bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Perspective Chapter: Blockchain Adoption in Food Supply Chain
Authors: Verny Jerome , Guan Wei
Published: November 2022

Modern food supply chain involves numerous stakeholders that are geographically dispersed. This scattered and complex structure impedes the free flow of information throughout the supply chain. Low transparency lays the groundwork for food fraud and delays the implementation of necessary countermeasures when a food contamination incident occurs. Moreover, customers nowadays are increasing demanding in terms of product provenance and sustainability. Under this circumstance, it is urgent to identify effective solutions that can mitigate the concerns of food safety, quality, and fraud. Blockchain has been identified as a promising technology for enabling end-to-end supply chain traceability. This study investigates the main challenges of agri-food supply chain and how blockchain attributes can address these challenges. We also propose an integrative framework of key factors that influence blockchain adoption in the food industry.
An Investigation of Waste Management Practice in a South African Township: A Case Study of Ekuphumleni Township, Ndlambe Municipality
Authors: Adeniran Ayo , Motsatsi Lorato , Mbanga Sijekula , Ayesu-Koranteng Emma , Shakantu Winston
Published: November 2022

Solid waste is a global challenge that is more pronounced in developing countries such as South Africa, where its management is a major concern. The government has recently made a concerted effort to engage the public in sustainable waste management practices to resolve the crisis occasioned by the challenge. This chapter investigates waste management practices in the South African Township of Ekuphumleni and relied on a sample of 353 households to obtain some primary data with a questionnaire on the subject matter. The data collected was analyzed using “R,” and the results were presented using charts, tables, and figures. Data collected revealed that waste paper, cans, used plastics, and bottles were major waste components generated by the respondents and these wastes were generally stored unseparated domestically in plastic bags and home garbage can. Furthermore, the respondent indicated that the municipality does a door-to-door collection of their waste and they were unwilling to pay for waste collection services. While the waste management practice is in tandem with the municipal system, the study recommends that the respondents must be educated on circularity, which will ensure reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering waste and further aid economic empowerment.
Control Configuration Selection for Nonlinear Systems
Authors: Vijayaraghavan Sujatha
Published: November 2022

Very popular research in the field of Modern control Engineering is design of controllers for nonlinear systems. It is obvious that all the real-world systems are multivariable and nonlinear in nature which is highly challenging to control these nonlinear systems as it exhibits complexity. In addition to these, all the real systems exhibit uncertainty due to slow or sudden changes in process parameters. Hence, the design of robust nonlinear controller should have an ability to handle these uncertainties. The design of controllers for nonlinear system needs proper selection of appropriate input–output pairing. This book chapter focus on the conventional and proposed method of control configuration selection for nonlinear systems.
Advances in Natural Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Drug Delivery
Authors: Pandey Vikas , Haider Tanweer , Agrawal Poornima , Soni Sakshi , Soni Vandana
Published: November 2022

Natural and biodegradable polymers have been the key area for utilizing their advantages which make them a possible option for development of various drug delivery systems. The complexity of diseases and the intrinsic drug toxicity and side effects has led to an interest for development and optimization of drug delivery systems. The advancements in nanotechnology have favored the development of novel formulations which can modulate the biopharmaceutical properties of bioactives and thus improves the pharmacological and therapeutic action. The shape, size, and charge nanoscale delivery system, such as nanoparticles (NPs) are required to be investigated and changed in order to promote and optimize the formulations. The various natural polymeric NPs (PNPs) have been found to be key tool to enhance bioavailability or specific delivery to certain site of action. In this chapter, the uses of various polymeric materials for the development of NPs as drug delivery systems for various ailments have been described. The entrapment of bioactive compounds in PNPs systems is a hopeful move toward improvement of efficacy of drug toward the treatments of various diseases.
Assessment of Land Degradation Factors
Authors: Tunçay Tülay , Başkan Oğuz
Published: November 2022

Land degradation is a phenomenon that threatens food security and ecosystem balance observed on a global scale. At the beginning of the 20th century on a global scale, its importance was not yet understood due to low climate change, population growth, and industrialization pressure, but today, with the increasing effect of these factors, it has affected more than 25% of the world’s terrestrial areas. Land use/cover change, destruction of forest areas, opening to agriculture, or conversion of forest areas to high economic plantations are the main factors of land degradation. Population growth and increasing demand for food, water, and energy are increasing pressure on natural resources, primarily agricultural and forest land. Due to its dynamic relationship with the climate change, land degradation creates more pessimistic results in arid and semi-arid areas that are more vulnerable and have a high population density. Despite the intergovernmental meetings, commissions, and decisions taken, land degradation continues on a global scale and the human-climate change dilemma creates uncertainties in achieving the targeted results.
Review on Watermarking Techniques Aiming Authentication of Digital Image Artistic Works Minted as NFTs into Blockchains
Authors: Mayer Joceli
Published: November 2022

The recent creation of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has enabled a multibillionaire market for digital artistic works including images or sequence of images, videos, and animated gifs. With this new trend issues regarding fraud, stolen works, authenticity, and copyright came along. The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the watermarking techniques that can be employed to mitigate those issues. We will discuss transparency, robustness, and payload of watermarking techniques aiming to educate the artists, researchers, and developers about the many approaches that watermarking techniques provide and the resulting trade-offs. We focus on fragile watermarking techniques due to their high transparency for embedding into artistic works. We discuss the spread spectrum and Least Significant Bit techniques. We describe the usual process of NFT minting into a blockchain and propose a more secure certification protocol with watermarking which employs the same usual NFT minting offered by current marketplaces. The proposed certification protocol mints a checksum string into a blockchain, ensuring the validity of the watermark and the information embedded into this watermark. This proposed protocol validates the date of creation and author identification which are transparently embedded in the artistic work, thus, increasing the security and confidence of markets for artistic works transactions.
Gas Sensor and Sensitivity
Authors: Lo Dayekh Manar , Azara Hussain Saleem
Published: November 2022

Gas sensors help to detect toxic and flammable gases in the atmosphere, and the use of these devices can reduce or prevent severe consequences for people and the environment. Metal oxides are one of the best materials used in the preparation of gas sensors, and they have proven in general that they have resistance to high temperatures Also, they are characterized by optical transparency at visible wavelengths, and they have a wide band gap. Whereas the interactive properties of metal oxides are the applications key chemical sensor. One of the characteristics of sensitivity is sensitivity, which is defined as the rate of change in the resistance of the thin film in the presence and absence of gas. Sensitivity is affected by several factors, including the relative humidity, the temperature of the sensors, the response time of the sensitivity, the time of exposure of the membranes to the gas, the background of the gas composition, and the thickness of the film.The chapter includes an explanation of the sensor parts and measurement sensitivity.
Rheology, Rheometry and Wall Slip
Authors: Talmon Arno , Meshkati Ebi
Published: November 2022

In diverse resource, processing and dredging applications wall slip occurs. In hydraulic transport of highly concentrated particulate mixtures, wall slip can be beneficial as it may substantially reduce hydraulic gradients. In other occasions, for instance in rheometry, wall slip may obscure rheology. Rheometric wall slip is not specific to industrial slurries and appears in natural (fluid) mud as well, mostly found in harbours and estuaries. In natural (fluid) muds, in contrary to industrial muds, coarse solids are absent. However, similarly, (clay) colloids govern their non-Newtonian flow characteristics. It is exciting to see that wall slip does not only occur in the case of dispersed coarse materials but also in the absence of those. In this chapter, we elaborate on wall slip in some existing resource industry rheometry data and compare them with typical recent results of fluid mud rheology. Moreover, measurement of a (stationary) fluid mud’s longitudinal profile in a harbour basin is used to examine consequences of utilising slippage data. We finally evaluate measuring element usage and implementation of rheology in calculation methods.
Optic Coherence Tomography Angiography in Diabetic Retinopathy
Authors: Crespo Millas Sara , Di Lauro Salvatore , Galarreta Mira David , Isabel López Gálvez Maria
Published: November 2022

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a progressive microvascular disease considerer as the most important cause of acquired vision loss in the world. OCT angiography (OCT-A) has drastically improved the diagnosis and follow-up of DR showing alterations before changes in the fundus will be visible. With OCT-A, it is possible to quantify several parameters such as the macular vascular density (MVD) and foveal avascular zone (FAZ). This new technique will be important for early detection, follow- up, and monitoring treatment response. OCTA is a very promising image technique that is continually improving and offers numerous advantages over FA in DR management; nevertheless, there are technical limitations that must be improved.
A Review of the EnKF for Parameter Estimation
Authors: K. Chada Neil
Published: November 2022

The ensemble Kalman filter is a well-known and celebrated data assimilation algorithm. It is of particular relevance as it used for high-dimensional problems, by updating an ensemble of particles through a sample mean and covariance matrices. In this chapter we present a relatively recent topic which is the application of the EnKF to inverse problems, known as ensemble Kalman Inversion (EKI). EKI is used for parameter estimation, which can be viewed as a black-box optimizer for PDE-constrained inverse problems. We present in this chapter a review of the discussed methodology, while presenting emerging and new areas of research, where numerical experiments are provided on numerous interesting models arising in geosciences and numerical weather prediction.
Aerial 3D Mapping with Continuous Time ICP for Urban Search and Rescue
Authors: Andreas Lauterbach Helge , Nüchter Andreas
Published: November 2022

Fast reconnaissance is essential for strategic decisions during the immediate response phase of urban search and rescue missions. Nowadays, UAVs with their advantageous overview perspective are increasingly used for reconnaissance besides manual inspection of the scenario. However, data evaluation is often limited to visual inspection of images or video footage. We present our LiDAR-based aerial 3D mapping system, providing real-time maps of the environment. UAV-borne laser scans typically offer a reduced field of view. Moreover, UAV trajectories are more flexible and dynamic compared to those of ground vehicles, for which SLAM systems are often designed. We address these challenges by a two-step registration approach based on continuous time ICP. The experiments show that the resulting maps accurately represent the environment.
A Paradigm Shift of Airway Management: The Role of Video-Assisted Intubating Stylet Technique
Authors: Luk Hsiang-Ning , Luk Hsuan-Nu , Zhensheng Qu Jason , Shikani Alan
Published: November 2022

Difficult or failed intubation is a major contributor to morbidity for patients and to liability for the provider. Research to improve understanding, prevention, and management of such complications remains an anesthetic priority, and a driving force behind continuous improvements in intubation techniques and intubation equipment. The purpose of this review article is to focus on the video-assisted intubating stylet technique (VS; also known as the Shikani optical stylet technique for intubation) and video-assisted optical stylet devices, both for routine use and alternative rescue application for tracheal intubation, and stress their advantages as compared to conventional direct laryngoscopy and videolaryngoscopy. The VS technique was introduced by Dr. Alan Shikani in 1996 and popularized with the advent of the Shikani optical stylet and subsequent similar stylets variations. We focus on the clinical details of the technique itself, and on the various advantages and troubleshooting under different clinical scenarios and practice settings. In our experience, video-assisted intubating stylet technique often constitutes the most appropriate approach both for daily routine and emergency airway management. Furthermore, we also emphasize the importance of video-assisted intubating stylets in enhancing the practitioner systems response when difficult or failed tracheal intubation is encountered.
Perspective Chapter: Data Monetization Model for Sustaining Smart City Initiatives
Authors: Samuel Mercy , Gupta Siddharth
Published: November 2022

This chapter aims to create a G2B business model framework for data monetization under Smart City Mission (SCM) in India. It sets a premise to understand the urgency of a data monetizing model as a revenue option for sustaining the smart city initiatives. The sustainability of smart city makes it inevitable to look for a separate revenue stream for cities to fund the operations & maintenance of smart city infrastructure created under SCM. The chapter explores few attempts made by other ministries in India towards data monetization and the role of data privacy and sharing policy for protection from data exploitation. The first approach to the research includes analysis of cases of other smart cities and data monetization initiatives around the world. Further the paper also explores the kind of data generated under Smart City Mission India to understand the possibility of monetization and its value for different stakeholders. The limitation of this study is that data monetization has not yet been rigorously tested in practice in the government sector. Hence the current study attempts to explore the potential of the same as a financing option for sustaining smart city initiatives in India.
Numerical Gradient Computation for Simultaneous Detection of Geometry and Spatial Random Fields in a Statistical Framework
Authors: Conrad Koch Michael , Fujisawa Kazunori , Murakami Akira
Published: November 2022

The target of this chapter is the evaluation of gradients in inverse problems where spatial field parameters and geometry parameters are treated separately. Such an approach can be beneficial especially when the geometry needs to be detected accurately using L2-norm-based regularization. Emphasis is laid upon the computation of the gradients directly from the governing equations. Working in a statistical framework, the Karhunen-Loève (K-L) expansion is used for discretization of the spatial random field and inversion is done using the gradient-based Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) algorithm. The HMC gradients involve sensitivities w.r.t the random spatial field and geometry parameters. Building on a method developed by the authors, a procedure is developed which considers the gradients of the associated integral eigenvalue problem (IEVP) as well as the interaction between the gradients w.r.t random spatial field parameters and the gradients w.r.t the geometry parameters. The same mesh and linear shape functions are used in the finite element method employed to solve the forward problem, the artificial elastic deformation problem and the IEVP. Analysis of the rate of convergence using seven different meshes of increasing density indicates a linear rate of convergence of the gradients of the log posterior.
Perspective Chapter: Pattern Recognition for Mass-Spectrometry-Based Proteomics
Authors: Bangert Patrick , Kumar Balasubramaniam Nandha , E. Parker Carol , H. Borchers Christoph
Published: November 2022

Multiomic analysis comprises genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics leads to meaningful insights but necessitates sifting through voluminous amounts of complex data. Proteomics in particular focuses on the end product of gene expression – i.e., proteins. The mass spectrometric approach has proven to be a workhorse for the qualitative and quantitative study of protein interactions as well as post-translational modifications (PTMs). A key component of mass spectrometry (MS) is spectral data analysis, which is complex and has many challenges as it involves identifying patterns across a multitude of spectra in combination with the meta-data related to the origin of the spectrum. Artificial Intelligence (AI) along with Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms have gained more attention lately for analyzing the complex spectral data to identify patterns and to create networks of value for biomarker discovery. In this chapter, we discuss the nature of MS proteomic data, the relevant AI methods, and demonstrate their applicability. We also show that AI can successfully identify biomarkers and aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of specific diseases.
Immunology of Canine Melanoma
Authors: Pereira Gonçalves Julia , Fwu Shing Teng , Augusto Fonseca Alves Guilherme , Eduardo Fonseca-Alves Carlos
Published: November 2022

Malignant melanoma is one of the most important tumors in dogs and is highly metastatic and aggressive disease. In recent years, molecular knowledge regarding canine melanoma has increased, and some chromosomal imbalances and tyrosine kinase pathways have been identified to be dysregulated. Mxoreover, canine melanoma is an immunogenic tumor that provides opportunities to administer immunotherapy to the patient. Podoplanin and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-4 (CSPG4) are markers against which monoclonal antibodies have been developed and tested in dogs in vivo with promising results. Owing to the importance of canine melanoma in the veterinary oncology field, this chapter reviews the most important aspects related to immunological involvement in the prognosis and treatment of canine melanoma.
Some Risky Practices in Earthquake Engineering That Need More Research and Evaluation
Authors: Alomari Jamal
Published: November 2022

Every building is designed according to its own structural system. Needs of making modifications to the structural systems of buildings may arise after the buildings are constructed. Any change in the structural components of the building by addition or omission will necessarily produce a change in its dynamic properties such as its stiffness, mass, and damping matrices, and modes of vibration. During earthquake actions, the new structural system will have different seismic responses than the original system. The new seismic responses such as shear, torsion, moment, and displacement may be reduced, or increased. Safety provisions require that before any changes in the structural system are carried out, a thorough seismic structural analysis of the new system be carried out. Linking two adjacent buildings with rigid or semi-rigid sky bridges is one example of such changes. Theoretical investigation of linking two buildings together by damping devices to mitigate seismic risks is finding its way into the literature. There have been numerous studies addressing the effects of connecting two buildings by rigid sky bridges on the seismic response of the new structural complex which comprises the two buildings and the linking beams and slabs. Dramatic changes in the seismic response of buildings are noted in most cases studied.
Neurotropic SARS-CoV-2: Causalities and Realities
Authors: Pardasani Meenakshi , M. Abraham Nixon
Published: November 2022

Evidences for the dysfunctions of central nervous system (CNS) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection have accumulated since the beginning of pandemic. The clinical and experimental evidences on viral entry routes to CNS lead to several open questions. While the neurological impairments caused by the virus stay as a reality under Long COVID, dissecting the causality underlying these problems continues to be an intensely studied topic. Extensive reports of olfactory dysfunctions including anosmia, hyposmia, and parosmia due to infections during 2020–2021, led to the hypothesis of virus’ CNS invasion through the olfactory nerve. Some of the investigations using animal models of cellular factors mediating the viral entry also suggest potential neurotropism. Conversely, recent studies proved the absence of viral particles in olfactory sensory neurons and olfactory bulb, hence leading to the deliberation on viral entry route. Here, we summarize the findings on the debated neurotropic characteristics of the virus, including clinical observations and the results from animal models. Further, we emphasize on the need of tracking olfactory and cognitive fitness in the post-COVID-19 era.
PENGARUH KOMPETENSI, DISIPLIN, DAN MOTIVASI TERHADAP KINERJA POLISI PADA POLRES JENEPONTO
Authors: Kamaruddin Kamaruddin
Published: November 2022

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of competence, discipline and motivation on the performance of the Police at the Jeneponto Police Office. This research approach uses survey research which in this study is a design used to investigate the influence of competency, discipline and work motivation variables on the performance of the Police at the Jeneponto Police Office, so that with this research a theory can be developed that can serve to explain, predict and control a symptom. The population of this study were all police personnel at the Jeneponto Police Office, totaling 361 people. The sample size here is 190 people. The sampling technique was carried out by random sampling (random sampling). Quantitative data analysis techniques were obtained from the results of the questionnaire using multiple regression analysis. The results showed that partially competence, discipline and work motivation had a positive and significant effect on police performance at the Jeneponto police station. This means that increased competence, discipline and work motivation can improve police performance. Simultaneously, it shows that the variables of competence (X1), discipline (X2), and work motivation (X3) have an effect on police performance (Y) which means that increased competence, discipline and work motivation can improve police performance. The competency variable has a dominant effect on police performance, this indicates that the higher the competence, the higher the police performance at the Jeneponto Police.
PENGARUH PENGALAMAN DAN KEMAMPUAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN DI BALAI LATIHAN DAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA DAERAH TERTINGGAL DAN TRANSMIGRASI MAKASSAR
Authors: Nurmega Nurmega
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Pengaruh Pengalaman Kerja dan Kemampuan Kerja terhadap Kinerja Karyawan di BPPMDDTT Makassar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan gabungan yaitu mengunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan memakai data primer sebagai acuan. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah keseluruhan jumlah populasi, yaitu sebanyak 60 responden.Teknik pengumpulan data ini menggunakan angket yang terdiri dari 15 pernyataan dari jumlah keseluruhan. Teknik analisis data menggunakan teknik regresi linear berganda dengan pengujian hipotesis secara uji simultan (uji F), uji parsial (uji t) dan kofisien determinasi.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa secara uji simultan (uji f) terdapat probabilitas sig sebesar 0,000. Nilai sig < 0.05 (0,000< 0.05) maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa Ho ditolak H1 diterima, jadi terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan. Secara parsial (uji t)  terdapat pengaruh nilai thitung (3.875) > dari ttabel(1.296) dan nilai signifikan yang dihasilkan sebesar 0,000 yang lebih kecil dari 0,05 maka Ho ditolak dan H1 diterima. Kata Kunci: Pengalaman Kerja, Kemampuan, Kinerja
ANALISIS PENETAPAN HARGA JUAL PRODUK TAHU ISI PADA UNIT USAHA KOPERASI (STUDI KASUS KOPERASI SUKUHALE KABUPATEN GOWA)
Authors: Baharuddin Baharuddin
Published: November 2022

Tujuan dalam penelitian ini yaitu untuk melakukan analisis penetapan harga jual produk tahu isi pada unit usaha koperasi Sukuhale. Adapun yang digunakan pada pengumpulan data adalah bersumber dari Koperasi Sukuhale, dan data lapangan secara langsung.

                Berdasarkan perhitungan analisis penetapan harga jual produk tahu isi pada unit usaha koperasi sukuhale, pada harga yang diterapkan oleh koperasi sukuhale adalah sebesar Rp.10.000/pcs, sedangkan harga jual yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini dengan analisis full costing dan cost plus pricing metode maka didapatkan harga jual sebesar Rp.12.000, dengan perhitungan laba yang diinginkan koperasi 15%, maka dengan menggunakan metode pada karya ilmiah ini ditemukan perbandingan harga sebesar Rp.200.
PENGARUH KOMPETENSI SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI KANTOR KECAMATAN TANRALILI KAB.MAROS
Authors: Pahmi Pahmi , Busman Busman
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Kantor Kecamatan Tanralili Kab. Maros di Akhir Bulan Oktober sampai dengan akhir bulan Desember . Pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini digunakan sebanyak 34 responden, teknik pengumpulan datanya adalah dengan melalui kuesioner yang dibagikan kepada responden, adapun variable penelitian adalah Pelatihan kerja (X), Kinerja Karyawan (Y). Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif, dan untuk menguji tingkat reabilitasnya dengan menggunakan Cronbach Alpha dan kemudian data diolah dengan Analisis Regresi Linear Sederhana. Pengujian Hipotesis menggunakan Uji t dengan taraf signifikansi 5%. Penelitian ini menggunakan alat bantu SPSS Versi 25.

            Dari hasil analisis regresi linear sederhana menunjukkan bahwa Kinerja Pegawai di pengaruhi oleh variable Kompetensi SDM. Hasil Determinasi (R2) menggunakan nilai adjusted r square, karena menggunakan regresi dengan satu variabel terikat. Yaitu sebesar 0.007, yang artinya variable Pelatihan Kerja mampu menjelaskan Kinerja Karyawan sebesar 7.% sementara sisanya 93% dipengaruhi oleh faktor variabel lain yang tidak diteliti. Dari hasil perhitungan Uji t dapat dilihat bahwa variabel Kompetensi SDM secara Parsial tidak berpengaruh  terhadap Kinerja Pegawai.
Three Types of Oriented Adjuncts in English and Swedish
Authors: Taverniers Miriam , Rawoens Gudrun
Published: November 2022

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English Proficiency Testing – alla Bolognese
Authors: Olofsson Arne
Published: November 2022

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Leer literatura: algunos problemas escolares
Authors: Dalmaroni Miguel
Published: November 2022

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A corpus-based study of lecture functions
Authors: Deroey Katrien , Taverniers Miriam
Published: November 2022

Despite the importance of lectures in higher education, relatively little is known about lecture discourse. To contribute to our understanding of this genre, we present a comprehensive overview of lecture functions, i.e. what lecturers use language for. The functional overview is based on a qualitative analysis of lectures from the British Academic Spoken English Corpus and findings from existing research. Six main functions were identified: informing, elaborating, evaluating, organizing discourse, interacting and managing the class. This functional analysis of the lecture genre should be of interest to both genre analysts in the field of academic discourse and English for Academic Purposes practitioners.
The Third Space in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Authors: Ryan Barry
Published: November 2022

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Free kicks, dribblers and WAGs. Exploring the language of “the people’s game”
Authors: Bergh Gunnar , Ohlander Sölve
Published: November 2022

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Through an Un-Weeded Garden. Teaching the Unsustainable Hamlet
Authors: Grinnell Richard
Published: November 2022

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Le Clézio’s “Martin” and His Religion of Ecstasy
Authors: Moser Keith
Published: November 2022

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Cuentos de guerras y soldados
Authors: Nofal Rossana
Published: November 2022

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Autant en emporte le vin, ou : de l'importance des voyelles nasales
Authors: Vajta Katharina
Published: November 2022

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Çarşı ve Mahalle Bekçiliği Mesleğinin Bir Halkla İlişkiler Çalışması Olarak Kamuoyuna Tanıtılması: Bursa İli Özelinde Bir Araştırma
Authors: Gücüyeter Ferhat
Published: November 2022

2017 yılında bekçilik mesleğinin tekrar uygulamaya girmesi ve bekçi alımlarının başlamasıyla kamuoyunun gözü bekçilere yönelmiştir. Bu makalede bekçilik mesleğinin tekrar hayata geçirilmesiyle birlikte İçişleri Bakanlığı, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü ve Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı’nın bu mesleği kamuoyuna tanıtmalarına yönelik yapılan halkla ilişkiler çalışmaları ve yazılı basında ses getiren haber içerikleri incelenerek ardından Bursa ili Yıldırım ilçesinde yaşayan vatandaşlara 20 soruluk bir anket uygulanıp elde edilen sonuçlar SPSS programı kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bu çalışmayla vatandaşların ilgili kamu kurumlarının halkla ilişkiler çalışmaları ve medyada ses getiren haber içeriklerinden nasıl etkilendiği, bekçilik mesleğine yönelik algılanan imajın ne olduğu tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Amaç bekçilik ile ilgili medyaya yansıyan haber ve içeriklerin vatandaşta oluşturduğu imaj algısının ve vatandaşların bekçilik uygulamasıyla ilgili memnuniyet düzeyinin araştırılmasıdır. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre İçişleri Bakanlığı, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü ve Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı’nın bekçiler ile ilgili yapmış olduğu halkla ilişkiler çalışmaları yetersiz kalmasına rağmen Bursa ili Yıldırım ilçesi özelinde yapılan anket çalışmasında vatandaşların bekçilik uygulamasından son derece memnun olduğu ve bekçi sayısının daha çok arttırılmasını istedikleri tespit edilmiştir.
Journalism in Cameroon: A Brief History and Phases
Authors: Makwen Male Aichetou
Published: November 2022

Since the liberalization of public life in Cameroon in 1990, aesthetics, technique and ethics have best characterized the evolution of journalism, highlighting the key phases that have characterized its history, namely the era of journalism without journalists. In this period, journalism was practiced by other professional groups for entertainment purposes, mixed with political struggle and religious humanism. It then moves on to the next stage, where it asserts its freedom from other social activities overshadowed by journalism, then sets its own scope and standards. This research aims to monitor the different phases of journalism in Cameroon, public and private media in Cameroon, a country where freedom of the press and human rights are affirmed as priority, and how the regional press is covered in their countries and regions. Therefore, we ask ourselves whether there is really respect for freedom of speech in Cameroon for both the public and private media.
Sosyal Medyada Dezenformasyon: COVID-19 Pandemisi Örneği
Authors: Topçu Emre , Çaycı Berk
Published: November 2022

İnternetin yaygınlaşmasıyla, küresel çapta haberleşme ve bilgi edinme pratiklerinde yeni bir döneme girilmiştir. Özellikle sosyal medya, kullanıcı türevli içeriğin özgürce üretim ve tüketiminin sağlanmasına imkân tanımaktadır. Bu sayede güncel meselelerle ilgili medya içerikleri sadece profesyonel haberciler tarafından değil, sıradan kullanıcılar tarafından da özgürce üretilebilmektedir. Böylelikle sosyal medya platformlarındaki kullanıcı türevli içerikler, profesyonel habercilik pratiklerinden farklı olarak herhangi bir filtreleme sürecinden geçmeden kitlesel erişime açılmaktadır. Bu durum sosyal medyada dolaşıma sokulan haberlerin güvenilirliğiyle ilgili önemli bir sorun oluşturmakta ve sosyal medyada sahte haber türlerinin yayılmasına sebep olmaktadır. Sosyal medya platformları, kullanıcılarının haberleşme ve bilgi edinme ihtiyaçlarını anlık bir şekilde karşılamasını sağlarken, kullanıcı türevli içerik üretimine izin veren teknolojik alt yapısı sayesinde dezenformasyon içeren paylaşımların bir virüs gibi kısa süre içerisinde topluma yayılmasının önünü açmıştır. Bu durum kullanıcıların yanlış enforme edilmesi ve yönlendirilmesine sebep olurken; insan hayatını ve toplum sağlığını tehlikeye atmaktadır.

Bu çalışmanın amacı sosyal medya platformlarının yanlış enformasyonun yayılması sürecinde oynadığı rolü COVID-19 pandemisiyle ilgili paylaşılmış olan enformasyonların içerik analizinin yapılmasıdır. Araştırma kapsamında şüpheli bilgileri analiz etmek amacıyla kurulmuş teyit.org isimli web sitesinde “korona, koronavirüs, pandemi, koronavirüs pandemisi, salgın” anahtar kelimeleriyle filtrelendirilerek COVID-19 ile ilgili gerçekleştirilmiş analizler incelenmiştir. Dünyada ilk korona virüs vakasının görüldüğü tarih olan 01 Aralık 2019’dan sonraki 1 yıllık süreçte yapılan teyitler niceliksel içerik analizi ile incelenmiştir. Araştırmayla COVID-19 pandemisiyle ilgili sosyal medyada yayılan yanlış haberlerin bir enformasyon kirliliğine yol açtığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
What is Kuhn’s Problem?
Authors: Davey Kevin ,   Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: November 2022

Inspired by the work of Kuhn, we might want to develop an account of science that explains how it is that while much of science involves the investigation of a world as articulated by a paradigm, the scientist is nevertheless an observer and rational interpreter of a mind-independent world that does not change its character over time. Kuhn himself recognizes that there is a challenge here that he does not know how to meet. I argue that progress can be made on this challenge by carefully examining and criticizing Kuhn’s account of deliberation in science. Inspired by certain views about Gestalt psychology and examples such as the duck/rabbit picture, Kuhn takes deliberation in science to be a consequence of seeing things a certain way, rather than rational deliberation in science making new ways of seeing things possible. I argue that the most serious problems of Kuhn’s view of science stem from this fact, and that we can free ourselves from these problems by not following Kuhn here. In particular, I argue using material from Hanson and Peirce that we should think of the revolutionary scientist as being revolutionary not merely in virtue of seeing things in a new way, but rather for showing – typically through painstaking deliberation – that certain conjectures connected with new ways of seeing the world are reasonable (even prior to anything like inductive confirmation.) This makes coming to see the world differently a deliberative process that is importantly unlike seeing a rabbit/duck picture differently. Such a way of thinking allows us to view the articulation of a new paradigm as a deliberative process that does not take some paradigm or other for granted, but rather as a deliberative process that interrogates existing orthodoxy for its suitability to survive into the next paradigm. The result is a (sketch of a) view of science that maintains much of what is important to Kuhn, but departs from him where his view is least convincing.
The Problem of Reality in the Philosophy of Science by T. Kuhn
Authors: Serkova Vera A. ,   Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this article is to clarify the importance of questions about the nature of reality for understanding the basic ideas of Thomas Kuhn’s philosophy of science. For Kuhn, the topic of reality is not "too metaphysical" and therefore undesirable, as for the neo-positivists, although in a certain sense it is “premature” and will emerge later in the discussions of realists and anti-realists in full measure. The ontological meaning of the problem of the relationship between science and reality appears in Kuhn’s works as a side topic of his epistemological research. The first part of the paper analyzes Kuhn’s statements about reality and determines his ontological position; the second part considers how the problematic of reality was clarified in his polemic with his critics, who either, like K. Hempel, turn Kuhn to clarify some points of his ideas about reality, or, like M. Masterman, give their interpretation of his ideas, with which he agrees. The third part of the paper shows how Kuhn’s anti-realism is reflected in his epistemological and methodological understanding of objectivity and truth in science. The conclusion of the paper is that Kuhn’s epistemological skepticism is becoming increasingly evident to himself and his critics, and his anti-realist ontological position becomes apparent against this background.
Solvency of the corporate enterprise
Authors: Soleša Katarina
Published: November 2022

Modern business is characterized by turbulence and unpredictability. The position of a company is influenced by internal and external factors. Management has significant opportunities to influence internal factors while it cannot influence external ones. The prerequisite for quality management is timely insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the company. In order for a corporate company to be successful, it is necessary to analyze all elements that guarantee general material stability, good reputation and prospects, as well as a good competitive position in the market, good development and production programs that guarantee a long life cycle and its right strategy. Solvency refers to business analysis that aims to determine and assess the quality of business. It shows how successful a certain company is, so it serves to assess the current financial situation as well as to assess future business and development. The aim of the research is to point out the importance of solvency assessment and to explain how information is collected so that it can be used to avoid business risks.
Financial analysis of the effects of CRM system implementation in a Czech company MEGA, a. s
Authors: Harasta Tomas
Published: November 2022

Manuscript is focused on the analysis of the financial outcomes of the implementation of a CRM system in a Czech company MEGA, a. s. The paper briefly informs about the history of MEGA, a. s. and their process of implementation of the CRM system. Based on this knowledge further analysis of financial indicators have been made. Calculations have been made based on company financial data. The conclusion is based on all quantitative and qualitative data that has been used for the research in this manuscript. It was concluded that although it is very difficult to quantify the results of the implementation of the CRM system, an improvement was observed in various indicators. This includes productivity per employee as well as several profitability indicators.
History resurrected: Ideological metamorphoses of the global order
Authors: Cvetković Vladimir
Published: November 2022

The armed conflict in Ukraine has been at a rapid pace changing the economic, political, military, media and, consequently, ideological structure of the world order. The common divisions between liberalism, socialism, Fascism, conservativism, nationalism and other national derivatives of the Moderna, have started fading vis-a-vis the new, strictly moralistic, and necessarily Manichaean structure: 'traditional' vs. 'non-traditional' values. In this context, the attitude towards one's own historical heritage shapes antagonistic 'cultures of remembrance', that divinise, and if need be, falsify the assumed civilisation roots. On this basis, new legitimation patterns for ethical, political and economic confrontation are (de) constructed, which also applies to the armies of major powers crossing swords. Others can only with a smaller or bigger amount of enthusiasm - and with the inevitable domestic perturbation - keep up with the global trends of post-modern revitalisation of the pre-modern legacy.
Clothing as an image of personal notability: Portraits of noblewomen in the church in Donja Kamenica
Authors: Frfulanović Dragana
Published: November 2022

The paper was created to analyse the clothes of the ktetoress and her daughter in the patroness composition in Donja Kamenica's Church of the Virgin. Along with the analysis of the clothes made, a small review of their headdresses, which are an integral part of the mediaeval costume, is also given. However, the emphasis is on textiles, textile design, dress design, and finding examples of comparison in mediaeval portrait painting of the 14th century from the area of mediaeval Serbia and Bulgaria. The intention is to point out the similarities and differences in clothing between other noble females and the ktetors of Donja Kamenica, as well as the specifics in the dress of these others.
Gerald R. McDermott, Ed. Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity: Biblical, Theological, and Historical Essays on the Relationship between Christianity and Judaism
Authors: Zaas Peter
Published: November 2022

No abstract is available.
SPECIFICS OF GRADUAL REALIZATION OF THE MODEL OF FORMING THE MARITIME GRADUATES’ READINESS FOR PROFESSION ORIENTED FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION BY MEANS CONTEXT-BASED LEARNING
Authors:   V.I. Vernadsky Crimea Federal University, Gorbunova N.V. , Iashnikova N.V. ,   Kerch State Maritime Technological University
Published: November 2022

An important aspect of the professional training of maritime graduates, namely, the formation of cadets’ readiness for profession-oriented foreign language communication, is discussed. It is emphasized that the effective formation of this readiness is carried out on the basis of the realization of the potential of contextual learning in the process of professionoriented foreign language training of cadets. The features of the step-by-step implementation of the model of formation of readiness of maritime graduates for profession-oriented foreign language communication by means of contextual learning are considered
Effects of annealing temperature on properties of gallium oxide thin films and ultraviolet detectors
Authors: Luo Ju-Xin , Gao Hong-Li , Deng Jin-Xiang , Ren Jia-Hui , Zhang Qing , Li Rui-Dong , Meng Xue ,   Department of Physics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Published: November 2022

In this work, gallium oxide (Ga2O3) thin films are deposited on quartz substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering at room temperature and annealed in argon atmosphere at different temperatures. The influences of annealing temperatures in the argon atmosphere on crystal structure, transmittance, surface morphology, and optical band gap of the samples are investigated in detail. It is found that the annealing process can improve the crystalline quality of the film, but high-temperature annealing can also easily cause oxygen elements in the film to escape from the film to form oxygen vacancies, which is evidenced by XPS test results. To obtain the effect of the annealing process on the performance of gallium oxide thin film detector, the metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector based on the sample annealed at 800 °C, which is compared with untreated sample operated at a reverse bias voltage of 1.1 V, can achieve excellent comprehensive photo-detection properties for 254 nm ultraviolet light: the light-dark current ratio (I254/Idark), responsivity and specific detectivity are as high as 1021.3, 0.106 A/W and 1.61 × 1012 Jones, respectively, which are 7.5, 195 and 38.3 times those of the unannealed sample device. And the external quantum efficiency is improved by 51.6%. The rise time of sample detector (0.19/0.48 s) annealed at 800 ℃ decreases compared with that of the unannealed sample (0.93/0.93 s), and the descent time of 800 ℃ detector (0.64/0.72 s)increases compared with that of the unannealed sample (0.45/0.49 s), respectively. By comparing the parameters with those of other current gallium oxide-based MSM photodetectors, it is found that the detector parameters of this work have some gaps compared with the current optimal parameters, which is attributed to the fact that the quartz substrate is selected for this work and not the sapphire substrate that is better matching with gallium oxide, resulting in the poor quality of the film compared with that of the sample on the sapphire substrate, and in this work, the photodetector has the high light-dark current ratio (PDCR) and detection rate (D*). In the end, the mechanism of increasing oxygen vacancies after being annealed, which leads to the improvement of detector performance parameters, is analyzed in detail.
Pervious concrete (PC) with adition of TiO2 used in sanitary sewage treatment
Authors:   IFPA- Instituto Federal do Pará (Brazil), Melo Prudêncio de Araújo W. , Barreto Sandoval G. ,   Departamento de Gestión de la Construcción, Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile), de Souza Picanço M. ,   UFPA- Universidade Federal do Pará Cargo: Docente Adjunto 3 (Brazil), C. Zoe Correa C. ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina Brazil, Negrão Macêdo A. ,   UFPA- Universidade Federal do Pará Cargo: Docente Professor Titular Brazil
Published: November 2022

Pervious concrete (PC) is considered a solution to reduce the effects of heat islands, runoff problems, as well as reduce the concentrations of pollutants present in the water; however, its potential as a filter bed is used in the treatment of sanitary sewage has never been evaluated. This work aimed to evaluate the influence of photocatalytic TiO2 addition in PC on the concentration of total phosphorus, total ammonia, nitrate, total solids, and turbidity for application in the treatment of sanitary sewage. Sunlight was used as a radiation source. A flat photocatalytic reactor was built, in which 100 liters of raw sewage were pumped, with a flow of 100 L/min over the PC slabs, covering a total area of 1 m². The TiO2 concentrations added to the PC were 3, 6, and 10%. The results indicate efficiency in the adsorption of total phosphorus, total ammonia, nitrate, total solids, and turbidity. Thus, the use of PC associated with 10% TiO2 can add efficiency to the sanitary sewage treatment process by maintaining good mechanical and hydraulic behavior.