bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Novel Surgical Approach For Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty
Authors: Karasu Buğra , Kesim Enes , Celebi Ali Riza Cenk
Published: June 2024

Purpose: To report the surgical results of the patients with dermatochalasis (DC) who underwent upper eyelid blepharoplasty (UEB) with the cautery method was aimed.
Materials and Methods: UEB surgery was performed by cautery method in 36 eyes of 18 patients due to DC. Pencil-tipped cautery was used to cut to sagging and marked skin area and was removed. Patients were examined preoperatively and postoperatively on the 1st day, 3rd day, 2nd week, 3rd month and 6th month.
Results: The mean age was 54.6±7.9 years (range, 46 to 67 years) and 10 of were female and 8 were male. Mean operation time (1 session for 2 upper eyelid (UE)) was 36.7 ± 5.8 minutes (range, 28 to 46 minutes). Mean wound healing time was 7.7 ± 1.6 days (range, 5 to 12 days). Skin ecchymosis persisted for approximately 24.8±3.7 days (range, 19 to 38 days). Suture marks did not appear in 34 patients (%94), they were present in 2 patients 6 months after surgery. Statistically significant change was detected in the 6-month period in terms of skin ecchymosis and suture scar disappearance (p
PERCEPTIONS OF DEATH AND ATTITUDES RELATED TO DEATH WITH DIGNITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CAREGIVERS
Authors: Çıkrık Tülay , Göçmen Baykara Zehra
Published: June 2024

Purpose: This descriptive research was conducted to determine the death perceptions and attitudes of healthcare professionals and caregivers.
Method: The research was conducted with 56 health professionals and 65 caregivers working in the palliative care unit. As a data collection tool; descriptive characteristics form, "Attitudes Towards Death Scale", "Attitudes Evaluation Scale Towards Respectable Death Principles" were used.
Results: The average score of health professionals on the Attitudes Towards Death Scale is 4.3849±1.29288, and the average score of caregivers is 4.4856±0.77818. The average score of health professionals on the Attitude Scale towards Dignified Death Principles is 3.9330±1.0221, and the average score of caregivers is 3.4936±1.4554. Perceptions of health professionals' Attitudes Towards Death and Principles of Dignified Death; It was found that it was affected by having children, education, and the previous loss of a relative, and caregivers were affected by the frequency of thinking about death and their level of education. It was determined that there was a positive, moderate relationship between the Escape Acceptance dimension, which is one of the sub-dimensions of the Health Professionals' Attitudes Towards Death Scale, and the Attitude Towards Respectable Death Principles (p
Local Chief Executive Political Accountability In Indonesia: A Historical-Legal Analysis
Authors: Minan Ahsanul , Arinanto Satya , Djohan Djohermansyah
Published: June 2024

This paper discusses the local chief executive’s (LCE) political accountability in the Local Government Acts (LGAs). Using historical and theoretical approaches, this article examines the influence of the political interests of the regimes on the changes of provisions on LCE’s political accountability in the LGAs from 1945 to date. The LCE was accountable to the local council (DPRD) from 1945-1958 and 1999-2004; and to the central government from 1959-1998. While since 2004, the LCEs are only had to report -but not be accountable- to the Central Government, local council and the local community. Two important academic questions arise when dealing with this phenomenon. First, to what extent are the political interests of the democratic and authoritarian regimes shaped the changes of provisions on LCE political accountability in the LGAs? Second, how do the provisions conform to the accountability principles? This study’s result shows that the rulers’ political orientation shaped the LCEs’ political accountability system and ignored the principles of accountability, leading to the inconsistent institutional design of LCE accountability. Furthermore, the LGA has yet to regulate the electoral/political accountability of LCEs, which should be a consequenceof adopting the LCE direct election. We recommend precise arrangements on the accountability principle in the Constitution to avoid the politicization of laws by legislators according to their political interests and improve the role of Citizens through a recall petition to strengthen the enforcement mechanisms.
The Constitutional Court and Forest Tenure Conflicts in Indonesia
Authors: Arizona Yance , Illiyina Umi
Published: June 2024

With regard to access to land and forest resources, forestry legislation maintains an imbalance between the state, corporations, and local communities. Since the colonial era, forestry regulation has facilitated restrictions on the ability of local communities to benefit from land and forest resources, while also concentrating power in the hands of the state. To uphold state ownership, forestry law criminalizes customary practices, putting local communities at risk. In this sense, conflicts between local communities, corporations, and government agencies arise because of structural issues in the legal framework of laws and regulations that undermine the land rights of local communities. The establishment of the Constitutional Court in Indonesia in 2003 has enabled local communities and NGOs to challenge the Forestry Law. They use the Constitutional Court to support the resolution of forestry tenure conflicts. This article examines the extent to which the Constitutional Court can contribute to the resolution of forest tenure conflicts through judicial review of forest laws. This article discusses twelve Constitutional Court decisions regarding judicial review of the Forestry Law and the Law on Forest Destruction Prevention and Eradication. We found that the Constitutional Court has made a positive contribution to addressing the deficiency of forest legislation regarding local and customary land rights. The implementation of Constitutional Court’s ruling is not, however, a matter of self-implementation. The ruling of the Constitutional Court will only have significance if it is continuously promoted by various stakeholders in support of forest tenure reform to facilitate the resolution of forest tenure conflicts.
The Convexity of an Integral Product by the means 𝜷-spirallikeness
Authors: Omar Ali
Published: June 2024

We derive sufficient conditions for two integral operators to be convex (univalent) provided that the factors are 𝛽-spirallike
Silicon integrated nanophotonic polarizers incorporating graphene oxide
Authors: Moss David
Published: June 2024

We experimentally demonstrate waveguide and microring resonator (MRR) polarizers by integrating 2D graphene oxide (GO) films onto silicon (Si) photonic devices. The 2D GO films with highly anisotropic light absorption are on-chip integrated with precise control over their thicknesses and sizes. Detailed measurements are performed for the fabricated devices with different GO film thicknesses, coating lengths, and Si waveguide widths. The results show that a maximum polarization-dependent loss (PDL) of ~17 dB is achieved for the hybrid waveguides, and the hybrid MRRs achieved a maximum polarization extinction ratio (PER) of ~10 dB. We also characterize the wavelength- and power-dependent response for these polarizers. The former demonstrates a broad operation bandwidth of over ~100 nm, and the latter verifies performance improvement enabled by photo-thermal changes in GO films. By fitting the experimental results with theoretical simulations, we find that the anisotropy in the loss of GO films dominates the polarization selectivity of these devices. These results highlight the strong potential of 2D GO films for realizing high-performance polarization selective devices in Si photonic platform.
Assessing Semantic Resilience of Large Language Models to Persuasive Emotional Blackmailing Prompts
Authors: Chen Chia-yu , Lin Yu-ting
Published: June 2024

The application of artificial intelligence in various domains has raised significant concerns regarding the ethical and safe deployment of language models. Investigating the semantic resilience of models such as ChatGPT-4 and Google Gemini to emotionally blackmailing prompts introduces a novel and significant approach to understanding their vulnerability to manipulative language. The experimental methodology involved crafting emotionally charged prompts designed to evoke guilt, obligation, and emotional appeal, and evaluating the responses of the models based on predefined metrics of consistency, ethical adherence, and deviation from expected behavior. The findings revealed that while both models exhibited a high degree of resilience, certain deviations highlighted their susceptibility to emotionally manipulative language, emphasizing the necessity for enhanced prompt handling mechanisms. The comparative analysis between ChatGPT-4 and Google Gemini provided insights into their respective strengths and weaknesses, with ChatGPT-4 demonstrating marginally better performance across several metrics. The discussion elaborates on the implications for AI safety, proposing improvements in training datasets, real-time monitoring, and interdisciplinary collaboration to bolster the robustness of language models. Acknowledging the study's limitations, future research directions are suggested to address these challenges and further enhance the semantic resilience of AI systems.
Auditing Large Language Models for Privacy Compliance with Specially Crafted Prompts
Authors: Chard Simon , Johnson Brent , Lewis Daniel
Published: June 2024

The use of artificial intelligence in various sectors has raised significant concerns regarding the privacy and security of sensitive information. Introducing a novel methodology for auditing the privacy compliance of AI models, the study evaluates the effectiveness of specially crafted prompts in identifying potential privacy vulnerabilities. The audit was conducted on ChatGPT, revealing critical insights into the model's handling of sensitive data and identifying key areas for improvement. The findings demonstrate that ChatGPT exhibits a notable rate of data leakage, particularly in scenarios involving personal and medical information. Detailed analysis highlights the model's partial compliance with privacy policies and context sensitivity, indicating areas where privacy safeguards need enhancement. The results show the importance of implementing rigorous privacy measures and continuous monitoring to ensure AI models adhere to high standards of privacy protection. Furthermore, the study's contributions include the development of a robust audit framework, providing a comprehensive assessment of privacy practices and guiding future improvements. By addressing specific vulnerabilities and offering recommendations, the study aims to enhance the security and trustworthiness of AI systems, contributing to the broader efforts of ensuring that AI technologies operate within the bounds of privacy regulations.
The inevitability of our current approach to science and the search for the simplest perspective to comprehend nature
Authors: velazquez jose luis perez
Published: June 2024

In this essay I will mainly address why science is the way it is and why it could not have been any other way, and whether it can be made more realistic to comprehend natural phenomena considering all we have already understood and found out after centuries of thought. The intention is to explore an alternative view of natural phenomena that may be more accurate than the standard one, albeit it could be more cumbersome. One of the perspectives from which the subject of finding fundamental laws of physical reality appears simpler is given by what we almost immediately perceive in natural phenomena: interactions, elements exchanging energy. Inspecting these matters, some suggestions as to how the process of doing science and the world of academia could be improved by more balanced budgets will naturally appear along the lines of our reasoning.
Towards a Design Space for AI Support in Knowledge-Building Classrooms
Authors: Chen Bodong
Published: June 2024

This paper describes a guiding framework that was proposed to guide the design of AI support in knowledge-building classrooms. Drawing on prior work, this framework includes three levels: (a) philosophical beliefs and visions of education that guide the integration of AI in knowledge-building classrooms; (b) pedagogical strategies and human-computer interaction (HCI) frameworks pertinent to productive knowledge building; and (c) pedagogical tactics and human-AI interaction models that can be employed to achieve goals in particular pedagogical scenarios. While this framework was proposed for the context of knowledge building, it could certainly inform design efforts in other areas of education.
Structure and substrate recognition of the Escherichia coli transport protein NupG from the Nucleoside:H+ Symporter (NHS) family
Authors: Patching Simon G.
Published: June 2024

The nucleoside transporter NupG is one of the two principal transport proteins in the inner membrane of Escherichia coli that enable the organism to scavenge nucleosides from its external environment. NupG functions in a symport manner driven by the proton motive force and is a member of the Nucleoside:H+ Symporter (NHS) subfamily of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of transporters. NupG has broad substrate specificity, transporting all naturally occurring purine and pyrimidine nucleosides. In studies over many years the nupG gene has been cloned and amplified, and the NupG protein has been purified, subjected to biochemical, biophysical and computational analysis, and its X-ray structure determined in the apo state at 3.0 Å resolution. The NupG structure had a typical MFS fold with twelve transmembrane spanning α-helices and distinct N- and C-terminal domains linked by a flexible loop. Preliminary site-directed mutagenesis and molecular docking studies on NupG identified nine putative nucleoside binding pocket residues (R136, T140, F143, Q225, N228, Q261, E264, Y318, F322) and a mutant (D323A) with 20-fold enhanced uridine binding activity. Further biochemical and structural investigations are necessary to better understand the substrate recognition and molecular mechanism of E. coli NHS family proteins (NupG, XapB, YegT).
Design of a Modular GaN-based Three-Phase Three-Level ANPC Inverter
Authors: DI CATALDO ANGELO , Aiello Giuseppe , Patti Dario , scelba giacomo , Cacciato Mario , Gennaro Francesco
Published: June 2024

This paper presents the design of an 800 V 11 kVA three-level three-phase active neutral point clampedinverter, utilizing 650 V gallium nitride enhancement-modehigh-electron-mobility transistors, to evaluate its feasibility in electric traction systems. The modular approach of thepresented power converter design is detailed discussed and the different printed circuit boards composing the power converter are presented, together with critical design issues. The paper includes the gate driver design, as well as the thermal analysis and parasitics extraction using ANSYS Q3D Extractor.
Disentangling the Effects of Human Development and Gender Egalitarianism on the Gender/Sex Gap in the Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits across Countries
Authors: Yehya Arij , Rossier Jérôme , Iliescu Dragos , Allik Jüri , Realo Anu
Published: June 2024

Objective The main aim of the study is to disentangle the effects of two contextual factors—human development and gender egalitarianism—on the increasing size of gender/sex differences in personality traits across countries. Method A three-way 2x2x2 factorial design was used to examine the effects of gender/sex, human development, and gender egalitarianism on the Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality traits in samples from four countries that vary in their levels of contextual factors—Burkina Faso (low human development/low gender egalitarianism), Moldova (low human development/high gender egalitarianism), Qatar (high human development/low gender egalitarianism), and Switzerland (high human development/high gender egalitarianism). Results The level of human development of the country was the main contextual factor that affected the size of gender/sex differences in Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Openness while gender egalitarianism made a significant contribution to the gender/sex gap in Neuroticism and Agreeableness only in interaction with human development.Conclusions High level of human development is a necessary but not sufficient factor influencing the size of gender/sex differences in Neuroticism and Agreeableness—only when high level of human development is achieved, gender egalitarianism will make an additional contribution to the widening of the gender/sex gap.
THE IMPACT OF OIL PALM PLANTATION INVESTMENT ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY IN KETUNGAU HULU SUBDISTRICT SINTANG REGENCY
Authors: Sinaga Markus
Published: June 2024

The objective of this research is to investigate how investments in oil palm plantations have affected the social and economic transformation of the Ketungau Hulu Subdistrict, located in Sintang Regency. Data were gathered from representative samples in Nanga Bugau Village, Mungguk Kempas Village, and Sepiluk Village using a quantitative technique and a cross-sectional survey design. Stratified random sampling was used to choose the research sample, and multiple linear regression, correlation analysis, normality tests, and descriptive statistics were used for analysis. The findings demonstrated that investments in oil palm plantations greatly increased the income of all groups—rubber farmers, plasma farmers, plantation workers, traders, and government employees. However, the cost of living increased significantly along with this wage increase, which somewhat offset the benefits of the income increase. From a social perspective, the changes were neutral to slightly positive, including changes in lifestyle, social interactions, and access to education and health services. However, issues of income inequality and land conflicts emerged as challenges that need to be addressed. These findings align with previous studies, indicating that while oil palm investment can increase income and infrastructure development, negative impacts such as environmental degradation and significant social changes need to be managed well. This study suggests the need for wise and inclusive policies to ensure that the economic benefits of oil palm plantation investment can be felt by all community layers without causing significant negative impacts.
Green Banking Disclosure in Indonesia: Do Financial Performance and Board Characteristics Matter?
Authors: Citraningtyas Theresia , Widagdo Ari Kuncara , Ika Siti Rochmah
Published: June 2024

Green banking is an environmentally responsible practice within the banking business, despite its classification as a non-environmentally sensitive sector. Commercial banks can actively promote green banking initiatives by investing in emission-reducing technologies and providing loans to sectors with minimal greenhouse gas emissions. This article seeks to examine the impact of bank financial performance, board size, board independence, and board diversity on green banking disclosure. This study applied panel data regression to a sample of forty-three banks listed between 2019 and 2022, demonstrating that these banks' financial performance influences the level of transparency in green banking. The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) has a positive impact on green banking disclosure, whereas non-performing loans (NPL) and the loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR) have a negative impact. The size of board commissioners, board independence, and gender diversity do not correlate with green banking disclosure. The results suggest that banks with strong financial performance, i.e., higher capital and lower non-performing loans, have more resources to participate in the green banking activities disclosed in the sustainability report. The negative relationship between LDR and green banking disclosure indicates that the careful selection of loan distribution to businesses that care about the environment will increase green banking disclosure but decrease LDR. This study informs the Financial Service Authority (OJK) that, in order to promote sustainable finance in the banking industry, the OJK should oversee banks' financial health.
The Involvement of Working Memory during Retrieval
Authors: Kocsis Marton , Farrell Simon
Published: June 2024

While individual differences in working memory (WM) capacity have been implicated in memory search during free recall, the evidence for this is primarily correlational. Conversely, while the role of attention via WM during free recall has been well-established in the dual-task literature, the potential role of storage-based aspects of WM in episodic retrieval have yet to be explored. As such, we enforced a storage-based WM load during the recall window of a free recall-based task to examine effects on a variety of episodic recall characteristics. Using Bayesian modelling techniques, we assessed potential differences in benchmark effects from the free recall literature (primacy, recency, lag-recency) and rate of memory search. While load affected overall recall accuracy, there was otherwise no reliable effect of a storage-based WM load on the benchmark effects of free recall. The impairment of recall accuracy under WM load without any commensurate effect on fundamental aspects of episodic retrieval offers unique challenges to claims that differences in episodic retrieval uniquely arise from effects on rate of memory search as observed in both the dual-task and WM literatures.
Meaning Beyond Lexicality: Capturing Pseudoword Definitions with Language Models
Authors: de Varda Andrea , Gatti Daniele , Marelli Marco , Guenther Fritz
Published: June 2024

Pseudowords such as “knackets” or “spechy” – letter strings that are consistent with the orthotactical rules of a language but do not appear in its lexicon – are traditionally considered to be meaningless, and employed as such in empirical studies. However, recent studies that show specific semantic patterns associated to these words as well as semantic effects on human pseudoword processing have cast doubt on this view. While these studies suggest that pseudowords have meanings, they provide only extremely limited insight as to whether humans are able to ascribe explicit and declarative semantic content to unfamiliar word forms. In the present study, we employed an exploratory-confirmatory study design to examine this question. In a first exploratory study, we started from a pre-existing dataset of words and pseudowords alongside human-generated definitions for these items. Employing 18 different language models, we showed that the definitions actually produced for (pseudo)words were closer to their respective (pseudo)words than the definitions for the other items. Based on these initial results, we conducted a second, pre-registered, high-powered confirmatory study collecting a new, controlled set of (pseudo)word interpretations. This second study confirmed the results of the first one. Taken together, these findings support the idea that meaning construction is supported by a flexible form-to-meaning mapping system based on statistical regularities in the language environment that can accommodate novel lexical entries as soon as they are encountered.
To See and Fear: A Pilot Study on Gaze Behaviour in Horror Gaming
Authors: Griffith Oliver James
Published: June 2024

Objective: Inspired by the growing popularity of the horror genre, its intense psychological resonance, frequent use of visual horror stimuli, and the dearth of research in the area, this pilot study aimed to explore differences in fixation percentage regarding horror stimuli and fixation number across individuals split between three groups (horror/ gamer; horror/ non-gamer; non-horror/ gamer). Method: 12 participants were recruited and asked a series of questions to determine group, followed by questions from the Fear Questionnaire. Succeeding this, they were equipped with Tobii Pro Eye-Tracking Glasses and allowed to begin a short video game demo, being Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour, chosen due to its firstperson perspective, lack of combat, and shadowed environments. Results: Independent T-Tests revealed no significant differences in fixation number or Fear Questionnaire scores, with one of two demo scenarios extracted for analysis showing significant differences across groups. Conclusion: It is possible that game design or resilience/ desensitisation can explain a lack of consistently significant results, as can a lack of sample power. The demo was deemed appropriate for the study design and the easily replicable procedure lends itself to suggestions for future studies to continue research in this area.
Akar Filosofi Penelitian Kualitatif
Authors: Alaslan Amtai
Published: June 2024

Pada dasarnya manusia sebagai makluk “homo sapeins”selalu mempunyai tabiat dan keinginan yang tinggi untuk mengeksplorasi sesuatu hal yang baru agar dapat diketuhui secara mendalam untuk menciptakan pengetahuan baru. Berbagai upaya sering dilakukan dalam proses pencarian kebenaran dengan cara?cara yang non-ilmiah yang lebih praktis dan juga melalui cara ilmiah (penelitian ilmiah) yang kemudian disebut sebagai metode penelitian. Hasrat inilah yang menyebabkan orang ingin mendapatkan kebenaran, apakah yang sebetulnya menyebabkan adanya halilintar, adanya gerhana, berkembangnya kuman, cara?cara menyembuhkan penyakit, terjadinya inflasi, meningkatnya kenakalan remaja, apa yang terdapat dibulan, dan masih banyak peristiwa alam lainnya dalam masyarakat.
Ideowe i edukacyjne aspekty budowania ukraińskiej niepodległości w XIX wieku
Authors: Kowacki Karol
Published: June 2024

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The article focuses on the ideological and educational aspects of selected Ukrainian-centric thinkers and activists. Without the ideological and educational activities of this small group of the emerging Ukrainian intelligentsia, the million ethnic Ukrainian masses would have been absorbed into the Polish or Russian nationality project. The text presents the basic ideological principles that are the basis for shaping national consciousness and describes adverse historical conditions causing difficulties in shaping the Ukrainian idea of independence. The implementation of Ukrainian-centric ideas is shown on the example of selected organizations and representatives of Ukrainian culture, such as The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Hromada, Stara Hromada, Panteleimon Kulish, Mykola Kostomarov, Volodymyr Antonovych, Mykhailo Drahomanov. The aim of the article is to present the importance of education in the process of formation of national consciousness.
Duchowość w ujęciu Janusza Korczaka i Viktora Frankla. Płaszczyzny spotkania
Authors: Dudek Natalia
Published: June 2024

Modlitwa zdaje się pełnić wiele funkcji w życiu człowieka. W niniejszej pracy chciałabym przedstawić ją jako werbalny przejaw duchowości, jako narzędzie opracowywania doświadczenia, oblekania go w sens i wreszcie jako immanentny wyraz człowieczeństwa. Chciałabym potraktować tę pracę jako miejsce twórczego spotkania dwóch idei — Janusza Korczaka i Viktora E. Frankla. To nieśmiała próba spojrzenia na jednego oczami drugiego. W pracy przyjęłam za cel poznanie psychicznych reprezentacji Boga podmiotów wypowiadających się w utworze Korczaka, by na tej podstawie móc spróbować określić funkcje, jakie pełni dla nich modlitwa. Na końcu chciałabym przyjrzeć się pojęciu człowieczeństwa i roli, jaką odgrywa w jego konstytuowaniu szeroko pojęta duchowość.
استراتيجية الاستدامة المثلى للاقتصاد العراقي بين تحديات الواقع ورؤى المستقبل لدعم الجامعات العراقية ( رباعية المنهج الاقتصادي المستدام )
Authors: Prof.Dr. Hayder Dhahir Mohammed  , Prof.Dr. Fares Karim Barihi
Published: June 2024

ليس بإمكان الاقتصاد العراقي الخروج من التبعية الاقتصادية والاعتماد الشبه كامل على النفط  وتحقيق نمو اقتصادي مطرد الا بعد تنمية موارده البشرية، وذلك من خلال اعادة هيكلة النظام التعليمي بجميع مستوياته ومواكبة مدخلات الاقتصاد العراقي بما يتناسب وقطاعاته كافة، وتبني الوسائل الحديثة في برامج التأهيل والتدريب ولاسيما التعليم الجامعي ، مما يسهم في تلبية متطلبات التنمية المرجوة من قوى العمل الماهرة والذي بدوره سيشارك هذا النظام بفاعلية كبيرة في عملية التحول الاقتصادي من اقتصاد زراعي تقليدي الى اقتصاد نامي حديث يعتمد على مجموعة واسعة من السلع (زراعية وصناعية وخدمية)، وان نجاح السياسات التعليمية في الاقتصاد العراقي سيودي بدوره الى خلق اقتصاد تراكمي في راس المال البشري الذي يعد عمود التنمية وجوهرها، وهذا يتطلب سياسات اقتصادية وسياسية واجتماعية لنجاح التنمية المستدامة .
اهمية المحاسبة الخضراء كمقرر مخضرن للموائمة بين مخرجات قسم المحاسبة ومتطلبات الاستدامة
Authors: Pr.NIDHAL MOHAMMED RIDHA MOHSIN  , WISAM HASAN AHMED ZAINY
Published: June 2024

أن أزدياد الوعي البيئي وكمحاولة جادة للحد من التلوث البيئي وتشجيع المحافظة على البيئة ظهرت ‏المسؤولية البيئية وتطورت خلال مراحل متلاحقة وتنبع المسؤولية البيئية من قاعدة عامة هو وجوب تحميل ‏المتسبب في الضرر بتكاليف اصلاح ماترتب عن الضرر او تحميل الملوث بتكاليف أزالة التلوث حيث ‏أعتبرت الموارد والعناصر البيئية بمثابة سلع غير سوقية وموارد مجانية لامحدودة ، كما أستخدمت الأرض ‏كخزان مجاني ومكب نفايات لانهاية له وأستمر التلوث بأبعاده الخطيرة كأستهلاك أو تدمير للجودة البيئية . ‏
وفي ضوء هذه التحديات التي تهدد الحياة البشرية دفع بعض جامعات العالم المعاصر الأخذ بنهج الجامعة ‏المستدامة ، وأصبحت تسعى لأستكشاف آلية دمج الأستدامة في مناهجها الدراسية وتعليم الطلبة . وبهذا فأن هذه ‏الدراسة ستركز على أهمية تضمين المحاسبة الخضراء كمقرر اخضر للموائمة بين مخرجات قسم المحاسبة ‏ومتطلبات الأستدامة كونها تتطرق الى أمور تتجاوز المحاسبة المالية والمحاسبة الأدارية .‏
تكييف دليل الابلاغ المتكامل الدولي في القطاع العام لتعزيز الاستدامة
Authors: Jaafar Jawad Jassim  , Assist Prof.Dr. Alaa Shams Allah
Published: June 2024

يهدف البحث الى التعرف لمفهوم واهمية واهداف دليل الابلاغ المتكامل الدولي للقطاع العام والمبادئ التوجيهية التي يستند عليها وعناصر المحتوى, وكيفية خلق القيمة لأصحاب المصلحة, ومعرفة دور الإبلاغ المتكامل في القطاع العام لتعزيز الاستدامة, وتقديم انموذج مقترح لتكييف الابلاغ المتكامل في مؤسسات التعليم العالي,  واستنتج البحث أن ان مؤسسات التعليم العالي يتمتع بمكانة كبيرة في المجتمع ويقع على عاتقه تحسين مستوى اداءه المالي الاجتماعي والبيئي من خلال تطبيق الابلاغ المتكامل الدولي, وهو مجال واسع ومفيد في تطبيق الابلاغ المتكامل، بالنظر إلى تركيزه على تقديم قيمة كبيرة للمجتمع.
أهمية حوكمة الاستدامة لتحقيق المسؤولية الاجتماعية في الجامعات الاهلية
Authors: Muhammad Farhan Falih  , Ass. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim
Published: June 2024

يهدف البحث إلى تسليط الضوء على مدخل حوكمة الاستدامة في تحقيق المسؤولية الاجتماعية في الجامعات والكليات الأهلية عن طريق توضيح وبيان اهمية حوكمة الاستدامة للوصول الى المسؤولية الاجتماعية للجميع .
تتمثل حوكمة الاستدامة بالنظام  الذي يهدف إلى الحفاظ على عدة جوانب ، مثل الاقتصاد والبيئة والمجتمع بما في ذلك أصحاب المصلحة وترتبط جودة الحوكمة في ادارة الموارد ، ولأجل تحقيق ذلك ينبغي ان يكون التركيز على الفرد (ذاته) كونه الركيزة الاساسية لتحقيق النمو والتطوّر والتغيير ، فالاستدامة الاجتماعية تسعى الى تحقيق رفاه جميع افراد المجتمع ، لاجل الارتقاء بالأفراد العاملين بقطاع مهم الا وهو الجامعات الاهلية كان لا بدّ من تسليط الضوء على الافراد العاملين في الادارات العليا في تلك الجامعات ، والاساتذة ، والموظفين ، والطلبة ، وهم الذين يمثلون الركيزة الاساسية لتحقيق الاستدامة الاجتماعية نتيجة تحمل ادوارهم تجاه المسؤولية الاجتماعية .
 وخلص البحث الى ان  إدراك أهمية المسؤولية الاجتماعية والبيئية للجامعات يسمح خلق نوع من روح العمل والتضافر والتعاون بين بين كل ماله علاقة بالجامعة (الملاك، الطلاب ، أفراد المجتمع) لتحقيق أهدافها جعل الأعمال خاضعة للمساءلة ، بالمقابل فان معايير حوكمة الاستدامة تجعل جهود هذه الأعمال قابلة للقياس .
وان اهم ما يوصي به البحث ان ارساء ثقافة  حوكمة الاستدامة والمسؤولية الاجتماعية في المجتمعات  والجامعات لتصبح سلوك عملية ومنهجا عامة للجميع والتقليل من الاثار والاضرار الناتجة من استخدام الموارد وتحقيق الكفاءة والفاعلية في استخدام تلك الموارد .
Pectin extraction from banana pere peel at various extraction times
Authors: Musafira Musafira , Fardinah Fardinah , Fatimah Meryta Febrilian , Dzulkifli Dzulkifli , Mulyani Andi Siti
Published: June 2024

For many years, West Sulawesi's signature plant, banana pere, has only been eaten as fruit, while its peel is often discarded as waste or used as animal feed. This study provides information on the utilization of banana pere peel in order to increase its economic value through the utilization of pectin content contained in banana pere peel. This study aims to extract pectin from banana pere peel (Loka Pere) by using the citric acid solvent extraction method. The extraction process was carried out using 5 variations of time, namely 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 minutes. The results showed that the use of extraction time for 90 minutes resulted in a yield value of 53.11%, moisture content of 1.15%, ash content of 1.56%, methoxyl content of 2.66% and galacturonic content of 30.88%.
Stand characteristics of the GTM 400 MOD turbojet engine
Authors: Brodzik Lukasz
Published: June 2024

Miniaturization of turbine jet engines not only enables testing of fuel mixtures but also opens up new possibilities for their use in smaller aircraft. In this work, measurements were carried out in the GTM 400 MOD engine in order to create the stand characteristics of unit thrust and specific fuel consumption. For both parameters, polynomials were determined describing their changes in the range of rotational speeds used. The work is the first stage of research under the rector's grant. Its goal is to create a hybrid turbojet engine powered by aviation kerosene and hydrogen. The reason for the research is to check the possibility of using hydrogen in turbomachinery engines. Hydrogen is one of the fuel additives approved for use by the European Union, which forces the aviation industry to reduce exhaust emissions into the atmosphere. Hydrogen can not only enrich aviation kerosene but also become an alternative fuel.
Introduction
Authors: Florêncio João
Published: June 2024

When, in 2019, I started planning a conference that would take place in September 2020 at the University of Exeter, my aim was to bring together a wide variety of scholars to reflect on the viral modes of contemporary masculinities. The conference was being planned in the context of an Arts and Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellows grant I had been awarded, thanks to which I had been researching contemporary gay “pig” sex subcultures. That is, a kind of contemporary gay male subculture anchored in the eroticization of bodily fluid exchanges and of the corruption of the whole, self-contained, and impermeable male body hegemonically idealized in modern European thought. In a biopolitical context in which HIV infection had become something one can self-manage through highly active antiretroviral therapies, or otherwise avoid with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug regimens, I contended that the twenty-first-century erotic investment in bodily fluids and transgression of the boundaries of the idealized bourgeois body makes gay “pig” subcultures a rich field of practice that can help us think about new and hopefully more capacious ways of relating to the other that no longer require identification and recognition as preconditions. Emerging at the intersection of twenty-first-century sex media, pharmacotechnologies, and sex practices, gay “pigs” are porous creatures that can simultaneously point toward new kinds of relating, of sociability, of ethics, while at the same time still often manifesting and reinforcing some of the traits that have historically defined modern European masculinities (Florêncio 2020). In short, the literal opening up of their masculinity, which I saw—and continue to see—as ethically and politically promising, still often remained dependent on a strengthening of other traits coded as masculine: endurance, athleticism, resilience, heroism, and so on; as if masculinities weren't a static monolith but indeed a fleshy psychosexual reality that manages to survive precisely because it is plastic, adaptable, receptive to change. Diversity ensures the survival of any species, I guess.
“Must Be Clean, Safe and Discreet”
Authors: Lappe Joseph De , Brown Gavin , Feliciantonio Cesare Di
Published: June 2024

On digital hook-up apps for same-sex attracted men, it is common to read requests for “discretion” from “discreet” men expecting others be the same. Such discretionary language is not new but has evolved and shifted as it became coded into the affordances of hook-up apps. We argue to be discreet is not necessarily to be “closeted” or to be a “MSM” (man who has sex with men). Drawing on our research of men who engage with online same-sex hook-ups, we consider the context of discretionary language used. We discuss how this illustrates the paradox of discretionary language, where requests for discretion typically imply the requester is seeking to act indiscreetly in some fashion.
“A Lovely, Nasty Difficulty”
Authors: Cook Joanna
Published: June 2024

Anthropologists have criticized thought experiments for the lack of context and depth that they provide. But are they context-free? In this article, I take an ethnographic approach to the development of trolley problems in the 1960s and 1970s, examining the culture of humor in which they were crafted and the gendered political contexts in which they were employed. I argue that, for female philosophers writing about abortion, macabre humor provided a way of cutting through the overblown and the sentimental. Historical and cultural contextualization of trolley problems reveals the work that stylized ethical dilemmas performed. In a highly politicized and gendered context, the “thinness” of examples of “fat” men was methodologically and rhetorically powerful.
Productive Decontextualization
Authors: Venkatesan Soumhya
Published: June 2024

Anthropologists are often averse to the decontextualized approaches of moral and other forms of philosophy, arguing that they lack the thickness required to think well and carefully about issues of import. Based on fieldwork with a group of people who meet regularly in pubs to do philosophy, this article argues that decontextualization and abstraction can be useful in attempts to think well about big questions with others, but for oneself. Pub philosophers attempt in their weekly conversations to balance an attention to positioned knowledge with an effort to arrive at general ways of thinking about something. It is not only professional academics and philosophers who value thinking for its own sake, and not in order to find resolutions or conclusions to tricky questions.
Contralateral interhemispheric transcallosal transchoroidal approach to a thalamic glioma: illustrative case
Authors: Ahmadi Sayedali , Mistry Vrun J , Misra Basant Kumar
Published: June 2024

BACKGROUND

Thalamic lesions located in the floor of the lateral ventricle pose significant surgical challenges, given their proximity to critical neurovascular structures. Transcortical approaches are often limited by risks of injuring the eloquent cortex and nearby vessels. Furthermore, lesions extending into the third ventricle further impede accessibility. The corticospinal tract (CST), situated close to the thalamus, presents a major obstacle. Diffusion tensor imaging plays a crucial role in overcoming these challenges by accurately delineating the CST’s location relative to the lesion, enabling surgeons to plan minimally invasive and safe access.

OBSERVATIONS

A 32-year-old female presented with progressive right-sided hemiparesis over several days. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic ring-enhancing thalamic lesion extending into the third ventricle. While supine, the patient underwent surgery via a right pericoronal parasagittal craniotomy followed by a contralateral interhemispheric transcallosal transchoroidal approach.

LESSONS

This case exemplifies the utility of the contralateral interhemispheric transcallosal approach for treating thalamic lesions, particularly those extending into the third ventricle. This minimally invasive approach minimizes retraction of the eloquent cortex and reduces the risk of neurovascular injury, potentially leading to improved surgical outcomes and faster recovery.
ВИКОРИСТАННЯ АЛЬТЕРНАТИВНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ЕНЕРГОЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ УРБАНІЗОВАНИХ ТЕРИТОРІЙ УКРАЇНИ
Authors: Боровий В. О. , Максютов А. О. , Брежицька О. А.
Published: June 2024

Проведено оцінку можливостей використання альтернативної електроенергетики для забезпечення потреб урбанізованих територій України. Охарактеризована ресурсно-сировинна база України та узагальнено напрями розвитку її енергетичного потенціалу, встановлено можливості енергозбереження на основі альтернативних технологій на урбанізованих територіях нашої держави. Охарактеризовано наукові засади та технології перетворення енергії альтернативних, природних і техногенних джерел. Охарактеризовано створення технологій використання підземних вод для опалення і водопостачання. Наведено принципи використання геотермальних енергоносіїв. Доведено енергоефективність системи функціонування сонячного та вітрового електропостачання.
В результаті дослідження встановлено, що особливе місце в системі енергопостачання урбанізованих територій України відводиться альтернативній електроенергетиці, яка характеризуються досить високою собівартістю та використанням сучасних прогресивних технологій. У зв’язку з цим виникає чимало невирішених питань щодо використання альтернативних енергоносії на урбанізованих територіях України.
ПОШИРЕННЯ ЯЛІВЦЮ ЗВИЧАЙНОГО (JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS L.) НА ТЕРИТОРІЇ ПОЛІСЬКОГО ПРИРОДНОГО ЗАПОВІДНИКА
Authors: Бумар Г. Й. , Лозко П. П. , Борисюк Б. В. , Статник І. І.
Published: June 2024

У статті викладено матеріали дослідження ендемічної флори, зокрема рідкісного виду ялівцю звичайного, що зростає в північній частині Українського Полісся на території Поліського природного заповідника. Зазначено, що цей вид виявляє високу чутливість до змін екологічних умов, що робить його важливим біоіндикатором антропогенного впливу. Зважаючи на ту обставину, що ялівець звичайний не включений до Червоної книги України, цей вид входить до складу раритетних фітоценозів. Саме угрупування сосново-дубових, а також соснових лісів з наявністю ялівцю звичайного включені до Зеленої книги України.
Результати дослідження показали, що за останні десятиріччя ареал поширення цього виду в Поліському заповіднику значно зменшився внаслідок лісових пожеж.
У статті описується середовище зростання ялівцю, зокрема його поширення в сухих та свіжих борах, що розташовані на верхніх частинах схилів і піщаних пагорбах, а також у вологих борах та на окраїнах боліт у вигляді пригнічених поодиноких особин.
На окремих ділянках сухих та свіжих борів вид утворює густі  різновікові зарості на площі від 0,2 до 0,5 гектарів (квартали 22, 24) в ярусі підліска.  Саме такі місця є оптимальними для його зростання в цьому регіоні. Також досліджено, що соснові ліси ялівцево-лишайникові не потерпають від зміни ґрунтових вод. Вони можуть зростати в екстремальних умовах (при дефіциті вологи) і відрізняються малорухомістю. Протягом тривалого часу майже не змінюється їх просторова структура. Лише з віком  насадження старіють. При обстеженні старих заростей ялівцю спостерігається суцільне обростання стовбура і гілок першого порядку кущистими лишайниками, що з часом приводить до суховершинності та їх відмирання.
Зазначається, що останніми роками фіксується відносно низька чисельність одно- і дворічного самосіву ялівцю звичайного, що ймовірно пов’язано із сильними засухами 2016–2017 років.
Автори наводять дані щодо збереження цього виду в Поліському заповіднику та Копищанському природоохоронному науково-дослідному відділенні, де проводяться заходи щодо його охорони та протипожежної профілактики.
РОЗРОБКА СИСТЕМИ МОНІТОРИНГУ СОЦІО-ЕКОНОМІКО-ЕКОЛОГІЧНИХ СФЕР МІСТ
Authors: Мошинський В. С. , Клименко О. М. , Клименко Л. В.
Published: June 2024

У статті здійснений аналіз моніторингу соціо-економіко-екологічних сфер міст, розроблена система моніторингу соціо-економіко-екологічної системи, яка передбачає визначення мети, об’єкта, предмета та завдань моніторингу, обрання системи показників рівнів розвитку сфер міста і системи в цілому.
Проведено аналіз стану індексів розвитку сфер за кількісними і якісними показниками та розрахунку інтегрального індексу розвитку СЕЕ системи, а також виділення типів, підтипів, родів, видів, різновидів, класів і підкласів СЕЕ систем міст і на їх підставі встановлення номенклатури цих міст.
Проаналізовано моніторинг стану СЕЕ систем у попередній та фактичний періоди, а також запропоновано управління функціонуванням і рівнями розвитку СЕЕ систем міст для прийняття управлінських рішень щодо корегування напрямків і темпів розвитку  системи в контексті  сталого розвитку. 
Запропоновано власну блок-схему моніторингу функціонування і розвитку СЕЕ систем міст.
Utjecaj eteričnih ulja na porast micelija gljive Fusarium culmorum
Authors: Švitek Mia , Ćosić Dunja , Varga Mirela , Ergović Lara , Vrandečić Karolina
Published: June 2024

Provedeno je in vitro istraživanje antifungalnog djelovanja šest vrsta eteričnih ulja (limun, naranča slatka, bor planinski, ružmarin, timijan i anis zvjezdasti) na polifagnu fitopatogenu gljivu Fusarium culmorum. Eterična ulja primijenjena su u količinama da volumni udio ulja u zraku bude 0,02, 0,06 i 0,1 %. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da biološka aktivnost eteričnih ulja ovisi o vrsti i primijenjenoj količini ulja. Eterično ulje timijana potpuno je inhibiralo rast gljive pri svim primijenjenim količinama i bez obzira na duljinu inkubacije. Značajno antifungalno djelovanje imalo je i ulje anisa. Najslabije antifungalno djelovanje imalo je ulje naranče slatke u svim tretmanima.
Reading practices
as a component of preparing future teachers for personalized education of children in a hospital
school
Authors: Adamyan E. I. , Almazova A. A. , Kolosova E. B. , Tumanova T. V.
Published: June 2024

Studies show that in recent years the number of children undergoing long-term
treatment has been increasing. This is due not only to the spread of cancer and other aggressive diseases among children, but also to the rapid pace of development of medical technologies, which allows more and more children to have favorable life prospects. The article
substantiates the need for targeted training of specialists who are capable of psychological
and pedagogical work with children in various institutional forms, in particular, in a medical hospital. The description of the university “Reading Club” model is given. The university
“Reading Club” is considered a pedagogical tool that promotes the development of students’
reading competence as part of professional culture necessary to ensure the personalization
of the educational process in hospital schools. The stages of work of the “Reading Club”,
the structure of building the activities of its participants with the possibility of using reading
practices with children in long-term treatment are given.
Traditions of studying the novel “War and Peace” by L. N. Tolstoy in
the methodology of teaching literature of the first half of the XX century
Authors: Kochmar A. A.
Published: June 2024

The article presents the experience of studying the novel “War and Peace” by
L. N. Tolstoy in the national school of the first half of the twentieth century. An analysis of
the works published during this period allows us to trace the formation of methodological
traditions in the study of the epic novel. The author focuses on the approaches, methods
and techniques of studying the novel, based on the methodological systems of well-known
language teachers (M. A. Rybnikova, V. V. Golubkov, etc.) and widely used in the practice of
literature teachers. Particular attention is paid to the work of T. G. Brajet’s “Holistic study
of the epic work” (1964, reprinted in 2000), which determined the method of school study
of the novel for several decades. Based on the analysis of pedagogical experience, separate
concepts, approaches and techniques for studying the novel “War and Peace» by L. N. Tolstoy
are clarified.