bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Entertainment industry sector under the spotlight: How PR professionals and event organizers communicate during pandemic crisis
Authors: Galan Andrei
Published: May 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has wounded sociality and limited the possibility to stay together: the essence of many forms of art. All the sectors whose activities are based on cultural values, or artistic, creative expressions, market or non-market oriented. It includes architecture, archives, libraries and museums, artistic crafts, audio-visual tangible and intangible cultural heritage, design, festivals, music, literature, performing arts, publishing, radio and visual arts. This paper aims to shed a light not only on the scarce literature on the field, but also on the particularities of how professionals communicate during pandemic crisis in the entertainment industry, especially at the moment when the whole world is being confronted by multiple crisis that have converged. In doing so, we explore how public relations practitioners and event organizers in Romania acknowledge the importance of being aware of the crisis, how they refer to crisis, the tools they use and the way they approach stakeholders. With the help of semi-structured interviews with public relations practitioners and event organizers in Romania, we aim to structure a frame of looking at the crisis communication in the entertainment industry during this pandemic crisis, with a particular focus on celebrities.
Visit Intention and Destination Image in Post-Covid-19 Crisis Recovery
Authors: Ahmad Albattat , Jamaludin Azizul , Shaliza Nini , Zuraimi Mohd , Valeri Marco
Published: May 2021

The aim of this research is to analyze the factors influencing visit intention and destination image in post-Covid-19 crisis recovery. In post-crisis recovery, the factors influencing visit intention are physical, socio-psychological and financial factors. A total of 426 respondents were selected and analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analyses. The findings demonstrate that physical factors are the main factors that influence tourists’ visit intention. Additionally, destination image significantly affects visit intention and significantly mediates the relationship between the factors and visit intention. All this inevitably affects the organizational structure of the tourist destination.
Why we need to account for human behavior and decision-making to effectively model the non-linear dynamics of livestock disease
Authors: Merrill Scott , Bucini Gabriela , Clark Eric , Koliba Christopher , Trinity Luke , Zia Asim , Langle-Chimal Ollin , Cheney Nicholas , Shrum Trisha , Sellnow Timothy , Sellnow Deanna , Smith Julia
Published: May 2021

Animal disease costs the livestock industries billions of dollars annually. These costs can be reduced using effective biosecurity. However, costs of biosecurity are steep and benefits must be weighed against the uncertain infection risks. Much effort has gone into determining efficacy of different biosecurity tactics and strategies. Unfortunately, the variability in human behavior and decision-making when confronted with risk information has largely been overlooked. Here we show that use of the human behavioral component is necessary to understand the patterns of infection incidence in livestock industries. Using an agent-based model developed with a foundation of supply chain and industry structural data, we integrate human behavioral data generated using experimental games that parameterizes communication strategies, learning, psychological discounting and categorization of human behavior along a risk aversion spectrum. The influence of risk communication strategies on human behavior can be tested with experimental gaming simulations and their impact on the system can be projected using agent-based models, delivering feedback to increase disease resiliency of production systems.
Public opinion on age stereotypes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Sandstig Gabriella
Published: May 2021

The news media can both mirror age stereotypes held by the public, as well as contribute to constructing or amplifying them. The first risk group identified in the pandemic was older adults. They are generally not so visible in the media, but during the pandemic, they were in focus. This study analyses to what extent the public agrees with age stereotypes during the COVID-19 pandemic and what characterizes the groups that hold them. Survey data from 04/14/20-06/28/20 on a national sample (6000) of the population of Sweden is used. The results, contrary to the expectation that stereotypes of older adults should dominate the public opinion, rather the stereotype of younger people not distancing themselves enough is the most common. However, the corresponding stereotype of older adults not doing the same is the second most common. In a non-crises situation, the most common stereotype of older adults is that they have poor cognitive abilities. However, this stereotype is rare during the pandemic. The characteristic of the group that agree with the stereotypes are that they are young rather than old. There are also differences by gender, education and residential area, but they vary depending on the specific age stereotype in question.
When the Pandemic Impacts the Most Vulnerable: Analyzing Crisis and Risk Messages Aimed at Latinx Individuals about COVID-19
Authors: Salazar Sofia , Sellnow Deanna
Published: May 2021

Guided by the IDEA model, this pilot study analyzes the perceptions about coronavirus (COVID-19) messages created to be distributed to the Latinx community in the United States. This study has been conducted to test the research questions proposed and the instruments so a second study can be executed based on Latinx populations in Florida communities. A survey was distributed among students from different ethnicities. A comparative analysis was run with the responses from the students who identified as Latinx and the students who identified as non-Latinx. The results demonstrated that components such as internalization, explanation, and action are present in the messages distributed to both groups. The results also showed that only two dimensions of the IDEA model's components demonstrated significant differences between both groups. This research suggests that message tailoring could improve message effectiveness within each area of the IDEA model.
Navigating Troubled Waters: Applying the IDEA Model to the Flint Water Crisis
Authors: Mayer Monica
Published: May 2021

This study examines the instructional crisis communication surrounding the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Although pre-crisis government communications were widely criticized for their failure to adequately warn the public about dangerous levels of lead and other carcinogenic chemicals in Flint’s water, instructional messaging during the crisis has not received the same level of attention. This study employs qualitative content analysis to examine the website content from the EPA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan governor’s office, Genesee County Health Department, and Flint mayor’s office through the lens of the IDEA model during the height of the crisis. The instructional content published to these agencies’ websites fits within the IDEA model framework and serves as effective instructional communication about the health concerns facing residents. Explanation and action were most prominently featured across the content, although internalization strategies were also used to varying degrees. The content was distributed and widely shared across agency websites, especially at the federal and state level. Future areas of research include how semantic and rhetorical choices in message content and structure may enhance elements within the IDEA model and how using images can increase message effectiveness.
The Promotion of Social Awakening through the Speech of Lewis Richardson: A Metaphorical Lens that is Echoed Today
Authors: Mohammed Suha
Published: May 2021

This analysis will illustrate how a journey through the lens of metaphorical criticism can openly display the hardships, life, and reality of past African American voices, as their stories echo through the rhetor, Lewis Richardson. An examination of a striking speech that speaks volumes, recited by Lewis Richardson, will unravel the depth in imagery, interpretation, and symbolism from an application of a metaphorical critical lens that tells a story that just keeps getting louder and louder as it grows unheard. “When metaphor is seen as a way of knowing the world, it plays a particular role in argumentation” [8]. This artifact’s use of metaphor builds an argumentative case for freedom, justice, and empathy. The following analysis will shed light on how authentic slave testimony, metaphor, symbolism, personification, and juxtapositions, once coded, can bring us to a reality that may not seem so unfamiliar in comparison to our current climate of racial social instability which has erupted in an uproar of protests, movements such as Black Lives Matter, as well as a full-blown unravelling social awakening.
OSMANLI SÜSLEME SANATLARINDA GİRLAND
Authors: ALTIER Semiha
Published: May 2021

Girland, takılı olduğu iki veya daha fazla nokta arasına çiçek, yaprak ve meyvelerle düzenlenerek asılan; aşağıya doğru sarkarak yarım çelenk görünümü veren bir bezeme öğesidir. Çeşitli dolgu ve askı nesneleriyle birlikte tasarlanan girland Antik Yunan ve Roma sanatında ölü kültüyle ilişkili olarak lahit ve sunaklarda yanısıra çeşitli yapıların cephelerinde de karşımıza çıkar. Bu motif ritmi ve estetiğiyle bulunduğu yüzeye hareketlilik katmıştır.

Türk süsleme sanatlarında, girlandın hazırlanmasında da kullanılan çiçek ve yapraklardan oluşan buket/demetler, meyve, fiyonk, kurdela ve püsküller çeşitli tasarımla görülür. Ayrıca Anadolu coğrafyası Antik Yunan, Roma ve Bizans dönemlerinden kalan girland bezemeli birçok eseri barındırarak Osmanlıları bu motifle tanıştırmıştır. Ancak bu nesnelerin girland şekline getirilip Türk sanatında kullanılması Osmanlıların Batılılaşma dönemi sürecinde 18. yüzyıl sonlarında olmuştur. 19. yüzyıldan itibaren ise en yetkin tasarımlarını vermiştir. Daha çok mimari süslemede taş/mermer kabartma ve kalem işi olarak görülen girlandın bir başkent motifi olduğu ilk ve en yetkin örneklerinin İstanbul’da bulunmasından anlaşılır. Taşra uygulamaları ise çoğunlukla gayrimüslüm vatandaşlara ait veya yabancı sanatçıların çalıştıkları yapılarda karşımıza çıkar. Osmanlı sanatçılarının ise girlandı dönemin sanatsal üsluplarını yansıtacak şekilde, kendi anlayış ve estetiklerine uygun hale getirerek, farklı tasarımlarla çeşitlendirdikleri görülür. Türk kültüründe çeşitli çiçek ve meyvelerin ikonografisinin girlanda da yansıdığı, bazı örneklerde bolluk-bereket ve cennet ile ilişkilendirilerek kullanıldığı görülür.
Categorizing Natural Language-Based Customer Satisfaction: An Implementation Method Using Support Vector Machine and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network
Authors:   Technological University of the Philippines, Ayala Blvd., Ermita, Manila, 1000, PHILIPPINES, A. Corpuz Ralph Sherwin
Published: May 2021

Analyzing natural language-based Customer Satisfaction (CS) is a tedious process. This issue is practically true if one is to manually categorize large datasets. Fortunately, the advent of supervised machine learning techniques has paved the way toward the design of efficient categorization systems used for CS. This paper presents the feasibility of designing a text categorization model using two popular and robust algorithms – the Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network, in order to automatically categorize complaints, suggestions, feedbacks, and commendations. The study found that, in terms of training accuracy, SVM has best rating of 98.63% while LSTM has best rating of 99.32%. Such results mean that both SVM and LSTM algorithms are at par with each other in terms of training accuracy, but SVM is significantly faster than LSTM by approximately 35.47s. The training performance results of both algorithms are attributed on the limitations of the dataset size, high-dimensionality of both English and Tagalog languages, and applicability of the feature engineering techniques used. Interestingly, based on the results of actual implementation, both algorithms are found to be 100% effective in accurately predicting the correct CS categories. Hence, the extent of preference between the two algorithms boils down on the available dataset and the skill in optimizing these algorithms through feature engineering techniques and in implementing them toward actual text categorization applications.
The Environmental Impact on Human Wellbeing: A Case Study on Residences in Quarry Area
Authors:   Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying,   Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, 40450, Selangor, MALAYSIA, Ahmad Zawawi Emma Marinie , Wan Ibrahim Wan Hasmirah ,   Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying,   Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, 40450, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Published: May 2021

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is compulsory in all types of new development. EIA is important to ensure that biological diversity is maintained and that development will not have any affect on the people and other species in that area. The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental impact on human wellbeing in the vicinity of quarrying. It will increase the awareness of the local population of the important factors that might affect the quality of their lives. A set of questionnaires was distributed to the community at Bandar Saujana Putra and Taman Kajang Perdana, in Selangor. A total of 60 residents were involved in the study. The results reveal that the community was concerned about health conditions and safety. However, there is still a lack of strategies to mitigate the problem. This study provides suggestions for mitigation that could be considered by the residents to reduce the effect of poor air quality caused by incorrect control and monitoring of activities in the area. It is anticipated that this study could assist both residents and authorities in improving the quality of the air as well as the residents’ quality of life.
The Adoption of IOT in the Malaysian Construction Industry: Towards Construction 4.0
Authors:   Department of Construction Management, School of Housing, Building and Planning,  Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Gelugor, Penang, MALAYSIA, Ibrahim Farah Salwati , Esa Muneera ,   Department of Construction Management, School of Housing, Building and Planning,  Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Gelugor, Penang, MALAYSIA, A. Rahman Rahimi ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources,  Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300, Pahang, MALAYSIA
Published: May 2021

The construction industry is one of the most significant sectors in Malaysia, specifically in terms of its contribution to the Malaysian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and facilitation of other industries to enhance their productivity outcome by constructing buildings and facilities for them. However, the process of constructing buildings and facilities will take a long period of time if done according to conventional practices. Due to this circumstance, the establishment of the Internet of Things (IoT) in construction development is beneficial to improve productivity levels and reduce the construction time as well as the cost. Hence, this paper intends to review the adoption of IoT in Malaysia’s construction industry towards Construction 4.0. In conjunction with that, the use of IoT in terms of construction technology such as BIM, smart communication, sensor, big data, augmented reality, location services and remote operation during the construction process has made a massive impact on the monitoring of the construction process, especially in reducing the risk of construction error, defects, and avoiding construction delay. The proper adoption of IoT in the Malaysian construction industry will give a huge positive impact to the construction industry and encourage it to grow and compete with other developing countries. This paper is noteworthy to the Malaysian construction industry, especially for the key players in the construction industry to raise their awareness regarding the benefits of adopting IoT for their future projects.
Effects of Demographic Factors on Impulse Buying Behaviour of Consumers in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria
Authors:   Ambrose Alli University (Nigeria), University of Calabar (Nigeria), Ugbomhe O. Ugbomhe , P E. Okpamen , Adomokhai S. Simon
Published: May 2021

The objective of the study was to determine the effects of demographic factors (Age, Gender, Income, Education, Marital Status and Occupation) on impulse buying bahaviour of consumers in Auchi. The study adopted survey design. The population of the study consisted all consumers who have made purchases in their present shopping trip in selected shops (supermarkets). The sample size of 384 was determined using Godden’s formula cited in Sangatang, Siochi and Plaza (2017). The main research instrument was questionnaire which was used to survey 384 respondents (192 males and 192 females). Non-probability convenience sampling was used in administering copies of questionnaire to the respondents. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine result for the data collected with the aid of SPSS 20.0. The multiple regression analysis result revealed among others that demographic characteristics (age, gender, income, education, marital status) had significant relationship with impulse buying behavior of consumers. The study concluded that demographic characteristics of consumers could explain the impulse buying behavior of consumers. The reason is that the study showed significant relationship between demographic characteristics and impulse buying behaviour of consumers might be related to the respondent’s perception about purchasing decision. The study recommended that consumer should arrange their priorities and always weigh specific weight of their preferences in relation to each other according to a particular pattern when purchasing products to prevent buying on impulse.
Investigating Structural Relationship Between Service Quality, Satisfaction and Loyalty in Banking Sector of Afghanistan
Authors:   Kabul University (Afghanistan), Shaikh Zayed University (Afghanistan), Haidery Jamshed , Mandozai Sayed Wali Shah , Amin Hafizullahmeen
Published: May 2021

This study aims to understand the relationship of service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in the banking sector using data from the Afghanistan banking sector. The study surveyed 269 respondents using a standard SERVQUAL questionnaire to examine the relationship between service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in the banking sector of Afghanistan. The Structural Equation Modeling approached was used to analyze data. The findings suggest that assurance, empathy, and tangibles have a positive influence on customer satisfaction. Importantly, results revealed that female customers are less satisfied as compared to their counterparts. furthermore, the findings indicate a positive influence of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. This paper offers empirical support for bank managers to enhance the physical facilities, assure customer trust, appropriately treat customers and consider gender requirements in providing banking services. The major limitation of this study is that it only includes one private bank customer and only Kabul province. This work illustrates an initial empirical study into service quality, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in Afghanistan using well developed SERVQUAL model.
Study of Airport Service Quality and Profitability in Indonesia
Authors:   Pancasila University, Indonesia, Nugroho Adi
Published: May 2021

This study was about the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) measurement and its relation to profitability in the airport industry. The main purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the ASQ measurement in Airports by investigating the relationships of service quality in terms of creating purchase intentions. In specific to ASQ, the surveys have been systematically carried out by many airport operators all over the world. ASQ has 8 components: access; check-in; passport/personal ID control; security; finding your way; airport facilities; airport environment; and arrival services. This is different from PZB’s (1985) Service Quality dimensions. This suggests that an effective process of measuring and analyzing passenger perceptions of ASQ is not easily achieved. These concerns are certainly relevant to avoid misinterpreting passenger perceptions. The measurement model should be considered for a multidimensional approach in the context of airport performance measurement regarding service quality.The study, however, included the perceptions of both international passengers and domestic concerning the current service levels, more specific was using the measurement model of Cronin and Taylor (1992). Cronin and Taylor (1992) say that perception alone is enough and even better than other models i.e, PZB (1988) model. This study analyzes whether passengers may stay longer in the airport, recommend the airport to other people or pay higher tax if they are satisfied with the service offers by airport. This also included an assessment the ability ASQ to explain the variation in repeat purchase intention including interaction among variables. The results of this study show ASQ has a moderately low effect of purchasing intentions.
Using the SERVQUAL Framework to Examine the Service Quality in Higher Education in Thailand
Authors:   Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), Fuchs Kevin , Fangpong Keerati ,   Ubon Ratchathani University (Thailand)
Published: May 2021

Customer service and quality are driving forces in the business community. As higher educational institutions struggle for competitive advantages and high service quality, the evaluation of educational service quality is essential to provide motivation for and give feedback on the effectiveness of educational plans and their implementation. Monitoring student satisfaction with education quality has become an integral part of the educational process in not only a number of universities, but also further afield. This research presents an enhanced approach to using the SERVQUAL framework for measuring student satisfaction. It involves the use of factors concerning student services that are queried and surveyed using the SERVQUAL methodology. The proposed instrument was tested at a regional university in Thailand with a sample of 400 undergraduate students. Rigorous analysis demonstrates the usefulness of the approach in gathering business students’ perceptions, analyzing them, and reducing them to a form usable by management as an off-the-shelf service quality measurement tool.
Study of Airport Service Quality and Profitability in Indonesia
Authors: Nugroho Adi
Published: May 2021

This study was about the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) measurement and its relation to profitability in the airport industry. The main purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the ASQ measurement in Airports by investigating the relationships of service quality in terms of creating purchase intentions. In specific to ASQ, the surveys have been systematically carried out by many airport operators all over the world. ASQ has 8 components: access; check-in; passport/personal ID control; security; finding your way; airport facilities; airport environment; and arrival services. This is different from PZB’s (1985) Service Quality dimensions. This suggests that an effective process of measuring and analyzing passenger perceptions of ASQ is not easily achieved. These concerns are certainly relevant to avoid misinterpreting passenger perceptions. The measurement model should be considered for a multidimensional approach in the context of airport performance measurement regarding service quality.The study, however, included the perceptions of both international passengers and domestic concerning the current service levels, more specific was using the measurement model of Cronin and Taylor (1992). Cronin and Taylor (1992) say that perception alone is enough and even better than other models i.e, PZB (1988) model. This study analyzes whether passengers may stay longer in the airport, recommend the airport to other people or pay higher tax if they are satisfied with the service offers by airport. This also included an assessment the ability ASQ to explain the variation in repeat purchase intention including interaction among variables. The results of this study show ASQ has a moderately low effect of purchasing intentions.
Investigating Structural Relationship Between Service Quality, Satisfaction and Loyalty in Banking Sector of Afghanistan
Authors: Haidery Jamshed , Mandozai Sayed Wali Shah , Amin Hafizullahmeen
Published: May 2021

This study aims to understand the relationship of service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in the banking sector using data from the Afghanistan banking sector. The study surveyed 269 respondents using a standard SERVQUAL questionnaire to examine the relationship between service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in the banking sector of Afghanistan. The Structural Equation Modeling approached was used to analyze data. The findings suggest that assurance, empathy, and tangibles have a positive influence on customer satisfaction. Importantly, results revealed that female customers are less satisfied as compared to their counterparts. furthermore, the findings indicate a positive influence of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. This paper offers empirical support for bank managers to enhance the physical facilities, assure customer trust, appropriately treat customers and consider gender requirements in providing banking services. The major limitation of this study is that it only includes one private bank customer and only Kabul province. This work illustrates an initial empirical study into service quality, customer satisfaction, and loyalty in Afghanistan using well developed SERVQUAL model.
Emotions and Status Hierarchies
Authors: Durkee Patrick K
Published: May 2021

Emotions define and are defined by status hierarchies. This chapter examines human emotions in relation to hierarchy navigation. Because emotional adaptations evolve in response to selective pressures, I first present evidence supporting the ubiquity of hierarchies and the fitness-relevance of status in the ancestral past. Next, I provide a sketch of the recurrent adaptive challenges likely posed by life within hierarchically organized groups to circumscribe the hierarchy-navigation tasks emotional adaptations are expected to address. I then highlight several emotions—pride, shame, envy, admiration, respect, contempt, anger, and fear—that appear to facilitate hierarchy navigation, review the evidence for their functional design, and explore ways in which relative differences in status may modulate recurring emotional experiences. Finally, I discuss how understanding the interplay between emotions and hierarchy navigation can inform our understanding of broad individual differences.
Holographic focusing and holographic flow
Authors: Kuyukov Vitaly
Published: May 2021

Holographic focusing and holographic flow
Quyền từ chối trích dẫn - phải chăng là một sự đi ngược lại với văn hoá trích dẫn khoa học?
Authors: Lab SDAG
Published: May 2021

Một nghiên cứu – công bố về một vấn đề hiếm gặp về quyền từ chối trích dẫn trên tạp chí Scientometrics (Nhà xuất bản Springer).
The Impact of Market Outlets Choice on Beekeepers’ Income in Rural Poor: A Case Study of Badakhshan Province
Authors: Yolchi Jamshid
Published: May 2021

This research carried out to uncover the effect of beekeeping on the income of rural poor and to which extent that market outlet choice affects the income of beekeepers. The findings of Multinomial Logit regression, from 129 questionnaires of 4 districts indicate that there is no relationship between market outlet choice and income of beekeepers. The income of beekeepers is mostly affected by their family size and working experience. But the factors affecting to choose the home selling market outlet is very different from those of three other channels. In order to promote the income of beekeepers, it’s recommended that the government and other involved NGOs work on arrangements on wholesale opportunities for beekeepers. Because over 102 out of 129 samples have indicated that their products aren’t sold out on time. It means that there is a huge opportunity of filling the gap of honey demand in Afghanistan by promoting the links between producers and buyers.
The Importance Of Digital Platform For The Sustainability Of MSME
Authors: Handoyo Anastasia
Published: May 2021

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DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL LEARNING MEDIA BASED ON MOBILE SMARTPHONE TO IMPROVE HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS OF STUDENTS IN SMA NEGERI BANJARMASIN CITY
Authors: Fitri Muhammad
Published: May 2021

Advances in information technology allow changes in the learning process. History is one of the important subjects at the high school level (SMA) which needs adaptation to the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 because historical knowledge is not only very fundamental in the formation of national identity but also a source of inspiration which is full of meaning in developing historical awareness of students. Learning history using digital can give birth to a wise generation who will be able to solve the nation's problems and make learning easier during the Covid-19 pandemic like today. However, the problem that occurs is that teachers are still not optimal in utilizing and developing digital-based historical learning media that can be accessed via each student's smartphone. This study aims to provide a historical learning innovation so that the material presented is not bored through digital media in the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0. The method used in this research is the development research method (R&D) through the 4D model, namely Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate. The results showed that the digitalization of historical learning in the form of developing historical learning media based on mobile smartphones made a significant contribution to making students more interested in and loving history lessons and facilitating the delivery of material during the Covid-19 pandemic as it is today to improve the historical thinking skills of students in high school. Negeri Banjarmasin City. So that history does not seem boring in the eyes of students. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that through the development of mobile smartphone-based historical learning media, history learning is more innovative in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0.
On the value of the mindsponge*bayesvl approach to researching humanities and social sciences phenomena
Authors: Nguyen Minh-Hoang , Ho Manh-Toan
Published: May 2021

In this discussion, we mark the ISR’s first milestone of applying the mindsponge mechanism together with the bayesvl package by summarizing the current progress. Moreover, we also present how to reapply the mindsponge*bayesvl approach in future studies, which can be a helpful guideline for both ISR team members and other scholars.
Drivers’ Evaluation of Different Automated Driving Styles: Is It both Comfortable and Natural?
Authors: Peng Chen , Merat Natasha , Romano Richard , Hajiseyedjavadi Foroogh , Paschalidis Evangelos , Wei Chongfeng , Radhakrishnan Vishnu , Solernou Albert , Forster Deborah , Boer Ewrin
Published: May 2021

Objective: This study investigated users’ subjective evaluation of three highly automated driving styles, in terms of comfort and naturalness, when negotiating a UK road in a high-fidelity, motion-based, driving simulator. Background: Comfort and naturalness are thought to play an important role in contributing to users’ acceptance and trust of automated vehicles (AVs), although not much is understood about the types of driving style which are considered comfortable or natural. Method: A driving simulator study, simulating roads with different road geometries and speed limits, was conducted. Twenty-four participants experienced three highly automated driving styles, two of which were recordings from human drivers, and the other was based on a machine learning (ML) algorithm, termed Defensive, Aggressive, and Turner respectively. Participants evaluated comfort or naturalness of each driving style, for each road segment, and completed a Sensation Seeking (SS) questionnaire, which assessed their risk-taking propensity. Results: Participants regarded human-like driving styles as more comfortable and natural, compared with the less human-like, ML-based, driving controller. However, between the two human-like controllers, only the Defensive style was considered comfortable, especially for the more challenging road environments. Differences in preference for controller by driver trait were also observed, with the Aggressive driving style evaluated as more natural by the high sensation seekers. Conclusion: Participants were able to distinguish between human- and machine-like AV controllers. A range of psychological concepts must be considered for the subjective evaluation of controllers. Application: Knowing how different driver groups evaluate automated vehicle controllers is important to design more acceptable systems in the future.
Short term, long term: an unexpected confound in human-mating research
Authors: Bressan Paola
Published: May 2021

Here I report that, when partnered people judge the facial attractiveness of potential mates for a short- and a long-term relationship, the order in which the two conditions are presented biases responses in a systematic manner. Women and men display symmetrical biases. Women find men less attractive as new long-term partners if they have first imagined them as one-night stands. Men find women less attractive as one-night stands if they have first imagined them as new long-term partners. On a total sample of over 3000 individuals from different studies, I show that both biases are robust and replicable in partnered people and neither is found in singles. Alas, so far no study has statistically controlled the effect of the order in which participants consider the two types of relationships. Whatever their interpretation, these biases are capable of producing spurious or inconsistent associations and mislead us when we compare studies that on the surface appear similar—most notably, direct and conceptual replications.
A binocular test of sensory eye dominance based on the Pulfrich effect
Authors: Megna Nicola , Lucarini Giampaolo , Fossetti Alessandro
Published: May 2021

Many studies have shown inconsistent results among traditional measures of sensory ocular dominance (SED), seriously questioning the very concept of SED as a unitary aspect of the visual system (e.g., Laby & Kirschen, 2011; Mapp et al., 2003; Walls, 1951).The test outcomes may also change even if the same measure is repeated under different conditions, for example by varying the distance and eccentricity of the target (e.g., Rice et al., 2008; Kahn & Crawford, 2001).On the other hand, some authors suggest that such inconsistencies may result from uncontrolled variables. A candidate to produce confusing variables is the frequent format of these tests, often dichotomous and introspective.In this paper, we propose a possibility of measuring SED on a continuous scale and in a comparative way using a stimulus that induces a Pulfrich effect. Here a dichoptic motion stimulus, borrowed from a previous study (Reynaud & Hess, 2017), was used, which produced different degrees of 3D illusory perception strength through the variation of retinal disparity. We observed that the responses of the subjects varied according to their classical SED test outcomes and we estimated the differences in terms of the time delay of the information coming from the two eyes. In our sample, it appears that information from the dominant eye was processed 8.2±5.8 ms faster than that of the fellow eye. People with a left dominant eye showed more marked differences in processing time (6.8±2.0 ms) than people with a right dominant eye (1.8±0.9 ms). Eyes without a clear dominance did not show significant differences in processing time (1.2±1.7 ms). These results are consistent with the previous literature and could lead to the development of a new continuous-scaled SED test.
Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation
Authors: Bak-Coleman Joseph B , Kennedy Ian , Wack Morgan , Beers Andrew , Schafer Joseph S , Spiro Emma , Starbird Kate , West Jevin
Published: May 2021

Misinformation online poses a range of threats, from subverting democratic processes to undermining public health measures. Proposed solutions range from encouraging more selective sharing by individuals, to platform removal of false content and accounts that create or promote it. How, whether, and which strategies to implement depends on their relative and combined ability to reduce viral misinformation spread at practical levels of enforcement. Here we provide a framework to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing viral misinformation online both in isolation and when used in combination. We begin by deriving a generative model of viral misinformation spread, inspired by research on infectious disease. Applying this model to a large corpus of misinformation events that occurred during the 2020 US election, we reveal that commonly proposed interventions--including removal of content, virality circuit breakers, nudges, and account banning---are unlikely to be effective in isolation without extreme censorship. However, our framework demonstrates that a combined approach can achieve a substantial, ~50%, reduction in the prevalence of misinformation. Our results challenge claims that combating misinformation will require new ideas or high costs to user expression. Instead, we highlight a practical path forward as misinformation online continues to threaten vaccination efforts, equity, and democratic processes around the globe.
The Ebb and Flow of Public Sentiments in Hong Kong: Analyzing Public Opinion Online from 2000 to 2017
Authors: Shen Fei , Xia Chuanli , Yu Wenting , Min Chen , Wang Tianjiao , Wu Yi , Ye Qianying
Published: May 2021

This report presents a part of the findings from the Hong Kong Online Public Opinion Data Mining Project (http://www.webopinion.hk/) that aims to collect and analyze online public opinion towards different issues and topics in Hong Kong. The report provides an overview of public opinion on a variety of topics such as public figures, organizations, and social issues. A total of 12 online platforms including discussion forums, news portal sites, and online news media are included in the analysis (for methodological details, see Text-Mining Online Public Opinion in Hong Kong: Methods and Procedures https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/b2mex/). The time span of the analysis in this report is from January 2000 (i.e., the earliest data point obtained) to June 2017 (i.e., the end of the third Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s administration).
Osman I, father of kings
Authors: Fleifel Bassem Marwan
Published: May 2021

Osman I. or Osman Bay was the leader of the Kayı Turkic clan, one of the border governors for the Sultanate of Rûm, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that ruled over the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and North Africa for 600 years until it expired with the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922. This Article addresses his life, time, and events surrounding his state.
Social Bonding to School and Educational Inequality: Race/Ethnicity, Dropping Out, and the Significance of Place
Authors: Peguero Anthony , Ovink Sarah , Li Yun Ling
Published: May 2021

Social bond theory suggests that strong bonds to school influence better outcomes on measures of educational progress and success. However, we know little about the relationship between social bonding to school and dropout for racial/ethnic minorities, or how this relationship varies across school settings. We examine how five types of social bonding (attachment, academic and sports involvement, commitment, and belief) influence the likelihood of dropout for racial/ethnic minorities in urban, suburban, and rural schools using national survey data. Results suggest that strong social bonds to school have the potential to mitigate some of the observed racial/ethnic gaps in dropout risk; however, the opportunity to form such bonds, as well as the strength of their protective effects, vary by student race/ethnicity, type of social bond, and school location.
Pro-Environmental Attitudes, Altruism, and COVID-19 Risk Management Behavior
Authors: Shrum Trisha , Nowak Sarah A. , Merrill Scott C. , Hanley John P. , Liu Tung-Lin , Clark Eric M. , Zia Asim , Koliba Christopher
Published: May 2021

Limiting the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic is a collective action problem that calls on individuals to act, not just for their benefit but also for the benefit of others in their community. Many environmental problems, especially climate change, share this same characteristic. In this study, we use a survey instrument to examine how pro-environmental attitudes and two types of altruism relate to the tendency to follow social distancing guidelines and limit voluntary social exposure during the pandemic. We find that pro-environmental behaviors predict a feeling of moral obligation to reduce COVID-19 risk and a lower level of voluntary social exposure. Voluntary, individual-level altruism has no relationship with social exposure. These findings point to important insights about the nuances in altruistic behavior. These insights may lead to essential guidance for public health and environmental messaging that respects and leverages the differences in voluntary, individual-level altruism and collective altruism.
PENGARUH KINERJA TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN DETEKSI PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern)
Authors: Asriwati
Published: May 2021

Dalam buku ini membahas tentang pengaruh kinerja terhadap pelaksanaan deteksi PHEIC padda KKP Kelas I Medan Tahun 2020. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja karyawan, sangat penting untukd iperhatikan karena merupakan salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia (karyawan). Telah dilakukan kajian dengan desain kajian observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional terhadap 56 respoden dengan menggunakan uji corelasi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan kinerja berdasarkan disiplin terhadap pelaksanaan deteksi PHEIC. Disarankan kepada seluruh pegawai untuk lebih menegakkan disiplin dan bagi pegawai yang melanggar ketentuan dan peraturan hendaknya dipertimbangkan dengan cermat dan teliti bahwa hukuman yang akan dijatuhkan sesuai dengan tindakan dan perilaku yang diperbuat dan adanya pengawasan yang efektif dalam meningkatkan kinerja pegawai, kepada pimpinan agar benar-benar mengawasi pekerjaan dari setiap pegawai dengan tepat tanpa menyimpang dari sistem yang dibuat dan memastikan bahwa aktivitas yang dipantau akan mencapai tujuan.
THE USE OF THE PRP THERAPY TO ACTIVATE FOLLICULOGENESIS IN WOMEN OF THE LATE REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN PROGRAMS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Uliana Dorofeieva  , Oleksandra Boichuk
Published: May 2021

The rate of infertility in married couples of reproductive age in this country makes up from 10 to 15%, in some regions this value is close to 20% - acritical level that has a negative impact on demographic figures. The rate of pregnancy depends directly on the women’s age and decreases by 3.3times starting from the age of 19 and by the age of 48. The decrease in the ability to conceive is accounted for by subtle mechanisms related to thedeterioration of the quality of oocytes. The patients who are prepared for an extracorporeal fertilization program (ECF) and do not respond tocontrolled ovarian hyperstimulation protocols are considered to be poor respondents. Many studies focused on the development of an optimaltreatment method. However, none of the approaches seems to be effective enough to guarantee a successful use. Platelet-rich plasma is a new andpromising method that is successfully used in the reproductive science to solve a number of medical problems. All the patients whose commonfeatures were low oocyte output and poor embryo quality as well as failed ECF attempts were offered a treatment method of autologous PRP therapyafter their written consent. Three months later, one obtained astonishing results, which by the markers of biochemical infertility alone could beclassified as a complete biological phenomenon and are also characterized by improved embryo quality. The results of hormonal homeostasis show adecrease in the level of the follicle-stimulating hormone by 67.33% while the level of the anti-muellerian hormone is 75.18% higher.Thus, the use of the PRP therapy in poor respondents helps them to overcome their problematic reproductive barrier.
DYNAMICS OF HISTAMINE LEVEL IN THE BLOOD PLASMA OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM ANEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER
Authors: Stanislav Vydyborets  , Artem Andriiaka
Published: May 2021

Colorectal cancer is an extremely urgent issue in modern medicine. This disease is often complicated by anemia, which has specific pathogenetics mechanisms of development and forms a mutual burden syndrome of diseases in cancer patients. The anemic syndrome is accompanied by the development of tissue hypoxia, which in turn activates the processes of oxidative stress and leads to increased release of biologically active compounds, in particular, biogenic amines. One of these is histamine. Its high concentrations cause spasm of the arterioles, which exacerbates tissue hypoxia. We have examined (n=153) patients with colorectal cancer without anemia, (n=75) patients with colorectal cancer complicated bymalignant tumor anemia, and (n=53) patients with iron deficiency anemia. The content of plasma free serotonin fractions was determined by the fluorometric method proposed by Mikhailychenko B.V., Vydyborets S.V. (1999). The patients with iron deficiency anemia and malignant tumor anemia have shown to have a significant increase in plasma free histamine, compared with the control group and the group of patients with colorectal cancer with out anemia. Plasma free histamine was increasing together with the severity of anemia. The article discusses the feasibility of using the content of plasma free histamine, as an option, to assess the state of compensation of secondary metabolic disorders in iron deficiency anemiaand malignant tumor anemia during treatment and its possible differential diagnostic value.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN TOURISM OF GEORGIA
Authors: Manana Vasadze  , Nino Ositashvili
Published: May 2021

Tourism has a range of impacts on mountain ecosystems, communities and economies. Many of these impacts are negative, but tourism may also generate positive impacts. They can become supportive force for maintaining peace, fostering pride and cultural traditions, creating local jobs, increasing visitor awareness of natural, cultural and historical values and assets. Local communities and businesses support the long-termsustainability of a tourism destination. A decrease in cultural diversity or authenticity and loss of local customs and traditions may bring the destination to the loss of the attractiveness to visitors seeking a unique cultural experience and attractiveness. In one of the mountain regions of Georgia – Svaneti - the economic benefits of tourism are channeled into the local economy of the region i.e. local community benefit from tourism activities and local businesses (accommodation, transport, food and beverages outlets, souvenirs and crafts etc.) contribute to the authentic nature of the particular mountain destination. Cross-cultural awareness, communication between visitors and local people raises the quality of visitor experience and the level of community understanding in support of tourism.