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A novel data solution to analyse curriculum decolonisation – the case of Imperial College London Masters in Public Health
Authors: Price Robyn , Skopec Mark , Mackenzie Simon , Nijhoff Coco , Harrison Ruth , Seabrook Gemma , Harris Matthew
Published: March 2021

Analyses of reading lists by some UK Higher Education institutions in attempt to identify bias in curricula have found a prevalence of articles from the global north. However, previous studies have employed resource-intensive audit and data collection methods such as the authors or volunteers manually searching for and tagging individual reading list items by characteristic such as author country or place of publication. This can be prohibitive to repeating the study at different time periods or on large reading list data sets, which leads to a gap in evidence-based data to support and inform curriculum decolonisation. We describe a novel computational method applied to 568 articles, representing 3,166 authors from the Imperial College London Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme over two time periods (2017-18 and 2019-20). Using summary statistics, we found a shift in composite geographic distribution of reading lists sources across the two time periods studied and relate this to interventions to decolonise the curriculum at Imperial. Our approach to applying a computational method to produce data as evidence in decolonisation toolkits is discussed.
An chronobiological evaluation of the risks of cancelling Daylight Saving Time
Authors: Martin-Olalla Jose Maria
Published: March 2021

The long term impact of seasonal regulation of clocks (Daylight Saving Time) is analyzed showing that it helped to mitigate the exposition of human activity to the dawn hours of the winter. The increased risks induced by circadian misalignment around transition dates are balanced with the reducing risks over a season induced by a more effective alignment of the human activity to the starting point of the photoperiod.
Construction of a tunnel under thin rock overburden in Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Project, Central Nepal
Authors: Nepal Kaustubh Mani
Published: March 2021

This paper deals with an application of New Australian Tunnelling Method (NATM) in low cover tunnelling in Lesser Himalaya of Nepal. The length of the tunnel is 365.8 m with a 8.2 m finished diameter. The average thickness of the rock overburden is 16- 18 m with a maximum of 30 m, whereas average side cover is 40 m. Top heading and multiple benching methods were applied for tunnelling work. The rational support design techniques were conceived together with Bieniawski's Support Guideline for each standard support classes.

Standard initial support system was designed according to NATM, to provide complete stabilization of excavation. It consisted of a combination of systematic rock bolts and shotcrete.  The smooth blasting technique was adopted for the tunnel excavation. The specific charge was 1.39-1.47 kg/m3 A special emphasis was given in the collection of discontinuity data so that the rock mass could be evaluated effectively. Geomechanics classification for rock mass was used for the rock mass evaluation. The rock mass was also back evaluated by using Q and GSI classification on the basis of installed support. After the careful assessment of the data, the rock mass in the tunnel was classified into fair to poor according to RMR and Q and blocky / disturbed to very blocky / fair according to GSI. The rock mass parameters collected during the construction stage agree with the data collected at surface during feasibility and tendering stages. The rock mass classification based on the surface outcrop survey and drillings was a considerable success and found to be very close to the actual condition. The effectiveness of revised support system with steel rib was found to be negligible or minimum for tunnel support. Rock support deformation monitoring in the tunnel was regularly carried out to determine the efficiency and adequacy of the installed support.
Computation of bearing capacity in a multi-layered soil unit: A case study from Dharan, Eastern Nepal
Authors: Bhattarai Tara Nidhi
Published: March 2021

In this paper, a process of input data preparation for bearing capacity analysis in a multi-layered soil unit is presented. The method first takes into account of the engineering geological conditions of the construction site followed by geotechnical investigations that includes, among others, drilling boreholes at particulars sites also performing standard penetration test (SPT). Besides, various laboratory tests, including consolidation test, were also performed on soil samples collected from different soil layers. Finally, the soil is generalized into certain layer system and the bearing capacity of the foundation soil is computed using both shear failure as well as settlement criteria.
Role of surgical simulation to enhance the knowledge of surgical procedures
Authors: Singh Deepak Raj , Regmee Sujan , Chakradhar Rupesh , Agrawal Aditi , Bhujel Kshitiz , Gurung Susant , Laudari Uttam , Bohara Tanka Prasad
Published: March 2021

Introduction: Surgical simulator is a computer based technology used to educate and train medical students and practitioners without the need for a patient, cadaver or an animal model. Touch surgeryTM(TS) is a free of cost smartphone based application used for teaching surgical procedures. The participants in this study were specifically assessed on the increase of their knowledge in the key steps of laparoscopic cholecystectomy after practicing on the smartphone simulator, TS.Methods: A non-randomized controlled trial (uncontrolled longitudinal study) was carried out among 20 final year medical students. Their knowledge on surgical procedure was assessed through a questionnaire prepared regarding the steps of laparoscopic cholecystectomy before and after exposure to TS. Study Variable was the scores to a questionnaire before and after exposure to the surgical simulation.Results: Mean pre-practice score was 25.85 ± 11.05 and mean post practice score was 80 ± 10.62 (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study suggests that the use of TS can increase the knowledge of the students about laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This can definitely be used for teaching students, other surgical procedures.
Iowa Dairy Goat Survey Conducted to Assess the Industry and Needs of Dairy Goat Producers
Authors: Bentley Jennifer A. , Tranel Larry F. , Hall Fred
Published: March 2021

With limited resources and networking opportunities for dairy goat producers, they have requested assistance from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in developing educational opportunities to assist in fine-tuning their dairy goat management.The results of an industry wide dairy goat producer survey has been summarized and will help educators and industry collaborators determine educational programming areas in the short and long term. Additionally, results will help all audiences better understand the demographics of dairy goat farms, management practices used, and the future of the industry.
Development of indigenous collective strategies: A theoretical vision from modern management for development with Aymara identity
Authors: Barra Novoa Rodrigo
Published: March 2021

The Aymara population constitutes the main social and cultural identity of the Arica and Parinacota Region in Chile and for more than five decades has continued to face a series of local difficulties due to globalization, technological change, and a neoliberal market economy with little government support. Numerous villages in the Andean foothills and high plateau continue to live in conditions of poverty. However, collective leadership has proven to be an innovative tool to address various market failures and institutional barriers that hinder their social and economic development at the territorial level. This article analyzes the main theoretical and practical postulates for collective strategies led by indigenous communities to be effectively developed in their cultural and territorial context.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND EU ANTITRUST – JUST TEMPORARY ADAPTATIONS OR LONG-TERM CHANGES?
Authors:   Department of European law, Charles University, Faculty of Law, nám. Curieových 901/7 116 40 Prague 1, Czechia, Šmejkal Václav
Published: March 2021

The European Commission and the competition authorities of the EU member states responded to the coronavirus crisis with assurances about sufficient flexibility of their instruments. They enabled temporary cooperation between competitors to ensure the supply of essential medical products and services. At the same time, they warned against any misuse of the crisis for overpricing or other monopolistic practices. However, the crisis has also intensified long-term pressures for a fundamental adaptation of European competition rules. The first challenge is represented by Chinese state-backed enterprises as potential acquirers of weakened European competitors. The second source of pressure is the increasingly dominant role of global online platforms. Their role as an irreplaceable infrastructure for management, communication, counselling and distance learning was reinforced in the coronavirus crisis. The Commission and other experts are already discussing appropriate responses. This paper maps the discussion on possible EU responses to these challenges, and tries to show the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed solutions and on this basis to estimate the future development of EU antitrust in the post-coronavirus period.
SOCIOLOGICAL AND SECURITY ASPECTS OF GEOPOLITICAL POSITIONING OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS
Authors:   Faculty of Social Studies Belgrade, Serbia, Petrović Slobodan , Vasilkov Zorančo ,   Faculty of Social Studies Belgrade, Serbia
Published: March 2021

Sociological and safety aspects of the geopolitical integration of the Republic of Serbia into the EU are part of the reality the country and the society have been confronting since the beginning of the 21st century. To single out and determine every sociological and safety factor is almost impossible since there is no definiteness of factors affecting the positioning of a country within the association of new countries. Neither is there any unique prototype applicable to all countries. Each country possesses cultural, national, religious, institutional and economic uniqueness; hence, it can be concluded that each country undergoes various experiences in the process of integration into a new institutional family. Since the creation, the European Union by its structure has presented a challenge to the society in all respects. This may certainly be measured and explained by sociological and safety standards. This paper presents the past correlations of the Republic of Serbia from two decades ago to the present, using a synthetic method to carry out a comparative analysis of the descriptive pattern, position, and capacities of the national in relation to supranational.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORUNITIES TO TRANSITION INTO A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY IN LIBYA
Authors:   Megatrend University, Maršala Tolbuhina 8, Belgrade-Serbia, Eliaser Ali Omar
Published: March 2021

Libya is an Oil- Based Economy as a large percentage of its GDP comes from oil and gas sector. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the challenges and opportunities for the transition to a knowledge based economy in Libya. The broader question in this research is firstly, what are the main challenges facing the transition into the knowledge-based economy in Libya? Secondly, what are the major opportunities for transition into a knowledge-based economy in Libya? The research methodology was based on a descriptive and comparative method of analysis. The contribution of this research is to fill the acute shortage in the Libyan literature by presenting a more comprehensive analysis and investigating the challenges and opportunities for the shift to a knowledge-based economy in Libya. The findings of this study indicate several obstacles for a transition to a knowledge-based economy in Libya such as political, social, economic, institutional, and organisational obstacle.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR NEW PRODUCTS: ЕMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM BULGARIA
Authors:   Department of Marketing and Strategic Planning, University of National and World Economy, Sofia 1700, Bulgaria, Marinov Krasimir
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from an empirical study on the impact of company senior management support on the performance of the new products of Bulgarian companies. The paper considers the major studies on company senior management support and suggests a typology of these studies based on two criteria. A methodological framework for the research on company senior management support has also been substantiated. The empirical study results show that there is a relation between the degree of company senior management support and the degree of new product success as well as between the degree of company senior management support and the indicators measuring new products’ performance. The theoretical and practical contribution of the paper is related to the justification of the methodological framework for the research on company senior management support as well as to the results concerning the relation between senior management support and the success of new products.
THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC CRISIS ON SALES BUSINESSES – CASE STUDIES
Authors:   College of Applied Sciences “Lavoslav Ružička” in Vukovar, Županijska 50, Vukovar, Croatia, Mađarac Sandra Mrvica , Eljuga Marko ,   Agro – Honor d.o.o., Vrbaska 1c, Osijek, Croatia, Filipović Zvonimir ,   PIK Vrbovec plus d.o.o., Gospodarska zona 20, Antunovac, Croatia
Published: March 2021

The entire world is facing with the impact and consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic, what is reflected in various spheres of social life. In the conditions of the crisis management, companies are forced to adapt to the new situation in order to survive on the market. Sales companies have had to make changes in their former business; namely in their organization, logistics, retail supply channels that are now oriented towards the online sales without contact when delivering to customers. The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia has brought a Decision by which are regulated the working hours and the method of work in the trade business during the Coronavirus epidemic, according to which it is obligatory for all stores to organize their work in compliance with general anti-epidemic measures and special recommendations of the Croatian Institute of Public Health. In the paper are listed and analyzed changes in the sales operations of the two companies due to the pandemic crisis; one company deals with the sale of agricultural machinery and the other with the sale of food products.
THE DESIGN OF MIXED TEACHING MODE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDER THE BACKGROUND OF INTERNET
Authors:   Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine, 40024, Sumy Gerasima Kondratieva street, 160, Stoyanets Nataliya , Zhao Hejun ,   Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Henan, China, Li Guohou ,   Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine, 40024, Sumy Gerasima Kondratieva street, 160
Published: March 2021

This article objectively analyzes the main problems of distance education in vocational education under the current Internet background, and gives solutions to these main problems. By setting teaching goals scientifically and reasonably, adopting a mixed teaching model, designing a perfect teaching process and formulating a scientific course evaluation method, Internet distance teaching will achieve better teaching effects to make up for the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods.
IMPLEMENTATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN THE SMART CITY
Authors:   Faculty of Economics Subotica, Segedinski put 9-11, Subotica, Serbia, Ćirić Zoran , Sedlak Otilija ,   Faculty of Economics Subotica, Segedinski put 9-11, Subotica, Serbia, Ivanišević Stojan ,   JKP Informatika Novi Sad, Bul. cara Lazara 3, Novi Sad, Serbia
Published: March 2021

This document presents an attempt to determine guidelines for the implementation of the blockchain projects within smart city (SC) information systems (IS) to improve their security and sustainability through harnessing benefits of blockchain technology. Although available scientific sources are scarce a review of contemporary scientific literature and other available sources attempts to determine weaknesses of current IS within SC and to compare their vs benefits of the blockchain technology in order to show that blockchain technology can offer potential solution to weaknesses and improve SC IS and therefore the sustainability of the SC itself. However, this research only shows the need for such implementations and discuss what further research is required to provide a framework for the implementation of blockchain technology in smart cities.
A SUSTAINABLE CITY IN THE CONTEXT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Libertas International University, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6b, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Šlogar Helena , Bandov Goran ,   University of Zagreb, Trg Republike Hrvatske 14, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Čakanić Tomislav ,   University College of International Relations and Diplomacy Dag Hammarskjöld, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6b, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Published: March 2021

The concept of sustainable cities is based on a development paradigm that recognizes the rapid growth of urban population and makes an important contribution by forming a global urban plan. Sustainable city is organized in order to emphasize the importance of people and their needs. This paper will define what sustainable city is and show how certain innovative elements have been introduced in Copenhagen in order to achieve city sustainability. In that regard, an overview of innovative urban solutions in the context of environmental protection will be given. A comparative analysis of the achievement of the SDG 11 objective - Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Communities in Copenhagen will be carried out in relation to the other European Union capitals. The aim of this research is to determine whether Copenhagen is a sustainable city and how sustainable cities contribute to promoting the sustainable development goals. Finally, proposals will be made to achieve those objectives for other cities, based on the results achieved by the City of Copenhagen.
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING MODELS
Authors:   Innovation Center, University of Niš, University Square 2, 18000 Niš, Serbia, Milijić Ana , Vukojević Vanja ,   Innovation Center, University of Niš, University Square 2, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Published: March 2021

For a knowledge-based economy, the basic drivers of economic growth and development are the knowledge, innovation and specific skills of individuals whose „incorporation” into a product/service makes them attractive to customers in the market according to the needs of the 21st century. Thus, in the era of the knowledge economy, individuals with their knowledge, specific abilities and skills represent the basis for creating and maintaining a competitive advantage in the market. However, the traditional financial reporting model cannot fully meet the information requirements of users of 21st century financial statements due to the limited absorption of data concerning the company’s ownership of intangible resources such as knowledge, specific skills of employees and other intellectual resources. In order to fully, reliable and truthful business reporting Many companies choose to voluntarily report on non-financial performance through various reports such as the Business Report and the Notes to the Financial Statements. The aim of this paper is to present modern models of reporting on intellectual capital and to point out possible directions of their further development in the future. Also, in this paper, special emphasis is placed on segments of business assets whose balance sheet (non) coverage leads to significant differences between the book and market values of companies.
CONSTITUTIONALITY DURING TIMES OF CRISIS: ANTI-PANDEMIC MEASURES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE RULE OF LAW IN CROATIA
Authors:   Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, Zagreb, Croatia, Horvat Vuković Ana , Kuzelj Valentino ,   Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Trg Republike Hrvatske 14, Zagreb, Croatia
Published: March 2021

The Croatian constitution-maker’s dedication to the concept of a social state begets the state’s duty to care for public health. This duty is especially salient amid the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. One would be well-advised to be watchful of the dangers that periods of crisis pose for the viability of liberal democracies: in Croatia, protective measures against the COVID-19 disease have been entrusted to the national Civil Protection Command in an initially illegal way. This was later on retroactively convalidated by legislative “patchwork” solutions. It is to be expected that the issue of such measures’ constitutionality will in the foreseeable future present itself on the Constitutional Court’s docket. This paper focuses on one of the most contentious measures - that of a ban on Sunday trade, particularly its implications for the economic constitutional rights such as the right of ownership and entrepreneurial freedom. Furthermore, the authors’ analysis of several Constitutional Court’s decisions from the time of the previous economic crisis will endeavor to anticipate the Court’s decisions in upcoming cases.
THE POSTAL SECTOR AT A TIME OF CRISIS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors:   University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia, Rostášová Mária , Kincl Martin ,   University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
Published: March 2021

The post office has already had to deal with crisis situations caused by „force majeure”. Today, it is a Covid-19 pandemic, and in the past, there have been large-scale floods, tsunami disasters, earthquakes and so on. It is in these critical situations that postal companies are very necessary for society. National postal operators are usually the only providers of the so-called universal service, without being able to refuse to provide any service falling within the scope of universal service. The aim of the paper is to analyse the recorded practices of selected postal operators and national regulatory authorities, which they adopted and implemented during the pandemic. The paper will use the method of excerpting and method of analysis (in obtaining and evaluating information about the current state of the problem) and methods of induction and deduction. The reader will get a picture of how postal companies have behaved in this critical situation. The added value of the paper is the definition of areas that need to be theoretically and practically professionally researched soon.
PANDEMIC AND MISPROPORTIONED AGE STRUCTURE OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN UKRAINE: THREATENS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Authors:   V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Faculty of Economics , 4 Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine, Korovina Natalia
Published: March 2021

Pandemic crisis has inevitably affected all areas of human life, education and science are no exception. One of the typical characteristics of these sectors in emerging markets is a misproportioned age structure of scientific and educational staff. The analysis covers the overall higher education system. Considering senior employees investigation shows that they are generally more qualified, more experienced, with more achievements. As it is known present pandemic threatens primarily older people. The purpose of this paper is to study the possible influence of pandemic threats on educational systems due to real and potential rapid change in working staff. The findings of this work are expected to raise awareness about the unsolved task of the high-grade transfer of experience within academic staff. It is also shown some possible steps to approach this important goal.
A DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH TO INFUSION-TRANSFUSION THERAPY FOR LARGE BLOOD LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH POLYTRAUMA
Authors: Tyhai Yuliia  , Mykhnevych Kostiantyn
Published: March 2021

With polytrauma, more than 30% of victims are diagnosed with severe blood loss, grade III MARINO of the leading components is transfusion therapy, which aims to restore the erythron system and improve the functional state of the oxygen transport system. The addition to intensive care of substances that affect lipid peroxidation and energy status of cells can reduce the number of heterogeneous transfusions and thus reduce the number of complications in the postoperative period. Such substances may be a solution of ceruloplasmin with a leading antioxidant effect and a solution of D-fructose-1,6-diphosphate sodium salt of the hydrate with an energetic effect. Criteria for exposure to these substances should be indicators such as blood levels of hemoglobin, phosphorus, malonic dialdehyde and lactate / pyruvate ratio.
FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONAL STATE OF MUSCLE TISSUE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH URGENT SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
Authors: Rasenko Andrii
Published: March 2021

Sarcopenia is an important factor in the occurrence of complications in elderly patients with urgent surgical pathology. Decreased muscle strength and function is an important criterion for impaired early activation of such patients, which increases the number of complications and length of stay in the clinic. Identification of functional disorders of muscle tissue, as well as other metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, disorders of lipid metabolism, is important for the appointment of an adequate complex of intensive care. Prescribing levocarnitine and D-fructose-1,6-diphosphate sodium salt of hydrate is an important part of the treatment program in such patients.
ПРОФІЛАКТИКА РОТАЦІЇ ТОРИЧНИХ ІНТРАОКУЛЯРНИХ ЛІНЗ ПІСЛЯ ФАКОЕМУЛЬСИФІКАЦІЇ КАТАРАКТИ НА ОЧАХ З РОГІВКОВИМ АСТИГМАТИЗМОМ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ СТАНДАРТНОГО КАПСУЛЬНОГО КІЛЬЦЯ
Authors: Zavgorodnya Nataliia , Novikova Valeriia , Tsybulska Tamila
Published: March 2021

Нами  розроблено спосіб профілактики ротації ТІОЛ шляхом використання стандартного капсульного кільця. Обстежено 46 пацієнтів (59 очей), яким виконана факоемульсифікації та імплантована ТІОЛ. Ротація ТІОЛ через 6 місяців після операції  в контрольній групі на 22 очах (70,9%), в основній групі - на 12 очах (42,85%). В основній групі у всіх випадках відхилення вісі ТІОЛ не перевищувало 6 градусів. Запропонований спосіб профілактики ротації ТІОЛ дозволяє підвищити ефективність факоемульсифікації катаракти.
MEDIA DARING LAYANAN BK DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Musdalifah Ana
Published: March 2021

Masa pandemi Covid-19 ini terjadi di semua negara di dunia termasuk Indonesia. Tujuan tulisan untuk mendapatkan informasi yang relevan dengan media layanan BK di masa pandemi Covid-19 yang saat ini terjadi di seluruh penjuru dunia termasuk Indonesia. Pengumpulan informasi dilakukan melalui studi kepustakaan dengan mengumpulkan bahan-bahan koleksi perpustakaan yang kemudian hasilnya disajikan dalam bentuk narasi. Layanan BK di masa pandemi covid-19 menggunakan berbagai media daring untuk memudahkan interaksi secara tidak langsung yang dapat dilakukan kapan dan dimana saja. Sistem layanan BK dilaksanakan melalui perangkat teknologi yang terhubung dengan koneksi jaringan internet. Konselor dapat melakukan pemberian layanan bersama-sama di waktu yang sama dengan menggunakan media sosial seperti whats app (WA), telegram, instagram, aplikasi zoom ataupun media lainnya.
PERAN ORANGTUA SEBAGAI FUNGSI RELIGIUS DALAM MENCEGAH PERILAKU SEKS BEBAS DI KALANGAN REMAJA DI KELURAHAN PASAR HILIR
Authors: Pardede Nurhasanah , Pulungan Ahmad Rasyid
Published: March 2021

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: Untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan perilaku seks bebas yang dimiliki remaja di Kelurahan Pasar Hilir, Untuk mengetahui peran orangtua sebagai fungsi religius dalam mencegah perilaku seks bebas remaja di Kelurahan Pasar Hilir. Ruang lingkup penelitian ini adalah: Perilaku seks bebas di Kelurahan Pasar Hilir,Peran Orangtua sebagai fungsi religius di Kelurahan Pasar Hilir. Pada penelitian ini digunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian kualitatif yaitu metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk meneliti pada kondisi obyek yang alamiah, dimana peneliti sebagai instrument kunci. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan secara triangulasi (gabungan) yaitu melakukan observasi (pengamatan), interview (wawancara), studi dokumentasi dan gabungan dari ketiganya. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian di peroleh dari hasil wawancara peneliti dengan informan untuk mengetahui sampai dimana peran orangua dalam mencegah perilaku seks bebas yaitu para orangtua memberikan siraman rohani dengan memanggil ustadz memberikan penjelasan kepada anak-anak mereka supaya anak-anaknya mengetahui bahaya dan dampak perilaku seks bebas yang berakibat buruk bagi masa depan mereka,dampak yang akan meraka rasakan adalah yang pertama itu selalu merasa resah dengan apa yang sudah mereka lakukan diluar sana, yang kedua menjadi pendiam karena mereka takut perbuatan mereka diketahui.
Influence of quantitative composition of study groups on the success of students in the discipline “Life safety and basics of labor protection” during the training of radio technical professionals
Authors:   Vinnitsa National Technical University, Bereziuk Oleg
Published: March 2021

The paper conducts an up-to-date study to determine the dependence of average academic performance on the number of students in the subgroup when studying the discipline "Life safety and basics of labor protection" during the training of future radio engineering specialists. In order to determine the dependence of average academic performance on the number of students in the subgroup when studying the discipline "Life safety and basics of labor protection" during the training of future radio engineering specialists, the academic performance of students who studied this discipline was analyzed. The research was conducted separately in academic groups with different quantitative composition, where students received grades on a 100-point scale in the discipline "Life safety and basics of labor protection". The study used the method of regression analysis of the results of univariate experiments and other paired dependencies with the choice of the best type of function from the sixteen most common variants according to the criterion of the maximum value of the correlation coefficient. The regression was performed on the basis of linearization transformations, which make it possible to reduce the nonlinear dependence to a linear one. Determination of the coefficients of regression equations was carried out by the least squares method using the developed computer program «RegAnaliz», which is protected by a certificate of copyright registration for the work. A graphical dependence of average academic performance on the number of students in the subgroup when studying the discipline "Life safety and basics of labor protection" during the training of future radio engineering specialists is constructed, which allows us to clearly illustrate this dependence and show sufficient convergence of theoretical results with actual data. As a result, it was found that with an increase in the number of students in the subgroup, the average academic performance decreases according to the hyperbolic law, which confirms the need to divide large groups into subgroups during laboratory and practical classes during the study of the discipline "Life safety and basics of labor protection" by radio engineering students. In addition, in order to better assimilate the material and increase the average academic performance, it is advisable to perform laboratory work in this discipline in teams of no more than 5 students
“Is there no balm in Gilead?” : Exploring Effects of Traditional Medicine on Reproductive Health of Rural Women in Allandale, Mpumalanga
Authors: Mdhluli O. , Kugara S.L. , Matshidze P.E. , Mdhluli T.D.
Published: March 2021

The negative reports associated with traditional medicine come from bogus traditional practitioners who expose women to the harmful consequences of concoctions supplied and administered on them. However, factors such as people’s confidence in traditional medicine and the high costs associated with conventional Western medical treatments lead most rural women to traditional medicine usage. This study is grounded in critical and sociocultural theory. An explorative qualitative research was used. Data were collected through open-ended questions, non-participant covert observations as well as focus group discussions and then analysed using the thematic analysis method. The study participants consisted of seven rural women, five traditional health practitioners, three elderly people and 3 Western-trained doctors who were all sampled using non-probability sampling methods (purposive and snowball sampling) in Allandale village. The findings of the study showed that African traditional medicine plays a pivotal role in reproductive health care by offering readily available, cheap, culturally oriented and accessible health care for most rural women. Thus, the study recommends an introduction of a regulatory framework on the production, storage, use and trade of African traditional medicine.
The Face of Food Insecurity is Female: A Post- Colonial Feminist Argument for Rural Women
Authors:   University of Pretoria, Van Dijk H.G. , Nkwana H.M.
Published: March 2021

The achievement of food security is a global priority, but remains a particular challenge for rural women. International frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to ensure zero hunger, improved nutrition and the promotion of sustainable agriculture. Yet, while the SDGs have significantly broadened the scope of targets focused on achieving gender equity and women's empowerment, as well as recognising that gender equality has a social, economic and political dimension, they remain silent on how substantive gender justice would be achieved. Using a post-colonial feminist perspective, the paper argues that the political, economic and social dimensions, specifically regarding food security, are interconnected and rooted in power inequality and patriarchy. The paper uses a qualitative content analysis to determine the extent to which policy frameworks developed in support of rural women in South Africa are gendered to reflect the experienced realities of women in rural, culturally traditional communities.
Toward Socialist Environmentalism? Scientists and Environmental Change in Modern Hungary
Authors: Pál Viktor
Published: March 2021

This article discusses state-socialist Hungary's approach towards environmental protection from theoretical, institutional and practical perspectives. It discusses the genesis of a holistic and complex scientific approach to the environment in the 1950s and 1960s and its impact on the formation of the country's environmental protection system (including environmental legal framework; environmental institutional system; and daily practices of environmental protection). Its aim is to find out why the teachings of the holistic and complex school of environmentalism were implemented only vaguely in Hungary; instead, beginning from the 1960s, the government turned away from Soviet science and gradually implemented Western methods of environmental protection (pollution levy fees; discharge permit system; subsidies for energy saving products; and end-of-pipe solutions). The article asserts that, although a large body of environmentally focused social sciences research suggests the opposite, state-socialist Hungary developed its own school of environmental thinking, partly based on Soviet environmentalism, in which humanity and nature are interconnected and interdependent. That scientific approach was developed by some of the leading environmental scientists of Hungary - Dénes Börzsöny, Ede Kertai, Imre Dégen, András Madas, István Oroszlány and József Mantuánó - who understood natural resources as the primary actor and determiner for the human condition and who focused on finding the equilibrium between society's needs and natural resources via attentive and complex planning.
Impact of the Severity of Alzheimer’s Disease on the Quality of Life, Activities of Daily Living, and Caregiving Costs for Institutionalized Patients on Anti-Alzheimer Medications in Japan
Authors: Ashizawa Takumi , Igarashi Ataru , Sakata Yukinori , Azuma Mie , Fujimoto Kenichi , Kobayashi Tsukasa , Takase Yoshimasa , Ikeda Shunya
Published: March 2021

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increases societal costs and decreases the activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QoL) of the affected individuals. Objective: We assess the impact of AD severity on ADL, QoL, and caregiving costs in Japanese facilities for the elderly. Methods: Patients with AD in facilities for the elderly were included (47 facilities, N = 3,461). The QoL, ADL, and disease severity of patients were assessed using Barthel Index (BI), EuroQoL-5D-5L (EQ-5D-5L), and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), respectively. Annual caregiving costs were estimated using patients’ claims data. The patients were subcategorized into the following three groups according to the MMSE score: mild (21≤MMSE≤30), moderate (11≤MMSE≤20), and severe (0≤MMSE≤10). Changes among the three groups were evaluated using the Jonckheere-Terpstra test. Results: Four hundred and one participants were on anti-AD medicines, of whom 287 (age: 86.1±6.4 years, 76.7% women) in the mild (n = 53, 84.0±6.9 years, 71.7%), moderate (n = 118, 86.6±5.9 years, 76.3%), and severe (n = 116, 86.6±6.5 years, 79.3%) groups completed the study questionnaires. The mean BI and EQ-5D-5L scores for each group were 83.6, 65.1, and 32.8 and 0.801, 0.662, and 0.436, respectively. The mean annual caregiving costs were 2.111, 2.470, and 2.809 million JPY, respectively. As AD worsened, the BI and EQ-5D-5L scores decreased and annual caregiving costs increased significantly. Conclusion: AD severity has an impact on QoL, ADL, and caregiving costs.
Bradycardia Due to Donepezil in Adults: Systematic Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reporting System
Authors: Morris Robert , Luboff Hunter , Jose Rahul P. , Eckhoff Kyle , Bu Kun , Pham Minh , Rohlsen-Neal Dekai , Cheng Feng
Published: March 2021

Background: Bradycardia is a physiological condition characterized by a decrease in heart rate and is a side effect of many drug classes. Bradycardia has been reported as an adverse event for patients receiving donepezil for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) treatment. Objective: The purpose of the paper is to systematically investigate the association between the occurrence of bradycardia in adults and the usage of donepezil using clinical data derived from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. Methods: The risk of bradycardia in patients who only took donepezil was compared with those of patients who only took over-the-counter medications, multiple arrhythmia drugs, or other medications for AD treatment. In addition, this study sought to determine if this heightened bradycardia risk was influenced by sex, age, and dosage. Results: The results indicated that there was a significant greater likelihood of reporting bradycardia in patients administered donepezil than most of the drugs investigated. There was no significant association between age or the dosage of donepezil and the likelihood of reporting bradycardia. However, males were found to be more likely than females to report bradycardia as an adverse event. Tumor necrosis factor inhibition and the stimulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase were proposed to be the primary mechanism of actions which confer elevated bradycardia risk when using donepezil. Conclusion: These findings identified strong association between the usage of donepezil and bradycardia in adults as well as provided insight into the underlying molecular mechanisms that induce bradycardia by donepezil.
Do Changes in Synaptic Autophagy Underlie the Cognitive Impairments in Huntington’s Disease?
Authors: Grosso Jasutkar Hilary , Yamamoto Ai
Published: March 2021

Although Huntington’s disease (HD) is classically considered from the perspective of the motor syndrome, the cognitive changes in HD are prominent and often an early manifestation of disease. As such, investigating the underlying pathophysiology of cognitive changes may give insight into important and early neurodegenerative events. In this review, we first discuss evidence from both HD patients and animal models that cognitive changes correlate with early pathological changes at the synapse, an observation that is similarly made in other neurodegenerative conditions that primarily affect cognition. We then describe how autophagy plays a critical role supporting synaptic maintenance in the healthy brain, and how autophagy dysfunction in HD may thereby lead to impaired synaptic maintenance and thus early manifestations of disease.
Intelligent financial decision support system based on data mining
Authors: Geng Chengxuan , Xu Yunkai , Metawa Noura
Published: March 2021

With the development of information technology, intelligent control technology is the comprehensive application of modern management techniques and methods. This paper mainly studies the intelligent financial decision support system based on data mining. This paper mainly introduces data mining technology, an intelligent financial decision support system and the application of data mining technology in an intelligent financial decision support system. The intelligent financial decision support system proposed in this paper uses a relational database to store massive business data, to improve the system expansion ability. By using mathematical model and data mining technology, an intelligent financial decision support system can automatically analyze data, discover the internal relationship between data, and mine the model that plays an important role in prediction and decision-making behavior, to establish a new business model, help decision-makers to make marketing strategies in line with the market and make correct decisions. The experimental results show that: the actual total profit of the company in 2019 is 43.37 million yuan, and the predicted total profit in 2019 is 43.38 million yuan. The similarity between the actual total profit in 2019 and the predicted total profit in 2019 is 99.98%. In 2019, the company’s sales revenue is 37.61 million yuan. The predicted sales revenue in 2019 is 37.62 million yuan, which is 99.97% similar to the actual sales revenue in 2019. The managers of the company can make marketing strategies and make correct decisions according to the sales revenue forecast in 2020.
Financial stock market forecasting based on intelligent support vector machine regression model
Authors: Xie Wangsong , Metawa Noura
Published: March 2021

The financial stock market is highly complex, nonlinear and uncertain, which makes it difficult to predict price fluctuation. With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, a variety of intelligent optimization algorithms are constantly applied to the prediction of the stock market. The purpose of this study is to use a support vector machine regression model optimized by an intelligent fuzzy algorithm to predict the situation of the securities market. In this study, the stock price information of sh600060hisense electric equipment from June 2019 to December 2019 was used as the experimental data. As the input parameters of regression models, the starting price, the maximum price, the lowest price, the stock price, the transaction quantity, and the transaction quantity are taken up, and the fuzzy logic is used to make the sample data fuzzy, and the kernel function and optimization parameter are chosen. Then, the obtained data are trained in MATLAB, and the obtained data are effectively classified, and the stock price prediction of the financial market is obtained. The results show that the optimal parameters of the support vector machine regression model of stock data are C = 100, y = 0.01, ɛ= 0.01, and the accuracy of FSVM is about 0.75, which is higher than that of the SVM model (0.71), the square root mean square error (RMSE) is about 0.12, and the average absolute error (MAE) is about 0.015, According to the data, it can be said that the prediction results of the model are effective for the selected seven stocks one-minute data. It is concluded that the fuzzy support vector machine improves the prediction accuracy of the stock market. This study contributes to the prediction of an intelligent algorithm in the stock market.
Intelligent-based decision support system for diagnosing glaucoma in primary eyecare centers using eye tracker
Authors: Krishnan Sajitha , Amudha J. , Tejwani Sushma
Published: March 2021

It is quite alarming that the increase of glaucoma is due to the lack of awareness of the disease and the cost for glaucoma screening. The primary eye care centers need to include a comprehensive glaucoma screening and include machine learning models to elaborate it as decision support system. The proposed system considers the state of art of eye gaze features to understand cognitive processing, direction and restriction of visual field. There is no significant difference in global and local ratio and skewness value of fixation duration and saccade amplitude, which suggest that there is no difference in cognitive processing. The significance value of saccadic extent along vertical axis, Horizontal Vertical ratio (HV ratio), convex hull area and saccadic direction show that there is restriction in vertical visual field. The statistical measures (p < 0.05) and Spearman correlation coefficient with class label validate the results. The proposed system compared the performance of seven classifiers: Naïve Bayes classifier, linear and kernel Support Vector classifiers, decision tree classifier, Adaboost, random forest and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) classifier. The discrimination of eye gaze features of glaucoma and normal is efficiently done by XGBoost with accuracy 1.0. The decision support system is cost-effective and portable.
A cost-effective computer-vision based breast cancer diagnosis
Authors: Sethy Prabira Kumar , Pandey Chanki , Khan Mohammad Rafique , Behera Santi Kumari , Vijaykumar K. , Panigrahi Sibarama
Published: March 2021

In the last decade, there have been extensive reports of world health organization (WHO) on breast cancer. About 2.1 million women are affected every year and it is the second most leading cause of cancer death in women. Initial detection and diagnosis of cancer appreciably increase the chance of saving lives and reduce treatment costs. In this paper, we perform a survey of the techniques utilized in breast cancer detection and diagnosis in image processing, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL). We also proposed a novel computer-vision based cost-effective method for breast cancer detection and diagnosis. Along with the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, our proposed method is capable of finding the exact position of the abnormality present in the breast that will help in breast-conserving surgery or partial mastectomy. The proposed method is the simplest and cost-effective approach that has produced highly accurate and useful outcomes when compared with the existing approach.
Evolutionary strategies of consumer federation and manufacturer under recall mechanism
Authors: Wang Chuanxu , Song Changqun , Xu Lang
Published: March 2021

Based on an unqualified product recalling process in a supply chain, this paper establishes an evolutionary game model between consumer federation and manufacturer, as well as analyzes the effects of manufacturer’s pricing strategy and consumer federation’s supervision on the decision-making and dynamic tendency. Under this structure, the manufacturers’ pricing strategies on recalls mechanism have two scenarios: the high penalty and low penalty from consumer federation. Results shows that, when the consumer federation adopts high penalty measures, there will be an ESS for consumer federation that can both minimize the cost and protect consumers’ rights. Further, the probability of manufacturer adopting “recall” strategy is positively correlated with the change in the product price, and both the probability of consumer federation adopting “regulate” strategy and manufacturer adopting “recall” strategy are positively correlated with the penalty coefficient.