bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rethinking the Random Cropping Data Augmentation Method Used in the Training of CNN-Based SAR Image Ship Detector
Authors: Yang Rong , Wang Robert , Deng Yunkai , Jia Xiaoxue , Zhang Heng
Published: December 2020

The random cropping data augmentation method is widely used to train convolutional neural network (CNN)-based target detectors to detect targets in optical images (e.g., COCO datasets). It can expand the scale of the dataset dozens of times while consuming only a small amount of calculations when training the neural network detector. In addition, random cropping can also greatly enhance the spatial robustness of the model, because it can make the same target appear in different positions of the sample image. Nowadays, random cropping and random flipping have become the standard configuration for those tasks with limited training data, which makes it natural to introduce them into the training of CNN-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image ship detectors. However, in this paper, we show that the introduction of traditional random cropping methods directly in the training of the CNN-based SAR image ship detector may generate a lot of noise in the gradient during back propagation, which hurts the detection performance. In order to eliminate the noise in the training gradient, a simple and effective training method based on feature map mask is proposed. Experiments prove that the proposed method can effectively eliminate the gradient noise introduced by random cropping and significantly improve the detection performance under a variety of evaluation indicators without increasing inference cost.
InSAR Multitemporal Data over Persistent Scatterers to Detect Floodwater in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Beletweyne, Somalia
Authors: Pulvirenti Luca , Chini Marco , Pierdicca Nazzareno
Published: December 2020

A stack of Sentinel-1 InSAR data in an urban area where flood events recurrently occur, namely Beletweyne town in Somalia, has been analyzed. From this analysis, a novel method to deal with the problem of flood mapping in urban areas has been derived. The approach assumes the availability of a map of persistent scatterers (PSs) inside the urban settlement and is based on the analysis of the temporal trend of the InSAR coherence and the spatial average of the exponential of the InSAR phase in each PS. Both interferometric products are expected to have high and stable values in the PSs; therefore, anomalous decreases may indicate that floodwater is present in an urban area. The stack of Sentinel-1 data has been divided into two subsets. The first one has been used as a calibration set to identify the PSs and determine, for each PS, reference values of the coherence and the spatial average of the exponential of the interferometric phase under standard non-flooded conditions. The other subset has been used for validation purposes. Flood maps produced by UNOSAT, analyzing very-high-resolution optical images of the floods that occurred in Beletweyne in April–May 2018, October–November 2019, and April–May 2020, have been used as reference data. In particular, the map of the April–May 2018 flood has been used for training purposes together with the subset of Sentinel-1 calibration data, whilst the other two maps have been used to validate the products generated by applying the proposed method. The main product is a binary map of flooded PSs that complements the floodwater map of rural/suburban areas produced by applying a well-consolidated algorithm based on intensity data. In addition, a flood severity map that labels the different districts of Beletweyne, as not, partially, or totally flooded has been generated to consolidate the validation. The results have confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Instance Segmentation for Large, Multi-Channel Remote Sensing Imagery Using Mask-RCNN and a Mosaicking Approach
Authors: Carvalho Osmar Luiz Ferreira de , de Carvalho Júnior Osmar Abílio , Albuquerque Anesmar Olino de , Bem Pablo Pozzobon de , Silva Cristiano Rosa , Ferreira Pedro Henrique Guimarães , Moura Rebeca dos Santos de , Gomes Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso , Guimarães Renato Fontes , Borges Díbio Leandro
Published: December 2020

Instance segmentation is the state-of-the-art in object detection, and there are numerous applications in remote sensing data where these algorithms can produce significant results. Nevertheless, one of the main problems is that most algorithms use Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) images, whereas Satellite images often present more channels that can be crucial to improve performance. Therefore, the present work brings three contributions: (a) conversion system from ground truth polygon data into the Creating Common Object in Context (COCO) annotation format; (b) Detectron2 software source code adaptation and application on multi-channel imagery; and (c) large scene image mosaicking. We applied the procedure in a Center Pivot Irrigation System (CPIS) dataset with ground truth produced by the Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA) and Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) imagery (7 channels with 30-m resolution). Center pivots are a modern irrigation system technique with massive growth potential in Brazil and other world areas. The round shapes with different textures, colors, and spectral behaviors make it appropriate to use Deep Learning instance segmentation. We trained the model using 512 × 512-pixel sized patches using seven different backbone structures (ResNet50- Feature Pyramid Network (FPN), Resnet50-DC5, ResNet50-C4, Resnet101-FPN, Resnet101-DC5, ResNet101-FPN, and ResNeXt101-FPN). The model evaluation used standard COCO metrics (Average Precision (AP), AP50, AP75, APsmall, APmedium, and AR100). ResNeXt101-FPN had the best results, with a 3% advantage over the second-best model (ResNet101-FPN). We also compared the ResNeXt101-FPN model in the seven-channel and RGB imagery, where the multi-channel model had a 3% advantage, demonstrating great improvement using a larger number of channels. This research is also the first with a mosaicking algorithm using instance segmentation models, where we tested in a 1536 × 1536-pixel image using a non-max suppression sorted by area method. The proposed methodology is innovative and suitable for many other remote sensing problems and medical imagery that often present more channels.
Finding the Ionospheric Fluctuations Reflection in the Pulsar Signals’ Characteristics Observed with LOFAR
Authors: Błaszkiewicz Leszek P. , Flisek Paweł , Kotulak Kacper , Krankowski Andrzej , Lewandowski Wojciech , Kijak Jarosław , Froń Adam
Published: December 2020

Pulsars’ signals reaching the atmosphere can be considered being stable under certain assumptions. In such a case the ionosphere remains the main factor distorting signal from the extraterrestrial sources, particularly if we observe them at long radio waves. In this article we present the results of the analysis of relative peak flux changes for two selected pulsars: PSR J0332+5434 (B0329+54) and PSR J1509+5531 (B1508+55), observed with the long radio wave sensor (The PL612 Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) station in Bałdy), together with the analysis of Rate of TEC (ROT) parameter changes measured with the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) sensor (IGS LAMA station (IGS: International GSSN Service)). The main objective of the work is to find if the rapid plasma density (observed with the Rate of Total Electron Content (TEC)) has a counterpart in the pulsar observation characteristics. This focuses the attention on ionosphere influence during pulsar investigations at low radio frequencies. Additionally, what was the aim of this work, our results give reasons for using pulsar signals from LOFAR together with GNSS data as multi instrumental ionosphere state probes. Our results show a clear anti-correlation between the ROT and the pulsar profile’s peak flux trends.
CorrNet: Fine-Grained Emotion Recognition for Video Watching Using Wearable Physiological Sensors
Authors: Zhang Tianyi , El Ali Abdallah , Wang Chen , Hanjalic Alan , Cesar Pablo
Published: December 2020

Recognizing user emotions while they watch short-form videos anytime and anywhere is essential for facilitating video content customization and personalization. However, most works either classify a single emotion per video stimuli, or are restricted to static, desktop environments. To address this, we propose a correlation-based emotion recognition algorithm (CorrNet) to recognize the valence and arousal (V-A) of each instance (fine-grained segment of signals) using only wearable, physiological signals (e.g., electrodermal activity, heart rate). CorrNet takes advantage of features both inside each instance (intra-modality features) and between different instances for the same video stimuli (correlation-based features). We first test our approach on an indoor-desktop affect dataset (CASE), and thereafter on an outdoor-mobile affect dataset (MERCA) which we collected using a smart wristband and wearable eyetracker. Results show that for subject-independent binary classification (high-low), CorrNet yields promising recognition accuracies: 76.37% and 74.03% for V-A on CASE, and 70.29% and 68.15% for V-A on MERCA. Our findings show: (1) instance segment lengths between 1–4 s result in highest recognition accuracies (2) accuracies between laboratory-grade and wearable sensors are comparable, even under low sampling rates (≤64 Hz) (3) large amounts of neutral V-A labels, an artifact of continuous affect annotation, result in varied recognition performance.
Brothels as Sites of Third-Party Exploitation? Decriminalisation and Sex Workers’ Employment Rights
Authors: Abel Gillian , Ludeke Melissa
Published: December 2020

Decriminalisation is arguably essential to protecting the human rights of sex workers. Nonetheless, there are suggestions that decriminalisation has less influence on sex workers’ experiences of working than many assume. This paper explores management practices in brothels in the context of decriminalisation in New Zealand, focusing on sex workers’ employment status, managerial control and agency. We interviewed 14 brothel operators and 17 brothel-based sex workers in this study. The findings suggest that there remain challenges for sex workers in that brothel operators treated them as employees rather than independent contractors. Brothel operators retained control over shift times and pricing of services, and working conditions were unclear. Most sex workers understood their rights, but when operators impinged on their rights, it was often more expedient to move place of work than make an official complaint. However, decriminalisation did have a meaningful impact on the way sex workers negotiated potentially exploitative dimensions of brothel-based work. Decriminalisation has provided the context where it is possible for sex workers to experience safer and more supportive work environments than they otherwise might, where they can (and sometimes do) contest managerial control.
School Climate and Perceived Academic Performance: Direct or Resilience-Mediated Relationship?
Authors: Escalante Mateos Naiara , Fernández-Zabala Arantza , Goñi Palacios Eider , Izar-de-la-Fuente Díaz-de-Cerio Iker
Published: December 2020

Although there is a growing interest in identifying the variables that enhance student school adjustment, there is a lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved in it during adolescence. Despite there being works that confirm the positive relationship between school climate and academic performance, it is still unresolved which of the more specific aspects of climate are linked to this performance, as well as the degree to which an individual variable such as resilience can play a mediating role between both; these unknown factors constitute the objective of this study. A total of 731 students (mean age, Mage = 15.20 years; Standard Deviation, SD = 1.62) from the Basque Country participated; they completed the PACE-33 -school climate scale-, the CD-RISC10 -resilience scale- and the EBAE-10 -perceived academic performance subscale-. The full mediation model and the partial mediation model were tested. The results show that the model of choice is that of partial mediation: the resilience mediates the relationship between two specific aspects of the school climate (peer relationship and teachers’ ability to motivate) and perceived academic performance, and a third specific aspect (teachers’ expectations) has a direct relationship with perceived academic performance. These findings highlight the importance of attending to variables specific to the context in which the subject interacts, with the role of the teacher being especially important, in addition to promoting the development of resilience, due to the weight it has on the perception that students have about their school performance.
Designing a Geo-Strategic Railway Freight Network in Brazil Using GIS
Authors: Isler Cassiano A. , Asaff Yesid , Marinov Marin
Published: December 2020

The sustainable development of geo-strategic transport networks plays a key role to meet the current expansion of the demand for commerce and economic growth. In this paper, a new geo-strategic railway network for freight services is designed with the purpose of meeting the needs of current and future demands for freight transport in the state of Santa Catarina, South Brazil. The freight flows of bulk cargo, containers, and refrigerated and liquid cargo observed in 2005 and 2015 and expected for 2023 have been analyzed and assigned to a fully connected railway network. The number of trains to meet all the demands has been identified. The links that would have a minimum number of daily trains running on them have also been identified and analyzed. New assignments are proposed and visualized using GIS. Next, location and technical specifications of specialized intermodal terminals focused on the customers’ and operators’ needs are discussed. The study shows that technological specifications for terminal operations play an important role when dealing with multiple freight types and contribute to better use of the existing infrastructure.
Blockchain-Based Securing of Data Exchange in a Power Transmission System Considering Congestion Management and Social Welfare
Authors: Dehghani Moslem , Ghiasi Mohammad , Niknam Taher , Kavousi-Fard Abdollah , Shasadeghi Mokhtar , Ghadimi Noradin , Taghizadeh-Hesary Farhad
Published: December 2020

Using blockchain technology as one of the new methods to enhance the cyber and physical security of power systems has grown in importance over the past few years. Blockchain can also be used to improve social welfare and provide sustainable energy for consumers. In this article, the effect of distributed generation (DG) resources on the transmission power lines and consequently fixing its conjunction and reaching the optimal goals and policies of this issue to exploit these resources is investigated. In order to evaluate the system security level, a false data injection attack (FDIA) is launched on the information exchanged between independent system operation (ISO) and under-operating agents. The results are analyzed based on the cyber-attack, wherein the loss of network stability as well as economic losses to the operator would be the outcomes. It is demonstrated that cyber-attacks can cause the operation of distributed production resources to not be carried out correctly and the network conjunction will fall to a large extent; with the elimination of social welfare, the main goals and policies of an independent system operator as an upstream entity are not fulfilled. Besides, the contracts between independent system operators with distributed production resources are not properly closed. In order to stop malicious attacks, a secured policy architecture based on blockchain is developed to keep the security of the data exchanged between ISO and under-operating agents. The obtained results of the simulation confirm the effectiveness of using blockchain to enhance the social welfare for power system users. Besides, it is demonstrated that ISO can modify its polices and use the potential and benefits of distributed generation units to increase social welfare and reduce line density by concluding contracts in accordance with the production values given.
Value Stream Mapping as a Supporting Management Tool to Identify the Flow of Industrial Waste: A Case Study
Authors: Schoeman Yolandi , Oberholster Paul , Somerset Vernon
Published: December 2020

The Value Stream Mapping (VSM) method was applied to a case study in the iron and steel industry in Southern Africa as a supporting management tool to identify, demonstrate, and evaluate industrial waste and comprised of three steps. The first step included collecting and verifying waste generation and flow data as the VSM data input step. The second step comprises three phases: mapping waste generation and fractions and horizontal and vertical performance analysis. The third step is comprised of actual and future state maps compilation. Following the first year of implementation, waste was reduced by 28%, and waste removal cost by 45%. Implementing the VSM method demonstrated cost savings and reduced waste flow within the study’s first year. The initial waste generation reduction target of 5% per annum was exceeded. The VSM method application proved to be a practical method for the iron and steel industry to visualize and analyze waste flows, identify opportunities and challenges in waste management operations, reduce waste, promote lean manufacturing, and achieve an environmentally responsible zero-waste environment.
Electricity Consumption Forecasting Based on a Bidirectional Long-Short-Term Memory Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Petroșanu Dana-Mihaela , Pîrjan Alexandru
Published: December 2020

The accurate forecasting of the hourly month-ahead electricity consumption represents a very important aspect for non-household electricity consumers and system operators, and at the same time represents a key factor in what regards energy efficiency and achieving sustainable economic, business, and management operations. In this context, we have devised, developed, and validated within the paper an hourly month ahead electricity consumption forecasting method. This method is based on a bidirectional long-short-term memory (BiLSTM) artificial neural network (ANN) enhanced with a multiple simultaneously decreasing delays approach coupled with function fitting neural networks (FITNETs). The developed method targets the hourly month-ahead total electricity consumption at the level of a commercial center-type consumer and for the hourly month ahead consumption of its refrigerator storage room. The developed approach offers excellent forecasting results, highlighted by the validation stage’s results along with the registered performance metrics, namely 0.0495 for the root mean square error (RMSE) performance metric for the total hourly month-ahead electricity consumption and 0.0284 for the refrigerator storage room. We aimed for and managed to attain an hourly month-ahead consumed electricity prediction without experiencing a significant drop in the forecasting accuracy that usually tends to occur after the first two weeks, therefore achieving a reliable method that satisfies the contractor’s needs, being able to enhance his/her activity from the economic, business, and management perspectives. Even if the devised, developed, and validated forecasting solution for the hourly consumption targets a commercial center-type consumer, based on its accuracy, this solution can also represent a useful tool for other non-household electricity consumers due to its generalization capability.
Analysis of Flood Damage in the Seoul Metropolitan Government Using Climate Change Scenarios and Mitigation Technologies
Authors: Kim Jaekyoung , Kang Junsuk
Published: December 2020

The social and economic damages caused by climate change have increased rapidly over the last several decades, with increasing instances of heatwaves, floods, and extreme rainfall. In 2011, heavy rain of 110.5 mm/hr caused great damage to the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Most of the causes of flooding in modern cities include a sharp increase in non-permeable pavement and a lack of water circulation facilities. It is predicted that heavy rainfalls will occur in the future, causing large amounts of local damage. In this study, possible future flood damages were analyzed using climate change scenarios based on the Korean Peninsula. ArcGIS was adopted to perform analyses, and Huff curves were employed for precipitation analysis. Water tanks, permeable pavement, and ecological waterways were installed as mitigation technologies. These three technologies can contribute to flooding mitigation by increasing the rainwater storage capacity. This study suggests that all floods can be reduced by RCP 8.5 by 2050 and 2060. Although there will be run-off after 2050, it is believed that technology will significantly reduce the volume and possibility of floods. It is recommended that a one-year analysis should be conducted in consideration of the maintenance aspects that will arise in the future.
A Sustainable Approach for the Maintenance of Asphalt Pavement Construction
Authors: Kilić Pamuković Jelena , Rogulj Katarina , Dumanić Daniela , Jajac Nikša
Published: December 2020

The aim of this paper is to present a new decision support concept (DSC) related to the ever-growing problem of the maintenance of damaged asphalt pavements. In the process of defining a sustainable approach to resolving this problem, we found complexity in the different needs considering economic, social, and technical aspects. An additional contribution to the problem’s complexity was the many road sections that need to be ranked based on their need for maintenance. The priority ranking was based on the multicriteria Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) method and the Analytic Hierarchy Processing (AHP) method. The DSC implementation contained the inclusion of relevant stakeholders and the definition of goals through identification of several different criteria and their weights. This approach to criteria determination provided a final ranking list of spatial units for maintenance, satisfying the needs of all stakeholders. The DSC presented in this paper was tested in the city of Split for the most important roads needing maintenance of asphalt pavements.
Dynamic Energy Performance Gap Analysis of a University Building: Case Studies at UAE University Campus, UAE
Authors: Kim Young Ki , Bande Lindita , Tabet Aoul Kheira Anissa , Altan Hasim
Published: December 2020

As a result of an increasing demand for energy-efficient buildings with a better experience of user comfort, the built environment sector needs to consider the prediction of building energy performance, which during the design phase, is achieved when a building is handed over and used. There is, however, significant evidence that shows that buildings do not perform as anticipated. This discrepancy is commonly described as the ‘energy performance gap’. Building energy audit and post occupancy evaluation (POE) are among the most efficient processes to identify and reduce the energy performance gap and improve indoor environmental quality by observing, monitoring, and the documentation of in-use buildings’ operating performance. In this study, a case study of UAE university buildings’ energy audit, POE, and dynamic simulation were carried out to first, identify factors of the dynamic energy performance gap, and then to identify the utility of the strategy for reducing the gap. Furthermore, the building energy audit data and POE were applied in order to validate and calibrate a dynamic simulation model. This research demonstrated that the case study building’s systems were not operating as designed and almost a quarter of the cooling energy was wasted due to the fault of the building facility management of the mechanical systems. The more research findings were discussed in the paper.
ТЕХНОЛОГИИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО
ВОСПИТАНИЯ В НАЧАЛЬНЫХ КЛАССАХ
Authors:   Юсупова А.М., Камбарова Н.Р.
Published: December 2020

В данной статье обобщены научные взгляды и исследования по
формированию экологического образования в процессе обучения учащихся начальной школы.
Также в ней освещены вопросы обучения и воспитания учащихся развитию экологического
сознания, экологического образования, культуры, заботы о природе и гуманного подхода к ней
с раннего возраста
УЧЕБНАЯ МОТИВАЦИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ КАК ПСИХОЛОГОПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКАЯ ПРОБЛЕМА
Authors: Рыспаева Ч.К.
Published: December 2020

В статье рассматриваются теоретические подходы к рассмотрению учебной
мотивации студентов в условиях вуза, а также особенности ее формирования в процессе
подготовки специалистов. Раскрываются основные аспекты мотивации как психологопедагогической проблемы. Проанализированы различные психологические модели мотивации.
Представлены характеристики внешней и внутренней мотивации. Предложены современные
способы стимулирования студентов к обучению в вузе.
Ключевые слова: мотивация; мотив; виды мотивац
АКТУАЛЬНОСТЬ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ CRM-СИСТЕМ
Authors: Ашимов А.П.
Published: December 2020

В данной статье раскрывается значение CRM-системы как
клиентоориентированной концепции ведения бизнеса, актуальность ее внедрения с целью
стандартизации работы сотрудников с клиентами и автоматизации требуемых для этого
операций. Представлены функциональные возможности CRM-систем как в целом
для компании, так и для отдельных ее бизнес-процессов, эффективность которых напрямую
зависит от успешной коммуникации с клиентами. На основе положительного влияния CRM
на жизнедеятельность организации в условиях современного рынка также был представлен
перечень возможностей тотального контроля проведения сделки с клиентом, от лояльности
которого зависит успех любой компании
ЭЛЕКТРОСНАБЖЕНИЕ ЛАБОРАТОРИИ «СВЕТОТЕХНИКА LED»
МУИТ С ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕМ ФОТОЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКОЙ СТАНЦИИ
Authors:   Байышов Э.Н., Самарбеков Э.С., Калил У.Б.
Published: December 2020

В ходе обработки данных исследования фотоэлектрической панели
проанализированы перспективы использования установок преобразования солнечной энергии
в электрическую. Рассмотрены вопросы о целесообразности использования
фотоэлектрических установок как альтернативного электроснабжения потребителей
малой мощности. Предложен вариант электроснабжения потребителей с установленной
мощностью менее 500 Вт. Рассмотрен технико-экономический эффект от внедрения
установок.
АНАЛИЗ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ СИСТЕМ
УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИМИ СЕТЯМИ
Authors:   Назаров Б.
Published: December 2020

В статье представлен материал по использованию инновационных
технологий в энергосистемах, а также теоретический анализ эффективности современных
систем управления энергетическими сетями. Сформулированы и представлены основные
направления развития автоматической системы управления режимами SMART GRID.
Зарубіжний досвід формування та реалізації податкової політикита його імплементація в Україні
Authors: Горпинюк З. С.
Published: December 2020

Проаналізовано зарубіжний досвід формування та реалізації податкової політики, з огляду на стимулювання економічної активності суб’єктів підприємницької діяльності. Виявлено, що податкова політика здебільшого орієнтована на спрощення умов для підприємницької діяльності та стимулювання інноваційної діяльності суб’єктів підприємництва. Країни Європи націлені на гармонізацію податкового законодавства. Найактуальнішими для України є такі напрями податкової політики: державна допомога суб’єктам малого й середнього бізнесу; державна допомога, пов’язана із енергозбереженням і захистом довкілля; надання податкових пільг інвестиційно-інноваційного спрямування.
PERFORMANCES OF HIGH POROUS CELLULAR CONCRETE
Authors: Fedyuk R. , Baranov A. , Ilinsky Yu. , Rangel Garcez de Azevedo Afonso
Published: December 2020

The widespread use of cellular concrete for enclosing structures forces researchers to develop ways to im-prove their performance and durability. Compositions of aerated and foam concrete with the use of waste heat power engineering have been developed. The optimal formulation ratios have been identified that con-tribute to the creation of a rigid interpore matrix and water-repellent pore protection. The regularities of the synthesis of aerated concrete and foam concrete were established, which consist in optimizing the processes of structure formation through the use of a polymineral cement-ash binder and a pore-forming agent. The mix composition intensifies the process of hydration of the system, which leads to the synthesis of a poly-mineral highly porous heterodispersed matrix. The increased activity and granulometry of aluminosilicates predetermine an increase in the number of contacts and mechanical adhesion between particles during com-paction, strengthening the framework of the interpore partitions. The mechanism of the influence of the composition of the concrete mix on the microstructure of the composite is established. The calculated sound insulation of airborne noise shows sufficient characteristics for using aerated concrete blocks as enclosing structures. One of the main advantages of aerated concrete is its low thermal conductivity, which is especial-ly important from the point of view of ensuring the energy efficiency of buildings and structures. Even in spite of the high values of open porosity of the developed aerated concrete, the rigid frame makes it possible to achieve almost 2 times higher frost resistance characteristics than that of the reference specimen
TO THE PROBLEM OF FORMING THE CATEGORIAL AND CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS OF THE COURSE “HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF DESIGN DESIGN”
Authors: Aganina N. , Filonenko D. D.
Published: December 2020

The relevance of the study is due to the inevitable obsolescence of fixed concepts and categories of design theory that make up the theoretical foundation of the master's course “History and Methodology of Design”, which is associated with the closeness of the resulting categorical-conceptual systems.

The aim of the study is to create a dynamic structure of concepts and design categories that form the categorical-conceptual apparatus of the course.

As a methodological basis of the study, a cultural approach is used that allows one to "practically implement a systematic view" on a design that is in the process of constant development and updating. In the course of work, the following research methods are used: problem statement, definition and systematization of concepts and categories, comparative method, historical and cultural analysis.

As a result of the study, the authors of the article propose to consider the system of concepts and categories of the course in the form of a “network” formed around the concept of “design culture”, the content of which is revealed using the category of “proektnost”. The proposed structure allows us to preserve the fundamental plurality of interpretations of the concept of design and justify the methodological pluralism of design practice.
Viajes, consumos y desigualdades. Notas para pensar la cuestión social urbana
Authors: Soldano Daniela
Published: December 2020

Este trabajo procura aportar a la comprensión de la riqueza de los viajes metropolitanos como fuente para la investigación sobre la cuestión social urbana en el Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina, entendiendo que los desplazamientos de los residentes de la periferia conectan a diario prácticas de reproducción y consumo fuertemente asociados a su capital espacial y marcadas por la desigualdad socio-económica. Para ello, se detiene en los consumos de rutina y ocasionales que se realizan “puertas adentro” del hogar así como en los que tienen lugar en los espacios colectivos que también funcionan como ámbitos de sociabilidad. En este punto, se detiene en la reconstrucción de las características y usos de una feria informal popular emplazada en el barrio. Se propondrá que en ambos registros no sólo vale la pena concentrarse en las mercancías que se consumen, en la determinación territorializada de su valor de cambio y en los usos sociales de los espacios dónde estas se ofrecen y se compran; sino que es especialmente relevante vincular todo esto a las capacidades materiales y simbólicas de desplazamiento de los actores sociales, en otras palabras: al capital espacial de los habitantes metropolitanos.
Teatro Nucleo: Un teatro de exilio en exilio (de Buenos Aires a Ferrara)
Authors: Cattaneo Clemente Claudia Andrea
Published: December 2020

Teatro Nucleo es un grupo teatral argentino-italiano que ha desarrollado su labor teatral a partir del exilio que experimentaron sus fundadores, lo que les impulsó a indagar en las consecuencias escénicas y humanas de los significados del exilio, como motor de múltiples relaciones identitarias y terapéuticas. Las características que este grupo teatral manifiesta en su trabajo, lo sitúan dentro de las manifestaciones más relevantes de un teatro desplazado, poniendo en jaque  la línea que históricamente ha dividido al teatro como arte y como terapia. Teatro Nucleo trabaja en los bordes del arte teatral performativo y asume el exilio como un acto político que impulsa actos de conciencia en cada espectador.
Luces y sombras: "Excelsior" en Argentina y el humo del progreso
Authors: González Ignacio
Published: December 2020

En los distintos estudios sobre historia de la danza en Argentina, el ballet italiano Excelsior ha sido escasamente desarrollado. Hasta el momento no hay publicaciones que hayan estudiado con mayor detenimiento ni la escenificación de Excelsior en Argentina en 1883 ni tampoco las versiones siguientes. Este primer acercamiento tiene dos objetivos iniciales: dar cuenta de la versión modelo del ballet, estrenada en el Teatro alla Scala de Milán en 1881, a partir del análisis de documentos como así también de las últimas investigaciones académicas disponibles, y utilizar Excelsior como punto de partida para abordar el análisis de un período histórico de la Argentina: 1880-1916.
La autoficción, ¿un camino para cerrar heridas? El caso de "Los otros Gondra"
Authors: Saz Sara M.
Published: December 2020

En enero de 2019 se estrenó en Madrid Los otros Gondra (relato vasco) del dramaturgo vasco Borja Ortiz de Gondra, obra que indaga en las heridas de una familia vasca después de los largos años de violencia provocada por el terrorismo de ETA, la banda armada nacionalista.  Conecta con otra obra del autor, Los Gondra (una historia vasca), pero mientras que ese drama analiza la trayectoria de esa familia durante más de cien años, Los otros Gondra disecciona las relaciones entre algunos de los familiares en un momento específico.  El propio dramaturgo, que interviene también en la obra de actor, vuelve a su pueblo a recoger un premio literario, como efectivamente hizo en su día y la familia se encuentra obligada a enfrentarse con su historia reciente. El tema de la reconciliación en Euskadi (el País Vasco) se ha tratado en la novela y el ensayo, pero es novedosa su incorporación al teatro a través de la técnica de la autoficción.
Political discourse on abortion in Brazil’s Parliament
Authors: De Nardin Budó Marília , Rodrigues Cristina Carla , Gindri Eduarda Toscani
Published: December 2020

This paper presents the results of the content analysis of 25 bills that went through the Brazilian National Congress between 2015 and 2018 on the theme of criminalization and decriminalization of abortion. The objective is to describe and discuss the arguments used by the parliamentarians to support or reprove those bills. The analysis reveals that women’s reproductive rights are not protagonist of the discourse presented in the bills, which focus on the natural status of the fetus and on increasing penalties to the women who perform self-induced abortion. Even if the religious discourse is not so explicit, we can find many traces of it, though disguised behind a definition of the beginning of human life, to demarcate in time the recognition of the fetus as a subject of rights.
Еволюція поняття «віртуальна реальність» у філософії
Authors: Shyman Kateryna
Published: December 2020

Автор досліджує визначення «віртуальна реальність» та його історичне становлення у філософії від найдавніших часів до наших днів. Розглянуто тривалий шлях формування терміна: у різні епохи його визначали по-своєму. Відзначено, що в античній філософії віртуальне було ознакою буття і представлено двома лініями тлумачення: Платона і Арістотеля. У середні віки філософи також використовували поняття «віртуальність». І тут вже поєднались елементи як платонівської, так і арістотелівської моделей. У Новий час концепція віртуальності зустрічається у працях Г. Лейбніца, І. Канта, Г. Гегеля та ін. Наприкінці XIX – на початку XX ст. ідея віртуальності продовжувала розвиватися як ідея наявності особливого, проміжного стану чогось. Зазначається, що сьогодні варіативне тлумачення ідеї віртуальності продовжує виявлятися у різних галузях науки і техніки, корелюючи між ними. Автор відзначає, що сучасні технології та Інтернет надають визначенню нові аспекти. Розглядається поступове нашарування інтерпретацій терміна, яке до нині має досить розмите визначення.
Контроверсійні підвалини комунікативних стратегій: історико-філософський аспект
Authors: Loznytsia Svitlana
Published: December 2020

У статті здійснюється історико-філософський розгляд контроверсійних підвалин комунікативних стратегій, де під контроверсіями розуміється принцип суперечності діалогу як такого, а під комунікативними стратегіями – діалог як «раціональна комунікація», тобто комунікація з наперед заданою метою. Показано зв’язок між морально-етичною настановою історичних періодів та принципом діалогу, притаманного цій добі. Виявлено, що принцип діалогу, запроваджений ще у добу Античності як спосіб знаходження порозуміння, знайшов своє продовження у диспутах середньовічних університетів та жанру діалогу доби Відродження. Водночас індивідуалізм доби Відродження, раціональна настанова Просвітництва та наукові дослідження Нового часу усталили суб’єкт-об’єктний принцип взаємин; відновлення принципу діалогу як засобу порозуміння, пов’язується, зокрема, із працями представників комунікативної філософії. Акцентується увага на значущості критичного мислення та безперервної освіти як засобу подолання маніпулятивних впливів, зокрема у ситуації названою «добою постправди», що актуалізує дане дослідження.
Що названо філософією у «Посланні» Климента Смоля-тича. Нарис 1: текстологія і наукові підходи
Authors: Kyrychok Oleksandr
Published: December 2020

У статті автор звертається до дослідження «Послання» Климента Смолятича. Мета публікації – з’ясувати що сáме названо «філософією» у творі на основі узагальнення традиції досліджень цього питання. Результатом роботи стало виявлення, що провідними інтерпретаціями уявлень про філософію, нібито вміщених у «Послання» є версії про те, що філософія тут розумілась як: (1) «освіта» й «освіченість», (2) язичницька мудрість, (3) християнська мудрість, (4) алегоричний метод тлумачення Біблії, або (5) було представлене плюралістичне розуміння. Автор висловлює думку, що найімовірніше у «Посланні» не висловлено якихось чітких уявлень про те, що є філософією, а її образ є швидше аморфним, ніж плюралістичним, таким, що не чітко диференціює філософське і нефілософське знання. Такий образ філософії є досить типовим для тодішньої культури Візантії, під упливом якої однозначно перебували як Климент, так і його опонент – пресвітер Фома.
Проблема перекладу буддійської філософської терміно-логії з узагальненим значенням «свідомість»
Authors: Strelkova Anastasiya
Published: December 2020

Статтю присвячено пошуку підходів до перекладу українською мовою термінів буддійської філософської традиції, пов’язаних з поняттям свідомості. Оскільки точного відповідника західному поняттю свідомості в буддизмі не існує, автор розглядає найбільш наближену до нього групу буддійських термінів, які може бути перекладено як «свідомість/розум/мислення/думка»: «мислення-чітта» (кит. сінь), «свідомість-віджняна» (кит. ши), «розум-манас» (кит. і). Аналіз вживання цих трьох термінів у текстах буддійського канону свідчить про те, що значення кожного з них залежить від контексту і може бути як позитивним, так і негативним. При перекладі у більшості випадків словом «свідомість» набільш доречно перекладати терміни віджняна та чітта, словом «розум» – терміни манас та чітта, і словами «свідомість», «розум» або «мислення» – термін чітта. При цьому останній варіант («мислення») є найбільш адекватним у смисловому відношенні, адже вказує на мислення у найбільш широкому розумінні, що відповідає буддійському вжитку цього терміна.
Когнітивізація логіки або чому саме сьогодні логіка потребує підтримки когнітивістики: історико-методологічний аналіз
Authors: Reva Nataliia
Published: December 2020

Швидкий технологічний прогрес спричинив зрушення інтересів науковців з усього світу в бік когнітивної науки та інформатики, що, безперечно, вплинуло на формування нового типу мислення. Логіка, як наука про специфічний логічний тип людського мислення, не може залишитися осторонь. У статі проаналізовано методологічні засади когнітивістики та дуальність самої науки логіки, які відкривають перспективи їх співпраці. Для цього автор робить історико-методологічний розгляд обох дисциплін. Доводиться, що, з одного боку, формальна логіка багато вкладає в розвиток штучних формалізованих мов, які активно застосовуються для програмування Штучного Інтелекту, а з іншого – неформальна логіка, як і когнітивістика, займається вивченням природньої мови, що дає їй можливість наблизитися до реального людського мислення. Показано, в який спосіб логіка, застосувавши для вивчення реального процесу мислення людей методологічну базу когнітивістики, може розширити межі своїх досліджень з теоретичного поля до практично-експериментального.
New biological data for Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) (Blenniidae) from North of Algeria
Authors: Amalou Djamel , Ider Djamila , Ramdane Zouhir , Moulaï Riadh
Published: December 2020

The family Blenniidae inhabiting freshwater systems has been scarcely studied, particularly in North Africa. The present study focused on the biology of Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) from Kabylie region (northern Algeria). A total of 198 specimens were sampled from May 2015 to May 2016. The total length of this fish varied between 4.9 and 12.7 cm and its total weight varied between 1.2 and 23.7 g. The age of this fish species varied between 1 and 3 years. The sex ratio of S. fluviatilis was in balance (SR = 0.98). The results of our investigation of length-weight relationship show highly significant correlation (p > 0.001); the correlation coefficient r varied between 0.966 and 0.985. The specimens of this fish species exhibited positive allometry in males (b = 3.195) and negative allometry in females (b = 2.782). Growth parameters were higher in males than in females, except for the growth rate (K) where the values were close. The growth performance index (Φ) was similar in both sexes, which confirms the same growth potential for males and females. In Kabylie region, the breeding period of S. fluviatilis occurred between April and July. Our results of analysis of the hepatosomatic index (HSI) and Fulton’s K show that liver energy reserves are not devoted for reproduction; however, muscle reserves seem to support this physiological activity. In perspective, more biological studies must be carried out on this rare and poorly studied fish.
The Relationship Between Key Audit Matters (KAMS) Disclosure and Stock Reaction: Cross-Sectional Study of Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
Authors: Sawangjan Phattarawade , Suttipun Muttanachai
Published: December 2020

Objective – The study aimed (1) to investigate the level and issue of key audit matters (KAMs) disclosure of listed companies in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, (2) to test the different level of KAMs disclosure of listed companies between Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, and (3) to examine the relationship between KAMs disclosure and stock reaction.
Methodology/Technique – Samples were 96 listed companies of Top-50 firms from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Content analysis by word counting and checklist was used to quantify KAMs disclosure in audit reports during 2016 to 2019, while the stock reaction was measured by the stock price of the sample’s common share. Descriptive analysis, independent sample t-test, correlation matrix, and multiple regression was used to analyze the data.
Findings – As the results, the study found that the average word of KAMs the disclosure was 878.74 words with 2.38 average issues during 2016 to 2019. There was a significantly different level of KAMs disclosure of listed companies between Thailand and Malaysia, between Thailand and Singapore, and between Malaysia and Singapore. Moreover, the study found a positive significant relationship between KAMs disclosure (Word) and the stock price, while there was a negatively significant relationship between KAMs disclosure (Issue) and the stock price.
Novelty – This study is the first cross-sectional study of KAMs disclosure in ASEAN region.
Type of Paper: Empirical
Keywords: Key Audit Matters Disclosure; Stock Reaction; Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore.
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Sawangjan, P; Suttipun, M. (2020). The relationship between key audit matters (KAMs) disclosure and stock reaction: Cross-sectional study of Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, J. Fin. Bank. Review, 5 (3): 70 – 77. https://doi.org/10.35609/jfbr.2020.5.3(1)
JEL Classification: M40, M41, M42.
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning of Working-Age People
Authors: SIRISAKDAKUL Tatiyaporn , KHORNJAMNONG Butsakorn
Published: December 2020

Objective – This study aimed to investigate the level of understanding of financial knowledge and the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning of working-age people.
Methodology/Technique – The participants of the study were residents of Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom and Mukdahan, Thailand. The questionnaire is the research tool for collecting data with 1,200 adults, aged between 25-60. This study will use a descriptive statistical analysis to describe frequency, percentage, mean and mode. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method is widely used to describe the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning.
Findings – The result show that the level of education has a positive relationship with financial literacy. Most of middle lower income people have a moderate to low level of the basic financial literacy and are not involved in retirement planning. The respondents of women in Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom and Mukdahan have more understanding of retirement planning than men; this result is different to the previous research undertaken by Lusardi and Mitchell (2011), Bucher-Koenen and Lusardi (2011) Grohmann et al. (2016).
Novelty – This paper will study the level of understanding of financial knowledge and the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning of working-age people. Most of the previous research concentrated on people who live in the big city; there was. little focus on people living in the countryside, especially in the Northeastern part of Thailand. Not too many papers have focused on the working-age people, who in due course will contribute to Thailand becoming an Aging Society. It could help to the government, labor union, Bureau of Financial Inclusion Policy and Development and related departments to know the level of financial knowledge and retirement planning. So, they could provide guidance of financial literacy to community.
Type of Paper: Empirical
Keywords: Financial Literacy; Retirement Planning; Working-Age People
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Sirisakdakul, T; Khornjamnong, B. (2020). Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning of Working-Age People, J. Fin. Bank. Review, 5 (3): 99 – 107 https://doi.org/10.35609/jfbr.2020.5.3(4)
JEL Classification: E21, G02, I22, J26