bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CRUSTAL THICKNESS BENEATH UTAKO ABUJA USING RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS
Authors: Fasiku O. B. , Mallam A. , Osagie A. U.
Published: November 2023

Understanding the Mohorovicc discontinuity (Moho depth) is crucial in unraveling the Earth’s subsurface structure. In this research, we present the report of the crustal thickness and the ratio of the primary wave to the shear wave velocities (p-to-s) beneath the seismic station located at the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) Abuja using Receiver Function Analysis (RFA). The primary objective of this study is to determine the depth of the Moho boundary and gain insights into the geological properties of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle beneath the receiver station. This analysis focused on teleseismic earthquakes that were recorded at the station between 2020 and 2021, with epicentere distances between 30o and 90o and magnitudes 5.5 or greater. The P wave Receiver Function (PRF) was modeled from iterative time domain deconvolution using the converted phases (Ps) at the Moho interface.
Global-, regional- and country-level estimates of the work-related burden of diseases and accidents in 2019
Authors: Takala Jukka , Hämäläinen Päivi , Sauni Riitta , Nygård Clas-Håkan , Gagliardi Diana , Neupane Subas
Published: November 2023

OBJECTIVE: This study provides the global-, regional- and country-level estimates on the work-related burden of diseases and accidents for 2019, including deaths, disability adjusted life years (DALY) and economic losses.

METHODS: Data on occupational illnesses and injuries from international organizations, institutions, and public websites were used. Risk ratios (RR) and population attributable fractions (PAF) for the risk factor-outcome pairs were derived from the literature. Estimated mortality and DALY for a group of seven major diseases covering 120 risk-outcome pairs attributable to work were calculated for 181 countries.

RESULTS: Globally, 2.9 million deaths were attributed to work, with 2.58 million deaths due to work-related diseases and 0.32 million related to occupational injuries. Globally, work-related diseases with a long latency period are increasing, while the number of occupational injuries has decreased. Work-related circulatory diseases were the major cause of 912 000 deaths globally, followed by 843 000 work-related malignant neoplasms. In high-income, American, Eastern European and Western Pacific World Health Organization (WHO) regions, however, work-related malignant neoplasms comprised the biggest disease group. DALY attributable to work were estimated to be 180 million in 2019, with an associated economic loss of 5.8% of global GDP. New estimates of psychosocial factors increased the global loss.

CONCLUSIONS: The burden of work-related diseases and injuries increased by 26% from 2.3 million annual deaths in 2014 to 2.9 million in 2019. The DALY attributable to work have also substantially increased from 123 million in 2014 to 180 million in 2019 (47% increase). We found large regional and country variations.
Policy Implications and Cost of Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: A Willingness Survey of College-Educated-Adults for Communities That Care
Authors: Arungwa Samuel , Osho Gbolahan S.
Published: November 2023

The juvenile crimes and problem behaviors discussed above tend to come to a head within the local communities where juvenile crimes are often committed. Gaining a community-level appreciation of juvenile crime is essential because national statistics often make readers feel that their neighborhood might be exempt. Drug abuse is undoubtedly a global issue. American experts have monitored and published critical drug prevention studies conducted in other continents and nations outside of the Americas for more than a decade. Thus, the main goal of this current research study is to provide insights into the cost of preventing juvenile delinquency through a willingness survey of college-educated adults for communities that care and proffer policy solutions. One such study is a co-twin controls study conducted in Australia (Lynskey et al., 2003). The study conclusions and recommendations are an essential foundation for future studies relating to this WITS4CTC perspective. While the tone in this study discussion may seem to imply that colleges have done little to support CTC, it remains impossible to know whether some have tried, however secretly, to support CTC outside the radar of CTC researchers and social scientists. Even more importantly, there may be some, amongst the thousands, who sincerely wish to help with CTC but lack a model that can remotely serve as a guide. If any such latent supportive CEAs and colleges exist already, then this work could not have come a moment too soon. Therefore, It is hoped that this would benefit many CEAs and CTC stakeholders.
Wearable Virus Shields
Authors: Spampinato Francesco
Published: November 2023

Several dystopian design projects aimed at protecting and/or isolating users have been developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, including masks, visors, body bubbles, and other types of shields that allow avoiding actual contact with the surrounding space and with other people who could be possible carriers of the virus. The essay explores the uncanny analogies between speculative design ideas based on futuristic scenarios on one side, and practical design solutions, both self-made and mass-marketed, developed to cope with actual risks of contamination. After a brief history of wearable protections against “contagions”—with references to the evolution of cloth face masks in medicine, the paraphernalia related with the Cold War, and 1960s radical design projects—an overview of inventive masks and face shields of the COVID era will be outlined. Ranging from humoristic to fashionable to functional, these wearable inventions to prevent airborne respiration droplets from touching the user’s face have become a symbol of our time. The essay will take into consideration issues related to dread, dystopia, and the impact of media technologies on our imagination of a future in which we’ll live alienated, interacting with each other from behind screens.
Going Viral
Authors: Olveira Manuel
Published: November 2023

The alteration in daily life resulting from the pandemic stimulates symptomatic presentations of the unconscious in the lives of people for whom reality has become a strange experience derived from the protocols, objects, and messages of the so-called new normal. The sixth chapter titled Going Viral: Survival Design explores those protocols, objects and messages that have become central to life during the pandemic. Face masks, cleaning products, banners, or other things have functioned as markers and symptoms of the situation. Some of them have been inventions with a strong DIY element, such as the hats created to enforce social distancing in Chinese schools. The chapter explores issues of functionality and objecthood in relation to everyday life, and domesticity, dealing with creativity within these realms; but also it explores the implications for the public space, especially those derived from the messages placed everywhere. An explosion of communication filled windows, doors and even the streets once we were allowed to escape confinement. This can be understood as if the social body affected by the pandemic were talking about fragility, urgency and survival produced by the ineffective neoliberal paradigm. In the social body’s many voices we can find references and tools to interpret the imperative viral reality that requires a search for new keys and paradigms.
The Rise of Digital Governmentality in the Era of Covid-19
Authors: Reichert Ramón
Published: November 2023

A decisive effect of the worldwide spread of the corona virus is the transformation of digital lifestyle media into state-used recording, storage and distribution media. With the pandemic spread of the virus, the tectonics of digital power may have shifted the way forward. The global threat posed by the corona virus is transforming mobile media and their software applications into state-organized surveillance technologies. Mobility tracking is regarded by health authorities and government officials as a reliable data basis for enforcing political decisions as legitimate. Seen in this way, digital media take over the empirical basis of political action. The disciplinary techniques of state surveillance and punishment are migrating into all areas of digital communication and affect mobile media (geo-tracking), stop corona apps (monitoring), social media (blaming) and selfies (self-evidence). In a global comparison, this paper will compare different national strategies and also include non-western countries. In this context, this investigation is investigating the biosurveillance in China, Singapore and Hong Kong (SenseTime, TikTok etc.), the secret service control in Israel and the use of robotics in Tunisia.
Societies in Movement
Authors: Sitrin Marina
Published: November 2023

This chapter explores the new networks of mutual aid, solidarity and care that have emerged around the world in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and through describing them, often using the voices of those organizing on the ground, argues that within these day-to-day relationships of care we see not so much social movements as traditionally understood, but rather societies in movement, within which are the seeds of a new society. This phenomenon is linked to the past twenty years of horizontal, autonomous, and affective (care and trust based) forms of organizing, which has been striving to prefigure a new society in the shell of the old. As with many prefigurative movements, as will be described so as to better locate this global rise in mutual aid, they generally do not come from people organizing with a plan to change society or even people who have been involved in political organizing, but arise from necessity, and in that need find that the most useful—and most empowering and enjoyable—way of organizing is horizontally, sharing power and creating space for equal participation and mutual care.
Pandemic Pastoral
Authors: Ramírez-Blanco Julia
Published: November 2023

Ramírez-Blanco reads the complex representations of the “natural” realm that have taken place during those times in which people felt further than ever from other forms of life, human or non-human. Confinement in many cities gave rise to empty streets, and vacant buildings, creating images of uncanny beauty that can be perceived as a kind of “pandemic sublime”. However, many people trapped at home became ever more nostalgic for an idealized nature, perceived through their computers and phones, and which mediated in different fictionalized or direct ways with the non-human realm. Through videos, phone calls with non-human animals, or even a “back to the land” movement after confinement, this chapter traces how the “pandemic sublime” has lead to the construction of what can be termed a “pandemic pastoral”. The author makes clear how, in its sentimental and non-ideological dimensions, this imaginary needs to be politicized if we want to respond to the next global emergency: that of present climate change and environmental destruction which led to the pandemic in the first place.
Improvement of indicators characterizing the health status of mothers. Establishment of perinatal centers throughout the Azerbaijan Republic.
Authors: Gurbanova Jamila Fazil  , Rzaуeva Lala Arsalan  , Mamedzade Gulnara Tudjar  , Hasanova Afat Sadig  , Mustafayeva Kamala Arif
Published: November 2023

To improve maternity care services in the Republic, monitoring was conducted in three areas: antenatal, obstetric, and neonatal. As a result of identified monitoring deficiencies, districts were regionalized, and a three-tiered organizational structure for the maternal and child health protection system was introduced. Material and technical resources were strengthened at all service levels in line with healthcare reform, leading to improved quality of services during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
Evaluation of the antioxidant and antibacterial activity in vitro of the trunk bark of Canarium schweinfurthii Engl (Burseraceae)
Authors: Valère Igor Deumi Monthe  , Patrick Yamen Mbopi  , Cyrielle Signe Mawout  , Jean Jacques Tchouani  , Pierre Réne Fotsing Kwetche  , Jeanne Yonkeu Ngogang
Published: November 2023

The high incidence of infectious diseases and the emergence of resistance to modern drugs are current public health concerns. This situation leads to the search for alternatives via medicinal plants. To investigate the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of hydroalcoholic extract of Canarium schweinfurthii trunk bark commonly used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various pathologies. The primary phytochemical study was performed on hydro alcoholic extract of the trunk bark dried in the shade. The antioxidant activity of the extract was evaluated using ferric reducing power and the free radical scavenging activity against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and the antibacterial test and MIC was determined by using dilution methods against twenty-two strains of bacteria. The phytochemical screening has shown the presence of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, alkaloids and steroids. The antioxidant activity demonstrated that the extract at the concentration of 500μg/mL scavenges DPPH and the ferric ion by 65.07%, and 90.36% of the radicals respectively. The antibacterial activity demonstated that the extract ihnibited the strains used independently of the gram with MICs varying between 1.95 and 31.25mg/mL. The extract also showed an absolute bactericidal potential on multiresistant strains. The antibacterial potential could be due to the presence of phenolic compounds. The activities of hydro-ethanolic extracts of C. schweinfurthii suggest that the latter would be a potential raw material for the production of improved traditional medicines
Knowledge of childhood immunization among mothers in Umueze in 0sisioma Ngwa local government area of Abia State
Authors: Prince Ezenwa Ndubueze Onyemachi
Published: November 2023

Background: Childhood immunization almost guarantees protection from many major diseases, it is widely considered to be ‘overwhelmingly good’ by the scientific community. It averts an estimated 2.5 million deaths per year in all age groups from vaccine preventable diseases (VPD). Objective: To determine the knowledge of childhood immunization among mothers in Umueze in OsisiomaNgwa Local Government Area (LGA). Methods and materials: A cross-sectional study performed in Umueze Community in OsisiomaNgwa (LGA) in, Abia State, Nigeria. Self/interviewer questionnaires were administered to 480 women for the study. The collected data were cleaned, coded and entered into SPSS version 26 for analysis, Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to identify variables having a significant association with maternal knowledge. Result: A total of 480 women selected with a non-response rate of 30 (6.3%). Mean age was 35 ± 7.246. Majority of mothers 264 (58.7%) got information on immunization from health workers. Majority of mothers 300 (66.7%) believed that immunization is important. Three hundred and seventy (82.0%) believed that there was a benefit of immunization, 360 (80.0%) believed that immunization was free, 350 (77.8%) believed that lack of centres was the cause of reduced child immunization, 370 (82.2%) started immunizing their children after birth, 245 (54.4%) mothers gave their children all the immunization and 235 (54.7%) knew route of administration of BCG, while 355 (78.9%) women had good knowledge of immunization. Mothers who attended primary schools and above (AOR; 5.210 p = 0.002), married mothers (AOR; 4.224, p =0.03) Mothers age ≤ 35 years (AOR; 2.415 p = 0.001were statistically associated with maternal knowledgeable of immunization. Christian mothers (2.309, p = 0.12) were not statistically associated with maternal knowledge of immunization. Conclusion: Maternal knowledge of immunization is very important in immunization services.
Family conflict: Risk factor for low adherence in adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Greek families
Authors: Alexandra Skodra  , Vasiliki Matziou  , Sofia Zyga  , Ioannis Kasimis  , Varvara Boutopoulou  , Effrosyni Vlachioti  , Koumpagioti Despoina  , Konstantaki Evanthia  , Pantelis Perdikaris
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Type 1 Diabetes Melitus (T1DM) treatment is demanding, due to daily blood glucose monitoring, certain diet plan, specific exercise program, multiple daily insulin injections, and management of episodes of hypo- or hyperglycemia. Family conflict may play a significant role in the adherence of adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Purpose: To evaluate Greek families’ conflicts and determine their relationship with T1DM adolescents’ adherence. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2021 to June 2022. Due to COVID-19 restriction, all the interviews were conducted through online survey. Three questionnaires were distributed to the adolescents. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory tool, Diabetes Self-Management Profile and Collaborative Parent Involvement Scale for Youths Questionnaire. PeDsQL was distributed to their parents as well. Results: 59 adolescents (N=21) aged 10-19 years and their parents (N=38) participated. The mean values of PedsQL for all five factors ranged from 55.7 (Worry subcategory) to 77.8 (Treatment adherence), showing an overall moderate QoL. According to the mean values, parents’ perspectives PedsQL for all five factors ranged from 38.6 (Worry subcategory) to 77 (Treatment adherence), showing an overall moderate QoL. Mean DSMP score indicated a high level of adherence of children with diabetes mellitus to their treatment, whilst mean cooperation score indicated a high level of cooperation between parents and adolescents with T1DM and low level of FC. Bivariate analysis revealed that less FC was related to better treatment adherence in adolescents. Conclusions: T1DM management remains challenging, particularly as children grow older and move into adolescence. The family can play a significant role in T1DM management. Diabetes multidisciplinary teams should evaluate and understand family members' interactions detecting inter-family problems such as high frequency of FC. Provision of family support can improve communication between adolescents and parents and may reduce FC resulting in better T1DM treatment adherence and outcomes.
Toward the Believability of Non-Player Characters (NPC) Movement in Video Games
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt, Mohamed Rawia ,   Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt,   Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt, Adrousy Waleed Al , Elmougy Samir
Published: November 2023

In video games, artificial intelligence is the effort of going beyond scripted interactions, however complex into the arena of truly interactive systems. To make a game world appear more real, these video games must be responsive, adaptive, and intelligent. For example, in real time strategy games, if there is an enemy seekinghunting the player, it will be moving in paths, turning around and even maybe jumping in order to find the player. In this case, if the enemy actsmoves more real like human, it will be a benefit for making the game more attractive and exciting. This paper aims to develop a fast, intelligent, and realistic pathfinding approach that makes a user feel that heshe is playing with a human being instead of a machine. To achieve this, this paper presents a Heap Heuristic A* Algorithm as an enhancement of A* algorithm, in which the Chebyshev distance is used to control the smoothness of the resulted path and heapsort algorithm to sort the nodes easily without a lot of memory consumption. Compared to the pervious improved A* algorithms, the proposed algorithm produces a smoother path while consuming less memory to get a final result of human like movement. The experiments results showed that the proposed algorithm reduced the computing time by 66.6% using a grid size of 200*200 compared with A*MOD algorithm. Also, they showed that the proposed work takes almost 91ms to find the path compared to 363 ms and 116 ms when Native A* and A*MOD algorithms are used, respectively, Furthermore, the proposed algorithm performance remains stable in the case of increasing the number of visited nodes, despite the changing order of obstacles.
Assessment of difficult Airway management protocols used in selected Libyan hospitals and identify Major complications (Survey)
Authors: Abuokra Kaothar S , Hamza Afaf  J. , Emhmed Sumia  R , Al farnouk Arwa M , Abooadn Malak  A , Al taloua Mariam M
Published: November 2023

Airway management is a medical process that used to control the ventilation in clear airway problems. Most of times obstructed airway occurs due to loss of consciousness which is common in patients with serious illness or patients who require resuscitation, which may lead to cardiorespiratory arrest. In which a rapid assessment of a patient’s airway, ventilation and lung oxygenation is required to avoid hypoxia and its complications on the brain and other organs. Difficult airway management is being an alarming issue in anesthesia and in emergencies that the anesthesiologists faced with ventilation mask, tracheal incubation in some cases. The current study's goals are to evaluate and contrast the procedures and recommendations for difficult airway management that employed in selected Libyan hospitals. Using a questionnaire, the study was conducted in five hospitals in western Libya between December 2017 and June 2018. SPSS software and the F test used to analyze the collected data. The results of this study confirmed that there is no significant difference in techniques used in management patients with of difficult intubation among compared hospitals in the selected sample. To conclude, most of airway complications are unsuspected and can increase the mortality rate, particularly in the intensive care unit and emergency department, which must have well trained, prepared and educated staff in addition the most developed devices. These complications include; pulmonary aspiration, esophageal intubation, and failed airway management.
Hubungan Implementasi Biaya Pendidikan Gratis dengan Minat Belajar Siswa
Authors: Wolio Asis , Saidah Ummu , Rajab La
Published: November 2023

One of the efforts to implement improvements in the field of education is to implement the school policy of Providing cheap and easy education for the people which means that education must be organized for the people which must be easy to follow or reach for all people. This study aims to determine the relationship between the implementation of free education costs and students' interest in learning. Subject 6 students 1 teacher. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. This research uses research types in the form of data grouping, data reduction, and data interpretation. The results of this study found that the implementation of free education fees is very helpful for students in learning when at school or at home. With free tuition fees students can concentrate in studying and diligently to go to school. In addition, students' interest in learning is very good, this can be seen in the learning process and students' enthusiasm to know and understand well the material presented by the teacher in class.
The Implementation of Merdeka Curriculum in English Subject
Authors: Wilson Stephen , Nurkhamidah Neni
Published: November 2023

Merdeka Curriculum is a brand-new curriculum that was designed to give the students a fun learning experience, without any stress and pressure to reveal their natural talent in learning. The purpose of Merdeka Curriculum is to create a learning environment without any stress and pressure that the students experience in the learning process. This study will analyze the implementation of Merdeka Curriculum of grade X English subject in SMA Negeri 85 Jakarta Barat. The study method that was used in this study is Qualitative approach by collecting information in the observation process in grade X class while conducting English subject, and interview with the grade X English teacher with the data collection type of “what” and “why” subjectively. The results of data analysis shows that there are challenges in implementing the Merdeka Curriculum in grade X English subject in balancing the differentiation competency levels of students that were too far. The findings imply that teachers need special training in implementing the Merdeka Curriculum to solve the problem that was mentioned
Kiến thức, thái độ phòng ngừa nôn trớ ở trẻ em của các bà mẹ sinh con tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa Nông Nghiệp
Authors: Lương Thị Liên , Trương Quang Trung , Bùi Thị Hoa
Published: November 2023

Mục tiêu: Mô tả kiến thức, thái độ của bà mẹ mới sinh về phòng ngừa nôn, trớ ở trẻ sơ sinh tại bệnh viện đa khoa Nông nghiệp.
Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang được thực hiện trên 252 bà mẹ mới sinh con sau 2- 5 ngày tại khoa sản Bệnh viện Nông nghiệp trong thời gian từ tháng 8/2022 đến tháng 8/2023.
Kết quả: Bà mẹ có kiến thức tốt chiếm 36,5%, kiến thức trung bình 40,9%, kiến thức kém là 22,6%. Bà mẹ có thái độ tích cực chiếm 79,4%, thái độ chưa tích cực 20,6%.
Kết luận: Cần tiếp tục giáo dục sức khoẻ tới bà mẹ có kiến thức trung bình và kém để nâng cao kiến thức, thái độ về phòng nôn trớ cho trẻ sơ sinh.
Üniversite Kütüphanelerinde Teknolojik ve Kurumsal Bilgi Güvenliği Önlemlerinin Uygulanma Yeterliliği
Authors: KAVAK Ali , ODABAŞ Hüseyin
Published: November 2023

Amaç: Bilgi güvenliği konusu, içinde bulunduğumuz dijital çağda üzerinde durulan önemli konulardan biridir. Özelliklede bilginin merkezi kütüphaneler için bu konu daha da önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Bilgi merkezleri arasında özgünlükleriyle öne çıkan üniversite kütüphaneleri, bünyelerindeki bilgi varlıklarında kurumsal ve kişisel birçok veri ve bilgiyi barındırmaktadır. Bu nedenle üniversite kütüphanelerinde bilgi varlıklarının güvenliği önemli bir konudur. Bu çalışmada üniversite kütüphanelerinde bilgi güvenliği tehditlerine karşı teknolojik ve kurumsal bilgi güvenliği önlemlerinin uygulanma düzeylerinin tespiti ve yeterlilik durumlarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Yöntem: Araştırmada, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden tarama yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evreni Türkiye’de faaliyet gösteren üniversite kütüphanelerinde görev yapan personeldir. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemi ile bu evren içerisinde belirlenen örneklem gruba araştırma kapsamında geliştirilen anket uygulanmıştır.

Bulgular: Türkiye’de üniversite kütüphanelerinde teknolojik ve kurumsal bilgi güvenliği önlemlerinin çoğunun “iyi” düzeyde uygulandığına ilişkin katılımcı görüşlerinin yüksek oranlarda olduğu görülmüştür. Fakat bu önlemlerin “hiç uygulanmadığı” veya “kötü” ve “orta” düzeylerde uygulandığı konusunda katılımcı görüşleri oranlarının da kayda değer düzeylerde olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Sonuç: Türkiye'deki üniversite kütüphanelerinde teknolojik ve kurumsal bilgi güvenliği önlemlerinin genel olarak orta düzeyin üzerinde uygulandığı, ancak bilgi güvenliği yönetimi açısından yeterli düzeylerde olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Özellikle kurumsal bilgi güvenliği önlemlerin uygulanması konusundaki yeterliliğin daha düşük düzeylerde olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Bu durumu etkileyen başlıca faktörler arasında, kurumsal farkındalık ve eğitim çalışmalarının eksikliği bulunmaktadır.

Özgünlük: Türkiye’de kütüphanecilik camiasında bilgi güvenliği konusunda çalışmaların kısıtlı olması, özelliklede üniversite kütüphanelerinde bu konuda kapsamlı bir çalışmamanın olmaması nedenleriyle bu çalışmayı özgün kılmaktadır. Ayrıca bilgi ve belge yönetimi disiplini içerisinde yer alan tüm paydaşlarda bu konudaki farkındalığın gelişmesine katkı sunması bakımından da özgün bir çalışma olduğu düşünülmektedir.
Manager's Income Smoothing Actions Due to Debt Policy: The Moderating Role of Tax Avoidance
Authors: Firmansyah Amrie , Geno Muchamad Rizal Pua , Prakosa Dani Kharismawan , Pamungkas Pria Aji , Purwaka Adhitya Jati
Published: November 2023

The manager carries out income-smoothing actions to guard the stability of profit. Stability and high profits are considered an indicator of a low-risk company. The manager made this effort to increase investor belief in providing the company with source funds. This study aims to test the effect of debt policy on action income smoothing. This research also includes tax avoidance as a moderating variable in this association. This study employs data derived from financial statements of listed manufacturing companies on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from 2016 until 2021—research data sourced from www.idnfinancials.com. Samples employed in this study totaled 564 observations (firm-year). Testing hypothesis is using analysis of multiple linear regression for panel data. This study finds that debt policy is positively associated with income smoothing. However, tax avoidance has no role in moderating the association between debt policy and income smoothing. This study contributes to developing literature on income smoothing in financial accounting research frameworks using different proxies in the Indonesian context.
Sanksi Pidana Bagi Tindakan yang Merugikan Keuangan Negara di Masa Pandemi
Authors: Irawan Ferry , Azyati Tarisa , Putri Shalma Inudia , Khubudina Umdah , Rudhiya Zahra
Published: November 2023

Pandemi Covid-19 merebak di Indonesia di awal tahun 2020. World Health Organization (WHO) menyatakan bahwa virus ini menjadi pandemi global. Penyebarannya yang sangat cepat dan mudah menyebabkan seluruh negara harus segera memberlakukan kebijakan-kebijakan baru untuk melindungi warga negaranya, termasuk Indonesia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengelaborasi sanksi pidana bagi tindakan pejabat yang merugikan keuangan negara di masa pandemi Covid-19. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan yuridis. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan melakukan penelusuran dokumen-dokumen yang berkaitan dengan penelitian. Rujukan data yang digunakan adalah bahan hukum primer dan sekunder. Data yang telah dikumpulkan selanjutnya diolah dan dilakukan analisis dengan cara penafsiran hukum. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah Indonesia telah menerapkan berbagai kebijakan untuk menghadapi pandemi covid-19 dan sebagai upaya pemulihan semua sektor yang terdampak akibat pandemi. Pemerintah telah melakukan Refocusing dan Realokasi Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) untuk melindungi masyarakat. Pejabat yang menyalahgunakan wewenang dan merugikan keuangan negara di masa pandemi Covid-19 selayaknya mendapatkan sanksi pidana yang sesuai atas tindakannya
СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ НОРМАТИВНОЙ БАЗЫ СЕЙСМОСТОЙКОГО СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВА
Authors: Аптикаев Ф.Ф. , Эртелева О.О.
Published: November 2023

Развитие теоретических основ оценки сейсмической опасности, накопление новых эмпирических данных по сильным движениям грунта, выявление ранее неизвестных закономерностей генерации и распространения сейсмических волн, модернизация уравнений затухания параметров сильного движения грунта и разработка новых соотношений, связывающих характеристики сейсмических колебаний – все это делает необходимым актуализацию действующих нормативных документов. Прежде всего, необходимо испра- вить терминологические неточности. Первоочередная проблема – соотношение детального сейсмического районирования (ДСР) и уточнение исходной сейсмичности (УИС). Среди разработчиков новых СП наблюдается негативное отношение к ДСР, очевидно вследствие того, что этот вид работ требует больших материальных затрат и времени. Возможно, это связано с неверным опре- делением ДСР. Другой проблемой строительных норм является использование УИС, цели, задачи и состав исследований этого вида работ нигде не описаны. Более того, описание УИС даже отсутствует в списке терминов и определений. Требуют уточнения и другие термины. Необходимо ввести в практику использование скорости и смещения грунта, продолжительности колебаний, энергетиче- ских характеристик сейсмического воздействия. Назрел отказ от шкалы MSK-64 и переход на новую шкалу сейсмической интенсив- ности ГОСТ Р 57546‑2017. Модернизация необходима как для одного из основных нормативных документов СП 14.13330.2018, так и для многих других нормативных документов. Не являются исключением строительные правила, регламентирующие проведение работ по детальному сейсмическому районированию: СП 286.1325800.2016 и СП 408.1325800.2018. В настоящей работе делается попытка устранить противоречия, присущие действующим строительным нормам, и предлагается усовершенствованный метод оценки параметров сейсмического движения грунта.
РАСЧЕТ ПРОГНОЗА ПОДТОПЛЯЕМОСТИ ЗАСТРАИВАЕМЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ
Authors: Шмелев Г.Д. , Чигарев А.Г.
Published: November 2023

В статье рассмотрен один из возможных подходов к расчету и прогнозированию подтопляемости застраиваемых и застроенных территорий, выполненный в условиях ограниченной информации о фильтрационных свойствах грунтов и отсутствии данных дли- тельных наблюдений за сезонными колебаниями уровня грунтовых вод на рассматриваемой территории. Предлагаемый в статье метод прогноза основан на данных двух отчетов по результатам инженерно-геологических исследований, выполненных на исследуе- мой территории, с временным лагом в пять лет. При выполнении прогноза выполнены расчеты по качественной и количественной оценкам подтопляемости исследуемой территории.
The Impact of Emotion Regulation Improvements on Intolerance of Uncertainty During Emotion Regulation Therapy
Authors: Clayton Michal , Renna Megan , Weingast Leah , Panjwani Aliza , Spaeth Phillip , Heimberg Richard , Fresco David , Mennin Douglas
Published: November 2023

Both intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and impoverished emotion regulation repertoires characterize generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Across two treatment studies, we explored relationships between two emotion regulation skills, decentering and reappraisal, and IU during emotion regulation therapy (ERT). Participants were treatment-seeking individuals diagnosed with GAD. Study 1 included data from two open trials of ERT (N = 52), and Study 2 examined data from a randomized controlled trial of ERT (n = 28) versus a minimal attention control (n = 25). IU and emotion regulation skills were measured at pre-, mid-, and post-treatment. Mediation models explored indirect effects of emotion regulation skills on the relationship between time (Study 1) or group (Study 2) and intolerance of uncertainty. Results demonstrated improvements in emotion regulation skills and reductions in IU during ERT. Greater use of reappraisal and decentering was associated with reduced IU over time. Tests of indirect effects suggested that observed between-group differences in IU can be explained by changes in emotion regulation skills. The findings from these studies highlight the utility of non-IU-specific interventions to help individuals tolerate uncertainty. Exploring the impact of emotion regulation skills on IU could lead to improvements in treating GAD.
Examining the Joint Factor Structure of Mania, Internalizing, and Thought Disorder Symptoms in a Large Online Sample
Authors: Stanton Kasey , Mostajabi Janan , Myntti Warner , Willis Liana , Yun Juyoung , Osborne Hanna , Brewer Kasidee L.
Published: November 2023

The optimal classification of mania symptoms within dimensional models of psychopathology remains unclear, due in part to most prior research using composite categorical ratings of mania/bipolar disorder rather than ratings of specific symptoms. We addressed this gap by examining the structure of self-reported symptom-level ratings of mania, internalizing, and thought disorder in adults (N = 1,112) recruited online who self-identified as having significant mental health histories. Although prior research suggests that mania symptoms overlap strongly with both internalizing and thought disorder, our results indicated much closer alignment with thought disorder than internalizing when examining a two-factor structure. Even when examining a three-factor structure, manic symptoms such as grandiosity loaded strongly onto a common factor with positive psychosis symptoms. However, symptoms such as racing thoughts and excessive energy loaded strongly onto a separate Agitation factor potentially representing a subspectrum within thought disorder. Agitation showed some unique correlates (e.g., with stimulant medication use), indicating heterogeneity within the broader thought disorder spectrum. Future directions extending this research include incorporating assessment of other psychopathology (e.g., externalizing), examining the cross-method consistency of results (e.g., when using interviews), and determining symptom course and interrelations using intensive longitudinal designs.
THE INSTITUTE OF INITIATING CASES OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSE IN THE LIGHT OF CONTROL (SUPERVISION) REFORM
Authors: Karitskaya Anastasia A.
Published: November 2023

The modern concept of regulation of state control (supervision), municipal control assumes its coordination with the legislation on administrative responsibility to ensure the orderly application of state coercion. At the same time, the basic prerequisites for adjusting the grounds for bringing to administrative responsibility are currently set precisely by the legislation on control (supervision), which is focused on preventing and suppressing violations of mandatory requirements, and not on punishing them. The measures taken to achieve this goal indicate that at the regulatory level in Russia, a model of subordination of proceedings on administrative offences in relation to control and supervisory proceedings is being formed by limiting the grounds for initiating cases of administrative offenses, expressed in noncompliance with mandatory requirements. Within the framework of this model, the legislator introduces special restrictions to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation regarding the initiation of cases of administrative offences related to noncompliance with mandatory requirements, which are aimed at reducing the administrative burden on economic activity. However, in practice, the relevant legal regulations are applied restrictively and not to the full extent, which makes it dificult to implement the model of administrativelaw measures enshrined in the legislation, by virtue of which bringing to administrative responsibility should follow the conduct of control (supervision), not ahead of them.
MASSA FRESCA TIPO PASTEL COM ADIÇÃO DE ÁCIDO FUMÁRICO
Authors: Jaremtchuk Rafael , Oliveira Veridiana de Almeida Flores de , Castro Fernanda Francielle de , Silva Natallya Marques da , Guedes Carmen Torres , Modesto Francielle Frirdrichesn Sgorlon , Pretes Natalia Santos , Santos Amanda Tatiane Correa Pereira dos , Oliveira Pablo Ricardo Sanches de , Dutra Rita de Cassia
Published: November 2023

Este trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a aplicabilidade do ácido fumárico em massas frescas tipo pastel, com a finalidade de reduzir o escurecimento do produto ao longo de seu shelf life. Os resultados foram obtidos a partir da coleta de três amostras de farinhas destinadas à indústria de massas, coletadas no diagrama de moagem de trigo da empresa Bunge Alimentos S.A.. As amostras coletadas foram analisadas puras e posteriormente com a adição de dois mil ppm de ácido fumárico. Após as análises, realizou-se a elaboração experimental de massas frescas tipo pastel, com uma formulação padrão e, nas mesmas condições, com adição de ácido fumárico.
Uso de insignias para potenciar el rendimiento académico en la asignatura virtual de Física
Authors: Delgado-Cobeña Elan Ignacio , Carrión-Cano Hernán Alexi , Montes-Rodríguez Carlos Arturo
Published: November 2023

El trabajo de investigación pretendió determinar qué tan factible resulta la aplicación de un programa de entrega de insignias digitales enmarcada en un entorno virtual de aprendizaje para fomentar la motivación y la mejora del rendimiento académico en los estudiantes. El diseño metodológico se basó en un estudio comparativo de carácter cuasi experimental entre un grupo de control y un grupo de prueba, se contó con la participación de 260 estudiantes de la asignatura física del curso de nivelación de carrera en la Universidad Técnica de Manabí de la provincia de Manabí – Ecuador. El análisis de los datos abordó diversas pruebas de hipótesis estadísticas como la prueba Chi – cuadrada para el análisis del cumplimiento de las actividades, la prueba Kolmogrov – Smirnov para el análisis de normalidad de los datos y la prueba U de Mann – Whitney para la valoración del rendimiento académico entre los grupos de análisis. Entre los resultados se destacan las diferencias significativas en el análisis del rendimiento académico a favor del grupo de control, sin embargo, para el análisis del cumplimiento de actividades, los resultados no son concluyentes al buscar mejorar el porcentaje de desarrollo de las actividades propuestas en el aula virtual. Se concluye que la entrega de insignias digitales en un entorno virtual de aprendizaje resultan ser una herramienta efectiva para el desarrollo académico individual al fomentar la participación y competencia.
Dispositivo remoto de monitoreo fisiológico para pequeñas especies
Authors: Journal MQRInvestigar , Morocho-Duy Italo Adrian , Rubio-Arias Pablo Giovanny , Morocho-Tenezaca Wilson Geovanny
Published: November 2023

Con el avance en el desarrollo de dispositivos electrónicos destinados a aplicaciones médicas, hemos concebido un dispositivo que contribuirá de manera significativa a la gestión de pacientes. El propósito de este proyecto se centró en la creación de un brazalete de monitoreo fisiológico inalámbrico, diseñado específicamente para su uso en pequeñas especies. Este dispositivo se fabricó mediante tecnología de impresión 3D y se equipó con los componentes necesarios, que incluyen un regulador LM35, un microcontrolador ATMEGA 328P, un condensador de 100 microfaradios, condensadores de 22 picofaradios, un cristal oscilador de 16 MHz, una resistencia de 2K, un LED verde y un pulsante, ara la captura de los parámetros fisiológicos, incorporamos un sensor MAX30102 que proporciona mediciones de la frecuencia cardíaca y la saturación de oxígeno, así como un sensor LM32 para la temperatura. Además, se incorporó un sensor de bluetooth y wifi que permite transmitir los datos fisiológicos a un dispositivo electrónico, como un celular, el dispositivo se sometió a pruebas en 30 pacientes con un peso comprendido entre 4 y 25 kg, en diferentes contextos, incluyendo 10 en cirugías, 10 en recuperación y 10 en consultas médicas. Para evaluar su eficacia, comparamos los resultados obtenidos por el dispositivo con los de dos pulsioxímetros, así como con mediciones manuales utilizando un fonendoscopio y un termómetro digital. Los resultados demostraron de manera concluyente la viabilidad y efectividad de este producto.
Sistema de actividades para el desarrollo socioafectivo en niños de 4 a 5 años
Authors: Mero-Montes Mayra Margarita , Samada-Grasst Yanet
Published: November 2023

El desarrollo socioafectivo desde las primeras edades es de vital importancia para potenciar habilidades de comunicación y manejo de las emociones, fortaleciendo así el vínculo familiar y las relaciones interpersonales. La interacción de los niños con otros compañeros de su edad es imprescindible para poder desarrollar habilidades motoras, cognitivas, socio afectivas y del lenguaje. En la investigación se proyectó como objetivo: diseñar un sistema de actividades para el desarrollo socioafectivo en niños de 4 a 5 años de la Unidad Educativa “Federico González Suárez”. Para ellos se realizó una investigación bajo un enfoque mixto cuali-cuantitativo de tipo descriptiva, además se trabajó con los métodos teóricos como el inductivo – deductivo, el análisis-síntesis y los empíricos dentro de los cuales se utilizó la entrevista, encuesta y ficha de observación. Los resultados indicaron que la gran mayoría de los niños no saludan cuando llegan al salón de clase y no siempre respetan las normas de convivencia. En cuanto a la relación con sus compañeros se puede notar que existe una buena empatía entre ellos y en relación con sus emociones se puede indicar que ellos si reaccionan cuando alguna persona se encuentra alegre o triste, lo cual implica un grado afectivo y expresando ellos sus emociones también. Se concluye que el desarrollo socio afectivo de los niños es un elemento clave para su crecimiento pues las emociones y los sentimientos se encuentran presentes a lo largo de su desarrollo.
A EXCLUSÃO DE ENCARGOS SETORIAIS VINCULADOS À DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE ENERGIA DA BASE DE CÁLCULO DE PIS E COFINS
Authors: Da Silva Alexandre Souza , Feitosa Neto Nelson Mendes
Published: November 2023

O presente trabalho aborda a estrutura tarifária das distribuidoras de energia elétrica e a incidência de PIS e COFINS sobre os encargos setoriais. No início, são apresentadas breves considerações sobre o setor elétrico, destacando os processos de geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia, bem como a estrutura tarifária da distribuidora de energia. Por fim, o estudo aborda a incidência de PIS e COFINS sobre os encargos setoriais, destacando a posição da doutrina e dos tribunais superiores. Conclui-se que os encargos setoriais não devem ser incluídos na base de cálculo de PIS e COFINS, por não configurarem um ingresso financeiro definitivo para a empresa distribuidora de energia.
A COMUNICAÇÃO EM REDE: DOS MOINHOS ÀS REDES SOCIAIS, UMA REFLEXÃO SOBRE O PODER E OS MEIOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO
Authors: Caporal Gibsy Lisie Soares , Fossá Maria Ivete Trevisan
Published: November 2023

Este é um artigo que procura analisar as relações de poder e os meios de comunicação com o objetivo abordar o tema da comunicação na sociedade em rede e o avanço tecnológico vivenciado e seus efeitos. Dom Quixote é o personagem que nos oferece a simbologia do eixo comunicativo que buscamos na literatura para dar o tom do entendimento sobre o simbólico nas relações de comunicação e poder e assim analisarmos as teorias e as definições de comunicação em rede. Os conceitos e analises são feitas destacando dois importantes autores da comunicação como tecnologia que são MacLuhan (1965) e Castells (2000, 2016). Dessa proposta observa-se o avanço da tecnologia para uma sociedade conectada em rede e que tem no individualismo e na busca pela felicidade seu alicerce de poder e relação na comunicação, coincidimos em analisar a mudança de perspectiva social para uma perspectiva de cultura material. Ao final, concluímos que há efeitos na fragmentação do ser humano na sociedade em rede que passam pelas novas relações sociais e as mudanças estão acontecendo do ambiente virtual, produzindo efeitos reais tanto no ambiente on-line como off-line.