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Michael Jordan
Authors: Porter David L.
Published: May 2024

With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.

He is among the best-known and wealthiest athletes in the history of organized sports. With the possible exceptions of boxer Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth, no athlete has made a greater impact on American society-or in the world-than Michael Jordan. Follow the life of one of the most recognizable athletes and living brands inside this engaging and balanced biography.

When basketball stars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson retired in the early 1990s, Michael almost single-handedly propelled the NBA to stratospheric levels of success and international visibility. As a player for the Chicago Bulls, he generated instant crowd thrills with his record-setting drives and dunks, selling countless books, newspapers, videotapes, NBA game tickets, and hours of television time. The NBA promoted Michael, basing its popularity on his image as the greatest showman in sports history. Yet his sports hero status extends beyond NBA records. Michael changed the game by becoming the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation. Nike and many other companies rode-and continue to ride-on the coattails of Air Jordan's legend. Author David Porter highlights Jordan's on and off the court accomplishments and examines his relationship with Chicago Bulls' coaches, his commercial endorsements, and his current role as part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. A chronology, photos, career stats, and a bibliography of print and electronic resources round out this biography of one of the most influential athletes of the twentieth century.
Middle School and the Age of Adjustment
Authors: Bernstein Eileen
Published: May 2024

Middle school is a time in children's lives when they experience tremendous changes: physically, emotionally, and socially. It is a very vulnerable stage when children are exposed to risky behaviors, intense peer pressure, and a possible academic decline. Parents need to be aware of the issues and challenges that their children face so that they can help to solve problems in a proactive manner. When parents work closely with school personnel, young adolescents are guided more effectively.

The author, who has worked as a middle school counselor, reveals actual problems that a school counselor might encounter among students and provides vignettes of student situations and conversations with parents. She provides many suggestions to help parents establish boundaries for their children and give guidance as they navigate the troubled waters of early adolescence. She stresses that parents who are informed about the problems their children will face can better help them deal with the issues.
Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900-1929
Authors: Sitsky Larry
Published: May 2024

Soviet and Russian music of the first third of the 20th century--with the exception of the music of a few high-profile composers who were officially sponsored by the State--is still largely unexplored territory, known only to a few specialists. Nevertheless, the music has considerable intrinsic value well beyond its curiosity appeal, and includes many pieces unaccountably forgotten and certainly worth reviving, to the ultimate enhancement of our concert repertoire. The study of this music also explains much about the foundations of Soviet culture and its subsequent suppression and decline under the Stalinist yoke. The purpose of this volume is to stimulate interest in this little-known area of Soviet/Russian music. The works charted here constitute a great flowering of avant-garde music which was then savagely dealt with for Stalin's political purposes.
Native America, Discovered and Conquered
Authors: Miller Robert J.
Published: May 2024

Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Europeans and Americans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they discovered. In the United States, the British colonists who had recently become Americans were competing with the English, French, and Spanish for control of lands west of the Mississippi. Who would be the discoverers of the Indians and their lands, the United States or the European countries? We know the answer, of course, but in this book, Miller explains for the first time exactly how the United States achieved victory, not only on the ground, but also in the developing legal thought of the day.

The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage—a land route across the continent—in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and animal life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. This fascinating book lays out how that ethnographic research became the legal basis for Indian removal practices implemented decades later, explaining how the Doctrine of Discovery became part of American law, as it still is today.
Needlework through History
Authors: Leslie Catherine  Amoroso
Published: May 2024

Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual beliefs, and aesthetic ideals throughout time and geography. Needlework traditions are often associated with rituals and celebrations of life events. Often-overlooked by historians, practicing needlework and creating needlework objects provides insights to the history of everyday life. Needlework techniques traveled with merchants and explorers, creating a legacy of cross-cultural exchange. Some techniques are virtually universal and others are limited to a small geographical area. Settlers brought traditions which were sometimes re-invented as indigenous arts. This volume of approximately 75 entries is a comprehensive resource on techniques and cultural traditions for students, information professionals, and collectors.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Authors: Lang Holly
Published: May 2024

Over ten years since his death, Biggie Smalls, also known as The Notorious B.I.G., is considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, a credit continually given by numerous hip-hop artists. Raised in Brooklyn during the crack-cocaine boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Smalls (born Christopher Wallace) worked as a drug dealer before ultimately deciding to become a rapper. With Sean Puffy Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment, Biggie rocketed to fame as one of hip hop's most popular artists. But with the success came controversy: the friendship-turned-feud between Biggie and Tupac fueled the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast hip hop, a gangsta-rap battle that many believe led to the murder of both rappers. While still unsolved, the murder of Biggie in 1997 sparked numerous investigations, litigation, and the dismantling of a Los Angeles Police Department task force in what is considered the largest scandal in LAPD history. Ten years later, Biggie is celebrated as the King of East Coast hip hop. In this biography author Holly Lang recounts the life, music, and legacy of Biggie and investigates the events surrounding his murder.
The Opium Empire
Authors: Jennings John M.
Published: May 2024

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) found Japan guilty of deliberately promoting drug abuse as a weapon to further its imperialistic aims in Asia. This study provides the historical context behind the IMTFE's findings from the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 to the end of World War II. Given the extent to which drug use permeated the politics, economy, and culture of Asia, it was inevitable that Japan's rise as an imperial power would lead to contact with, and increasing involvement in, the opium and narcotics trade. This study argues that the nature of that involvement should be understood not simply in terms of a conspiracy to drug the people of Asia into submission, but rather as indicative of the general twists and turns of Japanese imperialism. Thus, opium and narcotics emerge not so much as a weapon of, but rather as a metaphor for, Japanese imperialism in Asia.
The Other Desert War
Authors: Gordon John W.
Published: May 2024

Gordon's book reveals an impressive mastery of the archival and secondary sources available on the subject. His writing is crisp and interesting, yet sober and scholarly at the same time. The daring and resourceful men of the British desert forces have found a historian whose ability to tell their story matches their ability to create some of the most daring and imaginative operations of World War II. This is an extraordinary book about extraordinary soldiers.Military Review
The Path to Paradise
Authors: Berko Anat
Published: May 2024

Suicide bombers are often compared to smart bombs. From the point of view of their dispatchers, they are highly effective, inexpensive forms of weaponry, and there is no need to invest in their technological development. Suicide bombers are in fact smarter than smart bombs because they can choose their own target—and they can react to circumstances on the ground, changing their target, or their timing, in an instant, to ensure the maximum damage, destruction, and death. Of course, unlike smart bombs, suicide bombers think and feel, they have histories, stories, beliefs, desires—in short, they have an inner world. Exploring the inner world of suicide bombers has been the focus of Anat Berko's research for years. She has worked to understand the thought processes of a people who can choose to place explosives on their bodies and kill themselves, taking as many other people with them as they can.

Do male bombers really believe that death will transport them to a paradise where they will be greeted by virgins? Are they victims of unbearable pressure to commit this act of terror? What are female bombers promised in the hereafter? Is there something that links all suicide bombers? Berko also explores the world of those who drop the smart bomb—the dispatchers: who are these people who persuade others to go calmly to their horrific deaths?
Performance as Political Act
Authors: Martin Randy
Published: May 2024

A new form of politics, this exciting study shows how the human body, which contains political feelings and senses, emerges as a site for political opposition and resistance when the mind has been dominated by mass communications, and consciousness alone is no longer sufficient to evoke political actions. Provocative and eloquently written for scholars and students of critical theory, the arts, and political thought.
Philosophy Practice
Authors: Schuster Shlomit C.
Published: May 2024

Although philosophy has become a purely academic discipline over the last few centuries, it once played an important role in the politics of many Western nations. Now, the end of the 20th century, philosophy seems to be returning to its original, practical purposes, thanks to the new practice of philosophical counseling, which is now emerging as an alternative to psychoanalysis and other clinical approaches. This volume describes the main theoretical aspects of this practice based on an open-ended dialogue between a philosophical practitioner and a client or a group, and places it in a historical context, while contrasting it with various forms of psychological counseling. To illustrate how philosophy can be beneficial, the author, a practicing philosophical counselor, also presents several case studies from her own practice.
Powerful PowerPoint for Educators
Authors: Marcovitz David M.
Published: May 2024

This timely book helps educators unleash the interactive potential of PowerPoint to build their own multimedia material that perfectly matches the needs of their students.

While PowerPoint affords powerful capabilities for creating dynamic classroom lessons and enriching curriculum, few educators understand how to take advantage of these built-in features. The second edition of this practical guide helps educators produce creative multimedia material for their students, regardless of their level of programming proficiency.

Powerful PowerPoint for Educators: Using Visual Basic for Applications to Make PowerPoint Interactive, Second Editiondiscusses the educational benefits of multimedia instruction and provides a review of intermediate PowerPoint skills. Author David Marcovitz explains the concept of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripting and provides progressively advanced skills and practice examples. While other books that describe VBA are written in a highly technical manner, this book is geared toward educators with little or no programming background and includes tips for modifying the practice examples for their own interactive multimedia projects.
Cinematic Encounters with Disaster
Authors: Troon Simon R.
Published: May 2024

Cinematic Encounters with Disastertakes Hollywood’s disaster movies and their codified versions of natural disaster, post-apocalyptic survival, and extra-terrestrial threat as the starting point for an analytical trajectory that works toward new understandings of how cinema shapes and informs our conceptions of disaster and catastrophe. It examines a range of films from distinct regional and industrial contexts: Hollywood, indie movies, different kinds of documentaries from the US and elsewhere, and auteurist-realist cinema from Europe and Asia. Moving across and beyond critical and industrial categories that often inform thinking about cinema, this book contends that different approaches to film style can push us to imagine disaster in distinct ways, with distinct ethical connotations.

Framed by contemporary concerns around the global climate crisis and the advent of the Anthropocene, questions about how films can best offer responses to historical exigency guide the book’s explorations of spectacular 2010s blockbusters likeGravity(2013) andSan Andreas(2015), environmental documentaries including the paradigmaticAn Inconvenient Truth(2006), post-disaster films by auteurs including Abbas Kiarostami and Lav Diaz, and more. Conceiving of disaster as intersubjective ethics between humans and nonhuman alterity – forces of nature, errant technology, monsters, ghosts, and other entities – it analyses how formal techniques and narrative strategies render encounters in which human protagonists are confronted with the threat of death and respond in ways that can be instructive for our planet’s present juncture.
Cyber Warfare
Authors: Springer Paul J.
Published: May 2024

Cyberwarfare, a term that encompasses a wide range of computer-based attacks on targeted enemy states, has emerged as one of the most pressing national security concerns of the 21st century.All around the world, the scramble to shield thoroughly computerized military and infrastructure resources from cyber attacks is intensifying. Military experts, for example, believe that Ukraine's ability to defend its cyberspace from Russian cyber attacks was one of the key reasons Russia's dramatic 2022 invasion of neighboring Ukraine failed to topple the Ukrainian government in Kiev.

This all-in-one resource explains the world of cyber warfare in authoritative but lay friendly terms. First, it details the historical evolution of cyber warfare and the different forms it can take, from crippling attacks on power grids and communications networks to secret intelligence gathering. From there it moves into a wide-ranging exploration of the main controversies and issues surrounding cyber security and cyber warfare, as well as coverage of major cyber warfare attacks, the organizations responsible, and the steps that the United States and other countries are taking to protect themselves from this constantly evolving threat.

Like all books in theContemporary World Issuesseries, this volume features a suite of "Perspectives" in which cyber warfare experts provide insights on various elements of cyber warfare. Other features include informative primary documents, data tables, chronology, and a glossary of terms.
Transnational Literature of Resistance
Authors: Mir Salam Darwazah
Published: May 2024

Fills a gap in comparative studies, interrogating strategies of Empire in dominating the Indigenous and linking two modern cultures from the Global South.

Transnational Literature of Resistance compares and contrasts resistance literatures from Guyana – a British exploitation colony – and Palestine – a settler colony – at a specific historical moment. Salam Darwazah Mir contests the provinciality and Eurocentric focus of comparative literature; delivers the discipline’s universal objectives; and expands the discipline’s practice by comparing two literatures and histories from the Global South.

Mir situates the literatures within their wider historical and literary heritage, a move that links the two countries from within the colonial/imperial framework. She argues that the British invasion of the protectorate of British Guiana in 1953 and the founding of the settler colony in Palestine in 1948, with imperial Britain at the helm, are colonial acts to strengthen and sustain Empire. The two colonial projects are evidence of the protean nature of Empire that evolves, reinvents itself, and reconstructs new comparable ploys and strategies of controlling the Global South.

Within this context, the emergence of poetry of resistance in both countries at this historical juncture is part and parcel of other forms of resistance during decolonization, linking the formerly colonized and the presently colonized people in the Global South. It is examined from within the framework of postcolonial theory, as Mir reads poetry as the voice of the people in their demands for freedom, equality, and national independence. Resistance poetry is thus born out of the need to assert identity, redress invisibility and erasure, reclaim national space and land, and reconstruct the history of the Indigenous.
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Conflict Management
Authors: Mutongi Chipo , Muchuri Tinashe , Nyazema Majory Tinotenda , Kandufa Precious
Published: May 2024

Emotional intelligence is panacea in the management of conflict. A house divided against each other disintegrates. Emotional intelligence can silence the gun and rebuild relationships. Cooperation and collaboration in the global village among global villagers is handy if they are to operate peacefully and leave no one behind in development. The African continent is one family and this continent’s inhibitors should be mature and employ emotional intelligence in resolutions of all sorts of conflicts. Understanding of each other’s moods and emotions lead to self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, motivation and social skills. This leads to conflict resolutions, enjoyment of harmony and promotion of peace and tranquillity. The diversity of nationalities, interests, beliefs, views and values of people working in various industries, organisations and those in families is bound to create conflicts, however if emotional intelligence is put into practice these conflicts can easily be avoided and/or rectified without the gun and all forms of violence. Hence, this article explores the role of emotional intelligence in conflict management. The article uses existing literature and proffers thought provoking aspects of emotional intelligence in conflict management and peace building. It attempts to bring out the potential of emotional intelligence in building peaceful homes, societies and nations. Understanding of the value of articulating effective communication, as well as the importance of intentional listening is recommended when leaders negotiate conflicts and sometimes mediate conflicts between nations, industries, organisations and individuals in order for people of diverse cultures and beliefs to learn from and tolerate each other.
La opinión pública ante los primeros cien días del gobierno de Cristiani
Authors: Martín-Baró Ignacio
Published: May 2024

Una encuesta de opinión pública realizada por el IUDOP en el mes de septiembre muestra que los salvadoreños tienen mayoritariamente un juicio moderadamente favorable sobre los primeros cien días de gobierno del presidente Alfredo Cristiani. La encuesta se realizó con una muestra representativa de toda la población adulta salvadoreña, para un total de 1514 personas, urbanas y rurales. Aunque no hay acuerdo mayoritario sobre los cambios considerados positivos o negativos, la mayoría tiende a rechazar la liberalización de los precios ya que siente el impacto de la subida del costo de la vida. Las opiniones se muestran divididas sobre el respeto a los derechos humanos y la represión y, en conjunto, es un porcentaje mayor de salvadoreños el que abriga esperanzas respecto a la capacidad del nuevo gobierno de resolver la crisis económica del país que respecto a su capacidad para poner término a la guerra civil.
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Development tendencies of the Internet economy in Georgia
Authors: Giguashvili Giuli , Bebnadze Khatuna
Published: May 2024

Modern information technologies have united and connected the whole world, helped people get to know each other, develop business ties, realize scientific potential, and resolve political relations between nations. Through it, it became possible to circulate financial capital, production, labor resources, as well as information worldwide in the shortest period of time. It is information technologies, first of all, the Internet, as a global network and the unity of interconnected computers, which became the basis of the development of globalization that changed the life of the people of the world, relations, and, therefore, business. Georgia is actively involved in the economic globalization process in which the Internet plays a significant role.The paper analyzes the stages of development of the Internet economy in Georgia. Through it, opportunities to improve the socio-economic situation of the country.
Azərbaycan Respublikasında idxal-ixrac əməliyyatlarının dinamikasının ekonometrik modelinin qurulması
Authors: Həsənova Aysu
Published: May 2024

Bu məqalədə Azərbaycan Respublikasının idxal-ixrac əməliyyatları ilə xarici ticarət dövrüyyəsinin ayrı-ayrılıqda zamandan asıllıqı təhlil edilmişdir. Monitorinq dövrü kimi 1995 ci ildən 2022-ci ilə qədər olan illik müəlumatlar öyrənilir. Müasir ekonometrik metodlardan istifadə edərək EViews8 proqram paketində zaman sıralarının analizində qrafik təsvirlər, reqressiya modeli, təsviri statistika, korreloqrama əsasən zaman sırası modellərinin diaqnostikası verilmişdir.
The positive impacts of incorporating social media into adolescent social practices
Authors: Kovalova Oleksandra
Published: May 2024

This article delves into the role of social networks in adolescents' lives, particularly examining their impact on communication habits and educational needs. It highlights a growing inclination towards online communication, especially among youth, evident during periods of russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings reveal that social networks serve not only as platforms for entertainment and social interaction but also as significant resources for education and self-improvement. Specifically, adolescents are actively engaging with educational content in various formats such as videos, audiobooks, textual reviews, and lectures on social media platforms. These findings underscore an increasing interest in leveraging social networks as educational resources, reflecting contemporary trends in education and the evolution of digital technologies. The authors advocate for further exploration of the positive effects of social network usage in adolescent education and development, aiming to enhance both education and the psychosocial well-being of young people in the modern online landscape.
Tratamentul modern al periodontitei granulomatoase
Authors: Marcu Diana , Pînzari Ecaterina
Published: May 2024

Metodele de tratament ale periodontitei granulomatoase de-a lungul timpului au cunoscut o dezvoltare semnificativă în rândul medicilor practicieni și oamenilor de știință. Tratamentul într-o sigură etapă este mereu o temă contraversată, și devine din сe în сe mаi prасtiсаtă, oferind аtît mediсului сît și pасientului un șir de benefiсii сum аr fi: reduсereа suprаinfeсtării și a fenomenelor de actutizare periаpiсаlă, cât și a numărului de ședințe în schema de tratament urmată. Succesul tratamentului periodontitei cronice granulomatoase este influențat pozitiv de așa factori ca: preîntîmpinarea infecției periapicale datorită prelucrării mecanice minuțioase și medicației intracanalare, obturarea endodontică tridimensională, realizată corect și restaurarea coronară corespunzătoare. Pe măsura respectării etapizate a cerințelor date, tratamentul va fi realizat cu succes.
Breastfeeding then and now: how times have changed
Authors: Sayad Ali Abbas Rahat
Published: May 2024

Breastfeeding is as old as humanity itself, but views on it have evolved a lot. In the early 1900s, breastfeeding was the norm but formula was seen as a sign of status and modernity. By the mid-century, formula reigned supreme and breastfeeding was actively discouraged by hospitals and pediatricians. This study aims to determine contextual factors and underlying mechanisms influencing the implementation of workplace policies in Mexico.[1]
Розробка контролера заряду сонячних батарей
Authors: Білюк Іван , Савченко Олег , Сипченко Сергій , Семенака Андрій , Сербін Павло , Вознесенський Олександр
Published: May 2024

роботі розглянуто спосіб розробки контролера заряду сонячних батарей на базі мікросхеми CN3722 та Atmega328.
Degree incremental solutions of the generalized cauchy-riemann system
Authors: Kanguzhin Baltabek , Bakybay Bakdaulet
Published: May 2024

This article ( ), 2 ,2 L E p  p is devoted to finding the solution space of the class of exponentially increasing functions that do not belong to the class of multipliers of the equation of generalized analytic functions, for example, in the case of constant or linear functions.
Контроль технічного стану ситеми керування робочого об’єму регульованого аксіально-поршневого гідронасоса
Authors: Мельянцов Петро
Published: May 2024

Надходження аксіально-поршневих гідромашин до сервісних підприємств в працездатному стані показало на не достатню ефективність існуючих методів і засобів діагностування їх технічного стану в умовах експлуатації. Мета роботи полягала в розробленні ефективного способу діагностування системи кернування робочого об’єму аксіально-поршневого гідронасоса, який забезпечить підвищення точності і зменшення трудомісткості контрольних операцій. Запропоновано контролювати технічний стан системи керування робочого об’єму вимірюванням градієнту тиску робочої рідини в магістралі керування робочого об’єму за часом, від початку закриття запобіжного клапану насоса підживлення до моменту відкриття перепускного клапану клапанної коробки, після миттєвого переміщення важеля гідророзподільника з нейтрального положення до встановленого крайнього. Запропонований спосіб характеризується мінімальною трудомісткістю робіт, так як дозволяє уникнути застосування алгоритмів діагностування характерних для функціонального діагностування, і може бути реалізований, як в умовах експлуатації так і на сервісних підприємствах для вхідного контролю технічного стану гідромашин.
Побудова автоматизованої системи метрологічного забезпечення цифрових вимірювальних приладів з використанням інформаційних технологій
Authors: Глухов Сергій , Сакович Лев , Козєл Віктор , Семеха Сергій , Бабій Олександр
Published: May 2024

Довготривала експлуатація цифрових вимірювальних приладів в сучасних економічних умовах зумовлює розробку нових рішень на основі інформаційних технологій з метою більш точного визначення їх технічного стану та переходу на гнучкий міжповірочний інтервал. Розробка та впровадження автоматизованої системи метрологічного забезпечення цифрових вимірювальних приладів дозволить упереджувати поступові відмови з заданою ймовірністю, збільшити їх коефіцієнт готовності, автоматично узагальнювати досвід експлуатації аналогічних пристроїв, в реальному часі надавати підтримку користувачам.
Основні закономірності процесу виявлення цілей імпульсними радіолокаційними станціями при забезпеченні безпеки об’єктів критичної інфраструктури
Authors: Азаренко Олена , Гончаренко Юлія , Дівізінюк Михайло , Землянський Олександр , Фаррахов Олександр
Published: May 2024

Аналізуються основні закономірності процесу виявлення цілей імпульсними станціями радіолокації при забезпеченні безпеки об’єктів критичної інфраструктури. Спочатку розглянуто типову структуру імпульсної радіолокаційної станції, принцип її функціонування та основні технічні характеристики. Потім дано характеристику математичних закономірностей процесу радіолокаційного виявлення цілей. Після чого зроблено висновок про ключові фактори, що визначають виявлення цілей радіолокації при забезпеченні безпеки об’єктів критичної інфраструктури.
Semantic 3D city models as support for urban flood resilience: experiences from Rotterdam
Authors: Andriessen Lara , Agugiaro Giorgio , Borgers Aloys , Pauwels Pieter
Published: May 2024

Abstract. This paper presents a process to develop a CityGML-based 3D city model that, together with results from a flood simulation, can be used to investigate direct and indirect effects of floods on a city, its inhabitants and its critical infrastructure, and to quantify such effects by means of a Flood Resilience Score. In addition, the model can be used as a spatial planning support tool for urban planners to prioritise the redevelopment of certain areas and to test new spatial design decisions. First, a semantic 3D city model is prepared and enriched with additional building and infrastructure information. Then a Flood Resilience Score (FReSco) is defined and computed by quantifying the direct and indirect impacts of flooding on buildings, households, and critical infrastructure points using information from both the 3D city model and the flood simulation results. Lastly, a prototype of a spatial planning support tool is proposed to evaluate the flood resilience of a new environmental plan. As a case study, the neighbourhood of “Nieuw Kralingen” in Rotterdam was chosen. Overall, the outcomes of this work are meant to help cities better understand the impacts of flooding and adjust their urban planning activities accordingly. At the same time, the developed methodology also tests the strengths and limits of CityGML-based 3D city models in combination with openly available data and software.
Smart Cities, G.I.S. and the Phenomenon of Piracy
Authors: Gourgourini Maria
Published: May 2024

Abstract. This article describes the ways a smart city can use Geospatial Information Systems (G.I.S.) to promote its history, focusing on the phenomenon of piracy. Specifically, definitions are given regarding the concept of Smart Cities and their correlation with G.I.S. Then an analysis is made concerning the ways in which historical phenomena, such as piracy, can be visualized using G.I.S. through the creation of interactive maps, 3D models and animated maps. References to historical facts are also presented in order to understand the need of creating such cartographic compositions to highlight aspects of history, that few know and even fewer have studied, especially in Greece. Moreover, we present the ways in which cartographic compositions can be demonstrated in the coastal settlements and the islands that were pirate strongholds. Finally, we show ways that these cartographic compositions can be hosted on a website, giving the possibility to access the information from all over the world, emphasizing the importance of highlighting local history.
Towards a multi-database CityGML environment adapted to big geodata issues of urban digital twins
Authors: Kasprzyk Jean-Paul , Nys Gilles-Antoine , Billen Roland
Published: May 2024

Abstract. This paper investigates the challenges of implementing the CityGML standard within database environments for managing urban digital twins (UDT), with a particular focus on addressing big geodata issues. CityGML stands as a critical standard for representing and exchanging 3D urban models and thematic data, essential for effective urban planning and infrastructure management. However, integrating CityGML into databases poses challenges due to the dual requirements of geospatial and semi-structured data. While the former imposes a certain rigor in its formalism, the second benefits from more flexibility. Through a comprehensive review and benchmarking of existing database implementations, including both new distributions and those often use, 3DCityDB, CJDB, Measur3D, and Cerbere, this paper proposes a novel approach towards a multi-database CityGML environment tailored to the specific needs of UDT. The proposed solution leverages the strengths of both relational and NoSQL databases, offering a flexible and scalable architecture while ensuring data consistency, geospatial capabilities and compliance with the CityGML schema. The research hypothesis suggests integrating Cerbere, a middleware for CityGML schema compliance and transaction validation, with 3DCityDB and Measur3D (MongoDB). This approach aims to demonstrate the feasibility of managing advanced 3D data operations based on the CityGML model (3DCityDB) and scalability for big data like IoT (Measur3D) within a multi-database environment. The paper contributes to the advancement of UDT by providing a comprehensive solution for managing diverse data types, facilitating more effective urban planning, infrastructure management, and sustainable development initiatives in the context of smart cities.
360° Panorama Stitching Method with Depth Information: Enhancing Image Quality and Stitching Accuracy
Authors: Wang Tianjiao , Huang He , Cai Zhenglong , Song Jialin , Yang Junxing
Published: May 2024

Abstract. Panoramic images, prized for their capacity to capture a comprehensive 360-degree field of view, find extensive applications across various domains. However, the challenge arises when attempting to seamlessly stitch together images captured by multiple cameras onto a spherical surface, particularly in cases where the cameras lack concentric alignment. To mitigate this misalignment issue, our paper introduces a novel method that integrates depth information into panoramic image stitching, aiming to enhance registration accuracy and seamline detection. The proposed method encompasses two pivotal steps. Firstly, depth information is employed to rectify the image’s placement on the panoramic sphere, facilitating a two-dimensional registration process. This initial step targets the elimination of misalignment problems between images while preserving image clarity. Subsequently, depth information is seamlessly integrated into the smoothing term of the Markov random field energy function to guide seamline detection. Leveraging depth information aids in circumventing foreground obstacles and directs the search through spatially smooth areas, thereby reducing the likelihood of misalignment issues. Experimental results substantiate the effectiveness of employing depth information for image correction on the spherical surface, especially in scenarios where cameras approximate concentric alignment. Furthermore, the integration of depth information into the stitching network construction markedly diminishes misalignment, leading to a notable improvement in panoramic image quality. This signifies a crucial advancement in the domain of panoramic image stitching from an academic perspective.
Upaya Penyembuhan Trauma Pasca Bencana Pada Anak- Anak Sekolah Dasar Negeri Cibulakan
Authors: M Kurniawan  , Nurli Yanti  , Alifa Zahra Wiguna  , Intan Putri Nugraha  , Sindi Pratiwi
Published: May 2024

Tanggal 21 November 2022 siang hari (13:21:10 WIB) terjadi gempa bumi Mw 5.6 di daerah Cianjur,Jawa Barat. Berdasarkan data BMKG, hingga tanggal 22 November 2022 telah tercatat 140 gempa-gempasusulan (aftershocks) dengan magnitudo 1.2-4.2 dan kedalaman rata-rata sekitar 10 km, dimana 5 gempadiantaranya dirasakan oleh masyarakat sekitar. Gempa bumi utama (mainshock)Mw 5.6 berdampak dandirasakan di Kota Cianjur dengan skala intensitas V-VI MMI (Modified Mercalli Insensity); Garut dan SukabumiIV-V MMI; Cimahi, Lembang, Kota Bandung, Cikalong Wetan, Rangkasbitung, Bogor dan Bayah dengan skalaintensitas III MMI; Tangerang Selatan, Jakarta dan Depok dengan skala intensitas II-III MMI. Menurut informasisementara dari BNPB sampai tanggal 22 November 2022 pukul 17.00 WIB bahwa gempabumi ini menimbulkan 268 korban jiwa dan lebih dari 2.000 rumah mengalami kerusakan. Selain mengakibatkan hancurnya harta benda dan korban jiwa, tentunya bencana alam gempa juga bisa menyebabkan trauma yang dirasakan para korban khusunya anak-anak. Trauma merupakan gangguan psikologis yang rentan yang dapat merusak keseimbangan kehidupan individu. Maka dari itu, Kegiatan pengabdian masyakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan edukasi sekaligus hiburan atau biasa disebut dengan trauma healing pasca bencana gempa bumi yang terjadi hampir di seluruh wilayah Cianjur khususnya Kecamatan Cugenang. Hiburan yang dilakukan dengan menyelenggarakan bermacam- macam perlombaan mulai dari lomba kerupuk, kelereng, mewarnai, lcc dan lain-lain.
Teachers’ Digital Competence and its Relationship with Teacher Effectiveness at Higher Education Level in Punjab
Authors: Iqbal Irum , Hussain Ijaz , Tahir Muhammad Safdar
Published: May 2024

Digitalization in higher education involves using digital tools for administration, teaching, evaluation, research, and extension activities. The proficiency of educators in digital skills is imperative for achieving optimal teaching outcomes. This study endeavors to examine the correlation between teachers' digital proficiency and their effectiveness in instructional delivery within public sector universities situated in Punjab. Additionally, it seeks to ascertain whether there exist noteworthy variances in teachers' digital proficiency based on demographic factors. Employing a quantitative survey method, this research adopts a descriptive research approach. The investigation was conducted across public sector universities in the province of Punjab, with three universities selected through convenience sampling. A total of 370 teachers were randomly chosen from these institutions to participate in the study. Standard research instruments were utilized for data collection, while statistical software SPSS facilitated data analysis to derive conclusions. Descriptive statistics were computed, followed by correlation analysis, simple linear regression, and independent sample t-tests to interpret the findings. The results revealed a substantial association between teachers' digital proficiency and their efficacy in higher education. The study also found that teachers' digital competence and effectiveness are moderate in nature. There was no significant difference in digital competence based on gender, experience, age group, academic qualification, and training. The study concluded that educators in higher education have the capacity to acquire the requisite knowledge, skills, and proficiency to augment their digital competence and instructional efficacy in an increasingly technology-driven environment. Nonetheless, the research identified certain constraints and proposed avenues for future investigation.
PENYELESAIAN PERSELISIHAN HUBUNGAN INDUSTRIAL KARENA PEMUTUSAN HUBUNGAN KERJA OLEH TENAGA KERJA ASING (STUDI PUTUSAN NOMOR 038K/PDT.SUS/2011)
Authors: Laela Sofa
Published: May 2024

Hak untuk memutus kontrak kerja memang bukan hanya dimiliki oleh pengusaha, namun juga dimiliki oleh pekerja, termasuk tenaga kerja asing. Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui upaya penyelesaian yang dapat dilakukan oleh pemberi kerja atas pemutusan hubungan kerja sepihak oleh tenaga kerja asing dan kendala dalam pelaksanaan eksekusinya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif. Dalam putusan Nomor 038K/PDT.SUS/2011, mekanisme penyelesaian perselisihan hubungan industrial telah dilaksanakan tahapannya oleh pihak pemberi kerja sesuai dengan UU Nomor 2 tahun 2004 tentang Penyelesaian Perselisihan Hubungan Industrial, yaitu dimulai dengan upaya bipartit dilanjutkan dengan upaya tripartit melalui mediasi, kemudian melalui upaya gugatan ke pengadilan hubungan industrial dan berlanjut ke Mahkamah Agung. Namun, pelaksanaan eksekusinya terkendala oleh beberapa hal berkaitan dengan izin tinggal tenaga kerja asing yang terbatas dan tidak adanya harta yang dapat disita.
ANALISIS EKSISTENSI ETIKA HAKIM MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI DALAM MEWUJUDKAN PERADILAN BERINTEGRITAS DAN AKUNTABEL (PUTUSAN MK NO. 90/PUU-XXI/2023)
Authors: Tambunan Edo Maranata , Sembiring Rya Elita Br , Gozali Frederick , Sianturi Dwi Mei Roito
Published: May 2024

Penelitian ini membahas mengenai eksistensi etika hakim Mahkamah Konstitusi dalam mewujudkan peradilan yang berintegritas dan akuntabel, dengan fokus pada Putusan MK No. 90/PUU-XXI/2023. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis bagaimana etika hakim diterapkan dalam putusan tersebut dan sejauh mana dampaknya terhadap integritas dan akuntabilitas peradilan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif dengan pendekatan penelitian kepustakaan dan peraturan perundang-undangan, serta norma-norma hukum yang berlaku di lembaga peradilan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan etika hakim memiliki peran penting dalam menjaga kepercayaan publik dan menjamin putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi yang adil dan objektif. Selain itu, pelanggaran etik dapat menurunkan kepercayaan publik terhadap sistem peradilan dan menghambat proses peradilan. Hal ini menunjukkan perlunya peningkatan pengawasan dan penegakan etika hakim untuk menjaga integritas dan akuntabilitas MK. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan penguatan sistem etik dan mekanisme pengawasan serta penegakan hukum yang lebih ketat untuk memastikan hakim MK bertindak sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip etika.
JOURNALISTS’ PERCEPTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE INDUVIAL LEVEL OF INFLUENCES ON CONFLICT REPORTING
Authors: ,Rafi Ullah Dr. Mahboob Ali, Dr. Jamaluddin
Published: May 2024

This study aims to examine the variation in journalists’ perceptions with respect to the influences on reporting from the conflict zones across different provinces. The present study aims to bring new insights on power of various influences as proposed by previous studies and theories and examine the perceptions of the journalists across conflict zones in Pakistan. The results showed that individual level influences are important for conflict reporting. It is evident that personnel background, professional background, educational level, training, experience, gender and religious sect of the journalist influences the journalist work in the conflict zone. Hence, we observe significant differences in respondents’ perception about various items of individual level of influences. The results show that religion influenced journalists’ work to a great extent as the militants use the religious card emotionally. The participants expressed that if the journalists try to cover a story that goes against them, the blame is put on the concerned journalists as to be antireligion and anti-Islam because the militants consider themselves to be the true upholders of the religion. Hence, the respondents termed this scenario as confusing working environment for journalists who feel themselves insecure in such circumstances that, of course, affected their professional duties. Some of the conflict reporters viewed that though religious ideology has tremendous impact on conflict reporting, however it can be minimized by establishing the fact that journalists are not taking side of any party involved in conflict.
THE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES JOURNALISTS FACE IN PRACTICING PEACE JOURNALISM IN ENGLISH AND URDU NEWSPAPERS DURING PAKISTAN'S CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE
Authors: , Syed M. Saqib Saleem Dr. Firasat Jabeen, Dr. Saleem Abbas
Published: May 2024

Pakistan's media landscape can be easily divided into Urdu and English streams. Since Urdu is Pakistan’s national language and is spoken throughout the country, so Urdu journalism finds a wide readership. Meanwhile, the readers of English journalism are limited to upper-middle and resourceful circles. Both streams appear to follow different foci and working styles. During the past few years (2018-2023), in the polarized situation of Pakistani politics, both media streams performed differently, which has caused ethical considerations and challenges for journalists in practicing peace journalism. The study focuses on the ethical challenges faced by Pakistani journalists engaged in peace journalism, particularly within the context of the political climate prevalent in the country for the selected period (2018-2023). Drawing from Lynch and McGoldrick (2005), this study explores how language barriers and cultural differences shape journalists' approaches to peace journalism in Pakistan. By employing in-depth interviews with journalists of Urdu and English journalistic streams, we also seek to understand the ethical considerations and challenges journalists face practicing peace journalism in English and Urdu newspapers in Pakistan's current political climate.
CHINA-US STRATEGIC COMPETITION AND ITS IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION: AN ANALYSIS OF PAKISTAN AND UKRAINE
Authors: Dr. WANG Dong, TIAN Xiaoli
Published: May 2024

This article aims to examine the China-US strategic competition and its impacts on agricultural cooperation between the two powers. Over the past two decades, China`s comprehensive influence across the world has challenged the US hegemony that it has held for three decades. The US perceives China`s persistent economic growth and diplomatic influence as the main challenge to its supremacy in the world. The strategic competition between the two powers has also resulted in a trade war in recent years. China has been one of the top trading partners for the past two decades. Since, the early 2000s, China has been one of the main countries for the US for its agriculture exports. In the same way, the US remains to be an important destination for Chinese agricultural exports. The China-US strategic game not only caused a consequential distraction to the agricultural trade, but it also had direct negative impacts on the economies of the two countries. This article finds that agriculture is a key area of China-US trade relations and that the strategic competition between the two powers has direct implications for the agricultural sector. The findings of this research also revealed that the US-China trade war has hindered agriculture cooperation, and has implications for Ukraine and Pakistan as well.