bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Peranan Manajemen Kas Terhadap Persediaan Kas
Authors: Danial M , Yuli Rini , Haryono Ayu
Published: August 2023

Cash is one of the main resources to run a company's operations. Cash management executed properly can support the survival of a company where it can be seen from the cash supply.This research is conducted to determine how large a role ofmanaging inventory in cash management company from 2006 until 2010. And to perform inventory planning cash for 4 years later. Result of research on cash management PT. Cemani Toka can be said is not good enough and cause cash tumover is very low at PT. Cemani Toka and tend dispropotionately between the amount of cash sales. And advised to control and tighten cash flow and operating activities, focus in foreign exchange, but it also must set the standard management of cash inventory using the theory Harry G. Gutmann with a minimum cash balance 5% and maximum 10% from the current assets or the theory by Eugene F. Brigmann the optimum cash balance 1,5%from total assets.

Keyword : cash turnover, the development of cash, cash flow
Analisis Kemampuan Profesional Dan Independensi Auditor Internal Terhadap Kualitas Laporan Audit Pada PDAM Tirta Pakuan Kota Bogor
Authors: Triandi Triandi , Fahmi Arief , Putri Nindha Hafidza
Published: August 2023

This study aims to determine the professional ability, the intemal auditor independence and audit quality reports as well as to analyze the influence of professional ability and independence of intemal auditors on the quality of the audit report. The research method used was a qualitative and quantitative methods. To answer the research hypotheses using multiple regression analysis, after previous classical assumption testing program with the help of SPSS 22. The results showed that the overall professional capabilities included in both criteria, but on indicators in implementing the tasks are constrained by the management as well as biowledge ofengagementfindings of irregularities still in suficient criteria. Internal auditor independence variables included in both categories. While the variable quality of the audit repon is included in the excellent category. In testing normality obtained Asymp value. Sig of 0.200, interpret test data has a nonnal distribution. In testing multicollinearity tolerance value obtained at X1 and X2 at 0.321, X1 and X2 VIF value of3.115, indicating that there is no multicollinearity in the data. In heteroscedasticity test indicates heteroscedasticity does not occur because of the graph dots spread randomly. By hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression analysis showed the regression coeficientsfor the variables X1 of 0.460 and 0.553 for X2 variables, showed that every capability professional intemal auditors (X1) of one unit will lead to increased quality of audit reports (Y) equal to 0.460 and any independence internal auditors (X2) of one unit will lead to increased quality of audit reports (Y) equal to 0.553. To the value of the correlation coeficient (R) obtained a value of 0.966, indicating that there is a strong relationship between the ability of professional internal auditor, internal auditor independence and audit quality reports. Simultaneously (together), the internal auditor's professional ability and independence of intemal auditors have a significant effect on the quality ofthe audit report.

Keywords: Professional ability, Independence, and Quality Audit Report.
Peranan Audit Internal Dalam Meningkatkan Efektivitas Pengendalian Internal Persediaan
Authors: Efrianti Desi , Nurjanah Yayuk , Fajar Zona
Published: August 2023

The Purpose of this research is to find out how the internal audit of inventory can increase teh efficiency and effectiveness on PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk, in one of its branch outlet; KFC Ekalokasari as the object. PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk is the only company that has the rights of trademark Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Indonesia. The KFC Ekalokasari stock of goods are raw materials (chicken, vegetables, flour, etc), walk in process (marinated chicken, verkedel) and finished goods (beverages from suppliers) and also packaging materials. The results of this research shows that the internal audit of stock on PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk, KFC Ekalokasari branch outlet has two main activities, which are manual bookkeeping and integrated system of bookkeeping. The intern audit of stock on PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk is done by auditor staffs from intern audit department which is placed separately from other unit and directly responsible to the Board of Commisioners of PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk that guarantee its independency. According to the intern audit that has been done on PT Fastfood Indonesia Tbk's stock of goods, we can perceive that inconsistently of the integrated system (barcode) was found in the operating, and the efficiency of some goods did not meet the standards

Keyword : Internal Audit, Internal Control of Inventory
MOTIVATION PROGRAM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES BASED ON THE PREFERENCE FOR NEEDS
Authors: Hitka Milos , Lorincova Silvia , Rowland Zuzana , Lipoldova Martina
Published: August 2023

Motivation and meeting the employee needs as a part of human resource management fundamentally affect the improvement of job performance and corporate culture. The research fills in the research gap in the field of the definition of the level of motivation factors in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises following the preferences for their motivation needs in terms of the selected socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, age, completed education, and job position. A questionnaire was used to determine the level of motivation needs. The proposal of motivation factors as a part of the motivation programme is defined according to selected sociodemographic factors. Findings that a significant increase in motivation needs relating to finance, and work conditions occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic can be considered a result of the study. The level of motivation does not vary in terms of gender and age. The differences are determined in terms of job position and education. The proposed motivation programme is tailored to the preferences of employees.
OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters Arising from a Five-day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event
Authors: Satoh Yuki K. , Koshimoto Naoki , Bennett David P. , Sumi Takahiro , Rattenbury Nicholas J. , Suzuki Daisuke , Miyazaki Shota , Bond Ian A. , Udalski Andrzej , Gould Andrew , Bozza Valerio , Dominik Martin , Hirao Yuki , Kondo Iona , Kirikawa Rintaro , Hamada Ryusei ,   Leading Authors, Abe Fumio , Barry Richard , Bhattacharya Aparna , Fujii Hirosane , Fukui Akihiko , Fujita Katsuki , Ikeno Tomoya , Ishitani Silva Stela , Itow Yoshitaka , Matsubara Yutaka , Matsumoto Sho , Muraki Yasushi , Niwa Kosuke , Okamura Arisa , Olmschenk Greg , Ranc Clément , Toda Taiga , Tomoyoshi Mio , Tristram Paul J. , Vandorou Aikaterini , Yama Hibiki , Yamashita Kansuke ,   The MOA Collaboration, Mróz Przemek , Poleski Radosław , Skowron Jan , Szymański Michał K. , Poleski Radek , Soszyński Igor , Pietrukowicz Paweł , Kozłowski Szymon , Ulaczyk Krzysztof , Rybicki Krzysztof A. , Iwanek Patryk , Wrona Marcin , Gromadzki Mariusz ,   The OGLE Collaboration, Albrow Michael D. , Chung Sun-Ju , Han Cheongho , Hwang Kyu-Ha , Kim Doeon , Jung Youn Kil , Kim Hyoun Woo , Ryu Yoon-Hyun , Shin In-Gu , Shvartzvald Yossi , Yang Hongjing , Yee Jennifer C. , Zang Weicheng , Cha Sang-Mok , Kim Dong-Jin , Kim Seung-Lee , Lee Chung-Uk , Lee Dong-Joo , Lee Yongseok , Park Byeong-Gon , Pogge Richard W. ,   The KMTNet Collaboration, Jørgensen Uffe G. , Longa-Peña Penélope , Sajadian Sedighe , Skottfelt Jesper , Snodgrass Colin , Tregloan-Reed Jeremy , Bach-Møller Nanna , Burgdorf Martin , D’Ago Giuseppe , Haikala Lauri , Hitchcock James , Hundertmark Markus , Khalouei Elahe , Peixinho Nuno , Rahvar Sohrab , Southworth John , Spyratos Petros ,   The MiNDSTEp Collaboration
Published: August 2023

We present an analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0825. This event was identified as a planetary candidate by preliminary modeling. We find that significant residuals from the best-fit static binary-lens model exist and a xallarap effect can fit the residuals very well and significantly improves χ
2 values. On the other hand, by including the xallarap effect in our models, we find that binary-lens parameters such as mass ratio, q, and separation, s, cannot be constrained well. However, we also find that the parameters for the source system such as the orbital period and semimajor axis are consistent between all the models we analyzed. We therefore constrain the properties of the source system better than the properties of the lens system. The source system comprises a G-type main-sequence star orbited by a brown dwarf with a period of P ∼ 5 days. This analysis is the first to demonstrate that the xallarap effect does affect binary-lens parameters in planetary events. It would not be common for the presence or absence of the xallarap effect to affect lens parameters in events with long orbital periods of the source system or events with transits to caustics, but in other cases, such as this event, the xallarap effect can affect binary-lens parameters.
A Search for Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Universe with ALFALFA and the WIYN One Degree Imager
Authors: Rhode Katherine L. , Smith Nicholas J. , Janesh William F. , Salzer John J. , Adams Elizabeth A. K. , Haynes Martha P. , Janowiecki Steven , Cannon John M.
Published: August 2023

We present results from an optical search for Local Group dwarf galaxy candidates associated with the Ultra-Compact High Velocity Clouds (UCHVCs) discovered by the ALFALFA neutral hydrogen survey. The ALFALFA UCHVCs are isolated, compact H i clouds with projected sizes, velocities, and estimated H i masses that suggest they may be nearby dwarf galaxies, but that have no clear counterpart in existing optical survey data. We observed 26 UCHVCs with the WIYN 3.5 m telescope and One Degree Imager (ODI) in two broadband filters and searched the images for resolved stars with properties that match those of stars in typical dwarf galaxies at distances <2.5 Mpc. We identify one promising dwarf galaxy candidate at a distance of ∼570 kpc associated with the UCHVC AGC 268071, and five other candidates that may deserve additional follow-up. We carry out a detailed analysis of ODI imaging of a UCHVC that is close in both projected distance and radial velocity to the outer-halo Milky Way globular cluster Pal 3. We also use our improved detection methods to reanalyze images of five UCHVCs that were found to have possible optical counterparts during the first phase of the project, and confirm the detection of a possible stellar counterpart to the UCHVC AGC 249525 at an estimated distance of ∼2 Mpc. We compare the optical and H i properties of the dwarf galaxy candidates to the results from recent theoretical simulations that model satellite galaxy populations in group environments, as well as to the observed properties of galaxies in and around the Local Group.
White Dwarfs Revealed in Gaia’s Candidate Compact Object Binaries
Authors: Ganguly Anindya , Nayak Prasanta K. , Chatterjee Sourav
Published: August 2023

Discovery and characterization of black holes (BHs), neutron stars (NSs), and white dwarfs (WDs) with detached luminous companions (LCs) in wide orbits are exciting because they are important test beds for dark remnant (DR) formation physics as well as binary stellar evolution models. Recently, 187 candidates have been identified from Gaia’s non-single star catalog as wide orbit (P
orb/day > 45), detached binaries hosting DRs. We identify UV counterparts for 49 of these sources in the archival GALEX data. Modeling the observed spectral energy distribution (SED) spanning from the FUV-NUV to IR for these sources and stellar evolution models, we constrain the LC properties including mass, bolometric luminosity, and effective temperature for these 49 sources. Using the LC masses, and the astrometric mass function constrained by Gaia, we constrain the DR masses for these sources. We find that nine have masses clearly in the NS or BH mass range. Fifteen sources exhibit significant NUV excess and four show excess both in the FUV and NUV. The simplest explanation for these excess UV fluxes is that the DRs in these sources are WDs. Using SED modeling we constrain the effective temperature and bolometric luminosity for these 15 sources. Our estimated DR masses for all of these 15 sources are lower than the Chandrasekhar mass limit for WDs. Interestingly, five of these sources had been wrongly identified as NSs in the literature.
Mass Dependence of Galaxy–Halo Alignment in LOWZ and CMASS
Authors: Xu Kun , Jing Y. P. , Gao Hongyu
Published: August 2023

We measure the galaxy-ellipticity (GI) correlations for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 12 LOWZ and CMASS samples with the shape measurements from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys. We model the GI correlations in an N-body simulation with our recent accurate stellar–halo mass relation from the Photometric object Around Cosmic webs (PAC) method. The large data set and our accurate modeling turns out an accurate measurement of the alignment angle between central galaxies and their host halos. We find that the alignment of central elliptical galaxies with their host halos increases monotonically with galaxy stellar mass or host halo mass, which can be well described by a power law for the massive galaxies. We also find that central elliptical galaxies are more aligned with their host halos in LOWZ than in CMASS, which might indicate an evolution of galaxy–halo alignment, though future studies are needed to verify this is not induced by the sample selections. In contrast, central disk galaxies are aligned with their host halos about 10 times more weakly in the GI correlation. These results have important implications for intrinsic alignment (IA) correction in weak lensing studies, IA cosmology, and theory of massive galaxy formation.
Anti-diabetic Attributes of Desert Plant Retama: A Mini Review on its Traditional Uses and Potential Chemical Constituents
Authors: Elodemi Mahmoud , Siddiqua Ayesha , Seyed Mohaamed Ali
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a fast-growing metabolic disorder, which affect millions around the world mostly people from developing nations. The rise of diabetes is further set to rise more in the coming years in all inhabited continents of the world. DM mainly attributed for food and lifestyle changes, less or no physical activity, obese, overweight, and major socioeconomic changes. In recent   years, herbal medicine is incredibly growing because many natural products exhibit less or no side effects. It is well-established that nature-derived products protect β-cells and decrease blood glucose.
AIM: We aimed to explain anti-diabetic attributes, traditional uses, and potential chemical constituents of desert plant retama.
RESULTS: Numerous previous studies support the use of plant derived bioactive substances for human and animal disease therapy and reinforce their importance as a potential source of novel drug candidates. In this line a flowering bush, belong to the genus “Retama” (Fabaceae) are in use of conventional remedy in the Mediterranean basin for various diseases including DM. This potential plant genus has a great medical and socioeconomic importance and provides crucial evidence for its anti-diabetic therapeutic potential. The present review collected various documented information using the following searching engines such as PubMed, Science direct, and Google scholar. We limit our search only to English written documents for the last few decades until date. For data mining, the following MeSH words used in the databases: Retama, diabetes, phytoconstituents, pharmacological potential, anti-diabetic, insulin, in vivo, and in vitro.
CONCLUSION: The outcome of this review may set new prospects for the DM patients, along with other standard medication and provide an overall insight to the well-being at the regional and global level.
Insights into Delivering a Robust and Comprehensive Names Classification for a Living Atlas Using Diverse Taxonomic Sources
Authors: Sherrin Simon , Slatyer Cameron
Published: August 2023

The Atlas of Living Australia*1 (ALA) is a collaborative, digital, open infrastructure that pulls together Australian biodiversity data from multiple sources, making it accessible and reusable. The ALA helps to create a detailed picture of Australia’s biodiversity for scientists, policy makers, environmental planners and land managers, industry, and the public. It does this by aggregating data that records occurrences of species within Australia's diverse environments.

To enable the most effective use of occurrence data, records need to be placed consistently in a replicable and systematically generated taxonomic hierarchy. At the core of the ALA's taxonomic hierarchy are the Australian national species lists*2 (NSLs) for animals, vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, and algae.

There is an ever-present lag between newly published species and their addition to NSLs, making it challenging to validate the names of these species when they are received in data. The ALA nevertheless needs to be able to represent these species. Because the ALA is presenting data for research, it also needs to be able to handle informal names, including unpublished names and spelling errors. The ALA needs to reflect the challenges to Australia's biodiversity, including highlighting threatened and sensitive species, as well as noting threats from potential biosecurity species. Newly identified sensitive and threatened species often appear on various government conservation lists before they are added to NSLs. By their nature, potential (but not current) invasive and vagrant species do not appear on NSLs, nor do foreign species that may be held in Australian collections. Even after 10 years of operation, all these issues still challenge automated systems such as the ALA because of scale and complexity.

Considering these challenges, the ALA has been re-evaluating how it constructs its taxonomic hierarchy. We will discuss how the ALA is using NSLs and other resources to develop a fit-for-purpose taxonomic hierarchy, and how that process incorporates data quality control, data assurance, and source transparency.
Mapping the Digitisation Workflow in a University Herbarium
Authors: Thompson Karen , Birch Joanne
Published: August 2023

Specimens or objects in natural history collections hold substantial research and cultural value that is enhanced where these items are made digitally available. Benefits of digitisation include increasing open access to collection-based biodiversity data, increasing productivity of scientific research, enabling novel research applications of digitally accessible data, reducing preservation requirements through reduced object handling, and expanding potential for “remote curation” in collections. However, the time available for object and data digitisation is limited for most collections. Well documented digitisation workflows can ensure that curation time is efficiently applied to achieve digitisation outputs, and that digitisation standards are consistently applied within and among projects.

While this case study focused on the generation of digitisation workflows in a medium-sized Australian university-based herbarium, the findings of this study are relevant to collections globally. The curation workflows comprise a set of modular steps required for the digitisation of herbarium specimen data and images. Steps are clearly identified as requiring human-mediation versus those that can be automated, those that require on-site versus remote-access, and those that require transfer or transformation of data or files. This clarity enables consideration of the opportunities and challenges for increasing efficiencies for collection-based digitisation, data and file management. The maps provide a contextual framework for herbarium-based digitisation pathways for those who work with specimen-derived biodiversity data, and an insight into these tools for those who are not familiar with herbarium protocols.
Boundedness of Hardy operators on grand variable weighted Herz spaces
Authors: Sultan Babar , Sultan Mehvish , Zhang Qian-Qian , Mlaiki Nabil
Published: August 2023

In this paper, we will introduce the idea of grand variable weighted Herz spaces $ {{\dot{K} ^{\alpha(\cdot), \epsilon), \theta}_{ q(\cdot)}(\tau)}} $ in which $ \alpha $ is also a variable. Our main purpose in this paper is to prove the boundedness of Hardy operators on grand variable weighted Herz spaces.
Identification of image genetic biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease by orthogonal structured sparse canonical correlation analysis based on a diagnostic information fusion
Authors: Yin Wei , Yang Tao , Wan GuangYu , Zhou Xiong
Published: August 2023

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease, and its incidence increases yearly. Because AD patients will have cognitive impairment and personality changes, it has caused a heavy burden on the family and society. Image genetics takes the structure and function of the brain as a phenotype and studies the influence of genetic variation on the structure and function of the brain. Based on the structural magnetic resonance imaging data and transcriptome data of AD and healthy control samples in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Disease database, this paper proposed the use of an orthogonal structured sparse canonical correlation analysis for diagnostic information fusion algorithm. The algorithm added structural constraints to the region of interest (ROI) of the brain. Integrating the diagnostic information of samples can improve the correlation performance between samples. The results showed that the algorithm could extract the correlation between the two modal data and discovered the brain regions most affected by multiple risk genes and their biological significance. In addition, we also verified the diagnostic significance of risk ROIs and risk genes for AD. The code of the proposed algorithm is available at https://github.com/Wanguangyu111/OSSCCA-DIF.
Alcohol consumption and HIV disease prognosis among virally unsuppressed in Rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Authors: Wireko Manasseh B. , Hendricks Jacobus , Bedu-Addo Kweku , Van Staden Marlise , Ntim Emmanuel A. , Odoom Samuel F. , Owusu Isaac K.
Published: August 2023

Background

The effect of alcohol consumption and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease prognosis has been examined in several studies with inconsistent findings. We sought to determine the effect of alcohol consumption on HIV disease prognosis by examining CD4+ T cell count/µL (CD4+ count) and HIV RNA concentration [HIV viral load (VL)] independent of anti-retroviral therapy (ART).

Methods

A secondary analysis was performed on a cross-sectional survey data of 1120 participants between 2018 and 2020. Questionnaires were used to obtain the participants' history of alcohol consumption. Blood samples were assayed for CD4+ T cell count/µL (CD4+ count) and HIV RNA concentration (HIV viral load). The history of alcohol consumption was categorized into non-alcohol consumers, non-heavy alcohol consumers, and heavy-alcohol consumers. Age, cigarette smoking, gender, and ART use were considered potential confounders. Participants were categorized into two cohorts for the analysis and a multivariate logistic regression was used to establish relationships among virally unsuppressed participants who were ART-experienced and ART-naïve.

Results

A total of 1120 participants were considered for analysis. The majority were females (65.9%) between 15–39 years (72.4%). The majority were non-smokers and non-alcohol consumers (88% and 79%, respectively). ART-experienced females had an increased risk of having a higher VL (VL > 1000). This finding was statistically significant [RR, 0.425, 95% CI, (0.192–0.944), p-value, 0.036]. However, ART-experienced participants aged above 64 years had an increased risk of having a lower VL (VL < 1000 copies/mL) and a lower risk of having a higher VL (VL > 1000). However, ART-naïve participants aged between 40–64 years had a significantly lower risk of having higher CD4 count (CD4+ > 500 cells) and an increased risk of having a lower CD4 count [OR, 0.566 95% CI, (0.386–0.829), p-value, 0.004]. History of alcohol consumption did not have a significant effect on CD4+ cell count and VL in neither the ART-experienced nor the naïve cohort.

Conclusions

Female middle-aged people living with HIV (PLWH) are more likely to have a poorer HIV disease state, independent of alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption may not have a direct effect on CD4+ cell count and VL in either ART-naïve or experienced patients.
Mashups digitales. Algoritmos, cultura y antropología
Authors: Cañedo Rodríguez Montserrat , Allen-Perkins Diego
Published: August 2023

Este trabajo discute el concepto de algoritmo desde una mirada antropológica, considerando la centralidad de la noción de agencia y tecnología desarrollada en los estudios de ciencia y tecnología. En primer lugar, se revisan las principales áreas que han estudiado las ecologías digitales y el lugar que ocupan los algoritmos en ellas. A continuación, se propone una definición de los sistemas algorítmicos, en tanto que ensamblajes socio-técnicos abiertos al entorno y constituidos en las redes de relaciones de las que emergen. En tercer lugar, se apuntan algunas aproximaciones metodológicas desde las que abordar la «opacidad» con la que generalmente se caracterizan los sistemas algorítmicos. Por último, se presentan los textos de este monográfico tomando el par «opacidad-transparencia» como eje vertebrador.
Reaprendiendo a trabajar: saberes que cuidan en el manejo de algoritmos entre riders
Authors: Diz Carlos , González Granados Paula , Prieto Arratibel Amaia
Published: August 2023

En este artículo etnografiamos cómo los repartidores de comida a domicilio están reaprendiendo a trabajar en la economía de plataformas. En la intersección de la economía feminista y los estudios sociales de ciencia y tecnología, nuestro trabajo de campo rastrea el conjunto de prácticas, tácticas y saberes que producen los riders en torno al algoritmo. Atendemos a la producción colectiva de saberes porque, por un lado, frente a la opacidad que caracteriza a estas plataformas, situarlos en el centro del análisis nos permite visibilizar las relaciones que sostienen su trabajo, aquellas que los algoritmos invisibilizan pero sin las cuales no podrían operar; y porque, por el otro, nos permiten entender los mundos de algoritmos no como mundos cerrados sino como relaciones sociales que (pre)ocupan a los repartidores y cuyo manejo puede convertirse en una cuestión de cuidados.
Informe sobre la situación del área de antropología social en las universidades y centros de investigación en relación con el reconocimiento de la actividad investigadora por parte de la CNEAI en forma de sexenios
Authors: García Castaño F. Javier , Molina José Luis , Pérez Galán Beatriz , Monreal Requena Pilar , Corsín Jiménez Alberto , Pérez Aldasoro Pío
Published: August 2023

La evaluación de la investigación ha sido una actividad constante de la producción de conocimiento científico. Buena aparte de su formalización se ha realizado en las últimas décadas. El uso de indicadores bibliométricos y cuantitativos de productividad han sido las herramientas más utilizadas, pero en la actualidad existen ya importantes críticas a una parte de los procedimientos seguidos. Guiados por estas críticas, presentamos en este informe un diagnóstico sobre el estado del reconocimiento de la actividad investigadora en el área de Antropología social en España. Nos referimos al reconocimiento en forma de “sexenios de investigación” que realiza la Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (dependiente de la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación, Organismo Autónomo de la Administración General del Estado español). Partiendo de un estudio comparado por áreas sobre las trampas de estos procedimientos de evaluación basado en métricas, se identifican algunos de los obstáculos principales que impiden lograr una mayor tasa de éxito en el área de Antropología social. Finalmente, se sugieren medidas concretas de mejora.
Género y reproducción transnacional de familias no-heterosexuales en España
Authors: Sánchez Molina Raúl
Published: August 2023

En las últimas décadas ha ido aumentando de manera significativa las relaciones asimétricas que el capitalismo global propicia entre países más industrializados (receptores de migrantes) y países en desarrollo (emisores de migrantes). Éstas inciden en que un número cada vez mayor de mujeres de estos últimos se vean abocadas a mantener a sus hijos en contextos trasnacionales al tiempo que se incorporan al mercado laboral reproductivo cuidando niñas/os y mayores en los primeros. Asimismo, la emergencia y desarrollo de familias transnacionales y del ejercicio de la maternidad transnacional -como así se han denominado a estos fenómenos en las ciencias sociales-, contrasta con el aumento del número de mujeres y hombres de países más industrializados que también cruzan fronteras nacionales para tener a sus hijos/as -ya sea a través de la adopción internacional, Técnicas de Reproducción Asistida (TRA) o gestación subrogada en aquellos países donde se permiten. A partir de investigaciones etnográficas con familias no-heterosexuales en España, estos procesos de formación y reproducción de la familia, que emergen y se desarrollan como consecuencia de condiciones estructurales cambiantes en contextos de globalización, se analizan desde una perspectiva transnacional y de género. Al tiempo que se tiene en cuenta su intersección con economía moral global/local, políticas nacionales e internacionales, sexualidad, etnicidad, clase, ciudadanía y legitimidad.
La regla de Osha en Canarias: desafíos religiosos y usos del territorio
Authors: Pérez Amores Grecy
Published: August 2023

Las poblaciones humanas, en sus movimientos migratorios, ya sean forzados o no, de ida y vuelta o en direcciones múltiples, han transportado hábitos y costumbres, creencias y valores de un espacio a otro, a la par que modificado los paisajes y usos del mismo. En estos procesos de apropiación, transformación y resignificación simbólica de los espacios, recursos y conocimientos se generan conflictos entre los usos tradicionales, los valores, intereses, perspectivas y cosmovisiones de los actores sociales implicados. En este punto el simbolismo supone un ámbito de desafío inserto en las interrelaciones culturales, donde pueden producirse fuertes impactos en la asignación de nuevos usos del territorio y sus recursos desde el sincretismo, el hibridismo y la transculturación. Para esta investigación se trabajó con sujetos portadores que forman parte de diversas comunidades religiosas en distintos lugares de las islas, priorizando el uso de metodología cualitativa, la observación participante, la entrevista en profundidad y la etnografía digital, desde donde analizar las múltiples dimensiones y miradas presentes en esos procesos de interacción.
In Service to Learning
Authors: Carlozzi Michael
Published: August 2023

Developing meaningful and sustainable service-learning projects remains challenging, given how community partnerships are so often short-term and short-lived. Further, the needs and values of community partners in service-learning partnerships are frequently neglected. This chapter proposes a service-learning approach through which students can leverage their pre-existing professional relationships. The author argues that, for select students, these partnerships may be more beneficial than developing an entirely new one. He discusses his own experiences with this approach and outlines limitations and considerations.
Fuzzy Clustering for Classification of Metamaterial Properties
Authors: Yogeesh N.
Published: August 2023

Metamaterials are a class of artificially engineered materials that exhibit unique physical and electromagnetic properties not found in natural materials. Fuzzy clustering is a machine learning technique that can be used to classify metamaterials based on their physical and electromagnetic characteristics. In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of metamaterial properties and classification challenges and introduce the basics of fuzzy clustering and its application in material classification. They then present a proposed approach for metamaterial classification using fuzzy clustering, along with case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach. They discuss the potential applications of metamaterial classification and how it can support the development of new metamaterial applications. This chapter provides a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in using fuzzy clustering to classify metamaterials based on their physical and electromagnetic properties.
Active and Passive Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
Authors: Sharma Anuj Kumar , Sharma Vipul
Published: August 2023

The authors of this chapter begin by discussing the fundamentals of metamaterials and metasurfaces before moving on to active and passive metamaterials. This chapter is broken up into six different sections. In the first section, an overview of metamaterials and metasurfaces is provided, and in the second half, active and passive metamaterials and metasurfaces are discussed. This is followed by an explanation of active metamaterials and metasurfaces in part three, fabrication methods for metamaterials and metasurfaces in part four, future directions and challenges in the field of metamaterials in part five, and a conclusion in part six.
Social Origin, Psychosocial Adjustment, and School Achievement in Minority Children in Bangladesh
Authors: Uddin Emaj
Published: August 2023

Although relationships between ethnic identity and school achievement in minority children are well-evident in the literature, mechanisms underlying the relations are not clearly understood. Drawing from adjustment theory, this book chapter reviews relevant literature to understand psychosocial adjustment pathways by which ethnic identity transmits positive or negative effects to school achievement, focusing on Bangladeshi minority children. The review suggests that lower psychosocial school adjustment mediates the association between minority ethnic identity and lower achievement throughout elementary schooling. This chapter also discusses future directions for research and policy implications to improve minority children's school achievement during elementary education.
Is EU Law Conducive to the SDG 15?
Authors: Ilberg Antje
Published: August 2023

Is EU law conducive to successful implementation of SDG 15? This chapter assesses the effectiveness of the legal representation of sustainability in EU biodiversity law and the foundation it establishes for ensuring biodiversity protection. It identifies the policy anchors that foster the human self-entitlement and the various forms of interest involved in the legal representation of the principle of sustainable development, and which impede the effectiveness of EU law intended to protect biodiversity. Advocacy is made to review the accurate transposition of the Brundtland report into legal principles and to incorporate the newly acknowledged human right to a clean environment in EU law, as a footing to facilitate effective biodiversity protection.
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Its Implications for Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Zreik Mohamad
Published: August 2023

This chapter analyzes China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its potential to help accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. It examines how the BRI has affected public policy, international collaboration, and the Sustainable Development Goals. This chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of BRI's plans and projects, as well as their compatibility with the 17 SDGs. This chapter examines the development of China's public policy, the lessons learned, and the potential barriers to achieving the SDGs. Finally, it provides policy recommendations, stressing the significance of grasping the nexus between government action, international initiatives, and long-term sustainability.
Implications of Fuel Subsidy Removal on the Nigerian Economy
Authors: Ozili Peterson K. , Obiora Kingsley
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the implications of the 2023 fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria. Using the discourse analysis methodology, the authors offer some insight into the macroeconomic and microeconomic implications of the 2023 fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria. The positive implications are that fuel subsidy removal would free up financial resources for other sectors of the economy, incentivize domestic refineries to produce more petroleum products, reduce Nigeria's dependence on imported fuel, increase employment, channel funds for the development of critical public infrastructure, reduce the budget deficit and generate a budget surplus in the near future, reduce government borrowing, curb corruption associated with fuel subsidy payments, increase competition, reinvigorate domestic refineries, and reduce pressure on the exchange rate.
A Review of Mental Health Issues Prevalent in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Subjects
Authors: Radan Sasan , Hassan Sara , Wilson Andrew Sean , Basurra Shadi Saleh
Published: August 2023

The stigma surrounding mental health in IT education and industry impacts productivity, health, and career prospects. Little research focuses on mental health factors and efforts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This chapter collates important factors affecting mental health in STEM, identifies existing efforts, and highlights research gaps. Contributions of this chapter are two-fold: (a) a working taxonomy of the most commonly reported factors affecting mental health in STEM along with the systematic efforts done to improve these factors, and (b) research gaps in systematic efforts which improve the factors identified in the taxonomy, paving the way for future research to fill these gaps. This chapter contributes to a better understanding of mental health in STEM for educational and workplace settings.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Considerations for Online Courses
Authors: Torres Kelly M. , Salifu Shani
Published: August 2023

Culturally responsive pedagogy approaches in online learning incorporates a focus on the diverse backgrounds and experiences of learners and aims to create an inclusive learning environment. Using diverse teaching materials, incorporating cultural experiences into course content, and providing opportunities for students to share their experiences and perspectives, allows educators to create a more inclusive and supportive learning environment. Ongoing reflection and self-assessment by educators further helps to ensure that their teaching practices are inclusive and responsive to the needs of all students. Seeking feedback from students, colleagues, and other experts in the field, as well as engaging in professional development and training result in opportunities for continual self-reflection and enhancement of instructional practices. Educators who foster an environment that respects and celebrates the diversity of their students offers access to learning spaces that provide a more engaging and meaningful learning experience for all.
Quality Matters as the Gold Standard for Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion in Online Learning
Authors: Amato Luanne M.
Published: August 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 served as a wake-up call to educators across the globe that the issues of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion were not satisfied in the pre-pandemic online course environment. This chapter will offer the Quality Matters (QM) process as the gold standard in online course assessment, as it is grounded in four theoretical education frameworks and on the principles of Cognitive Load theory. In addition, QM is a premier assessment tool through its use of eight rubric-based standards modeled on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) concepts. The author will share her experience and lessons learned after participating in a QM audit for an online marketing course. Finally, the author strongly recommends adoption of the QM process as a viable solution to student demand for quality course design that fosters accessibility, diversity, and inclusion.
Setting Up to Thrive by Anchoring in Evaluation
Authors: Sampson Shannon O. , Bradley Kelly D. , Waddington Joseph
Published: August 2023

In this chapter, the authors describe their guiding principles for development and improvement of an online program, offering specific examples of how these have played out. They then describe how an evaluative thinking approach allowed them to build an environment conducive to creative design and continual innovations. Specifically, they have a habit of meeting to focus on critical review of work, they value and continually incorporate feedback from diverse stakeholders, and they challenge assumptions through consistent consideration of data. They provide examples throughout the chapter of how an evaluative thinking approach has looked in practice. By including concrete examples, this chapter provides insights to those planning a new program or refining one in place, recognizing that evaluative thinking is a mindset that is valuable in many contexts.
Inclusion of Dyslexic Students in Heterogeneous Groups to Write Essays in a Virtual Environment
Authors: Valverde Gabriel Herrada
Published: August 2023

This study analyzes the incidence of the type of grouping strategy (homogeneous or heterogeneous groups) on a virtual learning environment for development of reading comprehension and writing expression skills and for inclusion self-perception of college students with phonological dyslexia diagnosed. A quasi-experimental design is established that considers writing an individual essay as pre- and post-test measures; and writing group essays in Blackboard Collaborative as the treatment or test. Concretely, it is selected a sample of eight groups (four homogeneous and four heterogeneous) made up of three members (one diagnosed with phonological dyslexia). The results showed that dyslexic students integrated into heterogeneous groups when working cooperatively, and felt more included in their groups. This had positive repercussions on the individual essays carried out by these students, as they move from a low competence level to a medium competence level.
Outcome-Based Education Through E-Learning Pedagogy
Authors: Naskath J. , Rajakumari R. , Rabiya M. Syed , Shali A. , Sampathkumar Nithyanantham
Published: August 2023

This case study explores the implementation and effectiveness of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) with E-Learning. It focuses on assessing and improving learning outcomes by aligning course objectives, program outcomes, and specific educational outcomes for the course Theory of Computation. This study emphasizes aligning objectives and outcomes for comprehensive assessment and quality enhancement. OBE with E-Learning offers a structured framework for evaluating outcomes and improving the educational system.
Building Values in Primary Education Enhancing Social and Democratic Participation
Authors: Öntaş Turgay , Çoban Okan
Published: August 2023

In this study, social and democratic participation skills were associated in the context of values education. Since the construction of values is the focus of many different social science disciplines, analyses were carried out by establishing a connection between the concepts. Basically, connections were established between concepts through child and childhood. The prevailing view of childhood often portrays children as innocent and disinterested in political matters, suggesting that they should be raised as apolitical beings. However, children are exposed to political content through both formal and informal education processes. Primary educational institutions have the aim of developing social and democratic participation skills in children. In the global context, the construction of values in children is regarded as essential for cultivating citizenship skills.
The Use of Stories in English to Educate in Values in Primary Education
Authors: Rubio Antonio Daniel Juan
Published: August 2023

Reading encouragement is a transversal subject present throughout the entire educational stage of any student from early childhood education through primary education to Secondary Education and higher education. In this chapter, the authors intersperse the pleasure of reading in another language (English) and the reflection on the values transmitted by each of the selected stories. The main purpose is to teach a list of values to students in primary education but using this selection of stories as a basis to reach the internalization of these values. We cannot forget that they are still children and that we have to adapt the contents and learning channels to their evolutionary stage. By using fantastic characters, the concepts are extrapolated in a different way, making it easier for children to internalize the values. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to implement a didactic proposal based on the use of stories in English for values education in a group of children in the fifth grade of primary school.
Leveraging Technology to Enhance Quality Education in Primary Schools
Authors: Bhuiyan Md Ikhtiar Uddin , Mollik Md Meshkat
Published: August 2023

This chapter examines the opportunities and challenges of leveraging technology to enhance quality education in primary schools in Bangladesh. A qualitative approach is employed, collecting data from primary schools in Turkey, the United States, and China through interviews, observations, and analysis of curricular materials. Thematic analysis is conducted using NVivo and SPSS software. The study investigates the concept of value education across cultures, presents comparative analyses of different approaches, and highlights challenges faced by educators in culturally diverse classrooms. It also explores the state of primary education in Bangladesh, identifies reasons for the lack of quality education, and proposes strategies for improvement. Emphasizing the crucial role of the government, the research assesses opportunities for effective implementation of quality education and provides solutions to prevailing problems.
At the Basic Education Level
Authors: Özen Fatmanur
Published: August 2023

Values education aims to cultivate learners' values, discipline them according to established rules, and positively transform their characters by contributing to their moral development. This education, encompassing both cognitive and affective dimensions of teaching, represents one of the most significant goals of education systems. The objective of this section is to analyze research trends related to values education in Türkiye and the outcomes of these studies at the basic education level, alongside a systematic examination of doctoral dissertations. To achieve this, doctoral dissertations registered and available in the Thesis Center of the Turkish Council of Higher Education were reviewed using keywords such as value/values education, character education, moral education, and citizenship education. This study examines 102 doctoral dissertations, categorizing them based on the subject of values education, exploring how values education is defined within the dissertations, examining the research methods, and evaluating the findings at the basic education level.