bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Professional and educational goals of training civil servants
Authors:   Ural Institute of Management -– Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, GORB VIKTOR
Published: November 2021

The article presents a system-activity approach to implementing the new federal state educational standard of higher education in the training direction 03.38.04 “State and Municipal Administration”. The article substantiates the methodology for designing a model of activities for public servants as the basis for determining professional goals of the educational process at a university. The author defines and differentiates the types of their activities according to the functional characteristics of various categories of civil servants. Professional goals are achieved through the development of professional competence of students, which implies the setting of the following educational goals: developing the student’s leadership potential; developing the citizenship as the ability to realize the rights and responsibilities of a citizen of the country; forming and developing meta subject skills, which are the signs of a civil servant’s professional qualities; mastering management technologies in a certain area of activity. The work presents the experience of approbation of the system-activity approach in the process of teaching. A special role is assigned by the author of information and communication activities of civil servants in the process of exercising their powers.
Independence – an element of legitimacy for a French administrative judge
Authors:   The University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, LATOUR XAVIER
Published: November 2021

The article describes issues related to the independence of administrative judges in France. The merits of French administrative judges are constantly being discussed. Since the establishment of the Council of State, administrative jurisdiction has not only received the respect it deserves but has also been subject to criticism for its legitimacy. Consideration of the position of a French administrative judge refers to the jurisdictional dualism that is characteristic of France. The Administrative Court regularly makes strong arguments in its favor; it has the legally enshrined right to exist and objective grounds for this. It serves the idea of justice and equality, carries out tasks that no one else can fulfill through addressing three different audiences: the administration and the outside political power, of which it is a branch, the applicant, and the court of general jurisdiction. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the problems of a European judge who can change the legal identity of a state. Some foreign judges dare to question the legitimacy of European case law and thus defend their own legitimacy, but in France, this approach is unlikely to be observed. The author believes that administrative judges should accept the classic challenge of a relationship with the national authorities and rethink its legitimacy concerning the supranational judiciary.
Russian film education: problems and prospects
Authors:   Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, PANKRATOVA MARINA
Published: November 2021

The subject of the study is education in the field of culture and art, its purpose is to assess public policy in the field of art education. The article analyzes the reasons for the appearance in the film industry of specialists with a low level of training. The study was based on the regulatory legal acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, data from Federal State Statistics Service, portals of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia: ‘Monitoring the employment of graduates’ and ‘How to enter the UNIVERSITY correctly’. During the study, a hypothesis was formulated on the trend of an increase in the training of specialists in creative specialties in non-core educational organizations. The hypothesis was tested on the basis of a regressive analysis of the distribution of admission quotas to higher education organizations, regardless of their departmental affiliation, and the construction of a linear regression. The article applies methods based on the establishment of an internal relationship of phenomena, their mathematical description. According to the analysis, the assessment of the quality of education in the field of culture and art should be determined not only by conducting online exams and testing graduates, and by questioning employers about the quality of their professional training. The author suggests measures aimed at changing the existing methodology for distributing admission quotas for creative specialties to educational organizations of higher education of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and other universities for which creative specialties are not specialized, and tightening requirements for material, technical and personnel support of a full-fledged educational process.
Cluster analysis of share price: How firm characteristics relate to accounting metrics
Authors: Akpan Mfon , Dhillon Guneet , Trottier Kim
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of the relationship between share price and accounting information. Much of the literature utilizes the earnings number to reflect firm value. However, the revenue number seems more relevant for high tech firms (Xu, Cai, & Leung, 2007), and cash flow figures are more informative for internet companies (Romanova, Helms, & Takeda, 2012). We build on this notion that share price may map out to different accounting numbers for different firms. We collect 629 accounting metrics for 3,365 firms in the U.S. and estimate their correlation with the firms’ share price. We analyze these correlations and find that many firms exhibit a low correlation between share price and earnings. Other accounting numbers are important for these firms, including book value of net assets, retained earnings, stock options, gain or loss items, special or non recurring items, and dividend rates. We are curious to learn what causes firms to anchor onto different metrics, therefore perform a cluster analysis to group similar firms together along three key accounting metrics. We examine the composition of each cluster and find that capital structure, dividend patterns, the persistence of operations, age, and industry can influence which accounting number is correlated with firm value. We encourage other researchers to continue this exploration as there are many interesting questions to answer.
Walking to Utopia and Thinking About Art Along the Way
Authors: Ulvi Haagensen
Published: November 2021

Walking through the old town of Tallinn, where everything is quiet because shops, cafés and restaurants are closed, some permanently because of a lack of tourists due to the pandemic and others temporarily because of the current lockdown, I experience the city in a new way. The city is different and no longer am I drawn in by the enticement of what I could or should buy. I no longer peer in the café window to see if there is an available table, in the expectation of a pastry and a coffee. Art galleries and museums are also closed. I’m closed out but this strange situation means there is time to stop, notice and think, space to walk and an opportunity to see things differently. There is freedom to imagine new worlds, other possibilities, and new ways of seeing and being. I look at shop windows, peer into art galleries, think about my own window exhibition in the context of these other windows, and in the process take in a full experience of visual art in the form of installations, performance art and even participation art. At the same time my thoughts take me to completely other utopian worlds where things are quite different. The walk, though initially purposeful, becomes something more than a walk. It starts to meander and – combined with what I see, remember and imagine – it becomes a meandering text with images and ideas that click in and out of focus.
In vitro evaluation of BACtrack®'s smartphone-connected personal breath alcohol analyzers
Authors: Olson Aaron
Published: November 2021

This study assessed the in vitro accuracy, precision, specificity, and
measurement uncertainty of BACtrack®’s line of smartphone-connected
breath alcohol analyzers. At the 0.080 g/210L ethanol vapor
concentration the measurement uncertainty was determined to be ± 0.013,
0.004, and 0.006 g/210L for the Pro, C8, and C6 respectively at the 95%
coverage interval. The analyzers showed an apparent ethanol response to
isopropanol, and methanol, but not to acetone. BACtrack®’s
smartphone-connected breath alcohol analyzers showed the ability to
measure vaporous ethanol with confidence in the results.
A case of heparin induced thrombocytopenia managed by Rivaroxaban
Authors: Eshraghi Ali , Keihanian Faeze
Published: November 2021

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immunogenic disorder. It
can lead to thrombocytopenia and a hypercoagulated state with an
increased risk for new thrombosis. We here reported a 49-year-old man
with previous cardiac surgery and heparin administration, treated by new
oral anticoagulant agent, Rivaroxaban.
Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Sphenoid Sinus presenting with visual loss: a Case Report
Authors: Sharifi Sara , Asadi Mahboobe
Published: November 2021

A rare case of sphenoid plasmacytoma in a 57-year old female who was
presented with a frozen eye is reported. It was histopathologically
confirmed based on transsphenoidal biopsy. Surgical removal of the tumor
with complementary radiotherapy was performed as a treatment modality
In vivo evaluation of BACtrack® Skyn™: a discrete wrist-worn transdermal alcohol monitoring device marketed to the public
Authors: Olson Aaron
Published: November 2021

A discrete wrist-worn transdermal alcohol monitoring device,
the BACtrack® Skyn™, was evaluated in a subject over three drinking
sessions. The relationship between transdermal alcohol concentration
(TAC) and breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) was evaluated. The
relationship amongst contemporaneous TAC/BrAC measurements revealed an
R of 0.65, while the relationship in the 45-minute
post-drinking phase revealed an R of 0.89. Results
obtained show promise for its use. Further research is needed with many
subjects in real-world drinking situations.
Protecting Our Future: What Contribution Can I Make?
Authors: Gesang Bernward
Published: November 2021

A)The crises related to climate and the economy endanger future and
current generations, but altering the small impact or minimal emissions
of an individual person is-because of the failure of political
coordination-not the best way to overcome these crises.

B) When we act as individuals to act as stopgaps for policy to minimise
the mountain of problems, the following applies: We should not waste our
energies on limited involvements in small, primarily symbolic
collaborations but should instead endeavour to make the biggest
difference of which we are capable with regard to improving the world.

C) We make the biggest difference when our limited budget for improving
the world is used against poverty, for example, and combatting poverty
is precisely what brings positive side effects with regard to human
rights and the protection of the climate, animals and species. For
example, support for poor farmers in rain forests can save those rain
forests. Every CO2 calculator demonstrates that commitment to the Third
World is up to 50 times more efficient than personal emissions
reductions.
The expected values for the Gutman index, Schultz index, multiplicative degree-Kirchhoff index and additive degree-Kirchhoff index of a random cyclooctatetraene chain
Authors: Geng Xianya , Qi Jinfeng , Zhang Minjie
Published: November 2021

In this paper, we mainly solve the explicit analytical expressions for
the expected values of the Gutman index, Schultz index, multiplicative
degree-Kirchhoff index and additive degree-Kirchhoff index of a random
cyclooctatetraene chain with $n$ octagons. We also obtain the average
values of these four indices with respect to the set of all these
cyclooctatetraene chains.
The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: a comparative study
Authors: Berg Lauri van den , Balaam Marie-Clare , Nowland Rebecca , Moncrieff Gill , Topalidou Anastasia , Thompson Suzanne , Thomson Gill , Jonge Ank de , Downe Soo
Published: November 2021

Background: The national health care response to coronavirus
(COVID-19) has varied between countries. The United Kingdom (UK) and the
Netherlands (NL) have comparable maternity and neonatal care systems,
and experienced similar numbers of COVID-19 infections, but had
different organisational responses to the pandemic. Understanding why
and how similarities and differences occurred in these two contexts
could inform optimal care in normal circumstances, and during future
crises. Aim: To compare the UK and Dutch COVID-19 maternity and
neonatal care responses in three key domains: choice of birthplace,
companionship, and families in vulnerable situations. Method: A
multi-method study, including documentary analysis of national
organisation policy and guidance on COVID-19, and interviews with
national and regional stakeholders. Findings: Both countries
had an infection control focus, with less emphasis on the impact of
restrictions. Differences included care providers’ fear of contracting
COVID-19; the extent to which personalised care was embedded in the care
system before the pandemic; and how far multidisciplinary collaboration
and service-user involvement were prioritised. Conclusion: We
recommend that countries should 1) make a systematic plan for crisis
decision-making before a serious event occurs, and that this must
include authentic service-user involvement, multidisciplinary
collaboration, and protection of staff wellbeing 2) integrate women’s
and families’ values into the maternity and neonatal care system,
ensuring equitable inclusion of the most vulnerable and 3) strengthen
community provision to ensure system wide resilience to future shocks
from pandemics, or other unexpected large-scale events.
Dr Franjo Tuđman and 1989
Authors: Knežević Domagoj , Godić Darjan
Published: November 2021

In collective human memory, there have always been years that are remembered for the major political and social changes that took place during them. Thus, 1918 and 1945 were the years when the two world wars ended, and their outcomes shaped the political architecture of the world for many years. We can consider 1989 another such historical year, because it marked the collapse of a decades-long bipolar political world order. In 1989, the democratisation process began in communist Croatia, during which Franjo Tuđman became the key personality of the newly established non-Communist opposition. Tuđman’s political ascent can today be reconstructed very easily with the help of the available documents from the former State Security Service of the Republican Secretariat of the Interior of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and the relevant literature. The main chronological divide in this paper is 17 June 1989, when the Croatian Democratic Union was established in a non-public space, and Franjo Tuđman was elected its first president.
Interpreti e diplomazia
Authors: De Maria Angela
Published: November 2021

Alla fine della guerra di Candia, i confini lungo la frontiera dalmata rappresentarono una questione di particolare interesse per i Veneziani e gli Ottomani. Questo saggio si sofferma sul ruolo dei dragomanni, figure che, nelle negoziazioni postbelliche relative alla questione confinaria, giocarono una funzione primaria accanto ai rappresentanti diplomatici (l’ambasciatore straordinario per la Serenissima, da una parte, e il gran visir ottomano, dall’altra) e ai due commissari specificamente delegati alla definizione della nuova “linea Nani”. Generalmente, nei testi ufficiali degli accordi diplomatici e confinari i dragomanni appaiono perlopiù nel ruolo di interpreti che essi ricoprivano a livello formale. Tuttavia, sulla base di documenti conservati presso l’Archivio di Stato di Venezia, è possibile osservare che, lungi dall’essere dei semplici traduttori, i dragomanni assumevano la poliedrica veste ora di intermediari e portavoce dei rappresentanti diplomatici, ora di negoziatori, ora di confidenti e informatori, se non addirittura di spie. Grazie alle capacità linguistiche, alle abilità diplomatiche e agli stretti legami familiari e sociali intessuti con le comunità locali (musulmane e non), essi occupavano una posizione privilegiata all’interno della rete diplomatica e informativa che si estendeva in tutto il Levante ottomano, intrattenendo, in via pressoché esclusiva, un contatto costante e diretto con i ministri e i sudditi del sultano.
In particolare, Ambrogio Grillo e Tommaso Tarsia, dragomanni al servizio della Repubblica di Venezia, nonché il “grande dragomanno” del Divano Panaiotis Nikousios, appaiono, secondo la documentazione proveniente dalla Casa del bailo a Costantinopoli, quali veri e propri protagonisti nella conduzione delle difficili trattative diplomatiche e confinarie che seguirono alla guerra di Candia. Pertanto, le negoziazioni postbelliche che questo saggio analizza come emblematico caso di studio sono oltremodo rappresentative del singolare ruolo giocato dai dragomanni che, profittando delle capacità linguistiche ch’essi possedevano in via quasi esclusiva, non erano soltanto in grado di condurre le trattative ma, talora, anche di manipolarle attraverso l’“imbroglio” cui potevano con facilità ricorrere intervenendo strategicamente nel lavoro di traduzione da un idioma all’altro.
The Suffering of Reverend Eugen Šutrin
Authors: Begonja Zlatko
Published: November 2021

Reverend Eugen Šutrin was a victim of the supremacy of the communist ideological passion that ruled the entire area of Croatia in the immediate post-war period, including the town of Privlaka near Zadar. In this imposed atmosphere, individuals and groups of people who were close to or ideologically committed to the communist principles took it upon them-selves to decide on the fate of others. Quite often, their personal assessments and evaluations resulted in attacks on property and on the lives of individuals for whom they were determined to be their worldview or class enemies. There were two components involved in the case of Rev. Eugen Šutrin, who was murdered at the end of 1945: the first defined him as a worldview opponent and the second saw him as a witness to the events at the Italian concentration camp for civilian internees on Molat. The investigative actions taken against the suspects for the committed crime and the subsequent trials did not fully reveal which of the previously mentioned components was the key motive for the murder of Rev. Eugen Šutrin.
Participation of Allah's Warriors in the War in Former Yugoslavia (1992 - 1995)
Authors: Gibas-Krzak Danuta
Published: November 2021

The main aim of this paper is to show the participation of mercenaries in the war in former Yugoslavia who fought on the Muslim side. The author presents the thesis that they were recruited to participate in the defense of Muslim community, which they believed was threatened by Serbs. However, their goal soon became to conduct jihad. Muslim mercenaries, also known as warriors of Allah (warriors of God) or Garibi, often proved to be cruel and committed war crimes. Among them were veterans of the war in Afghanistan, the Mujahideen. After the end of hostilities, many of God’s warriors remained in the Balkans, and their settlement brought a lot of negative changes to the social and political life of the region. The Garibi contributed greatly to the strengthening of influence of Islamic states and institutions in the Balkans, as well as to the development of Wahhabi sects supporting terrorism.
Experimental study and thermal analysis of cooling systems for brushless motors with double stator and axial gap
Authors: Velev Boris , Ivanov Ivan , Kamenov Vladimir
Published: November 2021

The results of experimental research and thermal analysis of several types of
cooling of brushless electric motors with nominal power 10-12kW (PMAC),
suitable for ?light? EV/HEV vehicles are presented in the research paper.
The studied motors have permanent magnets, a double stator and an axial
magnetic flux with air or liquid cooling. The Motor-CAD software performed
the presented thermal analysis. The experimental study was made on the basis
of precision results, obtained from the measurement of process temperatures
during operation in a real-world environment. For this purpose, the electric
motors were equipped with a number of thermocouples with which the
temperatures are measured. The precise measurement and recording of the heat
flux temperatures is performed using LabVIEW software. The calculations from
the thermal analysis coincide with the experimental results and can be used
to predict the heat fluxes in different designs and types of cooling
systems. The possibilities for improving the cooling and power of standard
PMAC electric motors with double stators have been studied and analyzed.
A rhomboid-shaped printed monopole antenna for wideband circular polarization
Authors: Lwin Zaw , Aye Thae
Published: November 2021

This paper presents the design of a wideband circularly-polarized printed
monopole antenna with a rhomboid shape. The rhomboid-shaped patch is fed by
a microstrip line offset from the center to generate circular polarization
(CP). The ground plane configuration is optimized for wide bandwidth
operation. Bandwidth (satisfying both 10-dB return loss and 3-dB axial
ratio) of 76% (1.92 - 4.27 GHz) is achieved in this research. The size of
the proposed antenna is 0.386 2 0 l (55?66 mm2) where ?0 is the free space
wavelength which corresponds to the center frequency of the bandwidth. The
antenna has a fractional bandwidth-size ratio (BW/size) of 1.97 which is
higher than most CP monopole antennas in the literature. This antenna is
suitable for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and other wireless applications which outperform
using circular polarization.
Skandynawowie nad Parsętą, czyli przyczynek do dziejów polskiej archeologii w 2 połowie XX w. Glosa polemiczna do artykułu Władysława Duczko
Authors: Rębkowski Marian , Kara Michał
Published: November 2021

Tekst stanowi polemikę z niektórymi tezami artykułu Władysława Duczko, opublikowanego w poprzednim tomie „Archeologii Polski”, zatytułowanego Skandynawowie nad rzeką Parsętą: problem wikińskich grobów na cmentarzysku w Świelubiu na Pomorzu Zachodnim. Trudna do podtrzymania na obecnym etapie badań wydaje się zawarta w nim teza, wedle której na świelubskiej nekropoli grzebani byli wyłącznie Skandynawowie. Zasadniczym przedmiotem krytyki są jednak opinie sformułowane przez Autora artykułu, przypisujące „antynormanizm” trzem nieżyjącym już polskim uczonym, którzy zajmowali się relacjami słowiańsko-skandynawskimi we wczesnym średniowieczu, w tym badaczowi Świelubia, profesorowi Władysławowi Łosińskiemu, oraz kierowanie się przez Nich przy wygłaszaniu swoich poglądów pozamerytorycznymi przesłankami.
PENGARUH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) DAN REPUTASI PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN
Authors: Afifah Nur , Astuti Sri Wibawani Wahyuning , Irawan Dwi
Published: November 2021

This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the effect of corporate social responsibility disclosure and corporate reputation on firm value. The population in this study were all manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2018. The sample in this study was 120 companies selected through purposive sampling. The results of data analysis show that CSR has a negative effect on firm value. But the company's reputation has a positive effect on the value of the company. This study also examines the impact of CSR disclosure on company value mediated by company reputation, the results show that company reputation does not mediate CSR disclosure on company value. This finding shows that CSR activities and company reputation are very important for the company's survival. A good relationship between the company and its stakeholders, especially the community in the form of Corporate Social Responsibility activities and a reputation that has been built by a company, will increase the value of a company which is reflected in the stock price which is formed by the demand and supply of the capital market that reflects the public's assessment of the company's performance.
The Paradigm of Progressive Judge’s Decision and Its Contribution to Islamic Legal Reform in Indonesia
Authors: Fikriawan Suad , Anwar Syamsul , Ardiansyah Misnen
Published: November 2021

All this time, both in academic discourse and the reality of legal practice in the field tend to show a lack of attention to the rule of judges as an instrument of legal reform. Generally, the law is regarded as the main instrument of legal reform. Therefore, instilling an understanding of the law enforcement officers, especially the judges through their decision, is a very urgent thing to do. The main issue to be discussed in this paper is: How is the contribution of the Judge's decision to legal reform in Indonesia? This study used the perspective of the School of Sociological Jurisprudence, mainly the philosophical mind of Roscoe Pound. The results of this study show that the effort to make a judge's decision as a means of legal reform is a necessity. This can be realized through a progressive legal paradigm. The presence of a progressive legal paradigm is very important in order to give birth to a progressive type of judge who has a legal decision that qualifies maturity of law. The product of a progressive judge's decision is expected to become a jurisprudence that can be used as a reference in solving the next case so that judges will be able to make the law, not merely as a tool of social control as well as a tool of social engineering. These conceptions of legal function are essentially about to reveal that the nature of the law is dynamic rather than static. The legal philosophy of the sociological jurisprudence school offers a holistic understanding and a holistic view of the law, that is, the law applied must pay attention to the values, the living law, and the local wisdom of society. This holistic understanding of the law will ultimately be able to unify the law and society as its sociological basis.
ANALISIS PENGARUH DPK, NPL, DAN ROA TERHADAP PENYALURAN KREDIT BPR DI KABUPATEN KEDIRI PERIODE 2014-2018
Authors: Eka Sihlestari Maria , Winarto Henrycus , Ariani Mintarti
Published: November 2021

Essentially, the bank is financial institution which has the function to raise funds from thecommunity in the form of deposits, and the channel it back to the community in the form of creditor other. Credits is the main activities performed by Bank Perkreditan Rakyat, because it will bemakes a profit. However, the presenting credits will also provide a lot of risks that must bereceived or experienced by the BPR, because the risks that will be received or experienced aresourced to credit. Therefore, this researh is purpose to analys the effect of DPK, NPL, and ROA,on parcial althought simultan in contribute BPR credits. This researh conducted is quantitativeapproach use data panel regression method, and the data obtained are secondary data.According to the results of regression, the variables DPK and ROA have a significant influenceon credit distribution. While, the NPL variable doesn’t have a significant influence on creditdistribution.
ANALISIS PRODUK KOSMETIK IMPOR TERKAIT BRAND DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP PEMBELIAN KOSMETIK IMPOR DI SAMARINDA, KALIMANTAN TIMUR
Authors: Aifa Fahira Syarifah , Zafrullah Ahmad , Setyaningrum Idfi
Published: November 2021

This study discusses about imported cosmetic products which are beauty products that are becoming a great choice for Indonesian women, where most of the imported products have higher quality brand than local products. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approach that is empirical inductive namely data collection, data analysis, based on facts and previous research in the field. This research uses a quantitative approach through a survey method and is carried out with an explanatory approach using a Likert scale. Respondents were asked to convey their level of agreement about the values and influences between the variables to be measured. The analytical method used in this study is the the method of multiple linear analysis with statistical methods using the Statistical Solution and Services (SPSS) version 24 software tools.The results of the analysis that have been done show that Brand Image has a significant effect on purchasing decisions, this result is proven by a significance value greater than 5%. Brand awareness also has a significant effect on purchasing decisions, this result is evidenced by the significance value greater than 5%. Perception of Price has a significant effect on purchasing decisions, this result is evidenced by the significance value greater than 5%.
Citizen and state in the philosophy of Spinoza
Authors: LeBuffe Michael
Published: November 2021

In Spinoza's view, the highest purpose of society is to make each human being in it as well off as possible. He takes wellbeing to consist in knowledge, and the freedom from irrational, highly passionate ideas. On Spinoza's conception of religion, many citizens in any given society are motivated primarily by highly irrational, highly passionate religious ideas. Here I argue that Spinoza's psychology suggests that there are two possible ways to overcome such ideas. Society might work to eliminate religious ideas in citizens, thereby relieving them of their most irrational and harmful beliefs; or society might work to give citizens different, highly rational beliefs while leaving religion untouched. I argue that, given Spinoza's other commitments, only the second method could work.
To see or be seen? The grounds of a place-based university
Authors: Sturm Sean , Turner Stephen
Published: November 2021

In “The Tyranny of Transparency,” Marilyn Strathern argues that, in the neoliberal university, “visibility as a conduit for knowledge is elided with visibility as an instrument for control.” It is, but we would go further. After Deleuze, we would describe the apparatus of the university as an “optical machine”: it is “made of lines of light … distributing the visible and the invisible.” The drive to transparency, or panoptics, dominates the university today – from audit to architecture – and serves what Levien de Cauter calls “transcendental capitalism.” But it obscures a shadow discourse, or scotoptics, which hides invisible “lines of flight” and “fracture” that are transversal to transparency and transcendental capitalism. What this shadow discourse discloses about our university is that it is a transcendental-colonial-Maori place, a place that is palimpsestic and contested, a whenua tautohetohe (contested territory). We need to know that our university is more than it seems to be able to conceive of it as a “pluriversity,” a place of possibilities, upbuilding and practical wisdom: a wānanga (place of learning).
What reading Spinoza’s Ethics out loud brings to and takes from the text
Authors: Lahey Dronsfield Jonathan
Published: November 2021

It is contended by Gilles Deleuze that concepts can be understood as characters, and their interaction with other concepts dramatised. He proposes Spinoza’s Ethics as a text worthy of such dramatisation. I test Deleuze’s assertion, by staging a series of “affective readings”, 24-hour public readings out loud of the Ethics which unfold the question of how the concept of affect as it is treated there might be dramatised, and how we might be affected by it in the reading. This paper provides the philosophical justification of such a reading, and argues that an affective reading is one which makes perceptible the differential relations between the forces operating on the concept, and therefore needs to perform the concept of which it speaks, in a space of thought in which the drama of thinking the concept can be seen to be taking place. In turn, then, this paper considers what is meant by a “performative reading”. Given that the veracity of a performative reading of Ethics rests on the idea that reading it out loud brings to (or takes away from) the text something a silent reading does not, it is important to distinguish how reading out loud grasps the text differently from reading it silently, both cognitively in terms of what it demonstrates, and practically in terms of its effects.
2017 Interstices Under Construction Symposium: The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza BROCHURE
Authors: Editor Issue
Published: November 2021

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Towards Inclusive Education for Special Need Students in Higher Education from the Perspective of Faculty Members: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Muhamad Zaki Nur Haziqah , Ismail Zurina
Published: November 2021

Abstract: Special need individuals’ participation in various sectors including education has gained full attention and support from the government. However, they remain underrepresented in getting access to tertiary education. Higher education is committed in providing inclusive campus environment for special need students. Currently, there are several issues faced by higher education administration in providing inclusive campus. Studies that systematically review the literature on issues and challenge in providing inclusive campus for special need students (SNS) remain insufficient. Hence, this article intends to present a systematic literature review on the challenges in creating inclusive campus environment among higher education administrators. The review was based on the publication standard, namely ROSES (RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses). Two leading databases of Scopus and Web of Science, and five supporting databases were selected. Based on the thematic analysis, this review has four main themes namely 1) special need student; 2) inclusive campus; 3) challenges; 4) faculty member. The study offered several significant contributions for practical purposes. Findings from this review offer an insight for the higher education administrator to strategize in creating an inclusive campus for the SNS. To be more certain, future studies on SNS inclusively especially in Malaysia context are recommended.

 

Keywords: Higher Education, Inclusive environment, Special need student
E-Learning of STEM in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions: Status and challenges
Authors: Sukumaran Sheiladevi , Mohd Shahid Nadiatul Syima , Abdullah Nabilah , Thiagarajah Sharmanee
Published: November 2021

Abstract: The 4th Industrial Revolution and COVID-19 pandemic have globally impacted the economy, livelihood and organizations. With digitalization, many programs including STEM-based courses that require hands-on approach have gone online. This research was carried out to analyze the status of STEM Education in Malaysian higher education institutions and to explore challenges of e-learning integration with STEM subjects. A concurrent triangulation mixed-methods design was employed whereby quantitative and qualitative approaches took place simultaneously. The qualitative data were gathered via questionnaire while qualitative approach used semi-structured interviews. Respondents were STEM educators who teach and/or manage STEM programs in HEIs within the Klang Valley. Junior lecturers are found comparatively better using different software programs, exploring websites and handling multimedia tools for e-learning purposes.  83% survey respondents claimed their institution has no STEM e-learning policy, contributing to further challenge in STEM Education development.  Respondents agreed sound e-learning implementation of STEM requires lecturers with subject specialization, able to approach application of knowledge, skills and values to problem solving, can collaborate with others and adept at integrating technology.  Meanwhile, the HEIs must engage stakeholders to counter resistance plan to change, and to measure the effectiveness of integrating e-learning in meeting the strategic goals in STEM education.

 

Keywords: E-learning, Higher education, STEM Education
Programme Outcome Attributes related to Complex Engineering Problem Capability: Perceptions of Engineering Students in Malaysia
Authors: Mat Isa Che Maznah , Mohammad Nik ‘Irfan Aiman , Saad Nor Hayati , Christopher Nigel Preece
Published: November 2021

Abstract: Programme outcomes (POs) are the attributes that reflect the student skills expected to be acquired upon graduation. The Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) under Board of Engineers Malaysia requires 12 POs with complex engineering problems (CEP) and knowledge profiles to be incorporated in engineering programmes. Despite considerable research on outcome-based education (OBE), the OBE implementation with regards to the PO attributes and domains incorporating CEP characteristics are still questionable and vaguely implemented by the programmes. This paper presents two PO attributes related to problem solving and development/design for solution based on the perceptions of 301 engineering students in Malaysia. This paper aims to determine the student’s level of understanding on the PO learning domain and to analyze significant factors contributing to their PO attainment. A quantitative method using a questionnaire survey was adopted targeting a random probability sampling of respondents. Descriptive (percentage frequency, relative importance index) and statistical analyses (reliability, normality, correlation) were used to analyze the data. The findings show that the students perceived both POs as cognitive domains and they believed that lecturer’s roles in facilitating students on the subject matter has contributed significantly to their PO attainment. This study is limited to an engineering programme from one institution of higher learning (IHL) in Malaysia. However, the findings provide important insights on the students’ level of understanding of PO attributes and the OBE practices on CEP in the programme. This study can be extended to other IHLs to gauge the students’ understanding related to other PO attributes stipulated by the EAC.

 

Keywords: Programme Outcomes, Cognitive Domain, Problem Analysis, Design of The Solution, Engineering
Educación en tiempos de resguardo involuntário
Authors: Salvador-Benítez J. Loreto , González-López Sergio
Published: November 2021

El trabajo tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre las implicaciones que el resguardo físico propiciado por el Covid-19 ha tenido sobre la educación, en particular, sobre los fines del proceso educativo y el fortalecimiento de valores que permiten el enfrentamiento de condiciones inciertas y adversas. El planteamiento central es que dos de los principales riesgos que podrían enfrentarse con el resguardo voluntario/involuntario son el reforzamiento de las desigualdades sociales y de una visión instrumentalista de la educación que atentaría sobre los aspectos centrales de la formación educativa como la formación humanística que contribuye al mejoramiento social y a la educación como un medio para el ascenso social. Para tal fin, se presentan algunos de los principales rasgos de las medidas de resguardo asumidas, cuestionándose sobre su carácter voluntario o involuntario, si se trata de procedimientos nuevos que estarían modificando a los procesos sociales o si el resguardo develó una tendencia que se venía construyendo con anterioridad de aislamiento y empoderamiento de las tecnologías y a quienes beneficia. En el caso de la educación, se presenta un recorrido sobre el fortalecimiento del uso de las tecnologías digitales y se cuestiona si el resguardo físico era o no necesario; finalmente, se presenta un breve panorama sobre la situación educativa en América Latina y el Caribe.
O 11 de setembro como alerta divino: Jerry Falwell e a jeremiad americana
Authors: Rocha Daniel
Published: November 2021

Apenas dois dias após os atentados de 11 de setembro e em meio a um contexto de extrema comoção nacional nos Estados Unidos, o pastor batista Jerry Falwell – importante liderança da chamada Direita Cristã norte-americana –, deu uma polêmica entrevista ao também pastor e televangelista Pat Robertson no programa 700 Club. Falwell imputou a certos grupos e organizações norte-americanas – como grupos favoráveis à legalização do aborto, feministas e homossexuais –, parte da culpa pelo que havia acontecido no 11 de setembro. Neste texto, procura-se analisar a entrevista de Falwell interpretando-a como uma jeremiad, uma forma de sermão ou discurso marcado pela constatação do “pecado” da nação, pelo aviso da iminência do castigo divino e pelo chamado ao arrependimento. Inicialmente, discutir-se-á a longa tradição e popularidade que a retórica jeremiad tem na história dos Estados Unidos e como discursos políticos e religiosos têm sido feitos nesse formato. Na sequência, será analisado o uso constante desse formato de sermão nos diagnósticos de Falwell sobre os Estados Unidos, que tinham grande repercussão nacional durante, especialmente, a década de 1980, no auge da popularidade da Direita Cristã no país. Por fim, a entrevista dada por Falwell em 13 de setembro de 2001 será retomada e procurar-se-á demonstrar como suas polêmicas afirmações – apesar de todas as reações de repúdio da sociedade norte-americana –, estavam em sintonia com uma perspectiva segregadora e antissecularizante que era indissociável da interpretação de Falwell dos valores essenciais, do excepcionalismo e da “missão” dos Estados Unidos no mundo.
princípio da primazia da resolução do mérito recursal na jurisprudência do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ)
Authors: Nicolao Daiara , Schmidt Jandir Ademar , Mazzocco Manuella
Published: November 2021

O presente artigo tem por objetivo estudar a aplicação do parágrafo único do artigo 932, o qual dispõe que o relator deve conceder prazo de 05 dias para a parte sanar o vício ou complementar com a documentação exigível, antes de considerar o recurso inadmissível. É de suma relevância ressaltar que as pessoas buscam o judiciário para que este resolva as lides, através de uma sentença satisfativa, priorizando a resolução do mérito, o que não ocorria na vigência do CPC de 1973, pois predominava nos Tribunais Superiores à jurisprudência defensiva. Além disso, importante destacar que é assegurado às partes o duplo grau de jurisdição.  Dessa forma, o CPC de 2015 trouxe o parágrafo único do artigo 932 para possibilitar às partes sanarem eventuais vícios existentes, preservando a garantia de conhecimento do recurso. O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar se o Superior Tribunal de Justiça está aplicando o parágrafo único do artigo 932 do CPC/2015 e quais são os vícios considerados sanáveis. Para essa análise foi utilizado o método de abordagem dedutivo, com a pesquisa bibliográfica em doutrinas, jurisprudências, leis, resoluções e artigos científicos publicados por especialistas na área do Direito. Foi possível concluir que o STJ está utilizando o dispositivo supramencionado em alguns casos de vícios formais, porém, em algumas situações ainda busca empecilhos para não admitir os recursos.
Violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher
Authors: Camargo Ana Paula , Puhl Eduardo
Published: November 2021

A Lei nº 11.340/06, conhecida como Lei Maria da Penha, define medidas de proteção das mulheres vítimas de violência doméstica e familiar. A aprovação da lei trouxe medidas que possibilitam encorajar as vítimas a buscarem do Estado respostas mais efetivas. Este artigo tem como objetivo demonstrar com que frequência ocorre a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher. Propõe-se, assim, apresentar reflexões e analisar a influência de uma evolução histórica de hábitos culturais fundamentados em discursos patriarcais. Trata-se de uma das formas mais comuns de manifestação de violência, da dominação da força do homem e do poder. Foi utilizada metodologia dedutiva, por meio de técnica de revisão bibliográfica e jurisprudencial. Conclui-se pela necessidade de exigência de políticas públicas focadas não somente no combate à violência, mas também no estímulo ao empoderamento econômico e ao empreendedorismo feminino, que poderia auxiliar na autonomia econômica e igualdade de oportunidades no mundo do trabalho.
Defensoria pública em Santa Catarina
Authors: Finger Ana Luzia , Galio Morgana Henicka
Published: November 2021

A Defensoria Pública é uma instituição permanente, essencial para a função jurisdicional do Estado, assim sendo responsável pela orientação jurídica, direitos humanos e sua defesa, em qualquer grau sendo eles judiciais ou extrajudiciais, com base nos direitos individuais e coletivos, age de forma integral e gratuita aos mais necessitados, conforme artigo 5º da Constituição Federal.  Mas em Santa Catarina foi instaurada apenas em 2012, assim, surge o questionamento: Quais os principais aspectos da Defensoria Pública no Estado de Santa Catarina e como se dá a prestação de assistência jurídica gratuita no âmbito do estado catarinense?  O objetivo principal é analisar como a Defensoria Pública atua no Estado de Santa Catarina e como se dá a assistência jurídica no âmbito catarinense. Para a realização da pesquisa foi utilizado o método de abordagem dedutivo, partindo da base teórica sobre o conceito de funções da Defensoria Pública, para em seguida analisar o caso concreto de Santa Catarina, aplicando a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, a partir de revisão doutrinária e legislação brasileira. Concluiu-se que há uma grande demanda da população carente que necessita de assessoria jurídica e não tem condições de pagar os custos dos honorários de um advogado particular. Portanto, a complementação realizada pelos dois modelos de defensoria presentes no estado é adequada e contribui efetivamente para o acesso à justiça.
The Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Factors of Digitization in Vietnam: Technology Adoption in the Art and Cultural Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Duester Emma
Published: November 2021

This paper argues that there is an emergent digital culture in the art and cultural sector in Hanoi, which is producing a paradigm shift in the nature of work for cultural professionals, the way of preserving and displaying art collections, as well as the nature of international connections. The advent of the “fourth industrial revolution” in Vietnam has brought about advances in digitization. While this transition is crucial in achieving national sustainable development goals, Vietnam remains at a disadvantage on a global scale due to country-specific challenges in digitization that include lack of human, technical, and financial resources. These challenges are hindering the pace and quality of the digitization process and impeding the ability of cultural professionals to utilize digital platforms. In addition, the global digital divide is having impacts on access, inclusion, and representation. This shows that the challenges faced in the digitization process are not only about access to technology but also about much more deep-seated issues related to culture, history, and social inequalities. This is especially pertinent during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has highlighted inequalities in access and inclusion. The research draws on 20 semi-structured interviews with cultural professionals across Hanoi. The interviews were carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and addressed its impact on digitization projects and the use of digital technologies for work. The findings show how geopolitical and socioeconomic factors can suppress the ability to adopt new digital technologies, which is hindering the ability to exploit the opportunities of digitization. Yet, the Covid-19 pandemic has allowed more time to focus on digitization projects and to utilize digital tools and platforms, especially with free open-source software or platforms such as Facebook. This has become one route toward exploiting the opportunities of digitization for increased exposure, creation of digital resources, and rebalancing the discourse and amount of content circulating online regarding Vietnamese art and culture.