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Enterprise Risk Management in an Uncertain Environment
Authors: Kulinich Tetiana , Andrushko Ruslana , Prosovych Olha , Sternyuk Oksana , Tymchyna Yurii
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The issue of enterprise risk management in an uncertain environment is a priority for the corporate sector to ensure liquidity and value of financial assets and operations in the selected market segment.
 
Theoretical framework: The problem of enterprise risk management is to find an effective practice of using risk management systems that can minimize and prevent potential risks both internally and externally.
 
Method: The article aims to analyze enterprise risk management and outline the key means of ensuring the stability of commercial activities with possible optimization of the work of functional units. An important area of the study is the identification of modern practical risk management tools and means of optimizing corporate activities in the context of global economic instability.
 
Results and conclusion: The results of the study indicate the characteristic practices and comprehensive means of enterprise risk management to ensure its microeconomic stability. The prospects for risk management as a tool for ensuring it, as analyzed in the study, are constantly evolving and changing due to the emergence of innovative information technologies, which are one of the key tools for forecasting, modeling, and analyzing enterprise activities.
 
Search implications: Attention is paid to the issue of the current economic environment and the quality of financial resource allocation in an unstable global economic situation.
 
Originality/value: The obtained results of the study can be used by corporate institutions to improve their risk management policies and contribute to the stable operation of the enterprise even in the face of global uncertainty in the environment.
Bibliometric Review of Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions Through AI-Based Tools
Authors: Aspiranti Tasya , Ali Qaisar , Parveen Shazia , Amaliah Ima , Jalil Muna Abdul , Merican Farah Merican Isahak
Published: May 2023

Purpose: Although corporate governance vis-à-vis Shariah governance (SG) has remained a cornerstone of research in Islamic financial institutions (IFIs), little is known about the themes covered by the plethora of studies conducted in this domain. Accordingly, this research aims to unpack the major themes covered in the literature on SG from 2007 to 2023 employing bibliometric analysis technique.
 
Design/methodology/approach: The evaluation of 440 published articles in Scopus is done through different analytical tools i.e., Gephi, VOSviewer, and Scholarcy (artificial intelligence-based research tool) to decode publication trends, outlets, performance, authors, and themes.
 
Findings: The findings elucidate the double-digit increase in the publication, Malaysia is the leading country, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research is the most popular publication outlet, and the International Islamic University (IIUM) is the spearhead institution on SG research. Our results further reveal that SG research broadly covers four main topics; significance of SG, fundamental ingredients of effective SG, impact of SG on IFIs, and latent issues in SG.
 
Originality/novelty: This study contributes to strengthening the governance and management system of IFIs by identifying the novel research avenues.
The Efficiency and the Performance of the Logistics Global Supply Chain Activities to Vietnam Exportation: an Empirical Case Study
Authors: Xuan Tran Thi Thanh , Quach Pham Hong , Thinh Nguyen Van , Hoa Ta Thi , Tu Nguyen Thanh
Published: May 2023

Purpose: This research paper aims to determine the factors affecting the efficiency and logistics performance index (LPI) of Vietnam's exports to foreign partners during 2018-2022 are due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Theoretical Framework: Based on the primary factors affecting the efficiency and performance of global supply chain activities in logistics for Vietnam's exports, including practical impact and logistics results of enterprises in Vietnam. Based on the primary factors affecting the efficiency and performance of global supply chain activities in logistics for Vietnam's exports, including (1). Customs efficiency (speed, simplicity and predictability of customs clearance procedures) (2). Quality of infrastructure related to trade and transport, including Roads, railways, ports, airports, warehouses and information technology ...(3). The level of ease when arranging to transport import and export goods with competitive prices (costs such as warehousing fees, port fees, tolls ... ) (4). Capacity and quality of logistics service providers ... (5). Ability to track and trace shipments. (6). Timeliness of the shipment to the destination within the specified time limit. The practical impact and logistics results of enterprises in Vietnam.
 
Method: The panel approach allows the authors to explore the heterogeneity in data across countries. Fixed effects (FE) and random effects (RE) models were used to estimate the model. Then, the Hausman test is carried out to decide which model is appropriate. The data were collected from 240 observations from Vietnam and 80 major export partner countries of Vietnam.
 
Findings: The research results show that the cost, time and capacity of providing logistics services have the most significant impact on Vietnam's exports.
 
Practical & social implications: Overall, to increase the efficiency and logistics efficiency of enterprises. The Vietnamese Government needs to cooperate and propose ideas to partner countries to improve logistics activities for exports from Vietnam. Logistics is beginning to play an increasingly important role in the competitiveness of economies.
 
Originality values: This study also confirms the sustainability of the extended gravity model using OLS and RE methods by substituting different variables for the country's logistics efficiency and solving the endogenous problem in the model while applying the regression method to industrial variables. We find that an 1% improvement in Vietnam's logistics would increase Vietnam's exports by 1.443%, and an 1% improvement in a partner country’s performance would help promote Vietnam's exports to this country by 0.546%.
Industrial Procurement Management Efficiency Guidelines: Perform Excellence Through Organisational Change Strategies
Authors: Sukhawatthanakun Kanyarat , Roopsing Taweesak , Silpcharu Thanin
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The objective of this research was to use structural equation modelling to illustrate guidelines for enhancing procurement management efficiency in the industrial business sectors.
 
Theoretical framework:  The conceptual framework was developed based on relevant studies and incorporated elements from procurement excellence models established by renowned organisations, including McKinsey’s successful procurement operating model (2018), BCG’s five pillars of procurement excellence (2019), and PwC’s operating procurement model (2019).
 
Design/methodology/approach: This study utilised a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative (in-depth interviews and focus group discussions) and quantitative (survey) research methods. The quantitative data was collected through a questionnaire consisting of four parts, which was administered to 500 executives from industrial businesses. The data was analysed using descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistical techniques.
 
Findings:  The guidelines thoroughly examined four key elements: organisational change, technology management, internal control process, and business alliance networks - influencing procurement management efficiency in Thailand. This analysis used confirmatory factor analysis, second-order confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. After modification, the final model included 23 observed variables under six hypotheses and was evaluated using congruence evaluation criteria to ensure its effectiveness.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications:  The researchers suggested that future studies focus on the specific characteristics of each industrial type, such as the automobile sector, food and beverage industry, or emerging S-curve and new S-curve segments. The future research results would allow for a more in-depth analysis of the unique factors that impact procurement management efficiency within each industry.
 
Originality/value:  The findings suggest that the developed models can serve as valuable guidelines for industrial businesses looking to improve their procurement management systems and implement effective strategies. By adopting these models, businesses may enhance their profitability and optimise their use of resources, thereby improving overall efficiency.
Factors Affecting Credit Access of Individual Business Households in ho chi Minh City, Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Thanh Nha , Huy Cao Tan
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The study studies the factors affecting access to credit of individual business households in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The authors proposed policy implications based on research results that improve access to credit for individual business households.
 
Theoretical framework: Access to formal credit can be understood in many ways. This article considers that access to proper credit is the ability of a customer to use the capital of a traditional credit institution based on meeting financial obligations - emphasizing the ability to repay both principal and interest.
 
Design/methodology/approach: The authors chose a mixed method to conduct the study. This is a suitable research method to answer the research questions raised. Mixed methods include both qualitative and quantitative methods. However, this combination is the implementation of interlacing, replacing the two approaches to solve each problem, the research design's specific goal. The authors analyzed Data from May 2022 to December 2022 in HCMC based on the EFA and CFA, using the structural equation model analysis (SEM) method with SPSS 20.0 software and Amos.
 
Findings: The article's findings showed five factors affecting access to credit of individual business households in HCMC, Vietnam. In particular, the loan procedure factor substantially impacts the five factors affecting credit access.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: The study has provided empirical evidence on the factors affecting formal credit access by a linear structural model and provides evidence that factors such as the loan procedure affect traditional credit affecting access to credit.
 
Originality/value: The authors give some policy implications for state management agencies, credit institutions, customers, and mass organizations, such as increasing the role of local Government and increasing the ability to use banks, E-commerce, design new loan products to help individual business households access more formal capital, and at the same time, reduce black credit.
Research on the Evaluation Method of Enterprise Legal Risk
Authors: Guo Qingmei
Published: May 2023

Purpose: Legal act is frequent in daily management of the legal behavior. Enterprises are facing all kinds of legal issues in all kinds of business activities, enterprises in the business, the process of the contract, shall be strictly in accordance with the contract rights and obligations to fulfill, but due to the enterprise internal and external some uncertain factors, these may lead to business and business contract cannot smooth realization factors, Enterprises may be involved in disputes, losses, thus forming risks.

 

Theoretical framework: After analyzing the factors that cause enterprise legal risk, this paper carries on the scientific classification and the characteristic boundary to enterprise legal risk.

 

Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes the system level of enterprise legal risk, uses the method of hierarchy comprehensive evaluation, studies the ideas and evaluation objectives of the evaluation system of enterprise legal risk.

 

Findings: The results of the study, the paper establishes the evaluation model of the enterprise legal risk, and gives a set of the evaluation system of the enterprise legal risk.

 

Research, Practical & Social implications: The study can reduce enterprise disputes and losses, thus reducing legal risks.

 

Originality/value: The value of the study realizes that the legal risk management measures of enterprises can be scientific, systematic and practical, and play a greater role in practice.
The Impact of Tax Aggressiveness and Gender Diversity on the Corporate Social Responsibilities of Listed Firm in Jordan
Authors: Aryan Laith I Abdallah
Published: May 2023

Purpose:  The aim associated with the current article is to examine the role of tax aggressiveness along with gender diversity on the corporate social responsibilities (CSR) reporting of the Jordanian listed firms.
 
Theoretical framework:  The data of the selected firm has been extracted from the Jordan Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2018.
 
Design/methodology/approach:  The Logit model has been executed because of the binary nature of the predictive variable of the study.
 
Findings:  The results have indicated that tax aggressiveness along with gender diversity has positive along with significant linked with CSR reporting.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications: These findings have been guided to the policymakers along with the upcoming studies while formulating the policies related to the CRS reporting and investigation this area in future.   
 
Originality/value:  These findings have been guided to the policymakers along with the upcoming studies while formulating the policies related to the CRS reporting and investigation this area in future.
MSME Sustainability Strategy During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Analyzing the Role of Crowdfunding and the Digital Market by Improving Msme Performance Using the Canvas Model Business Strategy as an Intervening Variable
Authors: Hadi Dwi Prastiyo , Yunus Mahmud , Sutono Agus , Wuryandini Endang , Suneki Sri , Nugraha Aryan Eka Prasetya , Adhi Antono Herry Purnomo
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to find out the MSME Sustainability Strategy after the Covid-19 pandemic by analyzing the role of crowdfunding and the digital market by improving MSME performance using the Canvas Model Business Strategy as an Intervening Variable.
 
Theoretical framework: The latest literature has not explained the MSME Sustainability Strategy after the Covid-19 pandemic By Analyzing the Role of Crowdfunding and the Digital Market by Improving MSME Performance Using the Canvas Model Business Strategy as an Intervening Variable.
 
Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a Mix Method research approach, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative combinations. By using the combined method, it is expected to be able to complement each other from the existing hypotheses. Quantitative emphasizes the technical analysis of statistical tests so that the data is more accurate, and qualitative techniques emphasize the analysis of the process of inductive thinking processes related to the dynamics of the relationship between observed phenomena and always use scientific logic.
 
Findings: there has been an increase in the performance of MSMEs, namely changes in (1) technological innovation using sales methods from direct sales to online sales, (2) Human Relations, namely synergizing with various Croudfunding and BUMN parties in overcoming capital problems, (3) Absorption of labor work, (4) Market Adaptation and (5) Managerial dynamism and financial ratios that change for the better.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications:  Researchers suggest MSMEs cooperate with Crowdfunding and Digital Markets for business sustainability.
 
Originality/value: The results show that these 5 aspects have increased, namely 1) Aspects of sales increased by 23% 2) Aspects of operating profit increased by 25%. 3) Capital aspect increased by 30% 4) the Aspect of the number of employees 10% and 5) the Aspect of bank installment payment ability increased by 5%.
Plan-do-Check-Act Cycle: a Method to Improve Customer Satisfaction at a Municipal Council in Malaysia
Authors: Zailani Qistina Noraliesha Nor , Sundram Veera Pandiyan Kaliani , Ibrahim Irwan , Senathirajah Abdul Rahman S
Published: May 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the use of PDCA methods in improving customer satisfaction at SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. Maintaining customer satisfaction is the main responsibility of my department as we are in charge of receiving complaints from the public and providing the best solution to the public. Since the major operation for SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL is providing services to the public, it is crucial to solving any related issue regarding poor customer services and management by SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, long delays in solving issues from the public and others. Hence, using appropriate tools such as the PDCA method is one of the ways to achieve a continuous improvement process and improve the service quality for SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. The aim of this study is to overcome this issue and improve customer satisfaction, the quality of our services and reduce complaints from the public towards the management of SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL by using the PDCA method.
 
Theoretical framework: Problem identification needs to be done to find the causes of customer complaints. From the findings, the factors that potentially cause the problem are customer services, workers, administration, and management system issues. Then, the next step is a repair process where the result after improvement, implementation and evaluation will be measured.
 
Design/methodology/approach: The method used for this study is the PDCA method in the literature review. The data of this study are compiled, analyzed and concluded, to obtain the results for the method in the literature review. The literature review compares several research papers that implement PDCA methods.
 
Findings: The findings show that Plan-Do-Act-Check method can give a positive impact on increasing service quality for SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. There are several solution and recommendation have been achieved after the discussion of the result. These solutions will help in overcome the issue faced by SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
 
Research limitation/implication: This research only focuses on improving customer satisfaction at SP MUNICIPAL COUNCIL and only applies to departments that focus on customer services.
Originality/value: This research contributes to existing literature and use new findings to overcome problem using PDCA method and fishbone analysis to identify the cause and effect of the problem.
The Relationship Between Green Management Commitment and Effectiveness of Occupational Safety and Health Committee
Authors: Rahmat Abdul Khabir , Ibrahim Irwan , S Senathirajah Abdul Rahman , Mokthar Mohammad Zulfakhairi
Published: May 2023

Purpose: The aim of this research is to determine the factors that drive effectiveness of occupational safety and health committee and to identify factors that influence the effectiveness of occupational safety and health committee.
 
Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework is adapted from two framework model. The first framework model were adapted from Ummu Kalsome Farouk (2016) study, where the aim is to determine the factors that influence the effectiveness of occupational safety and health committee (OSHC) in certain area such as manufacturing. The second framework model were adapted from Irwan Ibrahim et.al (2018) study, where the aim is to determine the factors that influence reverse logistic performance in logistics area.
 
Design/methodology/approach: The analysed factors are passive management commitment, active management commitment, and environment awareness and attitudes. In this study, quantitative research was used which involved the distribution of questionnaires to 129 Malaysia pharmaceutical companies. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 23. Furthermore, the results were analysed using reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis.
 
Findings: The findings revealed that all variables used in this study were positively correlated to employee retention. In addition, the result found out that passive management commitment had the most influence on effectiveness of occupational safety and health committee (OSHC) in Malaysia pharmaceutical companies.
 
Research, Practical & Social Implications : From researcher observation, the green management commitment is a success if these factors are being implemented by Malaysia pharmaceutical companies, because all the three independent variables which is passive management commitment, active management commitment, and environment awareness and attitudes, have a positive relationship with the dependent variables which is effectiveness of occupational safety and health (OSHC).
 
Originality/Value: This study may give valuable information to the researcher, other organizations and the business management personnel which is useful for basic knowledge on green management Mokhlis et al., (2021)  commitment and occupational safety and health.
Trends in Cause-Related Marketing (CRM): Scientometrics Analysis Through Prism of Biblioshiny
Authors: Megha Bakshi  , Verma Rajesh
Published: May 2023

Purpose: Although interest in cause-related marketing has grown steadily since 1998, the field as a whole remains disorganized. Accordingly, this research aims to undertake a thorough literature evaluation on CrM. This research aims to create a comprehensive picture of cause-related marketing from 1988 through March 2022 by combining data from Scopus and Web of Science (WOS).
 
Design/Methodology/Approach: Articles were analysed using bibliometric criteria in this study. Bibliographic analysis facilitates research into and evaluation of multiple perspectives, as well as the assessment of the field’s growth. Biblioshiny, a bibliometrics tool developed at the R-studio, was used to assess the quality of research papers on the topic of CrM that were gathered from the databases Scopus and Web of Science. The most prominent authors, articles, journals, organisations, and nations in the field of cause-related marketing were determined after reviewing 646 papers published between 1988 and 2022. The most common words used in the titles, meta-descriptions, and abstracts were also counted.
 
Findings: The state of CrM research and research patterns over the previous 30 years were thoroughly investigated using visualisation techniques such as content analysis, word cloud, citation analysis, etc. This study has uncovered some new ground for investigation into cause-related marketing.
 
Research Limitations/Implications: Many more publications could not be included for generalisation reasons because the study included data from two databases. Additionally, our research shows that there aren’t many journals that have written about cause-related marketing.
 
Practical Implications: This article may be helpful to both researchers and practitioners who are looking for research advice. Based on trend subjects, co-occurrences, and historical networks, this research also suggests potential new study topics for the future.
 
Originality/Value: This is the first study to use the bibliometrics package in R to create a visual representation of the body of work produced on the topic of CrM in the thirty years since the notion was originally articulated.
An Exploration of New Zealand Crown Prosecutors' Experiences of Working with Potentially Traumatic Material and Emotions in the Courtroom
Authors:   , Kim Rachel
Published: May 2023

The occupational exposure to trauma and its potential impacts among legal  professionals working in the criminal justice system is an area that  has historically been neglected and has only gained traction in recent  years. Crown prosecutors, as a subset of practising criminal lawyers in  New Zealand working with potentially traumatic material (PTM), are  arguably at heightened risk of vicarious trauma (VT) and the need to  engage in emotional labour (EL). The current study qualitatively  investigated New Zealand Crown prosecutors’ experiences of working with  PTM and emotions in their role through three key research questions: 1)  What are New Zealand Crown prosecutors’ experiences of working with PTM?  2) What sort of EL do Crown prosecutors experience, if any, through  working in the criminal courts? 3) What factors in their personal and  professional lives might exacerbate or alleviate VT symptoms? Nineteen  Crown prosecutors from four Crown Solicitor firms across New Zealand  participated in the study. The data was analysed using thematic analysis  to identify recurring themes across datasets. Crown prosecutors  outlined the various negative symptoms they experienced from their  work-related exposure to trauma (VT), as well as the different workplace  and personal factors that both protected and exacerbated such symptoms.  Further, they described routinely and mandatorily engaging in EL to  mask their emotions as a function of their professional duties. EL also  doubled as a protective measure for Crown prosecutors in the  difficulties they faced in their role. These findings add to the growing  body of literature on legal professionals which has preliminarily  indicated they are an at-risk population for the negative impacts of VT  and EL, which can be significant and enduring. More research must be  dedicated to this population to understand the unique etiological  pathways for both consequences of working with PTM and ultimately,  provide empirically-sound recommendations that proactively address these  occupational risks. 
Framing Paradise and its Silences: ‘Tropicalisation’, Environmental Degradation, and Feminist Documentary Film in Utila, Honduras
Authors:   , Zonjic Maja
Published: May 2023

Utila is the smallest of the Honduran Bay Islands, and is located along the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef system. The island is heavily reliant on tourism income and is prominently advertised as an affordable scuba diving destination in both national and international tourism media. My research problematises the dominant representations of Utila in tourism ephemera, and examines what their effects might be for the island’s diverse human and non-human inhabitants. By drawing on Krista Thompson’s concept of ‘tropicalisation’, I examine how local physical space alterations, as well as image-based tropicalised representations perpetuate colonial continuities, silencing, and violent erasure of particular peoples, spaces, and species in Utila. Moreover, I challenge the ongoing separation of Utila from the Honduran mainland in both popular and scholarly publications to show how environmental and social issues in Utila are imbricated within national government corruption, gender-based violence, Indigenous land rights struggles, the murders of Land and Human rights defenders, and international flows of capital and development.

I utilise a transformative research paradigm informed by feminist epistemology to critically engage with the politics of production of a written exegesis and a 75-minute feature-length documentary film (Postcards from Utila) to examine how such a framework might enable alternative representations of the island and provoke improved social and environmental outcomes in Utila. Both film and the written dissertation draw on multiple mixed methods which I have carried out in my research, including participant-observation, semi-structured and structured interviews, field notes, and discourse analysis of tourism promotional materials gathered over six periods of fieldwork and filming in Utila, Honduras from 2010-2016. By paying attention to multiple narratives and voices, I extend Sara Ahmed’s 'politics of complaint’ to examine how positionality and intersecting forms of oppression may impact on research processes, and the ways feminist researchers and practitioners are marginalised in both academic and film industry spaces. Through the completion of an interdisciplinary research-practice PhD in Film and Human Geography, my research highlights the significance of creative production as a form of academic output and ‘complaint’, and establishes a framework for how similar research-practice projects may be completed in the future.
Clean and Healthy Living Behavior in The Effort to Break the Chain of Transmission of The Covid 19
Authors: Priyantini Dwi , Setiadi Setiadi , Irawandi Dedi
Published: May 2023

The implementation of disease prevention behavior is influenced by the level of health literacy, which consists of several aspects including information, knowledge, understanding, and decision making. Health information is an important source related to the COVID-19 pandemic, both up-to-date information, prevention of exposure, what to do during isolation, and how to communicate with COVID-19 task force officers. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between health literacy and a clean, healthy lifestyle among STIKes Hang Tuah Surabaya students to break the chain. The research design used analytic observation with a cross-sectional approach. Data collection was obtained by participants filling out a questionnaire. Data analysis used the Spearman Rho correlation test with a P-value of 0.05. The results of the study showed that most of the students' health literacy was in the adequate category, and the students' clean and healthy living behaviors were in the high category. The results of the health literacy analysis was related to clean and Healthy Living Behaviors to break the chain of transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic in STIKes Hang Tuah Surabaya students. The research implication is that adequate health literacy will improve students' abilities regarding clean and healthy behavior (PHBS) to break the chain of transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic in STIKes Hang Tuah Surabaya students
Current Regulations on Corporate Valuation and the Need for Introduction of Discounted Cash Flow Method
Authors: Kho Bong-Chan , Kim Jin-Woo
Published: May 2023

This study highlights inconsistency problems of domestic regulations on corporate valuation, where publicly listed stocks are evaluated by market values and unlisted stocks by the weighted average of asset and earning values. We analyze what changes have occurred in the valuation methods used in M&A practices in Korea so as to shed some light on this issue. Based on 634 merger disclosure samples from 2006 to 2021, surrounding the liberalization event of regulations on earning value for unlisted merged companies in 2012, the proportion of using the discounted cash flow method (DCF) has increased overwhelmingly after the event in not only the earning value calculation of unlisted stocks but also the valuation of listed stocks. This result confirms that DCF has been generally accepted as a corporate valuation method in practice. However, as the regulation on averaging earning and asset values based on the book value remains, the relevant regulations altogether should be revised in accordance with the purpose of the 2012 liberalization revision so that corporate valuation can be implemented by applying a generally accepted and reasonable method such as DCF.
III Congreso Internacional de Ética en Cuenca, Ciudad Universitaria
Authors: Morales Juan
Published: May 2023

La exitosa realización del “III Congreso Internacional de Ética en Cuenca, Ciudad Universitaria”, los días 23, 24 y 25 de noviembre del año dos mil veinte y dos, bajo la responsabilidad de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca y en el marco institucional de la Red Universitaria y Ciudadana de Ética y Bioética, RUCEB, de la cual esta distinguida institución forma parte junto a la Universidad del Azuay, Universidad de Cuenca y Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, fue el momento propicio para que el ya sostenido trabajo reflexivo sobre la ética en diferentes ámbitos del quehacer social sea presentado por estudiantes y profesores, locales, nacionales y extranjeros.
Primary pancreatic lymphoma and metastatic lymphoma cases diagnosed with ultrasonography guided tru-cut needle biopsy; Two case reports
Authors: Bağcı Işıl , Şeker Nazlı Sena
Published: May 2023

Secondary pancreatic involvement can be seen up to 30% of advance staged non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cases, but primary pancreatic lymphomas constitute only 1% of extranodal lymphomas. Furthermore, 0.2% of the pancreatic space-occupying lesions are primary pancreatic lymphomas, which usually present as a mass in the head of the pancreas with nonspecific symptoms. Therefore, primary pancreatic lymphomas should be considered as differential diagnosis of pancreatic solid lesions. Herein, we report two cases with different clinical presentation and different course of disease resulting in the diagnosis of primary and metastatic pancreatic lymphoma.
Fecundity of the narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus in the water bodies of Belarus
Authors: Alekhnovich A. V.
Published: May 2023

Pre-larvae hatching fecundity and ovarian fecundity of narrow-clawed crayfish populations were estimated in the lakes and reservoirs of Belarus. Statistically significant differences in the fecundity of females from various water bodies were noted only for Lake Kichino. For all other water bodies, the fecundity dependence on the length of females did not differ statistically and was described by one equation. The greatest loss of eggs was noted during the spawning period (oviposition), insemination and attachment to pleopods of the female. During this short period (2–3 hours), egg mortality of females 120 mm TL is 30 %, it decreases for small females and increases for large ones. During the gestation period, egg mortality averages 8 %.
Macrozoobenthos of spring complexes on the territory of the Grodno region
Authors: Baitchorov V. M. , Moroz M. D. , Hihiniak Yu. G. , Giginyak I. Yu. , Kulikova A. A. , Korzun Ja. V.
Published: May 2023

The taxonomic structure of the macrozoobenthos of 11 springs of the Grodno region has been established. There were identified 53 lower definable taxon (LDT) belonging to 4 types of aquatic invertebrates: Platyhelminthes – 1 LDT, Mollusca – 10, Annelida – 5, Arthropoda – 37 LDT. Among the identified animals, 23 species were first noted for the springs of the Grodno region. The fauna of the studied aquatic invertebrates of the springs of the Grodno region represented by rare and protected species of animals not only in Belarus, but also in Europe. Springs are a special type of natural reservoirs, which are inhabited by a specific fauna – one of the important components of the overall biological diversity of water bodies in Belarus. The most species of the fauna of the studied springs is formed by species exhibiting cryophilic properties, some of these animals are obvious relics of the Ice Age. The ways of penetration of these species into the modern fauna of Belarus are also not yet fully understood.
Protective reactions of potato plants infected with Y virus when treated with 24-epibrassinolide with salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate
Authors: Baliuk N. V. , Kalatskaja J. N. , Laman N. A.
Published: May 2023

The effect of 24-epibrassinolide on salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate on the health of microclonally propagated potato plants to the Y virus, their physiological state, and the functions of the pro-/antioxidant system was studied. A synergistic interaction of immunostimulants with methyl jasmonate or salicylic acid with methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid in mixtures against viral infection was revealed, which includes a decrease in the incidence of potato Y virus, activation of plant growth and a low level of detection of pro- and antioxidant reactions that cause the development of oxidative epidemic stress. The revealed positive effects between brassinosteroids and methyl jasmonate in the suppression of viral infection and activation of growth processes are manifested by their interchangeable contribution to the regulation of the balance between plant growth and immunity.
Results of R-CHOP and R-CHOP + interleukin-2 regimens in first-line therapy in patients with diffuse B-cell lymphoma
Authors: Krasny S. A. , Konoplya N. E. , Kalenik V. A. , Dziameshka P. D.
Published: May 2023

The study was made to evaluate the effect of interleukin-2 (IL-2) as part of the R-CHOP regimen on the rate of a complete metabolic response (CMR) using the data of interim positron emission tomography (PET/CT) and progression-free survival compared to the standard regimen in patients with diffuse B-cell lymphoma (DCLC). The data of 152 patients with biopsy-proven DCLC who were treated in the period 2015–2020 were included. Among them, 59 patients were included in the prospective group (R-CHOP + IL-2 in a total course dose of 5,000,000 IU). The control group consisting of 93 patients received standard R-CHOP therapy. PET/CT was performed after 4 courses of therapy, metabolic response was assessed using the Deauville scale, and Deauville 1-2 was classified as CMR. The rate of CMR in the R-CHOP+IL-2 group was 67.8 %, while in the control group it was 50.5 % (pχ² = 0.044). The 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) in the R-CHOP+IL-2 and R-CHOP groups was 80.7 and 64.5 %, respectively (p = 0.04). In the favorable and intermediate prognosis groups (IPI 0–3), PFS was not statistically significantly different depending on treatment. At high risk (IPI 4–5), the 5-year PFS in the R-CHOP + IL-2 and R-CHOP groups was 71.4 and 25.0 %, respectively (p = 0.02). Including IL-2 in the R-CHOP regimen in the first-line treatment of patients with DCLC increases the incidence of CMR according to 18-FDG PET/CT after 4 courses of chemoimmunotherapy and PFS in the high-risk group.
Processes of formation of Cu–Ni alloy films by electron beam evaporation
Authors: Chizhik S. A. , Zelenin V. A. , Yahorava Yu. A.
Published: May 2023

The features of the formation of Cu–Ni alloy films by electron beam evaporation are considered. The position of the isobars of the total pressure of copper and nickel on the state diagram of the Cu–Ni during evaporation in vacuum is determined. Calculations of the elemental compositions of films have been carried out. It is shown that the nickel content in films deposited during boiling of Cu50Ni50 alloy in vacuum is 50 times less than in the alloy. The structure and elemental composition of the surface layer of alloys after their evaporation and sublimation, as well as the elemental composition of the deposited films, are investigated. It is shown that the most acceptable way to obtain films of stable composition in the Cu–Ni system is simultaneous electron beam evaporation of copper and nickel from two crucibles.
Current typology of the Belarusian legal system on the legal map of the world
Authors: Egorov A. V.
Published: May 2023

The article presents the study results of functioning of the Belarusian legal system on the legal map of the world and its interaction with the legal systems of the continental law family. The main national legal reality components most actively communicating with foreign systemic formations – sources and law system, normative component and national type of legal consciousness – are analyzed. Proposals on the reception of foreign legal experience of French and Scandinavian legal models are made. It is proposed to improve the national law system by updating the administrative law branch according to the French model and judicial practice by the reception of the relevant components of the Scandinavian justice model. The Belarusian-type character of legal consciousness is analyzed separately from the viewpoint of its historical integration by different-type elements of legal cultures, which determines the ability of the Belarusian legal system to qualitatively interact with the legal systems of various law families. The “legal diplomacy” concept is introduced. It implies a new approach in the methodology of legal reception instead of implementation of “legal expansion” of foreign norms and institutions of law into other legal cultures. Proposals are made to include the provisions on the principles and mechanism of legal reception, as well as the rules determining a new quality of national legal consciousness by activating legal propaganda forms into the draft Concept of Legal Policy of the Republic of Belarus and in the draft Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Civil Society”.
Measuring the efficiency of human capital in the agricultural sector of Belarus
Authors: Tsetsiarynets T. A.
Published: May 2023

In the current conditions of development of the agrarian economy the problem of increasing the efficiency of human capital use is brought to the forefront. It’s happening due to the limited resources of extensive growth on the one hand, and the need for predominant use of intensive factors on the other hand. The above-mentioned circumstances increase importance of the task of developing methodological approaches to assessing the efficiency of human capital functioning in the agrarian sector of the Belarusian economy, and finding reserves and searching directions based on it for increasing the efficiency of its use. According to the above mentioned, the main purpose of the study is to form a new methodological approach to the measurement of human capital functioning efficiency in the agrarian sector, allowing to assess the probability of risk occurrence and determine the amount of lost profit due to a decrease in quantitative and qualitative indicators. The methodology of scientific search is based on application of economic and mathematical methods based on statistical analysis of studied indicators. The study of literary sources made it possible to determine the list of indicators allowing to comprehensively measure the efficiency of the agrarian human capital functioning. Comprehensive analysis of this process’s indicators shows a decrease in the efficiency of human resource use. Increase of gross calculated markers does not correlate with the dynamics of point indicators, thus, not confirming the growth of human capital functioning efficiency in the agrarian field. The calculations made it possible to outline the lines of intensive capitalization of human potential, including intellectual, social and institutional vectors of development. The proposed directions act as one of the most effective ways of intellectualization of human capital in the conditions of modern innovative transformations and can be used by public administration, scientific community and local initiative groups to develop policy documents on the national and regional level.
Marker genes for productive longevity of cattle
Authors: Sheiko I. P. , Zhernosekov D. D. , Pirhanov G. G.
Published: May 2023

Obtaining highly productive farm animals in dairy cattle breeding using the latest biotechnological techniques and methods in order to extend their maximum productive life is the most important world problem. This paper sets out the priority tasks for the country’s livestock farms to develop and implement new biotechnology and genetic engineering methods in order to identify the marker genes responsible for the longevity of highly productive cows. Materials on the study of the genetic potential of animals with due consideration of the following economically useful traits are presented – growth intensity, milk productivity, reproductive performance, productive longevity and disease resistance. It has been proven that this can only be achieved through targeted selection and the creation of a breeding base. It has been established that the study of allelic polymorphism of cattle longevity marker genes is a relevant area in the conditions of the Republic of Belarus. At the present stage, more and more attention is being paid to the study of polymorphism of DNA markers of production traits of farm animals. Using them as methods for a more objective assessment of breeding values of animals can accelerate and stabilize the management of selection processes. In the paper, special attention is paid to genetic evaluation and selection methods for longevity, which have been reviewed in the scientific literature of the last decade.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the functioning of the sugar beet food subcomplex of the Grodno region
Authors: Oganezov I. A. , Korolevich N. G. , Buga A. V.
Published: May 2023

The article provides information on the current state of the sugar beet food subcomplex in Belarus and, in particular, in the Grodno region. The necessity of introducing the main effective innovative projects in the conditions of our country is substantiated, which can help increase the profitability of the work of the main sugar beet farms in the Grodno region.
Artistic interpretation of the socialization of personality in a foreign cultural society in the novel by Elena Bravo “Curfew for swallows”
Authors: Aleinik L. V.
Published: May 2023

The author examines the autobiographical novel “Curfew for Swallows” by the modern Belarusian writer Elena Bravo. The stages, functional components, the general structure of the processes of socialization and inculturation of personality, which are reflected in the literary text, are considered. The problems are identified and the cause-and-effect relationships of basic socialization and subsequent adaptation of the individual in a foreign cultural society are established. The article substantiates the increased relevance of autobiographical prose in connection with the processes of global globalization and industrialization of modern society, the main object of which is the younger generation. The article analyzes the general role of fiction as a socio-cultural practice that promotes the development of cultural competence and productive socialization of the individual, since the fundamental civilizational values and their semantic models are codified and transmitted in society largely through such phenomena as text and book. It is revealed that the autobiographical work of E. Bravo psychologically reliably reflects the content of socialization – a kind of convention between a person and society, a two-way process of mastering social norms and cultural values by an individual and their reproduction. It is argued that the story “Curfew for swallows” has a high socializing potential, is an effective catalyst for the reflexive activity of the reader, a stimulator of creative thinking, an indirect way of comprehending the norms and rules of social and social existence.
Kadar kolesterol dan glukosa darah luwak Jawa (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) yang didomestikasi
Authors: Gandasari Ira Agustina Dewi , Ekastuti Damiana Rita , Tarigan Ronald , Achmadi Pudji , Bustaman Isdoni , Santoso Koekoeh , Maheshwari Hera , Suprayogi Agik , Manalu Wasmen , Satyaningtijas Aryani
Published: May 2023

Status kesehatan luwak yang pemanfaatannya cukup tinggi sebagai penghasil kopi belum banyak dipelajari secara lengkap. Informasi mengenai status fisiologis luwak Jawa (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) yang telah didomestikasi masih terbatas dan sangat diperlukan untuk menilai aspek kesejahteran hewan di penangkaran.  Studi ini melaporkan kadar kimia darah dan kolesterol luwak Jawa yang sudah didomestikasi. Luwak dalam penelitian ini diberi pakan berupa pisang, kepala ayam dan juga dog food.  Pemeriksaan kimia darah berupa kadar glukosa dan kolesterol darah dilakukan terhadap 6 ekor luwak yang diberi pakan pisang, kepala ayam dan juga dog food. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa luwak Jawa jantan memiliki kadar glukosa sebesar 68,00±22,55 mg/dL dan luwak Jawa betina yaitu sebesar 73,78±12,60 mg/dL. Kadar kolesterol darah pada luwak Jawa jantan yaitu sebesar 145,78±22,29 mg/dL dan luwak Jawa betina yaitu sebesar 142,00±12,44 mg/dL.