estudantes que frequentam os 2º e 3º anos registam maior prevalência de atividade física. As variáveis preditoras da atividade física foram a idade, o sexo e a personalidade; quanto mais velhos, menor a atividade física praticada pelos estudantes; há uma maior atividade física entre o sexo masculino e os de personalidade extrovertida. Aferiu-se que estudantes mais novos com personalidade extrovertida, praticam mais atividade física.
INFLUÊNCIA DO USO DE PRÓTESE DENTÁRIA NO APORTE NUTRICIONAL DA POPULAÇÃO GERIÁTRICA RURAL DE TRÊS DISTRITOS DA REGIÃO CENTRO DE PORTUGAL
Authors: Dias Joana , Fernandes António José Gonçalves , Viana Fátima
Published: October 2021

Este estudo tem como objetivos averiguar em que medida o uso de prótese dentária influencia o aporte nutricional dos idosos e perceber quais os indicadores sociodemográficos que condicionam a procura de tratamento odontológico, bem como o uso e tipo de prótese dentária. Metodologicamente procedeu-se a uma avaliação cognitiva, um questionário de identificação do idoso, aplicação da ferramenta Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index e uma anamnese alimentar, numa amostra de 400 idosos de três distritos portugueses. Verificou-se uma correlação (p=0,006) entre o nível de escolaridade e periodicidade de idas ao dentista, e ainda uma associação entre o género e uso de prótese dentária (p=0,000), entre o uso de prótese e nível de escolaridade (p=0,007) e entre o tipo de prótese dentária e rendimento (p<0,05). Constataram-se diferenças, estatisticamente significativas, no aporte diário de ferro (p=0,014) e fosforo (p=0,042) nos indivíduos portadores e não portadores de prótese dentária e, ainda, diferenças no aporte diário de proteína total, vitamina A, carotenos, α-tocoferol, cinza, magnésio (p<0,05), quando os diferentes tipos de prótese dentária foram considerados. Conclui-se que o nível de escolaridade dos idosos condiciona a periodicidade de idas ao dentista e o uso de prótese dentária está relacionado com o género e o nível de escolaridade dos idosos.
O IMPACTO DO MARKETING INTERNO NA COMPATIBILIDADE DE OBJETIVOS INTERDEPARTAMENTAIS E NA SATISFAÇÃO DO CLIENTE NUMA AGÊNCIA DE PUBLICIDADE
Authors: Rosário Albérico , Cruz Rui Nunes , Elias Beatriz
Published: October 2021

O marketing interno representa um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento de uma empresa centrada no cliente ao motivar e direcionar os colaboradores com o objetivo de atingirem, em conjunto, os objetivos organizacionais. Empresas de prestação de serviços têm vindo a demonstrar uma preocupação na melhoria da comunicação interna com o objetivo de reduzir o isolamento interdepartamental, incentivando assim a cooperação interpessoal e atingir uma maior satisfação do cliente. A presente estudo tem como principal objetivo analisar a relação entre práticas de marketing interno, a compatibilidade de objetivos e o grau de perceção dos colaboradores relativamente à satisfação do cliente no setor da publicidade em Portugal. Através de duas amostras: colaboradores do departamento de contacto e colaboradores do departamento criativo foi possível uma análise comparativa mais direcionada, possibilitando a demonstração das diferenças existentes nos dois departamentos com o intuito de perceber quais as dimensões que devem ser mantidas, melhoradas ou, por fim, abandonadas. O marketing interno tem impacto positivo na compatibilidade de objetivos bem como na satisfação do cliente e a compatibilidade de objetivos tem impacto positivo na satisfação do cliente. No departamento criativo verificou-se que apenas a relação entre o marketing interno e a satisfação do cliente foi suportada.
Teaching Intercultural Competences During Distance Learning
Authors:   Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia, Ivenz Petra
Published: October 2021

In the past year, the world of education in Slovakia went through a significant change due to the worldwide pandemic. At the universities, the subjects got transferred to the online world, and the curriculum, lectures, seminars, and activities within the seminars had to be adapted to this situation as well. This paper will introduce a learning activity that is used to develop the sociocultural knowledge of the students of intercultural studies within foreign language education. It will provide an insight into how the learning is performed when the students are in the classroom and how it had to be adjusted for online teaching. The outcomes of the learning activity will be presented within the paper as well to compare if they change based on the environment in which the learning was performed.
Stavovi studenata pedagoških i učiteljskih fakulteta Zapadnog Balkana o korišćenju elektronske knjige u izmenjenom društvenom kontekstu
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Education, Uzice, Kostić Ljiljana , Purić Daliborka
Published: October 2021

The authors examine attitudes of students of teacher-training faculties and faculties of education (N = 394) from four countries of the Western Balkans on (a) advantages and (b) limitations of using e-books and (c) on the perspective of using different forms of books in changed social context. Results of the research show that students value practical aspect of using an e-book the most, including among its most significant advantages the availability and the possiblity to store a large number of books on one device, while the most important limitations are lack of smell and sound when turning pages as well as reader fatigue. Future teachers and nursery teachers agree that printed book will always have its place among readers, regardless of the progress of modern technology, and that after the pandemic, most people will return to printed book. On the other hand, their views are not harmonized when assessing the complete dominance of e-book over the printed one, sometime in the future. Although today’s students grew up in a digital information environment, their attitudes regarding the use of e-books imply that they can critically assess place and role of different forms of books in the process of creating a productive learning environment.
Specifičnosti onlajn nastave leksikologije i sintakse srpskog jezika na Filološkom fakultetu: izazovi i perspektive
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Raković Marija
Published: October 2021

The paper deals with the observation of the specifics of online teaching of lexicology and syntax of the Serbian language at the Faculty of Philology of students studying a foreign language. The aim is to notice possibilities of realization of online teaching. The research was conducted on the basis of the implementation of the teaching process in the subject Serbian language 2 (lexicology and syntax) and a survey of students on the advantages and disadvantages of online teaching. The analysis showed that online teaching provides shortcomings in the form of insufficient time for the teacher to deal in more detail with student ambiguities, but also provides numerous opportunities for progress in education – mostly in terms of student time organization and uninterrupted questioning, which is not always the case. Based on the obtained results, we will try to give methodological implications for teaching practice, which concern the possibility of improving online teaching of the Serbian language at the university level.
Pendekatan Integralistik sebagai Media Alternatif Inovasi Pendidikan Islam di Era Milenial
Authors: Hasanah Nur Zaytun , Zakly Dhiko Saifuddin
Published: October 2021

In the current millennial era, many young Muslim generations are exposed to the millennial effect, which has an impact on emerging behavior. The purpose of this study was to describe an integrated approach as an alternative medium for Islamic education innovation. This research is a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used were observation, documentation, and interview. The data were analyzed using Miles Huberman and Saldana's stages of data collection, data condensation, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that the integrated approach implemented at SMP IT Salman Al-Farizi Yogyakarta was able to be an alternative media for Islamic education innovation in the millennial era. This integrated approach makes the Islamic faith as its foundation, it also enables teachers to create students who have Islamic personalities, smart, and skillful in mastering science and technology.
Problematika Penggunaan Gadget dalam Pembelajaran Masa Pandemi Covid-19 (Dampak dan Solusi bagi Kesehatan Siswa)
Authors: Adib Hamdan
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of learning innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic and its relation to students' physical and mental health. The method used was a qualitative method using library research. The study showed that during the Covid-19 Pandemic, the teachers and students conducted their teaching and learning using media such as laptops, smartphones, or tablets connected through the network by providers or WiFi. Students' physical health was distracted due to the duration of using those media was too long. At the same time, insufficient supervision by parents also affected their psychological health since all information spread very quickly without any qualified filter. However, teachers also experienced the same cases as students' have. This study suggests that parents should take action not only to monitor the duration of their children's learning but also the content they access.
A Comparative Study of Classification of Occupational Stress in the Insurance Sector Using Machine Learning and Filter Feature Selection Techniques
Authors: Hashmi Arshad
Published: October 2021

In recent years, occupational stress mining has become a widely exciting issue in the research field. The primary purpose of this study is to analyze filter feature selection methods for the efficient occupational stress classification model. We propose and examine seven different techniques of filter feature selection such as Chi-Square, Information Gain, Information Gain Ratio, Correlation, Principal Component Analysis, and Relief. The resultant selected features are then used with popular classifiers like Naive Bayes (NB), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and Gradient Boosted Trees (GBT) for detection of occupational stress in the insurance sector. A survey-based psychological primary occupational stress data set is used to evaluate the relative performance of these methods. This study effectively demonstrated the significance of filter feature selection methods and explained how accurately they could help classify stress levels. This study showed that the Correlation-based feature selection with the SVM classifier obtained the best performance compared to other filter feature selection methods and classification models.
A Comparative Study of Health Services’ Management of Adolescents and Youth in Selected Developed Countries and Iran: Developing a Model for Iran
Authors: Moghaddam Razieh
Published: October 2021

Introduction: Nowadays, adolescent and youth’s health has become increasingly important. The world health organization (WHO) emphasizes the importance of evaluating the structure, process, and outcome of health services. This study was conducted to design a health services’ management of adolescents and youth model for the Iranian population, to improve young people's health.
Method: This study is a comparative, quantitative-qualitative study. Countries were selected by comparing adolescent and youth health indicators based on population and availability of information. By studying the health services’ management of adolescents and youth, essential variables and dimensions in the initial model were identified, and a preliminary questionnaire was developed and approved by experts. One hundred seventy-eight final questionnaires were completed by experts. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine the practical factors (SPSS 20), and the model’s fit was examined by confirmatory factor analysis (Amos 24).
Results: A total of 6 factors were identified as effective in health services’ management of adolescents and youth, including, health service package, human resources, financial resources, equipment and services’ provision, data & statistics information resources, and health service delivery management of adolescents and youth, With a maximum 0.97 operating load had the highest and equipment and services’ provision (0.53), had the least impact.
Conclusion: The proposed model has the most significant impact on the management of health services’ management of adolescents and youth components.
The Political Communications of Khofifah Indar Parawansa to Obtain Support of The Golkar Party, The Democrat Party, and Nahdlatul Ulama Figures in the 2018 East Java Governor Election
Authors: Sikumbang Ahmad Tamrin , Kholil Syukur , Pohan Ramdeswati
Published: October 2021

Identity politics is often seen as preventing a woman from becoming a leader. In fact, the potential for leadership is a gift from God that must be managed wisely, responsibly, and full of trust. In the Qur'an sura Al Baqarah verse 228 Allah SWT gives His signal that women have equal rights with men in all matters including leadership. Twice failed in the East Java Governor Election did not stop Khofifah Indar Parawansa's determination to return to participate in the for the third time. This study has the aim of knowing the political communication efforts carried out by Khofifah Indar Parawansa in gaining the support of the Golkar Political Party and the Democratic Party as well as NU figures so that they win the 2018 East Java Governor election. The research method used in this study is to use qualitative analysis with a phenomenological approach that uses a phenomenological approach. Relies on data collection, including interviewing key informants and several other key informants, as well as conducting in-depth analysis of a series of studies. The results of this study conclude that the political communication process of Khofifah Indar Parawansa before becoming the Governor of East Java for the 2018-2023 period, the main thing is to build intensive political communication to the Kiai Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as informal figures who are influential in East Java. Through the role of the NU (Nahdliyin) East Java clerics, strategies and patterns of political communication were developed with local political figures from major political parties to win the 2018 East Java Governor election contestation.
Users’ Satisfaction to Medical Examination and Treatment Services with Health Insurance Cards In NINH BINH Province, Vietnam
Authors:   University of Labour and Social Affairs, Nguyen Nguyen Zen
Published: October 2021

Health insurance is an important social policy with humanitarian meaning and profound community sharing, which is highly valued and promoted by the Vietnamese Government in the social security policy system. Therefore, it is necessary to study users’ satisfaction to medical examination and treatment services with health insurance cards. Based on the questionnaire surveys, the research team conducted Cronbach's Alpha analysis of each factor, assessed the scale reliability. Multivariate regression and ANOVA test showed that all four components: health services, human resources, medical examination and treatment costs, medical information and medical products positively affected users’ satisfaction to medical examination and treatment services with health insurance cards in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. Based on the survey results and the information exchanged directly with people who came for medical examination and treatment, the research team drew out shortcomings in medical examination and treatment for users of health insurance card sin Ninh Binh province. Shortcomings in medical examination and treatment with health insurance cards were pointed out as an important basis for proposals to improve the medical examination and treatment quality for insured subjects including: Health insurance costs and response levels; Medical examination and treatment process with health insurance and doctor’s responsibility. Reasonable waiting time and hospital environment; Health insurance-based drug delivery.