bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fall Prevention in Education and Training of Healthcare Students, Professionals, and Non-Professionals
Authors: Äijö Marja Anneli , Havulinna Satu , Karinkanta Saija , Tervo-Heikkinen Tarja , Lönnroos Eija
Published: August 2021

Falls are a significant and increasing threat to wellbeing and health of older adults in Finland. Education is a key factor to prevent falls. National recommendations have been published to guide the health care professionals' work in falls prevention. In addition, interprofessional collaboration between different organizations have been done to prevent falls. This collaboration has produced evidence-based falls risk assessment tools, falls prevention programs, and materials advising older adults to prevent falls. Healthcare and educational organizations use these methods and materials to educate professionals and students in the risk assessment and prevention of falls among older adults. Finland is a good example how healthcare professionals from different settings and universities have worked together to increase the knowledge about falls and skills to prevent falls. Good collaboration can prevent falls nationally.
Integrated Care in Prevention
Authors: Eklund Patrik
Published: August 2021

Given health and health economy assessments, a common assessment framework for active and healthy ageing (CAFAHA) is ideally desirable, even if not yet fully feasible, given the activities developed within European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) since 2012, now moving into its subsequent framework on healthy ageing. However, as there is diversity with respect to maturity in regions, in order to fully develop prevention practices and campaigns, assets as part of maturity need to be defined more clearly.
Algorithms Optimization for Intelligent IoV Applications
Authors: Sayed Ali Ahmed Elmustafa , Mohammed Zahraa Tagelsir , Bakri Hassan Mona , Saeed Rashid A.
Published: August 2021

Internet of vehicles (IoV) has recently become an emerging promising field of research due to the increasing number of vehicles each day. It is a part of the internet of things (IoT) which deals with vehicle communications. As vehicular nodes are considered always in motion, they cause frequent changes in the network topology. These changes cause issues in IoV such as scalability, dynamic topology changes, and shortest path for routing. In this chapter, the authors will discuss different optimization algorithms (i.e., clustering algorithms, ant colony optimization, best interface selection [BIS] algorithm, mobility adaptive density connected clustering algorithm, meta-heuristics algorithms, and quality of service [QoS]-based optimization). These algorithms provide an important intelligent role to optimize the operation of IoV networks and promise to develop new intelligent IoV applications.
The Rise of IoT and Big Data Analytics for Disaster Management Systems
Authors: M. S. Supriya , Manjunath Kannika , U. R. Kavana
Published: August 2021

Uninvited disasters wreak havoc on society, both economically and psychologically. These losses can be minimized if events can be anticipated ahead of time. The majority of large cities in developing countries with increasing populations are highly vulnerable disaster areas around the world. This is due to a lack of situational information in their authorities in the event of a crisis, which is due to a scarcity of resources. Both natural and human-induced disasters need to be pre-planned and reactive to minimize the risk of causalities and environmental/infrastructural disruption. Disaster recovery systems must also effectively obtain relevant information. The developments in big data and the internet of things (IoT) have made a greater contribution to accuracy and timely decision-making in the disaster management system (DMS). The chapter explains why IoT and big data are needed to cope with disasters, as well as how these technologies work to solve the problem.
Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things for Unsupervised Structural Health Monitoring in Potential Building Structures
Authors: Alenazy Wael Mohammad
Published: August 2021

The integration of internet of things, artificial intelligence, and blockchain enabled the monitoring of structural health with unattended and automated means. Remote monitoring mandates intelligent automated decision-making capability, which is still absent in present solutions. The proposed solution in this chapter contemplates the architecture of smart sensors, customized for individual structures, to regulate the monitoring of structural health through stress, strain, and bolted joints looseness. Long range sensors are deployed for transmitting the messages a longer distance than existing techniques. From the simulated results, different sensors record the monitoring information and transmit to the blockchain platform in terms of pressure points, temperature, pre-tension force, and the architecture deems the criticality of transactions. Blockchain platform will also be responsible for storage and accessibility of information from a decentralized medium, automation, and security.
A Hybrid Method to Reduce PAPR of OFDM to Support 5G Technology
Authors: D. Bhavana , Neelothpala Adada , Kalpana Pamidimukkala
Published: August 2021

The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a multicarrier modulation scheme used for the transfer of multimedia data. Well-known systems like ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) internet, wireless local area networks (LANs), long-term evolution (LTE), and 5G technologies use OFDM. The major limitation of OFDM is the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). High PAPR lowers the power efficiency, thus impeding the implementation of OFDM. The PAPR problem is more significant in an uplink. A high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) occurs due to large envelope fluctuations in OFDM signal and requires a highly linear high-power amplifier (HPA). Power amplifiers with a large linear range are expensive, bulky, and difficult to manufacture. In order to reduce the PAPR, a hybrid technique is proposed in this chapter with repeated clipping and filtering (RCF) and precoding techniques. The proposed method is improving the PAPR as well as BER. Five types of pre-coding techniques are used and then compared with each other.
Restricted Boltzmann Machine-Driven Matchmaking Algorithm With Interactive Estimation of Distribution for Websites
Authors: R. Jayashree , S. Vaithyasubramanian
Published: August 2021

In this chapter, restricted Boltzmann machine-driven (RBM) algorithm is presented with an enhanced interactive estimation of distribution (IED) method for websites. Indian matrimonial websites are famous intermediates for finding marriage-partners. Matchmaking is one of the most pursued objectives in matrimonial websites. The complex evaluations and full of zip user preferences are the challenges. An interactive evolutionary algorithm with powerful evolutionary strategies is a good choice for matchmaking. Initially, an IED is generated as a probability model for the estimation of a user preference and then two RBM models, one for interested and the other for not-interested, is generated to endow with a set of appropriate matches simultaneously. In the proposed matchmaking method, the RBM model is combined with social group knowledge. Some benchmarks from the matrimonial internet site are pragmatic to empirically reveal the pre-eminence of the anticipated method.
Intelligent Speech Processing Technique for Suspicious Voice Call Identification Using Adaptive Machine Learning Approach
Authors: Kumar Dhilip , P. Swathi , Jahangir Ayesha , Sah Nitesh Kumar , V. Vinothkumar
Published: August 2021

With recent advances in the field of data, there are many advantages of speedy growth of internet and mobile phones in the society, and people are taking full advantage of them. On the other hand, there are a lot of fraudulent happenings everyday by stealing the personal information/credentials through spam calls. Unknowingly, we provide such confidential information to the untrusted callers. Existing applications for detecting such calls give alert as spam to all the unsaved numbers. But all calls might not be spam. To detect and identify such spam calls and telecommunication frauds, the authors developed the application for suspicious call identification using intelligent speech processing. When an incoming call is answered, the application will dynamically analyze the contents of the call in order to identify frauds. This system alerts such suspicious calls to the user by detecting the keywords from the speech by comparing the words from the pre-defined data set provided to the software by using intelligent algorithms and natural language processing.
Body-Worn Cameras
Authors: Duncan Scott Thomas , Geczi Hannah
Published: August 2021

Police hold a unique and distinctive status compared to any other occupation in society with their authority to use force. With such responsibility, communities expect law enforcement to be held accountable when force is applied. One of the many proposed solutions embraced by authorities and the public to decrease the number of force encounters is body-worn cameras (BWCs). The purpose of this chapter is to examine BWCs as a measure of reducing force by law enforcement, explore the technology as an enhancement to transparency within the context of police-community relations, and offer recommendations for adoption rooted in best practices. For the public, it is imperative to recognize BWCs as just one part of improving law enforcement oversight as opposed to providing an all-encompassing solution that will completely resolve issues of transparency.
The Transient State of Habitually Convicted Criminal Offenders
Authors: Hendrickson Kenny A. , Francis Kula A.
Published: August 2021

Globally, at least half of the released prisoner population will return to incarceration before the end of their first year in society. Going against generally accepted notions, deliberation should be given to the existence of transience in habitual recidivists' or habitual convicted criminal offenders' (HCCOs') life course. The HCCO is habitually, chronically, or serially recidivistic (above the average recorded number of arrests and imprisonment, i.e., anything above or equal to five). Furthermore, transience can be considered as junctures of socio-cognitive unsteadiness, impermanence, and inconstancy that leads to the uncoupling of positive bonds within human and environmental relationships. Accordingly, this chapter discusses two outlooks of the transient state of HCCO: the habitual prisoner revolving door syndrome and habitual transient life course disconnect. Finally, this work concludes by promoting the reentry and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders based on conditions of productive law-abiding citizenship.
From Victim to Criminality
Authors: Nair Vipin Vijay , Varkey Sandra Anil
Published: August 2021

Trafficking of persons, primarily women and children, is one of the growing social dilemmas concerning global society today. Not only is human trafficking a highly sensitive and polarizing subject, but it is also considered a common norm in many countries. Many women recruited into commercial sex work are coerced into the profession exploiting their financial and economic condition but continue to work in the profession to survive through easy money. The chapter focuses on a theoretical framework for understanding the victimization of female sex workers. It also reflects various lacuna in the present criminal justice system and law enforcement mechanism in criminalizing victims within the sex work industry. The chapter narrates the voices of commercial sex workers in India over the prejudices and criminalization by various laws and regulations towards their consensual sex work. The chapter recommends sensitization training and awareness amongst various stakeholders of the criminal justice system.
Centers for the Investigative Interviewing of Children in Turkey
Authors: Batman Huseyin
Published: August 2021

Conducting interviews with witnesses and suspects is a core function of policing across the world. Child sexual abuse is broadly described as any sexual activity involving a child where consent is not or cannot be given. Child sexual abuse differs from other types of childhood victimization in that there is usually no witness apart from the victim and the accused and often no physical evidence. This chapter aims to summarize the components that play important role during the investigative interviewing of children. In addition to that, the role of the interviewers, interview aids, cognitive interview, risks of repeated interviewing of children, and effects of child sexual abuse on children will be outlined. This chapter will also give information about the child interviewing centers that are still being used actively in Turkey.
Curriculum Management in KZN Rural High Schools
Authors: Maphalala Mncedisi Christian , Khumalo Nontobeko Prudence
Published: August 2021

This study sought to examine the curriculum management enablers and constraints experienced by school principals in KZN rural high schools in King Cetshwayo. A survey research design of the exploratory sub-type was adopted. The findings reveal a lack of parental involvement, increased principals' workload due to multi-faceted responsibilities, difficulty recruiting suitably qualified teachers, lack of teacher development opportunities for teachers, poor infrastructure and facilities, curriculum delivery challenges, curriculum monitoring, and evaluation. The identified deficiencies in curriculum management are linked to the instructional leadership led by the principals.
Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery and Assessment in Primary Schools
Authors: Mbane Philda Mandisa , Machaba France
Published: August 2021

This chapter investigates the school management teams' views on managing curriculum delivery and assessment in primary schools at Germiston, Ekurhuleni South District in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The following research questions premise the study: What are SMTs' views on managing curriculum delivery and assessment strategies at primary schools? The study applies a qualitative research methodology, which is explorative and descriptive. Five primary school SMTs based on their managing teaching experiences in the Germiston area, at Ekurhuleni District are purposefully selected for interviews. The study's findings summarized as strategies that contribute to the effective management of curriculum assessment, the role of the school assessment teams in managing curriculum assessment, and teacher competencies and attitudes to the effective managing of curriculum assessment in classrooms.
The Role of Departmental Heads in the Procurement of Teaching and Learning Resources to Enhance Learner Performance
Authors: Mahlambi Sizwe Blessing , Mawela Ailwei Solomon
Published: August 2021

This chapter introduces transformative learning as a helpful theory to consider the role of departmental heads in the procurement of teaching and learning resources in selected secondary schools in Alexandra Township, South Africa. South Africa felt the effects of the pandemic as the country was ill-prepared for the devastation the pandemic brought to its learning systems. The Department of Basic Education tried to implement various strategies to ensure that teaching and learning continue to save the academic year. In this qualitative study, the interpretive paradigm and a purposive convenient sampling technique were employed to sample five mathematics DH from five secondary schools. The thematic data analysis was used to interpret and discuss data obtained from the document and semi-structured interviews. It was found that the schools did not have teaching and learning resources that could allow remote learning. Moreover, there is a need to improve retrieval practices as resources loaned to learners remain unaccounted for.
Leadership in Pedagogical Integration of Emerging Technologies
Authors: Michael Walimbwa , Julius Shopi M. , Diana Nampijja
Published: August 2021

Pedagogical integration of technologies is a fairly new concept in education. Educational institutions need to have prerequisite planning for leadership in pedagogical integration of emerging technologies. This chapter investigates institutional leadership that enables educators to build capacity to effectively integrate technology into pedagogy. Using a qualitative case study approach, leaders were interviewed and official documents analyzed. The data analyzed indicate that institutional leadership facilitates increased acquisition of and access to technology devices and facilities. It is found that institutional leadership is pivotal in supporting, training, and innovatively exploring various ways of integrating technologies into the curriculum. It is thus concluded that in this era institutions need leaders who proactively engage in planning for integration of technologies for transformed pedagogic practices.
Exploring Heads of Departments' Management of the Mathematics Curriculum During COVID-19
Authors: Ngoepe Mapula M.
Published: August 2021

Heads of departments (HoDs) play a central role in managing teaching and learning in the schools. Moreover, good leadership contributes to school improvement and to learner achievement, especially in mathematics. South African mathematics achievement levels are still regarded as the lowest. The purpose of the chapter is to explore HoDs' management of the mathematics curriculum and challenges encountered during COVID-19. This investigation was situated within the qualitative research paradigm. A comprehensive literature review method was incorporated as an approach to collect, analyse, and interpret data. Themes of focus included managing the mathematics curriculum, resources availability, intervention strategies for teaching and learning during COVID-19, curriculum completion management, record keeping, teacher development, and learner support, among others. The present study seeks to problematise the notion that HoDs do not seem to have a good understanding of curriculum management with particular focus on mathematics in the schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Integrating Multicultural Education Into English Language Teaching
Authors: Dimici Kadriye , Başbay Alper
Published: August 2021

Multicultural education is an educational approach that focuses on accepting diversity in society, offers equal opportunities for students, and requires a transformation in the process of teaching. Foreign language teaching seems to be an appropriate field to utilize multiculturalism in the curriculum due to its relationship with culture and the flexibility of the content. Despite the existence of different approaches for the integration of multicultural content into the curriculum, there is little research explaining how to realize it in practice, especially in the field of foreign language teaching. Dealing with this problem, this chapter introduces the five dimensions of multicultural education and four levels of the content integration model, both designed by James A. Banks, to show how the English language curriculum could be restructured through the infusion of multicultural themes. This chapter appeals to the English teachers desiring to practice multicultural education in their teaching, and curriculum experts and decision-makers aiming to prepare a multicultural curriculum.
The Implementation of Lean in Emergency Hospital Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Pereira Inês Veiga , Faria Patricia Oliveira , Brandão Amélia Maria Pinto da Cunha
Published: August 2021

Healthcare services, in particular, are one of the areas in which Lean can be applied and benefits can be reached through it. In order to analyze the suitability of Lean implementation in healthcare units, this research focused on a case study, namely in Hospital of Santo António emergency area, in the city of Porto, Portugal. The study was conducted in the year 2020, during the pandemic of COVID-19, which forced the change of screening processes. This research analyses and compares the new and previous sorting model and discusses if Lean methodology was applied. It was concluded, through data collected in the interview to the leading nurse, that despite de fact she is not familiar with the Lean concept and methodology, as process simplification and time reduction were taken into account, the new process can be considered Lean. The flow charts that reflect both the sorting structure used in the urgencies before and after were developed. Hospital culture, lack of communication before the new process implementation, and the facilities were some of the identified barriers.
Use of Emotional Intelligence in Human Resource Management in Healthcare Organizations for Competitive Advantage
Authors: Hasan Deeba , Kamalanabhan T. J.
Published: August 2021

Recent years have seen escalating interest in the impact of emotions within organizations. However, research on the role of emotional intelligence specifically in the domain of human resource management in healthcare organizations has been ignored. This chapter compiles a comprehensive, systematic review of literature on the impacts of emotional intelligence in the healthcare sector spanning a period from 1960 to 2020. The authors aim to explore and raise pertinent questions about the impacts of emotional intelligence on healthcare outcomes, job stress, emotional labor, and linkages of emotional intelligence with a competitive advantage for healthcare organizations. A major contribution of this work is the proposal of a novel conceptual framework for the marketing of emotional intelligence in the healthcare sector. Literature gaps, relationships among works, and current trends are discussed.
Advancing SME Sustainability
Authors: Hu Meng Kui , Kee Daisy Mui Hung
Published: August 2021

The world has been struck by multiple crises that crippled the socio-economy of nations in the past. The impact of these crises was so significant that they initiated numerous policy changes worldwide. The radical crises in this context refer to the Spanish flu, the Asian financial crisis, the global financial crisis, and the current COVID-19 pandemic. Due to their small capital structure with limited resources and fragile nature, SMEs were severely impacted by these crises. Many SMEs were forced to close down their business operations. Somehow, the remaining SMEs managed to persist and survive through the crises. Moving forward, SMEs can better prepare for future crises by understanding and learning from the predicaments of these past crises. Consequently, SMEs must also be adaptive to new business environments and responding promptly to crises by realigning their strategies to achieve business sustainability in the long term.
Struggling for Survival
Authors: Castro Rafael Luís , Costa Joana
Published: August 2021

Keywords: family business; internationalization; SMEs; family SMEs; international expansion; family ownership
Management Practices in Chaotic Environments of SMEs in Bogota
Authors: Muñoz-Maya Carlos Mario , Ramírez-Garzón María Teresa , Velázquez Rafael Posada
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the management practices in chaotic environments followed by micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Bogota, specifically in the neighborhoods of Candelaria, Bosa, Puente Aranda, and Tunjuelito to generate sales and profit. In order to accomplish the foregoing, a co-relation analysis is made among the management practices that can be implemented by MSEs in sales and profit when faced with chaotic environments. The management practices used as independent variables in this study were human resources management, market analysis, suppliers, direction management, finance, sales, production-operation, innovation, marketing, and entrepreneurial responsibility. The dependent variables considered were annual sales and profit.
The Paradoxes Between Business Performance and Organizational Behavior in Colombian and Ecuadorian Companies
Authors: Afanador Nicolas , Becerra Esteban Durán , Andrango Juan Carlos
Published: August 2021

Increases in business performance are essential for an organization's success in both the public and private sectors. Using the Hofstede organizational culture model, the chapter has centered emphasis on factors that affect primarily financial results. In this study, the authors look at the importance of organizational culture traits as a predictor of financial performance in Colombian and Ecuadorian companies. They discovered that despite Colombia and Ecuador having similar histories and cultures that can be similar to a high level, in volatile and rapidly evolving settings, strategic approaches that concentrate on both distinction and low costs at the same time are often in conflict with Porter's classic approach.
Critical Analysis of the World Economy and Deglobalization Processes in Times of Pandemic
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G.
Published: August 2021

This chapter aims to critically analyze both the world economy and the deglobalization processes under the assumption that they are the result of a dialectical evolution of economic, financial, political, and sanitary crises. This dialectical movement of the history of the globalization and deglobalization processes is always a very complex phenomena of interactions between the economic agents and political actors, leading to both progressive and regressive events of economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability. After a period of intensive economic, trade, and financial integration in the creation of a world economy system, suddenly the economic, financial, and sanitary dysfunctionalities emerged at the interior and created a reactive deglobalization process. However, what has been at the center are the international cooperation and trade relations determined by the need to expand the possibilities of satisfying human needs, including culture.
COVID-19, Stock Market, Exchange Rate, Oil Prices, Unemployment, Inflation, Geopolitical Risk Nexus, the Case of the BRICS Nations
Authors: Ghosh Sudeshna
Published: August 2021

This chapter attempts to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stock markets of the BRICS nations. Such an exercise will have an important bearing on portfolio allocation in the context of the BRICS. The major contribution of the chapter in the extant literature is to examine based on the multifactor model of the capital asset pricing theory, how uncertainty owing to the pandemic interplay with the geopolitical index to impact the stock market of the BRICS. Further, the major macroeconomic factors are used as control variables. The daily observations were used from 31 December 2019 to 30 December 2020. The results based on the quantile regression model demonstrate the asymmetric response of the stock market to the pandemic. The policy implication that follows from this study is the need for strategic intervention of the central bank to ease the liquidity challenges in the crisis period.
The Existence of an Anomaly in the City Indices in Borsa Istanbul
Authors: Altin Hakan
Published: August 2021

The aim of the study is to reveal the existence of an abnormal return in the city indices in Borsa Istanbul. Three important calculations were made for the detection of an abnormal return. The first was the calculation of adjusted returns. The second was the calculation of beta coefficients for city indices. The third was the determination of the relationship of each city index to the market. According to the findings obtained, there was an abnormal return in the city indices. In other words, each of the city indices made a profit on market returns. However, these returns were almost equal to market returns. When the beta coefficients were analyzed, it was seen that the coefficients were equal to the theoretically-expressed average market beta coefficient. Thus, the city indices and the market are moving in the same direction, and the results are statistically significant.
Aligning Information Technology and Supply Chain
Authors: Bouayad Hakim , Benabbou Loubna , Berrado Abdelaziz
Published: August 2021

Information technology (IT) has a critical importance. Information technology governance (ITG) is the system that allows enterprises to master the complexity of IT in order to maximize its use and to foster the competitive advantage. Control objectives for information and related technology (COBIT) is a well-known IT governance (ITG) framework that groups IT best practices. There is little research about the correlation between COBIT and domain specific frameworks, like supply chain operation reference (SCOR) for supply chain (SC). The paper proposes an approach to map SCOR's components to COBIT with ArchiMate, which is a standard language to model enterprise architecture (EA). The mapping can simplify, by visualization, the complexity of both frameworks. It can also provide a view on possible overlaps and synergies between SCOR and COBIT. Two detailed illustrations are presented. The evaluation is done according the Bunge-Wand-Weber method. An example of the utility of the mapping is done for a real case scenario.
A Heuristic Approach to Use Behavioral Models to Design for Change
Authors: Oldenhave Danny , Hoppenbrouwers Stijn , van der Weide Theo P.
Published: August 2021

PMD is a method to design for sustainable behavior change within organizations concerning the introduction of innovation. An earlier evaluation of PMD among users and a use case resulted in the need for refinements. In this paper, the authors describe the refined version of PMD and validate this in another case, in which a solution based on the interaction elements resulting from the PMD method was created for a company. Based on data acquired, they designed models of current and requested behavior. They selected the right interaction elements to facilitate the target audience in a change of behavior. After implementing the solution at the pre-fab concrete company, the authors observed a change in behavior among users, growing towards the behavior required to reach the set business objectives. The research allowed for the creation, evaluation, and validation of the PMD method itself in a real-life situation and showed that it is possible, at least in the use case in this research, to design for a required behavior change to increase adoption of innovations in organizations.
A State-of-the-Art Survey on Context-Aware Recommender Systems and Applications
Authors: Le Quang-Hung , Vu Son-Lam , Nguyen Thi-Kim-Phuong , Le Thi-Xinh
Published: August 2021

In the digital transformation era, increasingly more individuals and organizations use or create services in digital spaces. Many business transactions have been moving from the offline to online mode. For example, sellers intend to introduce their products on e-commerce platforms rather than display them on store shelves as in traditional business. Although this new format business has advantages, such as more space for product displays, more efficient searches for a specific item, and providing a good tool for both buyers and sellers to manage their products, it is also accompanied by the obviously important problem that users are confused when choosing an appropriate item due to a large amount of information. For this reason, the need for a recommendation system appears. Informally, a recommender system is similar to an information filtering system that helps identify a set of items that best satisfy users' demands based on their preference profiles. The integration of contextual information (e.g., location, weather conditions, and user's mood) into recommender systems to improve their performance has recently received considerable attention in the research literature. However, incorporating such contextual information into recommendation models is a challenging task because of the increase in both the dimensionality and sparsity of the model. Different approaches with their own advantages and disadvantages have been proposed. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on context-aware recommender systems in recent years. In particular, the authors pay more attention to journal and conference proceedings papers published from 2016 to 2020. In addition, this paper also presents open issues for context-aware recommender systems and discuss promising directions for future research.
Government Services Bus (GSB)
Authors: Alsulami Majid H.
Published: August 2021

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consists of 26 agencies. Each agency is composed of branches that are spread across the KSA. Some have the authority to strategically attract and hire people. Most agencies and branches do not interchange data with each other. People who want to apply to a university for study or to the public government for work have to enter all of their personal data each time. A government services bus (GSB) is a platform that enables agencies and the associated branches to integrate and interlink in order to share data. Most agencies are unaware of the advantages of GSB. COVID-19 has locked down the world in many aspects. This study aims to identify the purpose of GSB and its advantages in order to raise awareness in the agencies, branches, and communities. A questionnaire was conducted to measure the awareness of GSB. Awareness is an essential factor that allows a government agency to understand why it should interlink with GSB. There are numerous advantages to sharing and interchanging data among agencies and providing e-services to other agencies and citizens.
On semidirectly closed pseudovarieties of finite semigroups and monoids
Authors: Kad’ourek Jiří
Published: August 2021

For every pseudovariety
$\mathbf {V}$
of finite monoids, let
$\mathbf {LV}$
denote the pseudovariety of all finite semigroups all of whose local submonoids belong to
$\mathbf {V}$
. In this paper, it is shown that, for every nontrivial semidirectly closed pseudovariety
$\mathbf {V}$
of finite monoids, the pseudovariety
$\mathbf {LV}$
of finite semigroups is also semidirectly closed if, and only if, the given pseudovariety
$\mathbf {V}$
is local in the sense of Tilson. This finding resolves a long-standing open problem posed in the second volume of the classic monograph by Eilenberg.
Эллиптические решения иерархии решетки Тоды и эллиптическая модель Руйсенарса-Шнайдера
Authors: Prokofev Vadim Vyacheslavovich , Zabrodin Anton Vladimirovich
Published: August 2021

Рассматриваются решения иерархии двумеризованной решетки Тоды, которые являются эллиптическими функциями "нулевого" времени $t_0=x$. Известно, что их полюсы, как функции от $t_1$, двигаются, как частицы эллиптической модели Руйсенарса-Шнайдера. Это соответствие распространено на уровень иерархий. Показано, что гамильтонианы, которые управляют динамикой полюсов по $m$-м иерархическим временам $t_m$ и $\bar t_m$ иерархии двумеризованной решетки Тоды, получаются из разложения спектральной кривой для матрицы Лакса модели Руйсенарса-Шнайдера в отмеченных точках.
Confirming Autochthonous Buruli Ulcer Cases in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Authors: Millogo Anselme , Zingue Dezemon , Bouam Amar , Godreuil Sylvain , Drancourt Michel , Hammoudi Nassim
Published: August 2021

Environmental Mycobacterium ulcerans causes a disabling skin disease called Buruli ulcer. Recent studies completed the knowledge of the evolving geographic extension and epidemiology of Buruli ulcer in West Africa, where Côte d’Ivoire is reporting the highest number of cases. We report seven polymerase chain reaction-documented patients in Burkina Faso, a neighboring country of Côte d’Ivoire, where previously Buruli ulcer cases were confirmed primarily using clinical arguments.
Hipergeneryczne spektrum Tęczy grawitacji Thomasa Pynchona w przekładzie na język polski
Authors: Barciński Łukasz
Published: August 2021

The Hypergeneric Spectrum of Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon in Polish Translation

The study deals with the issue of genre in translation with reference to the Polish rendition of Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Upon analysing the hypergeneric and heteroglottic aspect of the novel, by enumerating the possible classifications of the novel’s genre and facets of language variety, the study offers a new perspective on genre classification from the vantage point of Jacques Derrida’s philosophy, namely by the introduction of the term quasi-transcendental as the name of a superordinate genre, which could include not only Pynchon’s but also Derrida’s works. The recreation of a genre defined in this way in the act of translation consists in determining the pivotal elements in the text, which activate the process of signification concerning chains of binarities in Gravity’s Rainbow, i.e. the motifs of “interface” and “linearity” (related to the motif of “fold”, which could also become a diagrammatic model for the whole quasi-transcendental genre). Finally, the study offers conclusions as to the theory and practice of translation of higher-order genres such as the one posited herein.
Odpowiedzialność nauczyciela edukacji przedszkolnej i wczesnoszkolnej w zakresie edukacji muzycznej
Authors: Szczyrba-Poroszewska Joanna , Semik Monika
Published: August 2021

Responsibility of the Teacher of Preschool and Early School Education Teacher in the Field of Music Education

In contemporary pedagogical discourse, a lot of attention is paid to the teacher — he is largely responsible not only for the level of his musical competences, but above all for the multidirectional development of the child in the period of development, which is characterized by a particular sensitivity to external stimulation. This article presents the determinants of a teacher’s responsibility in terms of knowledge of a child’s musical development and the current core curriculum. The results of the survey conducted among 47 PIE students innvestigated their perception of preschool and early school education teacher’s responsibility in the field of music education. The results of the study showed that the respondents are aware of the teacher’s responsibility in the field of music education and associate it with important issues distinguished by methodologists, among others with developing positive attitudes and interests in children.
Uprzywilejowane rozporzadzenia ostatniej woli sporządzane podczas zarazy w prawie i orzecznictwie sądów byłego zaboru austriackiego w okresie międzywojennym
Authors: Koredczuk Józef
Published: August 2021

Privileged Decree of Last Will in the Law and Jurisprudence of the Courts of the Territories of the Former Austrian Partition in the Interwar Period Drawn up during the Plague

Diseases and the risk of death associated with them i.e. from plagues (epidemics), especially danger­ous as virulence increased, led the legislature to provide in the provisions of the inheritance law for the testator to draw up a will which for its validity had less formal requirements than an ordinary will, but would be in force in the event of the sudden death of the testator. Such a possibility was included by the Austrian legislature in the possibility for such a person to take advantage of the privileged decree of last will, the rules of which are regulated in §§ 597–599 ABGB. According to these rules, in places where there was a plague or similar plagues, the testator could make a will before two people who were at least fourteen years old. At the same time, they did not have to be present due to the risk of contracting a disease. The laconic nature of the conditions enabling the use of a privileged will as defined in ABGB meant that in practice these issues had to be finally resolved by the judicature of the courts.
Recenzja książki Krzysztofa Brońskiego Finanse publiczne w Galicji w okresie autonomii (1867–1914). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, 2019, stron 319
Authors: Mataniak Mateusz
Published: August 2021

Review of Krzysztof Broński’s Book Public Finance of Galicia in the Autonomy Era (1867–1914). Kraków: Kraków University of Economics Press, 2019, 319 Pages

The review discusses the latest book on the situation of public finances in Galicia during the period of autonomy (1867–1914). The author, using numerous statistical studies, materials of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the National Department as well as academic literature (nineteenth-century and modern), presents Galicia’s place in the Austro-Hungarian tax system and recreates the structure of its budgets, as well as the financial situation of local government, and the basic principles of the social security system. This is all offered against a broad constitutional and political, as well as socio-economic, background. The result of the work is several important research theorems, which significantly enrich knowledge about Galicia.
Taxation of Digital Companies: Experience of Russia and Other CountriesLegal Regulation of Non-Judicial Methods of Consideration and Resolution of Tax Disputes: Tax Ombudsman, Tax Arbitration and Mediation in Tax Disputes
Authors: Adam Murat
Published: August 2021

Probably, as in any state, in the sphere of legal regulation of relations between business and the state, the public interests of the state are always above the private interests of business. Any democratic and legal state, including Kazakhstan, is based on the principles of equality of all before the law and the court, as well as the rule of law. The tax legislation of Kazakhstan does not provide for a legal mechanism for the consideration of tax disputes arising between a taxpayer and an authorized state body by any non-judicial organizations. All tax disputes are subject to consideration on complaints of the taxpayer to the higher authorized tax authority and only after receiving the decision of the higher state body, this dispute can be referred to the court. This paper deals with problematic issues of tax law related to the attribution of all tax disputes to consideration exclusively by the higher authorized tax authority and later by the court, which always guard the interests of the state, which in practice causes distrust of businessmen and investors to the state. In this regard, this paper examines out-of-court methods of resolving tax disputes, international experience in resolving tax disputes by out-of-court organizations.
Aksjologiczna nieprzejrzystość. O silnych wartościowaniach w dziennikach pisarzy
Authors: Piłat Robert
Published: August 2021

Rozważam pytanie, czy dzienniki pisarzy ujawniają silne wartościowania w sensie zaproponowanym przez Charlesa Taylora. Wartościowania te są, według tego filozofa, najlepszymi aksjologicznymi wyjaśnieniami własnych preferencji działania, jakie dana osoba potrafi sformułować i przedstawić jako racje swoich preferencji. Ta aksjologiczna świadomość jest nietrywialnym wewnętrznym wyborem spośród wielu możliwych wyjaśnień – samointerpretacją nakierowaną na odsłonięcie źródła dobroci tych wartości, które dana osoba uznaje. Poszukuję śladów tej świadomości w wybranych dziennikach pisarzy. Moje wnioski są sceptyczne. Dzienniki poddają wprawdzie tropy kierujące ku silnie wartościowanym dobrom, lecz tropy te okazują się zbyt chaotyczne i niezdecydowane. Trzeba przyznać rację Davidowi Parkerowi, który poszukiwał fundamentalnej aksjologicznej świadomości raczej w autobiografiach. Tylko zdystansowana refleksja daje szansę na ujawnienie silnych wartościowań. Jest tak pomimo licznych aporii związanych z samowiedzą.

Axiological Opacity: On Strong Evaluations in Literary Journals
In the present article, I discuss the issue of whether writers’ diaries reveal strong evaluations of their authors. Following Charles Taylor, I understand strong evaluation as the best axiological explanation which a given person is able to formulate and present as the reason for his or her preferences. This axiological awareness is a non-trivial internal choice made from among many possible explanations – it is a self-interpretation aimed at showing the source of the goodness instantiated by the person’s values. In the article, I look for evidence of such awareness in several well-known writers’ diaries. My conclusions are skeptical. Although the journals provide some clues in the search for strong evaluations, they are too chaotic and inconclusive. David Parker believes it more promising to look for fundamental axiological awareness in autobiographies instead. I find his approach correct; distanced reflection seems to be the only chance to reveal strong evaluations. This is despite the aporias involved in self-knowledge.
Poeta sam na sam z sobą – dziennik osobisty Romana Witolda Ingardena
Authors: Kuliniak Radosław , Pandura Mariusz
Published: August 2021

W Archiwum Rodziny Ingardenów zachował się liczący ponad 400 stron pamiętnik Romana Witolda Ingardena. Ten osobisty dokument nie jest zupełnie nieznany w polskiej literaturze fachowej na temat życia i twórczości fenomenologa. Ingarden jako autor dzieła autobiograficznego nie był z pewnością wyjątkiem w swoich czasach. Na przełomie XIX i XX wieku wiele osób pisało pamiętniki i inne narracje życiowe. Warto wspomnieć, że osobiste dzienniki (później opublikowane lub pozostające do dziś w formie rękopiśmiennej) tworzyli Kazimierz Twardowski, Władysław Tatarkiewicz i inni polscy filozofowie. Ponadto niezwykle popularna była praktyka pisania listów, a także poezji noszącej znamiona autobiograficzne. Należy zaznaczyć, że tekst ten nie powstał pierwotnie jako dokument autobiograficzny filozofa, ale jako zapis życia niedoszłego artysty. Ingarden był poetą przez dużą część swojego życia i pisał wiersze również po drugiej wojnie światowej. Poet Confronted with Himself – Personal Journal of Roman Witold Ingarden The Ingarden family archive includes the diary of Roman Witold Ingarden, over 400 pages long. This personal document is not completely unknown in Polish specialist literature dealing with the life and work of the phenomenologist. As an author of an autobiographical work, Ingarden was certainly not an exception in his times. At the turn of the 19th and the 20th century, many people wrote diaries and other life narratives. It is worth noting that personal journals (some later published and some still available only in handwritten form) were written by Kazimierz Twardowski, Władysław Tatarkiewicz, and other Polish philosophers. It was also enormously popular to write letters and poetry bearing autobiographical traces. It should be noted that the text analysed in the article was not originally created as an autobiographical document of a philosopher, but as an account of the life of an aspiring artist. Ingarden was a poet for a large part of his life and continued to write poetry even after the Second World War.
Propuestas didácticas para la educación básica que implican el uso del material manipulativo Algeblocks
Authors: da Silva Lilian Esquinelato , De Camargo Alex Sander Martins , Oliveira Paulo Cesar
Published: August 2021

Este artículo de propuesta didáctica tenía por objeto unir los productos educativos de dos tesis de maestría, una académica y otra profesional, con el propósito de explorar las potencialidades y limitaciones relativas al uso del material de manipulación de Algeblocks. Los contenidos matemáticos fueron contemplados de acuerdo a las competencias y habilidades presentes en la Base Curricular Nacional Común - BNCC, para los últimos años de la serie de la Escuela Primaria y Secundaria. Más concretamente, presentamos propuestas de tareas para el estudio de productos notables basadas en la metodología de enseñanza-aprendizaje-evaluación a través de la resolución de problemas. La relación de Euler fue otro contenido estudiado desde la perspectiva de las tareas de exploración-investigación centradas en el instituto. En el contexto de cada tarea propuesta, presentamos una resolución comentada con pautas didáctico-pedagógicas, según el prototipo del material manipulable utilizado.