bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigate the Impact of Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Total Fertility Rate in Taiwan: Human Development Index as Mediator
Authors: Hsu Tzu-Kuang , Pan Kun-Hung
Published: November 2024

This study is to investigate the dynamic relationships among carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the Human Development Index (HDI), and the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Taiwan from 1992 to 2021 by using an innovative method, called quantile mediation analysis. Our findings show that CO2 emissions negatively directly affect TFR. We also find that HDI, which measures the overall development of a country, has a partly mediation effect at the distribution of TFR within 0.2 to 0.6 quantiles. Moreover, the results reveal that there exists a U-shaped relationship between CO2 emissions and TFR, and between CO2 emissions and HDI at the higher 0.8 quantile level. According to these results, we suggest that the Taiwanese government continue investing in education, healthcare, and gender equality as critical human development sectors. Such investments can mitigate the negative impact of CO2 emissions on TFR, and balance environmental factors and demographic outcomes. These policy implications are crucial for policymakers and researchers in environmental science, public health, and social policy.
The Use of Digital Technologies in the Administration of Justice: Positive and Negative Effects
Authors:   South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk, Russia, Zadorozhnaya Vera A. , Tishchenko Alena V. , Karoviiс́ Sadmir ,   Ural Branch, Russian State University of Justice, Chelyabinsk, Russia,   University of Travnik, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Published: November 2024

The subject of the study is social relations in the field of the use of digital technologies in the administration of justice. The purpose of the study is to identify and describe the positive and negative effects of the use of information technology in the administration of justice in their interrelation and interdependence. The hypothesis of the study assumes the existence of a set of interrelated and interdependent effects of the use of digital technologies that affect the administration of justice in different ways (positively and negatively). The categorical and symbolic method “hexagram” is applied. The most significant positive effects of the use of digital technologies in the administration of justice are: realization of the human rights; access to justice; optimization of the work of the court. The most significant negative effects of the use of digital technologies in the administration of justice are: digital inequality, risks of information security violation, the risk of losing the individualization of court decisions. The obtained result can be used in the selection of priority areas for the implementation of digital technologies in the administration of justice, as well as in the planning of this activity, prevention of risks of violation of human rights or principles of justice in connection with the use of digital technologies.
Consideration of Labor Cases by Special Labor Courts as a Way to Optimize the Civil Process in the New Economic Policy Period
Authors:   North-West Branch, Russian State University of Justice, St. Petersburg, Russia, Filonova Olina I.
Published: November 2024

The article is devoted to the scientific development of the problem of consideration and resolution of labor cases by courts. The purpose of the work is to study the historical experience of considering and resolving labor cases in civil proceedings by special labor sessions of people’s courts during the New economic policy period on the basis of comparative historical and formal legal research methods, scientific principles of objectivity and historicism. The creation of special labor sessions of people’s courts was motivated by the need for those who resolved disputes to have special knowledge and skills to consider labor cases, and also correlated with the focus on accessibility of justice for workers and the course towards optimizing legal proceedings. The article traces changes in the normative regulation of the activities of labor sessions, identifies the role of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR in filling gaps in the law, and analyzes the problems of jurisdiction and jurisdiction of labor cases. Based on the analysis of judicial practice materials (primarily the rulings of the Civil Cassation Board of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR), the peculiarities of the civil process when considering labor disputes during the New economic policy period are revealed: in the subject composition (thus, representatives of trade unions could be representatives of their members), in matters of evidence and proof, due to the initiative of the court and the specifics of the cases.
Spore assemblages from the Silurian-Lower Devonian ‘Lower Old Red Sandstone’ deposits of the Lanark Basin of the Midland Valley of Scotland
Authors: Wellman Charles H.
Published: November 2024

The Lanark Basin is situated along the southern Margin of the Midland Valley of Scotland. It contains a series of Silurian inliers whose transitional marine to brackish to terrestrial sequences are unconformably overlain by Lower Devonian ‘Lower Old Red Sandstone’ deposits. Dispersed spore assemblages have been reported from terrestrial deposits towards the top of the Silurian sequences and are of early Wenlock age. Those from the Hagshaw Hills inlier have been reinvestigated and updated records reported herein. The first dispersed spore assemblage recovered from the ‘Lower Old Red Sandstone’ deposits that unconformably overlie the Silurian sequences is described. It is from the Greywacke Conglomerate Formation and is interpreted as being of Early Devonian (Lochkovian) age. This is concordant with previous radiometric age dates reported from associated volcanic rocks.
A revision of the conifer Sphenolepis kurriana (Dunker) Schenk from the Wealden of Germany and England
Authors: Watson Joan , Fisher Helen L.
Published: November 2024

The scale-leaved fossil conifer Sphenolepis kurriana (Dunker) Schenk is redescribed from the Wealden floras of Germany and England. The revised study of this fossil species encompasses specimens remaining in the nineteenth century Dunker Collection in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, from which a neotype is selected; figured specimens in the Museum of Geology, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen and the Rufford Collection in the Natural History Museum, London. Dispersed samples more recently collected from debris-beds in the English Wealden show cuticular details of particularly well-preserved leaf-bases and leaves. To date, Sphenolepis kurriana (Dunker) Schenk is the only non-cheirolepidiaceous conifer species confirmed as present in both the English and German Wealden floras. In situ cones, identified as female, indicate a taxodiaceous Cupressaceae affinity for S. kurriana.
Early coal swamp vegetation from the Serpukhovian lower Clackmannan Group of Scotland
Authors: Cleal Christopher J. , Strullu-Derrien Christine , Spencer Alan R. T.
Published: November 2024

The coal-bearing lower Clackmannan Group of Scotland has yielded diverse fossil floras of Serpukhovian (late Mississippian) age dominated by arborescent lycopsids, equisetopsids, ferns and lyginopteridalean pteridosperms. Similar macrofloras of the same age have been reported from coal-bearing deposits of Maine-et-Loire (NW France) and Upper Silesia (Czech Republic and Poland). These fossil floras together reflect the earliest development of the coal swamp biome in tropical Euramerica. The biome appeared on newly-exposed areas of coastal plain that formed as result of lowered sea-levels during the first major cooling phase of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age. A new combination Artisophyton chalmersii is proposed based on Megaphyton chalmersii Goodlet.
Deciphering interfungal relationships in the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert: Rhizophydites shutei sp. nov. (fossil Chytridiomycota) on glomeromycotan acaulospores
Authors: Krings Michael
Published: November 2024

The spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) in the Early Devonian Rhynie ecosystem served as a habitat for a diversity of other fungi, only a few of which have been studied in detail so far. Rhizophydites shutei nov. sp. occurs in planar assemblages and tuft-like clusters comprised of thalli in various stages of development on Archaeosporites rhyniensis-like acaulospores. The presence of multiple individuals on several closely spaced hosts allows a thorough depiction of this fungus. Thalli are monocentric and characterized by an ovoid, narrowly to broadly citriform, bulb-shaped, or globose inoperculate zoosporangium 10–35(–38) μm high and 7–33 μm wide, and an endobiotic rhizoidal system reaching into the host lumen. The sporangium can be epibiotic or interbiotic (stalked), or located between the wall layers of the host spore. Mature sporangia have a pronounced apical papilla. Similarities with the modern chytrid genera Rhizophydium and Phlyctochytrium are used to suggest that the fossil belongs to the Chytridiomycota, and to place it in the genus Rhizophydites, which accommodates chytrid-like fossils that are morphologically similar or even identical to present-day Rhizophydium. This discovery contributes to our understanding of the various roles mycorrhizal fungi had in early terrestrial ecosystems.
Ultrastructure of Cambrian cryptospores and the early evolution of the plant spore wall
Authors: Taylor Wilson A. , Strother Paul K.
Published: November 2024

Terrestrially-derived cryptospores from Cambrian deposits in eastern Tennessee were examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to determine the underlying structural basis for spore wall construction in these pre-embryophytic spore types. In addition to previously-described species from the middle Cambrian Conasauga Group, we examined new specimens extracted from the Rome Formation, which are coeval to the oldest reported cryptospores from North China. Our results reveal a substantial diversity of endogenous laminated sporoderm construction, expanding on the three basic types described previously. The underlying cellular processes involved in the production of sporopollenin wall construction were in place by the middle Cambrian, but a modern form of spore wall assembly did not evolve until the canalization of plant-like sporogenesis during the Middle Ordovician.
Challenges in reconstructing the vegetation associated with a late Eocene mammal fauna from Western Europe
Authors: Collinson Margaret E. , Hooker Jerry J. , Gibbons Sharon J.
Published: November 2024

Bed TB33, a lacustrine unit within the late Eocene (early Priabonian) How Ledge Limestone, Headon Hill, Isle of Wight, UK, contains a rich mammalian fauna. The previously reconstructed food web included mammalian predators and prey (ground dwelling, scansorial and arboreal; insectivores, frugivores, herbivores and carnivores) and two inferred owls. Unfortunately, the extensive bulk sediment sampling and sieving used to obtain the vertebrate fauna had not yielded any plant fossils other than charophyte gyrogonites. This new work has focused on plant mesofossils and palynofacies in the uppermost horizons of the vertebrate-rich bed aiming to reconstruct the vegetation that hosted the mammals. Other than cysts of Zygnemataceae, phytoplankton are absent. The presence of the aquatic plants Azolla and Salvinia on the lake is documented by megaspores and microspore massulae. The palynomorphs are dominated by algal cysts, Azolla microspore massulae fragments and two morphologies of trilete fern spores. These data document a depositional setting in a lake with abundant free-floating Azolla or Salvinia and with a margin vegetation dominated by ferns. The data support one of our previous inferences that the arboreal mammals were brought to the site from some distance away by predators. However, the challenge to fully reconstruct the mammalian habitats remains.
Messinian age of an “Oligocene” fossil flora from Italy
Authors: Martinetto Edoardo , Irace Andrea , Marramà Giuseppe
Published: November 2024

An enigmatic deposit at Pavone d’Alessandria provided, at the end of the 19th century, about one hundred plant macrofossils, considered to be Oligocene in age. That material is no longer available, but a few animal (an insect and a fish) and plant remains have recently been recovered from this locality. A single remnant of Aphanius crassicaudus is considered relevant, in combination with a recent assessment of the geology in the studied area, to propose a Messinian age for the deposit. The taxonomic composition of the 19th century plant assemblage, only documented by sketchy drawings, is difficult to re-interpret, but its possible relationship with Messinian plant assemblages studied in the last 30 years is discussed in the light of recent observations. A few plant taxa that can be recognized on the basis of elementary morphological traits, e.g., Fagus gussonii, support a Messinian rather than Oligocene age.
Effiziente Geometrierekonstruktion nach Topologieoptimierung eines Motorhalters/Efficient Geometry Reconstruction after Topology Optimization of an Engine Bracket
Authors: Mayer Johannes , Sippl Christian , Hufnagel Thomas , Wartzack Sandro
Published: November 2024

Inhalt Topologieoptimierung (TO) kann Ausgangspunkt für effizienten Materialeinsatz und hochperformante Leichtbaukomponenten sein. Hierfür ist nach der TO eine Rekonstruktion der Geometrie in einem eigenen Prozessschritt nötig. Insbesondere wenn das Optimierungsergebnis nicht als abstraktes Oberflächenmodell, sondern als parametrische Computer-Aided-Design-(CAD)-Geometrie in den Entwicklungsprozess zurückgeführt wird, ist die Rekonstruktion arbeits- und zeitintensiv. Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Anwendung einer neuen, featurebasierten Forschungsmethode an einem Motorhalter von MAN. Statt aufwändiger Gestaltungszyklen unterstützt die Methode durch Automatisierung und Parametrik.
Gaze-action coupling, gaze-gesture coupling, and exogenous attraction of gaze in dyadic interactions
Authors: Hessels Roy S. , Li Peitong , Balali Sofia , Teunisse Martin K. , Poppe Ronald , Niehorster Diederick C. , Nyström Marcus , Benjamins Jeroen S. , Senju Atsushi , Salah Albert A. , Hooge Ignace T. C.
Published: November 2024

In human interactions, gaze may be used to acquire information for goal-directed actions, to acquire information related to the interacting partner’s actions, and in the context of multimodal communication. At present, there are no models of gaze behavior in the context of vision that adequately incorporate these three components. In this study, we aimed to uncover and quantify patterns of within-person gaze-action coupling, gaze-gesture and gaze-speech coupling, and coupling between one person’s gaze and another person’s manual actions, gestures, or speech (or exogenous attraction of gaze) during dyadic collaboration. We showed that in the context of a collaborative Lego Duplo-model copying task, within-person gaze-action coupling is strongest, followed by within-person gaze-gesture coupling, and coupling between gaze and another person’s actions. When trying to infer gaze location from one’s own manual actions, gestures, or speech or that of the other person, only one’s own manual actions were found to lead to better inference compared to a baseline model. The improvement in inferring gaze location was limited, contrary to what might be expected based on previous research. We suggest that inferring gaze location may be most effective for constrained tasks in which different manual actions follow in a quick sequence, while gaze-gesture and gaze-speech coupling may be stronger in unconstrained conversational settings or when the collaboration requires more negotiation. Our findings may serve as an empirical foundation for future theory and model development, and may further be relevant in the context of action/intention prediction for (social) robotics and effective human–robot interaction.
Eksplorasi Computational Thinking Calon Guru Matematika dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Pola Bilangan
Authors: Darmawan Puguh , Rofiki Imam , Mutia Tuti , Slamet Slamet , Nugroho Citra Maulidyah Rahmawati , Dewi Vera Melinia , Pramudya Stansa Senia , Alaiya Syekha Vivi
Published: November 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi karakteristik computational thinking (CT) yang dimiliki calon guru matematika pada materi pola bilangan ditinjau dari generalisasi yang dimilikinya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan jenis studi kasus jamak. Subjek penelitian ini dikategorikan menjadi tiga jenis yaitu, (1) S1A adalah calon guru matematika yang dapat menemukan nilai dan , serta dapat menemukan bentuk pola umum (  yang melibatkan , (2) S2 adalah calon guru matematika yang dapat menemukan nilai dan , serta dapat menemukan pola umum (  sederhana tanpa melibatkan , dan (3) S3 adalah calon guru matematika yang dapat menemukan nilai dan , namun tidak dapat menemukan bentuk pola umum ( . Dua subjek dipilih dari setiap kategori melalui purposive sampling. Instrumen penelitian ini terdiri atas peneliti, tes tertulis berupa lembar tugas terkait computational thinking pada materi pola bilangan, pedoman wawancara semi-terstruktur, alat rekam audio, dan catatan peneliti. Teknik pengambilan data melalui purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data kualitatif yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah interaktif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, Terdapat tiga jenis karakteristik CT calon guru matematika meliputi, (1) karakteristik CT S1 yaitu, memiliki generalisasi dekat dalam pemecahan masalah dan memiliki generalisasi simbolik dalam penentuan pola umum, (2) karakteristik CT S2 yaitu, memiliki generalisasi jauh dalam pemecahan masalah dan memiliki generalisasi simbolik dalam penentuan pola umum, serta (3) karakteristik CT S3 yaitu, memiliki generalisasi dekat dalam pemecahan masalah, kemudian dalam penemuan kesamaan dalam barisan bilangan, S3A memiliki generalisasi kontekstual dan S3B memiliki generalisasi faktual. Pemahaman terkait karakterisasi computational thinking calon guru matematika ditinjau dari generalisasi ini dapat digunakan calon guru maupun guru sebagai sumber rujukan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran.
Karakteristik Instrumen Tes Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Kimia SMA
Authors: Kriswantoro Kriswantoro , Lucya Wulandari
Published: November 2024

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji alat ukur instrumen yang digunakan untuk menilai keterampilan berpikir tingkat tinggi (HOTS) siswa dalam kimia. Jenis penelitian ini yang digunakan aadalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan menggunakan model pengembangan tes Wilson, Oriondo, dan Antonio yang terdiri atas desain tes, uji coba tes, dan pengukuran tes diterapkan dalam penyusunan ujian kimia HOTS. Instrumen pengumpulan data berupa tes HOTS kimia berbentuk multiple choice beralasan. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tes tersebut telah terbukti sesuai dengan PCM pada tahap uji coba dan pengukuran, menurut kriteria INFIT MNSQ. Ketiga puluh elemen tersebut sesuai dengan model, menurut batas terendah dan maksimum INFIT MNSQ, yaitu 0,77 dan 1,3. Tingkat kesulitan item berkisar dari -0,88 hingga 1,04. Tes tahap uji coba memiliki peringkat reliabilitas 0,97. Tes dengan kesalahan pengukuran terkecil, 0,21, akan menghasilkan informasi terbanyak, 20,92.
TINGKAT SELF-ESTEEM PADA REMAJA SMA/SMK
Authors: Nabilla Shintya , Nur Hafidza Fitri  , Rismaida P.A.Napitupulu
Published: November 2024

Self-esteem berperan penting pada masa remaja. Self-esteem yang tinggi dapat membuat remaja menyatakan dirinya sebagai seseorang yang cukup baik dan cenderung lebih menghargai dirinya sendiri. Sebaliknya, Self-esteem yang rendah telah terbukti menjadi penyebab munculnya berbagai fenomena negatif dalam kehidupan remaja, seperti depresi, kecemasan hingga bunuh diri. Untuk dapat menentukan penanganan yang tepat sasaran, penting untuk dilihat bagaimana tingkat self-esteem pada remaja. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat self-esteem remaja SMA/SMK. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dengan total sampel penelitian yaitu 55 responden. Kuesioner Rosenberg Self- esteem Scale (RSES) yang diadaptasi kedalam Bahasa indonesia oleh peneliti terdahulu digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Hasil penelitian didapati banyak remaja yang memiliki tingkat self-esteem yang sedang yaitu sebanyak 52 responden. Dengan demikian, hal ini menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar remaja SMA memiliki persepsi positif terhadap diri mereka sendiri, namun masih terdapat ruang untuk meningkatkan self-esteem mereka lebih lanjut.
STUDI DESKRIPTIF IKLIM ORGANISASI UMKM TOKO HADI BATAM
Authors: Hutabarat Peggy Emiliana , Fedrian Hadi Putra
Published: November 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi gambaran deskriptif iklim organisasi pada karyawan UMKM Toko Hadi Batam.  Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif iklim organisasi untuk mengetahui keleluasaan penyesuaian diri,  penghargaan  atas kerja   yang   baik, dan kejelasan pekerjaan pada karyawan. Ini merupakan karakteristik internal yang membedakan satu organisasi/sekolah dengan organisasi lainnya dan dapat mempengaruhi orang-orang yang ada didalamnya. Alat ukur yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner berupa alat ukur baku data menggunakan instrumen penelitian dalam bentuk kuesioner OCDQ (Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire) dengan responden 60 orang yang akan diberikan kepada karyawan dan akan diisi sebenar-benarnya. Hasil penelitian ini pada 60 responden, didapat tingkat ketidakikutsertaan (disengagement) pada kategori tinggi (63.4%), halangan (hidrance) pada kategori sedang (66,7%), semangat (espirit) pada kategori sedang (68,3%), keberjarakan (aloofness) pada kategori sedang (70%), penekanan pada hasil (production emphasis) pada kategori sedang (81,7%), rasa yakin (thrust) pada kategori sedang (55,0%) dan perhatian (consideration) pada kategori sedang (95%). Kesimpulan: Hasil perhitungan dengan cronbach’s alpha pada kuesioner motivasi kerja yaitu 0.917 penelitian ini memiliki nilai koefisien reliabilitas > 0.7 maka hal tersebut dapat dikatakan bahwa kuesioner dalam penelitian ini memiliki konsistensi yang tinggi. Kata kunci: Iklim Organisasi, Gambaran Deskriptif, Karakteristik Responden.
ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) PADA LEMBAGA PEMBINAAN KHUSUS ANAK KELAS II BATAM
Authors: Situmeang Amelia Reysa , Yuditia Prameswari
Published: November 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) pada Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak Kelas II Batam. Subjek penelitian ini Pegawai LPKA Kelas II Batam, yang berjumlah 59 responden. Teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan metode total sampling. Metode yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif. Pengukuran yang digunakan pada penelitian ini menggunakan Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale menurut Podsakoff et al,2006. Analisis data dilakukan secara kuantitatif dengan Teknik Statistik Sederhana. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukan dari 59 responden, menunjukan terdapat 47 responden (79,7%) memiliki tingkat Organizational Citizenship Behavior kategori sangat tinggi, 10 responden (16,9%) memiliki tingkat Organizational Citizenship Behavior kategori tinggi, 2 responden (3,4%) memiliki tingkat Organizational Citizenship Behavior kategori sedang, dan 0 responden (0%) memiliki tingkat Organizational Citizenship Behavior kategori rendah dan sangat rendah.Kata kunci: Organizational Citizenship Behavior, LPKA
Issues and Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs: A Study on Business Barriers
Authors: Santosha Nagannanavara , Tabasum Heena , G. Raghunandan
Published: November 2024

This article delves into the various challenges women entrepreneurs face, from personal struggles to business barriers, and highlights how these issues affect their entrepreneurial journeys. By identifying these key obstacles, the article also aims to offer suggestions and solutions to empower women, helping them navigate these hurdles and achieve greater success in their business ventures. Ultimately, understanding and addressing these challenges is essential for creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is inclusive, equitable, and supportive of women’s contributions to the economy.
Evaluation of Periorbital Hyperpigmentation among Young Females Age Group of 20-25 Years: A Study from Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Anusha R. , Christuraj P. Allwin , Balavedhadharshini V. , Kumari M.
Published: November 2024

Periorbital hyperpigmentation is a disorder that is frequently seen. Numerous exogenous and endogenous conditions might lead to periorbital hyperpigmentation. Idiopathic cutaneous hyperchromia of the orbital region, periorbital hyperpigmentation, periorbital melanosis, dark circles, infraorbital darkening, and infraorbital discoloration. It may have an impact on someone's emotional health and quality of life. The Sree Ramakrishna Medical College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences and Hospital in Kulasekharam, Tamil Nadu, India, served as the study's location. The female participants in this research range in age from 18 to 23. Vocal consent was achieved after the purpose of the study was explained. Thirty people responded to this poll. There are thirty questions on the survey. Specifics concerning allergies, low light, pain, sleep, cosmetics, tension, and gadget use were all included in the questionnaire. Female participants who were unwilling or obstinate were not allowed to continue with the study. It has been found that most women encounter sleep problems, boredom, discomfort, tiredness, depression, and irritation at work. Their everyday routines are not up to par. Women therefore need more information about the importance of a healthy diet, skincare routine, device use, water consumption, allergies, and sleep. Future medical interventions should concentrate on these areas in order to improve the young woman's general health and wellness.
The Causal Relationship Model of Human Resource Management that affects Employee Commitment to Organizations in Social Enterprises in Thailand
Authors: Ma Fareeda , Sempher Ali
Published: November 2024

Background and Aims: This research explores the causal relationship model of human resource management (HRM) and its effect on employees' organizational commitment in social enterprise businesses in ThailandThe objectives of this study are (1) to investigate the causal relationship model of HRM affecting employees' organizational commitment in social enterprise businesses and (2) to propose a causal relationship model of HRM that influences employees' organizational commitment in social enterprises.  Methodology: The study utilizes inferential statistical analysis, particularly Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). (Hair et al., 2010).  Results: The study confirms all three hypotheses, demonstrating that HRM has a direct positive relationship with employees' affective organizational commitment, with a direct effect (DE) of 0.418*. For continuance commitment, the hypothesis testing results showed a direct effect (DE = 0.342*) and an indirect effect (IE = 0.247*), both of which were accepted. For normative commitment, the hypothesis testing results revealed an influence with a direct effect (DE) of 0.594*.
Rethinking Policy Design: Integrating Traditional, Market-oriented and Corporatist Career Management Policy Instruments across South African Public Service Departments
Authors: Sikwela Shereen , Diedericks Melvin
Published: November 2024

Policy design gained popularity in the 1970s, thus proliferating extensive scholarly research within the field. This persistent trajectory is sustained by a significant emphasis on integrating diverse instruments within contemporary democratic and governance contexts. Despite the relevance of instrument mix, the integration of traditional, corporatist, and market-oriented policy instruments still needs to be explored in the African context, particularly in career management. This study addressed this gap by investigating the integration of these diverse paradigms through insights from the metaphysical foundations of governance models alongside the empirical data gathered from the stakeholders at the North West Province Departments of Cooperative Governance Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements. Findings revealed a divergence of policy design approaches, culminating in the misalignment of policy instruments in career management. This misalignment hampers the integration of employee development objectives with Public Service goals. Findings revealed that the underlying cause of this deficiency is the misalignment of NATO instruments. Therefore key stakeholders in both departments should realign policy instruments and enhance targeted capability building. The study contributes to public administration theory, policy design, career management, and integrative governance by prioritising the alignment of policy instruments, thereby bridging the gap between organisational and employee developmental goals. This collaborative approach reveals the potentiality of integrative governance in harmonising diverse policy instruments in public organisations.

Keywords: Policy Design, Instrument Mixes, Career Management, Integrative Governance, Institutional, Atomistic, Fragmentation Ontologies.
The Wehrheim-Woodward Category of Linear Canonical Relations between $G$-Spaces
Authors:   University of California, USA, Weinstein Alan
Published: November 2024

We extend the work in a previous paper with David Li-Bland to construct the Wehrheim-Woodward category WW($G\mathbf{SLREL}$) of equivariant linear canonical relations between linear symplectic $G$-spaces for a compact group $G$. When $G$ is the trivial group, this reduces to the previous result that the morphisms in WW($\mathbf{SLREL}$) may be identified with pairs $(L,k)$ consisting of a linear canonical relation and a nonnegative integer.
The Evaluation of Graphs on Surfaces for State-Sum Models with Defects
Authors:   Universit&, Farnsteiner Julian ,   #228,   t Hamburg, Germany, Schweigert Christoph ,   Universität Hamburg, Germany
Published: November 2024

The evaluation of graphs on 2-spheres is a central ingredient of the Turaev-Viro construction of three-dimensional topological field theories. In this article, we introduce a class of graphs, called extruded graphs, that is relevant for the Turaev-Viro construction with general defect configurations involving defects of various dimensions. We define the evaluation of extruded graphs and show that it is invariant under a set of moves. This ensures the computability and uniqueness of our evaluation.
Evaluation of physical-spatial characteristics affecting the quality of apartment housing
Authors: Hessari Pedram , Chegeni Farhad
Published: November 2024

Housing quality is one of the most important domains of quality of life. One of the most important qualitative aspects of housing is paying attention to the residents’ satisfaction with their place of residence. The purpose of the upcoming research is to know the physical-spatial characteristics that affect the quality of apartment housing. The research method is combined and based on two quantitative and qualitative approaches. In this way, in the first part and the qualitative approach of the research, the text content analysis method was used. In this section, with the help of the content analysis method, the most important sources of the first category related to the quality of apartment housing are reviewed and the physical-spatial characteristics affecting the quality of the housing are identified. In the second stage of the research, with the help of a quantitative approach, the evaluation of people’s characteristics has been done with the help of TOPSIS method. The statistical population university professors related to housing was used to evaluate the physical-spatial characteristics. The findings of the research show that the characteristics related to housing quality are not only physical.
Spatio-temporal evolution and driving factors of landscape pattern in minority villages: a case study of Zahan Village in Hainan Province
Authors: Zhang Shan , Xie Jiaming , Liu Weifang , Zhu Yupeng
Published: November 2024

Ethnic minority settlements, as an important medium for the transmission of ethnic cultures, are also a key resource for accelerating the development of ethnic minorities and the regions where they are located. Currently, research on landscape patterns focuses on traditional villages and ancient villages, whereas there is a relative lack of discussion on ethnic minority settlements. This study focuses on the multi-ethnic Zahan Village in Hainan Province, adopting the analysis methods of landscape pattern index and land-use transfer matrix, based on the theoretical framework of landscape ecology, to systematically analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics of the landscape pattern of the village and its patterns between 2007 and 2022, and to qualitatively analyze the influencing factors of its landscape changes from two dimensions, namely, humanities and nature. Research findings: (1) As the dominant landscape type, the proportion of woodland (although decreasing year by year) still exceeds 80%, whereas other land types, such as watersheds and grasslands, are gradually transformed into construction land and arable land, whose increment is significant. (2) During the study period, Throughout the study period, the landscape homogeneity of Zahan Village became better and better, the landscape types tended to be richer, and the spatial heterogeneity of the landscape also increased. (3) The area of woodland landscapes shows a decreasing trend from year to year, whereas construction land and arable land show an overall increasing trend, and the area of watersheds and meadows also decreases slightly. (4) The village landscape is mainly spatially “clustered,” concentrated in the center and southern part of the village, with a few “dots” distributed in the east and northwest, and the overall trend is spreading from the center to the periphery. (5) The evolution of village landscapes is influenced by a combination of human factors, including demographic, economic, and policy factors, as well as natural geographic factors, such as topography, climate change, and precipitation. The study provides theoretical support and practical guidance for the sustainable development of Zahan Village, as well as valuable experience and inspiration for the optimal development of other minority villages.
Is digital technology innovation a panacea for carbon reduction?
Authors: Pu Zhengning , Qian Yu , Liu Ruiheng
Published: November 2024

This paper analyses the impact of digital technological innovation on the carbon emission intensity of enterprises and conducts an empirical test based on the data of listed enterprises in China from 2009 to 2021. The study finds that (1) digital technological innovation can significantly reduce carbon emission intensity. (2) Enterprises’ digital attention and investment can significantly increase their operating income but not reduce carbon emissions. Digital technology patents can significantly reduce carbon emissions in the short term. In the long run, even new digital technologies will have a carbon rebound effect once they are deployed on a large scale. Therefore, digital technology innovation is still challenging in the long run to realize the synergy effect of “increasing production and reducing carbon.” (3) Mechanism tests show that digital technology innovation can reduce carbon intensity by improving operational efficiency, promoting cleaner production, and improving human capital. (4) If the government pays moderate attention to digital development, digital technological innovation by enterprises can significantly reduce carbon intensity. Meanwhile, this effect is more significant in regions with higher levels of intellectual property protection. Digital technology innovation can significantly reduce carbon intensity for mature, high-tech, and technology-intensive enterprises.
Avifauna diversity in the environmentally sensitive area: Alpha and Beta analyses in Kluang Forest Reserve, southern Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: Mahyudin Nur Aina , Fauzi Nur Athirah , Munian Kaviarasu
Published: November 2024

The Permanent Forest Reserve (PFR) is recognised as one of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in Malaysia`s spatial planning. Incorporating biological factors alongside existing physical attributes is crucial to improve the classification of ESAs. It is important to attain biological diversity information to formulate biological factors, which include vertebrates such as bird communities. Birds are highly sensitive to changes within ecosystems; hence, they play a pivotal role in reflecting the overall ecological condition. Therefore, the study focused on assessing bird species’ richness in the Kluang Forest Reserve (Kluang FR) and compared its bird diversity amongst five PFRs ESAs in southern Peninsular Malaysia. Methods such as mist netting, point count observations and call recording were deployed to calculate the alpha and beta diversity of the bird community. A total of 68 species comprised of 36 families were recorded and the white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) was the most abundant species in all reserves studied. Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) revealed that the bird diversity in Kluang FR is more similar to bird santuary Panti Forest Reserve compared to the other four forest reserves and indicates that diversification of species richness. However, the absence of published species information in forest reserves poses challenges for comparing bird assemblages amongst different reserves. More extensive studies are needed in Johor and throughout Malaysia to provide data that can effectively assist and support biodiversity conservation and management.
A new species of the genus Kamimuria (Plecoptera, Perlidae) from Jiangsu, China with re-description of K. microda Du, 2002
Authors: Zeng Liang-Liang , Huo Qing-Bo , Du Yu-Zhou
Published: November 2024

Jiangsu Province is located on the southeast coast of China and lacks high-altitude mountains, with only a few hilly areas mainly distributed in its southern region. In recent years, We investigated the diversity of Plecoptera species in the major mountainous and forested areas of Jiangsu, recording a total of 20 species across 12 genera and five families.

In this paper, we examined the materials of Kamimuria from Jiangsu and described a new species, K. liyangensis sp. nov. In addition, detailed English descriptions and colour pictures of K. microda are provided for the first time.
Apharinodes baixiensis sp. nov., a new species from Guangdong, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
Authors: Zhu Jiang , Wang Cheng-Bin
Published: November 2024

The genus Apharinodes Raffray, 1890 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Hybocephalini) includes four known species occurring in East and Southeast Asia.

A new species, Apharinodes baixiensis sp. nov., is described from Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China. Important morphological characters of the new species are illustrated by colour plates.
The old good landscape maps: New interpretations enabling ecosystem services assessment of conservation potential at a national scale
Authors: Prodanova Hristina , Nedkov Stoyan , Yordanov Yordan
Published: November 2024

The ecosystem services (ES) approach has been widely accepted in environmental policies and management as an adequate platform that can serve as a link between nature and society. Many ES are influenced by the landscape structure. Thus, national-scale landscape mapping can potentially contribute to nature conservation management. However, there are no attempts to directly link the ES assessment with the landscape units at a national level. In this paper, we propose an approach for the transformation of paper copy information from old landscape maps to enable the assessment of ES conservation potential at the national landscape scale. The conceptual scheme of the approach contains three main elements: (i) data acquisition; (ii) landscape and ES assessment data processing; and (iii) mapping of ES potential at a landscape level. The results reveal the landscape heterogeneity based on landscape classification and mapping at a national level and the ES conservation potential based on the analyses of the Natural Heritage (NH) in the country to provide ES. The assessment of ES conservation potential using the national scale landscape mapping allows us to analyze the spatial relationships between the landscapes with high conservation value and the existing nature protection network. The conceptual scheme of the study demonstrates how the results of the ES potential provided by the NH at a national level can be combined with the landscape units from the traditional landscape classification schemes to produce various spatial and statistical metrics that reveal how the national system of protected areas coincides with the areas of high ES conservation value.
Une ou deux modalités transférentielles ?
Authors: Braconnier Alain
Published: November 2024

Les questions soulevées par le maniement du transfert à l’adolescence soulèvent toujours des débats sur la parentification du thérapeute. Cet article en rappelle brièvement en pratique les enjeux d’hier et d’aujourd’hui.
Chunking mechanisms in language and other domains
Authors: Tosatto Laure , Pinto Arata Leonardo , Rey Arnaud
Published: November 2024

La capacité à identifier la structure statistique du langage et de notre environnement, l’apprentissage statistique, est une caractéristique essentielle de notre système cognitif. Ce processus repose sur des mécanismes associatifs tels que le chunking. Cette revue de l’art examine trois phénomènes majeurs, régulièrement rapportés dans la littérature portant sur les mécanismes de chunking : l’effet de prédictibilité, l’espacement des répétitions, et les limitations de la taille des chunks. Pour illustrer la généralisabilité et la robustesse de ces effets, nous montrons qu’ils ont été observés dans le traitement de séquences linguistiques et visuo-motrices chez le primate humain et non-humain. Nous discutons des apports de modèles d’apprentissage statistique actuels basés sur le chunking, et soulignons certaines de leurs limites. Enfin, nous soutenons que les récents modèles neurocomputationels basés sur l’apprentissage Hebbien et associatif peuvent fournir de nouvelles approches théoriques pour décrire et mieux comprendre la nature des mécanismes de chunking.
Implicit Statistical Learning of Language and Music
Authors: Tillmann Barbara , Poulin-Charronnat Bénédicte
Published: November 2024

Une capacité fondamentale du système cognitif humain est de devenir sensible aux régularités présentes dans l’environnement. Par simple exposition au milieu environnant, et sans intention d’apprendre, les individus sont capables de s’adapter aux régularités qui les entourent, qu’elles soient perceptives, linguistiques, musicales, motrices, ou même sociales. Le langage et la musique sont deux systèmes hautement structurés ; ils présentent des régularités statistiques qui peuvent être apprises par simple exposition à travers des mécanismes d’apprentissage implicite. Le présent article se concentre sur des études conduites en laboratoire, utilisant principalement des méthodes comportementales afin d’étudier l’apprentissage statistique dans les domaines du langage et de la musique. Nous passons en revue des recherches montrant la segmentation de séquences et l’acquisition de structures syntaxiques ou grammaticales dans des systèmes artificiels, suivies d’extensions à des matériels plus réels. La dernière section est consacrée à un bref aperçu des mécanismes potentiels sous-tendant cet apprentissage, proposés par différentes perspectives théoriques.
Repérage de la maltraitance sur l’enfant de moins de trois ans
Authors: Garret-Gloanec Nicole , Pernel Anne-Sophie
Published: November 2024

La maltraitance concernant le jeune enfant de moins de trois ans est un sujet peu reconnu dans le sanitaire (que ce soit en maternité, en pédiatrie ou en pédopsychiatrie) et presque inconnu dans le social, le médico-social et le judiciaire. Elle fait rarement l’objet d’un repérage s’appuyant sur les données de la littérature. Pourtant les maltraitances subies au plus jeune âge ont un impact sur toute la durée de la vie et dans tous les domaines.Les autrices, s’appuyant sur le modèle écosystémique et une approche holistique, proposent une revue de littérature. Elles extraient les caractéristiques validées et croisées à partir des méta-analyses. Elles retiennent celles définies dans les études les plus solides pouvant ainsi se constituer en déterminants. Le tableau final a une validité liée au croisement entre déterminants correspondants à chaque niveau.L’objectif serait que la clinique et la recherche puissent s’appuyer sur ce travail préalable pour ouvrir une politique de repérage permettant une véritable prévention et la mise en œuvre d’interventions pluridisciplinaires.
Histoire de maltraitance et sensibilité maternelle : avoir un enfant difficile est-il un facteur de risque ?
Authors: Cyr Chantal , Martel Élodie , St-Laurent Diane , Tarabulsy George M. , Bernier Annie , Lemieux Roxanne , Dubois-Comtois Karine
Published: November 2024

La présente étude évalue si la perception des mères d’avoir un enfant difficile modère l’association entre la maltraitance qu’elles ont vécue durant l’enfance et leur sensibilité auprès de leur enfant. Quatre-vingt-quatorze mères d’enfants (0-6 ans) suivies pour maltraitance ou identifiées à haut risque de maltraitance ont complété des mesures autorapportées sur les expériences de maltraitance vécues au cours de leur enfance et sur leur perception d’avoir un enfant difficile. La sensibilité maternelle a été évaluée lors d’une visite à domicile. Les résultats montrent que la perception des mères d’avoir un enfant difficile modère l’association entre la sévérité des expériences de maltraitance (toutes formes confondues) et la sensibilité maternelle, ainsi qu’entre les antécédents d’abus émotionnel et la sensibilité maternelle. Un lien négatif significatif a été trouvé entre les antécédents d’abus physique et le niveau de sensibilité maternelle, et ce, peu importe si elles perçoivent leur enfant comme difficile ou non. Globalement, ces résultats suggèrent que les interventions parent-enfant en contexte de maltraitance devraient considérer la manière dont les mères perçoivent leur enfant afin de favoriser l’émergence de comportements parentaux sensibles et de soutenir leur engagement dans un rôle parental positif et bienveillant envers leur enfant.
Se redonner des chemins de sens : évaluer avec l’éthique des droits humains
Authors: Libois Joëlle , Hardy Joffroy
Published: November 2024

Cet article rend compte du processus de recherche que j’ai mené au sein du LABOCS (Laboratoire pour le changement social) qui a été financé par HELMo-ESAS à hauteur de 2/10 temps pendant 3 ans. Ce projet de recherche visait à développer un outil d’évaluation des organisations à finalité sociale, en utilisant comme socle l’éthique des droits humains. Dans l’article, je présente les fondements théoriques et méthodologiques qui sous-tendent cet outil. Ensuite, je détaille la manière dont j’ai mis en œuvre ce dernier. L’évaluation avait pour objectif d’analyser la capabilité des étudiants en situation de précarité à exercer leur droit à l’éducation. Pour ce faire, nous avons constitué deux groupes : l’un composé de travailleurs sociaux du service social d’HELMo et l’autre regroupant sept étudiants en situation de précarité. Notre démarche a consisté à partir des représentations de chaque groupe concernant les obstacles entravant l’exercice du droit à l’éducation. Cette évaluation a conduit les travailleurs du service social à revoir en profondeur bon nombre de leurs pratiques. De plus, elle a permis d’accorder un peu de dignité aux étudiants en situation de précarité, en partant de leur expérience et de leurs ressentis, pour concevoir des conditions sociales plus favorables.