bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EVALUASI LAYANAN BIMBINGAN KELOMPOK DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KARAKTER SISWA
Authors: Nazwa Nazwa , Hasibuan Uli Makmun , Elvidayani Elvidayani , Adifiya Alfira
Published: June 2024

Karakter merupakan sifat, watak, perilaku yang ada pada diri individu, karakter dapat di pengaruhi oleh lingkungan individu tersebut. Seperti pergaulan bebas, kurang menghormati guru dan orang tua, merokok, dll. Akibat itu semua dikarenakan faktor pengawasan kebiasaan dari siswa. Dengan hal tersebut perlu adanya perlakuan untuk mengembangkan karakter pada siswa salah satunya dengan menerapkan layanan bimbingan kelompok oleh guru bimbingan dan konseling. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi layanan bimbingan kelompok dalam mengembangkan karakter pada siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi kepustakaan. Hasil kajian pustaka merupakan jurnal yang dikaji secara mendalam menggunakan tiga point yaitu 1) tingkat karakter pada siswa; 2) sasaran bimbingan kelompok dalam mengembangkan karakter pada siswa; 3) keberhasilan dalam menerapkan layanan bimbingan kelompok untuk mengembangkan karakter siswa.
ANALISIS TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN AKADEMIK SISWA (KAS, STUDENT ACADEMIC WELLBEING) DALAM PUBLIKASI ILMIAH 2010-2023
Authors: Iffah Leni , Handoko Martinus Tukir , Eriany Praharesti -
Published: June 2024

Kesejahteraan akademik (academic wellbeing) dipandang sebagai faktor yang penting bagi sukses akademik para siswa. Oleh karena itu seringkali, peningkatan kinerja akademik siswa dilakukan dengan cara meningkatkan kesejahteraan akademik mereka. Hanya saja seringkali upaya meningkatkan kesejahteraan siswa tidak didasarkan pada temuan-temuan penelitian yang ada di lapangan. Oleh karena itu artikel ini ditujukan untuk mendiskusikan kesejahteraan akademik siswa (KAS) sebagaimana ditemukan dan dibahas dalam artikel-artikel ilmiah sepuluh tahun terakhir (2010-2023). Untuk maksud tersebut, artikel ini membahas tiga pertanyaan yaitu; (1) bagaimanakah kesejahteraan akademik didefinisikan; (2) faktor-faktor apa saja yang dipandang sebagai penentu kesejahteraan akademik; dan, (3) bagaimanakah memelihara kesejahteraan akademik. Untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut peneliti mengikuti kaidah literatur berupa tinjauan cakupan dan tematik (scoping and thematic review). Melalui proses berjenjang, artikel ini meninjau sepuluh buah karya ilmiah dalam bentuk artikel jurnal yang terbit antara tahun 2010 hingga 2023 yang dipublikasikan oleh para peneliti dari delapan negara. Dari tinjauan yang dilakukan diperoleh temuan sebagai berikut. Pertama kesejahteraan akademik didiskusikan sebagai, status psikologis siswa, baik positif maupu negatif terkait kehidupan akademik atau sekolah mereka. Kedua, paper-paper ini menunjukkan fakor internal (dalam diri siswa) dan eksternal berkontribusi pada kesejahteraan akademik siswa. Ketiga, paper-paper ini merekomendasikan strategi yang berfokus pada siswa dan strategi yang berfokus pada sekolah untuk memelihara dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan akademik siswa. Temuan-temuan ini diharapkan dapat membantu sekolah dan para pendidik yang betanggung jawab menjamin KAS mengembangkan konsep prososi KAS di sekolah.
PENGARUH PELATIHAN SELF MANAGEMENT TEHADAP RESILIENSI AKADEMIK MAHASISWA BIDIKMISI PROGRAM STUDI BIMIBINGAN DAN KONSELING UNIVERSITAS ISLAM JEMBER
Authors: Astike Azizah Qur'anni , Budiono Arifin Nur , Budiono Arifin Nur , Ernawati Siti , Ernawati Siti
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat pengaruh pelatihan self management terhadap resiliensi akademik mahasiswa bidikmisi angkatan 2019 program studi bimbingan dan konseling Universitas Islam Jember. Penelitian tentang pengaruh pelatihan self management terhadap resiliensi akademik dengan responden 6 mahasiswa dari 25 mahasiswa yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunaan pendekatan kuantitatif rancangan quasi eksperiment dengan One group pretest-posttest design sebagai desain penelitiannya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode angket. Analisis data menggunakan rumus uji T Paired sample test. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka diperoleh hasil uji paired sample test menggunakan aplikasi SPSS 20 diperoleh nilai sig. (2-tailed) sebesar 0,009 < 0,05 yang dimana dapat dikatakan signifikan. Namun hasil Thitung setelah dibandingkan dengan Ttabel menunjukkan bahwa Thitung lebih kecil dari Ttabel yang berarti Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Yang artinya tidak ada pengaruh pelatihan self management terhadap resiliensi akademik mahasiswa bidikmisi program studi bimbingan dan konseling Universitas Islam Jember.
HUBUNGAN ADIKSI GAME ONLINE DENGAN PENYESUAIAN DIRI PADA REMAJA DI KELURAHAN SIMATORKIS SISOMA
Authors: Rambe Wendi Ariansyah , Sukatno Sukatno , Saputri Nor Mita Ika
Published: June 2024

Kata kecanduan sebagian besar di gunakan dalam kata klinis dan di haluskan dengan kata berlebihan, konsep kecanduan dapat di terapkan pada berbagai perilaku, seperti mengkonsumsi alkohol, heroin, tembakau, dan memainkan game secara berlebihan. pengertian dari game online ini jenis video game yang bisa dimainkan dengan perangkat yang terhubung dengan internet, Game online digunakan untuk sebagai hiburan yang menyenangkan, kegiatan bermain game, kini telah menjadi bagian dari rutinitas remaja dalam mengisi waktu luang mereka, namun terkadang para remaja lupa akan waktu yang telah mereka habiskan hanya untuk bermain game online hal ini dapat menyebabkan perilaku yang menunjukkan ketidak pedulian terhadap resiko negatif yang mungkin dihadapi oleh para remaja, penelitian ini menggnakan metode korelasional dengan menggunakan metode kuantitatif non-eksperimen, populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu remaja Kelurahan Simatorkis Sisoma dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 32 remaja. yang di pilih berdasarkan pourposive Sampling. Variabel-variabel penelitian di ukur menggunakan skala adiksi game online sebanyak 50 butir jawaban dan skala penyesuaian diri sebanyak 50 butir jawaban.hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan ada hubungan antara Adiksi Game Online dengan Penyesuaian diri pada remaja di kelurahan Simatorkis sisoma. Di peroleh dengan menggunakan teknik analisis korelasi product moment yang menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan yang positif sangat signifikan antara adiksi game online dengan penyesuaian diri remaja di tunjukkan dengan nilai p= 0.432 (p<0.05).berdasarkan perhitungan tersebut dapat disimpulkan Bahwa terdapat hubungan antara variabel X terhadap variabel Y sangat signifikan antara adiksi game online dengan penyesuiain diri remaja. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa semakin positif tingkat pencapaian adiksi game online, maka semakin tinggi tingkat pencapaina penyesuaian diri remaja
HUBUNGAN KEMATANGAN EMOSI DENGAN PERILAKU AGRESIF SISWA MTS. 22 PADANGSIDIMPUAN
Authors: Febrianti Fithri , Harahap Erlina , Sukatno Sukatno
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini dilakukan di Mts Muhammadiyah 22 Padangsidimpuan dengan populasi penelitian berjumlah 104 orang siswa kelas IX dan sampel yang diambil sebanyak 20 orang siswa, Metode penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kuantitatif  korelasi, berdasarkan hasil uji korelasi penelitian ini diperoleh bahwa hipotesis Ha : ada hubungan antara kematangan emosi dengan perilaku agresif siswa yang menunjukkan keduanya memiliki hubungan yang positif. Hubungan antara dua variabel linear atau searah, jadi variabel X tinggi maka variabel Y juga tinggi. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh nilai koefisian korelasian uji korelasi pearson sebesar 0,001. Angka tersebut berarti bahwa dalam penelitian ini kematangan emosi siswa memberikan sebesar 40,3% terhadap perilaku agresif sedangkan sisanya sebesar 59,7% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain. Penelitian yang berhubungan dengan kematangan emosi terhadap perilaku agresif sudah banyak yang dilakukan dengan objek yang berbeda-beda, teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah teknik stratified random sampling dengan 269 orang remaja sebagai sampel menggunakan skala kematangan emosi yang telah di uji validasinya 22 item dengan koefesien realibilitasnya 0,877 dan skala agresivitas yang di uji validitasnya menjadi 37 item dengan koefisien realibilitasnya 0.940. Analisis data menggunakan korelasi product momen dengan toleransi kesalahan 5%. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan nilai koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,599(r = 0,599) dengan tarafbsignitifikan 0,000 (p = 0.000) maka Ha diterima yang artinya terdapat hubungan antara kematangan emosi dengan agresivitas pada remaja dengan hubungan negatif antara kedua variaebel tersebut.
CARING FOR THE 'HOLY LAND'
Authors: Liebelt Claudia
Published: June 2024

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the ‘Holy Land’ for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. In the literature, migrant domestic workers are often described as being subject to racial discrimination, labour exploitation and exclusion from mainstream society. Here, the author provides a more nuanced account and shows how Filipina caregivers in Israel have succeeded in creating their own collective spaces, as well as negotiating rights and belonging. While maintaining transnational ties and engaging in border-crossing journeys, these women seek to fulfill their dreams of a better life. During this process, new socialities and subjectivities emerge that point to a form of global citizenship in the making, consisting of greater social, economic and political rights within a highly gendered and racialized global economy.
THE STATE AND THE SOCIAL
Authors: Gulbrandsen Ørnulf
Published: June 2024

Botswana has been portrayed as a major case of exception in Africa—as an oasis of peace and harmony with an enduring parliamentary democracy, blessed with remarkable diamond-driven economic growth. Whereas the “failure” of other states on the continent is often attributed to the prevalence of indigenous political ideas and structures, the author argues that Botswana’s apparent success is not the result of Western ideas and practices of government having replaced indigenous ideas and structures. Rather, the postcolonial state of Botswana is best understood as a unique, complex formation, one that arose dialectically through the meeting of European ideas and practices with the symbolism and hierarchies of authority, rooted in the cosmologies of indigenous polities, and both have become integral to the formation of a strong state with a stable government. Yet there are destabilizing potentialities in progress due to emerging class conflict between all the poor sections of the population and the privileged modern elites born of the expansion of a beef and diamond-driven political economy, in addition to conflicts between dominant Tswana and vast other ethnic groups. These transformations of the modern state are viewed from the long-term perspectives of precolonial and colonial genealogies and the rise of structures of domination, propelled by changing global forces.
URBAN RESIDENCE
Authors: Klaufus Christien
Published: June 2024

Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities—popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector—this study analyzes how each is involved in house designs and neighborhood consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play at every stage of the production and use of urban space, and as a result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban layout influence the development of the urban fabric. Knowledge about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and this study is an example of needed interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban anthropology, sociology, and architecture.
LOST TO THE STATE
Authors: Rockhill Elena Khlinovskaya
Published: June 2024

Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class. Therefore, the rapid emergence in post-Soviet Russia of the vast numbers of vulnerable ‘social orphans’, or children who have living relatives but grow up in residential care institutions, caught the public by surprise, leading to discussions of the role and place of childhood in the new society. Based on an in-depth study the author explores dissonance between new post-Soviet forms of family and economy, and lingering Soviet attitudes, revealing social orphans as an embodiment of a long-standing power struggle between the state and the family. The author uncovers parallels between (post-) Soviet and Western practices in child welfare and attitudes towards ‘bad’ mothers, and proposes a new way of interpreting kinship where the state is an integral member.
ENVISIONING EDEN
Authors: Salazar Noel B.
Published: June 2024

As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, their distinctiveness. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania, this book offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism. Each destination offers examples that illustrate how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past as well as personal imaginings of the future.
VISION AND CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Authors: Drori Israel , Landau Dana
Published: June 2024

Sheltered for a long time within the public sector environment with high job security and professional research autonomy, defense R&D organizations faced unprecedented challenges when government support was being withdrawn and closure threatening. They needed to be led by a suitable vision in order to implement comprehensive changes to their operations and remain viable. This study explores this constitution of vision as a mechanism of intentional change, a strategic tool to reach the desired future for the organization. Going beyond the current literature, the authors ask to what extent, and how, organizational members reconstruct vision in a way that it can support or detain change, a question of importance for management scholars as well as professional managers in both public and private organizations.
LANDSCAPES OF RELATIONS AND BELONGING
Authors: Anderson Astrid
Published: June 2024

Wogeo Island is well-known to anthropologists of Papua New Guinea through the work of Ian Hogbin. Based on substantial fieldwork, the author builds on and expands previous research by showing how Wogeos establish and maintain social relationships and identities connected to place and movement in the physical landscape. This innovative study demonstrates how Wogeo worldviews and social organization can be described in relation to terms of movements, flows and placements in the landscape while, in turn, the landscape is constituted and made meaningful through people’s activities and buildings. The author not only addresses some of the key issues in contemporary anthropology concerning place, gender, kinship, knowledge and power but also fills an important gap in Melanesian ethnography.
Effect of lithium, strontium and barium carbonates on the belite phase formed at 1200°C
Authors: Ghorab Hanaa , Abbas Mostafa , Arafa Ahmed , Hassan Hassan
Published: June 2024

A reference belite is prepared from burning calcite and quartz (mole ratio= 2), 1.5 hours at 1200°C. The belite polymorphs formed in presence of Li2CO3 with 1% Li2O, as fluxing and doping agent, in addition to SrCO3 and BaCO3 with amounts equivalent to 8% SrO and 8% BaO, as mineralizers, are identified. The thermal behaviors of the belite mixes and of the pure carbonates are recorded for temperatures up to 1300°C. The polymorphs formed are defined by means of X-ray Rietveld analysis, and are examined under a scanning electron microscope. It is found that the beta and gama polymorphs are equally formed in the belite doped with strontium, and in presence of barium, the alpha’ appears as well. The decomposition of Li2CO3 to Li2O is depressed by strontium and barium carbonates due to the increase in the partial pressure of CO2 and consequently the melt is stabilized. .Further research is needed to explain the effect of CO2 partial pressure of the carbonates on the polymorphism of belite.
Beyond Skills: The Role of Values in Job Seeking in the Era of Industry 5.0
Authors: Adhikari Ajaya , Smit Quirine , van Genabeek Joost A.G.M. , Dhondt Steven , Veenman Cor J.
Published: June 2024

Jobseekers typically not only seek job vacancies matching their skills but also a company aligning with their values. This relates to Industry 5.0, a European Commission initiative emphasizing a more fulfilling role for workers. This study explores the relationship between skills and values in job vacancy selection and suggests several ways in combining these aspects for decision making. The first baseline system only uses skills, the second assigns equal importance to both skills and values, and the third, a hybrid intelligence system, leverages Pareto Optimality, leaving the ultimate decision on the trade-off between skills match versus values match to the jobseeker. Additionally, a small scale user study explores the impact of values on vacancy selection and evaluates the proposed matching systems. The results show that, participants seek a balanced trade-off between both skills and values. Accordingly, systems considering both skills and values outperform the baseline system. The system with equal weights and the Pareto optimality-based system have similar performances, possibly due to the large overlap in their output. Future work with more participants in a real-world application is needed to further validate our first exploration of the relationship between skills and values.
Playing the Imitation Game: Human-AI Simulators in Pedagogic Design
Authors: Armaselu Florentina
Published: June 2024

Current advances in large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (GenAI) have produced both enthusiasm and concerns in the academic world, industry, and society in general. While optimistic views foresee unprecedented increase in efficiency and productivity, concerns have been expressed on the potential of these technologies to determine significant changes in most areas of human activity, which may not always have predictable or positive outcomes. One of the challenges often evoked in this context, not yet fully addressed, is the impact of the AI-powered agents on the educational sector, and especially on aspects such as student’s agency and control, creativity, and motivation in pedagogic activities that involve the use of this type of agents. The aim of the study is to address this question starting from the hypothesis that preliminary simulations of AI-based pedagogic scenarios can help instructors to better understand the inner mechanisms of these technologies and their possible impact on the learning, assignment completion and evaluation processes. The paper presents a set of experiments with simulated student-agent interactions generated by AI chatbots and proposes a formal framework for assessing this form of “imitation game” and its possible applications in real teaching-learning environments.
An Interactive Interface for Feature Space Navigation
Authors: Cappuccio Eleonora , Beretta Isacco , Marchiori Manerba Marta , Rinzivillo Salvatore
Published: June 2024

In this paper, we present Feature Space Navigator, an interactive interface that allows an exploration of the decision boundary of a model. The proposal aims to overcome the limitations of the techno-solutionist approach to explanations based on factual and counterfactual generation, reaffirming interactivity as a core value in designing the conversation between the model and the user. Starting from an instance, users can explore the feature space by selectively modifying the original instance, on the basis of her own knowledge and experience. The interface visually displays how model predictions react in response to the adjustments introduced by the users, letting them to identify relevant prototypes and counterfactuals. Our proposal leverages the autonomy and control of the users that can explore the behavior of the decision model accordingly with their own knowledge base, reducing the need for a dedicated explanation algorithm.
Hybrid Intelligence for Digital Humanities
Authors: de Boer Victor , Stork Lise
Published: June 2024

In this paper, we explore the synergies between Digital Humanities (DH) as a discipline and Hybrid Intelligence (HI) as a research paradigm. In DH research, the use of digital methods and specifically that of Artificial Intelligence is subject to a set of requirements and constraints. We argue that these are well-supported by the capabilities and goals of HI. Our contribution includes the identification of five such DH requirements: Successful AI systems need to be able to 1) collaborate with the (human) scholar; 2) support data criticism; 3) support tool criticism; 4) be aware of and cater to various perspectives and 5) support distant and close reading. We take the CARE principles of Hybrid Intelligence (collaborative, adaptive, responsible and explainable) as theoretical framework and map these to the DH requirements. In this mapping, we include example research projects. We finally address how insights from DH can be applied to HI and discuss open challenges for the combination of the two disciplines.
EASY-AI: sEmantic And compoSable glYphs for representing AI systems
Authors: Ellis Alexis , Dave Brandon , Salehi Hugh , Ganapathy Subhashini , Shimizu Cogan
Published: June 2024

Despite the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into various research domains and the lives of everyday people, challenges with communicating and understanding these AI systems arise. The lack of a consistent method of communication highlights the need for a transdisciplinary approach to explain the inner workings of AI systems in a cohesive and accessible manner. We thus propose an ontological visual framework using semantically-enhanced, symbols, providing a symbolic language for conveying the structure, purpose, and characteristics of AI systems. The framework encompasses a generalizable glyph set of various AI system components, ensuring both common and obscure architectures can be represented. In this paper, we present the underlying logical formalisms that dictate the behavior of this visual framework as a means to significantly enhance the comprehensibility and understandability of AI system behaviors.
Towards Effective Management of Verbal Probability Expressions Using a Co-Learning Approach
Authors: Fleiner Christian , Vennekens Joost
Published: June 2024

Domain experts are one of the most important knowledge sources when building a knowledge base. However, communication about uncertain states and events is prone to misinterpretations and misunderstandings, because people prefer to convey probability estimations by verbal probability expressions (VPEs) which have a high between-subject variability. Additionally, several biases exist when expressing uncertainty verbally. Nevertheless, the application of VPEs might be necessary. Therefore, means must be identified to manage VPEs and to translate them into numeric values appropriately. In this paper, we propose a co-learning approach with example to efficiently and effectively communicate (subjective) probabilities of states and events in teams where human and AI team members are familiarized with the translation between VPEs and numeric values until both parties are capable of using solely numeric values.
Assessing the HI-ness of Virtual Heritage Applications with Knowledge Engineering
Authors: Javdani Rikhtehgar Delaram , Tiddi Ilaria , Wang Shenghui , Schlobach Stefan , Heylen Dirk
Published: June 2024

Virtual Heritage exhibitions aim to engage a diverse audience through the integration of Virtual Reality and various AI technologies, including Artificial Agents, and Knowledge Graphs. Understanding the nuances of human-agent interactions is crucial to fully harness the potential of these technologies and deliver personalized and captivating experiences. Evaluating the alignment of Virtual Heritage applications with the vision of Hybrid Intelligence – where humans and machines collaborate toward a common goal – presents a significant challenge. In this paper, we investigate the assessment of Hybrid Intelligence within the Virtual Heritage domain using Knowledge Engineering methods. Through the analysis of six different scenarios presented as workflows of tasks and input/output data, we identify and compare classical Knowledge Engineering tasks with HI-specific tasks to measure the level of HI-ness achieved. Our study focuses on evaluating the synergy achieved by mixed teams during various tasks as a measure of HI-ness. The findings provide insights into the effectiveness of Knowledge Engineering to identify HI aspects within existing applications, the potential for quantifying and improving HI-ness in an application, and the identification of modeling limitations.
Evaluating Generative AI Incidents: An Exploratory Vignette Study on the Role of Trust, Attitude and AI Literacy
Authors: Kox Esther S. , Beretta Beatrice
Published: June 2024

Generative AI presents vast opportunities but also risks. Misuse, whether intentional or not, can lead to significant “real-world” consequences. We presented subjects (n=139) with five vignettes describing incidents involving generative AI. We explored the relationship between their level of AI literacy, attitude towards AI, trust in AI chatbots, and people’s reactions to the vignettes. Attitude and trust, measured before and after the vignettes, declined significantly. However, these changes as well as the reactions to the vignettes were unrelated to AI literacy. Yet, higher AI literacy was associated with more frequent use of AI chatbots, higher trust and more positive attitudes towards AI. So while AI literacy appeared to be related to the general perceptions and usage of generative AI, it was not linked to the evaluation of incidents involving generative AI. The implications for trust calibration and appropriate reliance are discussed.
Developing Meaningful Explanations for Machine Learning Models in the Telecom Domain
Authors: Maathuis Henry
Published: June 2024

This study aims to develop and assess Explainable AI (XAI) tools tailored for internal telecom end-users. It focuses on delivering meaningful explanations informed by design principles, cognitive biases, and human decision-making theories. The research explores customizing XAI for telecom use-cases to support internal decision-making, while considering user preferences captured through elicitation studies. As part of this PhD study, a prescriptive framework will integrate cognitive biases, design principles, and human decision-making theory to effectively communicate AI explanations to end-users. User studies will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the prototypes following from the framework.
Towards Value Alignment for Opaque Agents Through Concept Analysis and Inter-Agent Value Modelling
Authors: McKinlay Jack
Published: June 2024

Value alignment, ensuring that artificial intelligence acts in ways aligned with humans, is a key challenge in the deployment of AI systems and an important aspect in the development of hybrid intelligence. A notable issue in value alignment is the lack of precision around what value alignment actually is and how to evaluate its success. Another issue is the fact that multiple agents are involved in value alignment, but these agents’ values may not be easily understood or expressed. In order for autonomous agents to readily adapt to these agents’ needs, and to promote interpretability of the system, an evidence-based means to assess the value priorities of agents is required. In my PhD, I am proposing a precise definition of value alignment through a qualitative concept analysis, synthesising themes from across the literature to produce a cohesive description. In addition, I am developing a novel mechanism for inter-agent value inference to enable agents to assess other agents’ values in an interpretable way. My PhD will generate a cohesive description of the value alignment problem, identifying sub-problems for further research, and build a means for autonomous agents to perform value inference in pursuit of achieving value alignment.
Neuro-Symbolic Approach for Tantrum Monitoring and Prevention in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Protocol for Virtual Agents
Authors: Monaldini Andrea
Published: June 2024

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) poses unique challenges, with individuals often experiencing difficulties in emotional regulation, leading to disruptive behaviors such as tantrums. This research protocol outlines the development of an innovative system designed to monitor and prevent tantrums in individuals with ASD, employing a neuro-symbolic approach. The proposed system integrates neural networks and symbolic reasoning to improve understanding and prediction of tantrum episodes. Leveraging real-time physiological and behavioral data, collected through wearable devices and user input, the system employs machine learning algorithms to detect patterns indicative of imminent tantrum events. Furthermore, a symbolic reasoning system interprets these patterns, taking into account individualized factors. The outcomes of this study are anticipated to contribute valuable insights to the growing field of technology-assisted interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Explainable Interactive Machine Learning Using Prototypical Part Networks for Medical Image Analysis
Authors: Parise Alec , Mac Namee Brian
Published: June 2024

Medical imaging is a critical component of clinical decision-making, patient diagnosis, treatment planning, intervention, and therapy. However, due to the shortage of qualified radiologists, there is an increasing burden on healthcare practitioners, which underscores the need to develop reliable automated methods for interpreting medical images to reduce the time spent on commonplace cases and to support radiologists on more complex cases. Despite the development of novel computational techniques, automatically interpreting medical images remains challenging due to the subtlety and nuance of the patterns to be interpreted as well as the presence of noise and varying acquisition conditions. One promising solution to improve the reliability and accuracy of automated medical image analysis is interactive machine learning (IML), which integrates human expertise into the model training process. However, IML methods often lack compelling explanations to help users understand how a model is processing an image. To overcome this limitation, this study introduces a novel approach that leverages active learning (AL) to iteratively query for high-uncertainty samples while utilizing explanations from a prototypical part network to improve model classification. The proposed approach utilizes prototypical parts, which are snapshots of image sections, to determine an unlabelled image’s class based on the presence of the prototypical parts. Interaction occurs during the selection of prototypes and the AL phase, where a set of decision rules is designed to consider the contributions of which combinations of prototypical parts are the most representative of the unlabeled image output by the AL. The proposed explainable interactive machine learning (XIL) framework empowers medical experts to interact with the model’s training process, enabling more efficient and personalized learning through explanation and interaction.
A Hybrid Intelligent Change Management Approach to Generative AI Adoption
Authors: Sherson Jacob
Published: June 2024

The emergence of no-code AI platforms presents a revolutionary opportunity for democratizing AI, making it accessible for non-technical users to engage in AI-driven innovation [1]. This democratization is particularly evident in the realm of Generative AI (GenAI), which holds substantial promise for creative and problem-solving applications [2]. Despite the wealth of frameworks addressing IT development and adoption [3, 4], the integration of generative AI’s disruptive capabilities into existing paradigms remains underexplored, often relegated to the insights of private consultancy reports [5].This paper aims to address this gap in academic literature within the interdisciplinary concept of Hybrid Intelligence (HI), [6, 7], synthesizing insights from human-centered AI interface development [8], organizational upskilling [9], and the significance of a psychologically safe environment for collaborative innovation [10,11]. Here, we propose a comprehensive framework for integrating generative AI within organizational change management. This framework, highlighting common challenges and opportunities for innovation in GenAI adoption, is informed by product development workshops and training sessions with hundreds of industry leaders in Northern Europe over the past year.
Facilitating Human Feedback for GenAI Prompt Optimization
Authors: Sherson Jacob , Vinchon Florent
Published: June 2024

This study investigates the optimization of Generative AI (GenAI) systems through human feedback, focusing on how varying feedback mechanisms influence the quality of GenAI outputs. We devised a Human-AI training loop where 32 students, divided into two groups, evaluated AI-generated responses based on a single prompt. One group assessed a single output, while the other compared two outputs. Preliminary results from this small-scale experiment suggest that comparative feedback might encourage more nuanced evaluations, highlighting the potential for improved human-AI collaboration in prompt optimization. Future research with larger samples is recommended to validate these findings and further explore effective feedback strategies for GenAI systems.
Candida and Long Covid
Authors: Chambers Patrick
Published: June 2024

The pandemic has supercharged growing awareness of the gut microbiome as a critical determinant of human health. Long haulers share microbiomes similar to those seen in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, all frequently associated with Candida overgrowth (CO). Candida has a unique relationship with indoleamine dioxygenase (IDO) and altered tryptophan metabolism (ATM), mediated by IFN-γ. Zonulin, a circulating protein that increases intestinal and endothelial permeability, has emerged as a central player. This protein can be activated by proteases secreted by Candida and mast cells, enabling myriad autoimmune and other chronic diseases. Many of these are seen in long Covid (LC).

Candida hyphal walls express proteins analogous to gliadin/gluten, e.g., celiac disease (CeD), and mannans, e.g., Crohn’s disease (CrD), that may trigger antigliadin and possibly anti-GPCR auto-antibodies linked to their lectin binding domain respectively. These latter may include the GPCR auto-antibodies seen in LC and POTS. Both autoantibody producing pathways activate zonulin. IFN-γ, a marker for LC, can activate not only IDO but also zonulin. Candida can synthesize IDO and the mannan immune epitopes on its hyphae reveal remarkable spatial and phylogenetic diversity.

The spike protein S on SARS CoV2 can attach to both the ACE2 receptor (required for tryptophan absorption) and Toll-like receptor4 (TLR4) bearing endothelial cells and enterocytes. Spike protein S is persistent in most with LC and, as a ligand for TLR4, can also activate zonulin. S can also activate the NLRP3 inflammasome, as can candidalysin. This inflammasome is directly connected to dementia, cancer, autoimmunity and obesity. A hypothetical pathophysiologic model is proposed implicating pre-existing CO, aggravated by Covid-19, in not only the genesis of LC but also that of autoimmune disease, dementia, cancer, many chronic diseases, and aging. Candida may accomplish this directly or through IFN-γ induced upregulation of both IDO and zonulin. Candida can even synthesize IDO.
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Tematik Digital Berbasis Microsoft Sway untuk Siswa Kelas V di Kecamatan Pucakwangi
Authors: Rizka S.A Muhammad Zamzam , Surachmi Sri , Setiadi Gunawan
Published: June 2024

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh perlunya bahan ajar yang dapat digunakan dalam pembelajaran daring secara efektif. Bahan ajar yang dibutuhkan adalah bahan ajar yang dapat menampilkan berbagai konten seperti teks, gambar, suara, dan video. Bahan ajar tersebut dapat digunakan oleh peserta didik di mana saja dan kapan saja. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: 1) mendeskripsikan desain pengembangan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway untuk siswa kelas V di Kecamatan Pucakwangi; 2) mendeskripsikan tingkat kelayakan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway untuk siswa kelas V di Kecamatan Pucakwangi; dan 3) mendeskripsikan tingkat keefektifan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway untuk siswa kelas V di Kecamatan Pucakwangi. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan (R&D) dengan metode ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rekapitulasi validasi ahli bahan ajar mendapat persentase sebesar 95,29% dengan kategori sangat layak. Adapun hasil rekapitulasi validasi ahli materi mendapatkan persentase 90,66% dengan kategori sangat layak. Data tersebut menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway dinyatakan layak digunakan untuk pembelajaran di Kecamatan Pucakwangi. Data rata-rata hasil belajar siswa SDN Pucakwangi 01, SDN Pucakwangi 02 dan SDN Pucakwangi 03 sebelum menggunakan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway masing-masing adalah 74,54; 73,67; dan 74,70. Setelah menggunakan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway, skor rata-rata mereka berturut-turut adalah 87,73; 88,33; dan 89,70. Berdasarkan data tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan hasil terhadap belajar sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan bahan ajar tematik digital berbasis Microsoft Sway di sekolah dasar di Kecamatan Pucakwangi.
Pengembangan Media Sistem Kerja Sensor Berbasis Internet of Things (IoT) pada Program Industri 4.0 SMK
Authors: Basirung Muhammad Romario , Wahyudi
Published: June 2024

Perkembangan era revolusi industri 4.0 dengan perubahan teknologinya telah memengaruhi berbagai sektor, termasuk pendidikan di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan. Lembaga pendidikan ini perlu meningkatkan pengetahuan siswa serta keterampilan kerja di industri agar mereka memiliki daya saing yang tinggi di era revolusi industri 4.0. Salah satu bidang ilmu yang sangat penting dalam revolusi industri 4.0 adalah Internet of Things (IoT). Oleh karena itu, dilakukan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media trainer microcontroller berbasis IoT sebagai materi pembelajaran esensial di SMK yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Development (R&D) dengan model pengembangan, yang merupakan modifikasi dari 2 model pengembangan yaitu Waterfall  dan Prototipe. Hasil modifikasi dari model pengembangan tersebut adalah sintaks/tahapan pengembangan yang sesuai untuk mendesain dan mengembangkan produk pembelajaran yaitu media pembelajaran sensor berbasis IoT. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam 5 tahapan yaitu 1) Analisis Kebutuhan; 2) Perancangan; 3) Uji Kelayakan; 4) Pelaksanaan/Implementasi; dan 5) Evaluasi dan Revisi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media trainer microcontroller berbasis IoT yang dikembangkan memiliki validitas yang sangat tinggi dalam hal aspek media dan materi yang disajikan. Selain itu, implementasi media trainer ini juga mendapat tanggapan positif dari siswa yang menyatakan bahwa penggunaannya sangat praktis, dan terjadi peningkatan nilai tes siswa setelah implementasi media trainer ini, dengan kategori peningkatan yang tinggi. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa media trainer microcontroller berbasis IoT yang telah dikembangkan melalui penelitian ini layak digunakan. Media tersebut juga terbukti praktis dan efisien dalam penggunaannya.
ПОРІВНЯЛЬНИЙ АНАЛІЗ МЕТОДІВ ОЦІНКИ ЗАПАСІВ В БУХГАЛТЕРСЬКОМУ ОБЛІКУ ТА ЇХ ВПЛИВ НА ФІНАНСОВІ РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ
Authors: Дутчак Ірина , Гордієнко Микола , Коверза Вікторія
Published: June 2024

Ця робота присвячена порівняльному аналізу різних методів оцінки запасів та їхньому впливу на фінансові результати. Метою цієї статті є всебічний аналіз та порівняння поширених методів оцінки запасів, таких як FIFO та середньозваженої собівартості, а також інших методів. Завдяки ґрунтовному аналізу інформації та аналізу існуючих наукових напрацювань, у цьому дослідженні розкрито різнобічний вплив різних методів оцінки запасів на ключові фінансові показники, такі як прибутковість, ліквідність та платоспроможність. Результати порівняльного аналізу вказують на важливість вибору відповідного методу оцінки запасів, адаптованого до конкретних потреб та обставин кожного підприємства. Незважаючи на те, що жоден метод не є універсальним, отримані результати наголошують на важливості прозорості, послідовності та дотримання принципів бухгалтерського обліку в практиці оцінки запасів.
ДЕМОГРАФІЧНІ ЧИННИКИ ТА ЇХ РОЛЬ У РЕФОРМУВАННІ ПЕНСІЙНОЇ СИСТЕМИ УКРАЇНИ
Authors: Рудик Володимир
Published: June 2024

В статті проаналізована динаміка чисельності населення і громадян пенсійного віку за останні три десятиліття, відмічено зменшення кількості працездатного населення по відношенню до чисельності українських пенсіонерів. Відмічено, що у зв’язку з військовими діями і міграційними процесами негативні демографічні тенденції в країні, на жаль, будуть продовжуватися. Проведена оцінка фінансового стану пенсійної системи України свідчить про те, що власних фінансових ресурсів державі не вистачає, щоб виконувати свої зобов’язання перед українськими пенсіонерами. В статті звернуто увагу на аналіз демографічних проблем, які проявлялися в довоєнний період і на оцінку нових чинників, що ще більше погіршують демографічну ситуацію в Україні в результаті військових дій. Для подолання демографічної кризи вітчизняними науковими установами розроблена стратегія демографічного розвитку в країні. В статті відмічено її основні положення і показано, як їх реалізація вплине на розвиток пенсійної сфери країни.
POSTHUMANIST ANIMETAPHORS FOR CRITICISM OF THE ENGLISH PROTOCAPITALISM IN BEN JONSON’S VOLPONE
Authors: Yılmaz Türkan
Published: June 2024

Though being filled with numerous veiled or direct allusions to innate human rational capacity, Ben Jonson’s Volpone (1606) is, indeed, a very cruel irony and subversion of the predominant Eurocentric and mostly anthropocentric ideals of Renaissance humanist reform clinging to an optimistic belief in the daring extreme deeds of well-educated human reason. As a result of supposedly cultivated human rationality, the Renaissance is also marked by its economic and political balances, embroiled in the bourgeoisie and exposed to tremendous changes due in part to the not yet settled but upcoming free market economy which steadily escalated financial rivalry among individuals longing for being one of the members of the protocapitalist haute bourgeoisies. Accordingly, as this article aims to show, while Jonson criticises social hierarchy caused by a humane inclination towards legacy hunting and the protocapitalist system forcing parasitism as a licence to own power and carnal pleasure, he also attacks the biological hierarchy established between human and nonhuman beings. Though Jonson was a playwright who has a classicist set of values regarding the place of human and nonhuman entities, his use of humours in Volpone becomes a fully functioning political, biological and psychological metaphor for certain generic similarities between the two species. By doing so, Jonson displaces the human/animal distinction, and instead; celebrates the co-existence of all natural beings in harmony, which enables the play to be open to a posthumanist reading involving the co-existence of mental entities and physical matter, which were conventionally separated from each other under the deep shadow of Cartesian dualism.
LİVANE KAZASI İLE İLGİLİ HUKUKÎ TALEP VE DAVALAR (1800-1861)
Authors: Yücetürk Zemzem
Published: June 2024

19. yüzyılda Livane kazasının bir kısmı Erzurum eyaletine diğer bir kısmı ise Trabzon eyaletine bağlıdır. Çalışmada 19. yüzyılın başından Padişah Abdülmecit’in tahttan ayrılmasına kadarki dönemde Livane kazası ile ilgili idari değişikliğe dair talepler ele alınmıştır. Ayrıca bu dönemde eşkıyalık olaylarına dair talep ve davalar da incelenmiştir. Osmanlı Devleti’nin genel olarak bütün topraklarında görülen eşkıyalık hareketleri 19. yüzyılda Livane kazasında da görülmüştür. Livane idarecileri eşkıyalarla birlikte hareket edip devlete baş kaldırmışlar bu durum bölgeye asker sevkine sebebiyet vermiştir. Döneme dair belgeler incelendiğinde eşkıyalık hareketlerine dair kadın kaçırma olayı yaşandığı gibi Livane kazası halkından bazılarının katilleri korumak için yerel yönetimlere karşı başkaldırarak eşkıyalarla birlikte hareket ettikleri de görülmüştür. Söz konusu durum da bölgeye asker sevkini gerektirmiştir. Diğer taraftan Livane kazasında halk vergilerinin ödenmesinde muhalefet etmişlerdir. Adı geçen halk aralarında cemiyet kurarak yerel yönetime karşı baş kaldırmıştır. Ayrıca çalışmada Livane kazası ile ilgili ekonomik talep ve davalar da ele alınmıştır. Halkın devletten vergilerin düşürülmesine dair talepleri olmuştur. Gerek Müslüman gerekse de gayrimüslim halkın çalışılan dönemde İstanbul’a bildirerek devletten yardım istedikleri diğer hususlar fazladan vergi toplanılması, mübayaa usulüyle vergilerin toplanması ve mültezimlerin vergi toplarken keyfi uygulamaları olmuştur. Devlet bu şikayetler üzerine yerel idarecilere yazılar göndererek gereğinin yapılmasını istemiştir. Bununla birlikte halkın bir takım eşkıyanın çevresinde birleşerek vergilerini ödememek için direnişe girdiği de görülmektedir. Söz konusu durum da bölgeleye asker sevkini gerektirmiştir. Çalışılan dönemde Livane’deki mimari yapıların tamirine dair talep ve davalar da ele alınmıştır. Livane’de bulunan Çoruh nehrindeki köprünün tamirini isteyen halk daha önce bu konuya dair padişah emri olmasına rağmen köprünün tamir edilmediğinden şikâyet etmiştir. Halkın talep ettiği diğer hususlar ise kazaya cami, medrese, tekke gibi yapılar inşa edilmesi konusunda olmuştur. Devlet söz konusu binaların inşa edilmesi için yerel idarecilerle irtibata girmiştir.