bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Holocaust Denial as Memory Criminal Law Seen Through the Nordic Lenses
Authors: Nuotio Kimmo
Published: November 2023

Dealing with historical matters by means of law has become increasingly common. The matters, such as the Holocaust, that have merited the attention of legislatures are, however, exceptional. The painful memory of the horrible events has required a profound rethinking of the basic premises of political and legal life in Europe.

When criminal law is being used to protect the memory of those facts and of the victims of the offences, we enter a level of highly symbolical legislation. In Continental Europe, the discussions concerning criminalisation of Holocaust denial emerged in the 1970’s, and in the 1990’s criminalising was already in full swing.

The Nordic countries have been slow in joining such developments. In this paper we will try to bring the Nordic countries on this map by introducing some of these discussions to the Nordic scholarly audience, but also by reporting to the international scholarly community about some Nordic and particularly Finnish aspects of those subject issues. It is time for Nordic criminal law scholars to join these debates and to bring in viewpoints on the basis of Nordic criminal law and theorising. This article aims at contributing to such a discussion.
Actual directions of modernization of the mechanism of the internal control service
Authors: Volostrigova Daria , Turgaeva Aksana
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this work was to study the current directions of modernization of the mechanism of the internal control service on the example of an economic entity. The paper described the growing popularity of corporate fraud in organizations regardless of their size and specialization. The author of the work examined the key provisions that are associated with the real sector of the economy in Russia, in particular with the food industry sector. Based on a preliminary analysis, the main aspects that characterize an economic entity from the standpoint of the specifics of the organization's activities, its place in the market, as well as the types of products sold were described. The author studied the specific risks associated with the activities of an economic entity, namely the risks of urgency and the risks associated with interaction with counterparties. With the growth of corporate fraud, the role of internal control increases, as a result of which the author analyzed the total expenses of the organization. In the course of the analysis, it was revealed that against the background of a decrease in management expenses, there was a decrease in non-current assets and an increase in accounts payable. Taking into account the analysis carried out, the author proposed a number of measures to improve the internal control system in an economic entity, aimed at changing the existing control mechanism and transition to more efficient mechanisms. To assess the need to change the existing internal control system, an analysis was made of some of the cost items that could be saved. In the final part of the work, a comparative analysis was carried out between the costs of transforming the internal control system and possible losses without making adjustments.
Risks of human rights violations while ensuring the working conditions of employees at the enterprise
Authors: Lifanovskaya Oksana , Taranova Yulia , Ivanova Anastasia
Published: November 2023

The risks of human rights violations are increasingly becoming an object of close attention on the part of society, the state, and enterprises. The analysis showed that the right to work in conditions that meet the requirements of safety and hygiene is one of the most important for the worker. The state has formed a mechanism to ensure this right. However, it is not uncommon for businesses to fail to meet the requirements of health and safety standards. In this aspect, there are both direct and indirect violations, as well as violations in the supply chain due to the connivance of the actions of partners. In world practice, more and more attention is paid to the due diligence of companies in matters of human rights. At present, the business itself has become interested in reducing such violations, as this is fraught with risks, and therefore with consequences. Russian companies do not stand aside. Corporate responsibility reports increasingly contain information on the risks of human rights violations and the company's actions in this direction — ensuring human rights in business. Observance and respect for human rights is becoming an important indicator of the level of development of society and business. As a result of the study, the authors present the risks of violation of the employee's rights to decent working conditions and consider the positive consequences of the absence of these violations. It should be noted that the article attempts to develop indicators of the risks of violation of working conditions, as well as to determine target values for indicators within the framework of the activities of an individual enterprise.
The use of graph analysis in building a company's marketing and investment strategy on the example of «Aiteco»
Authors: Kalinin Daniil , Drobyshev Ilya , Prasolov Valeriy
Published: November 2023

The analysis of the constructed graph for Aiteko showed that the company has more than a dozen partners of the first order, also distinguishing partners by category. The analysis showed that the company has access to large European and Asian developers, as well as intra-channel intersections. It seems possible to analyze the state participants of interaction only through the channels of public procurement, which limits the possibilities of research and displays only unidirectional relationships. A social network is a structure in which the nodes are a set of social actors connected to each other by various types of relationships. Due to the complexity of the actors and the relationships between them, social networks are always represented as a weighted, labeled and directed graph. Social network analysis is a set of methods for identifying and measuring the magnitude of pressure. Social network analysis also focuses on visualization methods for studying the structure of networks. It has gained a significant following in many fields of application. To maintain the integrity of each relationship cluster, an entity can be plotted multiple times in multiple relationship clusters. But each entity appears in each relationship cluster only once. To see each relationship cluster that an object is a part of, select the object by clicking that node. The interior of the selected entity node turns blue at each relationship cluster that the entity is a part of. If the entity is a node entity, the indicator. At the stage of data collection, websites, regulatory documents of companies and the media were analyzed, software products were used for visualization at some stages, and at the stage of analysis, models of strategies of first-level companies were determined by the type of interaction with each other.
Food tourist market segmentation and behavioral analysis based on psychographics: The case of Chongqing tourists in China
Authors:   The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea, Cheng Wan-Yan , Hwang Johye
Published: November 2023

Culinary tourism holds a significant role in the tourism industry, providing travelers with a unique opportunity to deeply engage with a region's culture while delving into its local culinary delights. This study focuses on classifying culinary tourists in Chongqing by considering both psychological and comprehensive factors related to food and dining experiences. Using a customized psychographic measurement and the K-means clustering technique, it identifies four distinct tourist groups: “Low-Interest,” “Medium-Interest”, “Local Diversity-Seeking”, and “Active Experience-Seeking”, with each group distinguished by its own psychographic characteristics. Investigation of demographic factors, typical travel behaviors, preferred communication channels for receiving and sharing information, reviewing tendencies, and participation in food-related activities, were investiaged on these categories. The results suggest that culinary tourists frequently travel with their families and favor online platforms for posting positive reviews, gathering information, and sharing their experiences. Furthermore, these travellers are interested in activities such as exploring tea culture, visiting hotpot museums, and culinary excursions. Among the identified segments, the “Low-Interest” and “Medium-Interest” groups are more likely to comprise individuals aged 50 and above, whereas the “Local Diversity-Seeking” and “Active Experience-Seeking” categories predominantly consist of travelers in their 20s. Based on the findings, this study provides significant advice and effective marketing tactics for Chongqing's tourism stakeholders, with the aim of enhancing culinary tourists' satisfaction and contributing to the sustainable advancement of the tourism sector.
Students’ and Lecturers’ Perspectives on the Qualities of an Effective English Language Teacher at Al-Balqa Applied University in Jordan: A Comparative Study
Authors: Alzu’bi Mohammad Akram
Published: November 2023

The study aimed to compare the perspectives of English Foreign Language (EFL) students and English instructors in Jordan on the characteristics of effective English instructors. The researcher selected (250) students and 25 English instructors randomly from different English departments at Al-Balqa Applied University. The researcher designed a questionnaire of 57 questions according to the Likert Scale and distributed it to the participants of the study to know their responses. The data were analyzed to determine differences between the students' and the teachers' responses toward the characteristics of a good teacher. In general, the results of the study indicated that the students and teachers placed a high level of importance on four categories of the questionnaire included in the survey. The students gave the highest ranking to ethics and personality, class management and discipline followed by academic quality and English proficiency, and pedagogical knowledge and planning. This contrasted with the teachers, who ranked academic quality, English proficiency, class management and discipline the highest followed by pedagogical knowledge and planning and ethics and personality. There were significant differences between the responses of teacher participants and student participants on many items of the survey. The study provided several implications for future research for example adopting the qualities of effective EFL teachers mentioned in the study in the process of teaching and learning English and other languages.
The Interplay Between L2 Motivation and Proficiency in Predicting EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Engagement
Authors: Alsmari Nuha
Published: November 2023

Drawing on self-determination theory and L2 pragmatics, this study scrutinizes how two motivational dimensions (autonomous and controlled) can affect EFL learners’ behavioral engagement in learning pragmatics across various English proficiency levels. One hundred ninety-eight Saudi EFL learners were surveyed for their English proficiency level, L2 motivation, and pragmatic engagement. The findings revealed an overall significant positive correlation between EFL learners’ L2 motivation and pragmatic engagement. Autonomous and controlled motivations were significantly and positively correlated with pragmatic engagement among all the English proficiency groups. Learners with advanced proficiency exhibited significantly higher correlations than their counterparts, indicating that L2 motivation mediated by proficiency predicted pragmatic engagement. Learners with higher levels of English proficiency were more sensitive to the pragmatic aspects of the language and, therefore, more motivated toward active engagement in pragmatically oriented contexts than intermediate and upper-intermediate learners.
Does the Use of Web-Based Extensive Listening Activities Affect Foreign Language Listening Anxiety and Foreign Language Anxiety?
Authors: Alshahrani Tahani M. , Almanea Manar M.
Published: November 2023

Building on previous research revealing that extensive reading is as effective and efficient as formal instruction in acquiring English as a foreign language and with longer treatment duration, this study examined the effect of using two types of extensive listening activities, teacher-directed group (TD) and self-directed group (SD) on anxiety levels of EFL learners concerning gender to improve listening comprehension of EFL learners over a one year study program (2 semesters). Data were collected using a foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) questionnaire, a foreign language classroom anxiety (FLA) questionnaire, and an English listening test. The results showed a statistically significant positive relation between FLA and FLLA while there was a statistically significant high negative relation between the test results in and both FLA and FLLA in all semesters. The results of the questionnaires showed that both anxiety levels were high in the first semester and then reduced significantly in the second semester with significant increase in the listening posttest scores. As for gender differences, results showed no statistically significant differences between gender in the TD group, but it was found that female were more anxious in both types in the SD group while male in the SD group attained higher scores in both tests. This showed that using extensive listening successfully reduced both FLA and FLLA for EFL learners. In the end, some pedagogical implications and recommendations were offered.
Writing Is Not “Anti-African”: How Naipaul “See(s) Much” About Africa
Authors: Karim Mohammad Rezaul , Sharma Ramesh , Warda Wahaj Unnisa
Published: November 2023

Many critics have harshly criticized V.S. Naipaul's works, both fiction and trip memoirs on the postcolonial sociocultural milieu of Africa, for being racially objectionable. The indictment apparently has a rationale too in the sense that his writings- In a Free State (1971), A Band in the River (1979) and Masque of Africa for instance- outright seem to be intestinal butchery of the African life, past and present, without any sense of mercy. However, he has countered all the critics often to defend his writings. In fact, this stand of Naipaul on his writings prompts this paper for a scrutiny and apparently, it seems that, as it will be explored, his defense stands; he has seen “much” about Africa, its future. Paradoxically, in his internal butchery he is neither “anti-African” nor “anti-Negro.” His African discourse, though supposed to be they do not have any such offensive, butchery agenda in nature, rather seems to have a tendency of seeing “much” future possibilities in the postcolonial paradox with a spiral into its past. Although the African post-colonial paradox is colonial, he also understands it as a part of another form of ups and downs in the history of African civilization. This is more apparent in his writings and more perceptible in the context of the postcolonial viewpoint on displacement and dislocation. Postcolonial discourse usually emphasizes a crisis in its perspectives. However, for Naipaul, they are also, just like every other civilization, the nature of the history of the African civilization. It is in this understanding, being explored, he sees “much” possibilities, an enabling phenomenon, rather than a crisis in the African paradox.
A Cross-Sectional Study of Omani EFL Students’ Competency in Using English Grammatical Aspect Categories
Authors: Mudhsh Badri Abdulhakim , Al-Maashani Salim , Al-Raimi Mohammed , Al-Amri Khayar
Published: November 2023

This cross-sectional study has been launched to explore the Omani EFL students’ competency in using English grammatical aspect categories. It determined the most challenging aspect category and differences attributed to the study level and gender. The sample of the study consisted of 120 students representing the four levels of a four-semester General Foundation Program (GFP) at the English Language Unit, Center for Preparatory Studies, University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS) in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. Data were collected via a competency test and analyzed statistically using SPSS (Version 26.0). Findings showcase great variations in the competency of the learners across the four levels. The lowest scores of competencies were relevant to the first two levels of the program. The students in the third level scored higher, but the highest competency was evident in the scores of the fourth-level students. Concerning gender, there is no significant difference in the level of competency in aspect categories among male and female students at the four levels. The present perfect tense had the lowest competency across all four levels. Hence, it is considered the most problematic grammatical aspect because, unlike Arabic, English has numerous verbal tense and aspect categories that demand detailed knowledge, and this poses difficulties for Omani EFL learners at the entry-levels of the General Foundation Program. Learners at the entry-level seem to be more influenced by their mother-tongue (Arabic) grammatical system. This study can be used as a roadmap to tackle areas of difficulty in learning the English grammatical system, specifically the aspect categories.
Digital Teaching Materials Development Containing Environmental Education Using Task Based Language Learning (TBLL)
Authors: Ramadhan Syahrul , Atmazaki  , Indriyani Vivi , Sukma Elfia , Jamaluddin Norliza binti , Sihes Ahmad Johari Bin
Published: November 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic results in unavoidable changes in all aspects of life, including education. This pandemic has led to the opportunity to enter digital learning. This study aims to develop digital learning materials based on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) which contains environmental education for senior high school students. This Research & Development (R&D) was based on Plomp’s development model. Digital learning materials were developed using the i-Spring application and integrated with the LMS Edmodo. The instruments used were questionnaires, observation sheets, and tests. The results of the study showed that digital learning materials were valid, practical, and effective for use in language learning. Besides, the developed model was validated with a self-validation value of 93.12% and an expert validation value of 93.18%. The developed model was tested for its practicality with a teacher practicality value of 93.54% and student validity of 80.62% with the category of very practical. The learning activity score reached 93.33% with the category of very active learning. Based on statistical data analysis, the developed digital learning materials were effective in improving learning outcomes.
Navigating the Real World: A Grounded Theory-Based Exploration of Autistic Adolescents’ Identity Formation in Marcelo in the Real World
Authors: Yang Shuo , Mani Manimangai , Omar Noritah
Published: November 2023

This study analyses the depiction of autism in Marcelo in the Real World, a young adult fiction novel, to critically explore the identity formation of the character Marcelo who navigates the challenges and complexities of the real world. By using the grounded theory and drawing on ideas from disability studies and social identity theory, the research demonstrates that parental guidance, encouragement and normal treatment of friends, and exposure to conflicts and contradictions are the most significant factors and can help autistic adolescents understand social life, improve social competence, and obtain power and control in social relations, promoting positive identity formation. The use of grounded theory methodology enables a full examination of Marcelo's experiences and the fundamental mechanisms guiding the development of his identity. This research deepens our comprehension of identity construction under the setting of autism, advancing both theoretical understanding and useful interventions for autistic adolescents.
Impact of Accounting Conservatism on the Informativeness of Current Stock Prices for Future Earnings
Authors:   People&Global Business Association, Kim Eung , Shim Junyong
Published: November 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how accounting conservatism affects the relation between current stock returns, current earnings, and future earnings.
Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the purpose of this paper, we divide accounting conservatism into con-ditional and unconditional conservatism and investigate whether the relation between current stock returns, current earnings, and future earnings is different depending on the type of conservatism.
Findings: We find that the current stock returns of firms with strong conditional conservatism contain more in-formation about future earnings. However, our results show that informativeness of current stock returns on future earnings does not change under unconditional conservatism.
Research limitations/implications: Even though we use prior research to capture the proxy for accounting con-servatism, the extent or magnitude of accounting conservatism may not be properly measured by our proxies. However, despite of these limitations, our results still have the following meanings.
Originality/value: Our results suggest that compared to unconditional conservatism, conditional conservatism re-flects managerial discretion over timely recognition of bad news and results in faster recognition of the impact of future earnings on current earnings. More specifically, our result indicates that conditional conservatism decreases the informativeness of current stock returns for future earnings due to asymmetric timeliness. And our result also provides indirect evidence that conditional conservatism reflects managerial discretion over timely loss recognition compared to unconditional conservatism, and thereby, deteriorates the informativeness of current returns for future earnings.
Effect of Blasting Waste as An Additive in Bitumen Mixtures
Authors:   Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Malaysia, Bin Mokhtar Saiful Hazman , Binti Kulian Ernie ,   Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Malaysia, Binti Daud Nur Hanani ,   Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Malaysia
Published: November 2023

The use of blasting waste in road pavement mixes is one of the new alternatives in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aimed to look at the potential of blasting waste as an additive in bitumen mixtures in road construction. Several percentages of blasting waste additive were studied, namely 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 17%. The parameter values of each of these mixtures were obtained through the Marshall test. A total of five sets of specimens were prepared for the Marshall test, with each set containing three samples. From the test result, all the percentages of blasting waste as an additive in the bitumen mixture passed the Public Works Department (Jabatan Kerja Raya or JKR) specifications. It was also concluded that 10% of blasting waste as an additive is the optimum value, with a stability value of 82.5kN as compared to the stability value of the control sample at 37.7kN. The flow and Marshall Quotient values for the 10% sample were 4mm and 20kN/mm, respectively. All values obtained from this study were in accordance with JKR specifications, indicating that blasting waste has great potential in improving the specification values of bitumen mixtures.
The Acceptance Level of New Safety Helmet Design among Palm Oil Plantation Harvesters in Johor, Malaysia
Authors:   Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Abdul Salam Siti Najihah , Mohd Suadi Nata Dayana Hazwani ,   Centre for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Md Tamrin Shamsul Bahri ,   Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Published: November 2023

Agriculture has the highest number of occupational accident cases reported to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Malaysia in 2022. The most serious concern is a head injury, which can lead to serious injury or death. Because of the fundamental issue of discomfort, the current level of safety helmet usage is extremely low. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of acceptance of a new safety helmet design. This single group pre and post-test study were conducted on 124 harvesters in three Johor palm oil plantations by using a modified structured questionnaire. A training session on proper helmet use was conducted via video presentation. For three days, harvesters wore the new safety helmet design. Field observation was conducted on the practice item for the post-test. Descriptive analysis shows harvesters have a high score for knowledge, attitude, and practice. There is no significant difference (p>0.05) in practice before and after the implementation of training. There is a significant increase (p<0.001) in the acceptance level of the parameter (comfort, safety, ventilation, peak, fit, design, and heat) of the new safety helmet design on day 1, day 3 and day 6 among palm oil plantation harvesters. Overall, the harvesters have high knowledge, attitude and practice level and the new safety helmet design is well accepted by the harvesters. Training session implemented is helpful, however, the module needs to be improvised to increase the practice level.
Memorial Bibliography of Alexey Borisovich Shipunov
Authors:   Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Petrov Pyotr N. , Efimov Peter G. ,   V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Kopylov-Guskov Yuri O. ,   Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,   Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Majorov Sergei R. ,   Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Nuraliev Maxim S. ,   Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Oskolski Alexei A. ,   V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute RAS,   Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Sokoloff Dmitry D. ,   Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: November 2023

Memorial Bibliography of Alexey Borisovich Shipunov
FONS, SIERRA MORENA AND OTHERS. POLISH-NAPOLEONIC SOLDIERS TOWARDS SPANISH AMBUSHES LAID IN THE PENINSULAR WAR (1808–1813) – HISTORY AND SELECTED RECEPTION THREADS
Authors:   University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, Szczęsny–Kostanecki Dominik
Published: November 2023

The objective of this article is above all – on the example of two events involving Polish soldiers at Fons (May 1809) and in the Sierra Morena mountains (January 1810), howbeit not exclusively – to draw attention to the fact that when approaching the Peninsular War, the historian cannot underestimate the role of ambushes or minor skirmishes – contrary to the major open space battles (e.g. Arapiles 1812) or sieges (e.g. Saragossa 1808–09) being less scientifically accessible or intelligible due to the relative shortage of sources, which, combined with the usual lack of decisiveness, makes them an unrewarding object of examination. This underestimation lies primarily in the adoption of too broad or, paradoxically enough, too narrow a perspective – as if they could be a subject of detailed treatises only. Meanwhile, as the record shows, these guerrilla-style ambushes are a phenomenon to be considered both in detail and in general, not only for understanding individual vicissitudes but also for better explaining Napoleon’s ultimate defeat in Spain, which is too often attributed overwhelmingly to Wellington’s military genius. They also played an important role in Polish memoirs and military theory, which is to be discussed in a separate section. The choice of the above-mentioned ambushes is by no means random. First, mutually explaining and lightening each other up, Fons, Sierra Morena, and others occurred in a similar and representative period of time: neither when the Peninsular War was just developing, nor drawing to its end during and after the disastrous Russian campaign, but when it was in full swing. Secondly, despite what has been said about the majority of such clashes, and thanks to a number of sources, the historian is able to have a certain insight into those specific ambushes. Thirdly, we are about to see that their consequences cover nearly the maximum range of war occurrences that could be experienced by the Polish-Napoleonic soldiers. Fourthly, we shall learn that this type of guerilla warfare had a certain influence on the Polish national liberation movement.
Calculation of National Seismic Hazard Models with Large Logic Trees: Application to the NZ NSHM 2022
Authors: DiCaprio Christopher J. , Chamberlain Chris B. , Bora Sanjay S. , Bradley Brendon A. , Gerstenberger Matthew C. , Hulsey Anne M. , Iturrieta Pablo , Pagani Marco , Simionato Michele
Published: November 2023

National-scale seismic hazard models with large logic trees can be difficult to calculate using traditional seismic hazard software. To calculate the complete 2022 revision of the New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model—Te Tauira Matapae Pūmate Rū i Aotearoa, including epistemic uncertainty, we have developed a method in which the calculation is broken into two separate stages. This method takes advantage of logic tree structures that comprise multiple, independent logic trees from which complete realizations are formed by combination. In the first stage, we precalculate the independent realizations of the logic trees. In the second stage, we assemble the full ensemble of logic tree realizations by combining components from the first stage. Once all realizations of the full logic tree have been calculated, we can compute aggregate statistics for the model. This method benefits both from the reduction in the amount of computation necessary and its parallelism. In addition to facilitating the computation of a large seismic hazard model, the method described can also be used for sensitivity testing of model components and to speed up experimentation with logic tree structure and weights.
Swedish dental students’ clinical notes and reflections as part of a case-based examination – challenges for undergraduate education
Authors: Christidis Nikolaos , Christidis Maria , Lindberg Viveca
Published: November 2023

Clinical records are the basis for clinical reasoning, diagnostics, treatment planning, and management as well as for management of the patient and the outcome of the treatment, and therefore an important aspect of health professionals’ work. Several articles emphasize the importance of adequate and correct content in these records. Previous research shows that even health professionals need to improve the content and structure of their clinical records, for them to give the information needed for various needs. The focus of this article are the clinical records of undergraduate dental students. The aim of the study was to explore patterns of adequate and inadequate content in clinical notes of undergraduate dental students in their final year of education. Secondly, whether these results could provide insights for development of health professions education. Data comprised of 33 cased-based examinations collected during January 2020 at the University Dental Clinic, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, in Huddinge Sweden. Also, data included teachers’ assessment of these examinations. The texts were analyzed with thematic analysis. Analytical results showed three themes. The first theme, (i) Professional content knowledge, concerned information in patient history, status, diagnostics and treatment plan, and an information ambiguity. The theme also included the students' use of professional terminology and the choice of articles to support reflections. The second theme (ii) incomplete method of investigation involved the actual patient interview, but also students’ various misunderstandings of the template. The third theme was (iii) Academic formalities. This theme concerned students' understanding of the purpose of referencing and its function, but also a non-use of references, the use of irrelevant references, errors in the given citation style, and an incorrect structure of the text according to the template. In conclusion, results showed the need for continuous training in clinical note-taking and reflections during dental students' professional education. In this training, teachers’ assessment is important for students' development of professional literacy and professional judgment. Also, a continuous reminder of science and proven experience as the basis for the profession which is also made visible through academic formalities.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Tobacco Addiction: Clinical and Social Characteristics in a Large Sample of Tobacco Smokers
Authors: Congiu Alessio , Vesentini Roberta , Locatelli Francesca , Zamboni Lorenzo , Giordano Rosaria , Carli Silvia , Barbon Isabella , Casari Rebecca , Melchiori Silvia , Campagnari Simone , Bovo Tommaso , Fusina Francesca , Verlato Giuseppe , Lugoboni Fabio
Published: November 2023

Background: Several scientific studies indicate that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for the development of pathological addiction, including Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD). Despite various hypotheses proposed to explain the reasons for this frequent comorbidity, the limited amount of research aimed at describing the characteristics of this population restricts our understanding of the nature of this relationship. Aims: The purpose of our descriptive and retrospective study is to examine the differences between a group of tobacco users with suspected ADHD and those without it, with respect to socio-demographic characteristics, factors related to tobacco addiction, alcohol consumption, past and current use of illicit substances, and comorbid psychiatric symptoms. Methods: A total of 1166 smokers who were referred to the Addiction Medicine Unit of the University Hospital in Verona between 2015 and 2021 were selected. Users for whom it was not possible to obtain all the necessary information were excluded from the sample. The remaining participants were divided into two groups based on their scores on an ADHD screening test. The group that scored negatively on the screening test (n = 964) was then compared to the group that scored positively on the same test (n = 114). Results: Statistically significant differences emerged between the two groups. Specifically, users in the positive group were found to be more likely to have the marital statuses of "Single" and "Separated/Divorced," as well as the occupational statuses of "Unemployed," "Student," "Teacher," "Housework," "Casual Worker," "Worker," and "Artisan/Trader." They also exhibited a higher level of nicotine addiction and reported an increase in smoking in the last 12 months. Furthermore, they had a history of both previous and current use of illicit substances and higher overall levels of anxious and depressive symptoms, regardless of gender. Conclusion: Several factors related to sociodemographic characteristics, smoking behavior, past and current use of illicit substances, and current levels of anxiety and depression could potentially mediate the relationship between ADHD and TUD. Clinicians involved in smoking cessation treatments should take comorbidity with adult ADHD into consideration.
the Toxic leadership and burnout in Mexican organizations. A proposal for intervention from the perspective of workers.
Authors: Sánchez Pablo , Hernández Belem , Sánchez Felipe
Published: November 2023

In the present text, it is exposed about the physical and mental health problems generated by the leadership style in Mexico with respect to work based on an analysis of the National Institute of Public Health and the World Health Organization, as well as a theoretical reflection. and empirical research on its possible causes and an analysis of a speech on the national and international implications of the phenomenon that has been called the great resignation and the silent resignation. Above all, the typology between the relationship that exists between the type of toxic leadership, both in its causes, theoretical, and explanatory models, as well as in the consequences and dynamic relationships of the organizational system and the implications in economic matters, and in the health of workers for the formulation and analysis of public policies, which implies challenges and opportunities.
Спосіб конструювання трафіку в програмно-конфігурованих мережах великої розмірності
Authors: Кулаков Ю.О. , Грабовенко І.В.
Published: November 2023

Робота присвячена способу конструювання трафіку в програмно-конфігурованих мережах великої розмірності. Здійснено огляд та порівняння існуючих рішень на основі яких запропоновано модифікований спосіб конструювання трафіку, що враховує програмно-конфігуровану архітектуру з урахуванням метрики загрузки.

Модифікований спосіб враховувує кластерну структуру мережі та забезпечує двошарову організацію обчислення маршрутів. Кожен локальний контролер кластеру обмінюється інформацією з центральним контролером, що відповідає за обрахунок та керування трафіком мережі. Така взаємодія компонентів дозволяє ефективно керувати передачею трафіку по найменш навантаженому маршруту. Запропонований спосіб використовує доступні канали зв'язку та зменшує час очікування передачі даних в умовах масштабування мережі шляхом вибору менш загружених ділянок.
Розробка засобів для аналізу даних для систем ІоТ моніторингу стану дорожнього покриття
Authors: Нікольський С.С. , Клименко І.А.
Published: November 2023

Стаття присвячена розробці засобів для обробки даних в системах моніторингу стану дорожнього покриття та їх технічного обслуговування що базуються на технологіях Інтернет речей (ІоТ). Процеси обробки даних ускладнені необхідністю збирання надвеликої кількості даних з ІоТ пристроїв та реалізації алгоритмів їх оброблення з високою обчислювальною складністю в реальному часі.

Для ідентифікації дорожніх нерівностей запропоновано спосіб класифікації показників лінійного прискорення акселерометра з використанням згорткових нейронних мереж CNN. Використання навченої нейронної мережі для класифікації дорожніх нерівностей дозволило на 6 % підвищити точність інформації про стан дорожнього покриття та забезпечити реалізацію аналітичних алгоритмів оброблення ІоТ даних в реальному часі. Експерименти показали, що розроблені засоби дозволяють оперативно виявляти та достовірно ідентифікувати нерівності дорожнього покриття на довільній місцевості. Запропоновані засоби можуть бути використані в системах технічного обслуговування розумними містами а також для покращення якості життя водіїв і упередження критичних ситуацій, пов’язаних з неякісними дорожнім покриттям.
Моделі інформаційних конфліктів в інфокомунікаційних системах
Authors: Безвершенко Є.І. , Гузій М.М.
Published: November 2023

У проведеному дослідженні виконано системний наліз моделей інформаційної конфліктної взаємодії в інфокомунікаційних системах (ІКС). Інфраструктура ІКС реалізується сукупністю телекомунікаційних та інформаційно-обчислювальних систем (ТКС/ІОС). Аналіз наукових публікацій показує актуальність проблеми удосконалення існуючих та розробки нових методів управління процесами захисту інформації в динамічних умовах інформаційного протиборства з урахуванням невизначеності інформації про дії супротивника, необхідності розробки теоретичних основ, наукових методів і моделей управління захистом інформації в ІОС. На сучасному етапі співіснують декілька підходів до моделювання інформаційних конфліктів, які відтворюють специфічні особливості реалізації конфліктного компоненту. Їх можна умовно розділити на підходи, що засновані на точному описанні, та підходи, які базуються на продукційних або ігрових моделях.

Математичну модель динаміки інформаційного конфлікту в ТКС/ІОС представлено загальновідомою системою рандомізованих рівнянь динамічної зміни ймовірностей станів конфліктуючих систем. Важлива особливість інформаційного конфлікту полягає у невизначеності використання виділеного ресурсу оперуючими системами. Визначені методологія та етапи дослідження взаємодії захищених інформаційних систем, що функціонують в середовищі інформаційного конфлікту в ТКС/ІОС.
Метод визначення коефіцієнта важливості інвестиційної привабливості ІТ-проєктів
Authors: Гнатюк С.О. , Сидоренко В.М. , Яроцький С.В.
Published: November 2023

Послідовна реалізація політики залучення прямих іноземних інвестицій до розбудови післявоєнної України нагально потребує застосування сучасних системно-інформаційних технологій експертного дослідження потенційних об’єктів цих інвестицій. І чим більше при цьому буде застосовано показників і характеристик, тим більш об’єктивним буде висновок щодо ступеня інвестиційної привабливості конкретного об’єкту експертизи. Обґрунтовано, що зазначена оцінка ступеня інвестиційної привабливості об’єкту експертизи отримується за допомогою мультиплікативної функції агрегації, що враховує нормовані коефіцієнти важливості (КВ) як відповідних рис інвестиційної привабливості, так і показників ступеня їх виразності у конкретному об’єкті. З порівняльного аналізу цих методів визначено, що більш прийнятним для цілей досліджень є математичний метод розстановки пріоритетів (МРП). У статті представлено метод визначення КВ інвестиційної привабливості ІТ-проєктів, який за рахунок синтезу МРП і процедур розрахунку сумарного значення цінності та порівняння його встановленим критерієм важливості, дає можливість визначити оптимальну ітерацію МРП та забезпечити як нелінійність отримуваних КВ, так і прийнятну точність обчислень. Під час реалізації якого обґрунтовано, що більш прийнятними є результати другої ітерації, а перші десять (55,55%) за рівнем важливості рис інвестиційної привабливості об’єктів експертизи забезпечують сумарний внесок у загальну значущість, що перевищує встановлений критерій 0.9.
Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonise ELT (VETSDELT) project: report on its first action-research cycle
Authors:   Coventry University, UK, Hildeblando Júnior Carlos ,   Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil
Published: November 2023

This paper aims to report on the VETSDELT (Virtual Exchange as a Third Space to Decolonise English Language Teaching) project. Its focus was to stimulate a reflection on English, ELT, and the ‘native-speakerism’ ideology through a Virtual Exchange (VE) as a safe Third Space. The paper illustrates how students and tutors engaged in English language teacher education in universities in Brazil, Spain, the UK, and Sri Lanka reflected on ELT in a series of synchronous dialogic sessions on Zoom. The paper reports on the initial findings stemming from cycle one of VETSDELT, which ran between November and December 2022 and involved 44 participants. The initial data analysis showed that VE could facilitate intercultural and international knowledge exchange in a safe Third (online) Space.
The acquisition of pragmatic and intercultural communicative competence for global citizenship through telecollaboration
Authors:   Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain, Di Sarno-García Sofia
Published: November 2023

This study presents the results obtained from three different telecollaboration projects, that aimed to develop Spanish-speaking students’ use of apologies in English (pragmatic competence) and their intercultural communicative competence (ICC). In particular, this paper aims to demonstrate how pragmatic competence and ICC are inextricably interrelated, and how these two competences help students become intercultural/global citizens through telecollaboration. Data was collected from both synchronous and asynchronous tasks carried out by Spanish learners of English who engaged in telecollaborative projects with L1 or highly proficient English speakers. The quantitative and qualitative analysis revealed that there is an empirical relationship between the learners’ use of apologies and the development of their ICC. Also, following Byram’s (2008) principles of education for intercultural citizenship, the results demonstrate that telecollaboration can foster language learners’ intercultural/global citizenship.
Action-research and role-reversal-informed creation of a Zoom breakout room guide for e-CIIC mediators
Authors:   Coventry University, UK, Orsini-Jones Marina , Bui Thi Ngoc Thuy ,   Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, Wells Jenny ,   Coventry University, UK, Preshous Andrew ,   Coventry University, UK, Nguyen Thi Thom Thom ,   Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, Butt Farida ,   Coventry University, UK
Published: November 2023

This paper reports on how a Zoom breakout room (BoR) guide for E-CIIC (e-Classroom Interactional and Intercultural Competence) mediators was created as an unexpected outcome of project ViVEXELT (Vietnam Virtual EXchange for English Language Teaching). ViVEXELT was funded by the British Council and the National Foreign Language Project in Vietnam (digital learning innovation fund pilot – response to COVID-19, 2021-2022). The grant was awarded to provide research and insights to respond to specific questions about remote or digital capacity building during/post COVID not yet investigated in Vietnam. The ViVEXELT team delivered two iterations of a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Virtual Exchange (VE) course, in June-July 2021 and in October-November 2021 and reached over 200 participants, from 41 different educational institutions in Vietnam and five in the UK. The evaluation of the project was carried out with a mixed method approach. Rich qualitative data were collected from both individual interviews and reflective journals. The journals were analysed using NVivo software and a significant finding was the participants’ interest for both the use of BoRs and the way they had been managed by e-mediators during the ViVEXELT synchronous sessions. As a result, an action-research-informed Zoom BoR guide for e-Classroom Interactional and Intercultural Competences (e-CIIC) mediators was created. It was an ‘expert student’ (who was also part of the ViVEXELT core team) who had the initial idea to co-create a guide with the other ViVEXELT participants. This paper will report on the research-informed process that led to the design of the guide.
Trabalho docente antes e durante a pandemia da SARS-COV 2
Authors: Nascimento Gabriela Mendes Pereira , Cecílio Sálua
Published: November 2023

Em diferentes tempos, o trabalho docente tem se modificado, embora nem sempre os efeitos das mudanças sejam compreendidos e administrados pelos sujeitos que trabalham, dada a experiência da alienação e do sofrimento. Neste artigo, analisa-se o trabalho docente, a partir dos resultados de uma pesquisa bibliográfica nas bases de dados SciELO, BVS e Google Acadêmico, observados os descritores “trabalho docente e pandemia”; “trabalho remoto”; “subjetividade”, no período de 2019 a 2021. O objetivo é descrever as novas condições, os conteúdos, a organização do trabalho docente nos últimos três anos (2019 – 2021), em especial o remoto e  seus impactos sobre a vida dos professores. Dentre os resultados, tem-se que dado o avanço tecnológico e suas relações com a reestruturação produtiva e o processo de globalização da economia, as mudanças têm sido crescentes. Mais recentemente, em decorrência da pandemia do Coronavírus, novas condições, conteúdos e formas de exercício da profissão tomaram de surpresa os docentes. Grande parte deles foi submetida a uma aprendizagem rápida e emergencial para uso de diversas tecnologias, até então desconhecidas por muitos deles. Em conclusão, os docentes tiveram que lidar com novas formas de organização e intensificação de trabalho, além da sobrecarga de trabalho, desgaste, mal-estar e adoecimento.