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Support instruments for professional activation of persons with health issues by the example of services offered by the social insurance institution
Authors: Jakubowicz Anna
Published: January 2022

Subject and purpose of work: The presented text concerns possibilities of professional activation of persons with health issues. Due to health issues the affected persons are at the margin of professional, social and family life. In the paper an attempt has been made to present support instruments offered by the Social Insurance Institution to persons with health issues.

Materials and methods: Data of Statistics Poland and data generally available on the website www.zus.pl has been used herein.

Results: Return to work of persons with health issues is a complex process and concerns a significant number of the working age population. It should be noticed that professional activation of persons with health issues depends on many factors: currently available medical knowledge, access to medical services, as well as the belief in the possibility of returning to work or the access to support within insurance.

Conclusions: Coherent programmes and action plans of the Social Insurance Institution develop effective mechanisms supporting return to work of persons with health issues. Key solutions for these persons should focus on their support in solving ongoing problems, as well as conduct activities in the scope of improving working conditions.
Modelling the Water Supply System of the National Palace of Queluz Gardens
Authors: Cristina Raquel , Monteiro Laura , Rodrigues Ana Duarte , Covas Dídia
Published: January 2022

The gardens of the National Palace of Queluz, built in the eighteenth century, are supplied by a complex branched water supply system. The aim of the current research is to analyse the hydraulic behaviour of the pressurised supply systems, namely the water pathways, the available pressure-head at the fountains and the water consumption at the gardens, by means of computational simulation for different operating scenarios. Results show that the difference of elevation was sufficient to assure the water transport by gravity from the surrounding water sources to the ornamental fountains, cascades and lakes and to provide 8-12 m water jets. Several scenarios are analysed showing that the fountains and cascades water consumption are in the range of 12.4 to 42.2 L/s, available water sources are enough to satisfy these demands for several hours per day and the two existing tanks, Curro and Miradouro, have sufficient capacity to store water to be used in the ornamental fountains and cascades and in the irrigation of the botanical garden and the horticultural area.
Effect of Gender on the Radiation Sensitivity of Murine Blood Cells
Authors: Billings Paul C. , Romero-Weaver Ana L. , Kennedy Ann R.
Published: January 2022

Space travel beyond the Earth’s protective magnetosphere risks exposing astronauts to ionizing radiation, such as that generated during a solar particle event (SPE). Ionizing radiation has well documented effects on blood cells and it is generally assumed that these effects contribute to the hematopoietic syndrome (HS), observed in animals and humans, following exposure to total body irradiation (TBI). The purpose of the current study was to assess the role of gender on the effects of gamma radiation on blood cells. C3H/HeN mice were irradiated with a 137Cs gamma source. Radiation had similar effects on white blood cells (WBCs), lymphocytes, and granulocytes in male and female C3H/HeN mice, while red blood cell (RBC) counts and hematocrit values remained stable following radiation exposure. Non-irradiated male mice had 13% higher platelet counts, compared with their female counterparts, and showed enhanced recovery of platelets on day 16 following radiation exposure. Hence, gender differences influence the response of platelets to TBI exposure.
High-Altitude Ballooning Student Research with Yeast and Plant Seeds
Authors: Beck-Winchatz Bernhard , Bramble Judith
Published: January 2022

Weather balloon flights provide affordable access to a space-like environment for student research. Typical flights last for 2.0-2.5 hours and reach altitudes of approximately 30 km. Payloads are exposed to intense cosmic and ultraviolet radiation, temperatures below -60° C, and atmospheric pressures of approximately 0.01 atmospheres. We report on simple laboratory procedures intended primarily for high school and middle school students in studying the effects of high-altitude balloon flights on yeast and plant seeds. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Raphanus sativus, and Brassica rapa were flown on two weather balloons inside and outside of payload containers to an altitude of approximately 27.5 km. After the flights the yeast cells were plated on YED media and incubated to assess survival and mutation rates. The seeds were planted to assess survival and variation in quantitative traits. We also discuss connections to disciplinary core ideas in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (NGSS Lead States, 2013) and provide an overview of further laboratory investigations designed to enhance students’ understanding of the effects of radiation on living organisms.
Artificial Neural Network for Estimation of Local Scour Depth Around Bridge Piers
Authors: Ali Ahmed Shakir Ali , Günal Mustafa
Published: January 2022

Local scour around bridge piers impairs the stability of bridges’ structures. Therefore, a delicate estimation of the local scour depth is vital in designing the bridge piers foundations. In this research, MATLAB software was used to train artificial neural network (ANN) models with four hundred laboratory datasets from different laboratory studies, including five parameters: pier diameter, flow depth flow velocity, critical sediment velocity, sediment particle size, and equilibrium local scour depth. The outcomes present that the ANN model with the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm and 11 nodes in the single hidden layer gives an accurate estimation better than other ANN models trained with different training algorithms based on the regression results and mean squared error values. Besides, the ANN model accurately provides predicted local scour depth and is better than linear and nonlinear regression models. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis shows that removing pier diameter from training parameters diminishes the reliability of prediction.
Determination of the Effect of Sidewall Friction in Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall Experiments
Authors: Kulczykowski Marek
Published: January 2022

A simple approach to estimate sidewall friction in reinforced soil model experiments conducted in parallel-sided test boxes with unlubricated walls is proposed. Analytical solutions are developed for reinforced soil slopes and retaining walls subjected to self-weight or external loading. It turns out that the frictional effect depends on the shape of the failure zone and the value of friction coefficient between soil and a sidewall material. The theoretical predictions were verified in laboratory experiments in a test box with lubricated and unlubricated sidewalls. It was shown that the method can be used to estimate sidewall friction not only under failure conditions, but also under all stages of surcharging prior to failure.
Disputes over the reasons for Sweden's economic success: Nima Sanandaji and his critics
Authors: Czarny Bogusław
Published: January 2022

I analyze selected views of the well-known Swedish analyst of Nordic economies, Nima Sanandaji, on the reasons for the economic (and social) successes of Sweden and other Nordic countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. My aim is not to provide a detailed and full appraisal of these views but to confront them with the arguments of Sanandaji's critics. Only occasionally do I supplement the arguments of Sanandaji's commentators with additional comments of my own.

In particular, my interests include the following theses of Sanandaji: the thesis that Sweden's prosperity arose before the development of the welfare state, which contributed little to its creation; the thesis that other Swedish successes (health, small inequalities, equal opportunities) are wrongly attributed to the Swedish welfare state or are far from complete; the thesis that there is very limited scope for other countries to copy the Swedish (Nordic) experience.

In the Conclusion, I comment on the reception of Sanandaji's views in Poland.
Relationship between Elevated Maternal Serum Podocalyxin Concentrations with Blood Pressure Values and Routine Laboratory Parameters in Preeclampsia
Authors: Popovski Nikola K. , Nikolov Asparuh G. , Popov Yordan D. , Blazheva Svetla O.
Published: January 2022

Podocalyxin (PCX) is a glycoprotein member of the CD34 transmembrane sialomucin family and covers the surface of podocytes. It is assumed to be a marker of glomerular endothelial injury. In conditions, podocalyxin excretion in the urine is increased as a result of podocyte injury. Recent studies show that PCX is expressed not only in kidneys but also in the endothelial cells of other organs. Preeclampsia (PE) is characterized by new-onset hypertension, generalized endothelial injury, and glomerular alteration. Having this in mind, in the present study, we aimed to: (1) determine circulating PCX levels in sera of women with preeclampsia and normal pregnancy; (2) explore for an association between PCX and blood pressure and (3) investigate a possible relationship between PCX and routine laboratory markers of cardiac and renal injury/dysfunction. Fifty-five women with preeclampsia were examined. The mean age of patients was 24.9±6 years, and the mean age of the control group of 35 women with normal pregnancies was 24.7±5.4 years. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine concentrations of PCX. Levels of serum PCX in preeclamptic women were statistically significantly higher than those in women with normal pregnancy: 2.66±0.67 vs. 2.40±0.33 ng/ml (p=0.03). Podocalyxin correlated with SBP (r=0.30; p=0.004), DBP (r=0.35; p=0.0007), uric acid (r=0.32; p=0.002), CPK (r=0.22; 0.03) and its isoenzyme CK-MB (r=0.21; p=0.04). Our results showed significantly higher levels of serum PCX in women with preeclampsia than in healthy pregnancy. Elevated podocalyxin levels are associated with an increase in blood pressure in preeclampsia. We found a relationship between PCX and routine laboratory indicators of cardiac (CPK and CK-MB) and renal injury/dysfunction (uric acid). PCX has the potential as a future preeclampsia diagnostic biomarker.
The Credit Cycle and Measurement of the Natural Rate of Interest
Authors: Deryugina Elena , Guseva Maria , Ponomarenko Alexey
Published: January 2022

We conduct a Monte Carlo experiment using an ad-hoc New Keynesian model and a tractable agent-based model to generate artificial credit cycle episodes. We show that fluctuations in the implicit measures of the natural rate of interest obtained using a conventional trivariate Kalman filter on these artificial datasets occur in the vicinity of credit cycle peaks without any underlying changes in fundamentals (that is the agents’ type or their behaviour). The empirical analysis confirms that the measures of the natural interest rate tend to increase prior to a credit cycle peak and decrease afterwards. We conclude that a decline in the estimated natural rates of interest does not necessarily indicate changes in macroeconomic fundamentals. Instead, it may simply reflect the innate properties of the measurement technique in the vicinity of credit cycle peaks.
Role of Regulatory Governance in Financial Stability: A Comparison of High and Low Income Countries
Authors: Ullah Saif , Hussain Sayed Irshad , Nabi Agha Amad , Mubashir Khurram Ali
Published: January 2022

This study explores the effect of regulatory governance on financial stability using cross-sectional data from 55 countries. The findings show that regulatory governance and various subcomponents of regulatory governance are positively correlated with financial stability in the selected countries. The results, based on the ordinary least square method, explain that the regulatory governance has a significant positive influence on financial stability in the selected countries. Further, concerning different dimensions of regulatory governance, it is showed that an individual impact of all components on financial stability is positive except for the strength of external audit, and supervisory independence and accountability. However, central bank`s independence and economic independence have a statistically significant effect on financial stability, whereas central bank accountability, supervisory independence and accountability, political central bank independence as well as the strength of external audit have an insignificant statistical influence on financial stability. Finally, the study concludes that regulatory governance and individual dimension of regulatory governance played the most significant role in improving financial stability in the selected countries.
Assessing the Vulnerability to Land Degradation of (Not Only) Rural Landscapes Using the ESAI Index
Authors: Cudlín Ondřej , Pechanec Vilém , Prokopová Marcela , Cudlín Pavel
Published: January 2022

Determining the vulnerability of land to degradation is a crucial factor enabling policy makers to take targeted actions. The main aim of this work was to determine vulnerability to land degradation using the Environmentally Sensitive Area Index (ESAI) in the territory of 206 municipalities with extended power (MEPs), regions (NUTS 3) and in the Czech Republic (CR). The other two aims were found out i) whether land degradation is affected by land use characterized by landscape types according to Löw et al. (2006) and ii) whether land degradation occurred in larger territorial units (regions) or scattered across the CR (in individual isolated MEPs). The Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) method assesses the vulnerability of an area to land degradation using a composite index containing indicators divided into four thematic groups: human activity pressure and management intensity, vegetation cover and vegetation quality, climate, and soil in the assessed area. The ESAI index is expressed on a semi-quantitative scale ranging from the lowest levels of degradation (land not affected and land potentially affected by degradation) to the highest level of degradation (land at high risk). Most MEPs with a share of more than 70 % of their area were in the category "moderately critical areas" at risk of land degradation were located in the Central Bohemia region (15 MEPs) and in the South Moravia region (14 MEPs). For the whole territory of the Czech Republic, 51 % of the territory was found to be critically vulnerable to land degradation, and 38 % of the republic area was vulnerable to land degradation. Vulnerability to land degradation was strongly influenced by the landscape type. Almost all MEPs with a predominantly agricultural landscapes were critically vulnerable to land degradation, as were about half of the MEPs in the forest-agricultural and urban landscapes and only a few MEPs in the forest landscapes. Given the selected indicators, the MEP seems to be the appropriate smallest administrative unit to assess vulnerability to land degradation in the Czech Republic. The map of individual ESAI values can be viewed free of charge online at http://www.imalbes.cz/vysledek.php. We are currently preparing a proposal for appropriate measures to prevent and reduce land degradation throughout the territory of the Czech Republic, and our proposals are coordinated with representatives of the MEPs and regions.
Expectations Towards International Study Visits – Preliminary Research Findings
Authors: Tracz-Krupa Katarzyna , Bezzina Frank , Cassar Vincent , Przytuła Sylwia , Bruska Anna , Szymańska-Czaplak Elżbieta
Published: January 2022

Objective: The objective of this paper is to present the preliminary research findings concerning the expectations towards international study visits undertaken by university students hailing from different higher education institutions around Europe on the canvas of internationalization as a concept.

Methodology: The research was carried out on a group of 440 students from 5 European countries. The study covered the population of students of faculties whose graduates are preparing to work in business. The basic research tool was a questionnaire with dominating closed questions and the possibility for respondents to indicate more than one answer. The answers of the respondents were measured using a five-point Likert scale with a variable description of the minimum and maximum point value. When analyzing the data, descriptive statistics were used. The Kruskal Wallis test was used to determine whether there was a significant difference in mean ranks across attribute ratings.

Findings: The results highlight significant common features of students’ expectations towards international mobility programs: personal development orientation, interest in contact with employers and professional environment, willingness to try themselves in new challenges by developing creative and communication skills in an international environment.

Value Added: This article is an important voice on the impact of mobility programs on the competencies development of future graduates. The final results of the research can be used to improve the mobility and educational programs offered by universities which equip their students with major skills, knowledge and attitudes in the future workplace.

Recommendations: The highest-valued components of international study visits do not fully reflect the expectations of employers, and the study of the reasons for these discrepancies, as well as reflection on how to minimize them in the process of academic teaching, remain a significant challenge for the practice of building competencies sought in the labour market.
Performance Evaluation in the Inter-Institutional Collaboration Context of Hybrid Smart Cities
Authors: Secinaro Silvana , Brescia Valerio , Iannaci Daniel , Barreca Manuela
Published: January 2022

Objective: The smart city is defined as a mix of urban strategies aimed at optimizing and innovating public services. Current cities are hybrid and affected by complex systems with inter-institutional collaboration. This study aims to understand which variables are most present and important according to the literature review and comparative analysis of two case studies.

Methodology: The authors have chosen the emerging smart city of Turin and Lugano to conduct a cross-analysis based on the matrix proposed by Yin (2017). This research is characterized as a holistic study of multiple cases.

Findings: The research was carried out thanks to results produced by literature and emerging from the analysis of realities exposed, to assess the performance of projects and urban sustainability. A set of 71 indicators has been designed to assess the impacts of a smart city. 5 Indicators are related to management performance, 18 to governance and 48 to reporting.

Value Added: This research aims to implement the theory of information reporting by providing guidelines for indicators in inter-institutional, cross-sectoral and multi-level contexts maximising smart factors in cities and meeting stakeholder needs in a hybrid organization.

Recommendations: Future research is recommended to confirm the relevant indicators for stakeholders associated with communication methods.
Trends and Future of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Indonesia in the Post-Pandemic Era by Using Descriptive Quantitative and Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Khan Muhammad Asif
Published: January 2022

Objectives: The main driving objective of this research is focused on revealing entrepreneurship trends that businesses can utilize to remain competitive in the market and grow toward achieving their goals in Indonesia. Also, this research explains the entrepreneurship future, what to do, and how to offset the prevalent challenges.

Methodology: The best method of research used in this study is the descriptive quantitative and cross-sectional study based on the available trends which are believed to occur in the future. The methodologies used in this research give it more accuracy on how to achieve all the set targets. Secondary sources of data enable the researcher to acquire the skills through which they will be used as the bridge recognizing the trends available in the realm of entrepreneurship. The data was collected from the BPS-Indonesian Central Statistics Agency.

Findings: This study reveals the significant factors that can be used to sustain corporate entrepreneurship in the post-pandemic era. Utilizing the descriptive quantitative and cross-sectional study in the research, the study collected the relevant information on entrepreneurship and how the future trends will affect the need for the advancement in technology, therefore creating more job opportunities.

Limitation: The main limitation to this research was finding substantive information that suits the identified time frame with relevant data. The research requires the incorporation of various studies and surveys. Moreover, some of the entrepreneurship publications relevant to be used in this study were not written in English. Also, this study used mapping of reviews, which have some weaknesses since some of them are limited to time.

Value Added and Recommendations: This research significantly contributes to essential areas in business in Indonesia since there are scarce studies like this regarding entrepreneurship in the post-pandemic era. The research has indicated that it is necessary to treat entrepreneurship education as a priority by policymakers, governments, and educators.
Florian Znaniecki’s idea of socialization to altruism
Authors: Hałas Elżbieta
Published: January 2022

Certain visionary threads of Florian Znaniecki’s thought present in his sociological theory of education merit our attention. They are associated with the concept of creating a grassroots movement of new sociality, capable of becoming a vehicle of reflexive social and cultural changes. These utopian threads related to the current of new humanism appear in all of Znaniecki’s works. The problem of altruism seems crucial in the light of Znaniecki’s axiology, but has not been properly examined until now. When Znaniecki names the new social tasks of education with the goal of shaping social changes, he considers the problem of social good from the perspective of intergroup relations. He searches for a new meaning of altruism, especially collective altruism, which would be the antithesis of collective egoism, and thus would transcend the limits of solidarity only with one’s own group. The issue of altruism, so important for Znaniecki, has only recently begun to regain its place in sociology. Znaniecki’s thought can be read in a connection with the contemporary anti-utilitarian movement and the newly revived discussion about the possibility of humanism after modernity.
In the Circle of The Sociology of Education of Florian Znaniecki
Authors: Leśniak-Moczuk Krystyna
Published: January 2022

The aim of this article is to recall the theory of the sociology of education created almost a century ago by the classic of Polish sociology, Florian Znaniecki, in order to show the topicality of his concept in the face of the symptoms of the crisis of the educational system. The article presents the biographical context and scientific achievements of the creator of the sociology of education. The relations between the disciplines of educational sociology, general sociology and pedagogy were explained. The goals and components of the upbringing process and the system of sociology of upbringing by Florian Znaniecki were outlined. Attention was also paid to the educational environment defined by Florian Znaniecki and the upbringing process was characterized as a preparation for fulfilling the social roles. The theses postulated by the creator of the sociology of education were related to the contemporary educational environment.
On non-obviousness of relations between giants and dwarfs – reflections on the margins of the philosophy of culture by Florian Znaniecki
Authors: Budajczak Marek
Published: January 2022

The article, recalling the work of Florian Znaniecki, reflects on hierarchizations of cultures. The part of it discusses some weaknesses of the language of sociology, i.e. the inconsistencies in defining and academic use of the concept of “culture”.
Distance Learning – Unjustified Enthusiasm or the First Milestone?
Authors: Przybyła Mariusz
Published: January 2022

Nowadays it is difficult to talk about the real and virtual world in the context of contemporary students. Perhaps even talking about „on-line” vs „off-line” is a thing of the past, since some of us are always online. Remote learning changes the approach to school and extracurricular education and affects all levels of education. An important aspect of considerations on school and academic e-learning is so called the bottom-up push, i.e. the involvement of enthusiasts discovering the secrets of e-learning platforms in front of their pupils and the willingness of these pupils and students. Observing the changes implemented in the education system over the last decades, we can honestly state, that these were rather sham movements, unable to change the class-lesson system and its elements burdening us as the subjects of the education process. What happened, then? What powers have changed school and academic education, so that we have found ourselves in the digital world? Have we started using mobile solutions? Can we conduct online classes? Is this a necessary evil or an opportunity for tomorrow (for universities/schools, students/pupils, lecturers/teachers and for modern, constantly learning societies)? Distance learning contributes to creating new spaces for educational interactions. It enables both mass and individual education in synchronous and asynchronous modes.
The Interaction Between Modals and SFPs in Mandarin Chinese: A Cartographic Approach
Authors: Chiu Liching Livy
Published: January 2022

Both sentential final particles (SFPs) and high modals commonly convey the speakers’ knowledge of the world, their judgments, intentions, and subjective attitudes. This paper aims to explore the correlations between high modals and sentence-final particles in Mandarin Chinese (MC). Specifically, two high modals of MC show the behavior of being unable to precede the subject and eliminating their epistemic reading in the presence of SFPs. The phenomenon discussed in this paper is specifically exemplified with yinggai ‘should’ and keneng ‘be likely to’ in MC. We give an analysis about which modals and SFPs are interlaced in terms of their scope positions, so as to explain the phenomena.
The Implementation of Student Worksheets with Scientific Approach on Reduction Oxidation Reaction Matter to Students’ Cognitive Learning Outcome
Authors: Azizah* Dewiantika , Cahyani Mutiara Dwi , Nurdiyanti Dewi
Published: January 2022

Redox reaction matter which seems to be abstract makes students of X science grade difficult to understand the concept. Therefore, student-centered learning using teaching matter which has analyzed students’ character or as known as scientific-based approach LKPD is necessary. This research aimed to identify the students’ cognitive results after learning redox reaction matter using a scientific-based approach LKPD. The research was done at SMAN 1 Dukupuntang, Cirebon in the 2016-2017 school year using pre-experimental method with one-shot case study research design. The sample was students of X science 2 grade. The data collection was done via a questionnaire. The analysis technique was quantifying the result percentage before and after using LKPD. This research served LKPD data which involved learning activities such as (a) observing, (b) asking, (c) collecting the data, (d) associating, and (e) communicating whichstimulatedstudents to learn redox reaction matter actively. The pretest result showed that the students’ completeness percentage was 66,67% while the protest result using LKPD showed that the percentage increased to be 86,67%. The conclusion was using a scientific-based approach LKPD on redox reaction matter was successful to enhance students’ cognitive learning outcomes and fulfill the minimum completeness criteria (KKM)
Differences and Relationship Between Attitudes and Self Efficacy of Female and Male Students in Science Subjects in Junior High School
Authors: Budiarti Retni Sulistiyoning , Kurniawan* Dwi Agus , Septi Sabila Eka , Perdana Rahmat
Published: January 2022

Students' attitudes and self-efficacy are very important in science subjects. With a good attitude and self-efficacy, learning will be easier and more enjoyable. This study aims to examine the attitudes and self-efficacy of female and male students from two classes, namely VII A and VII B in junior high school. This research is a type of quantitative survey research. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling with the research subjects as many as 74 junior high school students studying science. The instrument used in data collection was 28 questions containing 5 choices that must be filled out by students. Analysis of the data used in this study in the form of descriptive analysis and T test and correlation test to determine whether there is a comparison and relationship between students' attitudes and efficacy towards science. The results obtained indicate that there are significant differences and relationships between attitudes and self-efficacy of female and male students. These results indicate that male students have an average attitude and good self-efficacy compared to female students at the junior high school level
Analisis Butir Soal Dynamic Assessment untuk Mengukur Pemahaman Konsep Klasifikasi Tumbuhan pada Mahasiswa
Authors: Wulandari Tutik , Ramli* Murni , Muzzazinah Muzzazinah
Published: January 2022

Based on the study of literature and documents, the material analysis of plant classification is considered difficult. The assessments that have been used on plant classification materials have not been equipped with feedback. This study aims to determine the validity, reliability, level of difficulty, discriminatory power, detection of bias and unidimensionality of dynamic assessment instruments on plant classification materials. Development research method with the ADDIE model. The research sample was 121 biology education students who were selected by purposive random sampling. The results showed the validity of the questions in the form of 12 fit questions with the Rasch modeling having an MNSQ infit of 0.80-1.22. The reliability of the items in the 0.97 category is very good and the respondent's reliability is 0.31 in the weak category. While the level of difficulty of the questions is unknown, there are four categories, namely 3 very easy questions, 4 easy questions, 2 difficult questions, and 3 very difficult questions. The discriminatory power of questions with a separation index of 6.71 and an index of separation of questions of 0.67. Detection bias shows that gender does not discriminate against item items and unidimensionality of item items with 36.5% raw variance with sufficient category. The dynamic assessment instrument is suitable to be used to measure the understanding of the concept of plant classification in students
Depiction of Pandemic in Indonesia Local Election 2020 Political Advertising
Authors: Firmansyah Robby , Marianto Dwi
Published: January 2022

Abstract In the last quartal of 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, local elections were held in various cities and provinces in Indonesia. As a result of the public awareness of the pandemic situation and the urgent need for solutions to its implications, the Covid-19 pandemic became a suitable theme to be addressed on election campaign media. This paper aims to generate various patterns on how candidates utilized Covid-19 pandemic imageries in their political advertising to establish their personal brand. Thematic analysis was employed to identify the various patterns on how candidates utilized Covid-19 pandemic imageries in their political advertising. 329 Covid-19 related political advertisements from various candidates were reviewed to generate patterns on candidates’ personal brand establishment. The study found that promoting Covid-19 safety protocols, candidates' strategies, and appreciation toward frontline workers became three major themes in depicting the pandemic in Indonesia local elections 2020 political advertising. Covid-19 pandemic-related imageries are employed to perform their informative functions and as a context in which political advertising can perform its persuasive function.Penggambaran Pandemik pada Iklan Politik Pemilihan Kepala Daerah 2020 di Indonesia Abstrak Pada akhir tahun 2020, di tengah merebaknya pandemi Covid-19, dilakukan pemilihan kepala daerah di berbagai kota dan provinsi di Indonesia. Sebagai hasil dari kesadaran masyarakat terhadap situasi pandemi dan pentingnya solusi-solusi dalam menghadapi implikasinya, pandemi Covid-19 menjadi tema yang sesuai untuk dibahas pada media kampanye. Karya tulis ini ditujukan untuk membentuk tema-tema dari penggambaran pandemi Covid-19 yang digunakan oleh kandidat pemilihan pada iklan kampanye dalam membentuk citra dirinya. Analisis tematis digunakan untuk membentuk berbagai pola mengenai penggambaran pandemi Covid-19 yang digunakan oleh para kandidat pada iklan kampanyenya. 329 iklan kampanye terkait pandemi Covid-19 dari berbagai kandidat dikaji untuk menghasilkan pola-pola pembentukan citra diri kandidat pemilihan. Kajian ini membentuk tiga tema dari penggambaran pandemi pada iklan kampanye politik pemilihan kepala daerah 2020 yang berupa: mempromosikan protokol keamanan Covid-19, strategi kandidat, dan apresiasi terhadap pekerja garda depan Covid-19. Penggambaran terkait Covid-19 pada iklan kampanye tidak hanya digunakan untuk menjalankan fungsi informatif iklan kampanye, tetapi juga untuk menjalankan fungsi persuasifnya.
Where the Dust Has Settled
Authors: Vassalo Jesús
Published: January 2022

The Spanish word Despoblado, aptly describes Iñaki Bergera’s last photographic series. It translates rather directly in English as depopulated, but its rich Spanish etymology also alludes to the process of unravelling of a human settlement. Fittingly, the images present us with the reality of the abandoned villages in the hillsides of the Spanish Pyrenees. These are ruins of small hamlets, made up of stone cottages carefully clustered together, each of them hugging the topography of the site and collectively forming patterns that are a direct translation of the rural modes of production that made them possible.
The images are crisp and calm, and as always with Bergera, the approach is a hybrid between the documentary impulse of topographic photography, and the careful depiction of space more typical of professional architectural photography. More specifically in this case, there seems to be a strong division of labor, with orthographic aerial images that capture the layout of each group of buildings with Cartesian precision, and a series of subjective shots in which the interior and interstitial spaces of the structures are portrayed carefully and lovingly at eye level, as if they were still in use.
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Image and Conscience
Authors: Wang Wilfried
Published: January 2022

The constant, free, unlimited and ubiquitous availability of photographic images via the Internet since the beginning of this millennium has overwhelmed and thereby weakened the individual observer’s capacity for differentiation and evaluation of image quality and content. The Internet has replaced the physical library as the premier and limitless repository of anything and everything. The physical library was once the hallowed pantheon of intellectuals; librarians were the “gate keepers” and custodians. They kept the illiterate masses at bay. The hurdles that had to be surmounted before producing a book were once set so high that writing and publishing “a book” was something open only to an academic elite. Now, no permission needs to be sought from anyone to add even the smallest or the least significant data file to the flat cloudscape. The power of deposition rests with any single person with internet access. (...)
Photographic narratives of urban transformations
Authors: Machado e Moura Carlos
Published: January 2022

Time, space, scale and movement are essential aspects of visual data production. Significant changes in cities’ flows can transpire in just a few minutes, hours or days, span several years or even decades. A diachronic study of an urban environment could therefore concentrate on the repetitive patterns of many activities and phenomena that occur during a day or focus on transformations over much more extended periods of time. There are several photographic methods that specifically focus on documenting this specific change — it is the case of “interval photography”, “time-lapse photography” and other forms of “repeat photography”.1 All these, and others, explicitly aim at sequentially researching social change, and physical and cultural expressions as they develop, over time in a particular physical or cultural space.(...)
An instant world: truth and reality
Authors: Matos Silva Leonor
Published: January 2022

Today, technology allows us to capture reality in an extremely crude way. Consider, for instance, the images derived from micro cameras that invade our inter bodies for medical diagnosis. In this context, there is no valuable argument against the truth.
Back in the Architecture PhD freshman year, a group of students were asked to conceive an idea of a chair for an art class. It was a rather free proposal; yet all of them constructed a small, scaled model, and the objective was to photograph it on different urban sites. One of the proposals chose to use no software tricks in the pictures, based on the conviction that the truth was, like in Pilate’s view, something one might question buy cannot antagonize. In due course, this issue of SOPHIA gives us a chance to review this true story, based on real events in light of other perspectives, coming across with the notion of how ‘true’ it is that
the specialised architectural journals, schoolbooks themselves, including those of a high scientific level, are (...) channels that tend to transform the spatiotemporal notion of architecture and landscape into that of signs, the notion of reality into that of a photographic representation of reality.
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PENGARUH INVESTASI, PENGELUARAN PEMERINTAH, TENAGA KERJA TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DAN TINGKAT KEMISKINAN DI PROVINSI BALI
Authors: Supratiyoningsih Lufi , Yuliarmi Ni Nyoman
Published: January 2022

This study aims 1) To analyze the effect of investment, government spending and labor on economic growth in Bali Province, 2) To analyze the effect of investment, government spending, labor and economic growth on poverty levels in Bali Province, 3) To analyze the indirect effect of investment, government spending and labor on poverty levels through economic growth in Bali Province. The number of observations in this study was 63 observation points in the period 2013-2019 in 9 districts/cities of Bali Province using panel data. The data analysis technique used in this research is path analysis. The results of this study indicate that 1) Investment has a positive and insignificant effect on economic growth, while government spending and labor have a positive and significant effect on economic growth; 2) Government investment and spending have a negative and insignificant effect on the poverty level, while labor and economic growth have a negative and significant effect on the poverty level; 3) Investment does not indirectly affect the poverty rate through economic growth, while government spending and labor have an indirect effect on the poverty rate through economic growth.
PENGARUH PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI, KESESUAIAN TUGAS, DAN EFEKTIVITAS SIA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PADA KOPDIT TRI TUNGGAL TUKA
Authors: Alexsdipa Agustinus I Ketut , Dwiana Putra I Made Pande
Published: January 2022

The development of technology-based information systems requires companies and organizations to make changes in the information sector so that they do not lag behind in absorbing information. Accounting is a tool in managing accounting and financial data, so an information system is needed to be able to convey this information to those in need, namely the accounting information system. This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the effect of Information Technology Utilization, Task Suitability, and Effectiveness of Accounting Information Systems on Employee Performance at the Tri Tunggal Tuka Credit Cooperative. The sampling method used in this research is the saturated sampling technique, where the saturated sampling technique is used as the sample. Data collection methods used in this study were questionnaires and interviews. The data analysis techniques in this study are Descriptive Statistical Analysis, Classical Assumption Test, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, Model Feasibility Test (F Test), Hypothesis Test (t Test), and Coefficient of Determination Test (R^2). The results in the study concluded that the use of information technology, task suitability, and the effectiveness of accounting information systems had a positive effect on employee performance of the Tri Tunggal Tuka Credit Cooperative.
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI CURAHAN JAM KERJA PEREMPUAN DI KOTA DENPASAR
Authors: Anggraeni Ni Putu Nita , Purwanti Putu Ayu Pramitha , Wenagama I Wayan
Published: January 2022

This study is to analyze the effect of age, education level, type of work, husband's income, and number of family dependents on women's working hours. The population in this study were female residents who worked in Denpasar City and still had a life partner. Determination of the sample using non-probability sampling in the form of quota sampling with 100 respondents. Methods of data collection using observation and interviews. Data analysis used Moderated Regression Analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that simultaneously age, education level, type of work, husband's income, and number of family dependents had a significant effect on the outpouring of women's working hours in Denpasar City. Partially age, education level, type of work, number of family dependents have a significant and positive effect on women's working hours, but husband's income has a negative and significant effect on women's working hours. The number of family dependents is able to moderate by strengthening the influence of husband's income on women's working hours. Based on the results of the average difference test, women in Denpasar City who work in the informal sector have a higher outpouring of working hours than those who work in the formal sector.
TRANSFORMASI STRUKTURAL DAN KETIMPANGAN ANTAR KABUPATEN/KOTA DI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Kharisma Bayu , Wardhana Adhitya , Nur Yudha Hadian
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa transformasi struktural ekonomi dan ketimpangan antar daerah yang terjadi di wilayah Jawa Barat. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis Location Quotient (LQ), Shift Share, Indeks Williamson dan Entropy Theil. Sementara itu, jenis data yang akan digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data sekunder. Data sekunder yang digunakan dalam kajian ini dari tahun 2011 sampai dengan 2016. Hasil analisis LQ menunjukkan terdapat 7 (tujuh) daerah yang memiliki basis ekonomi pada sektor industri dengan Purwakarta sebagai wilayah penyumbang terbesar. Sementara itu, 11 (sebelas) daerah di Provinsi Jawa Barat  memiliki basis ekonomi pada sektor pertanian dan wilayah yang memberikan kontribusi terbesar adalah Cirebon. Selanjutnya, ada 8 (delapan) daerah yang memiliki basis ekonomi pada sektor jasa – jasa dengan Bogor merupakan wilayah yang berkontribusi terbesar. Tingkat ketimpangan pendapatan di Provinsi Jawa Barat mengalami penurunan dari 0,670 pada tahun 2010 menjadi 0,646 pada tahun 2016. Hal tersebut menunjukkan distribusi pendapatan yang semakin merata dalam kurun waktu tahun 2010 – 2016 dengan rata – rata tingkat ketimpangan paling besar adalah Purwakarta. Sementara itu, wilayah dengan rata – rata tingkat ketimpangan paling kecil adalah Bogor dan tingkat ketimpangan terkecil berada Kab. Cianjur.
ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI MINAT WISATAWAN DOMESTIK BERKUNJUNG KE BALI
Authors: Bagus Putu Widanta AA. , Ketut Ayuningsasi AA.
Published: January 2022

Domestic tourists contribute no less than foreign tourists to Bali tourism. The number of domestic tourists visits far exceeds than the number of foreign tourists, which is has a significant impact on Bali's economic growth. The prospect of domestic tourists is very large, it is necessary to pay attention and analyze the factors that influence the interest of domestic tourist revisit to Bali. Factors that attract investment, people (tourists) and industry to an area, namely; image is the beliefs, ideas and expressions that a person has towards an area; attraction marketing/attraction of tourist destinations is an important reason for tourists, investors and capital to visit a place; infrastructure marketing is the availability of facilities and infrastructure that can attract people, investment and capital; and people marketing strategy to promote the area by marketing people, for example the attitude of the community: how much openness of the local community (regional) to elements (people, investment, industry, products) from other area; Price is a number of expenses spending during visit an area, including the price of accommodation, restaurants, transportation and performances in an area. Image, infrastructure marketing, attraction marketing, people marketing, have a positive and significant effect, except that price has a positive and insignificant effect on the interest of domestic tourist revisit to Bali. Identification of variables that influence the interest of domestic tourists to be a reference for decision making and policies for related parties to develop the direction of tourism policies on Bali in particularly and Indonesia in generally.
ANALISIS MULTIPLIER EFFECT DAN PEMBANGUNAN BERKELANJUTAN PUSAT INFORMASI WISATA
Authors: Denny Agustinus , . Liyushiana , Yanti Dewi
Published: January 2022

The existence of the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center is an indicator of the seriousness of the government in tapping the potential of Lake Toba with the World-recognized National Geopark approach. Therefore, it is very interesting to explore the impact of the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center, especially for the surrounding community. On the one hand, the existence of the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center as one of the tourist information centers is a question of whether it is really needed, considering that tourists can now access digital information. Therefore this study seeks to see how the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center applies the principle of sustainable development to maintain its existence. This research method is a combination of the quantitative Keynesian Income Multiplier method and interview techniques with the sustainable tourism development approach of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) by combining practical principles. The results obtained show that economically, the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center has an encouraging impact on the number 1: 1.26, meaning that for each additional tourist expenditure of IDR 10,000, local income will increase by IDR 12,600. On the other hand, the Toba Caldera National Geopark Information Center has attempted to apply the principles of sustainable tourism development in view of the dimensions of business quality, social sustainability and environmental balance recommended by UNWTO, but improvements are needed for aspects of tourism facilities and activities.