bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efficient all-inorganic perovskite light-emitting diodes with a multifunctional potassium bromide doped hole transport layer
Authors: Luo Yaning , Kong Lingmei , Wang Lin , Guo Shuanghe , Yang Xuyong
Published: December 2021

Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) are regarded as exceptional candidates for next-generation high-definition displays. Despite the fact that the all-inorganic perovskites possess an advantage in structural stability among the perovskite family, the electroluminescence (EL) performance of their corresponding PeLEDs are still challenged by the difficulties in depositing smooth, uniform perovskite films and realizing chare balance under working voltages. Here, we report an efficient and stable CsPbBr3 based PeLED, which is enabled by a hole transport layer (HTL) of KBr doped poly(3,4,-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The KBr dopant can not only improve the charge balance by boosting the hole injection, but also suppress the exciton quenching through passivating halide defects in perovskites. The resulting PeLED exhibits a maximum current efficiency (CE) of 35.09 cd A−1 and a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 10.02%, which are over 12-fold higher than those of the control device based on undoped HTL, respectively. Our work provides an easy and efficient strategy to boost the EL performance of all-inorganic perovskites.
‘Taking a line for a walk’: On improvisatory drawing
Authors: Nemirovsky Ricardo , Dibley Tam
Published: December 2021

In this article we reflect on a line traced by Julia. Julia is an undergraduate student in a class that includes a project entitled ‘Lives of Lines’. As part of the activities of this project, the students were asked to draw continuously for a minute with a white marker on a black page, without lifting the marker, and without trying to represent anything in particular. We analyse Julia’s tracing of the line as a kind of improvisation – the same type of improvising that occurs in conversations, music playing, hiking, dancing and countless other activities. We characterize the improviser as a daydreamer immersed in a reverie: an open field of reciprocating forces, desires, surprises and recollections playing themselves out as some of them encounter their way forward free to proceed, and others do not. The improviser becomes an arena in which body, hand, pen, paper, chair, other bodies, traces, words and sounds mutually displace and attract on their own.
Egological meets ecological: Drawing aspects in perspective(s)
Authors: Riley Howard , Newell Robert
Published: December 2021

Aspects of Edmund Husserl’s egological phenomenology and James J. Gibson’s ecological visual perception theory are construed dialectically for the purpose of informing the teaching of drawing, with an emphasis on understanding relationships between viewer positions and objects in the environment as represented through geometric projection systems. Such a grounding is conducive to a drawing practice capable of insights leading to new knowledge of our relationships with our environment, both egological and ecological, in an art school curriculum currently distorted by neo-liberal trends from the core study of visual perception and communication.
Black book blackboard black book: A drawing-based strategy for knowledge transfer
Authors: Barreira Rui
Published: December 2021

This paper reflects on a project run in a first-year class of art and design degree, in the Curricular Unit of Art and Design Theory. The objective of the project was to investigate the potential of a teaching protocol where a set of drawings were generated in class by the teacher to facilitate knowledge transfer in the classroom. The drawings generated by the teacher in class have not been treated or explored as a strategy as such, but they supported the delivery of theoretical content in the classroom. As part of the teaching theory protocol, a series of drawings were built as a sequential visual narrative, in the form of a story; these drawings, acting as visual narratives, sought to enable students to understand the theoretical content. At the end of the sessions, all students involved in the project were evaluated through surveys, to gather evidence of their understanding of theory. The results obtained suggest that the use of drawing as a tool in explaining theory facilitates a better understanding of theoretical concepts for students. It also allows the teacher to clarify and adjust unclear points in the lectures, and as such this protocol could function as a recursive strategy. In conclusion, the simplicity of this strategy could benefit students with cognitive difficulties, offering a complementary approach in the dialogue between teacher and student. This approach is particularly useful in contributing to the transfer of knowledge in the classroom in a digital age.
Drawing Power: Children of Compost, curated by Joana P. R. Neves, Drawing Lab, Paris, France, 26 June–30 September 2021 and Frac Picardie, Amiens, France, 4–10 July 2021
Authors: Neves Joana P. R.
Published: December 2021

Review of: Drawing Power: Children of Compost, curated by Joana P. R. Neves, Drawing Lab, Paris, France, 26 June–30 September 2021 and Frac Picardie, Amiens, France, 4–10 July 2021
Tikopia Collected: Raymond Firth and the Creation of Solomon Islands Cultural Heritage, Elizabeth Bonshek (2017)
Collecting in the South Sea: The Voyage of Bruni d’Entrecasteaux 1791–1794, Bronwen Douglas, Fanny Wonu Veys and Billie Lythberg (eds) (2018)
Resonant Histories: Pacific Artefacts and the Voyages of HMS Royalist 1890–1893, Alison Clark with Eve Haddow and Christopher Wright (2019)
Authors: Quanchi Max
Published: December 2021

Review of: Tikopia Collected: Raymond Firth and the Creation of Solomon Islands Cultural Heritage, Elizabeth Bonshek (2017)

Canon Pyon: Sean Kingston Publishing, 222 pp.,

ISBN 978 1 90777 439 3 (hbk), £60

 

Collecting in the South Sea: The Voyage of Bruni d’Entrecasteaux 1791–1794, Bronwen Douglas, Fanny Wonu Veys and Billie Lythberg (eds) (2018)

Leiden: Sidestone Press, 381 pp.,

ISBN 978 9 08890 574 2 (pbk), €60

 

Resonant Histories: Pacific Artefacts and the Voyages of HMS Royalist 1890–1893, Alison Clark with Eve Haddow and Christopher Wright (2019)

Leiden: Sidestone Press, 272 pp.,

ISBN 978 9 08890 629 9 (pbk), €55
The Tongan Double Canoes, Peter Suren (2018)
Authors: Feinberg Richard
Published: December 2021

Review of: The Tongan Double Canoes, Peter Suren (2018)

Berlin: Peter Lang, 178 pp.,

ISBN 978 3 63174 552 6 (pbk), €36.10
“beyond unsettling: activating meshworks of care, practice and relations”
Authors: Decter Leah , Taunton Carla
Published: December 2021

Introduction to the issue
Peaceful Weapons: The “Voices for the Wilderness” Festivals and the Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park
Authors: Couture Selena
Published: December 2021

This article is an examination of the intercultural alliances that made use of performative methods during the 1980s and 90s to protect the Stein Valley from industrial logging. This work historicizes the questions this special issue asks about non-Indigenous strategic disruptions of settler colonial systems and beliefs to demonstrate festival organizing and the creation of a subjunctive experiences of sovereignty using “communitas” in order to protect biotas and Indigenous relations to land and waters.
Conspicuous Consumption: economies of virtue and the commodification of Indigeneity
Authors: Jimmy Elwood , de Oliveira Andreotti Vanessa
Published: December 2021

Our work examines the complexities and paradoxes of decolonization and Indigenization, including multiple understandings, conflicting aspirations, contradictory desires, institutional instrumentalizations, heterogeneity within and between Indigenous communities and enduring limitations of efforts in this area. We start this article with an overview of the work of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures arts/research/ecology collective and the “Towards Braiding” mode of inquiry, which provide the context for our work. Next, we use this mode of inquiry to present three scenarios that illustrate how Indigeneity is consumed in non-Indigenous institutions. We conclude the article with a reflection about the difficult path towards non-consumptive modes of engagement with Indigenous peoples grounded on relations rooted in trust, respect, reciprocity, consent and accountability and where difficult conversations can happen without relations falling apart.
A letter to Agnes McCausland Richardson Etherington (1880-1854)
Authors: Klassen Lois
Published: December 2021

“Dear Agnes” is a fictitious correspondence that I shared with Agnes McCausland Richardson Etherington (1880–1954) during my doctoral studies in the Cultural Studies Program at Queen’s University (2014-2019). Agnes Etherington is a key figure in the development of fine arts programs at Queen’s, including its art collection. Owing to her bequest of the Etherington House, the university’s art facility bears her name. The entire correspondence that we shared, and that was inserted as textual interruptions into my final dissertation portfolio, includes personal photos and a genealogy that chronologically records activities of Indigenous resurgence that occurred during my studies. What follows is an excerpt of the correspondence. This text is based on one of the four letters found in the portfolio.
Even Now the Sun: Monuments to Impermanence
Authors: Howes Hadley
Published: December 2021

In the summer of 2021, the sun melted the King Edward VII Equestrian Monument in Queen’s Park into a heap of bronze, releasing the occupants of the city of Toronto from the sculpture’s (both symbolic and material) colonial power. The sun finally did its work in the wake of artistic engagements that, in previous years, had defied the monument’s authority and challenged its permanence. These aesthetic actions both reveal the value of the equestrian monument to the neocolonial state (as a method of maintaining structures of hierarchy, exclusion and dominance), and offer the city’s occupants opportunities to practice how we can live together otherwise.
Mnemonic Fakery and Other Interpretive Strategies: Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall through Ethical Spectacle
Authors: Cooper-Bolam Trina
Published: December 2021

Providing a glimpse of the ongoing wrestle with ethics and practice involved in the Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall exhibition, an iterative residential school Survivor-led reclamation project, this article considers critical methods for implementing museal projects reckoning with difficult knowledge, and the ethical latitude they require. Doing so, it discusses risks of misrepresentation/recognition and the necessity of hopeful wounding, exposing the manipulations, fakery, and the prosthetic memories that exhibitions with great affective force produce. Exploring a range of exhibition-focused museal strategies that seek both to redress and prevent the recurrence of genocide and mass violence, this article articulates the tensions between i) affective power and cultural safety, ii) absence and presence, and iii) prosthetic and “authentic” memory that permeate the process of exhibition design. Returning to the evidentiary landscape of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, interventions hybridizing examples discussed, putting them into the service of Survivors, offer a direction for future reclamation.
The Problem of Memory Preservation and Identity Formation (on the Example of the Great Patriotic War Memory)
Authors: Pogodin S.N. , Bakhturidze Z.Z.
Published: December 2021

Significant events of the past have always been the most important aspects in the structuring of national memory. Obviously, they also become key elements in the formation of identity. Therefore, the use of various falsifications, distortions of history, and manipulations in this area seems to be quite logical in the framework of the ongoing information war. The devaluation and depersonalization of the Great Patriotic War memory, of the irreplaceable losses and sacrifices of the Soviet people, of exploits in the name of the Motherland and in the name of victory over fascism have crushing power, destroy the integration potential of the Soviet past, have a destructive effect on the formation of an identity that should be associated with the correct interpretation of the heroic role of the Soviet people. Pride in the past of one's country contributes to the formation of civic consciousness and a positive awareness of one's belonging. The roots of this perception are in the stories of eyewitnesses of those events, which are becoming less and less every year, in the process of socialization, in school history textbooks. In conditions of freedom of choice, with an ever-increasing virtual component of life, in which there are opportunities for the individual to immerse themselves in the format of a completely different socio-cultural space, with a different system of values and meanings, the global elite imposes new standards and determines the field of choice for modern youth. At the same time, our educational task is the preservation and reproduction of memory for future generations.
Patriotic Education in Post-Soviet De Facto States: Identities and Practices
Authors: Golunov S.V.
Published: December 2021

The article considers specific features of official patriotism and patriotic education in post-Soviet de facto (unrecognized) stated. It discusses the question of how the official patriotic discourse reflects the issues of international recognition deficit and of scarcity of available resources. The author attempts to conceptualize patriotic upbringing in the light of de facto statehood, analyzes specific features of those identities that underlie the patriotic education in the context of de facto statehood as well as some aspects of implementation of patriotic education concepts in post-Soviet de facto states. The author concludes that the deficit of international recognition, scarcity of resources and uncertain prospects for future development make propagation of patriotic values more complicated while strong influence of a patron state and prevalence of double citizenships erode patriotic loyalties to some extent. Among specific features of patriotic education in post-Soviet de facto states are also the enhanced role of militarized practices and commemoration of “wars for independence”.
The Quest for Israeli Identity: the Rise and Decline of the Sabra Myth
Authors: Rumyantsev V.P.
Published: December 2021

This article analyzes an attempt to construct a new identity for Jews born on the territory of the Mandatory Palestine, the so-called Sabras, between the First and Second World Wars. The characteristic features of this identity included the deliberate brutality, the combination of peasant labor with the skills of armed self-defense, collectivism and a conscious break with the diaspora past. The external attributes of the sabras were the wearing of simple but comfortable clothes of the inhabitants of the kibbutzim and the cultivation of Hebrew. Sabras become a role model for Jewish youth who arrived in Israel and those who were already born here. The attractiveness of the sabra’s image was enhanced through advertising posters, cinematography, and literature. This model of identity is of interest as an attempt to return to the origins of Hebrew history, as well as to raise a generation of “new Jews” devoid of any shortcomings that complicated the life of Jews in exile. The artificiality of this model and its isolation from Israeli realities were among the main reasons that led to the collapse of the myth of the super-sabra. At the same time, this myth laid the foundations for a different perception of the Jews both by themselves and by the world community, contributing to the victory of Israel in the war of independence.
Acerca de las formas de tratamiento en los cumplidos
Authors: Lopera Medina Sergio
Published: December 2021

En las interacciones verbales, los hablantes utilizan diferentes formas de tratamiento para dirigirse a sus interlocutores. En este artículo se describen las formas de tratamiento que utilizan los hablantes de una población universitaria relacionadas con el acto de habla de los cumplidos. Para la recolección de información, se aplicaron dos cuestionarios de hábitos sociales (discourse completion test, DCT) a estudiantes, empleados y profesores de una universidad pública en Medellín (Colombia); se implementaron de manera separada y en diferentes momentos, e incluían situaciones simuladas de producción y respuesta de cumplidos de posesión, apariencia y habilidad. Para la producción y respuesta de los cumplidos, los resultados indican que los participantes utilizan formas pronominales (te, usted) (“Te queda súper ese motilado”), vosean y tutean de manera implícita y explícita. También, utilizan formas vocativas (hermano, ome, mija, mami, nena, pana, viejo, bebé, linda, parce-ro) (“Parce, sos mero calidoso”) y en ocasiones utilizan el pronombre de primera persona del singular en la realización del cumplido (“Eres un teso. Ojalá yo pudiera hacerlo”). Se concluye que los informantes utilizan los vocativos unimembres con función apelativa y algunos con un tono coloquial (querida, gorda, parce, mijo, man, cuchín, bebé, hermano, huevón). Las conclusiones indican que los participantes no solo tutean o vosean, sino también utilizan formas pronominales y vocativos en la producción o respuesta de un cumplido como manifestación de afecto y solidaridad hacia su interlocutor.
Del humor/ironía a la ofensa en el aula: algunos factores detonantes
Authors: Caro Lopera Miguel Angel
Published: December 2021

Este artículo de reflexión procura un acercamiento a aquellos factores que pueden detonar el paso del humor/ironía a la ofensa en contextos educativos. Se basa en dos investigaciones de corte histórico-hermenéutico que indagan por el lugar de la ironía y el humor del docente, al igual que sus efectos perlocutivos en los estudiantes, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas. En el marco de una perspectiva pragmalingüística que concibe a la ironía como dispositivo retórico, sociodiscursivo, carnavalizante y pedagógico-didáctico, y al humor como un tipo de comunicación non bona fide apoyada en la incongruencia, este texto explora seis escenarios de discusión que podrían explicar esa borrosa línea entre la risa y la ofensa, a saber: la construcción de una comunidad discursiva empática, la vigilancia de una informatividad desatada, la lectura de horizontes de expectativas, el respeto por una memoria sacralizada, la cautela por preservar lo privado y la intuición de una urgencia vital superada. Tales factores confluyen en la necesidad de una actitud de tacto y prudencia por parte del docente que cultive la conciencia del lenguaje y el principio del Kayrós ante la condición non bona fide de estos fenómenos sociodiscursivos. En suma, la reflexión apuesta por una diferencia entre el reír con (humor/ ironía que consigue efectos pedagógico-didácticos en el aula) y el reír de (fenómeno fallido proclive a la ofensa y el irrespeto).
Spinopelvic fixation: modern technical solutions
Authors: Vetrile Marchel Stepanovich , Kuleshov Alexander Alekseyevich , Makarov Sergey Nikolayevich , Lisyansky Igor Nikolayevich , Aganesov Nikolay Aleksandrovich , Zakharin Vitaly Romanovich
Published: December 2021

The paper presents the second part of literature review devoted to modern techniques of spinopelvic fixation for various pathologies of the spine and injuries to the spine and pelvis. The review is non-systematic and was conducted using PubMed and eLibrary databases of medical literature. Modern techniques of spinopelvic fixation using screws installed in the ilium are highlighted, including anatomical and biomechanical features, clinical results of application, as well as the implementation of spinopelvic fixation for tumor lesions of the sacrum, including the use of customized implants and additive technologies. The features of classical installation of iliac screws and installation by the S2AIS technique are considered, and their advantages and disadvantages and possible complications are evaluated.
Discrete Cosine Transform based ECG Signal Analysis and Processing
Authors: Hamad Aqeel Mohsin
Published: December 2021

Cardiovascular disease (CADs) is considered the primary leading cause of death. Irregular activity of heart, these disease can be detected and classified by Electrocardiogram (ECG), which is constructed from using electrodes placed on human skin to record the electrical activity of the heart. Because QRS complex represents the basic part of the ECG signal, these components should be recognized in order to analysis the other characteristics of the signal. Different methods and algorithms are proposed to analysis and processing the ECG signal. In this paper, a new QRS complex recognition method are proposed based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) with variable adaptive threshold method, which is used to determine threshold based on characteristic of each ECG signal to detect upper and lower levels of threshold to detect the peak of the signal. At first, the DCT is applied to the ECG signal to isolate it into different coefficients and eliminate or reduce the noises of the signal based on processing of high frequency components of DCT coefficients, which have less information, then the ECG is reconstructed by cropping the most important coefficients to be used in threshold determination. The basic idea is that the reconstructed signal have high differences between the components of the signal, and this facilitates the process of calculating the threshold value, which is used later to find peaks of ECG signal. The proposed method is tested and its performance are determined based on three different datasets, which are MITBIH Arrhythmia dataset, (LTSTDB) and (EDB) and the performance are evaluated using different metrics, which are Detection rate, accuracy, specificity and sensitivity. The experimental results show that the proposed method is performed or outperformed other works, therefore it can be used in peak detection applications.
Authority of Fatwa in Digital Era: Methodology and Transmission of Nahdlatul Ulama’s Bahtsul Masail in Indonesia
Authors: Yahya Imam , Junaidi Akhmad Arif
Published: December 2021

Research on fatwa authority in the digital era intends to conduct an analysis of the fading authority of the NU bahtsul masail among nahdliyyin, turning to other digital-based fatwas, namely fatwas listed on internet pages. Why is Bahtsul Masail becoming increasingly abandoned by people in this digital age? How is the format of bahtsul masail in the digital age? The results of this study include; First, methodologically, bahtsul masail consistently uses the ijtihad method according to the legal hierarchy of the Imams of the schools; Second, the transmission of the bahtsul masail fatwa is still through personal media, namely the cleric, clerics and scholars; Third, in the contestation of the struggle for fatwa authority in the digital era, the methodology and media for fatwa transmission must be accelerated with the progress of the digital era.
Text-independent Speaker Verification Using Hybrid Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Selin M. , Mathew Dr.K. Preetha
Published: December 2021

Automatic speaker verification is an active research area for more than four decades, and the technology has gradually upgraded for real application. In this paper, a hybrid convolutional neural network (CNN) model is proposed where a combination of the 3D CNN & 2D CNN model is used for speaker verification in the text-independent scenario. For speaker verification, this novel convolutional neural network architecture was built to capture and discard speaker and non-speaker information at the same time. In the training process, the network is trained to differentiate between different identities of a speaker to establish the background model. The model development of the speaker is one of the important aspects. Most conventional techniques employed the d-vector system to create speaker models by means of an average of the features collected from the speaker utterance. Here a hybrid of convolutional neural networks model is utilized in the development and registration phases for building a speaker model. The approach suggested exceeds the existing methods of speaker verification.
Enhancing Security in Digital Data using various Function of S-box in Data Encryption Standard Method
Authors: Sunny Leya Elizabeth , Paul Dr. Varghese
Published: December 2021

Stage of networking is quintessential task in which security comes into play. Securing these networks which contains confidential digital data that needs to secured will be the agenda of cryptography. Many cryptographic algorithms increment their strengths over parameters like key size, increasing the rounds of iteration and finally using confusion box as S-box as it has best robustness. So, this paper mainly focusses over securing digital data with the help of S-box function over Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm. For this, a plain text and key will be given to this DES as it extracts 8x8(64) bit characters from the key and converting them into its corresponding ASCII value and are concatenating to form an 8 value by taking mod16. These will give to 8 S-box in order to generate its corresponding output to make even more secure and also shows dynamic DES gives much result than other crypto methods. The evaluation of this integrated s-box and DES shows much fruitful results over factors like non-linearity, Avalanche criterion, Balance, Robustness to linear cryptanalysis, Robustness to differential cryptanalysis.
A Mobile Learning Model to Improve the Learning Environment in Iraqi Secondary Schools
Authors: Aldulaimi Mohammed Hasan , Kadhim Thair A , Kamil Israa S , Zahra Musaddak M. Abdul
Published: December 2021

Nowadays the use of mobile devices has increased dramatically as they have been integrated into different learning facilities. In this paper, the opinions of high school students and their teachers will be evaluated in order to get a better understanding of how mobile devices are used in the learning environment. A qualitative and quantitative method was used in this study. Multiple cases for the purpose of understanding the level of students' use of these devices in schools. Through the results of this study, it can be determined whether spending on textbooks and supplies is necessary compared to replacing it with technology. This model can be divided into five categories. (MLIS) mobile phone by developing a mobile learning model in Iraqi secondary schools (MLIS). This model can be divided into five categories, including mobile learning, drivers, process, community, and influencing factors. Each of the categories is related to each other, as well as related to planning and goals. However, both students and teachers believe that using mobile devices in an educational setting can help increase overall achievement, improve student motivation, and create a positive learning environment in schools. This study also helps enrich the existing literature on mobile technology in schools, where knowledge is lacking in the Iraqi educational system.
Recent Scope for AI in the Food Production Industry Leading to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Authors: Yasin Elham Tahsin , Hamadamen Nawroz I. , Loganathan Ganesh Babu , Ganesan Manikandan
Published: December 2021

In today's situation, Artificial intelligence and computer vision collectively join together to analyze the big data obtained from predicted models. The role of AI in the agri-based food industry helps the stakeholders to access and monitor the supply chain. The phenomenon of applying AI and computer vision in the food industry would improve the entire operations. This research paper tries to provide an assisting model for farmers in food-processing and agriculture through the state-of-the-art method. Several concepts related to sustainability in food processing have been estimated through machine learning, and the deep learning model as a worldwide concept. The demand for the usage of AI and computer vision in the Ag-TECH industry has increased which impacts sustainable food production to feed the future. Certain implications have been suggested for real-time monitoring of the farming process, politics behind sustainable food production, and investment which is the main game-player in the present situation. The 4th Industrial Revolution [IR-4.0] was ushered in by the deployment of computer vision and AI in the food business, with computer vision robotics playing a crucial role in ensuring sustainable food production.
The Effect of Administrative Creativity on Improving Employee Performance (An Exploratory Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Employees of the Asia Cell Communications Company in Kirkuk)
Authors: AL. Shukri Dhrgham Ibrahim Kadhim , Khazaal Baseer Khalaf , Arslan Muaid Akram
Published: December 2021

Administrative creativity plays an important role in improving the performance of workers in companies in general, whether public or private. One of Iraq's telecommunications companies was chosen as a case study to investigate the role of company management in improving the job performance of its employees. By polling a sample of corporate personnel and encouraging them to be more creative and innovative. The study came to a number of conclusions, one of which is that administrative creativity has a significant role in increasing the performance of valued personnel and within the parameters of good performance. Increased understanding of the relevance of creativity and its successful role in increasing employee performance is required for the adoption of administrative creativity in all of its aspects at the core of administrative operations. More attention should be paid to the power of rewards, and providing rewards of all kinds to its creative and distinguished employees in order to encourage them to generate new ideas, implement appropriate change that leads to problem solving, and thus face the era's crises and challenges by holding ceremonies in which the creators of them are honored, according to the study. The report also suggested that the importance and role of staff development be emphasized as one of the techniques that branches can use to improve their employees' performance.
The Role of Abusive Supervision in Reducing the Employee Green Behavior: A Survey of the Opinions of Sample of Affiliates in the Technical Institute of AL-Diwaniyah
Authors: Fadel Khariya Abed , Malik Asmaa Abdul Wahid , Alaboody Ali Abd Al Razaq
Published: December 2021

Purpose: The present research aims to test the relationship and influence of poor supervision and green employee behavior in its dimensions (Working Sustainably, Conserving Resources, Influencing Others, Taking Initiative and Avoiding Harm) at the Technical Institute / Diwaniyah. Design / Methodology: based on the research sample, (274) questionnaire forms were distributed to the employees of the Technical Institute / Diwaniya (teachers and technicians), and after examining the retrieved forms, (26) forms were excluded because they were not valid and did not fulfill the conditions required So the forms suitable for analysis are (248) questionnaires, with a return rate of (94.8%). Findings: The search results show that arbitrary supervision affects the attitudes and performance of workers, as workers who see that they are being subjected to abuse are more likely to leave their jobs, have a decrease in their positive behaviors, and they have a decrease in job and life satisfaction, as well as Job commitment, family / work conflict, and high psychological pressure. Research recommendations: One of the most important recommendations reached by the research is preparing a code of conduct and professional conduct standards to guide the behavior and behavior of employees and supervisors, and intensifying awareness and education programs.
Foreign Reserves of the Central Bank of Iraq and its Influence on Foreign Investment Flows (Applied Research in the Period 2004 - 2019)
Authors: Bni Lam Dr. Ali H.N. , Hammood Dr. Salim S.
Published: December 2021

The importance of research results from its analysis of a major economic variable, which is foreign investment in an unstable environment that has not been witnessed by any country in the world. And because the research is applied, it has used real data on the work of the Central Bank of Iraq. Therefore, the results they will obtain are concrete results, And the problem of research may therefore be summarized by the following question: Has the Central Bank of Iraq been able to contribute to attracting foreign investment via its foreign reserves?. To prove the main premise of the research, “there is a significant statistical relationship between the Central Bank of Iraq's foreign exchange reserves and foreign investment” the standard quantitative approach has been applied, and the research reached several conclusions, The relationship between the Iraqi Central Bank's foreign assets and foreign investment is positive, and this fits into the theoretical details of the research, which reflects the success of the goal of accumulating such reserves, especially since they increased in the period under discussion, It also reflects the success of the Central Bank of Iraq in managing these assets.
Intellectual and Knowledge Investment and its Role in Achieving Sustainable Development of Natural Resources: A Study Applied to the Iraqi Oil Ministry
Authors: Karam Dr. Kareem Saihood , Hemeed Mariam Muhaibis , Oleiwi Shaymma Gabbar
Published: December 2021

An intellectual capital and knowledge is one of the basic and very important resources for modern organizations in light of the knowledge economy. It is another form of capital recognized in the new economy. The intellectual and cognitive capital consists of the basic components represented by the experiences, skills, knowledge and capabilities that individuals working within organizations possess, which have a clear and profound effect on determining the success of the organizations from their failure. The results showed that there are strong correlations between the independent variable with its dimensions represented by intellectual capital and knowledge capital and between the dependent variable represented in investment in natural resources, as well as there is a strong relationship between the independent variable with its dimensions represented by intellectual capital and knowledge capital and between the dependent variable represented in investment in resources. Accordingly, a set of recommendations were presented that can contribute to improving the level of investment. Its role in achieving the best investments for the natural resources is found underground through the interest in the human resource, which is one of the most important reasons for the success of organizations and the first element in achieving the well-being of society, as the more the human resource He has the knowledge, skill and ability to optimally utilize natural resources whenever this is one of the most important factors for the success of organizations. In addition, organizations today have to pay attention and benefit from the intellectual and knowledge capital, especially in developing countries. The necessary requirements must also be provided
Change Strategies and their Role in Enhancing the Profitability of the Industrial Companies Using the Balanced Scorecard - Applied Study in the General Company for Automotive Industry in Iraq - Alexandria
Authors: Khudair Zeena Hamza , Khalil Mohammed Jassim
Published: December 2021

As a result of the constant and rapid changes that the world is witnessing in the field of Information Technology and opening up to global markets, making local industrial companies have a constant decline in profitability as a result of the inadequacy and understanding of these companies of these challenges, due to the inadequacy of measurement processes over traditional systems, which requires a great deal of attention to. This is done by applying the pattern of change strategies in achieving the requirements of performance development and identifying the extent of factors and variables affecting the application and practice of the pattern of change strategies and the extent of their impact in the use of the four-dimensional scale represented by the balanced scorecard, so the research included two aspects representing the first aspect.
Changes in the Pattern of Marketing Strategies with Content Marketing Strategies to Maximize Product Sales SMEs in North Sumatra
Authors: Sembiring Beby Karina Fawzeea , Sulistya Rini Endang , Yuliaty Tetty
Published: December 2021

Nowadays, technological development is rapid development. Now technology change can make activities can be easier to carry out, one of them in marketing. Currently, various marketing activities, both small and large sectors, use technology in their development. With the rapid development of technology, marketing is not a difficult thing anymore. One of the uses of technology can be felt in the SMEs sector. The marketing strategy with a strategic content marketing pattern will further increase the growth rate of buying interest in products offered by SMEs. Content Marketing is a strategy where marketers plan, create and distribute content that can attract targeted audiences, then drive them to become customers. Although a content marketing strategy is essential, not all SMEs use digital marketing in running their business. This is because SMEs are often categorized as highlighters in terms of technology. Being left behind in terms of managing content marketing strategy is due to less reliable resources in mastering technology, but SMEs are still required to master information technology to expand a wider market reach. This is because consumers today are consumers who actively use technology in the form of gadgets.
Implementation of Simple Additive Weighting Method in Evaluating Employee Performance for Job Promotion Recommendations
Authors: Hutahaean Jeperson , Suriani Seri , anto Supriy , yani Harma , Amin Muhammad , Azhar Zulfi
Published: December 2021

The implementation of decision support system tools in providing decision support for management is absolutely necessary. In its application, this aims to make the decision effective so that the decisions produced can be objective. This research discusses employee performance appraisal by implementing a decision support system. Many methods of decision support systems that can be used to rank, but in this study, the authors use the ranking method known as Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). The SAW method works by summing the weighted attributes that are interrelated. This method is quite simple and is able to provide the right decisions for employees who have the best performance to be recommended in job promotions. In this research, assessment attributes are used, namely education, experience, expertise, collaboration, work quality, and discipline. The final results show that employees on behalf of Ferdinal have the highest value with a value of 0.850.
Red dragon fruit juice in reducing ros levels and insulin resistance In rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus model
Authors: Putri Mahendri Deayu , Wiboworini Budiyanti , Dirgahayu Paramasari
Published: December 2021

Background: The peel of red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) had been proven to have a total polyphenol content and total flavonoids 2 to 3 times more than its flesh. These components could reduce oxidative stress and maintain the function of pancreatic beta cells, which could affect blood sugar levels.Objectives: This study aimed to test the red dragon fruit juice using peel and flesh to reduce oxidative stress and insulin resistance in T2DM model rats.Materials and Methods: This study was a true experimental study with a randomized controlled trial, with a Matching Pretest Post-test Control Group Design. We used 21 white male rats (Rattus norvegicus) Wistar strain which was divided into three groups: (P1) negative control group (induced Streptozotocin + Nicotinamide induction), (P2) positive control group (given Streptozotocin + Nicotinamide and given Metformin HCl induction 0,9 mg/kg BW, and (P3) Red Dragon fruit group (induced Streptozotocin + Nicotinamide and given Red Dragon Fruit juice 3.6 ml / 200 g BW / day given for 14 days. The data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA test, paired t-test, and Post Hoc.Results: After 14 days of intervention, the average HOMA-IR levels were as follows: negative control group (Mean=8.32; SD=0.26), positive group (Mean 4.89; SD=0.29), and the Red Dragon Fruit intervention group (Mean=4.65; SD=0.30). The average MDA levels were as follows: control group (Mean = 9.08; SD = 0.68), positive group (Mean=3.34;SD=0.22), and the red dragon fruit intervention group (Mean = 3.05; SD = 0.47). Both the Metformin group and the Red Dragon Fruit group had low HOMA-IR and MDA levels compared to the negative control group.Conclusions: When administered alone, red dragon fruit and metformin effectively reduced HOMA-IR and MDA levels in rats with type 2 DM. Red dragon fruit can be used as an alternative to metformin because of its effectiveness in reducing plasma HOMA-IR and MDA.
Phytotoxic effects of essential oils from Nepeta glocephalata Rech.f. and N. ispahanica Boiss. on se-lected weed species
Authors: DYANAT Marjan , ASGARI Farzad
Published: December 2021

In the present study the bioherbicidal activity of essential oils hydrodistilled from Nepeta glocephalata Rech.f and N. ispahanica Boiss were investigated on four weed species (barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv), redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.), lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) and canary grass (Phalaris canariensis L.)). A total of 37 components were identified from the essential oils of N. glocephalata and N. ispahanica constituting approximately 98.61 % and 96.1 % of the oils, respectively. In laboratory bioassay different concentrations (0, 1, 2, 4 and 8 μl ml-1) of two Nepeta essential oils on germination, root and shoot length were studied. Results showed by increasing the concentration of oils, all studied traits of the weeds were decreased compared with control. In a glass house bioassay post-emergence application of Nepeta essential oils (1.25 %, 2.5 %, 5 % and 10 %, v/v) on 3-week-old weed plants caused visible injury (7-days after spray) ranging from chlorosis to necrosis of plant weeds. In foliar application under glasshouse conditions, both Nepeta essential oils reduced the seedling dry mass and concentrations of chlorophyll a chlorophyll b. The study concludes that Nepeta essential oils have phytotoxic effects and could be used as bioherbicides but the selectivity of these compounds should be considered also.
Analysis of genetic diversity in selected sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) accessions using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers
Authors: EMEGHA Faith Ewewluegim , ANIMASAUN David Adedayo , BANKOLE Folusho , OLAOYE Gbadebo
Published: December 2021

Genetic diversity information among a population is important in exploiting heterozygosity for the improvement of crop species through breeding programmes. This study was therefore, conducted to assess genetic diversity and establish molecular relationships among 20 selected exotic sugarcane accessions from the Unilorin Sugar Research Institute germplasm using Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) molecular markers. Genomic DNA was extracted from the sugarcane leaf. Fragments amplification was then performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with ISSR markers and the data obtained were analyzed using MEGA 4 software. Analysis of the electropherogram showed a total of 39 loci consisting of 369 bands, out of which 95.8% were polymorphic. The biplot analysis showed all the markers contributed to the observed diversity with the least achieved with ISSR6. The principal co-ordinate analysis grouped the accessions into four clusters, comprising mixtures of all the six collection sites. The polymorphism obtained in the present study showed that the ISSR markers are effective for assessment of genetic diversity of the sugarcane accessions as it reveals the genetic similarity or divergence of the accessions regardless their place of origin or cultivation.
Development of efficient integrated management package against sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius [Fabricius, 1798])
Authors: TIPU Mohammad Monirul Hasan , JAHAN Raunak , RAHMAN Jubaidur , RAHMAN Md Mizanur , ISLAM Md Ariful , APU Md Mosiur Rahman Bhuyin
Published: December 2021

The sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius, 1798) is one of the most damaging sweet potato pests. To prevent an economic crop loss, it is very important to develop a suitable and efficient integrated pest management strategy. A field experiment was set up with three replications at Jamalpur to select the best integrated management package from eight different treatments against sweet potato weevil. The results showed that the lowest percentage of infestation by number (2.94 %) and mass (3.22 %) was found when the crop was planted on November 01; earthing-up for two times, Carbofuran 5G was sprayed @ 15 kg ha-1 at 60 days after planting with irrigation and tuber was harvested at 130 days after planting. The marketable yield (23.75 kg) and percent increase of yield than control (50.86 %) performed the highest in the same combination. These findings suggested an effective integration of different management strategies to reduce sweet potato weevil infestation in Bangladesh successfully.
Evaluation of traits related to bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) root in drought tolerance applied at the beginning of vegetative and reproductive stages
Authors: ESKANDARI SHAHRAKI Arman , SOHANI Mohammad-Mehdi , HOOSHMAND Sadollah , AALAMI Ali , SAMIZADEH Habibullah
Published: December 2021

Roots play an important role in wheat grain yield, especially under drought stress conditions. To investigate root characteristics under drought stress conditions in bread wheat, 90 lines F10 obtained from the crossing (‘Yecora Rojo’ × ‘Chinese Spring’) randomly with the parents of the population were examined. The study was conducted in the form of a split-plot design with a randomized complete block base in three conditions including: 1. no stress, 2. application of drought stress at the beginning of the vegetative stage, and 3. application of drought stress at the beginning of the reproductive stage. The results showed, interaction between genotype and condition of drought was significant for all root-related traits, except shallow root dry mass, at the level of 1 % probability. The response of root-related traits to different types of drought stress was very complex. The longest root length, decrease for 13.3 % was during stress at the beginning of the vegetative stage in comparison to non-stress conditions, while the same trait increased for 4.9 % during stress at the beginning of the reproductive stage, comparison to non-stress conditions. The results of principal component analysis under non-stress conditions showed that by considering the distribution of genotypes compared to the first two components, genotypes can be identified that have more yield with the proper root condition and vice versa.
Endophytic fungi as biological control agents and their indirect effects on plants
Authors: ŽIGON Primož , CELAR Franci Aco
Published: December 2021

The use of entomopathogenic fungi represents one of the most important non-chemical alternatives for pest control in crop production. In addition to their pathogenicity to arthropods, they have many other important effects that favor their use in biological control. They live in plants as endophytes and have an inhibitory effect on plant pathogens. They inhabit the rhizosphere of many plants in natural and agricultural ecosystems and have a stimulatory effect on their growth and development. These recently acquired ecological functions are not yet fully understood, but point to the broader potential of using entomopathogenic endophytic fungi in crop production, not only as biopesticides but also as mycofungicides and growth stimulants (biostimulants). To achieve the full potential of entomopathogenic endophytic fungi in daily agricultural practice, practical application should be considered in the development of commercial products and the application techniques of entomopathogenic endophytic fungi that allow successful colonization of plants should be considered.