bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Family Business Succession in Different National Contexts: A Fuzzy-Set QCA Approach
Authors: Porfírio José António , Carrilho Tiago , Hassid Joseph , Rodrigues Ricardo
Published: November 2019

Family business succession is a key topic that has attracted considerable attention from researchers, especially in the last decade. Most research, however, is based on case studies with limited applicability and fails to present comparisons across international contexts that highlight differences in succession processes. We apply expectation states theory to analyze a sample of 128 observations in two Southern European countries, Portugal and Greece. We study configurations of successors’ characteristics, family business characteristics, the existence (or absence) of a succession plan, and successors’ motivation to succeed. Our aim is to reveal how these issues affect successors’ perceptions of preparation for succession using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Family businesses are a dominant organizational form all over the world, and succession issues are critical for the sustainability of family businesses. Our findings suggest that different configurations of conditions influence successors’ perceptions of preparation for family business succession. Moreover, we verify the influence of cultural differences on these processes. This research helps fill a gap in the literature, showing the role of a set of characteristics in successors’ perceptions of preparation for family business succession. Our conclusions provide insight into the types of policies that can promote successful family business succession.
Packaging as an Offline Method to Share Information: Evidence from the Food and Beverage Industry in the Republic of Korea
Authors: Choi Bulim , Lee Kang-Dae
Published: November 2019

With the growing participation by diverse stakeholders in the total flow of products, as seen with supply chains and logistics, it is becoming increasingly complicated to decide what information is to be shared and who is to be a partner. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of packaging as an offline method to share information in the total channel. This is because packaging improves communication among stakeholders and is normally part of the first contact between them and the product. Thus, it has the strategic potential to share product information that meets stakeholders’ needs. To accomplish this objective, we built a research framework that depicts four hypotheses and tested it with structural equation modeling (SEM). Data were collected by surveys and measured for statistical analysis. After identifying the role of packaging, we showed nine specific related variables and the information’s perceived effects on stakeholders and their directions and relative values. This will help future researchers to discuss packaging’s extended roles, the needs of information separation, and its priority to be shared to help executives develop packaging strategies as an offline means to share information. Additionally, as packaging is considered to be an information generator, it gives participants the opportunity to extend its roles and to assign additional information to the product along the offline flow of goods from manufacturers to end users.
Challenges and an Implementation Framework for Sustainable Municipal Organic Waste Management Using Biogas Technology in Emerging Asian Countries
Authors: Pandyaswargo Andante Hadi , Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage Premakumara , Liu Chen , Knaus Michael , Onoda Hiroshi , Mahichi Faezeh , Guo Yanghui
Published: November 2019

Due to its ability to recover both material and energy from organic waste, biogas technology is considered one of the best technology for treating organic waste. While in many emerging Asian countries more than 50% of municipal waste is organic waste, the amount of organic waste treated with biogas technology remains very limited. This study identified key challenges faced by practitioners in sustaining biogas plants from literature and interviewed a number of sustainably operating biogas plant managers and, based on the findings, developed an implementation framework to help decision makers and practitioners in planning a sustainable municipal organic waste biogas plant facility.
Which Sectors Really Matter for a Resilient Chinese Economy? A Structural Decomposition Analysis
Authors: Mai Xin , Chan Roger , Zhan Chaoqun
Published: November 2019

This study explores the structural effect of economic resilience with a case of China by examining the extent to which the major economic sectors contribute to the relative resilience of China’s overall economy. By applying a time series analysis, we use the Hodrick–Prescott filter to delineate China’s national economy on a quarterly basis and reveal different performances in responding to two recent economic crises in 1997 and 2008. Using quarterly data pertaining to eight economic sectors (including agriculture, industry, and major service sectors) and the national GDP from 1993Q1 to 2017Q2, we examine their effects on China’s economic resilience by simulating the responses of the national economy to a unit shock from each sector. Results show that the construction, real estate, and financial services have the greatest potential to “disturb” the national economy whereas the industrial sector has the greatest potential to “stabilize” it. The findings correspond with the understanding that extensive infrastructure development and the real estate boom have driven China’s rapid urban development and created economic prosperity, whereas the sectoral decomposition of economic resilience compels a critical reflection on the risks of this growth model.
Coopetition in Maritime Tourism: Assessing the Effect of Previous Islands’ Choice and Experience in Tourist Satisfaction
Authors: Lam-González Yen E. , León Carmelo J. , de León Javier
Published: November 2019

Maritime tourism has become a competitive opportunity for many island destinations in search of sustainable development. This article aims to analyze the hypothesis that tourist satisfaction with nautical destinations depends on the experience of previous visits to competing destinations. This hypothesis is relevant in order to ascertain the extent of potential coopetition between tourist destinations from the point of view of the consumers. This may ask for the need of cooperation within the competitive environment in which tourist destinations manage sustainability. The evidence is obtained from the case of Cape Verde, an archipelago strongly committed to the development of the nautical sector. Survey data from nautical tourists’ satisfaction visiting Cape Verde is modeled utilizing an ordinal logistic approach. Results show that tourist satisfaction with Cape Verde increases with the authenticity of the cultural experience offered by the destination, the diversity and quality of the nautical offer and the security perceived. Moreover, tourists declaring a satisfactory travel experience in other recently visited islands have higher levels of satisfaction with the nautical destination of Cape Verde. This suggests that proper strategies for nautical tourism development in these islands should not only allow tourists to discover the best cultural and local values of the destination, but also enhance their awareness of the quality of the experience provided by island competitors and, therefore establishing a benchmark for the common benefit of all island destinations becomes of interest. In this regard, coopetition strategies among islands with common interests of specialization may allow them to gain better positioning in the international nautical tourism market, and contribute to tourism development and the sustainability of the industry.
Facile Fabrication of Macroscopic Self-Standing Ni or Co-doped MnO2 Architectures as Catalysts for Propane Oxidation
Authors: Chen Long , Song Xiping
Published: November 2019

The fabrication of macroscopic self-standing architectures plays a key role in the practical applications of nanomaterials. A facile strategy to assemble MnO2 nanowires into macroscopic self-standing architectures via hydrothermal reaction followed by ambient pressure drying was developed. The obtained sample was robust and showed excellent mechanical strength with a Young’s modulus of 127 MPa, which had the possibility for practical applications. In order to promote the catalytic activity for propane oxidation, Ni or Co doping into MnO2 was studied. The results showed that the obtained macroscopic self-standing Ni-MnO2 and Co-MnO2 architectures exhibited enhanced catalytic activities for propane oxidation. Specifically, the conversions of propane over Co-MnO2 and Ni-MnO2 samples at 400 °C were 27.3% and 25.7% higher than that over pristine MnO2 sample.
Equol: A Microbiota Metabolite Able to Alleviate the Negative Effects of Zearalenone during In Vitro Culture of Ovine Preantral Follicles
Authors: Silva Talyne Emilia Santos , de Brito Danielle Cristina Calado , de Sá Naiza Arcângelo Ribeiro , da Silva Renato Felix , Ferreira Anna Clara Accioly , da Silva José Ytalo Gomes , Guedes Maria Izabel Florindo , Rodrigues Ana Paula Ribeiro , dos Santos Regiane Rodrigues , de Figueiredo José Ricardo
Published: November 2019

The impact of zearalenone (ZEN) on female reproduction remains an issue, since its effects may differ among exposed cell types. Besides the use of decontaminants in animal diet, other approaches should be considered to minimise ZEN effects after exposure. Since the first organ in contact with ZEN is the gastrointestinal tract, we hypothesise that products of microbiota metabolism may play a role in ZEN detoxification. We aimed to evaluate the effect of 1 µmol/L ZEN and 1 µmol/L equol (a microbial metabolite), alone or in combination, on the survival and morphology of in vitro cultured ovarian preantral follicles. Ovaries from 12 sheep were collected at a local abattoir and fragmented, and the ovarian pieces were submitted to in vitro culture for three days in the presence or absence of the test compounds. The follicular morphology was impaired by ZEN, but equol could alleviate the observed degeneration rates. While ZEN decreased cell proliferation in primary and secondary follicles, as well as induced DNA double-strand breaks in primordial follicles, all these observations disappeared when equol was added to a culture medium containing ZEN. In the present culture conditions, equol was able to counteract the negative effects of ZEN on ovarian preantral follicles.
Reduced Toxicity of Trichothecenes, Isotrichodermol, and Deoxynivalenol, by Transgenic Expression of the Tri101 3-O-Acetyltransferase Gene in Cultured Mammalian FM3A Cells
Authors: Tanaka Nozomu , Takushima Ryo , Tanaka Akira , Okada Ayaki , Matsui Kosuke , Maeda Kazuyuki , Aikawa Shunichi , Kimura Makoto , Takahashi-Ando Naoko
Published: November 2019

In trichothecene-producing fusaria, isotrichodermol (ITDol) is the first intermediate with a trichothecene skeleton. In the biosynthetic pathway of trichothecene, a 3-O-acetyltransferase, encoded by Tri101, acetylates ITDol to a less-toxic intermediate, isotrichodermin (ITD). Although trichothecene resistance has been conferred to microbes and plants transformed with Tri101, there are no reports of resistance in cultured mammalian cells. In this study, we found that a 3-O-acetyl group of trichothecenes is liable to hydrolysis by esterases in fetal bovine serum and FM3A cells. We transfected the cells with Tri101 under the control of the MMTV-LTR promoter and obtained a cell line G3 with the highest level of C-3 acetylase activity. While the wild-type FM3A cells hardly grew in the medium containing 0.40 μM ITDol, many G3 cells survived at this concentration. The IC50 values of ITDol and ITD in G3 cells were 1.0 and 9.6 μM, respectively, which were higher than the values of 0.23 and 3.0 μM in the wild-type FM3A cells. A similar, but more modest, tendency was observed in deoxynivalenol and 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol. Our findings indicate that the expression of Tri101 conferred trichothecene resistance in cultured mammalian cells.
Phylogeny, Pathogenicity, Transmission, and Host Immune Responses of Four H5N6 Avian Influenza Viruses in Chickens and Mice
Authors: Song Yafen , Li Weiqiang , Wu Wenbo , Liu Zhiting , He Zhuoliang , Chen Zuxian , Zhao Bingbing , Wu Siyu , Yang Chenghuai , Qu Xiaoyun , Liao Ming , Jiao Peirong
Published: November 2019

H5Nx viruses have continuously emerged in the world, causing poultry industry losses and posing a potential public health risk. Here, we studied the phylogeny, pathogenicity, transmission, and immune response of four H5N6 avian influenza viruses in chickens and mice, which were isolated from waterfowl between 2013 and 2014. Their HA genes belong to Clade 2.3.4.4, circulated in China since 2008. Their NA genes fall into N6-like/Eurasian sublineage. Their internal genes originated from different H5N1 viruses. The results suggested that the four H5N6 viruses were reassortants of the H5N1 and H6N6 viruses. They cause lethal infection with high transmission capability in chickens. They also cause mild to severe pathogenicity in mice and can spread to the brain through the blood–brain barrier. During the infection, the viruses result in the up-regulation of PRRs and cytokine in brains and lungs of chickens and mice. Our results suggested that the high viral loads of several organs may result in disease severity in chickens and mice; there were varying levels of cytokines induced by the H5N6 viruses with different pathogenicity in chickens and mice.
Streamflow and Sediment Declines in a Loess Hill and Gully Landform Basin Due to Climate Variability and Anthropogenic Activities
Authors: Chang Qingrui , Zhang Chi , Zhang Song , Li Binquan
Published: November 2019

Streamflow and sediment runoff are important indicators for the changes in hydrological processes. In the context of environmental changes, decreases in both streamflow and sediment (especially in the flood season) are often observed in most of the tributaries of the middle Yellow River in China’s Loess Plateau. Understanding the effect of human activities could be useful for the management of soil and water conservation (SWC) and new constructions. In this paper, changes in streamflow and sediment during the flood season (June–September) of the 1966–2017 period in a typical loess hill and gully landform basin were analyzed. Basin-wide rainfall of the flood season decreased nonsignificantly with an average rate of −0.6 mm/flood season for the whole study period by using the trend-free pre-whitening based Mann–Kendall trend test, while the decreasing rate was weakened on the time scale. A remarkable warming trend (1985–1999) and two decreasing trends (1966–1984 and 2000–2017) were observed, and the overall increasing trend could be found in air temperature series with a rate of 0.01 °C/flood season during the study period. Statistical models were developed to describe the rainfall-runoff and rainfall-sediment processes in the pre-impact period (when the hydrological series was stationary). Furthermore, the relative effects of climate variability and human activities on hydrological changes were quantified. Results proved the dominant role of human activities (versus climate variability) on the reductions of both streamflow and sediment load. The relative contribution of human activities to streamflow decrease was 84.6% during the post-impact period 1995–2017, while the contributions were 48.8% and 80.1% for two post-impact periods (1982–1996 and 1997–2017), respectively, to the reduction of sediment load. Besides, the effect of the exclusion of anomalous streamflow or sediment events on change-point detection was also analyzed. It indicated that the anomalous events affect the detection of change points and should be given full consideration in order to decide whether to remove them in the change-point detection. Otherwise, the full series with anomalous samples will completely affect the attribution results of hydrological changes. We also suggest that large-scale SWC measures with different construction quality and operational life could intercept and relieve most floods and high sediment concentration processes, but may amplify the peaks of streamflow and sediment when the interception capacities are exceeded under the condition of extreme rainstorm events.
Developing Meteoric Water Lines for Iran Based on Air Masses and Moisture Sources
Authors: Heydarizad Mojtaba , Raeisi Ezzat , Sorí Rogert , Gimeno Luis
Published: November 2019

Iran is a semi-arid to arid country that faces a water shortage crisis. Its weather is also influenced by various air masses and moisture sources. Therefore, applying accurate stable isotope techniques to investigate Iran’s precipitation characteristics and developing Iran meteoric water lines (MWLs) as an initial step for future isotope hydrology studies is vitally important. The aim of this study was to determine the MWLs for Iran by considering air masses and dominant moisture sources. The Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model backward analysis was used to determine the trajectories of various air masses in 19 weather stations in Iran and the areas covered by them. δ18O and δ2H contents were obtained for precipitation events from 32 stations in Iran and four in Iraq. Stable isotope samples were gathered from different sources and analyzed in various laboratories across the world. Three MWLs for north of Iran, south Zagros, and west Zagros, were determined based on the locations of dominant air masses and moisture sources. The proposed MWLs were validated by comparison with fresh karstic spring isotope data across Iran. In addition, Iran main moisture sources MWLs were used to determine dominant moisture sources role in karstic springs and surface water resources recharge.
Impact of Human Activities and Natural Processes on the Seasonal Variability of River Water Quality in Two Watersheds in Lampung, Indonesia
Authors: Dewi Yustika Rahmah , Somura Hiroaki , Budi Yuwono Slamet , Masunaga Tsugiyuki
Published: November 2019

This study identified seasonal water quality characteristics in two adjacent mountainous rivers (Sangharus and Sekampung Hulu Rivers) in Lampung, Indonesia and determined the impacts of fertilizer application on river chemistry as a result of social forestry management. In 2016, we measured water chemistry and conducted a farmers’ questionnaire survey to obtain information on fertilizer application. The water quality results indicated that several parameters, including nitrate (NO3) and phosphate (PO4), were significantly higher in the Sangharus River than in the Sekampung Hulu River. In addition, several parameters were influenced by dilution from high river flow in the rainy season. Some parameters were likely influenced by the weathering of parent materials. By contrast, electrical conductivity (EC) and NO3 were higher in the rainy season, which was likely linked to the dominant timing of urea fertilizer application during this season. Despite the application of fertilizers in the watersheds, NO3 levels remained below the recommended standard. However, aluminum and iron concentrations were higher than the recommended level for drinking water, which was likely due to elevated soil erosion from improper land management. Therefore, we recommend that effective land management policies be implemented through the adoption of soil conservation practices for nutrient loss prevention.
Old Irish bé «woman» and some related forms
Authors: Lindeman Fredrik Otto
Published: November 2019

Examen de différentes particularités du paradigme du nom de la femme en vieil-irlandais, notamment bé comme gén. sg. ou dat. sg. (ou acc. sg.) d’un neutre thème à nasale.
Peredur... Upon reflection
Authors: Witchard Goetinck Glenys
Published: November 2019

Dans des «additions» à son livre sur le roman gallois Peredur (correspondant au Perceval français), l'auteur envisage différentes possibilités : l'auteur a pu être un moine ; l'Historia Peredur est conçue comme certains textes hagiographiques ; elle a été composée au S.-E. du pays de Galles, p.-ê. à Monmouth ; l’évocation de la cour d’Arthur à Caerleon est liée au souvenir de la résistance à la conquête normande ; la localisation des sorcières à Gloucester s’explique par le rôle de cette place forte dans les attaques normandes contre les Gallois. Par conséquent l'auteur préfère maintenant lier la naissance de ce récit avec des mythes du bassin de la Severn.
Cuando construir también es pensar: la arquitectura anagógica de Saint Denis
Authors: Bauchwitz Oscar Federico
Published: November 2019

Este artículo busca saber en qué medida la iglesia de Saint Denis corresponde a las observaciones heideggerianas acerca del construir y del habitar, evidenciando el vínculo de Suger con las doctrinas de Dionisio, el pseudo-Areopagita, y Juan Escoto Eriúgena desde una perspectiva anagógica de la naturaleza y del mundo.
The blurring of genus, genre, and gender in Margaret Cavendish’s utopias
Authors: Bermudez Brataas Delilah
Published: November 2019

The Blazing World was the first utopia in English written by a woman, and likely, the first science fiction text in English. Yet it was not Margaret Cavendish’s only utopic text. The separatist spaces of her plays, and the virtual communities of her epistolary collections, were earlier utopias that contributed to her construction of Blazing World. Cavendish established the characteristics of utopian literature through the transgression of categories and hybridity. I consider her blurring of genus, genre and gender in two of her utopic texts, Sociable Letters and Blazing World, and her strategic development of the blurring of these categories.
Suffocated mothers, stabbed sisters, drowned daughters: when women choose death on Shakespeare's stage
Authors: Mazzola Elizabeth
Published: November 2019

Women who choose death on Shakespeare’s stage often overturn ideas about tragedy as well as challenge the politics which establish which lives are worth sacrificing and which ones are not. Radically altering the relation between bios and zoe, female suicides collapse the divisions between things that grow, breathe, and love, and those things that block such living. In this essay, I draw on thinking about biopolitics along with feminist readings of Shakespeare in order to explore how characters like Goneril, Gertrude, and Juliet refuse the rules which determine how women’s blood must flow or be shed.
William Forrest: Poetry, politics, script and power
Authors: Edwards A.S.G.
Published: November 2019

This article examines the poetic and scribal activities of the sixteenth-century poet and scribe William Forrest. Forrest’s works survive in a number of manuscripts that he prepared himself, some for presentation to specific individuals, some for less definable purposes. The article assesses his achievements as a scribe and manuscript producer over several decades.
A Taxonomic Revision of the Othonna bulbosa Group (Asteraceae: Senecioneae: Othonninae)
Authors: Magoswana Simon L. , Boatwright James S. , Magee Anthony R. , Manning John C.
Published: November 2019

Othonna L. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae: Othonninae) is a genus of some 120 species concentrated in the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa, with a few species extending into southern Namibia, Angola, and Zimbabwe. The South African species of Othonna were last revised more than a century ago, and many species, particularly from the southern African winter rainfall region, remain poorly understood. This study focused on the geophytic species comprising the O. bulbosa group, distinguished by their tuberous rootstock and annual, leafy, aerial stems. A comprehensive taxonomic treatment is presented, including descriptions, complete nomenclature and typification, illustrations, and geographical distribution. Twenty-five species are recognized, of which four are newly described (O. lilacina Magoswana & J. C. Manning, O. nigromontana Magoswana & J. C. Manning, O. revoluta Magoswana & J. C. Manning, and O. sinuata Magoswana & J. C. Manning), and 18 names are reduced to synonymy. The species differ in habit, shape and incision of foliage, capitulum type (radiate vs. disciform), number of involucral bracts, pappus length, and cypselae (myxogenic vs. nonmyxogenic). We place the species into four morphologically diagnosable series (series Heterophyllae Magoswana & J. C. Manning, series Disciformes Magoswana & J. C. Manning, series Perfoliatae Magoswana & J. C. Manning, and series Undulosae Magoswana & J. C. Manning) based on habit and capitulum type.
Rodzina jako przestrzeń socjalizacji poznawczej dziecka – o procesie przyswajania kulturowych narzędzi myślenia
Authors: Zdybel Dorota
Published: November 2019

Kultura kształtuje właściwości ludzkiego poznania przede wszystkim dlatego, że ontogenetyczny rozwój człowieka oparty jest na interakcji z wytworami kultury określonej społeczności, w jakiej wychowuje się dziecko. Interakcja ta obejmuje nie tylko korzystanie z kulturowych zasobów wiedzy i umiejętności, nabywanie symboli językowych wraz z zawartymi w nich sposobami wartościowania i interpretowania świata, ale także internalizowanie określonych typów formacji dyskursywnych, za pośrednictwem których rozwijane są typowo ludzkie zdolności do metapoznania, redyskrypcji operacji poznawczych i myślenia dialogowego. W tym znaczeniu można mówić o „socjalizacji poznawczej” dziecka jako procesie wrastania w kulturę myślenia określonej wspólnoty. Głównym celem artykułu jest ukazanie mechanizmów oddziaływania tak rozumianej socjalizacji w środowisku rodzinnym: od najszerszego – polidiadycznego (rozumianego jako „czeladnictwo w kulturze”), aż po najgłębszy – osobisty, rozumiany jako „przyswojenie” kulturowych procedur i narzędzi myślenia. W oparciu o systematyczną analizę dostępnej literatury i przykłady wypowiedzi dziecięcych ukazane zostaną charakterystyczne cechy ­interakcji ­rodzinnych sprzyjające budowaniu rusztowania poznawczego, a także przejawy procesu oswajania narzędzi myślowych w zabawie, pozwalające rodzicom świadomie obserwować i stymulować rozwój poznawczy małego dziecka w naturalnych dla wspólnoty rodzinnej sytuacjach.
Edukacja elementarna jako intelektualna przestrzeń (nie)doświadczania praktyk demokratycznych przez dziecko
Authors: Kochanowska Ewa Dorota
Published: November 2019

W prezentowanym artykule podjęto problem uczenia się w demokracji przez dzieci na etapie wczesnej edukacji. Głównym celem przeprowadzonych badań były przedstawienie i analiza działań nauczycieli pod kątem tworzenia przez nich warunków do doświadczania praktyk demokratycznych przez dzieci w procesie uczenia się. Tło tych badań stanowi przegląd współczesnych rozważań nad ideą demokratyzacji w odniesieniu do edukacji dziecka w młodszym wieku szkolnym we współczesnej rzeczywistości. W toku badań poszukiwano odpowiedzi na pytania skoncentrowane wokół problemu głównego: Czy i jakie działania podejmowane przez nauczycieli w czasie zajęć zintegrowanych sprzyjają uczeniu się w demokracji przez dzieci w wieku wczesno­szkolnym? W rezultacie przeprowadzonych badań jakościowych z zastosowaniem obserwacji 54 zajęć zintegrowanych (bloków dnia) prowadzonych przez nauczycielki klas początkowych, dokonano kategoryzacji działań nauczycieli utrudniających bądź uniemożliwiających dziecku partycypację w procesie kształcenia, budowanie przestrzeni dla uczniowskiej autonomii w poznawaniu i rozumieniu świata oraz efektywne uczenie się w toku interakcji z innymi uczestnikami procesu edukacyjnego. W końcowej części dokonano podsumowania oraz sformułowano wnioski z badań, których uwzględnienie w praktyce edukacji wczesnoszkolnej sprzyjać może demokratyzacji przestrzeni intelektualnej szkoły.
Antropologiczne podstawy odporności psychicznej: narracyjna autokonstrukcja jako czynnik ochronny w odporności psychicznej
Authors: Signes Maria Teresa
Published: November 2019

Resilience as a construct is a relatively recent phenomenon that has now grown in importance, especially in new educational and pedagogical proposals that focus on prevention against possible risky behaviours. As a result, over the last few decades, approaches to resilience have undergone a transformation that goes far beyond this change in its conceptual conception.In this paper, we bring together two aspects that are considered fundamental to understanding resilience as a human capacity, leaving aside how it may be applied. There is a clear need to base resilience on clearly anthropological aspects that, suggested by philosophical anthropology, can help us to see that this capacity is the fruit of human nature itself. It is at this point that anthropology joins narrative self-construction in the development of the internal logos. Those anthropological traits are undoubtedly those that can help us to understand how a person can make themselves through their own internal dialogue in clear interrelation with their environment. Based on this personal growth, they will be able to develop aspects of their own personality that will help them to overcome adverse situations and even, in very extreme cases, traumatic situations.
Metody wspierania edukacyjnego stosowane przez nauczycieli klas I – III – raport z badań
Authors: Szczotka Martyna , Szewczuk Katarzyna
Published: November 2019

Jakość funkcjonowania systemu edukacyjnego zależy od wielu czynników, z których na plan pierwszy wysuwa się osoba nauczyciela, jego rzeczywiste wykształcenie i przygotowanie do pracy pedagogicznej z dziećmi. „Warsztat pracy” nauczyciela powinien być oparty nie tylko na potocznym doświadczeniu, ale przede wszystkim dobrze osadzony we współczesnej teoretycznej myśli pedagogicznej. Nauczyciel przygotowując się do zajęć, powinien bezwarunkowo znać zasady obowiązujące w pracy dydaktyczno-wychowawczej z dziećmi, metody nauczania i uczenia się, formy organizacyjne pracy uczniów, a także środki dydaktyczne, które mają za zadanie wspierać jego pracę. Niniejsza praca miała na celu poznanie opinii nauczycieli klas 1-3 na temat stosowania metod wspierania aktywności edukacyjnej uczniów. Główną metodą badawczą był sondaż diagnostyczny z techniką ankiety. Przeprowadzone badania pozwoliły na uzyskanie odpowiedzi w ramach sformułowanych w pracy problemów badawczych. Wyniki tych badań są oznaką przyjmowania przez współczesną edukację wczesnoszkolną założeń teorii humanistycznej oraz koncepcji konstruktywistyczno-interakcyjnej. Coraz większą wagę przykłada się do procesu uczenia się, a nie nauczania. Uczeń staje się podmiotem o własnych zainteresowaniach i indywidualnych potrzebach, który ma prawo do wielointeligentnego rozwoju. Jest to nadrzędny cel kształcenia zintegrowanego, który mamy możliwość współcześnie osiągać właśnie m.in. dzięki stosowaniu różnorodnych metod wspierania edukacyjnego uczniów. Taki sposób działania, opierający się na twórczej aktywności, decyduje o maksymalizowaniu szans rozwojowych dziecka. Uczeń w swoich osobistych działaniach, wykorzystując doświadczenia zdobyte na zajęciach, w których stosowane są metody aktywizujące, problemowe, oglądowe i słowne, staje się pełnowartościową, twórczą jednostką umiejącą podejmować wszelkie wyzwania, a następnie radzić sobie z nimi w codziennym życiu.
Verification methods of a programmer’s knowledge and skills
Authors: Hajduk Paweł , Wieruszewski Norbert , Skublewska-Paszkowska Maria
Published: November 2019

The article describes currently utilized methods of a programmer’s knowledge verification and skills. The research consisted of creating custom solution which was an application implementing chosen methods and carrying out test with the participation of programmers having various levels of experience, knowledge and skills. Effectiveness of assessment, reliability and verification time were evaluated based on an analysis of the results received from the research
Comparing the performance of integration platforms
Authors: Flis Bartłomiej Karol , Kołyga Łukasz , Skublewska-Paszkowska Maria
Published: November 2019

The article compares two modern integration platforms used in production and test environments. These are, a free integrity solution WSO2 data bus and OSB bus, called Oracle Service Bus, which is a commercial software. The tests that were carried out on the abovementioned buses and results were discussed. In addition, a comparison of results with conclusions that were drawn after the tests was attached.
Analysis of properties of reversible steganography methods
Authors: Zimnicki Piotr , Kozieł Grzegorz
Published: November 2019

Steganography is a science that deals with hiding information in other information, and it's becoming increasingly popular with rapid growth of Internet utilization. Reversible steganography methods allow lossless recovery of not only the message, but the cover image as well. Different methods have different characteristics, and thus different applications. This paper aims to deepen the understanding of selected reversible methods, their strong and weak point, through both theoretical and practical analysis. The comparison of chosen methods is presented in the paper.
Comparison of selected tools to perform unit tests
Authors: Strzelecki Piotr , Skublewska-Paszkowska Maria
Published: November 2019

The paper presents a comparative analysis of selected tools to perform unit tests. The analysis covers three most popular frameworks: MSTest, NUnit and xUnit.net. The analysis concerns the comparison of the speed of tests performing by the tools in serial and parallel manner. The tests were carried out by the author's application dedicated to .NET platform.
A H ybrid Forecasting Model for P re diction of Stock Index of Tata M otors usi ng Principal Component Analysis, Support V ector Regression and Particle Swarm O ptimization
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India, Siddique *Mohammed , Panda Debdulal ,   Department of Mathematics, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Published: November 2019

This paper presents an extremely precise prediction method which improved the decision of the investors on daily direction of the stock market. Among the studies that focus on daily stock market forecasting, the hybrid machine learning techniques are more appreciated than the conventional data mining procedures. With an intent to produce such a model with more accurate predictions, this paper analyzes a series of technological indicators used in usual studies of the stock market and uses principal component analysis (PCA), along with support vector regression (SVR) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Feature extraction is such a procedure that can remove the unnecessary and unrelated factors, and reduce the dimension of the input variables from the original dataset. The feasibility and efficiency of the proposed PCA-SVR-PSO hybrid model was applied to forecast the daily closing prices of stock index of TATA Motors. The performance of the proposed approach is evaluated with 4304 (from 1st January 2001 to 6th April 2018) trading days historical stock price data of Tata motors collected from Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The total data sets were splits into two parts, 80% of the data (3444) has been used in the training phase and rest 20% of the data (860) for the testing phase. We compared our results with ANN-PSO and SVR-PSO hybrid models. The experimental results reflect that the proposed hybrid model incorporating PCA is more practicable and better performs than SVR-PSO.
Effect o f Crossover Probability o n Performance of Genetic Algorithm i n Scheduling o f Parallel Machines f or BI Criteria Objectives
Authors:   JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bengaluru-560060, India., BV* Dr. Raghavendra
Published: November 2019

Optimization of multi objective function gain the importance in the scheduling process. Many classical techniques are available to address the multi objective functions but the solutions yield the unsatisfactory results when the problem becomes complex and large. Evolutionary algorithm would be the solution for such problems. Genetic algorithm is adaptive heuristic search algorithms and optimization techniques that mimic the process of natural evolution. Genetic algorithms are a very effective way of obtaining a reasonable solution quickly to a complex problem. The genetic algorithm operators such as selection method, crossover method, crossover probability, mutation operators and stopping criteria have an effect on obtaining the reasonably good solution and the computational time. Partially mapped crossover operators are used to solve the problem of the traveling salesman, planning and scheduling of the machines, etc., which are having a wide range of solutions. This paper presents the effect of crossover probability on the performance of the genetic algorithm for the bi-criteria objective function to obtain the best solution in a reasonable time. The simulation on a designed genetic algorithm was conducted with a crossover probability of 0.4 to 0.95 (with a step of 0.05) and 0.97, found that results were converging for the crossover probability of 0.6 with the computational time of 3.41 seconds.
Quality Assessment of Biological Product of Microbial Origin
Authors:   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia., Lysenko* Yury , Luneva Albina ,   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia., Koshchaev Andrey ,   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia., Lifentsova Maria ,   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia., Gorpinchenko Evgeny ,   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia.
Published: November 2019

Today, the use of microbial origin biological products in poultry farming is widespread. However, it was found that the use of living bacteria in such preparations is not always effective due to their inactivation under the action of enzymes located in the gastrointestinal tract. In this connection, it is promising to use their destroyed forms (lysates), which also have high biological properties. The aim of the scientific work was to assess the quality of the developed hydrolyzate of lactic acid bacteria and its compliance with regulatory documents. It was established that the studied lactobacillus hydrolyzate meets the requirements of the regulatory documentation for this biological product, does not have toxic and irritating effects on the body of laboratory animals, and therefore can be offered in industrial poultry farming to increase the safety and productivity of farm poultry.
Development of Vehicle Door Security using Smart Tag and Fingerprint System
Authors:   Center for Advanced Computing Technology, Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik (FTKEE), UTeM, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Alsayaydeh* Jamil Abedalrahim Jamil , Khang Adam Wong Yoon ,   Center for Telecommunication Research and Innovation, Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik (FTKEE), UTeM, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Indra Win Adiyansyah ,   Center for Telecommunication Research and Innovation, Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik (FTKEE), UTeM, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Shkarupylo Vadym ,   Department of Computer Systems and Networks, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Heroyiv Oborony str., 15, 03041, Kyiv, Ukraine., Hossain A K M Zakir ,   Center for Telecommunication Research and Innovation, Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik (FTKEE), UTeM, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Saravanan  ,   Fakulti Teknologi Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik (FTKEE), UTeM, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia., Pusppanathan Jaysuman Bin ,   Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Published: November 2019

Research and development advancements in the area of Vehicle Door Security using Smart Tag and Fingerprint System. Fingerprint biometric is one of the popular, ubiquitous, reliable, economical and efficient biometric technologies. Due to its versatility, fingerprint biometric is applicable. Fingerprint is popular because of its universality, uniqueness, permanence, acceptability, performance [1]. The Arduino as a controller between RFID Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, Buzzer, LCD, LED and Relay. This research implemented for security purpose to protect the safety of vehicle from vehicle theft or burglary. It is very useful and important for alert the people who have vehicle to protect it from theft. This is a very important system to be implemented at the main door of vehicle. The system started to work when the user access either than one system fingerprint or smart tag to lock and unlock the door. The fingerprint system only user can access their fingerprint whereas the smart tag system can access by user or user’s intimate relative when they borrow the vehicle for emergency. The vehicle door cannot be opened when unmatched fingerprint is access or incorrect smart tag is access. Once the incorrect smart tag is access by unauthorized person, the buzzer will be activated and produce a high level of alarm sound to alert the user. The Arduino Uno microcontroller is controlled by the entire system of the project. Hence, it is easy to implement and available to use because it has a simple function, so this system can be enhancing with modern technology so it can be applying into vehicle part for secure the vehicle.
الجدار بين بنية القصد واليات الكتابة في العمارة
Authors: Almaamouri Abdullah Saadoon Salman , Abbas Ali Hamza  , Laheeb Ali Alsaeg
Published: November 2019

"The current search trying to study deeply the semantic relations generated from the adoption of mechanisms written with a certain intent on the board (the wall), as a means of displaying architectural text which is of semantically cumulative as it described as a traces .Where the Architected text is the writing about a topic not attaching pictures of the past and heritage. To establish by the search the structure of conceptual and assume to that a wall is not physically dividing line between inside and outside of the space but dialogue bridge between the designer and his intellectual reference at one side and the collective recipient’s memory in the context of a specific community in the other side, A dialogue reflected the change in the conceptual of cumulative written, and be far away from attaching pictures of the past which based on the structure similarity between the virtual vocabulary, toward the architected text depends on the structure of the difference, deals with the previous text as a traces opened a dialogue and multi-interpretation by the receiver, and then leading to a multiplicity readings and thus away from the wall for easy repetition mirroring the previous texts towards the speaking building in spite if a different languages for depending on designers and formats that generate them."
الايقاع الكسري في الواجهات المعمارية المحلية
Authors: Enas S. Abed El Ahaad  , Venus Suleiman
Published: November 2019

The research focuses on local architectural facades in Baghdad and the chaos and confusion ,Loosing the balance and order that these facades suffered from, due to random and irresponsible architectural practices, with the emergence of the idea of fractional rhythm as a regulatory tool achieves that exciting balance back between the extremes (contextual and disorder), the research problem has Defined that there is no study diagnosed this confusion and anarchy in local architectural facades in Baghdad based on the idea of fractional rhythm, on that base the research's goal is to Identify practical procedures to reach to facades with fractional rhythm far from the anarchism and confusing, to enrich back our local facades. To achieve research's goal, a methodology has been determined to formulate a theoretical framework for fractal rhythm which Sets fractional rhythm indicators and detailed variables through reviewing studies and establishing a sufficient knowledge base to apply the abstract framework within an exploratory study on Samples of elevations belong to local architectural heritage To examine the grade of diversity and identify mechanisms adopted and the design characteristics (formal and substantive), that achieved the distribution of fractional rhythm reaching to test these results on the two sets of contemporary facades the first based on local heritage as Primary source of design when the second is random design to support the results derived and Provide The final conclusions of the research that provides treatment solutions to this disordered and chaotic reality in our contemporary local facades.
E-Learning Usability Evaluation Menggunakan Fuzzy Logic dan Usulan Alternatif Desain Interaktif Learning Management System (LMS) Chamilo
Authors: Dikananda Arif Rinaldi , Santoso Harry Budi , Dana Raditya Danar , Sudrajat Dadang
Published: November 2019

E-Learning as well as learning media in general needs to be evaluated to find out and measure how much effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction is for the quality of the overall learning process. One effort that can be done to find out and evaluate the quality of learning is to use usability evaluation. Usability measurements require data derived from questionnaires presented using a Likert scale. The data illustrates the perceptions of users who have uncertainties because they are very subjective so they have the potential to cause misinterpretations. Fuzzy logic can be used to evaluate e-Learning reusability because fuzzy logic has the advantage of resolving a problem that contains uncertainty / ambiguity, which in this case is in accordance with the context of usability problems that are often presented in natural languages that have uncertainties, such as "how effective? "," How efficient? "And" how much user satisfaction. By using the Mamdani model Fuzzy Inference an increase in system usability with a score of 3.06 with a membership level of 0.9961 in the Moderate Usability stack. With the application of fuzzy variables and fuzzy rules, the process of evaluating system usability can be done with natural language that is easier to understand.
PENERAPAN STRATEGI GROUP INVESTIGATION UNTUK MENINGKATKANHASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI MATERI EKOSISTEM BAGI SISWA KELAS XSMA MUHAMMADIYAH AIMAS
Authors: Triyoso Anang
Published: November 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peningkatan hasil belajar biologi materi Ekosistem bagi siswa kelas X SMA Muhammadiyah Aimas.Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (Classroom Action Research) yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus, masing-masing siklus terdiri dari empat komponen yaitu perencanaan, tindakan, pengamatan, dan refleksi. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah lembar observasi partisipasi aktif siswa, lembar observasi presentasi dan laporan akhir dan soal tes hasil belajar kognitif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa persentase partisipasi aktif siswa mengalami peningkatan antara siklus 1 (50%) dan siklus 2 (80%). Peningkatan juga terlihat pada rerata hasil belajar biologi siswa juga mengalami peningkatan antara siklus 1 (69,60) dan siklus 2 (72). Persentase ketuntasan hasil belajar biologi siswa juga mengalami peningkatan antara siklus 1 (70%) dan siklus 2 (100%). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka disimpulkan bahwa Penerapan strategi Group Investigation dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa kelas X SMA MuhammadiyahAimas dalam pembelajaran Biologi.