bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Association Between Family Support and Nurse Motivation in Managing Patients with COVID-19
Authors: Hoda Ferdinandus Suban , Mahoklory Serly Sani , Pello Yakoba Ketzia , Riti Irlin Falde
Published: March 2022

Background: Coronavirus (COVID19) is a world public health emergency. The coronavirus transmission is highly fast that health workers are at high risk of contracting COVID-19. It raises excessive anxiety for nurses when caring for COVID-19 patients, so one way to help reduce the fears and worries nurses face is by providing support and motivation from their families.Purpose: This study aims to determine the relationship between family support and nurses’ motivation in caring for Patients with COVID19.Methods: The method used was correlational quantitative, involving 84 nurses caring for Patients with COVID19.Result: The results of the spearman rank test showed a p-value of 0,001 ≤ α 0,05, which indicated a relationship between family support and the motivation of nurses in caring for Patients with COVID19. Furthermore,the coefficient correlation (r = 0,362) had a low level of relationship with a positive direction of the relationship.Conclusion: It can be concluded that family support is very important in the psychological dimension by positively affecting nurses' work motivation
Sustainable Design of an Artificial Lake in Jafer Basin Based on Gravity Flow
Authors: Al-Habahbeh Osama M.
Published: March 2022

Jordan is a dry country which badly needs water bodies. This work proposes a design of a sustainable artificial lake in Jafer basin (JB). The design involves excavating a tunnel to connect Gulf of Aqaba (GoA) and JB, and building a pumping station at the end of the tunnel. The tunnel will have a downslope gradient to allow gravity flow of seawater from GoA to JB. Once the water arrives underneath JB, a series of pumps along an inclined shaft uplift the water into the basin creating an artificial Lake, with total water volume of 2,000 Million Cubic Meters (MCM). The time required to fill up the basin is three years. The tunnel diameter is 3 meters and the depth of the tunnel and the shaft is 1000 m. 2% of the lake surface will be covered by Photovoltaic (PV) panels to produce electricity for pumping and to reduce evaporation rate. The total investment cost is 10.1 B$ (Billion Dollar) spent over three years, after that, all the pumping power needed to counteract evaporation is provided by PV panels. Once completed, the project is expected to pay back by encouraging human settlement, tourism, agriculture and industry.
A Novel Space-Time Finite Element Algorithm to Investigate the Hygro-Mechanical Behaviours of Wood Fiber-Polymer Composites
Authors: Charupeng Nuttibase , Kunthong Prapot
Published: March 2022

Moisture-induced swelling, or hygroexpansion, has been known to greatly deteriorate the durability of wood fiber-polymer composites (WPC). It is generally very expensive to perform experiments to completely obtain the diffusion kinetics as the process occurs in a very extended period of time. For the first time, we have developed a space-time finite element algorithm that employs time discontinuous Galerkin (TDG) method for time-dependent 3D hygro-mechanical behaviours of WPC. The formulation of matrix equations in spatial and temporal domains are explained in detail. A block Gauss-Seidel iterative method is used in the predictor/multi-corrector multi-pass algorithm, which efficiently yields unconditionally stable and high-order accurate solutions. The model is validated by comparing the predicted time-dependent hygroexpansion with that obtained in a previous experimental study. The quantitative analysis ensures the reliability of model, based on a Fickian diffusion process. With our adaptive time-stepping scheme that bases on the embedded solution from the multi-pass iterations, the model efficiently progresses the kinetics with relatively large time steps. A runtime of a few hours compared to about three months of actual laboratory experimentation confirms the novelty and robustness of our model.
Some Applications of Cubic Equations in Engineering
Authors: Zahedi  , Kamil Anton Abdulbasah , Jelita  , Amin Harahap , Marwan Affandi , Suparni Sarmin
Published: March 2022

Cubic equations have many applications in engineering, three of them are discussed in this paper. There are many equations of states for real gases but the cubic equations are the simplest ones and are sufficiently accurate for a limited range of temperatures and pressures. Degree of dissociation of chemical equilibrium for carbon dioxide and water can be written as cubic equations. Slope of a simply supported beam loaded by a continuous load is also represented as a cubic equation. Cubic equations can be solved exactly using Cardano’s formula. They can also solve numerically; Newton-Raphson method is a popular choice. Although a cubic equation has three roots, only real roots are valid in real applications discussed in this paper. Even there may be only one root that can be used; two other roots will be discarded. There are many ways a cubic equation solved but the simplest one is to solve it manually using a scientific calculator. Software and programming languages are better if there are many equations to be solved repeatedly.
Experimental Investigation on the Performance of Different Cutting Fluids on Cutting Force During Turning of Duplex Stainless Steel-2205 under MQL Technique
Authors: S.T. Prashantha Kumar , H.P. Thirtha Prasada , M. Nagamadhu , Pattar Niranjan , Kivade S.B. , Sachinkumar  , K.R. Ravichandra , S. Hanumanthlal
Published: March 2022

Duplex stainless steel (DSS)-2205 comes under hard-to-machine material owing to its inherent properties but more applications in severe working conditions. Hence, investigating the effect of cutting fluids and machining parameters is essential. In the present work, an attempt has been made with Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) the investigate the performance of Deionized (DI) water, neat cut oil, and emulsified fluid on Cutting Force (CF) during turning of Duplex Stainless Steel (DSS-2205). The experiments were conducted based on face central composite design (CCF) in response surface methodology, varying speed, feed, and depth of cut in three levels. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is to identify significant factors that influence the response. The results revealed that using emulsified fluid's cutting force gives better results than the DI water and neat cut oil. Feed rate is the most significant factor for emulsified fluid contribution was 53.61% for neat cut oil 48.89% and DI water 26.11%. It also reveals that the contribution of the depth of cut is slightly lesser than the feed rate. However, the contributions of cutting speed in all three Deionized (DI) water, neat cut oil, and emulsified fluid working fluids are negligible.
Numerical Study of Unsteady Boundary Layer Flow of a Biomagnetic Fluid over a Horizontal Stretching Sheet with Magnetic Dipole
Authors: Mahabub Maria , Ferdows M. , Murtaza M. Gluam , Lorenzini Giulio , Tzirtzilakis E.E.
Published: March 2022

This paper focuses on the theoretical and numerical investigation of the unsteady, viscous, incompressible, two-dimensional laminar boundary layer flow of a Newtonian biomagnetic fluid over a stretching sheet under the influence of an applied magnetic field in the presence of heat transfer. The magnetic field is induced by a magnetic dipole placed below the stretching sheet. The magnetic field intensity represents the magneto-thermo-mechanical coupling. This allows exclusion of the biofluid that is distant from the sheet at Curie temperature to avoid further magnetization. The unsteadiness of the flow is discernible in the fluid flow properties. The mathematical model of the problem conforms to the principles of Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and Ferrohydrodynamics (FHD). In this work, the study is performed on a specific biofluid, human blood. The modified Stokes principle is used to implement the model under the assumption that along with the three thermodynamic variables P, ρ, and T, the Biomagnetic Fluid Dynamics (BFD) fluid behavior can be characterized as a function of magnetization M. To describe the physical problem, a coupled non-linear system of ordinary differential equations subject to appropriate boundary conditions is derived from Navier-Stokes and thermal energy equations by performing non-dimensionalization of the considered variables. To solve these equations, the dsolve routine in the MAPLE software is used. Numerical results for flow profiles and the local skin friction coefficient (Cfx) and the local Nusselt number (Nux) are discussed for different values of unsteadiness parameter (A), biomagnetic interaction parameter (B) and a rational quantity (ϵ). The achieved results are compared with previously published work for steady state flow, and they seem to be in good agreement. It is found that MHD and FHD interaction parameters affect significantly on the velocity, temperature and pressure field. A successful completion will bring interesting results for better understanding of the biomagnetic fluid flow characteristics and can be beneficial to medical and bioengineering applications; particularly for estimating the characteristics of blood flow in stenosed arteries.
Optimization of Fin with Rectangular and Triangular Shapes by Levenberg – Marquardt Method
Authors: Nguyen Long Nhut-Phi , Nguyen Quan , Nguyen Son Hoai
Published: March 2022

The article proposes using the Levenberg – Marquardt (L – M) method to optimize the fin with the longitudinal profile. The objective in optimizing the fin shape: The fin volume achieved the minimum value, with the optimization variables being the fin's width and length. The research performed two problems about optimal design the fin with the straight profile for triangular and rectangular shapes, obtained a tiny relative error compared to the results of the published studies. Specifically, the problem with the triangular-shaped fin, the relative error of the minimum volume compared to the two published is 0.022% & 0.092%; and the problem with the rectangular-shaped fin, the relative error is 0.68% & approximately 0%, respectively.
Motion Planning Solution with Constraints Based on Minimum Distance Model for Lane Change Problem of Autonomous Vehicles
Authors: Tho Quach Hai , Phap Huynh Cong , Phuong Pham Anh
Published: March 2022

Lane change is one of the important operations in motion of an autonomous vehicle. When encountering obstacles or wanting to overtake the vehicle ahead, the autonomous vehicle will make a decision and choose the best path to control the trajectory of motion to perform lane change. In this article, we will present solutions for lane change trajectories, including general path setting, building nonlinear models with states of vehicle speed, acceleration and jerk; building a constraint set to avoid collisions with a minimum safe distance model, which takes into account the potentially collision angle positions during lane change. Simulation results are performed in Matlab simulation environment to demonstrate an effective proposed solution and addressed the disadvantages in the modeling process for lane-changing operations, in order to improve the proactive safety of the motion planning for autonomous vehicles.
Advantages of the Differential Equations for Solving Problems in Mathematical Physics with Symbolic Computation
Authors: Abdoon Mohamed A. , Hasan Faeza Lafta
Published: March 2022

In this paper, we have introduced the analytical solutions of the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation and the (2+1) dimensional breaking soliton equations with the help of a new Algorithm of first integral method formula two (AFIM), by depending on mathematical software’s. New and more general variety of families of exact solutions have been represented by different structures of 3rd dimension plotting and contouring plotting with different parameters. So, the solution in this research is unique, new and more general. We can apply in computer sciences, mathematical physics, with a different vision, general and Programmable.
Changing Work in Changing Contexts: New Perspectives for Job Analysis in Career Counseling
Authors: Sgaramella Teresa Maria , Ferrari Lea
Published: March 2022

The uncertainty, unpredictability and rapid changes that characterize current times challenge procedures and activities usually carried out by career counseling professionals. There is then the need to give new meanings to dimensions and procedures previously used in the analysis of work activities, introduce dimensions more related to new visions of work and consider suggestions from international organizations. After presenting the most recent theoretical perspectives and principles suggested to career counselors, we will propose a sustainability-guided and context-based approach to Job Analysis and provide an example of its potentials to support career counselors who successfully fulfill their professional tasks.
Parsons revisited: a search for adaptive matching instruments
Authors: Post Jouke
Published: March 2022

The purpose of this article is to explore innovative and adaptive ways of matching people with jobs in the context of a Dutch policy initiative aimed at the skills mismatch in the region of Amsterdam. This is an important and urgent issue because of the challenges of the future labor market, in which technological disruption and socio-economic forces affect the content and conditions of jobs and occupations. Powered by digital technology and data-driven approaches it is possible to design ‘fine-grained’ matching systems based on skills or competences. The article combines an exploration of occupational taxonomies, skills frameworks and good practices of these skills-based applications with a theoretical discussion on the relevance and adaptations of Person-Environment Fit and matching theories. The article shows that these new forms of innovative, adaptive and fluid matching have benefits for policy-makers, employers and jobseekers alike. In the discussion section some critical remarks are made on the matching theory and its application in contemporary instruments and tools.
From Career Decision-Making Towards Career Cruising – the Case of Hungary: the “U” Model
Authors: Borbely-Pecze Tibor Bors
Published: March 2022

This paper describes the changing role, practice and institutional setting of career guidance and counselling in Hungary from the 1950s to the present time. The article defines the relation between the institutional settings (polity), changes in the content of guidance policies implemented in those decades (policy), and decision-making processes (politics). It is argued that the lack of institutional resilience and the vagueness of the career guidance theoretical models created a relatively unstable guidance system in Hungary. Our description concerns both the theoretical development of guidance and counselling and legislative and institutional changes. It addresses the changing role of career guidance and counselling, including access to guidance service, and the changing perception of the two manifested by citizens, companies and politicians.
Career Guidance for Unaccompanied Young Migrants. A Report on an Italian Experience
Authors: Magnano Paola , Zammitti Andrea
Published: March 2022

Unaccompanied foreign minors are migrant children without their parents, relatives, or other adults. In Italy, especially in Sicily, an increasing number of young, non-European Union foreigners arrive daily in search of a new life and work opportunities. Despite this increasing phenomenon, interventions to support young migrants in career projects are infrequent and occasional within the host communities. With the aim of developing a career guidance intervention suitable for unaccompanied foreign minors, we propose a case study presenting a career guidance intervention for a group of unaccompanied foreign adolescents. The framework is the life design paradigm. The conductors of the activities were career counsellors, with the support of a cultural mediator and/or an educator. The setting of the interventions was individual and small groups. The instruments and procedures were predominantly qualitative. This paper includes a discussion of the strengths and weakness of this intervention, including the results of the post-intervention evaluation and the follow-up after one year.
Psychosocial Aspects of Employee Control with the Use of Modern Technologies
Authors: Kot Paweł
Published: March 2022

When functioning in an organisation, conflicting interests of parties to the employment relationship collide: the employee’s right to privacy and the employer’s right to control the quality and manner of performing work. Traditional forms of employee monitoring, such as a breathalyser test or personal search, raise a lot of controversy. With the development of modern technologies, new forms of control emerge, such as monitoring, Internet access control, or even checking private employee accounts on social networking platforms. The problem of using them improperly arises. Such practices are controversial not only for ethical and legal reasons. Attempts to limit the freedom of employees and their strict control with the use of modern techniques may result in serious psychological consequences for the employees, such as low efficiency, mental discomfort, or reduced job satisfaction. That is why wisely-managed organisations restrain limiting freedom of employees by implementing excessive control in favour of appealing to their internal self-control.
Swaraning Ngasepi Manuscript And the Makings Of Islamic Culture In the Javanese Muslim
Authors: Kiptiyah Siti Mariatul
Published: March 2022

Artikel ini membahas manuskrip Islam Jawa berjudul Swaraning Ngasepi koleksi Perpustakaan Museum Dewantara Kirti Griya, Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini fokus pada deskripsi fisik naskah dan isi teksnya terutama terkait dengan gagasan pembentukan kultur islami yang terkandung di dalam teks. Data dikumpulkan dengan studi dokumentasi dan dianalisis dengan pendekatan filologi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa teks itu menjelaskan tentang cara memperoleh petunjuk dari Tuhan untuk menjalani kehidupan yang harus ditempuh dengan laku islami. Dari penjelasannya, teks ini mengkritik laku bertapa dengan menyepi di tempat-tempat sunyi yang lazim dilakukan orang Jawa pada masa lalu untuk memperoleh petunjuk gaib.
Hamzah Fansuri: Mystical Quest Of A Controversial Sacred Bird From Nusantara
Authors: Mursyidi Ach. Fatayillah
Published: March 2022

Sufisme adalah elemen sentral dalam sejarah tradisi Islam. Namun demikian, sudut pandang teologisnya yang menguraikan dimensi religiusitas ke dalam dan lebih memilih cara hidup asketik telah sering menjadi subjek kritik terutama dari para ulama yang berorientasi syariah. Salah satu tokoh berpengaruh mereka dari kepulauan Nusantara adalah Hamzah Fansuri, seorang mistikus kontroversial yang diperdebatkan tempat kelahiran yang sangat dikritik oleh lawan seusianya, Nuruddin ar-Raniri. Sejumlah karya-karyanya kemudian dimusnahkan karena dituduh mengungkap aspek menyimpang dari Islam karena sebagian dari pertengkaran yang agak politis daripada teologis. Alih-alih bertujuan untuk mempertahankan teologi mistiknya, makalah ini berupaya untuk memperjelas kesalahpahaman yang kuat pada ajarannya dengan membedakan. dia dengan mistik Islam yang sangat terkenal, Ibn Arabi kepada siapa dia sering dikaitkan, dan sama-sama melalui kategorisasi pada pengalaman mistik yang disediakan oleh Schimmel (2011). Penggunaan metaforisnya tentang burung suci dan beberapa karya luar biasa lainnya namun terbatas tetap utuh setelah penipisan juga akan dieksplorasi untuk menunjukkan posisi teologisnya di antara para Sufi lainnya. Sebagai kesimpulan, saya berpendapat bahwa dia tidak mengecualikan unsur pribadi kemanusiaan atau dia mengabaikan peran syariah dalam merumuskan cara-cara untuk mencapai persatuan mistis.
Portraits of Puppet Art Thimplong at District Nganjuk: Reduction of Local Culture in the Acceleration of Nowadays Era
Authors: Kusairi Latif , Siswanto Depy Tri Budi
Published: March 2022

This paper studies on how puppets as a media for preaching. One of them is puppet Thimplong brought by Eyang Sariguna. This puppet settings come from the Kingdoms of Kediri, Jenggala, Majapahit, Babad Tanah Jawi, and legends around Nganjuk. Currently, this puppet is rarely used and almost extinct. Therefore, the acceleration between this puppet and modern culture is needed for gaining acceptance among societies.
Representation of Female In Arabic: Feminism and Gender Relations Perspective
Authors: Wulandari Novia , Hayani Aida
Published: March 2022

When discussing about gender, it matters not only as a grammatical phenomenon, but also as a deeper meaning of the relationship between men and women. As a representation produced by human being containing certain values about an abstracted object, language embodies personal value, social values, cultural values, and political values. The correlation between gender and language in Arabic language has a characteristic since it is also influenced by the religion affected the relationship between men and women. Therefore, the main problems are how women depicted in this language and how their image is compared with man. In order to gain the depiction, feminism is seen as an appropriate tool for analyzing it. This approach is chosen since feminism approach providing general analysis about condition contributed to woman and digging into cultural understanding towards what is meant by being woman. The findings conclude that woman depiction are seen as 1) a branch while man as a root; 2) imperfect person since their thinking are unequal to men.
Fundamentalism: Study of Islamic History
Authors: Islamiyah Djamiatul
Published: March 2022

This paper is a literary study by analyzing various thoughts from various readings. The concern of this study is about fundamentalism in the study of Islamic history. The discussion material includes; contextualization, history and various thoughts in response to fundamentalism. Regarding contextualization, a discussion arises whether fundamentalism exists as a product, as an agent, or both? If it is related to social changes in Islamic society in particular. Is Islamic fundamentalism more of a religion matters? Some refer to the events of the Iranian revolution in 1979, to the 18th century Wahhabi movement, some others point to the Al-Mihnah policy by the Mu'tazilah during the reign of the caliph Al-Ma'mun in the 9th century. There are even those who say that the genealogy of fundamentalism has existed since the beginning of Islamic history, namely the emergence of the Khawarij which is seen as having the same qualifications as contemporary fundamentalism. Responses to fundamentalists have been written in various ways, such as the assumption about the hegemonic nature of Western civilization which is said to be an obstacle to the accommodation of the basics of mutual equality, as well as an attitude of mutual respect and recognition. Other responses were in the form of proposals for the deconstruction of fundamentalism, the idea of developing Islamic values of compassion and moderation as a way or policy of dealing with fundamentalism.
Code-switching and Code Mixing on Vlog: A Sociolinguistics Study
Authors: Umami Emma Asyirotul , Ghasani Betari Irma
Published: March 2022

This paper aims for identifying the type of codeswitching and codemixing found on the vlog and recognizing factors causing codeswitching and codemixing. The researchers take data from 14 vlogs of Nurul Taufik themed Jaamiah or Campus. Some steps done in doing the research including listening to the vlog, analysing, and reporting. The result shows that there are 20 data of codeswitching and 52 data of codemixing. All forms of codeswitching belong to extraneous in the form of sentences. Some factors causing code switching are including speakers, interlocutors, the presence of a third person and changes in the topic of discussion. In addition, the form of code mixing is extraneous codes in the form of words, phrases, baster, repetition of words, expressions, and clauses. The cause of codemixing is the speaker's desire to get the “right” expression, and the habits and relaxedness of the speech act participants in communicating.
Javanese Religious Humanism (Critical Study of R.M.P. Sosrokartono)
Authors: Wahyudi M. Agus , Bakri Syamsul
Published: March 2022

Humanism is a school in philosophy which states that humans are the center of everything, or referred to as anthropocentric. So it gives a negative impression of humanism itself. There is a discourse that God is removed or not functioned with the understanding of humanism that upholds the values of human beings. Javanese society is famous for its friendly, humanist and religious people in religion. One of the figures who came from Java was R.M.P. Sosrokartono, he has ideas and thoughts that indirectly contain humanistic values that are wrapped in the values of Javanese society. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods, the data in this study there are two forms, primary data and secondary data. The purpose of this study is to reveal the values of humanism in the thinking of R.M.P. Sosrokartono and how it is relevant to today's life. The result of this research is that there are teachings of R.M.P. Sosrokartono name is ilmu kantong bolong dan ilmu kantong kosong, in which there are humanistic values. In addition, the humanism model of R.M.P. Sosrokartono has a new variant with the humanism that developed in the West.
Sustainability of the community-based ecotourism development in the Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserve, Kazakhstan
Authors: Akbar Imanaly , Maksatovna Sergeyeva Aigul , Kazbekkyzy Myrzaliyeva Zabira , Zhaksybekkyzy Tazhekova Akmaral , Tagabayevich Saulembaev Altynbai , Abdukarimovich Mominov Serik
Published: March 2022

The development of community-based ecotourism (CBE) has the potential to preserve biodiversity and protect the environment, as well as play an important role in the socio-cultural, economic and politically sustainable development of the community. This paper assesses the implementation of CBE development and compares the sustainability of ecotourism development between the Zhabagly community and the Abaiyl community. The data is obtained mainly through the household questionnaire survey, field observations, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. 222 representative families were surveyed with 5-point Likert scale questions in this paper including 166 Zhabagly and 56 Abaiyl participants. The study used 18 indicators based on 4 dimensions: environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political. Results from this analysis indicate that the sustainability of CBE development in two communities is slightly different in all 4 dimensions. Zhabagly community is more successful in achieving sustainable CBE development than the Abaiyl community. The results reveal that the overall evaluation of the two communities on sustainability is moderate. However, both communities demonstrate that, potentially, they are politically unsustainable. As a result, we initially assert that the sustainability of CBE development in the Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserve (NR) is far from perfect. In particular, the positive economic and political impact of tourism development is not obvious. To address this shortcoming, tourism development organizations need to jointly develop a design policy for the sustainable development of CBE.
REASONS FOR THE MIGRATION FROM AFGHANISTAN TO TURKEY: AEGEAN REGION EXAMPLE
Authors: EROL Hande , MOHAMMAD ALİ Abuzar
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine the views of the Afghan people regarding the migrations as a result of the problems experienced in Afghanistan between 1979-2019. For this purpose, the study usesa quantitative methodapproach and was conducted by scanning method. In accordance with the purpose, a socio-demographic survey was used to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the Afghan migrants and a migration survey was used to determine the reasons for migration.Considering the results of the analysis made in the research, according to the findings; When the answers given regarding the reason for migration to Turkey are examined; Considering the answers to the situation of experiencing security problems in Afghanistan, the majority of them have security problems; Considering the answers given according to the state of feeling safe in Turkey, almost all of the participants felt safe; When the distribution according to the level of satisfaction with the Turkish society is analyzed, more than half of the participants agreed; Considering the distribution according to the helping situation of Turkish neighbors, nearly half of the participants received help from their Turkish neighbors; When the answers given to the situation of living in another country were examined, it was determined that almost all of the Afghan individuals who participated in the research who migrated to Turkey answered yes.
Corrigendum: A new species of Hydrochoerus (Rodentia: Caviidae: Hydrochoerinae) from the Pleistocene of San Diego County, California, USA with remarks on capybara biogeography and dispersal in the Pleistocene of Western North America
Authors: White Richard S.
Published: March 2022

Corrigendum
Effects of structure, purity and alignment on the heat conduction properties of carbon nanotubes and fibers
Authors: CHEN Junjie
Published: March 2022

The increasing popularity of carbon nanotubes has created a demand for greater scientific understanding of the characteristics of thermal transport in nanostructured materials. However, the effects of impurities, misalignments, and structure factors on the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube films and fibers are still poorly understood. Carbon nanotube films and fibers were produced, and the parallel thermal conductance technique was employed to determine the thermal conductivity. The effects of carbon nanotube structure, purity, and alignment on the thermal conductivity of carbon films and fibers were investigated to understand the characteristics of thermal transport in the nanostructured material. The importance of bulk density and cross-sectional area was determined experimentally. The results indicated that the prepared carbon nanotube films and fibers are very efficient at conducting heat. The structure, purity, and alignment of carbon nanotubes play a fundamentally important role in determining the heat conduction properties of carbon films and fibers. Single-walled carbon nanotube films and fibers generally have high thermal conductivity. The presence of non-carbonaceous impurities degrades the thermal performance due to the low degree of bundle contact. The thermal conductivity may present power law dependence with temperature. The specific thermal conductivity decreases with increasing bulk density. At room temperature, a maximum specific thermal conductivity is obtained but Umklapp scattering occurs. The specific thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube fibers is significantly higher than that of carbon nanotube films due to the increased degree of bundle alignment.
Traditionalism, Modernity, Postmodernity - Functional Aspects of Manifestation
Authors: Apostu Iulian
Published: March 2022

The evolution of social systems has a direct impact on the family, which influences the mode of functionality, the variety of types of relationships between partners, role structure, gender relations, etc. By taking into consideration common conceptions, the Romanian family is considered to be a modern one, but, scientifically analyzing the landmarks of functionality, the logic of role distribution and gender relations, it is rather a society in transition to modernity. Of course, the landmarks of modernity are not unknown to contemporaneity, but, as a whole, the Romanian family still feels traditional influences. The study aims to highlight the functional patterns of these marital structures, showing the specific ways of organizing functions, role dynamics, evolutionary resources, but also the value intersection specific to this transition from one marital system to another.
Ethics, Values and the Public Sphere – A Contemporary Approach
Authors: Morariu Iuliu-Marius
Published: March 2022

Review of Antonio Sandu, “O etică centrată pe valori în sfera publică” [An ethics centred on values in the public area], Iasi: Editura Lumen, 2017.
Ustawa o grach hazardowych przyczyną ubytków dochodów państwa w latach 2010–2019
Authors: Politowicz Jerzy
Published: March 2022

Branża hazardowa odznacza się wysoką dochodowością i generuje liczne miejsca pracy, a w związku z tym zasila budżet państwa i państwowe fundusze celowe. Po wprowadzeniu ustawy o grach hazardowych dochody państwa z działalności hazardowej znacznie spadły. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie kategorii dochodów państwa związanych z branżą hazardową, a także przyczyn i rozmiaru ubytków tych dochodów. Podobnego zadania nikt dotąd się nie podjął, dlatego artykuł może się przyczynić do wypełnienia luki w tym obszarze prawa finansowego.
Euro 2012 i Kraków 2022. Polskie elity polityczne wobec wielkich imprez sportowych
Authors: Woźniak Wojciech
Published: March 2022

Artykuł podejmuje problematykę wielkich imprez sportowych (ang. Sport Mega Events, dalej: WIS) będących najbardziej spektakularnymi przejawami komercjalizacji i neoliberalizacji współczesnego zglobalizowanego sportu. Analiza obejmuje dwa przypadki procesów politycznych, w które zaangażowane były polskie elity polityczne: organizację w 2012 roku Mistrzostw Europy w Piłce Nożnej (dalej: Euro 2012) oraz inicjatywę na rzecz organizacji Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich w 2022 roku w Krakowie, zablokowaną przez referendalny sprzeciw mieszkańców tego miasta. Rozważane są skutki organizacji Euro 2012 i konteksty politycznego konsensusu wszystkich sił politycznych na rzecz organizacji obu imprez oraz okoliczności, które doprowadziły do fiaska inicjatywy Kraków 2022.
Kiedy płeć nie ma znaczenia. Nie/normatywne ciała w dyskursie narodowym i sportowego sukcesu
Authors: Jakubowska Honorata
Published: March 2022

Artykuł przedstawia, w jaki sposób postrzeganie nie/normatywnego ciała zmienia się, kiedy płeć krzyżuje się z kategorią narodowości i (braku) sukcesu. Podjęta jest dyskusja, w jaki sposób te dwa czynniki, narodowość i sukces, wpływają na: (1) wybory sportowej publiczności, (2) postrzeganie wyglądu zawodniczek, (3) postrzeganie sportu jako „kobiecego” versus „męskiego”. Artykuł opiera się na koncepcji intersekcjonalności i odwołuje do badań własnych zrealizowanych w latach 2012 i 2013 oraz analizy dyskursu wybranych przypadków.
Aktywność fizyczna – przyjemność czy obowiązek? Analiza społeczno-kulturowych uwarunkowań komercyjnego sukcesu Zumba Fitness
Authors: Olko Dorota
Published: March 2022

Artykuł prezentuje wyniki jakościowego studium przypadku dotyczącego Zumba Fitness. Celem badania było zrekonstruowanie społecznych uwarunkowań komercyjnego sukcesu Zumby. W artykule podejmuję próbę odpowiedzi na pytania w jakie tendencje (a może raczej sprzeczności) kulturowe wpisuje się Zumba, do jakich odbiorców jest kierowana i na jakie potrzeby odpowiada. Analiza przypadku Zumby stanowi przyczynek do refleksji nad napięciami, jakie powoduje w doświadczeniu jednostek wszechobecna promocja aktywności fizycznej, oraz strategiami radzenia sobie z nimi. Zumba jest tutaj traktowana także jako jeden z przejawów utowarowienia sportu i praktyk kształtowania ciała.
Ciało jako przedmiot badań socjologicznych – dylematy, pominięcia, możliwości
Authors: Jakubowska Honorata
Published: March 2022

Celem prezentowanego artykułu jest przyjrzenie się, dokonywanym przez rodzimych socjologów, rozważaniom o ciele/cielesności, a także realizowanym w tym obszarze badaniom. W tekście wskazuję dylematy, z którymi boryka się badacz ciała/cielesności, wynikające głównie z natury badanego przedmiotu i związanych z nim trudności metodologicznych. Po drugie, wymieniam pewne empiryczne pominięcia – obszary czy sposoby badań, które nie zyskały do tej pory wystarczającej uwagi badaczy. Po trzecie wreszcie, przedstawiam listę rekomendacji, czyli możliwych, potencjalnie atrakcyjnych pól eksploracji dla socjologii ciała.
„Ciało świątynią duszy”, czyli o procesie budowania tożsamości praktykującego hatha-jogę. Konstruowanie prywatnej quasi-religii
Authors: Konecki Krzysztof T.
Published: March 2022

Artykuł podejmuje problem postrzegania i odczuwania ciała w praktyce nabywania tożsamości praktykującego hatha-jogę. Proces stawania się praktykującym jest związany z praktykami pracy nad ciałem i ich definiowaniem oraz określonym postrzeganiem ciała i odczuć z niego płynących. W tekście opisuję fazy tego procesu: 1. faza wstępna – konstruowanie motywów i pierwsze kroki; 2. faza pełniejszego rozpoznawania efektów psychofizycznych i przypisywania im odpowiednich znaczeń; 3. faza pełniejszego rozpoznawania duchowych aspektów hatha-jogi (quasi-religia). Relacje umysłu i ciała komplikują się w momencie znaczącego zaangażowania się w praktykę jogi i zdefiniowania praktyk cielesnych jako zarówno umysłowych, jak i duchowych. Praca nad ciałem może zmienić zachodnią perspektywę definiowania ciała jako elementu materialnego ludzkiej egzystencji (wizja kartezjańska) w wizję traktowania go jako substancji uduchowionej (wizja filozofii wschodniej), co jednak nie zawsze jest możliwe, jeśli przyjmuje się założenia innych religii (np. katolickiej). Zmiany w ciele i psychice trzeba wtedy inaczej zdefiniować i – by pogodzić założenia religii konwencjonalnej z nowymi doświadczeniami duchowymi – muszą pojawić się ich określone objaśnienia językowe (często przyjmujące schemat stałych formuł językowych).
Gorzkie żale, czyli autorefleksja zawodowa
Authors: Magala Sławomir
Published: March 2022

Komentując krytycznie dwie polemiki (Wagner z Sorokowskim oraz Sztompki z Burawoyem), autor zadaje pytania na temat refleksji zawodowych przedstawicieli świata nauki na temat racjonalności naszych hierarchizacji. Polska socjolożka działająca w Paryżu i Warszawie krytykuje anglocentryczny i północno-amerykański marsz ku karierze, wyznaczany publikacjami w nielicznych czasopismach i w języku angielskim. Psycholog odpowiada, że wszystko jest OK, a warunki współzawodnictwa są ciężkie, ale sprawiedliwe. Autor podziela jej wątpliwości wobec „rankofilii” i głównych mechanizmów ocen wartości wkładów badawczych w karierę własną i rozwój wiedzy naukowej. Solidaryzuje się też z Burawoyem, który krytycznie ocenia globalizację badań socjologicznych pod dyktat rynków i państw, bez należytego uwzględnienia społeczeństw obywatelskich z ich autonomicznymi, a nader istotnymi dla kultury i cywilizacji, interesami
Digital formulae of hands and feet in Indian populations
Authors: Rao V. Raghavendra
Published: March 2022

The differentiation of digital formulae was investigated taking into account the tribe and caste differentiation. The aim of the studies was a better investigation of the population genetics of Indian sub-continent.
Influence of Different Establishment Methods and Nutrient Management Practices on Growth Attributes of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: Kumar Rakesh , Singh D.K. , Singh V.K. , Bhatnagar Amit , Pareek Navneet , Nanda Gangadhar , Rawat Anupama
Published: March 2022

Background: Rice is most important staple meal for more than half of the world’s population. The conventional method of rice production uses a lot of water, requires a lot of labor and has a negative impact on soil and environmental health. Besides, unbalanced nutrient supply leads to low growth and development of plant, soil deterioration and poor environmental health. Methods: The field experiment was conducted with rice variety PR-121 using 4 establishment methods (transplanting, system of rice intensification, direct seeded rice and wet-direct seeded rice) and 5 nutrient management practices (100% RDF, 75% RDF+FYM (equiv. to 25% N), 150% RDF, RDF (LCC based N application) and RDF+5 t FYM) in split plot design with three replication. Result: Results revealed that the highest value of plant height was recorded under transplanting method while the maximum value of number of tillers m-2, dry matter accumulation crop and relative growth rate was found under direct seeded method of rice establishment over other establishment methods at all the stages of crop growth during both the years of study. Application of 150% RDF recorded the highest value of plant height, number of tillers m-2, dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate and relative growth rate on most of the crop growth stages during both the years of study compared to remaining nutrient management practices but found statistically on par with application of RDF+5 t FYM.
Análisis de los factores que influyeron en el desarrollo de la demanda turística de los principales países para el Perú, durante el periodo 1996-2018
Authors:   , Cardenas Llontop Yerussa Stephanie , Cier Cavero Carla Cecilia
Published: March 2022

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal analizar los factores que influyeron en el desarrollo de la demanda turística de los principales países para el Perú, durante el periodo 1996-2018. El objetivo principal es confirmar si el PBI per cápita de los turistas internacionales, la apertura comercial y el tipo de cambio real, influyen positivamente en los turistas internacionales al momento de realizar un viaje al Perú. Para ello se ha realizado un análisis de los principales países que representan la mayor demanda turística para el Perú, los cuales representan más del 60%. Asimismo, se ha usado un modelo de data panel dinámico; sometiéndose el mismo a pruebas previas de verificación de datos, para dar veracidad al modelo. El presente trabajo de investigación posee un enfoque cuantitativo, basado en información de fuentes secundarias. Por otra parte, como forma complementaria, se realizaron entrevistas a expertos en el turismo para poder tener un panorama más amplio sobre el tema y así realizar un trabajo más enriquecedor. Según los resultados obtenidos del modelo, se evidencia que existe una relación estructural obtenida, lo cual brinda una relación positiva y estadísticamente significativa entre las variables explicativas PBI per cápita y apertura comercial. Finalmente, la variable tipo de cambio real si bien es cierto no constituye una variables explicativa, si adopta al modelo en su rol de forma logarítmica como una variable determinística, es decir es excluida de las elasticidades a largo plazo pero cumple su rol de establecer tendencia que siguen las demás variables.
Against the Odds: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Challenging Contexts
Authors: Anderson Colin , Gaventa John , Edwards Jenny , Joshi Anuradha , Nampoothiri Niranjan , Wilson Emilie
Published: March 2022

How and under what conditions does citizen-led social and political action contribute to empowerment and accountability? What are the strategies used, and with what outcomes, especially in settings which are democratically weak, politically fragile and affected by legacies of violence and conflict? The A4EA programme has explored these questions in Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan over five years between 2016-2021. This paper presents the key findings and policy and practice implications from this research across the themes of space for citizen action; citizen-governance relations; women’s political participation and collective action; citizen-led strategies for empowerment and accountability; and enabling citizen action. It also shares important lessons drawn from A4EA experience on conducting and communicating research in complex political contexts like these, and for research consortia. Whilst the research conclusions are drawn from A4EA’s four focus countries, in an increasingly fragile and authoritarian world, the findings are becoming pertinent for more and more contexts across the globe.
Climate Resilience and Social Assistance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
Authors: Naess Lars Otto , Selby Jan , Daoust Gabrielle
Published: March 2022

This paper aims to improve our understanding of the nature, causes, and multiple dimensions of how social assistance may address climate vulnerability and resilience within fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS), as part of the inception phase of the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme. Over recent years, social assistance, such as cash transfers and voucher programmes, has been seen as a way of reducing the impacts of climate-related shocks and stressors, and of increasing the resilience of recipient households and communities. It has also been seen as a mechanism for delivering adaptation funding, showing promise in tackling short-term shocks as well as longer-term adaptation to climate change. Yet despite FCAS hosting some of the most vulnerable populations in the world, so far there has been little attention to these settings. We examine the linkages between social assistance and climate resilience in FCAS and in turn, implications for BASIC Research. Specifically, we ask what the evidence is on whether existing approaches to social assistance are appropriate to reducing climate vulnerabilities and building climate resilience in FCAS, and, if not, how they might be reformed. We address this through three sub-questions. First, what are the major conceptual discussions on climate resilience and social assistance, and what is the extent of work in FCAS? This is addressed in section 2.1, based on an extensive literature review. Second, to what extent does the literature on social assistance and climate resilience apply to the particular concerns of FCAS? This is covered in section 2.2, based on a framework informed by work in political economy and political ecology. Third, what are possible future research directions? We conclude with reflections on what BASIC Research may contribute in section 3.
Responsible E-Waste Value Chains in Africa
Authors: Avis William
Published: March 2022

Population growth, increasing prosperity and changing consumer habits globally are increasing demand for consumer electronics. Further to this, rapid changes in technology, falling prices, increased affordability and consumer appetite for new products have exacerbated e-waste management challenges and seen millions of tons of electronic devices become obsolete. This rapid literature review collates evidence from academic, policy focussed and grey literature on e-waste value chains. The report should be read I conjunction with an earlier report on e-waste management. E-waste is any electrical or electronic equipment, including all components, subassemblies and consumables, which are part of the equipment at the time the equipment becomes waste. When e-waste is collected and treated formally, it normally includes the following steps: Collection, Sorting and disassembly, Size reduction, Separation. The following five pillars of a sustainable e-waste management system have been identified: • Business and finance • Policy and regulation • Technology and skills • Monitoring and control • Marketing and awareness As such, to support the development of a responsible e-waste value chain, the following elements must be addressed. • Understanding how e-waste is currently managed • There is no one-size-fits all solution to building a robust e-waste management system based on extended producer responsibility. • An e-waste system built without a participatory approach is likely to be hampered by a series of issues. • An overarching policy is necessary • The choices made for the sector should be founded on two crucial elements – data from on the ground, and inputs from stakeholders. • Enforcement is incumbent on the government mandate The push towards a circular economy has provided stakeholders across the value chain with an impetus to initiate systemic improvements and invest in infrastructure and awareness raising.