bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Legal regulation of public-private partnership relations and protection of the interests of business entities in Ukraine
Authors: Baranovska Vira , Zavertneva-Yaroshenko Valeriia , Dryshliuk Volodymyr , Leshanych Myroslav , Huk Iryna-Mariia
Published: March 2022

Infrastructure development in conditions of limited funding requires the search for and implementation of appropriate innovation mechanisms. To form an effective system of public administration and ensure its competitiveness, more and more states are turning to a combination of private and public ownership within the public-private partnership (PPP). Given these trends, it is essential to examine the PPP in the field of innovation as a driver of the economic development of Ukraine. The work aims to study PPP in the field of innovation as an effective mechanism for effective public economic management. The object of research is PPP in the field of innovation. The researchers used such methods as a method of interpretation of scientific data, method of analysis, statistical method, structural-functional method, method of comparison, and system method. As a result of the study, the scientific positions of foreign and domestic scientists in the settled topic direction and the regulatory framework were studied. It was also concluded that cooperation between the state and the private sector creates opportunities for the parties to use innovative developments and participate in globalization processes.
University leadership styles using the Kaizen approach
Authors: Alenezi Omier Yetaim
Published: March 2022

The current research seeks to enhance current university leadership styles by using the Kaizen approach from a university leadership point of view it also highlights the requirements needed to improve university leadership by applying the Kaizen approach. To achieve these objectives, the research uses the questionnaire as a tool to collect research data and applies this to the leaders, faculty, and staff of four universities in the MENA area. The research sample consists of 160 individuals (including deans, co-deans, department heads, faculty, staff, and employees) from four different universities. The research concluded with several results, from which the majority of the sample first agreed that there is a lack of a Kaizen approach culture among university leadership, and also agreed on the importance of applying Kaizen principles as a model for enhancing university leadership.
Multi-indicator system for evaluating the effectiveness of management of enterprise development financing
Authors: Litvin Inna , Bezchasnyi Oleksii , Kolosok Valeriia , Khodova Yana , Bezkorovainiy Zinovii
Published: March 2022

The article establishes to assess the effectiveness of financial security management is necessary to take into account the relationship between indicators of enterprise development and indicators of efficiency of financial security management in dynamics and adjust the assessment for positive or negative external influences. Insufficient research has focused on assessing the effectiveness of financial management of development, especially on the formation of an appropriate system that can guide practitioners. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to develop a multi-indicator system for assessing the effectiveness of management of financing the development of enterprises. To solve this problem, the study was aimed at forming comprehensive recommendations that provide appropriate steps and actions. The manual is developed using the conceptual research method, the method covers three phases: collection of steps and measures from existing recommendations on the evaluation system (1), classification of indicators and definition of system structure (2), definition of criteria for assessing financial compliance systems for evaluating the effectiveness of financial security management (3). The proposed recommendations allow to analyze the dynamics of both the global development of the enterprise and the management of financial security necessary for development, which allows to develop measures to improve the management of financial security of the enterprise. According to the results of the research, the developed multi-indicator system for assessing the effectiveness of management of financing the development of agricultural machinery of PJSC "Harvesters" was tested.
Rhetoric of direct and indirect notation of concepts: the procedure of transformation of an idea into an effect
Authors: Lykina Vira , Potapenko Serhiy
Published: March 2022

The paper dwells on the textual ways direct and indirect references to concepts transform into particular effects. The topicality of the publication is brought about by the necessity to study the impact on the audience achieved by verbal formation of particular impressions. The goal of the article is to reveal how the direct reference to the democracy concept or its absence creates the desired effect in the inaugurals by American Presidents Obama and Biden. The paper applies the rhetorical methodology of idea-turned-impression to explain the way the concept named in the beginning of a speech transforms into a particular effect meant to influence the audience. It is found that the indirect reference to the democracy concept is implemented by the units of two groups: basic-level, indicating the people and the government, and axiological, naming freedom, equality, unity etc. The direct reference by the noun ‘democracy’ performs compositional and persuasive – existential and metaphorical – functions. The methodology of the article includes methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as special methods of knowledge, which are typical for philology.
Reconstruction of digital filter parameters when changing the data arrival period
Authors: Belonogov Viktor D.
Published: March 2022

We consider the problem of forming an algorithm for the operation of a digital filter that provides processing, according to a certain law, of discrete samples x[k] of some continuous signal x(t) at the moments of quantization tк=k ∙T0, where T0 -[second]- is the discreteness period in time, and k=0,1,2,.. is the integer variable defining dimensionless discrete time. This work poses and solves the problem of forming the digital filter parameters restructuring, which ensures that the filtering properties remain unchanged when the frequency of information is changed, in particular, the constancy of the frequency and pseudo-frequency characteristics of the filter. An algorithm for restructuring the numerical parameters of the filter based on information about the time intervals of information arrival has been developed. At the stage of filter development, a special conversion matrix is formed for the specified parameters, and at the stage of filter operation in real time, an operational recalculation of the digital filter parameters is performed. For the test example, the calculation results are given, showing good tuning accuracy and stable filter characteristics with a significant change in the quantization frequency.
Information-communication policy of the state in crisis conditions. Current state, problems, prospects
Authors: Kolomoiets Tetiana , Gurbanov Adil , Cherdyntsev Yurii
Published: March 2022

Effective democracy requires effective mechanisms for society to influence public authorities. Interaction between government and citizens, active public participation in decision-making is the key to sustainable development, prosperity, and stability of state institutions, social programs, and economic growth. Political leadership and effective communication of the action plan to the public promote public order and security. In this paper, we explore the current state of information policy in a crisis. We used general scientific and special methods such as historical and philosophical, systemic, comparative. In the first part, we consider philosophical approaches to the concept of communication and the role of the state in shaping information policy. The second and third parts are devoted to specific examples of such policies within two countries: Ukraine and Azerbaijan. In conclusion, we argue that there are currently complex challenges for the information policy of both countries. This is especially true of health problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic and armed conflict. Differences in the prospects of regulating the information field of the two countries are caused by economic factors and political conditions. The ways of information society development on the example of each of the countries are considered.
Formation of romantic instrumental performance and violin art of Niccolo Paganini
Authors: Zavialova Olha , Stakhevуch Oleksandr , Kalashnyk Mariya , Savchenko Hanna , Stakhevуch Halyna
Published: March 2022

The article analyzes the features of formation of instrumental performance of the romantic period and the main factors of this process revealed on the example of Niccolo Paganini’s violin work. The methodological basis of the article is a comprehensive review based on historical-theoretical and music-performing approaches to the research of the stated problems. The main methods of work are historical-comparative, structural-functional and theoretical generalization.

The main principles of performance and repertoire of the Italian violinist are determined. The influence of the Italian maestro on the performing arts of prominent representatives of musical romanticism – H. Berlioz, K. Lipinsky, F. Liszt, F. Chopin, R. Schumann and others – is defined.
Communicative failures of ukrainian speakers in learning german
Authors: Dyakiv Khrystyna , Yaremko Maryana , Bober Nataliia
Published: March 2022

The article analyzes communicative deviations that occur during the communication between German native speakers and non-native speakers, particularly Ukrainians. Despite existing intercultural and sociolinguistic studies, the analysis of language specificity that causes communicative deviations, failures and misunderstandings remains relevant and understudied. The purpose of this article is to identify and explore the German language peculiarities that cause misunderstandings in communication for non-native speakers, in particular Ukrainian speakers, and offer the algorithm for the representatives of different ethnic communities to help them avoid and resolve possible conflicts given the study of German as a foreign language. The status of the concept of communicative deviation in intercultural communication under conditions of insufficient communicative competence is determined in this article. The study uses the term communicative deviation in favor of a generalized term, a broad concept of linguistic, speech and communicative deviations in dialogic speech, in particular between native German speakers and non-native speakers. The empirical research was based on the speech activity of Ukrainian students during classes at the Department of German Studies and Translation (levels B2–C1) of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in 2019–2021 academic years and definitions from the Universal Dictionary of German Duden, in addition to the materials reflected in textbooks and teaching manuals as well as from authentic German-language sources. Communicative deviations are identified and analyzed in phonological, lexical, syntactic and pragmatic aspects.
Perception of Meaningful Work and Job Satisfaction of Accounting Faculty Members
Authors: Ertuğrul Ayşe Nilgün
Published: March 2022

Meaningful work is the values formed by the person's expectations about their workplace. Job satisfaction is the positive feelings one has for one's job. This study aims to measure whether accounting academicians find their jobs meaningful and their satisfaction levels in their careers. The sample size is 164 people who are accounting academics in Turkey. The study measured the relationship between the meaningful job and job satisfaction, and the subdimension of the meaningful job was examined. Significant relationships were found between some sub-dimensions of meaningful work and job satisfaction.
Análisis de la Satisfacción Ciudadana desde la perspectiva de los Servicios Públicos en Zonas Urbanas
Authors: Ochoa-Rico María-Salomé , Concha-Bucaram Andrés , Romero-Subia José , Sorhegui-Ortega Rafael , Vergara-Romero Arnaldo
Published: March 2022

Esta investigación propone un análisis de la satisfacción ciudadana y el nivel de arraigo territorial de la población urbana a través de las relaciones causales de calidad esperada - calidad percibida - valor percibido - satisfacción - lealtad en las dimensiones de planificación territorial, provisión de servicios públicos y gestión medioambiental. Este trabajo constituye una herramienta científica para investigaciones futuras y sirve como base para la toma decisiones en el ámbito de la política pública. Se utilizó el software Warp-PLS 7.0 para el diseño de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales con base en un conjunto de encuestas aplicando el Índice de Satisfacción al Cliente Americano (ACSI) para evaluar 5 hipótesis propuestas. El cuestionario de preguntas fue dirigido a una muestra aleatoria simple de 550 ciudadanos, obteniendo respuestas de 521. Los resultados sugieren que existe una relación positiva y significativa entre el valor percibido, satisfacción y lealtad del ciudadano. Esta investigación agrega un efecto moderador de la calidad percibida en la planificación y territorial, provisión de servicios públicos y en la gestión medioambiental sobre la relación causal valor percibido - satisfacción. El estudio muestra que las políticas ejercidas por los gestores públicos constituyen una gran influencia en la satisfacción del ciudadano.
Scientific faith: social and cognitive aspects
Authors: Beliakov Nikolai , Lukmanova Rushana , Pozdyaeva Svetlana , Ulanov Aleksei , Khramova Ksenia
Published: March 2022

This study analyzes scientific faith through the lenses of its scientific, cognitive, and social potential. The paper aims to study the role of secular non-religious faith in contemporary social processes and individual cognitive formation. The research methodology includes systematic approach to demonstrate the relationship between individual’s cognitive settings and social reality; dialectical approach; analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction. Results: the transformation of traditional social relations leads to the popularization of non-religious secular faith, especially the scientific faith, which motivates to unprovably accept scientific and pseudoscientific positions as true for gaining an existential confidence. In addition to the social aspect, scientific faith has a high scientific and cognitive potential that leads to the irrational acceptance of the scientific understanding of the world, the axiomatic base, and each specific theory, as the closest to the absolute truth, which provides the researcher with a permission to use them. Conclusions: the high role of science and scientific technologies in contemporary society leads to the transfer of faith in science beyond the limits of scientific knowledge into everyday practice. Thus it turns into a powerful social phenomenon, responsible for transforming the image of science in mass perceptions into the undeniable ideal of truth. This confidence not only contributes to the comfortable existence of the individual; without it, an uncorroborated acceptance of the scientific axiomatic base and science as a whole as the closest to the truth is impossible. The lack of this confidence makes further scientific advance difficult.
Inheritance in the occupied territories and in the area of antiterrorism operation: the experience of Ukraine
Authors: Goncharova Alina , Fursa Yevhen , Kryzhevska Olena , Zolota Lesia , Hrybachova Iryna P.
Published: March 2022

The authors of this paper have covered the issues of the features of inheritance in the anti-terrorist operation zone and the occupied territories. The innovations that came into force in 2018 were taken into account. It is specified that the occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are recognized as parts of the territory of Ukraine, on which the armed formations of the Russian Federation and the occupation administration of the Russian Federation have established and exercise general control. Within the temporarily occupied territories, there is a special procedure for ensuring the rights and freedoms of the civilian population, determined by the legislation of Ukraine. Therefore, the procedure for registering inheritance is unchanged throughout Ukraine. The authors analyzed information on the procedure for obtaining inheritance under the law, by testament, and under an inheritance contract. Attention is focused on the fact that inheritance is a derivative way of the emergence of property rights, and universal legal succession – the transfer of the entire scope of rights, obligations, and items of property from the deceased to the heirs. Besides, timely and accurate fulfillment of their obligations allows formalizing the inheritance in time following the provisions of laws. Testamentary succession occurs if a deceased person drew up a testament before death, and the testament is valid. In its absence, inheritance occurs under the law. Hereditary succession takes place in the following cases: absence of the testament; invalidation of the testament; death of the heirs indicated in the testament before the opening of inheritance or their refusal to accept inheritance; the testator canceled a previously drawn up testament and did not leave a new one; the testament is judicially declared invalid; if the testament does not cover all the property belonging to the testator.
Russian version of cultural federalism
Authors: Pudov Aleksei G. , Koryakina Maria I.
Published: March 2022

This article proposes a vision of the idea of “cultural federalism” contributing to the stability of ethnic culture in the era of assimilation by mass culture and global unification, revitalizing the meanings of modernity, enriching the multinational synergy of Russian culture, overcoming capitalist alienation and disintegration of multiculturalism. Methods of analysis and comparison are used in ethnocultural dynamics, mastering such symbolic conquests as “federalism” in the paradigm of modernity, which fits into the process of ethnocultural modernization.

The novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of the concept of cultural federalism vs ethnic federalism, as the most appropriate for the modern cultural situation in Russia, the cultural capital of which is multinational and, accordingly, the effect of “Russian multiculturalism” that can oppose secession with an integration trend, reanimate the cooperative effect of the interaction of cultural programs, their complementarity.

The authors are interested in the dialectical self-development of historical and cultural differences of the subjects of the federation entering the era of natural modernization, reflected in the ethnic cultural renaissance of the present. The idea of cultural federalism contributes to the development of the Russian national idea, the absence of which reduces the effect of national consolidation and socio-economic development. It is proposed as a tool for solving the problem of "sleeping federalism" and the dialectical contradiction between the form and content of the present state of ethnic federalism.
Cost-Utility Analysis of Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in China
Authors: Zhang Yue , Bai Weiling , Li Ruyue , Du Yifan , Sun Runzhou , Li Tao , Kang Hong , Yang Ziwei , Tang Jianjun , Wang Ningli , Liu Hanruo
Published: March 2022

Background
. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) has been primarily indicated to cause vision impairment and blindness, while no studies have focused on the cost-utility of telemedicine-based and community screening programs for DR in China, especially in rural and urban areas, respectively.
Methods
. We developed a Markov model to calculate the cost-utility of screening programs for DR in DM patients in rural and urban settings from the societal perspective. The incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) was calculated for the assessment.
Results
. In the rural setting, the community screening program obtained 1 QALY with a cost of $4179 (95% CI 3859 to 5343), and the telemedicine screening program had an ICUR of $2323 (95% CI 1023 to 3903) compared with no screening, both of which satisfied the criterion of a significantly cost-effective health intervention. Likewise, community screening programs in urban areas generated an ICUR of $3812 (95% CI 2906 to 4167) per QALY gained, with telemedicine screening at an ICUR of $2437 (95% CI 1242 to 3520) compared with no screening, and both were also cost-effective. By further comparison, compared to community screening programs, telemedicine screening yielded an ICUR of 1212 (95% CI 896 to 1590) per incremental QALY gained in rural setting and 1141 (95% CI 859 to 1403) in urban setting, which both meet the criterion for a significantly cost-effective health intervention.
Conclusions
. Both telemedicine and community screening for DR in rural and urban settings were cost-effective in China, and telemedicine screening programs were more cost-effective.
Misinformation versus Facts: Understanding the Influence of News regarding COVID-19 Vaccines on Vaccine Uptake
Authors: Lyu Hanjia , Zheng Zihe , Luo Jiebo
Published: March 2022

Background
. There is a lot of fact-based information and misinformation in the online discourses and discussions about the COVID-19 vaccines.
Method
. Using a sample of nearly four million geotagged English tweets and the data from the CDC COVID Data Tracker, we conducted the Fama-MacBeth regression with the Newey-West adjustment to understand the influence of both misinformation and fact-based news on Twitter on the COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the US from April 19 when US adults were vaccine eligible to June 30, 2021, after controlling state-level factors such as demographics, education, and the pandemic severity. We identified the tweets related to either misinformation or fact-based news by analyzing the URLs.
Results
. One percent increase in fact-related Twitter users is associated with an approximately 0.87 decrease (

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, and

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) in the number of daily new vaccinated people per hundred. No significant relationship was found between the percentage of fake-news-related users and the vaccination rate.
Conclusion
. The negative association between the percentage of fact-related users and the vaccination rate might be due to a combination of a larger user-level influence and the negative impact of online social endorsement on vaccination intent.
Moral Lacunae in the Management of Dual Agency Dilemmas Comment on "Dual Agency in Hospitals: What Strategies Do Managers and Physicians Apply to Reconcile Dilemmas Between Clinical and Economic Considerations?"
Authors: Lipworth Wendy
Published: March 2022

Waitzberg and colleagues’ participants articulate a wide range of strategies to manage tensions between clinical and economic obligations. There are, however, three notable absences in the data. First, all strategies described by participants are underpinned by the assumption that clinical (and associated administrative) practices need to either align with economic considerations or be made more compatible with them. Second, the dual agency dilemma was framed exclusively as existing at the level of the health care institution, with little attention paid to obligations to broader health systems. Third, there was no evidence of critical questioning of the priorities of the hospitals in which participants work. These absences do not render the strategies used by Weitzberg and colleagues’ participants morally "wrong," but they do suggest that people who are deeply embedded in a system might fail to recognise the full range of moral concerns and moral possibilities.
Overcoming Political Fragmentation: The Potential of Meso-Level Mechanisms Comment on "Integration or Fragmentation of Health Care? Examining Policies and Politics in a Belgian Case Study"
Authors: Gray Carolyn Steele
Published: March 2022

Martens and colleagues’ paper "Integration or Fragmentation of Health Care? Examining Policies and Politics in a Belgian Case Study," offers an in-depth examination of integrated care policy efforts in Belgium. A key finding in this case study was that political fragmentation proved too great an obstacle for integration efforts. In this commentary, I draw on the organizational behaviour and integrated care literatures to suggest how meso-level mechanisms related to sensemaking, distributive leadership, and evaluation could help overcome policy (or macro) level challenges like those experienced in Belgium. The commentary also suggests we need to consider and address both the process and normative challenges in these transformation efforts.
On Research of Pharmacological Activity of “Bioil”, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Concentrate
Authors: Koshova Olena , Tanshyn Serhii , Filimonova Nataliia , Tishchenko Iryna , Dubinina Nataliia , Shakun Olena , Geyderikh Olga
Published: March 2022

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) Are involved in the building of cell membranes of the brain, of the visual analyzer, and biological membranes of other organs and tissues. Due to this, they play an important 7 role in 5 the life of humans 8 and animals and are an essential factor of nutrition [1].Fatty acids are the main component of all types of lipids. They vary in length of the carbon chain (short-chain, middle- chain, long-chain), in the presence of double bonds (saturated, monounsaturated, and 12polyunsaturated fatty acids: di-, tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexa-). Based on the location of the first double bond at 3, 6, 7 or 9th carbon atom relatively the methyl end of the molecule, PUFAs are divided into families of ω-3, ω-6, ω-7, and 16 ω-9 respectively [2].
Introducción a la Educación Inicial en el Ecuador. Guía Didáctica
Authors: Esteves-Fajardo Zila Isabel , Garcés-Garcés Norma Narcisa , Córdova-Tamayo Karina Teresa , Alfonzo-Chunga Patricia Jacqueline , Chenet-Zula Manuel Enrique
Published: March 2022

La educación inicial supone un proceso significativo por cuanto tiene sus bases en la consecución del desarrollo integral del individuo. Esta supone un seguimiento al desarrollo y formación del niño desde que nace e inclusive desde que se encuentra en el vientre de su madre. Por tal motivo, es menester profundizar este tema que sugiere servir de fundamento al docente cuya vocación se orienta hacia lograr una educación óptima de los individuos desde su gestación hasta su crecimiento y desenvolvimiento en la sociedad. En este libro, se hace un recorrido por las diversas formas de percibir la educación inicial para comprender y asimilar su conceptualización, los diversos modelos pedagógicos, sus pilares, sus orígenes, sus bases y los diversos enfoques de pensamiento que dieron lugar a este término, el cual va más allá de su propio nombre y trasciende hacia los diversos contextos pedagógicos del quehacer diario del niño.
La inclusión social y el interés superior del niño como derecho humano
Authors: Mendoza-Caro Jesús Rolando
Published: March 2022

El objetivo general del presente estudio fue determinar la inclusión social y el interés superior del niño como derecho humano. Se plantea la investigación en el enfoque cuantitativo, que busca comprender los fenómenos, examinándolos desde la perspectiva de los partícipes en su contexto natural, apoyándose en el método dogmático, indagando sobre los principios y derechos de ley. Se consideró una población y muestra de 30 abogados especialistas en derechos constitucionales y relacionados con derechos humanos. Se elaboró un cuestionario el cual fue aplicado a los especialistas, y obtener datos valiosos para la construcción estadística. Los resultados fueron mostrados en tablas mediante estadística descriptiva. Se concluye, que existe una relación efectiva entre la inclusión social como derecho humano y el interés superior del niño, además que el beneficio de la inclusión social incide en el desarrollo del niño en un estado de derecho y existe afectación por el delito de discriminación.
Importancia de los Derechos Humanos en la Sociedad
Authors: Atencio-González Rously Eedyah
Published: March 2022

Importancia de los Derechos Humanos en la Sociedad
Historia y situación actual de la propiedad intelectual en el Ecuador
Authors: Valverde-Burgos Nohely Sofía , Robles-Zambrano Génesis Karolina , Moreno-Arvelo Pamilys Milagros
Published: March 2022

Historia y situación actual de la propiedad intelectual en el Ecuador
Regulación de la migración en el marco de la Ley de movilidad humana en Ecuador
Authors: Macías-Díaz Adriana Doménica , Atencio-González Rously Eedyah , Andrade-Olvera Gitta Antonella
Published: March 2022

Regulación de la migración en el marco de la Ley de movilidad humana en Ecuador
Evolución del control constitucional en el Ecuador
Authors: Zambrano-Moran Anthony Nicodemo , Ronquillo-Riera Orlando Iván , Moreno-Arvelo Pamilys Milagros
Published: March 2022

Evolución del control constitucional en el Ecuador
Vulneración de los derechos humanos a migrantes venezolanos en tiempos de pandemia en Ecuador
Authors: Morán-Mejía Mónica Mabel , Atencio-González Rously Eedyah , Moreno-Arvelo Pamilys Milagros
Published: March 2022

El objetivo general del presente estudio fue analizar jurídicamente la vulneración de los derechos humanos a migrantes venezolanos en tiempos de pandemia en Ecuador. Se basó en una metodología cuantitativa, la cual origina datos descriptivos originados de la recolección de datos. Apoyada en la investigación documental-bibliográfica, lo que permitió la obtención de información detallada sobre el tema investigado. Se utilizaron cuerpos normativos, documentos jurídicos, bibliografía, realizando el análisis pertinente lo que generó los aportes para el desarrollo del tema generando nuevos conocimientos. Como resultado, se evidenció que las normas existentes no logran ser materializadas, es necesaria la implementación de un plan de acción efectivo. Se concluye, que Ecuador ha sido uno de los países que más migrantes venezolanos ha recibido en los últimos años, por los recursos y capacidades previstas para el manejo de los procesos migratorios han llegado a un colapso, que evidencia la necesidad de elaborar nuevas estrategias.
Not White Saviors, but Critical Scholars: The Need for Gifted Critical Race Theory; Chapter 16 from Creating Equitable Services for the Gifted: Protocols for Identification, Implementation, and Evaluation published by IGI Global
Authors: Novak Angela Marie
Published: March 2022

Gifted Black and Brown students are not voiceless; their voices are suffocated under the knee of systemic racism and white supremacy. This chapter proposes that the field of gifted education advocates for needed structural and systemic change through the discourse of critical race theory. A model of gifted criticalrace studies (GTCrit) is presented and described as both a way to understand race and racism in gifted education and to drive social change. GTCrit theorizes about the ways in which race, racism, ability, potentiality, and deficit ideology are built into daily interactions and discourses, informal and formal policies and procedures, and systems and structures of education, which disproportionately impact students of color qualitatively differently than white students.
A Review Analysis of Design Models for Mechatronic Product Design Perspectives
Authors:   Mechanical Department, National School of Agro Industrial Sciences, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon., SAMON Jean Bosco , TCHOUAZONG Damasse Harold FOTSA ,   Mechanical Department, National School of Agro Industrial Sciences, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
Published: March 2022

The design of a mechatronic system is considered according to the concurrent engineering approach within the framework of a development cycle, is a methodological approach to master the design of complex systems and products. Competition on product quality and performance has become the main factor that companies face in today's market. These pressures are driving technological advances to provide systems with a constant increase in performance at reduced costs and in shorter delivery times. The performance includes better interoperability, improved reliability, good safety and smaller size that have determined the birth of mechatronic systems. Obtaining a product with these qualities in a reduced time would be beneficial for design companies if they follow an efficient design model appropriate for complex system. In this context, this paper conducts a discretized study on the main mechatronic design patterns in order to make their use understandable for the design of mechatronic products. Another essential aspect of the work lies on the comparison of the different existing design models analyzed on the basis of the multi-criteria analysis according to some fixed criteria in order to present a comparative study for choosing a better model for mechatronic product design perspectives.
Personal Assistant with Emotion Recognition Based on Artificial Intelligence
Authors:   Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram. (Tamil Nadu), India., Kumaran N , E V KavyaLakshmi ,   Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram. (Tamil Nadu), India., S Maithreyi ,   Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram. (Tamil Nadu), India.
Published: March 2022

This paper deals with a method adapted to create a personal assistant based on emotion recognition. It explains how the emotions of users can be recognized and suggests the relevant methods. Now, we have an abundant number of personal assistants and chatbots: we took one of such bots a step ahead and made our assistant to automatically recognize users' emotions. Through this, our assistant is made to acquire empathy and usage with a lot of fun and advantage. The application has the potential to be used in mobile phones. Many people suffer from social anxiety and depression; our assistant is intended to help them by identifying their emotions and by suggesting ways to cheer them up. The assistant induces the user to be more connected to their phone and also to other people. Initially, our idea was to create a futuristic application, but later this turned out to be more than that. It proves to be advantageous for all mobile phone users. We created a simple personal assistant (Edith) with emotion-sensing ability. We used deep learning techniques to detect users' emotions. We illustrated our model with a lot of human faces displaying different kinds of emotions. Achieving a decent accuracy while recognizing the emotion was the hardest part in this attempt because very slight differences in facial muscles portray dissimilar emotions; identifying the pattern in similar feelings is challenging. We overcame these difficulties by choosing an appropriate dataset with many images to depict our model to recognize the emotions correctly. Our model achieved better accuracy by doing so.
UNLOCKING THE DELIMMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF BAYELSA STATE
Authors: WARRI TARE-EBI
Published: March 2022

The Rio Declaration of 1992 and the subsequent adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 by the global community brought to the fore the importance of preserving the environment for the sustenance of human and natural life. While appreciating the nexus between the environment and poverty, it is observed that the poor populace through their daily practices destroy the environment which further contributes to the perpetuation of poverty in the society. Unfortunately, the poor are unaware of the consequences of their activities. This paper therefore investigates the relationship between environmental sustainability and poverty eradication within the context of the lack of basic knowledge of environmental sustenance among the poor with a view to providing avenues to solve the problem. The paper adopts the focus group research design and data was generated from both primary and secondary sources, while causal analysis served as the technique for the examination of data in the research. The study further deploys problem solving as a complementary approach for data analysis in view of its interest in addressing the environment-poverty quagmire. The research uses the environmental citizenship theory in explaining the place of education in the relationship between the environment and poverty. It is recommended among others that education can serve as a key factor to resolving the dilemma of environmental sustainability and poverty in Nigeria.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA: DOES MOTHER’S MARITAL STATUS MATTER?
Authors: NTOIMO LORRETTA FAVOUR CHIZOMAM , ELWANGE BOB CHARLESTINE , GBADEBO BABATUNDE , NTOIMO FAVOUR CHUKWUNONYEREM
Published: March 2022

This study examines whether mother’s marital status predicts involvement in a particular type of criminal activity. Data were obtained from a survey of 249 male inmates, and interview with Senior Officers in two prisons in Osun State, Nigeria Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the relative risk of committing a crime against property, crime against persons and victimless crime. The interviews were content analyzed. The majority of the respondents committed crime against property, and 40% were from single mother households. The inmates whose mothers never married, divorced or separated were at a higher risk of committing a crime against property than victimless crime, compared to inmates whose mothers were in a union (RRR 4.45 p<.05). Relative to respondents from two-parent homes, respondents whose mothers were widows were less likely to be involved in crimes against property and persons than victimless crime (RRR 0.19 p<.01). The significant association between mother’s single marital status and involvement in crime against property is suggestive of a link with large financial strain. To curb crime against property and persons and victimless crimes in Nigeria, there is need to pay attention to the marital status of mothers and empower women to strengthen the welfare of children in both the intact and disrupted families
ASSESSMENT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN YENAGOA, NIGERIA
Authors: GUNN EZEKIEL O. , OJILE MESHACH O.
Published: March 2022

he aim of this paper is to assess vehicular traffic congestion in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Traffic congestion is akin to major cities of developed and developing countries, the bane of urban life. The gravity model provided the theoretical foundation for this study, while a survey design involving volumetric count of vehicles and administration of questionnaire to 400 road users along major roads in Yenagoa was also used. The immediate causes of vehicular traffic congestion along major roads and conflict points in Yenagoa are: poor state of the roads, road side trading/market, inadequate public mass transit vehicles, road capacity, and poor traffic signalization. Generally, the effects of vehicular traffic congestion on road users include road traffic crashes and accidents, exposure of commuters and pedestrians to ambient pollutants with attendant health implications, parking problems, effects on aesthetics of buildings and the environment and encouragement of street trading. The result of the regression model revealed that the extracted components explained 0.614 (61.4%) of influence on vehicular traffic congestion in Yenagoa at 0.05 significance level. This study recommends an efficient transport planning system, the pull and push measures of traffic management such as introduction of mass transit and encouragement of off-street parking at affordable price
FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AMONG WOMEN IN KOLOKUMA/OPOKUMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BAYELSA STATE
Authors: UDISI LAWRENCE
Published: March 2022

Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area is the subject of the research which looks at the Feminization of Poverty and Sustainable Development in the area. A cross-sectional survey approach was used for this investigation. Five (5) settlements in the research region were chosen, using the purposive nonprobability selection method, and a total of one hundred and fifty (150) people were chosen using the simple random sampling technique. The Questionnaire was chosen as the primary tool for data collection and analysis. The research made use of both primary and secondary data sources. When analyzing the data collected from the administered surveys, a frequency distribution table was used in conjunction with a basic percentage calculation. In addition, the chi-square statistical tool was utilized to assess the connections between the hypotheses that were developed. The findings of the research offer empirical confirmation that the incidence of poverty in general, and the rate of poverty among women in particular, has increased dramatically in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area
PEER PRESSURE, TIME MANAGEMENT, SELF EFFICACY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN OYO METROPOLIS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA ELECTION
Authors: SABITU KAMORU ABIODUN
Published: March 2022

This study investigates the influence of peer pressure, time management, and self-efficacy on students’ achievement in mathematics in Oyo Metropolis of Oyo state, Nigeria. The study adopts a descriptive survey. A simple random sampling technique was used to select four hundred (400) senior secondary school II students in sixteen (16) secondary schools in the metropolis consisting of four local governments: Afijio, Atiba, Oyo East, and Oyo West Local Government Areas. Three (3) validated instruments were used for the study. Data analysis was done using frequency count, Percentage, Standard Deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The result shows that there is a negative, weak non-significant relationship between peer pressure and students’ achievement in mathematics; there is a positive, weak significant relationship between time management and students’ achievement in mathematics. Also, there is a significant positive relationship between self-efficiency and students’ achievement in mathematics. The finding also reveals that the composite contribution of peer pressure, time management, and self-efficacy to the predictor of students’ achievement in mathematics is significant. The relative contribution of peer pressure to students’ achievement in mathematics is not significant but the relative contribution of time management and self-efficacy to students achievement in mathematics is significant. The data shows that the variables that predict students’ achievement in mathematics are time management and self-efficacy. Based on the result, it was recommended that Mathematics teachers should find ways of enhancing Mathematics Self-Efficacy in student’ and emphasize students’ confidence to succeed in the subject.
TACKLING POVERTY AND RETHINKING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA
Authors: UYIOJO GODWIN
Published: March 2022

The paper critically reviews the sustainability of the national social protection programme in Nigeria. It is a qualitative research which draws from empirical data towards rethinking development within the recent Federal Government National Social Investment Programme. Additionally, it deploys a political ecology perspective focusing on inequalities and the underlining factors of poverty. The main findings revealed that by: (i) presenting strategies to accelerating social protection schemes and (ii) seeking genuine partnership with the states’ governments that will allow them coordination and implementation at the state levels to avoid the spiraling cycle of poverty in Nigeria. It concludes that there is the need to restore confidence, match budgetary allocations to actual disbursements, and awareness raising to improve on delivery.
GENDER TRANSPORT POVERTY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION, NIGERIA
Authors: OWOTA KENIBOLAYEFA MICHAEL
Published: March 2022

The four concepts that define the phenomenon known as transport poverty are mobility poverty, transport affordability, accessibility poverty, and exposure to externalities. Individuals who have difficulty moving due to a lack of transportation services or infrastructure, an individual or group’s inability to meet the cost of transportation, a household without a motorized vehicle, and difficulty reaching certain significant activities such as healthcare services are all exposed to transport poverty. The purpose of this paper is to better comprehend women’s mobility in the Niger-Delta region as well as the concept of transportation poverty and its influence on their lives. The study used a survey approach to obtain data on user experiences with transportation, such as affordability, accessibility, transportation infrastructure, and public transportation performance. A total of 600 household heads were chosen as respondents using a systematic random sample procedure that randomly picked one (1) house from every four (4) houses in the research population. The Chi-square cross-tabulation and the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. Overall, 53% of women and 47% of men were between the ages of 19 and 63, with an average age of 40. The results revealed that the demographic variables of gender, educational qualification, occupation status, and monthly income (P 0.0001) were significant, with monthly travel cost at the 0.01 level of significance. Monthly revenue and the amount spent on transportation fares are weakly correlated (r = 0.153, P 0.01), according to the tested hypothesis. Many homes with increasing numbers of individuals from low socioeconomic strata did not benefit from the transportation infrastructure supplied. This study emphasizes the importance of a long-term development strategy that is gender-based rather than gender-biased in order to increase the socioeconomic well-being of the population through transportation infrastructure development policies.
FACTORS THAT INHIBIT THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TO OIL POLLUTION IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION, NIGERIA
Authors: TONBRA ROBERT ODUBO
Published: March 2022

Adaptive capacity is seen in the light of the capabilities of livelihood practitioners to adjust livelihood plans in the face of threats or risks. Since external alteration such as oil pollution causes decline in resources in the Niger Delta region as a result of threats to traditional livelihoods, rural households adopt certain strategies to adapt. The study was conducted in four communities in Bayelsa and Rivers states. They are Oruma and Aguobiri in Bayelsa state; Bille and Bodo in Rivers state. Primary data obtained through interviews and Focus Group Discussions were used for the study. The thrust of the research was to investigate why livelihood adaptive strategies adopted by rural households in the Niger Delta region to cope with the problems of oil pollution induced environmental degradation and livelihood dislocation are unsustainable. Findings revealed that livelihood adaptive capacities are hindered in the rural communities of the Niger Delta region despite the strategies adopted by households to adapt to environmental degradation to increase the generation of income in the form of goods, services and cash. The study identifies the presence of inhibitive factors such as lack of physical capital, gender inequality, poor governance, social and financial capital deficit, insecurity, lack of social and financial assets, low human capital asset , pressure on firewood fetching, etc. Hence the study recommends that the government and other stakeholders should take necessary actions to enhance the capital assets of the rural households to stimulate adaptive capacities that will enhance the sustainability of traditional livelihoods