bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Determinan Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah Daerah Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 (Studi Empiris Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)
Authors: Azmi Fidela Nuzul , Yaya Rizal , Tumirin Tumirin
Published: July 2023

Background – Covid-19 Pandemic has caused changes in budget allocation and declining in local government revenue which may affect its accountability performance.

Aim – The purpose of this study is to empirically test whether during covid-19 pandemic the clarity of budget targets, accounting controls, reporting systems, and human resources can improve the performance accountability of government agencies in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY).

Design / methodology / approach – ). This research uses survey questionnaire. The sample in this study were 89 respondents consisting of the Head of Regional Apparatus Organization (OPD), Treasurer of OPD, and Secretary of OPD. The data collection technique in this study used questionnaire with purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique is based on statistical multiple linier regression.

Findings – Based on the variables tested in order to obtain significance, the results obtained were 2 of them had significance while the other 2 had no significance.

Conclusion - The variables of clarity of budget targets and quality of human resources had a significant and positive effect on government agency performance accountability during the COVID-19 pandemic, while accounting control and reporting system variables had no significant and positive effect on government agency performance accountability.

Research implication – This research implies that local governments need to ensure clarity of budget targets and the quality of human resources in order to improve their accountability performance especially during crisis.

Limitations – This study is limited to the Special Region of Yogyakarta. For greater validity, future study needs to extend the research scope to national area.
A Conceptual Framework For Employee Performance In The Islamic Hospitality In Indonesia
Authors: Lailatizzahro Nisa'u , Kristiyana Naning , Santoso Adi
Published: July 2023

Background – There are pressures experienced by Islamic hospital employees in Indonesia who are exposed to negative workplace gossiping and toxic leadership has an effect on the performance of Islamic hospital employees in Indonesia. These problems can be minimized by applying an Islamic work ethics in order to improve the employees performance of Islamic hospital in Indonesia.

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to determine the performance of employees at the Indonesian Islamic Hospital.

Design/ Methodology/ Approach – This study uses the COR basis in analyzing phenomena and research findings. The population of this study was medical staff throughout the Indonesian Islamic Hospital. The number of samples was determined using the Isaac equation table so that a total sample of 300 respondents was obtained. Retrieval of data using questionnaires that are distributed online. Measurement data uses answers Strongly Agree, Agree, Netral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree, with a rating scale of 1 to 5 Data processing uses the SMART PLS3 application.

Findings – The findings of this study revealed that staff performance at the Indonesian Islamic Hospital is significantly impacted by toxic leadership negative workplace gossiping, and islamic work ethics. This can be seen from the results of the discriminate validity test and the final results of Smart PLS3 data processing.

Conclusion  – The study's findings are consistent with another study that found that Indonesian Islamic Hospital employees perform better when they adhere to islamic work ethics has a significant positive effect on Employee Performance. Meanwhile, toxic leadership and negative workplace gossiping significant negative effect on employee performance at the Islamic Hospital in Indonesian.

Research Implication – The results of this study are expected to be input for managers in Islamic Hospitals in Indonesia, especially knowing the effect of Islamic work ethics, Toxic Leadership, Negative Gossip in the Workplace on employee performance as an intervening variable, becoming learning material and applying knowledge in the field of management, especially in the field of management of human resources and can be an additional reference for further research and as a consideration for Islamic Hospitals in Indonesia which are facing similar problems.

Research Limitations – The results of this study can be an opportunity for further research development by focusing on more specific target respondents and adding variables that have a role in Islamic work ethics, toxic leadership, and negative workplace gossiping to improve employee performance at the Indonesian Islamic Hospital.
Dampak Work-Life Balance Karyawan Terhadap Kinerja Melalui Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Authors: Rohmatiah Ahadiati , Widodo Mukti , Mutmainah Mutmainah
Published: July 2023

Background – Companies that pay attention to the work-life balance of employees will improve performance and cause organizational citizenship behavior. Work-life balance and organizational citizenship behavior of employee can one of factors to impact their performance. So, its can impact to corporate image in society.

Aim –  This study aims to determine the influence of work - life balance and organizational citizenship behavior on employee performance, the influence of organizational citizenship behavior on employee performance, and the influence of work-life balance on employee performance of Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office through organizational citizenship behavior as a mediating variable

Design / methodology / approach – The research population is all employees of the Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office in 2022, totaling 141 people. Sample of 59 people was obtained which was determined by simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The data analysis technique uses path analysis method with SmartPLS version 3.0 software.

Findings – The results showed: 1) Work-life balance affects the performance of employees of Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office, 2) Work-life balance affects organizational citizenship behavior of employees of Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office, 3) Organizational citizenship behavior affects the performance of employees of Bank Jatim Office Madiun Branch, 4) Work-life balance affects the performance of Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office employees through organizational citizenship behavior as a mediating variable.

Conclusion - The test variables in this article have a significant influence and can explain these conditions in the internal environment of the Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office.

Research implication – This research add knowledge about factors of employee performance. So, this result can reference for entrepreneur to more pay attention their employee, especially work-life balance and organizational citizenship behavior of employee. Both of them can concerned to increasing and optimizing performance of employee continually.

Limitations – This research only examine about work-life balance, organizational citizenship, and employee performance in Bank Jatim Madiun Branch Office.
Pengetahuan Investasi Memediasi Pengaruh Pepresepsi Return Dan Risiko Terhadap Minat Investasi Mahasiswa
Authors: Reviandani Wasti
Published: July 2023

Background - Students are part of the community who are studying higher education and are expected to be an example for other people in investing, the investment level is still low, it is necessary to improve so that the investment interest of the community, including students, can increase in the future.

Aim - The purpose of this study was to determine whether the perception of return and risk as well as the mediation of investment knowledge can influence students' investment interest.

Design / methodology / approach - The research approach is quantitative and data is obtained from distributing questionnaires which are then processed using data analysis techniques using the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) model using the SmartPLS 3.0 (Partial Least Square) program.

Findings - Based on the results of the analysis it is proven that students' perceptions of returns and investment risks have an effect on investment intentions. Investment knowledge has a significant effect on investment knowledge, this empirical result means that the higher students understand returns and risks, and know about investment, the higher the interest in investing in students. Student investment knowledge is proven to be able to mediate the effect of perceived returns and investment risks on investment intentions. Proven student investment knowledge will have an indirect impact on student investment interest.

Conclusion - The results of this study indicate that student knowledge is one of the most important factors to increase interest in investing. The earlier we invest, the better prepared we are to face the challenges and risks that may arise in the future.

Research implications - Investment is something that students need to study in order to know the right investment and provide long-term benefits. Basically, people who invest are a sign that the person has prepared himself to face the changing economy of a country, so that by preparing himself to face things that are not desirable in the future, especially related to the economy. This research also contributes to science, especially financial management, the results of this study provide a perspective where investment interest is not focused on returns and risks, but requires knowledge about investment.

Research Limitations - This research has limitations, namely the population and sample are only focused on UMG 2019 management study program students and cannot be averaged with other objects, future researchers are expected to expand the sample with a wide coverage so that this research can be applied in general.
HUBUNGAN INDEKS MASSA TUBUH DENGAN KEJADIAN TB PARU DI PUSKESMAS BANGUN PURBA KABUPATEN ROKAN HULU RIAU
Authors: Aryani Windri , Syahputra Muhammad Budi , Sulistiawati Ade Chandra , Aulia
Published: July 2023

Tuberkulosis masih merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang menjadi tantangan global sebagai penyebab morbiditas dan mortalitas. TB di sebabkan oleh infeksi bakteri Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Penularannya melalui ekskresi inhalasi baik melalui nafas, batuk, bersin, dan berbicara dengan penderita TB. Setiap tahun diperkirakan 9 juta kasus TB baru dan 2 juta di antaranya meninggal. Di Indonesia sendiri setiap tahun didapatkan kasus TB sebanyak 250.000 kasus dan kira-kira 100.000 kematian di sebabkan oleh TB. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan antara Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan Kejadian Tuberkulosis Paru di Puskesmas Bangun Purba Kabupaten Rokan Hulu Riau. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian survey analitik dengan desain cross sectional dengan teknik total population sampling yang diambil dari data rekam medik yang sudah tersedia di Puskesmas Bangun Purba dengan jumlah sampel 32 orang. Hasil: hasil penelitian ini didapatkan adanya hubungan yang signifikan antara Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan kejadian TB Paru yaitu dengan nilai p sebesar 0,02 (p<0,05). Kesimpulan: Terdapat hubungan yang antara Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan kejadian TB Paru di Puskesmas Bangun Purba Kabupaten Rokan Hulu Riau.
PROFIL PENDERITA KARSINOMA PROSTAT DI RSUD Dr. PIRNGADI MEDAN TAHUN 2018 - 2020
Authors: Muhamad Ikbal  , Mahrani Indri , Lubis Ichwan Alamsyah , Astria Aspri
Published: July 2023

Karsinoma prostat merupakan jenis kanker terbanyak kedua dan menempati peringkat ke lima sebagai penyebab kematian oleh kanker pada pria diseluruh dunia dengan insidensi mencapai 1,4 juta jiwa kasus baru dan 375.000 jumlah kematian. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui profil dari penderita karsinoma prostat di RSUD Dr. Pirngadi dari tahun 2018-2020. Penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Deskriptif dengan desain cross-sectional. Menggunakan metode Total Sampling dengan jumlah sampel 68 penderita karsinoma prostat. Hasil penelitian ini didapatkan bahwa pasien terbanyak berumur 61-70 tahun (38.2%), suku batak (60.3%), tamat SMA (48.5%), wiraswasta (41.2%), berstatus kawin (86.8%), memiliki riwayat keluarga (63.2%), tekanan darah normal (60.3%), IMT normal (63,1%), merokok (63.1%), PSA tidak normal (67.6%), moderately differentiated (67.6%). Kesimpulan: Usia terbanyak adalah 61-70 tahun, suku terbanyak adalah batak, pendidikan terbanyak adalah tamat SMA, pekerjaan terbanyak adalah wiraswasta, status pernikahan terbanyak adalah menikah, riwayat keluarga terbanyak adalah memiliki riwayat keluarga, tekanan darah terbanyak adalah normal, IMT terbanyak adalah normal, riwayat merokok terbanyak adalah merokok, PSA terbanyak adalah > 4 ng/mL, gleason score terbanyak adalah moderately differentiated.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN, USIA, PENDIDIKAN, PEKERJAAN, PENGHASILAN ORANG TUA TERHADAP KELENGKAPAN IMUNISASI DASAR PADA BAYI
Authors: Izhar Athala Sigit  , Maestro Bina Utama Simanjuntak  , Marlina Rajagukguk
Published: July 2023

Imunisasi dasar merupakan program kesehatan wajib yang diadakan pemerintah untuk bayi berusia 0-12 bulan sebagai kekebalan terhadap penyakit yang dapat dicegah dengan imunisasi. Imunisasi dapat mencegah kematian setiap tahun di semua kelompok umur akibat difteri, tetanus, pertusis, dan campak. Imunisasi dapat mencegah sekitar dua sampai 3 juta kematian setiap tahun.  Namun, sekitar 19,4 juta bayi di dunia masih melewatkan imunisasi dasar lengkap. Cakupan imunisasi global terhenti di angka 86% tanpa adanya  perubahan yang signifikan selama beberapa tahun terakhir. Sekitar 60% bayi tersebut berasal dari 10 negara, salah satunya Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan, usia, pendidikan, pekerjaan, penghasilan orang tua terhadap kelengkapan imunisasi dasar pada bayi. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode observasional analitik dengan desain cross sectional untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan, usia, pendidikan, pekerjaan, penghasilan orang tua terhadap kelengkapan imunisasi dasar pada bayi dengan Populasi penelitian ini adalah orang tua yang membawa bayi usia 18 bulan di Puskesmas Bandar Khalipah sebanyak 50 orang dengan pengambilan sampel consecutive sampling dengan analisa data chi square. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pengetahuan, usia, pendidikan, pekerjaan, penghasilan orang tua terhadap kelengkapan imunisasi dasar pada bayi (p value <0,05) dan penghasilan orang tua merupakan variabel yang paling besar dalam mempengaruhi kelengkapan imunisasi pada anak di Puskesmas Bandar Khalipah.
Oxidation of zirconium alloyed with chromium atoms by means of compression plasma flows impact
Authors:   Belarusian State University, Shymanski V. I. , Sheveleva V. V. ,   Belarusian State University, Uglov V. V. ,   Belarusian State University, Astashynski V. M. ,   A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of National Academy of Science of Belarus, Kuzmitski A. M. ,   A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of National Academy of Science of Belarus
Published: July 2023

The results of investigation of the zirconium structure on the first stage of oxidation at temperature 700 °C in the air atmosphere after 15 minutes are presented. The commercial pure zirconium alloy as well as zirconium alloyed with chromium atoms by means of compression plasma flows impact are investigated. The results showed the possibility to form the top layer in zirconium alloyed with chromium when a thin chromium coating (1 mm) was deposited on the surface and the compression plasma flow with the absorbed energy density 25 – 43 J/cm2 influenced. Due to alloying with chromium, the high-temperature β-phase of zirconium is stabilized at room temperature as β-Zr(Cr) solid solution and martensite α′-Zr phase is formed. The oxidation at temperature 700 °C demonstrated the higher oxidation resistance of the zirconium samples treated with compression plasma flows at the highest absorbed energy density 43 J/cm2. This regime modified the top layer of the zirconium sample without β-Zr(Cr) solid solution formation which enhances the oxygen diffusion.
Kinetics of annealing of deformation defects in model alloy Zr – Sn – Fe – Cr
Authors:   JSC “SSC RIAR”, Belan E. P. , Obukhov A. V. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”, Eremin S. G. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”, Sorbat D. M. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”,   Dimitrovgrad Engineering and Technological Institute of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kharkov D. V. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”, Markelov D. E. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”, Gibadullin I. I. ,   JSC “SSC RIAR”
Published: July 2023

The work is devoted to the study of annealing of deformation defects in the Zr – 1,4 wt. % Sn – 0,2 wt. % Fe – 0,1 wt. % Cr model alloy. The final stage of thermomechanical treatment of the alloy is cold deformation up to 25 %, heating up to 400 °C and holding at this temperature for 3 hours. The study was performed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the temperature range from room temperature to 620 – 680 °C at a heating rate of 2 – 5 °C/min. The alloy structure before and after DSC was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Two stages of annealing of deformation defects were recorded, which are interpreted as polygonization and primary recrystallization of the alloy. By the method of model kinetic analysis, it was found that the activation energy of the first stage is 127 kJ/mol, the activation energy of the second stage is 146 kJ/mol. Avrami – Erofeev equation is used as kinetic equation.
Adsorption properties with respect to methane of a functional porous material based on coffee waste
Authors:   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Memetova A. E. , Zelenin A. D. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Memetov N. R. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Yagubov V. S. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Chapaksov N. A. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Stolyarov R. A. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Gerasimova A. V. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”, Mkrtchyan E. S. ,   Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tambov State Technical University”
Published: July 2023

A new microporous carbon material (MUM-51) was obtained from waste coffee grounds by carbonization and activation of KOH. MUM-51 has been characterized by various methods, including N2 adsorption-desorption at 77 K, X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Methane adsorption was studied on the resulting adsorbent at pressures up to 10 MPa and temperatures of 298.15, 303.15, 308.15, 313.15, 318.15, and 323.15 K. The specific pore volume of the adsorbent according to DFT is VDFT = 1.604 cm3/g. The BET specific surface is SBET = 3456 m2/g. The maximum value of methane adsorption at a temperature of 298,15 K and a pressure of 10 MPa reaches ~ 19 mmol/g. Experimental data on methane adsorption on MUM-51 were analyzed using the Dubinin–Radushkevich adsorption model in the temperature range 298.15 – 323.15 K and pressures up to 10 MPa. It has been established that the average relative deviations between the experimental results and the results obtained using the Dubinin-Radushkevich model are less than 3%. The initial differential molar heat of methane adsorption on the MUM-51 adsorbent is 28.7 kJ/mol. The results of the work showed that the carbon material obtained from waste coffee grounds, which has a high specific surface area and porosity, can be effectively used as an adsorbent for greenhouse gases, in particular methane.
Tribological characteristics of structural alloy steels after laser modification of their surface
Authors:   Samara Branch of Р.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS, Yaresko S. I. , Kozakov A. T. ,   Research Institute of Physics of the Southern Federal University, Sidashov A. V.  ,   Rostov State University of Communication, Scherbakov V. I. ,   Samara Branch of Р.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS
Published: July 2023

The microstructure and tribological characteristics of the modified surface of AISI E3310 and AISI A290C1M structural alloy steels after laser treatment using an ytterbium continuous fiber laser have been studied. Laser surface treatment was carried out on air with laser power outputs of 75 W and 100 W and scanning speeds from 2 to 14 mm/s. Metallographic analysis and durometer testing were applied to determine the structure of laser action zones and the steel structural components there. It has been shown that the scanning speed at a laser power of 100 W has the most significant effect on the dimensions of the laser action zones. The maximum depth of the laser action zone during laser treatment without surface melting is 310 and 170 µm for E3310 and A290C1M steel, respectively. Depending on the mode of hardening, the microhardness in the laser action zones varies from 1.36 to 1.97 times for E3310 steel; as for A290C1M steel, it increases by 2.0 – 2.6 times. At 100 µm hardening depth, the reduction in linear wear and wear intensity reaches 26.6 % and 43.9 % for E3310 and A290C1M steel, respectively.
Percutaneous delivery system for nicotinamide transdermal therapeutic system
Authors:   Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kuznetsova E. G. , Ryzhikova V. A. ,   Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Salomatina L. A. ,   Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kuryleva O. M. ,   Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Sevastianov V. I. ,   Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Published: July 2023

Recently, antioxidants, one of which is nicotinamide, have often been used in the treatment of a number of chronic cardiovascular, autoimmune, skin diseases, and diabetes mellitus. Taking into account the frequent and long-term use of nicotinamide, it seems appropriate to the authors to create a new dosage form of a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) capable of maintaining the required level of the drug concentration in the blood for a long time. The aim of the work was to develop and to study the functional properties of a system for percutaneous delivery of nicotinamide in vitro. Four compositions of the percutaneous delivery emulsion system for the nicotinamide TTS were suggested, in which the amount of the percutaneous carrier of sodium docusate was varied. Studies of the diffusion of nicotinamide in vitro through unconserved rabbit skin have shown that an increase in the concentration of sodium docusate by three times (from 3.3 % to 9.8 %) significantly increases the amount of the diffused drug substance by 15% and decreases the amount of nicotinamide remaining in the TTS. The amount of the antioxidant founded in the skin flap was lower than the therapeutic dose (~ 1.46 % of its initial amount in TTS) 24 hours after the start of the in vitro experiment. It indicates the absence of a possible aftereffect of nicotinamide TTS in its clinical use after detaching from the patient’s skin.
Remote Vehicle Monitoring System Starting and Tracking Using IoT System
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Abd Rahman Mohamad Izzul Sham , Sulaiman Syabillah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Azizul Muhamad Asri ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: July 2023

Safety in the vehicle is one of the most important factors in the daily life of every vehicle user. This project is more focused on improving vehicle systems to increase vehicle safety systems. The main objective of this project is to study IoT (Internet of Things) safety systems in automotive applications. Next is to design engine start-stop and tracking for motorcycles. In addition, to analyze battery voltage, GPS location data, and engine start-stop system from the motorcycles with safety features. The vehicle used for this project is a Yamaha 135LC version 2 motorcycle, the Blynk app, and a two NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller with a Wi-Fi module, a relay, and a GPS module. As a result of the start-stop engine, PicoScope was used to analyze the voltage of the battery after the system had fully functioned when the signal was sent to the relay by Blynk apps. The experiment was carried out from five different locations for the engine start-stop system and seven different locations for the GPS, with the engine start-stop system obtaining motor battery voltage readings using PicoScope and the GPS obtaining vehicle coordinate results by reading the latitude and longitude from the smartphone. The GPS data was then compared between the location of the GPS module and the location of the smartphone's GPS to determine the accuracy of the location.
Development Eco Idle Kit System for Motorcycle
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Alias Muhamad Amirul , Azizul Muhamad Asri ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Sulaiman Syabillah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Ismail Muammar Mukhsin ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: July 2023

Eco idle system is a system to reduce exhaust emission, fuel consumption and number of engines spend during idling on the road by shutting off the engines automatically. The purpose of this project is to develop the simulation of an eco-idle system and install it on a motorcycle which is the system will turn off the motor after several seconds in idling mode. In this project, there are a few parts that have been used to develop this system kit for motorcycles. The circuit and coding of the system were created in Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software. Data acquisition System (DAQ) was developed, which will lead to the analysis of acceleration and deceleration of motorcycles. In this simulation, the main component is Arduino UNO. In this project, the coding has been added 4 seconds for engine to stop according to driver’s behaviour in real road conditions. After simulating the eco idle kit system, this kit needs to install to motorcycle which is YAMAHA LC135 to analyse data acceleration and deceleration of motorcycles during development of eco-idle kit system. The test methodologies and results for development of eco idle kit system which were tested in different checkpoints. Five different checkpoints were selected to conduct tests of eco idle kit system. Parking lot student UTHM Campus Pagoh served as the site of each checkpoint, which was used to evaluate the eco idle kit system. In conclusion, the simulation of the eco idle system has been successfully run by the connection between required part and coding of the program.
“They Asked for More, More, and More Paperwork”: Administrative Burdens When Undocumented Youth Claim In-State Resident Tuition Policy Benefits
Authors: Briceno Mosquera Andrea
Published: July 2023

Undocumented immigrants face learning, compliance, and psychological costs when confronting in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policy implementation. Building on administrative burdens scholarship and using qualitative data from 19 semi-structured interviews with undocumented youth immigrants, this article examines administrative burdens that may discourage and prevent students from accessing ISRT policy—a public benefit aimed at extending their educational opportunities. Findings demonstrate that undocumented youth navigate multifaceted contexts, including multiple rules at different organizational levels and interactions with admissions officers whose attitudes may facilitate or obstruct access. This study spotlights how some intended beneficiaries may be more affected by stigma and fear, depriving them of accessing public benefits. Furthermore, the study shows how bureaucratic procedures reinforce existing social inequalities by affecting those less well-positioned to address burdens.
GASTRONOMIC BORROWING IN THE FOOD SYSTEM OF THE FAR EASTERN PEOPLES
Authors:   Far East Institute of Management – a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Khabarovsk, Russia, Chimitdorzhiev Zhan Zh.
Published: July 2023

With the development of interest in the interaction of ethnic groups in various fields, intercultural interactions in the culinary field are of particular interest. Gastronomic culture for many researchers represents the epistemological field of everyday life, which is quite problematic from the point of view of historical retrospective. A weaker ethnic group borrows new social practices from a strong ethnic group that came to their lands. This is especially evident in the gastronomic field. There are various borrowing mechanisms, which indicates the complexity of this process.
SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AS A FACTOR OF FORMING A COMPETITIVE SPECIALIST
Authors:   Ural State University of Railway Transport, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Romanova Elena A. , Galyuk Alyona D. ,   Ural State University of Railway Transport, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Published: July 2023

The article actualizes the role of the socio-cultural environment of the university in the formation of professionally significant personal qualities, values of students, their attitude to the chosen direction of training (specialty) as components of personal potential that determines the competitiveness of university graduates in the labor market. The formation of the sociocultural environment in the university is carried out through various areas of educational work. The empirical basis of the article was is based on the materials of the monitoring sociological research «Value Orientations of a Young Specialist», conducted annually at the Ural State University of Railway Transport. The article analyzes the data for 2022. Conclusions are drawn about the positive results of the implementation of the educational work program at the university, expressed in the satisfaction of students with the moral atmosphere at the university, the willingness to work in the chosen direction of training (specialty), to take responsibility for the quality of their lives, in the dissemination of health, family, patriotism values among students.
Analysis of Carbon Neutral Policy in Jilin Province Based on the Root Theory A Policy Text Study.docx
Authors: Wang Wenjing , Yu Han , Liu Lu , Cong Yanhui
Published: July 2023

China's "double carbon" strategic goal is an inevitable choice in response to the world's green and low-carbon development trend, and is also an inherent requirement for sustainable development. This paper analyzes the policy text of Jilin Province in 2022 to achieve peak carbon neutrality, and uses the root theory and NVivo12 plus qualitative analysis software to analyze the policy content at three levels, and constructs a theoretical model of policy process including policy dynamics, policy tools and policy synergy. It is found that the policy motivation of Jilin Province's carbon neutral policy is insufficient, the frequency and combination of policy tools are unevenly distributed, and the participation of social actors is insufficient. The effectiveness of the "dual carbon" policy should be improved by strengthening the government's awareness of responsibility and function in the dual carbon policy, optimizing the reasonable combination and application of various policy tools, and constructing a collaborative governance pattern of multiple subjects led by carbon peak.
Brides in Rags! Conflict, Political Organization, Political Settlements and Uganda’s Transition to Multi-Party Politics Since 1986
Authors: Kisekka-Ntale Fredrick
Published: July 2023

Following a long-drawn-out five-year insurgency (1981‒1986), Uganda moved from a crisis to stability where political organizations were progressively transformed, albeit with institutionalized roadblocks. The former insurgent army – the National Resistance Army (NRA) and its political wing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) pursued a post-conflict transformation process, which was essentially driven by neo-liberal reforms, but metamorphosed into a dominant political party, undermining the hither to traditional political parties. Through historical interrogation, this paper seeks to bring to the fore reflections to the questions; “Why did the post war-NRA/NRM undertake a rapid shift in political ordering after the guerrilla war in 1986? Why did the new government pursue a pseudo neo-liberal agenda that sought free-market style policies and nested democratization after the guerrilla war?” These preliminary questions are asked for two fundamental reasons. One; it is common knowledge that in the early 1970s Museveni –The NRA warlord was a Marxist–Leninist and therefore in hot pursuit for socialism as a mode of statecraft. However, he became less of a socialist particularly at the end of his rebellion. Why? Secondly, post-war state-building theory, presupposes that after rebels have captured power following a civil war, their propensity to pursue liberal free-market type of politics is habitually low. Why then did NRA/NRM with extremely negative views for free-market style of politics undertake to institute multi-party politics? What political settlements did NRM pursue and how have they been institutionalized and instrumentalized overtime? What have been the attendant effects of these settlements in Uganda and how can these impacts be profiled in light of other war-to peace states in Africa?
Understanding the Differential Nature of Protest Movements in Africa Through Political Settlements Analysis: the Case of the ‘Fixthecountry’ Movement in Ghana
Authors: Arhin Gerald Emmanuel
Published: July 2023

What explains why protest movements refuse the support of opposition parties despite the correlation in their demands? Answers to this question make up the content of this paper. In recent years, protest movements have dominated the political space of several sub-Saharan African countries, many of which have claimed to have no partisan ties. Relying on insights from the detachment thesis, this paper argues that the nature of the strategies adopted by protest movements in relation to political parties depends on the nature of the country’s political settlements. The study uses the FixTheCountry protest movement in Ghana as a case study. After a discourse analysis into speeches and press statements, an analysis of 15 qualitative interviews conducted in Ghana, as well as a review of various secondary literature ranging from journal articles to books, this paper concludes that protest movements instrumentalise the competitive nature of a country’s political settlements to gain popular support from the citizenry. Given that only two political parties dominate Ghana’s political arena, the protest movement presents itself as non-partisan, a strategy intended to first, express distrust in both parties; and second, attract the attention of non-partisan citizens and disaffected supporters of both parties. The paper demonstrates that the nature of a country’s political settlements is a key determinant of the nature of the relationship between protest movements and political parties, both ruling and opposition ones. This paper’s findings contribute to our understanding of how contemporary African protest movements continue to shape and reshape their relationship with political parties and the relevance of a country’s political structure in the process.
China’s Ties With African Political Parties
Authors:   Institute for African Studies RAS, Deych Tatiana
Published: July 2023

This article is devoted to an important aspect of Chinese “soft power” policy in Africa. The research shows that Beijing actively uses its “soft power” tools to convince African countries to support Chinese policy. In the framework of this policy, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is developing and strengthening contacts with political parties of different countries. Now the CCP has established relations with more than 600 political parties and organisations around the world in over 160 countries and territories. These relations are most active in Asia and Africa. The Communist Party of China has set up ties with 170 political parties in 51 African countries out of 54. Although CCP strives to establish ties with political parties in all countries despite their forms of government – authoritarian or democratic. Although the CCP cooperates with not only ruling but also opposition parties, the studies show that it prioritises relations with ruling parties. The frequency of Chinese visits to Africa affirms it. African political parties are not going to import China’s model. However, their officials are often ready to borrow the Chinese governance formula and refrain from criticism of some aspects of Chinese policy in Africa. African groups have begun to establish Party-to-party relations with the CCP in the 50s. These relations are successfully developing now and allow Beijing to enhance its political influence in Africa. But the obstacle to such ties development is the Western countries’ ideological activity directed at hindering China-Africa party-to-party cooperation.
Applications and developments of BMF analytics/MT over time
Authors: Team AISDL
Published: July 2023

As of July 9, 2023, we recorded 128 documents (including articles, books, and proceedings) that have used Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics/Mindsponge Theory (MT) substantively. Those documents have been authored or co-authored by 243 researchers from 150 institutions in 30 countries, of which 65.4% come from developing/emerging countries. Among 243 users, 30 are registered members of the SM3D Portal.
Programme of the 4th International Workshop on Highly Siderophile Element Geochemistry
Authors: Riches Amy
Published: July 2023

Conference proceedings
Measuring adulthood: A meta-analysis of the markers of adulthood scale
Authors: Wright Megan , Oxley Florence A R , von Stumm Sophie
Published: July 2023

Adulthood is traditionally defined by the socio-demographic milestones of marriage, parenthood, and having a stable, long-term career. Yet today these milestones are typically delayed or unattainable for young people. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies using the Markers of Adulthood scale across the past three decades to assess (a) endorsement rates (%) of marriage, parenthood, and career as markers of adulthood, and (b) whether people think they have reached adulthood. Across 39 samples (N = 17,465), marriage and parenthood were endorsed by less than 25% of participants, whereas career was endorsed by 58%, suggesting that in today’s society career defines adult status more than marriage and parenthood. Furthermore, half of emerging adults (aged 18-29 years) considered themselves to have reached adulthood despite traditional milestones of adulthood occurring less frequently and later in life than ever before. Our findings have three main implications for researchers measuring adult status: These are to (1) focus less on the socio-demographic milestones of marriage and parenthood; (2) include wider age ranges in research; and (3) explore cultural differences. Reducing focus on socio-demographic milestones and including more diverse samples will allow us to better understand adulthood and provide support for adults’ identity development and psychological well-being.
The pragmatic profile of ChatGPT: assessing the communicative skills of a conversational agent
Authors: Barattieri di San Pietro Chiara , Frau Federico , Mangiaterra Veronica , Bambini Valentina
Published: July 2023

This study examines the pragmatic abilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a conversational agent based on the multi-layer Transformer network GPT-3.5. To do so, we administered a language battery to assess expressive and receptive pragmatic skills and compared the results with human performance. ChatGPT results were mostly human-like but revealed weaknesses in the domains of the Gricean maxim of quantity, text-based inferences, physical metaphors, and humor comprehension. On the one hand, these findings suggest that at least part of the linguistic pragmatic competence, as evaluated via current assessment tools, might be distributionally encoded in language. On the other hand, situated and meta-representational aspects of pragmatic inferencing appear to be not yet fully accounted for in LLMs.
What Happens When the Machines Stop? Uncovering the Risk of Digital Fragility as the Achilles’ Heel of the Digital Transformation of Societies
Authors: Herwix Alexander , Tieman Ross , Rivers Morgan , Rosenkranz Christoph , Denkenberger David
Published: July 2023

The digital transformation of societies has been a core concern for the information systems (IS) research community since its emergence. While most of this work has had a positive outlook, recently a stronger focus on the unintended consequences and dark side of digitalization has come to the fore. This paper contributes to this emerging stream of research by zooming in on a heretofore unrecognized question with potentially catastrophic consequences: What happens to our increasingly digitalized societies when a pro-longed blackout causes a large fraction of digital systems and services to stop working for an extended period of time? To answer this motivating question, we conducted two system dynamics-based simulation experiments to tease out how different degrees of digitalization in a society would affect the resilience of the food system in the face of two different, extreme but plausible prolonged blackout scenarios. We find that a high degree of digitalization has a strong significant negative impact on food system resilience in the investigated scenarios. In the discussion of our findings, we conceptualize “the risk of digital fragility” as the underlying driver of the observed results. Moving forward, we suggest seven mitigation strategies for the risk of digital fragility as fruitful avenues for future research.
Sociopolitical Organization, Landscape Change, and Hydraulic Engineering in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico: 1250 B. C. – A. D. 1810
Authors: Mejía Ramón Andrés G. , Johnson Nadia E.
Published: July 2023

The Teotihuacan Valley has witnessed the rise and fall of various civilizations since it was first inhabited by sedentary societies 3,500 years ago. Given its location in a semi-arid environment, Teotihuacan has featured prominently in debates about the role of water and water management in the development of sedentism, culture, primary states, and large, complex societies. While many previous discussions tended to echo Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," focusing on the ability of an elite few to monopolize water resources, we instead turn to a growing corpus of research showing varied water management strategies through time potentially resulting in distinct patterns of social organization. In this palimpsest landscape hydraulic and agricultural strategies were constrained not merely by present environmental conditions, but also by very real and material legacies of previous behavior. We discuss the state of research regarding these adaptations (and social responses) to water scarcity from the Middle Formative Period (1000 - 650 B.C.) through the independence of Mexico (A.D. 1810), noting how previous fundamental assumptions about agriculture and hydraulic management in the Teotihuacan Valley have led to a significant number of neglected concepts and potential adaptations. If we are to address the current destruction of the Teotihuacan Valley's ecological and cultural resources in response to national development and climate change, a historical-ecological perspective is necessary to disentangle the relevant processes that have shaped the landscape--and the cultures residing within it--to this day.
मर्माहत मुद्रा कथामा डायस्पोरा
Authors: ढकाल Dhakal चन्द्रप्रसाद Chandraprasad
Published: July 2023

मर्माहत मुद्रा कथाका लेखक राजव हुन् । उनले यस कथामा प्रवासमा रहेका नेपालीहरूले भोगेको जीवनलाई प्रस्तुत गरेका छन् । यस कथामा आप्रवासी वा डायस्पोराहरूले कस्तो जीवन बिताइरहेका छन् भन्ने देखाइएको छ । यस अध्ययनको उद्देश्य राजवद्वारा लिखित मर्माहत मुद्रा कथामा डायस्पोरा नेपालीहरूको चित्र के कस्तो रूपमा प्रस्तुत भएको छ देखाउनु रहेको छ । यस उद्देश्यलाई पुरा गर्न डायस्पोरिक अध्ययन सिद्धान्तको मर्म अनुरूपको निगमनात्मक विधिको प्रयोग गरिएको छ । प्रस्तुत अध्ययनमा डायस्पोराहरूको मानसिकतालाई अतीत मोह, मूलथलो र इच्छित भूमि, संस्कृति प्रतिको मोह, मिश्रित भाषिक स्थिति तथा एकाकीपनका आधारमा विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । यस कथामा प्रयुक्त उल्लिखित आधारहरूका आधारमा डायस्पोरिक मानसिकतालाई प्रस्तुत गरिएको छ । प्रस्तुत कथामा डायस्पोराहरूले मूलथलोप्रतिको मोह प्रस्तुत गरेका छन् । त्यसैले मर्माहत मुद्रा कथा डायस्पोरिक कथा हो र यसका कथाकार राजव डायस्पोरिक कथाकार हुन् ।
साँढे धपाउने भक्तपुर किसान आन्दोलन एक अध्ययन
Authors: प्रजापति Prajapati विकल Bikal
Published: July 2023

नेपालको किसान आन्दोलनको इतिहासमा भक्तपुरको किसान आन्दोलन अविस्मरणीय छ । बाली काट्ने आन्दोलन, भर्पाई आन्दोलन, मोही लगतमा जोताहा किसानको नाम लेखाउने अभियान, साँढे धपाउने आन्दोलन, भ्रष्टाचार विरोधी आन्दोलन, छोरीलाई पनि मोहियानी हक दिलाउने आन्दोलन, धर्मपुत्रलाई मोहियानी हक दिलाउने आन्दोलन भक्तपुरमा चलेका प्रमुख किसान आन्दोलनहरू हुन् । त्यसमध्ये किसानको बाली खाने र नष्ट गर्ने छाडा साँढे धपाउने आन्दोलनका विभिन्न पक्षहरूको विश्लेषण यस रचनामा गरिएको छ । देशका अधिकांश क्षेत्रजस्तै भक्तपुरका किसानहरूको आर्थिक र सामाजिक अवस्था अत्यन्तै कमजोर थियो । त्यसमाथि आर्थिक र सामाजिक रूपमा आश्रित किसानलाई साहु सामन्तहरूले गर्ने शोषणका रूपहरू अनेक थिए । जीविकोपार्जनको लागि कृषिबाहेक अर्को विकल्प थिएन । अनेक दुःख गरेर लगाएको बाली गोडमेल गरेर फसल भित्र्याउन ठिक्क हुने बेला कहिले असिना पानीले त कहिले शिवजीको बहान भनी पुजिएको साँढेले सोतर पार्थ्यो । छाडा साँढेको मनोवैज्ञानिक असरले किसानलाई कमजोर पारेको हुन्थ्यो । प्रत्येक वर्ष व्यक्तिगत रूपमा अपनाउने सुरक्षा सजगता निरन्तर बेकार हुने गथ्र्याे । यस्तो अवस्थामा बामपन्थी विचारबाट प्रभावित तत्कालीन क्रान्तिकारी किसान कार्यकर्ताहरू निरन्तर विमर्शमा जुट्न थाले । पाइला पाइला गर्दै सामाजिक अभियानको रूप लियो । किसानविरोधी वा जनविरोधीहरू त्यस्तो सङ्गठित अभियानलाई रोक्ने वा दिग्भ्रमित पार्न अनेक कोसिस गर्थे । बिस्तारै किसानहरू सचेत र सङ्गठित हुन थाले । समयले आफूलाई प्रहार गर्ने शक्तिविरुद्ध पनि सशक्त प्रतिवाद गर्ने धैर्यता वा साहश दिलायो । सङ्गठनको भूमिका र महत्व बुझेपछि स्वाभाविक रूपमा आन्दोलनको रूप लियो । साँढे धपाउने आन्दोलनको प्रभावकारिताले किसान आन्दोलनका अनेक चरणहरूलाई सम्भव बनायो । यस अध्ययनले भक्तपुर र समग्र नेपालको तत्कालीन कृषि व्यवस्था, कृषकको समस्या, आर्थिक, सामाजिक अवस्था र जनचेतनाको सामान्य आकलन हुनेछ । सामान्य आर्थिक र सामाजिक असन्तोषले पनि राजनीतिक रूप लिएको दृष्टान्त यो अध्ययनको सार हो ।
Vernadsky ideas in biogeochemistry field and their development in GEOKHI RAS (brief essay)
Authors:   Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Korobova Elena
Published: July 2023

The article analyses evolution of Vernadsky’s ideas in the field of biogeochemistry, and implementation of these ideas through the Biogeochemical laboratory, and, later – in the laboratory’s successor GEOKHI RAS. The analysis demonstrates high value of Vernadsky’s ideas for basic researches in geochemical ecology and perspective of spatial analysis approach for identification, prevention, and elimination of endemic diseases of geochemical nature.
2019-2020 President of ASM International Zi-Kui Liu
Authors: Ågren John
Published: July 2023

Meet Zi-Kui Liu, FASM, the new president of ASM, and learn about his academic and scientific background, professional service, and contributions as a researcher and educator.