bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANALISIS SEKTOR POTENSI DAN PENDORONG EKONOMI KABUPATEN BLITAR PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR TAHUN 2014-2019
Authors: Reza Khusnul Khuluk Dwi , Martha Hendarti Ignatia
Published: October 2021

Pembangunan ekonomi merupakan sebuah upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah daerah untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat, untuk meningkatkan pembangunan ekonomi wilayah maka diperlukan pengembangan sektor ekonomi dalam kebijakan yang digunakan oleh Pemerintah Daerah. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana potensi sektor ekonomi dan sektor yang menjadi pendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi di wilayah Kabupaten Blitar Provinsi Jawa Timur, dalam penelitian ini mengguanakan metode analisis Location Quetiont (LQ) and analisis Shift Share (SS). Data yang digunakan merupakan data sekunder yang didapatkan dari BPS dan menggunakna rentan waktu 2014 sampai dengan 2019, dari penelitian ini diperoleh hasil bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi yang ada di Kabupaten Blitar termasuk yang cukup cepat dan dalam perkembangannya banyak mengalami naik turun dalam sektor basis dan non basisnya. Sektor yang paling berpotensi merupakan sektor penyediaan akomodasi dan makanan
MODEL PENGENTASAN KEMISKINAN MELALUI KEBIJAKAN PKH DI JAWA TENGAH
Authors: Faulana Iva , Murniawaty Indri
Published: October 2021

Kemiskinan merupakan masalah utama yang dihadapi oleh semua negara termasuk Indonesia. Salah satu program pengentasan kemiskinan di Indonesia adalah Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH). Provinsi Jawa Tengah merupakan salah satu provinsi yang relatif memiliki jumlah penduduk miskin yang cukup tinggi diantara provinsi di Indonesia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji keberhasilan Program PKH dalam upaya pengentasan kemiskinan di Jawa Tengah. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan implementasi Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) dalam upaya pengentasan kemiskinan melalui kebijakan PKH di Provinsi Jawa Tengah, mulai dari komponen pendidikan, kesehatan, dan kesejahteraan sosial. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori lingkaran setan kemiskinan. Metode yang digunakan dalam peneilitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif, dengan teknik pengambilan data yaitu observasi, wawancara,dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) di Kabupaten Wonosobo, Provinsi Jawa Tengah telah berhasil menurunkan tingkat kemiskinan selain itu pelaksanaan kegiatan Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) di Kabupaten Wonosobo telah berjalan cukup baik. Tetapi dalam kenyataanya masih banyak Keluarga Penerima Manfaat (KPM) yang bergantung pada bantuan PKH, mengingat bahwa bantuan tersebut hanya sementara dan lebih terfokus untuk memutus rantai kemiskinan.
Bal Ormanlarının Sosyo-Ekonomik Boyutunun İncelenmesi: Koyulhisar Örneği
Authors: GEDİK Selda , SÖNMEZ Bektaş , KAYIKÇI Samim
Published: October 2021

Arıcılık aktiviteleri biyolojik çeşitliliğin sürdürülmesi, erozyonun önlenmesi ve ekonomik gelir sağlaması açısından yürütülen önemli bir faaliyet alanıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, bal ormanlarından üretilen arı ve bal ürünlerinin sosyal çevreye ve bu ormanlarından sağlanan ürünlerin bölge ve ülke ekonomisi üzerine etkilerini araştırmaktır. Araştırma alanı Sivas İli Koyulhisar İlçesinde kurulan Ardıçalan ve Aydınlar Bal Ormanlarıdır. Anket çalışmasına dayalı olan bu çalışmada, katılımcılara kapalı uçlu soruları ve beşli likert tipi soruları içeren iki tip anket uygulanmıştır. Toplam 102 katılımcı anket çalışmasına katılmıştır. Anket sonucunda, arıcılığın ek gelir sağlamak için yapıldığı, daha çok çiftçiler tarafından sürdürüldüğü ve geleneksel yöntemler ile uygulandığı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca en çok üretilen arı ürünlerinin petek ve süzme bal olduğu tespit edilmiştir. En önemli anket sonucu ise yöre arıcılarının kurulan iki Bal Ormanının varlığından haberdar olmadığıdır. Arıcıların pazarlama ve bal ormanları konusunda bazı sorunlar yaşadığı gözlenmiştir. Pazarlama yapılan alanların uzak olması ve bal ormanı sayısının eksik olması yaşanan problemler arasındadır. Yeni pazar alanları oluşturulmalıdır. Bal ormanlarının sayısı artırılmalıdır. Mevcut bal ormanlarından daha fazla yarar sağlanabilmesi için bitki çeşitliliğinin devamının sağlanması, temiz su kaynaklarının oluşturulması ve arılara zarar veren yabanıl hayvanlara karşı tedbirler alınması önerilebilir.
Sikap Masyarakat Terhadap Fenomena Kekerasan pada Perempuan dan Anak di Nagari Siguntur, Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan
Authors: Agustin Elsa Mulya , Fatmariza Fatmariza
Published: October 2021

Kekerasan terhadap perempuan dan anak cenderung meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Berangkat dari permasalahan tersebut, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan sikap masyarakat terhadap kekerasan pada perempuan dan anak. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Lokasi penelitian ini di Nagari Siguntur, Kecamatan Koto XI Tarusan, Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan. Responden berjumlah 97 orang yang dipilih menggunakan teknik probability sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner berupa angket penelitian serta wawancara sebagai pendukung hasil angket penelitian. Uji validitas dan reliabilitas menggunakan aplikasi SPSS 19. Hasil penelitianmenunjukan bahwa sikap masyarakat terhadap kekerasan yang diukur dari indikator bentuk-bentuk kekerasan, faktor penyebab kekerasan, pencegahan/penyelesaian kekerasan antara laki-laki dan perempuan menunjukan hasil yang berbeda. Terlihat bahwa sikap laki-laki lebih baik dari pada sikap perempuan dengan persentase sikap perempuan 65,23% sedangkan laki-laki 65,75%. Dilihat dari indikator bentuk kekerasan yang lebih dikenali dan diketahui masyarakat adalah kekerasan fisik. Sementara itu faktor yang menjadi penyebab utama kekerasan adalah budaya patriaki. Pencegahan dan penyelesaian kekerasan dapat dilakukan dengan mengadakan sosialisasi dan memberikan pendidikan sejak dini kepada anak.
Pembinaan Literasi Kewarganegaraan di SMP Negeri 11 Padang
Authors: Octavialis Neancy , Ananda Azwar
Published: October 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh gambaran mengenai bentuk pembinaan literasi kewarganegaraan pada siswa SMPN 11 Padang dan kendala yang dihadapi dalam pembinaan tersebut. Kurangnya fasilitas penunjang pelaksanaan pembinaan merupakan masalah utama dalam penerapan literasi kewarganegaraan di SMPN 11 Padang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data observasi, wawancara, dan studi dokumentasi. Temuan dalam penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa pelaksanaan pembinaan literasi kewarganegaraan pada siswa di SMPN 11 Padang dilakukan dalam berbagai bentuk kegiatan seperti membaca senyap literatur kewarganegaraan, menulis, mendongeng, kegiatan ekstrakurikuler, upacara bendera, dan kunjungan ke museum. Kegiatan tersebut juga didukung oleh berbagai sarana penunjang literasi seperti: perpustakaan, pojok literasi dan pondok literasi. Hal ini berhubungan dengan ketersediaan literatur kewarganegaraan. Kendala dalam penerapan literasi kewarganegaraan di SMPN 11 adalah kurangnya ketersediaan infocus di masing-masing kelas, letak geografis sekolah yang berada di pinggir jalan raya membuat siswa kurang konsentrasi dalam proses belajar.
Hambatan Pelaksanaan Pembinaan Moral di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Perempuan Kelas II B Padang
Authors: Resti Shandi , Isnarmi Isnarmi
Published: October 2021

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hambatan-hambatan dalam pelaksanaan pembinaan nilai-nilai moral di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Perempuan Kelas II B Padang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif. Dalam menentukan sampel penelitian, peneliti menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah Kalapas Perempuan Kelas II B Padang, Kasi Binapi Giatja dan warga binaan pemasyarakatan LPP Kelas II B Padang. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah observasi, wawancara dan studi dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian yaitu pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, penarikan kesimpulan dan verifikasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan hambatan-hambatan dalam pelaksanaan pembinaan moral di LPP Kelas II B Padang, yaitu kurang termotivasinya warga binaan untuk mengikuti kegiatan pembinaan, kurangnya ahli di Bidang Pembinaan Khusus membina moral warga binaan, kurangnya fasilitas ruangan serta terhambatnya kegiatan pembinaan di LPP Kelas II B Padang karena Covid-19.
Tradisi Mangaku Induak dalam Perkawinan di Nagari Lubuk Malako Kecamatan Sangir Jujuan Kabupaten Solok Selatan
Authors: Nengsih Nola Apria , S Nurman
Published: October 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses pelaksanaan mangaku induak dalam perkawinan di Nagari Lubuk Malako. Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh banyak pendatang yang merasa keberatan dengan adanya tradisi mangaku induak ini karena biaya dari proses pelaksanaan yang cukup tinggi dan belum termasuk biaya pernikannya nanti. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data yaitu wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Keabsahan data diuji dengan Triangulas sumber. Data yang telah diambil tersebut kemudian dianalisis dengan teknis analisis data yang dikemukakan oleh Miles dan Huberman yang terdiri dari tiga alur kegiatan yakni reduksi data, penyajian data dan pengambilan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian yang didapat mengenai prosesi pelaksanaan mangaku induak yaitu (1) Prosesi sebelum pelaksanaan, dilakukan dengan mendatangi orang tua dan mamak tempat mangaku induak, mengundang ibu-ibu setempat untuk memasak hidangan yang akan dihidangkan pada malam harinya. (2) Pelaksanaan secara adat dilakukan di rumah orang tua tempat mangaku induak dengan mengundang masyarakat maupun para pemangku-pemangku adat secara pusako mudo atau disebut juga dengan perkenalan dengan yang muda-muda yang dilakukan digalanggang nan rami bersama pemuda-pemuda Lubuk Malako
Pesan Politik Calon Presiden dan Wakil Presiden di Media Sosial Instagram pada Pemilihan Umum Tahun 2019
Authors: Rismawati Rismawati , Suryanef Suryanef
Published: October 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan pesan politik calon presiden dan wakil presiden pada pemilihan umum tahun 2019 melalui media sosial instagram. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik penelitian analisis isi. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah hasil postingan pada instagram yang memuat pesan politik pasangan calon Presiden dan Wakil Presiden. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam rentang waktu November 2018 - April 2019 yang dimulai dari masa pencalonan hingga masa kampanye berlangsung. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedua pasang calon Presiden dan Wakil Presiden menyampaikan pesan politik di bidang sosial, ekonomi, politik dan budaya kepada masyarakat. Pesan tersebut belum mencerminkan kenyataan yang ada di masyarakat karena masih bersifat umum dan belum spesifik mengatasi persepsi publik tentang ketimpangan sosial.
LATEST CARBON BALANCE SURVEYS AND MONITORING AT THE KURSK BIOSPHERE STATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY, RAS, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NOVEL CONCEPT OF LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY
Authors:   Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, KARELIN D.V. , SUKHOVEEVA O.E. , ZOLOTUKHIN A.N. ,   Kursk state university, LUNIN V.N. ,   Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, KUST G.S.
Published: October 2021

The paper focuses on the applicability and adaptation of the novel international concept of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) of the United Nations, as applied to the territory of Russian Federation, taking into account the large variety of its soil and climatic conditions and economic approaches, as well as the historical past. In particular, in this publication, a team of authors made an attempt to assess to what extent the estimates of the carbon balance and its main components for the study area can be used as one of the indicators of the LDN in relation to the most fertile chernozem agrolandscapes in the south of the European part of Russia (Kursk region). Field work and modelling have been carried out in natural ecosystems and agrolandscapes in the neighbourhood of the Kursk Biosphere Station (KBS) of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. This valuable russian scientific research station has a long and rich history of geo(eco)system observations with LDN and net C-balance monitoring of age-old agrolandscapes, becoming one of its present focuses. Using simulation models DNDC, RothC, T&P, C-calculators, as well as long-term field measurements of soil CO2 efflux and carbon net exchange, it was found that individual software tools are not able to adequately assess carbon exchange processes of the complex landscape, but correctly selected ensembles consisting of C-balance simulations and C-calculators supported by field data are able to meet such challenges more successfully. On this condition the area's carbon net balance can serve as an alternative to the recommended global LDN indicators.
Use of Organic Materials to Maintain Soil Quality by Thai-Lao Rice Farmers in Northeast Thailand
Authors: Yodda Sujitra , Laohasiriwong Suwit , Rambo A. Terry
Published: October 2021

Maintaining soil quality is a major problem for traditional farmers in the tropics. Many rely on organic amendments to enhance the productivity of their fields. However, indigenous knowledge about soil organic matter (SOM) and its management has received relatively little attention from researchers. This paper describes the use of organic materials to maintain soil quality by Thai-Lao farmers in a rice-growing village in Northeast Thailand. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve farmers to: 1) identify the indicators of soil fertility they employed; 2) inventory the organic materials they used; 3) determine changes in the use of amendments over time; and 4) understand their concept of SOM. They used many physical and biological indicators of soil quality. They used nine different organic materials:  rice straw and stubble, cattle, buffalo and pig manure, rice husks, sunn hemp plants as green manure, charcoal, commercial compost, homemade compost, and tree leaf litter. Recently, use of livestock manure, rice husks, charcoal, and leaf litter has declined because of supply shortages. They do not appear to have a general concept of organic matter nor is there a commonly used word for “organic” in their language. Most of the farmers would use larger quantities of organic amendments but are constrained by their scarcity and high cost. Ways to increase local supplies of organic materials must be found if the government’s efforts to encourage the adoption of organic agriculture are to be successful.
A Separately Continuous Function Not Somewhat Continuous
Authors: Bielas Wojciech
Published: October 2021

We construct a separately continuous function f : ℚ × ℚ → [0; 1] and a dense subset D ⊆ ℚ × ℚ such that f[D] is not dense in f[ℚ × ℚ], in other words, f is separately continuous and not somewhat (feebly) continuous.
The Activation Energies and Optimum Temperatures of Olive Oil Hydrolysis By Lipase Porcine Pancreas
Authors: Miłek Justyna
Published: October 2021

Lipase activity is a perfect indicator for the monitoring of processes of bioremediation of degraded soils. Lipase is also used in the processes of oil hydrolysis in wastewater treatment. To be able to predict and model processes with used lipase in environmental operations, knowledge of the kinetic parameters of the process are required. The paper presents the determined values of activation energies and optimum temperatures for porcine pancreas lipase. The parameters were estimated based on the literature of the activity curves vs. temperature for hydrolysis of olive oil by lipase. It was noticed that concentration of gum arabic added as an emulsifier during lipase activity measurements influences on the obtained values of determined parameters. A mathematical model describing the effect of temperature on porcine pancreas lipase activity was used. Based on the comparison analysis, the optimum temperature Topt
were obtained in the range from 313.30 ±0.56 to 319.62 ±0.96 K, activation energies Ea
were from 51 ±10 to 82.6 ±9.9 kJ/mol, and values of deactivation energies Ed
were in the range from 122.7 ±4.0 to 150.9 ±5.8 kJ/mol.
Modelling of Expansion Changes of Vilnius City Area and Impacts on Landscape Patterns Using an Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Mirsanjari Mir Mehrdad , Visockiene Jurate Suziedelyte , Mohammadyari Fatemeh , Zarandian Ardavan
Published: October 2021

The present study aimed to analyse changes in the land cover of Vilnius city and its surrounding areas and propose a scenario for their future changes using an Artificial Neural Network. The land cover dynamics modelling was based on a multilayer perceptron neural network. Landscape metrics at a class and landscape level were evaluated to determine the amount of changes in the land uses. As the results showed, the Built-up area class increased, while the forest (Semi forest and Dense forest) classes decreased during the period from 1999 to 2019. The predicted scenario showed a considerable increase of about 60 % in the Built-up area until 2039. The vegetation plant areas consist about 47 % of all the area in 2019, but it will be 36 % in 2039, if this trend (urban expansion) continues in the further. The findings further indicated the major urban expansion in the vegetation areas. However, Built-up area would expand over Semi forest land and Dense forest land, with a large part of them changed into built- up areas.
Lease Price Differentiation and its Influence on the Attraction of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMES) to Major Shopping Malls in Zambia
Authors: Jain Niraj , Chileshe Roy A. , Munshifwa Ephraim K. , Mushinge Anthony , Chisha Amos
Published: October 2021

Subject and purpose of work: Based on community-wide charges that shopping malls discriminate against small business tenants, this paper seeks: firstly to identify the principal determinants of shopping mall rentals, and secondly to understand if there exists a statistically significant dispersion in rentals against MSMEs.

Materials and methods: Relative Importance Index and SPSS (statistical tests) were used to analyze the survey-based data which was acquired from eleven shopping malls in Lusaka.

Results: The MSME tenants pay on average $20.32/m2 more t han anchor tenants and $19.12/m2 more than chain stores, ironically on account of capital limitations. MSMEs also face an additional risk during sudden economic shocks due to untenable lease provisions and poor negotiating influence.

Conclusions: The study concludes by acknowledging that the MSME sector is covertly vitiated by the imposition of high rental premiums. It recommends that shopping malls should have an affirmative simpler letting policy. Furthermore, a shopping mall association should-be commissioned to exclusively safeguard the interests of MSMEs.
Axiomatic Formulation of the Optimal Transaction Cost Theory in the Legal Process Through Cobb-Douglas Optimization
Authors: Bonsu Kwadwo Osei
Published: October 2021

Subject and purpose of work: This paper uses Cobb-Douglas optimization to formulate an optimal transaction cost algorithm within the constraint of a generalized legal framework.

Materials and methods: The author has adopted a Lagrangian approach to formulate the social utility function, then, from a set of legally allowed strategies established the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions for the legal game so as to find the optimal parameters within the social utility function. Finally, the optimal transaction cost algorithm was developed.

Results: The Bordered Hessian Matrix from the partial differentials of the social utility function showed that there is a particular parameter within the social utility function which describes the optimal transaction cost. An adjustment of this parameter is essential in mechanism design for legal games.

Conclusions: The author has shown how transaction costs influence the set of strategies played by players in a legal game, and has described the essence of a social utility function and how it can be optimized.
Energy Analysis of Impact-Shear Interaction of Counter Flows of Ground Loose Material in Centrifugal Disintegrator
Authors: Nadutyi Volodymyr , Tytov Oleksandr , Kolosov Dmytrii , Sukhariev Vitalii , Usatyi Taras
Published: October 2021

The distribution of power consumption of centrifugal two-shaft disintegrator for impact and shear destruction of material as functions of its technological and structural parameters, as well as parameters of material being ground, has been substantiated. An analytical apparatus has been developed to determine the degree of influence of each factor. Factors affecting the absolute value of the consumed power of the disintegrator have also been established. The results of the work make it possible to optimize the technological process in order to reduce the yield of bream fragments of destruction, which is observed when the share of energy of shear deformations increases, in order to obtain cuboid fractions of disintegration products. They allow to create a methodology for determining the rational parameters of a centrifugal double-shaft disintegrator.
Research on the Recovery of Copper from Metallurgical Slag
Authors: Traistă Eugen , Bădulescu Camelia , Lazăr Maria , Traistă Camelia
Published: October 2021

Metallurgical slag is one of the most common industrial wastes. Many of these wastes are not stable over time, by reacting with water and air, continuously generating emissions of heavy metals. Metallurgical slag processing is necessary for at least two reasons: reducing pollutant emissions and broadening the raw material base. The recovery of these slags is very difficult because they are the result of metallurgical processes that aimed to fix metals considered impurities in chemical matrices as stable as possible. This paper presents the initial research on the behavior of metallurgical slags against different leaching technologies.
Determination of Diagnostic Parameters of Power Plants Based on Internal Combustion Engines
Authors: Zaichenko Stefan , Erçetin Ümran , Kulish Roman , Derevyanko Denis , Shalenko Vadim
Published: October 2021

The presented article shows a method for finding monitored parameters for creating a diagnostic system for autonomous power sources based on spark ignition engines and diesel engines. The classification of structures of autonomous power sources based on internal combustion engines has been carried out. The analysis of the design features of the most common back-up power sources on the market based on internal combustion engines (ICE) indicates the widespread use of generators with a synchronous alternator. The analysis of the design features of autonomous power supplies has made it possible to develop logical models for different designs. The influence of the occurrence of a faulty state of each element on other elements of the systems is analyzed, and the results of the analysis are summarized in tables. An informative Claude Chenon criterion is proposed for finding the optimal number of diagnostic parameters among an infinite number of possible combinations of physical parameters that characterize the system. When solving the problem, a hypothesis was proposed about the equiprobability of cases of exit from the working state of each of the elements of the system. The use of Claude Chenon allows you to find the parts that make up the generators, which with maximum efficiency reduce the degree of uncertainty in the system. After determining the residual entropy, the parts of the system are selected, the state of which should be monitored by the diagnostic system. For such parts of the system, diagnostic parameters are found and methods for obtaining them are indicated.
Global Cultural Identity Among Young People in Slovakia
Authors: Džambazovič Roman , Gerbery Daniel
Published: October 2021

It is becoming increasingly obvious that young people are facing the globalisation of personal identity. It is the result of ongoing interaction between individuals and their globalised socio-cultural environment that leads to changes in self-identification. Cultural openness and the “de-territorialisation” of identity are the key aspects of this process. The paper explores the globalisation of identities among secondary school students, using the concept of global self-identification. The analysis employs quantitative data from the Survey of Young People’s Cultural Literacy. The globalisation of identity is captured by the Global Identity Scale (Türken, Rudmin, 2013), which consists of two dimensions – “Non-nationalism” and “Cultural Openness”. The aim of the study is to examine to what extent young people in Slovakia can be characterised in terms of global self-identification and to identify what affects the propensity for global self-identification. Furthermore, it tests the relationship between global self-identification and other phenomena that are supposedly related to global identity. The results show that the global identity is present among young people in Slovakia. By applying multilevel modelling, we identified a variety of culture-related phenomena that affect cultural openness and non-nationalism, including multicultural interaction and cultural participation. In addition, the study confirms that type of school has a significant effect.
Identity, Dominance and Contestation: Young People’s Engagement with Heritage and Culture
Authors: Kharat Shailendra
Published: October 2021

The exclusionary identities plaguing our contemporary times have strong linkages with the heritage and culture of communities. Heritage is a construct that not only records the past but is also created for contemporary social and political needs. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at two publicly contested heritage sites in Maharashtra, India, this paper seeks to understand, young people’s interactions with heritage and culture. These two sites are an ancient Buddhist monument combined with a Hindu temple and a museum articulating elitist narratives of Maharashtra’s past. We found that young people’s heritage conceptions are deeply rooted in inter-connected political identities of belonging to a region and a nation; and regionally popular symbols such as Shivaji and hill forts play a significant role in shaping them. Our fieldwork shows that the heritage represented by some institutions reproduces the broader social dominations and injustice. Worryingly, some of these projections are accepted by young people as their own heritage. This normalizes the partial representation of heritage. Some young people, however, contest some of those dominant projections and hold diverse ideas on heritage. These conceptions provide fertile ground for young people’s political engagement with the idea of heritage and are a call for them to participate in the current contest over India’s past. Diversity and contestations are hallmarks of heritage and culture in India. In that context, the paper enriches our understandings of those discursive and power laden processes that shape the formation of heritage and culture among youth, not only in the global South but also across the world.
An Empirical Investigation on the Relationship Between the Eurozone Zew Index and the Eurozone Stock Markets
Authors: Ceylan Nesrin , Münyas Turgay
Published: October 2021

The aim of this study is to investigate the long and short term impact of the Euro ZEW index (ZEW) on the DAX (GDAXI) Germany, FTSE 100 (FTSE) the UK, CAC 40 (FCHI) France, OMXS30 Sweden and CROBEX (CRBEX) Croatia stock market indices using monthly data for the period between February 2008 and December 2020. The Euro ZEW Index was taken as the independent variable, and the index values of Eurozone stock markets were taken as the dependent variables. As a result of the study, the Euro ZEW index was found to have a positive (increasing) statistical significant effect on the DAX, FTSE, OMXS and CRBEX variables. Of the stock markets studied, Croatia CROBEX (CRBEX) index was the most affected index by the change in the Euro ZEW index. The least affected stock market was Germany DAX (GDAXI) index. The effect of the Euro ZEW Index on Euro stock markets was higher in the short-term, and gradually decreasing in the long term. The research findings are discussed in the conclusion section.
Fintech Innovation in the Financial Sector: Influence of E-Money Products on a Growing Economy
Authors: Omodero Cordelia Onyinyechi
Published: October 2021

The FinTech innovation of e-money products in the financial sector has not gained sufficient recognition in Nigeria’s developing country. Despite the numerous economic benefits associated with this innovation, physical cash for financial transactions is still prevalent. Banks are still experiencing some level of cash withdrawals and deposits by individuals who refuse to embrace modern technology. This study stresses the economic benefits of e-payment channels available today and statistically supports evidence to substantiate their usefulness. In this study, we use banks’ e-money products as the independent variables, while GDP is employed as a proxy for the economy. The data are collected from 2006-2019 and are analyzed with multiple regression techniques using E-views version 9 software. The result shows that all banks’ e-money products have a significant favorable influence on the economy except the POS that is yet to gain momentum. The study suggests the full implementation of the cashless policy, proper education of the populace and guidelines to check electronic fraud.
Territorial Cohesion and the Pandemic in Romania
Authors: Iordan Marioara , Ghizdeanu Ion , Braica Alexandra Patricia
Published: October 2021

Convergence and economic and social cohesion remain priorities for the EU, beyond failures to achieve the objectives of the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy. Convergence and territorial cohesion, as a prerequisite for sustainable and durable development, have been the fundamental objectives that generated and developed the strategic planning in the EU, including through the two global strategies, ‘Lisbon’ and ‘Europe 2020’. The sustainability of these processes, even in periods of high economic growth, is questionable since real national convergence is based in many countries, including Romania, on large and widening divergences between regions and counties. In recent years, Romania has seen one of the most enhanced improvements in convergence compared to the EU average, from 60% in 2016 to 69% of the European average in 2019 respectively. During the same period, disparities between regions and counties have deepened. More than 10 years after EU accession and participation in the Community cohesion policy, there is still a third of the counties with less than 70% of the national average of gross domestic product per capita. The health crisis has deeply affected economic activity, but in a differentiated way, depending on the specific territorial economic structures. As a result, the objective of improved and sustainable real convergence, by bringing regions and counties closer together in terms of their level of development, is receding. The economic situation in the counties in 2020 indirectly provides support for assessing the impact of the pandemic on the territorial cohesion process. The implicit conclusion revealed by the latest statistical data is that the level of development has been the support for better resilience to the health crisis. Although the restrictions on international movement and the closure of tourist and industrial capacities have had general validity, the counties with a higher degree of disparity have been more affected.
Learning from Chinese Management
Authors: Isac Florin Lucian , Remeș Eugen Florin
Published: October 2021

China is one of the fastest-growing economies and has gained a leading position in terms of production or exports. China’s managerial and business practices are influenced by its traditional cultural values. The article investigates, along with the influences of these values on management, the points of interest of the Chinese management model for other cultures.
Institutional Quality and Tourism Growth
Nexus in MENA Countries
Authors: Wada Isah
Published: October 2021

The study critically examines the impact of institutional quality within foreign direct investment-financial
development-international tourist arrival nexus for selected MENA countries. The dynamic pool mean
group Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is employed for the empirical data analysis from
2012 to 2018. The findings reveal that institutional quality has a positive impact in FDI and real
GDP model. Contrarily, it has adverse effect in the model of financial development and international
tourist arrival overtime. Hence in the short-run, financial development and real GDP vary inversely
moreover international tourist arrival and financial development varies directly. The multivariate panel
causality test reveals 4 significant uni-directional causalities. The robust finding suggests institutional
policy measures to enhance FDI and international tourist arrival, and the deepening of financial
development to stimulate and enhance economic growth.
В защиту биоразнообразия
Authors: ЛЯПУСТИН С. Н.
Published: October 2021

Раскрывается история становления функций и задач Федеральной таможенной службы по защите животного и растительного мира, показаны причины возникновения функций таможенных органов России в деле сохранения биоразнообразия, выполнения обязательств по соблюдению международных требований в области контроля над трансграничным перемещением объектов фауны и флоры.
Потенциал агропродовольственных кластеров на трансграничных территориях России и Китая
Authors: ОСТАНИН В. А.
Published: October 2021

Рассмотрен потенциал формирования агропродовольственных кластеров на трансграничных территориях России и Китая. Выявлен ряд недостатков создания кластеров в АПК России. Подчеркивается, что кластер в системе АПК выступает не только как основа для организации разного масштаба производителей сельскохозяйственной продукции на трансграничных территориях России и Китая, но и как дополнительный фактор извлечения эффектов коллаборации. Объединение в одну систему процессов производства, ее переработки и реализации позволит решить ключевые для обеспечения продовольственной безопасности страны проблемы
The analysis of the pharmaceutical supply with medicines used in insect allergy therapy and approaches to the development of new medicines in the form of a gel for the local treatment
Authors: Popova T. V. , Nemchenko A. S. , Kukhtenko H. P
Published: October 2021

According to the World Allergy Organization, allergies occur in 10 % to 40 % of the world’s population. Currently, the number of such patients in Europe is about 150 million people. It is projected that in the next decade there will be more than 250 million people, 5 % of whom have a predisposition to insect allergies (IA).Aim. To analyze the range of drugs used in the local treatment of IA and approaches to the development of new domestic drugs in the form of a gel.Materials and methods. The scientific publications of domestic and foreign authors, data from official sites on the subject, ICD-10, materials of the State Register of Medicines of Ukraine, directory Compendium, Protocol for medical care for insect allergies, as well as methods of the system analysis, comparison, graphical, analytical and the content analysis were used.Results. The regimen of IA treatment has been studied depending on the severity (mild, moderate, severe, anaphylactic shock), which is given in the Protocol of medical care for insect allergies in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine from 03.07.2006 No.432. It is considered that IA is treated with the subgroup “D04A A – Antihistamines for topical application”, which has only 5 drugs (including release forms); among them 80 % of medicines are foreign, 60 % are produced in the form of a gel. It is very insufficient because of the fact that there are consequences of insect bites during the local therapy of children since constant scratching of the bite sites is a threat of infection of wounds and delay their healing.Conclusions. On the example of the pharmaceutical composition in the form of a gel, the expediency for developing new domestic drugs that are available compared to foreign ones for the local therapy in IA, and manifestations of allergic reactions to insect bites has been proven.
The method for identification of mathematical models in two-factor pharmaceutical research
Authors: Kutova O.V. , Sahaidak-Nikitiuk R. V. , Kovalevska I. V.
Published: October 2021

The methodical approach to solving problems of identification of mathematical models of pharmaceutical objects with two dependent quantitative factors has been considered; the total value of them is determined by the quantitative composition of the mixture and is fixed at a definite level.Aim. To determine the optimal algorithm for processing experimental data using the minimum number of experiments according to the plan 22to establish an adequate mathematical description of research at the technological stage.Materials and methods. Such materials as potato starch (quantitative factor x1) and the microcrystalline cellulose solution (quantitative factor x2) were used. The content of excipients should be 54 % of the total mass. Based on a priori data the content of potato starch x1 should be in the range from 45 to 50 % of the total amount (45 ≤ x1 ≥ 50), and x2 characterizes an aqueous solution of microcrystalline cellulose with a concentration in the range from 2 to 5 % (2 ≤ x2 ≥ 5). The least squares method was applied to determine the coefficients of the regression equations. During our research the Mathcad computer environment (MathSoft Ins., USA) was used.Results. To reduce the number of solutions and make the right decision it is necessary to have a reliable source of information and impose the appropriate restrictions based on a priori data and practical experience of the researcher.
Conclusions. The studies have shown that to identify mathematical models the analysis of the main (final) effects of the interaction of factors is effective, it is also expedient to interpret this interaction based on the interpretation of the dependences of objective functions on each factor provided that the variable is fixed at the minimum and maximum levels of variation.
Health technology assessment: features of national / regional and hospital-based medical technology assessment
Authors: Filiniuk O. M. , Kosyachenko K. L. , Datsiuk N. O. , Skrylov V. V.
Published: October 2021

The State Budget of Ukraine in 2021 is 159,2 billion UAH. It is 36.8 % more than in 2020, but this amount is still insufficient to cover all the healthcare needs in Ukraine. Economic hardships, the lack of funds in the healthcare system of Ukraine, as well as COVID-19 pandemic have increased the importance of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as a tool of cost optimization. The introduction of hospital-based HTA along with national / regional HTA allows providing the use of effective, safe and economically justified health technologies that will give our citizens the access to treatment and the rational use of funds, in particular the budget ones.
Aim. To analyze the world experience of using hospital-based HTA and its main differences from national / regional HTA. Materials and methods. The scientific information of international and domestic literary sources was analyzed. The methods of content analysis, historical, system-analytical and generalization were used during the research.Results. The authors reviewed the literature in Pubmed and Google Scholar databases devoted to the international experience of hospital-based HTA and its main differences from national / regional HTA. It has been determined that the transfer of the national / regional HTA results to the hospital level is hindered by a number of differences between the country as a whole and hospitals in particular. These include, first of all, features related to demographic indicators, epidemiology of diseases, the level of resistance, local approaches to treatment, various types of equipment used in hospitals, and others. In order to have practical benefits, HTA must be built taking into account the peculiarities of a medical institution where the health technologies studied will be used in the future.Conclusions. The need of effective management of hospital resources when a number of health technologies is increasing, the desire to improve clinical outcomes, improve the quality of life and its expectancy using health technologies with the proven effectiveness and safety, the need to evaluate medical equipment and consider organizational aspects related to introduction of a health technology, as well as assess the current equipment and treatment methods require to develop the scientific and practical approaches to hospital-based HTA and recommendations on collaboration between national / regional and hospitalbased HTA in Ukraine.
Somebody Knows
Authors: Ågotnes Thomas , Wáng Yì N.
Published: October 2021

Several different notions of group knowledge have been extensively

studied in the epistemic and doxastic logic literature, including

common knowledge, general knowledge (everybody-knows) and

distributed knowledge. In this paper we study a natural notion of

group knowledge between general and distributed knowledge:

somebody-knows. While something is general knowledge if and only if

it is known by everyone, this notion holds if and only if it

is known by someone. This is stronger than distributed

knowledge, which is the knowledge that follows from the total

knowledge in the group. We introduce a modality for somebody-knows

in the style of standard group knowledge modalities, and study its

properties. Unlike the other mentioned group knowledge modalities,

somebody-knows is not a normal modality; in particular it lacks the conjunctive

closure property. We provide an equivalent neighbourhood semantics

for the language with a single somebody-knows modality, together

with a completeness result: the somebody-knows modalities

are completely characterised by the modal logic EMN extended with a particular

weak conjunctive closure axiom. We also show that the

satisfiability problem for this logic is PSPACE-complete. The

neighbourhood semantics and the completeness and complexity results

also carry over to logics for so-called local reasoning

(Fagin et al. 1995) with bounded ``frames of mind'', correcting an

existing completeness result in the literature (Allen 2005).
On the Identifiability of Hierarchical Decision Models
Authors: Bresson Roman , Cohen Johanne , Hüllermeier Eyke , Labreuche Christophe , Sebag Michèle
Published: October 2021

Interpretability is a desirable property for machine learning and decision models, particularly in the context of safety-critical applications. Another most desirable property of the sought model is to be unique or {\em identifiable} in the considered class of models: the fact that the same functional dependency can be represented by a number of syntactically different models adversely affects the model interpretability, and prevents the expert from easily checking their validity. This paper focuses on the Choquet integral (CI) models and their hierarchical extensions (HCI). HCIs aim to support expert decision making, by gradually aggregating preferences based on criteria; they are widely used

in multi-criteria decision aiding {and are receiving interest from the} Machine Learning {community}, as they preserve the high readability of CIs while efficiently scaling up w.r.t. the number of criteria.

The main contribution is to establish the identifiability property of HCI under mild conditions: two HCIs implementing the same aggregation function on the criteria space necessarily have the same hierarchical structure and aggregation parameters. The identifiability property holds even when the marginal utility functions are learned from the data. This makes the class of HCI models a most appropriate choice in domains where the model interpretability and reliability are of primary concern.
On Eventual Applicability of Plans in Dynamic Environments with Cyclic Phenomena
Authors: Chrpa Lukáš , Pilát Martin , Med Jakub
Published: October 2021

Planning and acting in dynamic environments deals with non-deterministic events that might change the state of the environment without consent of the agent. In the worst case, some events might cause the agent to become ``trapped'' in a dead-end state, which in practice might mean damage or destruction of the agent. Presence of non-deterministic events often considerably increases the number of alternatives that might occur in a single step and hence traditional non-deterministic planning techniques might not scale.

In this paper, we address a class of problems where non-deterministic events represent ``cyclic phenomena''. If they interfere with the agent, they might be dangerous for it (e.g. ships cruising through the area of AUV operations). We present techniques that initially analyse the problem whether it falls within this class by considering the notion of event reversibility and if so, these techniques generate a plan such that encountered unsafe states, in which the ``cyclic phenomena'' might interfere with the agent, can be eventually crossed without any risk of ``falling'' into a dead-end state. Our approach is evaluated in the AUV and Perestroika domains.
An Account of Intensional and Extensional Actions, and its Application to Belief, Nondeterministic Actions and Fallible Sensors
Authors: Claßen Jens , Delgrande James P.
Published: October 2021

In general, an agent may have incomplete and inaccurate knowledge about its environment. As well, actions may not turn out as intended or may have nondeterministic effects, and sensors may on occasion give incorrect results. We present a general, qualitative approach to reasoning about action and change in such a setting. The approach is expressed as an extension to basic action theories in the situation calculus, where an agent's epistemic state is modelled by a set of situations, where each situation is assigned a non-negative integer representing its plausibility. The agent's epistemic state is updated by modifying these plausibility values after the execution of an action, taking into account the possibility of unexpected results. To this end, we consider actions to have an intensional aspect, under the control of and determined by the agent, and an extensional aspect, not directly accessible to the agent and controlled by "nature". This leads to two distinct but related related notions of belief, an

extensional "bird's eye" view which models an agent's beliefs wrt actually-executed actions, and an intensional view representing beliefs from the agent's point of view. We argue that the approach is significantly more general and comprehensive than previous accounts, and leads to a unified view of failed actions and nondeterminism with respect to physical and sensing actions.