bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nudging Technique In Retail
Authors: Plazibat Ivana , Gašperov Lorena , Petričević Duje
Published: February 2022

Changes in consumer behaviour, coupled with shifting purchasing habits, have led to a new setting, one in which the retailers are seeking novel means of keeping potential consumers inside their stores for the maximum duration possible. This prolonged time span contributes to the increased frequency of impulsive actions, thus resulting in greater customer spending. Impulsive buyers are the most crucial target audience for retailers, for they are purely driven by emotion, making decisions without prior preparation or information gathering. Through the grasp of psychological science, behavioural and cognitive functioning, it is possible to discern the factors that make specific retailers and their stores more appealing than others. The main purpose of this paper is to point out a relatively new concept and a technique, called “nudging”, and to showcase the methods of gaining new customers through its utilisation within the Croatian retail market. The nudging technique is not a forceful one, opting to employ imperceptible and subtle means, such as playing certain music, utilising carefully selected scents, colours and lighting within the store, which all serve to improve consumer perception and satisfaction. The retailer can stand out from the competition, precisely by using nudging, which intertwines sensory perception and other psychological factors, incorporating them in the overall store design. For this particular purpose, a survey was conducted among Croatian customers, which examined the presence of specific nudging techniques in retail, as well as their effects on the consumer behaviour. The research results concluded that the Croatian retailers do indeed utilise some nudging techniques which, although perceived by their customers are ultimately left unaware of the impact they have on their respective decision-making process and behaviour
A General Profile of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Banking Sector
Authors: Öztürk Rezan , Kula Veysel
Published: February 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the global financial services industry. The new digitalization model is powered by artificial intelligence technology, and AI has the potential to disrupt and refine the existing financial services industry. The increasing amount of data in banking has revealed the need for fast and reliable service. Banks are financial service organizations that have used AI effectively in recent years. This paper reveals the general profile of artificial intelligence adoption by banks. Based on the evidence from all 17 banks operating in the Afyonkarahisar province of Turkey, it is concluded that AI technologies are applied in almost every area of the banking sector to improve the overall service offered. Moreover, the use of AI is evaluated as a potential that provides ease of use and reduces costs. As for the operations in future, the participants think AI will provide high levels of benefit to banks in their financial services in the incoming years. Given no similar study, this study appears to provide an original contribution to the literature regarding the use of AI in banking services within the Turkish context.
Impact of Organisational Commitment on Employee Productivity During Covıd-19: Evidence from Afghanistan And India
Authors: Qais Rezvani Mohammad , Chaudhary Nirmala , Huseynov Ragif , Li Maohua , Sharma Anjali , Jafarova Raiba , Huseynova Chimnaz
Published: February 2022

The paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on competitiveness and how organizational commitment and productivity have changed as a result of changes in processes, practices, or regulations. This paper analyses how employees fared during COVID in two countries, namely Afghanistan and India and the impact on organizational commitment and productivity. The research paper is based on secondary data and conceptual analysis of COVID-19 conditions or how this covetous environment affects their competitors, work environment, or fight for their rights. Moreover, the authors delved into how human capital management lead to organizational efficiency. Factors like (1) workplace safety, (2) targeted recruitment, (3) self-managed decision-making teams and decentralization, and (4) pay policy were all investigated. Employee engagement is widely assumed to influence organizational commitment, employee productivity, employee dedication, and, most importantly, it will generate comparative advantages for organizations. The primary goal of this research was to discover how people work efficiently and effectively with commitment and dedication during COVID-19.
Literature survey on DEA in the insurance industry with a focus on identification of research hotspots with text mining
Authors: Cvetkoska Violeta , Ivanovski Igor , Tasheva Marija
Published: February 2022

DEA is a frequently used non-parametric methodology for measuring the relative efficiency of Decision-Making Units (DMUs) that use the same inputs to produce the same outputs. Emrouznejad and Yang (2018) provided a literature survey on DEA with 10,300 peer-reviewed journal articles from 1978 to the end of 2016. Our article focuses on DEA applications in the insurance industry in convergence with the existing relevant literature as Kaffash et al (2020), who have surveyed 132 DEA articles in the insurance industry for the period from 1993 to 2018. We include particular keyword analyses necessary to identify research hotspots in different periods. This article aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of DEA-published documents (articles in journals and book chapters) in the insurance industry from 1993 to 2021, focusing on identifying research hotspots based on keyword co-occurrence analysis. We have analyzed published documents from relevant databases, such as Scopus, Web of Science, Ebsco and ProQuest. We use descriptive analytics and text mining as the main methods in our analysis. We provide descriptive statistics for articles per year and category of the insurance industry, geographical distribution, top five journals and authors by citations, and citation analysis. An additional qualitative factor of our article is in-depth keyword co-occurrence analysis by using text mining to identify research hotspots in the insurance industry. Our analysis aims to contribute to researchers and insurance practitioners as an empirical and applicative point for initiating and developing research.
ISIS Energy Sector As Material Capabilities In Establishing Islamic State Based On Robert W. Cox Approach
Authors: febrianto faris
Published: February 2022

ISIS is a terrorist group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria which targets the energy sector in various attacks to control an energy source. Meanwhile, ISIS uses the energy sector to encourage its financial sector to be able to establish and maintain the Islamic State. In this article, the author uses a qualitative method that relies on internet-based research as a data collection technique and uses a Robert W. Cox approach for data analysis. This article aims to analyze the energy sector controlled by ISIS as material capabilities in realizing the Islamic State based on the approach of Robert W. Cox. The author finds that ISIS has control over oil refineries and natural gas fields in its territory so that it makes a large contribution to ISIS finances. The energy sector has also resulted in ISIS being able to establish the Islamic State and supply its military forces to defend it. Through the approach of Robert W. Cox, it can be concluded that the energy sector is a material capability owned by ISIS to build power and the Islamic State.
Relationship between Social Networks and Customer Acquisition in the Field of IT Solutions
Authors: CORDOVA-BUIZA Franklin , URTEAGA-ARIAS Pierre Eduardo , CORAL-MORANTE José Antonio
Published: February 2022

Social networks have allowed more direct communication with companies' target audience, segmenting the ads to streamline marketing efforts, help improve the brand's image, and increase the visibility of products to get closer to users with promotional tools.
Counting versus Detection in an FM Application that Deals with Rooms Reservation
Authors: UDREA Ioana , Daniel SIMION Nicolae , Gabriel ALIONTE Cristian , Ionut GHEORGHE Viorel , Friedemann KRAUS Valeru , PETRACHE Silviu
Published: February 2022

With the evolution of the capabilities of large web applications as well as the IoT, the possibility of transmitting data read by sensors in real time in the application appeared. For FM applications, especially those that deal with Rooms Reservation, there is a need to determine the number of people in a room.
A experiência do Curso Avaliação em Saúde: uma proposta de formação a distância da ENSP/Fiocruz
Authors: Dos Santos Henriette , Celestino de Almeida Paula , Nunes Diogo Cesar , De Macedo Soares Leal Maria Leonor , De Faria Peres Fabio
Published: February 2022

Objetivo: discutir as especificidades da formação em saúde na modalidade à distância, por meio da experiência da 4ª oferta do Curso Avaliação em Saúde, pós-graduação lato sensu, destacando como a Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca busca atender às necessidades do campo da saúde. Métodos: foram eleitos momentos estratégicos da trajetória do Curso e analisados os instrumentos de avaliação respondidos por estudantes e tutores-docentes, tendo por base três eixos que refletem princípios pedagógicos do curso, com intuito de articular as vivências relatadas aos desafios teóricos e metodológicos da formação em saúde. Resultados: o artigo traz contribuições para o aprimoramento dos processos educativos apoiado em uma perspectiva de formação como processualidade e uma concepção ampliada de saúde podendo, assim, qualificar outros cursos na área da saúde realizados a distância. Conclusão: atender à qualidade de formação pretendida do Curso só foi possível por meio da gestão democrática dos processos de trabalho, tendo a participação como princípio epistemológico indispensável. Conclui-se que o processo educativo é vivo e, portanto, demanda aperfeiçoamento constante.
Homosexuality in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game Movie
Authors: Sulaiman Rezky Vebrianty Utami , Reswari Istianah Nur
Published: February 2022

This research is aimed to find out the reasons of the main character’s homosexuality, Alan Turing, and the social condition in England 1950s about homosexuality that reflected in The Imitation Game movie. In analyzing the data, the authors applied a a descriptive- qualitative method. Furthermore, the data were collected by watching The Imitation Game movie and reading Turing’s Imitation Game: A Discussion With The Benefit of Hind-sight written by Kirkpatrick, B. and Klingner, B. The research result indicates that pyschodynamic factors and environment factors play a significant role in inflicting Turing’s homosexuality. Moreover, social condition in England 1950s towards homosexuality was forbidden and considered as a crime which caused some effects to Turing’s life. Later after his identity as a homosexual were revealed, he was convicted by the government which turned him ending his life.
Politeness Principle Used in The Edge of Seventeen Movie
Authors: Sarwin Rizki Ashariah
Published: February 2022

This research aimed to analyze the politeness principle by Geoffrey Leech in a coming-of-age movie The Edge of Seventeen and found the dominant maxim out of six Leech’s maxims, namely Tact, Generosity, Approbation, Modesty, Agreement, and Sympathy maxim. The research applied the descriptive method in analyzing the data. The data were utterances uttered by characters in the movie. The data were collected through watching the movie and reading the moving script repeatedly, screenshotting the scene, coding the data, and the last classifying the data. The result of this research is described as follows: First, the researcher found the use of the politeness principle contained utterances that obey and disobey the maxims. Second, found that the Approbation maxim is the dominant one in the movie with a total of 12 pieces of data.abstract should summarize the content of the paper.
Telegram App in E-learning of English Reading: Impact on Students’ Reading Ability and Its Efficacy
Authors: Ammade Salasiah , Khairil  , Khatimah Khusnul
Published: February 2022

Telegram is a messaging application which offers fast and reliable messaging and calls, and it has specific feature as a cloud-based messenger with seamless sync. During COVID-19 pandemic, telegram contributes big support in continuing teaching learning process. In this paper, telegram contribution in assisting E-learning of English reading will be revealed, particularly the impact on reading ability and its efficacy on learning. Pre-experimental method was the chosen research design in the research. The research location was at SMP Muhammadiyah Parepare and took 14 sample fromthe third-grade students which was chosen using accidental sampling. The data was gathered using reading test of narrative text to knowthe impact of telegram on students’ reading ability, and questionnaire was distributed to get data on telegram’s efficacy on students learning of English reading. Thus, it was analyzed using quantitative analysis. Based on the reading test, it was found in pre-test that students’ reading skill can be categorized fair based on national education standard 2018 as the average students’ reading score was 61. Therefore, the assistance of telegram in accommodating the learning during pandemic is assumed helpful in boosting students’ learning on English reading. The results of the data analysis on reading test showed that telegram application can support the students’ learning on English reading. It is indicated by the scoring gap between pre-test and post-test. Regarding the data from questionnaire through google form, the students agreed that telegram is effective and has benefits in helping students’ English reading.
Effectiveness of Peer Response in Writing Process to Improve Students’ Writing Ability in Indonesian High School
Authors: Sarlin  , Nur Sahril , Ramadhani Ahmad Arkam
Published: February 2022

The problem statement of this research namely: how does the use of peer response effect the students’ ability of writing that focus to content and organization aspect; and how is the improvement of students’ ability of writing that focus to content and organization after using peer response method. Using Peer Response in this research tries to explain students’ accomplishment in the content and organization aspect of writing. The researcher gathered data by taking a pretest and a posttest, both of which were written tests. The findings from the pretest and posttest were collected and then evaluated in form of percentage. The research participants were third-year students of SMA Negeri 1 Benteng Selayar. There were two classrooms and each one has 30 participants. So, the population was 60 students and 60 students as the sample of this research, 30 of whom were in the experimental class and 30 of whomwere in the control class, using a randomsampling approach. Peer Response in writing process of content and organization aspects can improve the students’ achievement (7.39). It was indicated that the students were effective in the writing process when they used the peer response approach.
Effectiveness of Undercover Game Application on Students’ Speaking Skill
Authors: Ekayanti Fadilah , Farida  , Muchtar Jumardin
Published: February 2022

The aims of this research are to determine the effectiveness of undercover game applications on students’ speaking skills in terms of pronunciation and hesitation. The researchers use undercover game applications as a learning medium. The skills examined are speaking abilities, specifically pronunciation and hesitation. This study employs pre-experimental research, with a pre-test one meeting, treatment six meetings, and a post-test one meeting. This study’s sample is made up of 31 students fromXI IPS 1 at SMA Negeri 14 Makassar. The finding of this research is that there are improvements in students’ speaking skill both in terms of pronunciation and hesitation. In terms of pronunciation, there is improvement 30% from54.8 score in pre-test to 71.5 score in post-test. In terms of hesitation, there is improvement 31% from53.2 score in pre-test to 70.2 score in post-test. Based on explanation the analysis above, it can be seen that there is an effectiveness of the application of undercover games in teaching speaking. It can be seen that the post-test score is higher than the pre-test. This means that the application of undercover games as learning media can improve students’ speaking skills in terms of pronunciation and hesitation.
Study of Formal Links Used in English Translation of Hadith Muslim by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui
Authors: Hijaz M. Arsal
Published: February 2022

This study analyzed the types of formal links and the functions of formal links in the hadith Muslim to describe the types of formal links used in the English translation of hadith Muslim and describe the functions of formal links functions in the hadith Muslim. It used a descriptive qualitative research method in which the data are taken fromthe text of English translation of hadith Muslim. The findings show all types of formal links: verb form, parallelism, referring expression, repetition, substitution, ellipsis, and conjunction. Fromthose findings, the theory of Guy Cook on the formal link is expected to contribute to readers who have difficulties understanding some text and make a good text a lot easier. This research is helpful for teachers, students, and all English learners who are intensely constructing their ability to know formal links in writing. And for further research, it would be better to use a different focus theory and be more interesting as the object of the study
Inappropriate Academic Collocation on Students’ Basic Consideration in Undergraduate Thesis
Authors: Rachmi Siti , Rahmawati Nur
Published: February 2022

Composing good basic consideration reflects great quality of writing and establishes effective communication by using academic collocation. Indeed, EFL students use inappropriate academic collocation that leads to unnatural meaning on basic consideration in undergraduate thesis. Once this phenomenon occurs, this research is conducted to describe how types of academic collocation that used inappropriately on students’ basic consideration in undergraduate thesis. This research employed descriptive qualitative method which in data is well selected fromeight basic considerations in undergraduate thesis of English Department students. The research result showed that 28 data were regarded as inappropriate collocation. These data showed that combination of verb + noun, adjective + noun, adverb + verb past participle, adverb + verb, verb + adverb, and adverb + adjective was used inappropriately. Therefore, this research result is expected to broaden lexical knowledge of the usage of academic collocation to students and present students’ academic writing difficulties to lecturers in order to encourage further improvement in English teaching.
Analysis of Speech Acts in Bintang Emon’s Video on Instagram
Authors: Marzuki Zulfrida
Published: February 2022

The aim of this study is to find out the analysis of speech act in Bintang Emon’s Video on Instagram. This is a qualitative study, and the analysis is divided into several stages. The video is re-watched to acquire a more indepth understanding, with special emphasis paid to data such as voice, intonation, and mimicry. The meanings of each Bintang Emon’s phrase are deduced, and the utterances are then categorized using the Searlean speech act categories. The findings revealed some key conclusions about Bintang Emon’s utterances, the classification of the speech act, and the most common category that appears. In this study, his utterances were divided into two categories: representative and instructions/directives. Representative is the more frequently occurring of the two kinds. The content of Bintang Emon’s DPO video is perceived as a complaint that is identical to real-life complaints because the speech act phenomenon can be detected in real-life talks. The speech act utterances in Bintang Emon’s Instagram video have been translated so that they can be sorted chronologically. This study may help common readers who have limited experience with language evaluation activities, particularly the speech act. Furthermore, for second language learners who are unaware of the pragmatic feature, this study can help them become more aware of their target language, in this case, English.
Cohesiveness in Informal Written Text, Song Lyrics
Authors: Putri Dian Nauwala
Published: February 2022

Nowadays, people communicate with each other in different ways, and there is amessage given through the speech. Songs lyrics are some examples ofwritten discourses that have the textual function for communication. This research concerns written discourse in the form of song lyrics sung and written by BrunoMars, with coherence devices to see the song’s cohesiveness. The design of this research was a descriptive study by using a qualitative approach. The source data is fifteen songs from three different albums titled “Doo-woops & Hooligans (2010)”, “Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)”, and “24KMagic (2016)” by Bruno Mars. The technique of analysis involved categorization, abstraction, and coding the text. After identifying the data, the writer carried out investigator triangulation to validate the data by discussing the findings. The result showed the cohesiveness found in the text by using Oshima andHogue theory about coherence. Fromanalysis, it was found two things related to cohesive devices. First, the use of coherence devices, which consist of repeated keywords, consistent pronouns, transition signals, and there is no logical order found in the song lyric. Second, the findings of coherence devices used in the lyrics are proved that the informal written text take the contribution to delivered the cohesiveness information. Itmeans coherence devices are taking part in the continuity and clarity of the lyrics. Therefore, it can be concluded that the existence of cohesion and coherence relation in the lyrics takes the contribution and also sets up the context for the interpretation of themeaning of the song.
Effectiveness of The Digital Platform on ELT in Remote Area
Authors: Savitri Dian
Published: February 2022

Pandemic has changed people’s ways of life; one of them is the usage of digital learning. It gives a new habit for the teacher in delivering material and giving assignments. Over a year’s teaching learning process is done via online since the government does not give any permission to conduct face-to-face learning activity. Therefore, teachers and students have to deal with digital platforms like Google Classroom, Google Meet, Youtube, Zoom and Whatsapp. Those who have good access and facilities would not have any problem, but how about people in remote areas? They face some barriers such as the internet connection problem, the electricity availability, students’ mobile phone availability and the ability to provide internet data. This paper aims to show how effective the digital platform for teaching and learning activities in remote areas is. The data is collected from a survey that is distributed via Google form to the English teachers who teach in remote areas. Most of them say that the messenger application, Whatsapp, has become the most effective in online teaching.
MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI LAYANAN BIMBINGAN KLASIKAL DENGAN METODE SOSIODRAMA PADA SISWA SMP
Authors: NURHARNANIK SITI
Published: February 2022

This study aims to increase motivation to follow classical guidance services with the sociodrama method for junior high school students. The research subjects were 30 students of class VIII-I of SMPN 10 Malang. One of the causes of the low motivation of students in following classical guidance is the teacher still uses the conventional method, namely the pure lecture method. The solution to overcome these problems, researchers use the sociodrama method. This research was conducted with a classroom action research design whose implementation procedure follows the basic principles of general action research. The procedure is a cyclical or recycling process, starting from the planning stage, the action implementation stage, the observation/evaluation stage, and the reflection stage. The implementation of this research was carried out in two cycles. The results showed an increase from the first cycle to the second cycle. Based on the research data in the first and second cycles, all indicators have increased success as expected. The results of the first cycle observations, the average reached 62% while the second cycle reached 75%, this means from the first cycle to the second cycle an increase of 13%.
ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan motivasi mengikuti layanan bimbingan klasikal dengan metode sosiodrama pada siswa SMP. Subyek penelitian adalah 30 siswa kelas VIII-I SMPN 10 Malang. Penyebab rendahnya motivasi siswa dalam mengikuti bimbingan klasikal salah satunya adalah guru masih menggunakan metode konvesional yaitu metode ceramah murni. Solusi untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut peneliti menggunakan metode sosiodrama. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan rancangan penelitian tindakan kelas yang prosedur pelaksanaannya mengikuti prinsip dasar penelitian tindakan yang umum. Prosedur tersebut merupakan suatu proses siklus atau daur ulang, yang dimulai dari tahap perencanaan, tahap pelaksanaan tindakan, tahap observasi/evaluasi, dan tahap refleksi. Pelaksanaan penelitian ini dilakukan sebanyak dua siklus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan dari siklus pertama ke siklus kedua. Berdasarkan data hasil penelitian pada siklus pertama dan siklus kedua, semua indikator mengalami peningkatan keberhasilan sesuai dengan yang diharapkan. Hasil observasi siklus I, rata-rata mencapai 62% sedangkan siklus II mencapai 75%, ini artinya dari siklus I ke Siklus II meningkat 13%.
PROPUESTA PARA LA INTEGRACIÓN DE SISTEMAS DE GESTIÓN EN EL TECNOLÓGICO DE DURANGO
Authors: García Cano O.A. , Márquez A. Ramírez , Orozco C.O. Ríos
Published: February 2022

Basados en la metodología de Gallego (2013), se presentan los avances en la implementación de un sistema de gestión integrado, para el Instituto Tecnológico de Durango, en el cual se conjunten a los sistemas actualmente certificados: calidad y ambiental, otras normas como: educativa, salud y energía. Se revisaron los procedimientos claves de los procesos del Sistema de Calidad.
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF LEVEL A2 OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Authors: Álvarez Portales I.A. , Roldán E.A. Pesina , Corona J. I. Martínez
Published: February 2022

This paper presents the results of a qualitative process with a descriptive scope comprising a documentary analysis, that aimed to generate a perspective on the A2 level of English of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, as an effort to describe its properties or dimensions that allow us to have clear referential elements. In order to meet this objective, three categories of analysis were determined: characterization of level A2, English skills at level A2, and possible certifications. As a general conclusion of the study, it is affirmed that it was possible to generate the theoretical perspective that was intended with regard to the level and to make known its physiognomy; as well as the capacities, abilities and possibilities of a person who demonstrates this skill, which provides a basis for future decisions or projects.
ANÁLISIS CARACTERÍSTICO DE LOS FACTORES DE LA DESERCIÓN EN EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR
Authors: García Ramírez R. G. , García Montejo J. S.
Published: February 2022

Este artículo presenta un análisis documental sobre la deserción; así como, las causas que la generan en las instituciones de nivel superior. Las bases de datos utilizadas fueron Science Direct, Scielo, Redalyc, Google Académico, Latindex, obteniendo una muestra de 53 documentos científicos identificados con las palabras clave “deserción escolar”. Entre otros factores, se consideraron cuatro variables clave dentro del análisis, tales como: conceptualización de la deserción escolar, descripción de posibles factores de deserción escolar, caracterización de los factores de mayor impacto en la deserción escolar, programas y metodologías para abordar y disminuir la deserción escolar; mediante el proceso de revisión documental se delimitó la información para extraer únicamente la más destacada contenida en diferentes fuentes. Los resultados permitieron determinar los factores que se encuentran inmersos dentro de la deserción escolar y como es que estos forman parte de un riesgo materializado en el momento que un estudiante decide truncar su educación; es por ello que, como conclusión del presente análisis se propone que las instituciones creen mecanismos de detección e implementen modificaciones a sus programas de estudio incluyendo estrategias didácticas y seguimientos tutoriales en pro de la mitigación de la deserción escolar.
Implementasi Metode Accrual Basis dalam Sistem Informasi Akuntansi Arus Kas
Authors: Aqham Ahmad Ashifuddin , Bagus Sudirman
Published: February 2022

A cash flow statement is a financial report that contains information on cash inflows and cash outflows from a company during a certain period. This information is presented according to the type of activity that causes the cash inflows and outflows to occur. Company activities generally consist of three types, namely, operational activities, investment activities and financial activities.

The process of receiving and disbursing cash is also recorded at any time for the preparation of the company's income statement. Cash flow recording activities at this company are still manual where every company receipt will be recorded by employees of the finance department which will ultimately be recapitulated in the annual report and compared with other recording results such as cash disbursements.

This system has many weaknesses where the information needed cannot be presented quickly and accurately, requiring a fairly complicated process for a longer time to check certain cash flows.
Analisis Mahasiswa Kota Kendal Dalam Menggunakan E-Money dengan Metode TAM
Authors: Dendy Kurniawan  , Dwi Setiawan  , Robby Andika Kusumajaya
Published: February 2022

Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi minat masyarakat menggunakan e-money dengan menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kuantitatif. Peneliti menggunakan model technology acceptance model (TAM) yang berfokus pada Kegunaan yang Dirasakan, Kemudahan Penggunaan yang Dirasakan, Risiko yang Dirasakan, dan terdapat variabel tambahan yaitu Sikap Pelanggan dan niat perilaku untuk menggunakan uang elektronik. Pengujian data empiris dilakukan berdasarkan data yang dikumpulkan dari 84 responden yang terdiri dari mahasiswa yang berasal dari kota kendal dan dari berbagai universitas, analisis reliabilitas, uji validitas dan analisis regresi berganda untuk melihat hubungan antara semua variabel. Hasil akhir menunjukkan bahwa persepsi kegunaan, persepsi kemudahan penggunaan, persepsi risiko, dan sikap pelanggan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap niat masyarakat menggunakan E-money.
RADIKALIZEM KOT VIR DRUŽBENIH SPREMEMB IN GROŽNJA NACIONALNI VARNOSTI
Authors: Prezelj Iztok
Published: February 2022

Povzetek. Radikalizem in radikalna politična gibanja so logični in hkrati problematični odziv na družbene spremembe in probleme. Namen članka je prikazati težavno umeščenost radikalizma med povsem legitimne oblike reagiranja na družbeno stvarnost in potencialno ali celo dejansko grožnjo nacionalni varnosti v primeru nasilnega ekstremizma. Avtor preverja in potrjuje tezo, da je politični radikalizem oblika odzivanja na družbene probleme, ki v primeru uresničitve z največjo verjetnostjo pripelje do velikih družbenopolitičnih sprememb, vendar pa se sooča s tveganjem, da postane grožnja nacionalni varnosti v primeru izvajanja ekstremističnih nasilnih dejanj. Avtor ugotavlja, da je radikalizem rezultat kontinuuma med naraščajočo radikalnostjo ciljev in naraščajočo radikalnostjo implementacije ciljev. Ključni pojmi: radikalizem, radikalna politika, nasilni ekstremizem, terorizem, grožnja nacionalni varnosti
PANDEMIJA COVIDA-19 KOT NADALJEVANJE
PROCESOV FLEKSIBILIZACIJE IN PREKARIZACIJE
DELOVNIH RAZMER ZA KREATIVNE POKLICE
V SLOVENIJI
Authors: Uršič Matjaž
Published: February 2022

Povzetek. Ob analizah kreativnih dejavnosti se pogosto
pojavljajo problematična opažanja delovnih procesov
zaposlenih v teh poklicih. Kreativni delavci so s tega
vidika dojeti kot zelo prilagodljivi glede na način, kraj
in plačilo dela. Zaradi tovrstnih značilnosti, ki jih ne
uvrščajo med tradicionalne, tj. gospodarsko in socialno
bolj stabilne oblike zaposlitve, lahko predvidevamo, da
so bili kreativni delavci med najbolj prizadetimi zaradi
pandemije Covida-19. Članek na podlagi podatkov iz
longitudinalne raziskave »Slovenski kulturno-kreativni
delavec v času Covida-19« (2020) najprej analizira
vplive pandemije na širši kreativni sektor, nato pa prek
analize sprememb v delovnem procesu in življenjskih
razmerah kreativnih delavcev identificira elemente
prekarizacije po posameznih podsektorjih, kot so na
primer vizualne, uprizoritvene umetnosti ali glasba.
Pri tem ugotavlja, da pandemija v večini segmentov
kreativnih
poklicev nadgrajuje obstoječe oblike prekarizacije.
Ključni pojmi: pandemija Covida-19, fleksibilizacija,
prekarizacija, kreativne industrije, kreativni delavec
CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SLOVENIA
Authors: Švab Alenka , Kogovšek Tina , Kuhar Roman
Published: February 2022

Abstract. The article presents data on the social characteristics of first sexual intercourse (FSI) among secondary school students in Slovenia, collected as part of the research project “Sexuality of Secondary School Students in Slovenia”. The results show that for most respondents their FSI was a planned event occurring within an intimate partnership. Protective measures are used to a considerable extent. There are statistically significant gender differences in the majority of the results. The data show responsible behaviour during the FSI, although a share of the respondents is exposed to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The data may be used for policy decision-makers, especially in terms of sex education and addressing the STI issue.
Keywords: first sexual intercourse, age, secondary
school students, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy
POSLEDICE TRAVMATIČNIH IZKUŠENJ OTROK: PREPOZNAVANJE IN ODZIVANJE V SLOVENSKIH VRTCIH IN ŠOLAH
Authors: Mešl Nina , Drglin Zalka , Kuhar Metka
Published: February 2022

V članku opozorimo na vlogo vrtcev in šol v kontekstu zavedanja o razširjenosti in dolgoročnih negativnih posledicah izpostavljenosti otrok potencialno travmatičnim izkušnjam. Prikazani so rezultati kvalitativne
raziskave, pridobljene z izvedbo fokusnih skupin s 43 vzgojitelji/cami predšolskih otrok, učitelji/cami razredne
stopnje in svetovalnimi delavkami v slovenskih vrtcih in šolah na temo prepoznavanja posledic travmatičnih
izkušenj, strategij ukrepanja in želenih sprememb na področju razvoja ustreznih odzivov. Sodelujoči se zavedajo pomena travmatičnih izkušenj otrok in jih tudi prepoznavajo, ne čutijo pa se dovolj usposobljeni za
ukrepanje; poudarjajo pomen medsektorskega in interdisciplinarnega povezovanja na ravni države, namenjenega preprečevanju travmatičnih izkušenj in medgeneracijskega prenosa travm. Članek prinaša tudi izhodišča smernic za eksplicitno in sistematično obravnavo te problematike v okviru vrtcev in šol v Sloveniji.
Ključni pojmi: travmatične izkušnje, vrtci in šole, utemeljeni na razumevanju travme, zaščita otrok, strokovni
delavci v vzgoji in izobraževanju
PREPAREDNESS VS. IMPROVISATION:
A RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN SLOVENIA
Authors: Ferlin Anica , Malešič Marjan , Vuga Beršnak Janja
Published: February 2022

Abstract. Crisis response planning can never fully prevent a certain amount of improvisation given that, in some cases, it is necessary, if not even desirable. This article analyses the research question on the relationship between crisis planning and improvisation in theory and with respect to the Covid-19 epidemic in Slovenia. Despite existing systemic recommendations, normative and to some extent operational crisis preparedness, our analysis of the country’s response reveals improvisation in several key elements: planning, decision-making, coordination and crisis communication. The quite considerable improvisation seen with the epidemic is the outcome of its unexpected dimensions, the absence of a comprehensive crisis management plan, and individual actors’ insufficient crisis management competences. It has been reflected in the establishing of specialised ad hoc structures, overnight decisions and their sudden reversals, and often in inconsistent and inappropriate communication with the public. Keywords: preparedness, improvisation, planning, decision-making, coordination, crisis communication, Covid-19 epidemic
Pyruvic acid, an efficient catalyst in SO3 hydrolysis and effective clustering agent in sulfuric-acid-based new particle formation
Authors: Tsona Tchinda​​​​​​​ Narcisse , Du Lin , Liu Ling , Zhang Xiuhui
Published: February 2022

Abstract. The role of pyruvic acid (PA), one of the most abundant α-keto carboxylic acids in the atmosphere, was investigated both in the SO3
hydrolysis reaction to form sulfuric acid (SA) and in SA-based aerosol particle formation using quantum chemical calculations and a cluster dynamics
model. We found that the PA-catalyzed SO3 hydrolysis is a thermodynamically driven transformation process, proceeding with a negative
Gibbs free-energy barrier, ca. −1 kcal mol−1 at 298 K, ∼ 6.50 kcal mol−1 lower than that in the
water-catalyzed SO3 hydrolysis. Results indicated that the PA-catalyzed reaction can potentially compete with the water-catalyzed
SO3 reaction in SA production, especially in dry and polluted areas, where it is found to be ∼ 2 orders of magnitude more
efficient that the water-catalyzed reaction. Given the effective stabilization of the PA-catalyzed SO3 hydrolysis product as
SA⚫PA cluster, we proceeded to examine the PA clustering efficiency in a sulfuric-acid–pyruvic-acid–ammonia (SA-PA-NH3) system. Our thermodynamic data used in the Atmospheric Cluster Dynamics Code indicated that under relevant
tropospheric temperatures and concentrations of SA (106 molec.cm-3), PA (1010 molec.cm-3) and NH3 (1011 and
5 × 1011 molec.cm-3), PA-enhanced particle formation involves clusters containing at most one PA molecule. Namely, under these monomer concentrations and 238 K, the
(SA)2⚫PA⚫(NH3)2 cluster was found to contribute by ∼ 100 % to the net flux to aerosol particle formation. At higher temperatures (258 and 278 K), however, the net flux to the particle
formation is dominated by pure SA-NH3 clusters, while PA would rather evaporate from the clusters at high temperatures and not
contribute to the particle formation. The enhancing effect of PA was examined by evaluating the ratio of the ternary
SA-PA-NH3 cluster formation rate to binary SA-NH3 cluster formation rate. Our results show that while the
enhancement factor of PA to the particle formation rate is almost insensitive to investigated temperatures and concentrations, it can be as high as
4.7 × 102 at 238 K and [NH3] = 1.3 × 1011 molec.cm-3. This indicates that PA may
actively participate in aerosol formation, only in cold regions of the troposphere and highly NH3-polluted environments. The inclusion of
this mechanism in aerosol models may reduce uncertainties that prevail in modeling the aerosol impact on climate.
The polarimetric characteristics of dust with irregular shapes: Evaluation of the spheroid model
Authors: Luo Jie , Li Zhengqiang , Fan Cheng , Xu Hua , Zhang Ying , Hou Weizhen , Qie Lili , Gu Haoran , Zhu Mengyao , Li Yinna
Published: February 2022

Abstract. In the atmosphere, the dust shapes are various and a single model is difficult to represent the complex shapes of dust. We proposed a tunable model to represent dust with various shapes. Two tunable parameters were used to represent the effects of the erosion degree and binding forces from the mass center, respectively. Thus, the model can represent various dust shapes by adjusting the tunable parameters. To evaluate the applicability of the spheroid model in calculating the optical properties, the aspect ratios of spheroids were retrieved by best fitting the phase function of dust with irregular shapes. Our findings show that the dust shapes have a substantial impact on the scattering matrix, and sometimes the sign of elements of the scattering matrix can be modified by changing the tunable parameters. The applicability of the spheroid model is significantly affected by the erosion degree and binding forces, and substantial deviations could be observed when the dust size is relatively large. Besides, the sign of F12/F11 and F34/F11 can be modified from negative to oppositive at some scattering angles if substituting the irregular dust with best-fitted spheroids. As the binding force is small, the deviation of extinction/scattering cross-section generally increases with the erosion degree, and the relative difference can reach approximately 30 % when the erosion degree is large, while the deviation is mitigated with the binding force increasing. Besides, with the binding force increasing, the retrieved aspect ratio is more close to 1 : 1. The deviations of the spheroid model on estimating the polarized light were also investigated using the successive-order-of-scattering (SOS) vector radiative transfer (VRT) model. With a diameter (dp) of 0.2 μm, the relative difference of normalized radiance does not exceed 3 %, and the absolute values of the deviation of the polarized bidirectional reflectance factor (PBRF) and the ratio of radiance to polarized intensity (DoLP) are below 0.005 and 0.02, respectively. However, with the particle size increasing, the difference becomes much more substantial. The relative difference of the normalized radiance can exceed 10 %, and the deviation of the PBRF and DoLP can vary in the range of −0.015 −0.025 and the range of −0.05 to 0.15. Thus, the use of the spheroid model in the component retrievals based on the polarized light should consider the effects of more complex dust shapes.
Retrieval of the Sea Spray Aerosol Mode from Submicron Particle Size Distributions and Supermicron Scattering during LASIC
Authors: Dedrick Jeramy L. , Saliba Georges , Williams Abigail S. , Russell Lynn M. , Lubin Dan
Published: February 2022

Abstract. Improved quantification of sea spray aerosol concentration and size is important for determining aerosol effects on clouds and climate, though accurately capturing the size distribution of the sea spray mode remains limited by the availability of supermicron size distributions. In this paper we introduce a new approach to retrieve lognormal mode fit parameters for a sea spray aerosol mode by combing submicron size distributions with supermicron scattering measurements using a Mie inversion. Submicron size distributions were measured by an Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS), and supermicron scattering was taken as the difference between < 10 µm and < 1 µm 3-wavelength integrating nephelometer measurements (NEPH). This UHSAS-NEPH method was applied during background marine periods of the Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Layered Atlantic Smoke Interactions with Clouds (LASIC) campaign on Ascension Island (November 2016–May 2017) when the contribution of sea spray aerosol was expected to represent a large fraction of the aerosol mass and total scattering. Lognormal sea spray modal parameters were retrieved from comparisons between nephelometer measurements and a look-up table of Mie theory-simulated scattering coefficients for low error solutions that minimized the 0.4–1 µm residual in the UHSAS size distribution. The UHSAS-NEPH method retrieved sea spray mode properties for approximately 95 % of background periods during LASIC when scattering variability was low and particle concentrations were typical of the clean marine boundary layer (< 400 cm−3), ranging from 0.6 to 1.6 µm in mass mean diameter (1.3 ± 0.15 µm), 1.2 to 3.7 in modal width (2.2 ± 0.2), and mass concentration of 0.13 to 20.7 µg m−3 (6.6 ± 3.5 µg m−3). The measured nephelometer scattering at 3 wavelengths was found to only marginally constrain the mode width at the largest particle sizes in the absence of additional size and chemical measurements for defining parameters for the Mie solutions. Comparing UHSAS-NEPH retrievals to those of a fitting algorithm applied only to the submicron UHSAS number size distribution showed that correlations between retrieved mass concentration and the available mass-based sea spray tracers (coarse scattering, wind speed, and chloride) are low when supermicron measurements are not considered. We also show that measured supermicron size distributions are needed to adequately characterize the sea spray number concentration, though mass concentration can be comparably characterized using the supermicron scattering. This work demonstrates the added value of supermicron scattering measurements for retrieving reasonable sea spray mass concentrations, providing the best-available, observationally-constrained estimate of the sea spray mode properties when supermicron size distribution measurements are not available.
Abrupt climate changes and the astronomical theory: are they related?
Authors: Rousseau Denis-Didier , Bagniewski Witold , Ghil Michael
Published: February 2022

Abstract. ​​​​​​​Abrupt climate changes are defined as sudden climate changes that took place over tens to hundreds of years or recurred at millennial timescales; they are
thought to involve processes that are internal to the climate system. By
contrast, astronomically forced climate changes involve processes that are
external to the climate system and whose multi-millennial quasi-periodic
variations are well known from astronomical theory. In this paper, we
re-examine the main climate variations determined from the U1308 North
Atlantic marine record, which yields a detailed calving history of the
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets over the past 3.2 Myr. The magnitude and
periodicity of the ice-rafted debris (IRD) events observed in the U1308
record allow one to determine the timing of several abrupt climate changes,
the larger ones corresponding to the massive iceberg discharges labeled
Heinrich events (HEs). In parallel, abrupt warmings, called
Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events, have been identified in the Greenland
records of the last glaciation cycle. Combining the HE and DO observations,
we study a complex mechanism giving rise to the observed millennial-scale
variability that subsumes the abrupt climate changes of last 0.9 Myr. This
process is characterized by the presence of Bond cycles, which group DO
events and the associated Greenland stadials into a trend of increased
cooling, with IRD events embedded into every stadial, the latest of these
being an HE. These Bond cycles may have occurred during the last 0.9 Ma when Northern Hemisphere ice sheets reached their maximum extent and volume, thus
becoming a major player in this time interval's climate dynamics. Since the
waxing and waning of ice sheets during the Quaternary period are orbitally
paced, we conclude that the abrupt climate changes observed during the Middle Pleistocene
and Upper Pleistocene are therewith indirectly linked to the astronomical
theory of climate.