bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rancang Bangun Alat Penyiram Otomatis Menggunakan Sensor Kelembaban Tanah Berbasis Mikrokontoler pada Tanaman Kopi
Authors: Suparman Suparman , Puruhito Dimas Deworo , Dharmawati Nuraeni Dwi , Pinandito Ksatriyo , Putri Ayunda Gustiani
Published: May 2023

Kegiatan penelitian ini dilakukan pada kelompok tani kopi di Mandan Sucen Gemawang Temanggung yang ditekankan pada rancang bangun alat penyiram otomatis menggunakan sensor kelembaban tanah berbasis mikrokontoler untuk tanaman kopi. Tanaman kopi memerlukan air yang cukup untuk pertumbuhannya. Penyiram tanamam kopi secara manual membutuhkan sumber daya yang cukup, masalah yang ada adalah adanya keterbatasan manusia dalam membantu perawatan dan memerlukan waktu yang cukup lama. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah membantu para petani kopi dengan merancang alat penyiram tanaman kopi secara otomatis. Metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk menyelesaikan penelitian ini adalah pengembangan rapid application development yang meliputi requirement planning, design workshop, fase instruction dan implementasi. Luaran hasil penelitian adalah sebuah prototype alat sistem penyiram tanaman secara otomatis menggunakan sensor, mikrokontroler, relay serta layar penampil LCD 16x2, menggunakan sensor kelembaban tanah berbasis mikrokontoler pada tanaman kopi tipe YL-69. Dari hasil kalibrasi diperoleh akurasi alat adalah 97,41 % dan eror 2,59 %.  Sistem ini dapat monitoring dan kontroling kebutuhan air pada tanaman kopi dan penyiraman secara otomatis dilakukan  pada  kelembaban tanah < 40 % pompa akan hidup secara otomatis dan pompa akan mati secara otomatis  pada kelembaban tanah > 60 %.Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian ini yaitu telah ada alat penyiram otomatis menggunakan sensor kelembaban tanah berbasis mikrokontoler untuk membantu kelompok tani kopi di Mandan Sucen Gemawang Temanggung dalam penyiraman kopi.
Strategi Perpustakaan terhadap Peningkatan Minat Baca dan Budaya Baca Siswa di Perpustakaan SMA Negeri 2 Sukoharjo
Authors: Salsabila Ifany Sari Clarissa , Arifin Zainal
Published: May 2023

The face of a nation can be seen from the face of its library and a nation's level of progress can be seen from the level of interest in reading. Directly or indirectly reading habit is an indicator of school quality and even nationally determines the high and low of the human development index (HDI) and the high or low of HDI which determines the quality of a nation. Based on the description above, the formulation of the problem in this research is as follows: 1) How is the library's strategy towards increasing students' reading culture in the SMA Negeri 2 Sukoharjo library?, 2) What are the obstacles that occur in the library's strategy towards increasing students' reading culture in the SMA Negeri 2 library? Sukoharjo?. The author suggests the following conclusions: 1) The library's strategy in increasing visitor interest in terms of user service aspects focuses on reliability, responsiveness, quality assurance of service, and a sense of empathy for users. 2) Library strategy in increasing visitor interest in terms of facilities and infrastructure: a) Placement of library rooms that are strategic and easily accessible by users b) Arrangement of shelves (bookcases, tables, reading chairs) strategic and orderly c) Provide collections (collections general books, references, journals) complete according to the needs of users. d) Provide complete and adequate facilities (bookcases, magazine racks, drawing cabinets, cabinets or catalog cabinets, bulletin boards, reading tables, chairs, display boards, OPAC). e) Providing an internet network that supports users to access information.
Peran Hukum Dalam Percepatan Pembangunan Ekonomi
Authors: Sanusi Sanusi
Published: May 2023

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between law and economics, not a one-way relationship but a reciprocal and mutually influencing relationship. In fact, it is often said that the legal relationship with the economy is like two sides of a coin that cannot enter and complement each other. The role of law in economic development can be briefly interpreted as an effort to increase per capita income continuously and gradually. The research method uses the type of library research, normative juridical research approach, data sources from secondary data and qualitative data analysis. The results show that the economic order must be instrumental in overcoming the problems that exist in every economic society, namely economic functions, economic activities and economic order that lead to a policy. Economic law is needed as a driver to balance the increase in economic activity so that its implementation does not violate the interests of the general public. The role of law in development has a more comprehensive and basic meaning than the term legal development or legal reform. Legal development refers more to efficiency, in the sense of increasing legal efficiency. "Legal reform" contains the meaning of compiling a legal system to adapt to changes in society
ANALISA PARAMETER OPTIMAL UNTUK KUALITAS HASIL CETAK 3D PRINTER DENGAN METODE TAGUCHI
Authors: Patrick  , Sukania I Wayan , Adianto
Published: May 2023

3D printing merupakan sebuah terobosan baru dalam dunia teknologi. Munculnya teknologi 3D printing sangat berpengaruh pada beberapa bidang industri, terutama dari segi ekonomi. Salah satu produk yang dapat dihasil oleh teknologi ini seperti prostetik dan dental 3D printing. Dari contoh produk tersebut, aspek yang perlu diperhatikan dalam produk 3D print adalah kekuatan dan ketelitian dimensi. Untuk mencari parameter optimal untuk kekuatan dan ketelitian dimensi, dibutuhkan konfigurasi parameter yang tepat pada proses 3D printing.

Untuk pengolahan data, metode Taguchi digunakan dengan signal-to-noise ratios yang digunakan adalah larger-the-best untuk uji tarik kemudian nominal-the-best untuk ketelitian dimensi. Untuk ketelitian dimensi, parameter yang paling mempengaruhi adalah layer height kemudian top/bottom layer. Paramater yang paling optimal untuk mencapai target dimensi adalah dengan layer height 0,16 mm, wall line count 3, top/ bottom layer 6, dan infill pattern cubic dimana rata-rata dimensi tersebut adalah 19,856 mm dari target 20 mm. Untuk kekuatan tarik, parameter yang paling mempengaruhil untuk mencapai kekuatan tarik maksimal adalah top/bottom layer kemudian layer height. Parameter yang paling optimal untuk mencapai target kekuatan tarik adalah dengan layer height 0,24 mm, wall line count 1, top/bottom layer 6, dan infill pattern gyroid dimana rata-rata kekuatan tarik tersebut adalah 78,3 KgF.
ANALISIS PEMILIHAN SUPPLIER KAIN PADA DISTRIBUTION CENTER DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (FAHP) DAN TOPSIS
Authors: Cahya Calvin , Ahmad  , Kosasih Wilson
Published: May 2023

Permasalahan yang kini dihadapi oleh perusahaan ini yaitu adanya perbedaan dari berbagai aspek dari supplier yang ada perbedaan tersebut terkadang membuat perusahaan mengalami kesulitan dalam pengadaan barang dan dapat memberikan kerugian yang cukup besar bagi perusahaan ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan lima kriteria dalam menentukan supplier yang tepat yaitu, kriteria harga, kriteria pengiriman, kriteria kualitas, kriteria fleksibilitas, dan kriteria service. Perhitungan metode AHP, harga dengan bobot 0,484 yang diikuti oleh pengiriman, service, kualitas dan fleksibilitas dengan nilai bobot yaitu 0,199, 0,152, 0,088 dan 0,074. Kemudian perhitungan menggunakan Metode yaitu Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process dan TOPSIS. Metode Fuzzy AHP memperoleh supplier dengan peringkat tertinggi untuk supplier kain yaitu SP 3 dengan bobot 0,427 yang kemudian dilanjutkan dengan SP2, SP1, SP5 dan SP4 dengan nilai 0,229, 0,155, 0,102, dan 0,087. Berdasarkan metode TOPSIS diperoleh supplier dengan peringkat preferensi tertinggi yaitu SP3 dengan nilai 1 yang dilanjutkan dengan supplier SP2, SP1, SP4, SP5 dengan nilai preferensi masing-masing yaitu 0,511, 0,482, 0,478 dan 0,477.
STRATEGI PENINGKATAN KUALITAS PRODUKSI CORRUGATED CARTON BOX MENGGUNAKAN METODE SIX SIGMA DAN HOUSE OF QUALITY
Authors: Jennifer Darlene Chrissy  , Kristina Helena Juliana , Adianto
Published: May 2023

Perkembangan industri manufaktur yang semakin pesat menuntut setiap perusahaan di dalamnya untuk bersaing, khususnya melalui peningkatan kualitas produksi. PT X merupakan salah satu perusahaan yang bergerak pada bidang manufaktur “corrugated carton box”, dan telah menjadi salah satu “market leader” di Indonesia pada industri ini. Meski begitu, perusahaan tidak lepas dari kesalahan produksi yang mengakibatkan munculnya produk “defect”. Penelitian dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas produksi perusahaan secara keseluruhan menggunakan pendekatan “Six Sigma” melalui DMAIC dan HOQ. Sebelum analisis dan melakukan perbaikan, PT X memiliki nilai DPMO sebesar 527,76 dan tingkat sigma perusahaan berada pada angka 4,77 sigma. Analisis yang dilakukan membuahkan hasil berupa saran perbaikan untuk memeriksa seluruh kondisi “input” dan mesin sebelum melaksanakan proses produksi, serta memberi pelatihan “maintenance” dan pelatihan proses produksi yang disertai dengan melakukan pengawasan secara berkala. Penerapan usulan perbaikan dibantu dengan penyusunan “check sheet” dan pengajuan pelatihan bagi karyawan perusahaan. Dengan asumsi bahwa usulan perbaikan dapat diimplementasikan dengan baik pada perusahaan, diperkirakan bahwa nilai DPMO dan tingkat sigma perusahaan secara berturut dapat mencapai angka 312,94 dan 4,92 sigma.
MINIMASI BIAYA PERENCANAAN PENYEDIAAN PRODUK CAT MOBIL DENGAN FIXED ORDER QUANTITY DAN FIXED TIME PERIOD
Authors: Harianto Willy , Widodo Lam , Gozali Lina
Published: May 2023

PT. XYZ merupakan perusahaan distribusi produk otomotif body repair yang belum memiliki perencanaan yang terstruktur dalam hal pencatatan stok. Penelitian dilakukan dengan merancang aplikasi yang dapat membantu dalam melakukan perhitungan stock melalui FOQ (model Q) dan FTP (model P) sehingga dapat menentukan perencanaan penyediaan yang efektif dan efisien bagi perusahaan. Hasil perhitungan pada model Q produk SB201(L) memiliki jumlah Q sebesar 16 unit, SB100(G) memiliki jumlah Q sebesar 6 unit, SB200(G) memiliki jumlah Q sebesar 4 unit, SB201(G) memiliki jumlah Q sebesar 3 unit, dan SB100(L) memiliki jumlah Q sebesar 9 unit. Model P produk SB201(L) memiliki periode T optimal selama 36 hari, SB100(G) memiliki periode T optimal selama 46 hari, SB200(G) memiliki periode T optimal selama 43 hari, SB201(G) memiliki periode T optimal selama 44 hari, dan SB100(L) memiliki periode T optimal selama 41 hari. Pendekatan dengan model Q perencanaan persediaan untuk cat mobil dapat memberikan penghematan biaya bagi perusahaan pada masing-masing produk secara berurut, yaitu 29,85%; 13,15%; 18,79%; 30%; 44,46%.
Building the Bridge: Practical Considerations for Student Affairs Practitioners and Faculty to Support Black Students in First Year Seminars
Authors: Ford Jesse , Krechel Emily
Published: May 2023

Black students are enrolling in college at higher rates than they have ever done in the past. This scholarship provides a new way of thinking and conceptualizing first year seminars for Black student support. The article provides inclusive strategies and practices in the development of faculty and student affairs advisors as they support student learning and development.
Springforward and STEP: Assessing the Outcomes of a Two-Part Academic Success Initiative
Authors: Collins-Warfield Amy , Niewoehner-Green Jera , Whittington M. Susie
Published: May 2023

Students who struggle academically in their first year may need continued developmental support in areas of personal and intellectual growth. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the experiences and outcomes of students who participated in both Springforward, an enrichment program for students who are struggling academically, and STEP, a second-year program to support students’ ongoing intellectual and social development at The Ohio State University. We also examined which factors of this two-part initiative supported student success and how this two-part initiative could be improved. Findings indicated positive outcomes for students, but individualization of programming is key.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Authors: Henning Holly
Published: May 2023

As search committees look for new and promising common readers for their college campuses, titles from recent years still offer excellent options. A decade after it was originally published, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid showcases the life and personal wisdom of a nameless boy who escapes poverty in a developing nation, making it a worthy candidate for common reader consideration. Through exquisite storytelling, Hamid’s narrative fiction provides scholarly communities a wide range of topics for heartfelt and thought-provoking discourse, fostering empathy, perspective-taking, and critical thinking skills.
Uchimura Kanzo and Modern Japan
Authors:   The Korean Association For Japanese History, Park Eun-Young
Published: May 2023

The period in which Uchimura Kanzo lived was a time when modern Japan achieved national unity. He experienced a series of victories in the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, and spent his life under the rapidly growing Japanese militarism that followed. Uchimura, who lived in such an era, constructed a new worldview through Christianity. For Uchimura, in particular, the question of how to reconcile Christianity as a Western religion with his homeland, Japan, was the ideological and practical challenge of his life.
Uchimura, as he is well known for his refusal to bow deeply to the Imperial Rescript on Education in the formal ceremony held at the First Higher School, and his insistence on anti-war, seems to have been a prominent figure who clashed repeatedly with the nationalism of his time and was at odds with the state. However, Uchimura was also a Christian and a patriot who loved Japan all his life, as his famous love for the “two Js” (Jesus and Japan) shows. For Uchimura, the “two J's” are a powerful indicator of the inseparability of Christianity from nationalism, and the more strongly he concentrated on the “two J's,” the more contradictory this inevitably became. In this paper, I have considered Uchimura's thought and its meaning from the aspect of his perception of Japan and his so-called view of the nation, bearing in mind that Uchimura's thought was closely related to the situation of modern Japan in which he was situated.
For Uchimura, the fact that Christian faith and love for Japan coexisted without any contradiction made it impossible or impractical to penetrate the problematic nature of the emperor state, which had a religious character, as a device to ensure the political legitimacy of modern Japan. In other words, Uchimura's fundamental problematic focus was on Christianity for Japan.
Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Crossed Borders and Japan's Solidarity Movement: Focusing on Son Gwi-dal's Stowaway and the Attempted Treatment of Eom Bun-ryeon and Im Bok-sun in Japan
Authors:   The Korean Association For Japanese History, Ota Osamu
Published: May 2023

This paper examines the aspects of the border-crossing actions of Korean atomic bomb survivors in South Korea and the solidarity movements that arose in Japan around these actions, with a focus on the “illegal entry” by Son Gwi-dal and the attempt of seeking for medical treatment in Japan by Eom Bun-ryeon and Im Bok-sun in 1968. Using testimonies and writings of A-bomb suvivors, journalists' reports, documentary films, newspaper articles, and diplomatic records, the paper highlights the meaning and historical significance of their crossing-border actions and Japan's citizens' solidarity movements.
Incident was an act of crossing a boundary drawn by the law and treaty that ignored colonial responsibility, which aimed to “resolve completely and finally” through the Korea-Japan Claims Settlement Treaty. Their atempts to cross the boundary were not only to cross the border established between Korea and Japan, but also to cross the boundary between Japanese victims in Japan and those overseas.
In the late 1960s, some Korean atomic bomb survivors emerged as people who appealed for compensation to the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, wrote their experiences as victims, or expressed their situation and hopes in meetings, films, and books, rather than being merely objects of pity. We consider Son Gwi-dal, Eom Bun-ryeon and Im Bok-sun's stowaway as symbolic actions that mark the beginning of Korean atomic bomb survivors' emergence as agents.
Meanwhile, their border-crossing acts greatly shocked those who were engaged in Japan's anti-nuclear power movement or civil society. Those who became interested in Korean atomic bomb survivors recognized their historical significance through their border-crossing acts and introduced their writings and meetings, published books, made and screened films, and sought solidarity with them by reflecting on the nationalistic “peace” that regarded the atomic bombing victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as sacrifices of “post-war Japanese” and positioning Korean victims of colonialism in history, thereby questioning the Korea-Japan Treaty System that disregarded colonial responsibility.
The Impact of Communicating Advocacy and Scientific Uncertainty on a Scientist’s Trustworthiness
Authors: Janssen Inse , Jucks Regina
Published: May 2023

A central aspect of scientific knowledge is scientific uncertainty. When scientists touch upon political issues, there are two contrary expectations: One is that scientists communicate in a straightforward manner and give a direct, concrete suggestion. The other is that they communicate in a way that carefully considers the pros and cons as well as the current state of (non-) knowledge. This 2x2 experimental study investigated how disclosing scientific uncertainty affects the perceived trustworthiness of a scientist when they express either their motive to inform or their motive to advocate. All participants (N = 503) read an interview with a scientist about the usefulness of further vaccinations against COVID-19. In the interview, uncertainty was explicitly addressed (vs. not). Furthermore, the scientist either disclosed their motive to advocate or their motive to merely inform about research results. Results showed that the scientist was perceived as more trustworthy (i. e., having more expertise, integrity, and benevolence) when they communicated uncertainty than when they did not. However, contrary to our expectations, the effect of the scientist’s expressed motive to advocate (vs. to inform) on trustworthiness did not depend on whether uncertainty was explicitly addressed or not.
Funktionen von Unsicherheitsthematisierungen in journalistischen Medien
Authors: Varwig Cornelia
Published: May 2023

Theoretical and methodological approaches of discourse analysis in the wake of Foucaultfocus on how knowledge is constituted in discourses. They are therefore well suited forinvestigating the epistemic status of knowledge, and thus also uncertain knowledge and ignorance.However, discourse research does not offer specialized analytical approaches to media discourseswith their specific boundary conditions and inherent logics, while at the same time inpractice many analyses deal with media products. Some writers even bemoan a “media oblivion”in discourse theory. This article aims to demonstrate how theoretical approaches in communicationstudies can help to specify the role of journalists as discourse producers and participants,as well as journalistic production principles. In the empirical part of the article, the scientificallyambiguous knowledge about burnout is used as an example to show ten discursive-communicativefunctions that the thematization of epistemic uncertainty can have in journalistic articles.
The need for education about death in medical practice
Authors: Palacios Gómez Mauricio , Torres Valencia Yiny
Published: May 2023

Colombia is one of the leading countries in the world regarding regulations and rights at the end of life. Currently, legislation on access to palliative care, limitation of therapeutic effort, euthanasia, euthanasia in children and adolescents, conscientious objection for doctors, and medically assisted suicide is decriminalized. Meanwhile, the remaining Latin American countries are just beginning the discussion about dignified death. Among many reasons for this delay, one of them is that it begins with the most controversial of issues, euthanasia, instead of focusing on humanizing the end of life.
Although, etymologically, euthanasia means "good death," a good death does not mean euthanasia. The definition of a good death is complicated because it corresponds to an individual notion affected by culture, religion, society, and medical science. Due to the lack of definition, the tools available to estimate the quality of death and end-of-life care are still unreliable. One of the most recognized criteria to define a good death is the preference of the place to die of the patient, but this depends on factors of the individual, their family environment, the disease, the logistical possibilities of the health system, and the health team that accompanies the process. Some of these determinants can be modified, but not others. Health team care is the one with the greatest potential and, possibly, requires the most investment in education and organization.
For physicians, death is transforming from being a natural part of the human experience into a crisis of patient health from which they must be rescued. In addition, technology-based clinical training ensures that they are well qualified to prolong life and poorly prepared to confront death or discuss it with their patients. The problem is bigger than it seems because the conviction about reliance on hospital-based, technologized medicine at the end of life is applicable to them. Research in Canada found that physicians died more in intensive care units and used more palliative care than the general population, but there was no difference in the possibility of dying at home.
Designing, Manufacturing, and Testing of 50 Wp Solar Panel Monitor Equipment Using Arduino and Internet of Things
Authors: Susman Diyan Prayudi , Rangkuti Cholilullah , Novianto Sentot
Published: May 2023

Monitoring the performance of solar panels is very necessary to assess the performance of a solar panel in real environmental conditions. The aim of the research is to study the real-time monitoring of solar panel with an Internet of Things (IoT) System. The designed solar panel performance monitoring system is equipped with a wifi module, and voltage, temperature, and humidity sensors. The design of this solar panel monitoring system uses Arduino and the IoT system a function of by reading, sending, and processing data obtained by sensors. The performance monitoring system on this solar panel utilizes the concept of sending solar panel data to other components via the Internet. By using the internet which is integrated into applications and databases as data storage. The solar panels used in the test are Polycrystalline type with a capacity of 50 Wp. The result is that this tool has successfully tested four solar panels with accurate results under optimal condition.
Optimization of Polymer Flooding Using Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Ramadani  , Erfando Tomi
Published: May 2023

One of the methods to achieve optimal conditions in increasing oil recovery through injecting polymers is by optimizing the parameters that influence the success of injecting polymers to provide information and be considered when determining new schemes for implementation in the future. Optimization to obtain the optimum value of the recovery factor and the best value of the parameters PV, injection rate, injection time, injection pressure, adsorption, residual resistance factor (RRF), and inaccessible pore volume (IPV) using a genetic algorithm with three training ratios and testing 70: 30, 80: 20 and 90: 10 using 1000 datasets. The best value obtained for each parameter is at a ratio of 90: 10, which is the best model with the lowest reference error value with RSME of 0.241104 and MAPE value of 19.1964 classified as good prediction with the value of each adsorption parameter 0.1737 (g/l), injection rate 703 (bpd), injection pressure 1816, IPV 0.2524, RRF 4.8319 and finally the optimum value for recovery factor is 53.9557.
On prerequisites of the emergence of intelligentsia (XVIII-XIX centuries)
Authors: Asochakova Valentina Nesterovna , Turezhanova Sofiya Abdugalievna
Published: May 2023

The subject of this research is the lower layer of church intelligentsia – parish clergy. The goal of this article is the characteristics of parish priests as one of the elements of cultural-historical and social prerequisites of the formation of national intelligentsia of Khakassia. The authors analyze the origin, level of education, and quantitative indicators of parish clergy in the Khakass-Minusinsk region during the XVIII-XIX centuries – one of the national regions of Southern Siberia. The research is conducted within the framework of the concept accordant to which the church intelligentsia is divided into three layers: higher (administration), middle (teachers), and lowee (parish). The conclusion is made that parish clergy in the region formed a bit later than in other parts of Siberia. Throughout the entire period, the segment of clergy has reduced despite the growth of Orthodox population. The low level of education, lack of personnel, nepotism and heredity of positions in the XVIII-XIX centuries led to the low level of professional qualification of the clergy. The cultural and historical prerequisites of the emergence of intelligentsia in Khakassia were not fully developed until the end of the XIX century.
Revolutionary myth of “proletarian dictatorship” in the Soviet constitutional doctrine of 1918 and visual communication
Authors: Gigauri David Iraklievich , Korovin Kirill Sergeevich
Published: May 2023

This article is dedicated to representation of the myth of “proletarian dictatorship” in the Soviet constitutionalism. Having emerged in the XIX century, this mythologem experienced certain transformations as a result of targeted work of the party leaders, legal experts and scholars on creating the first Soviet constitution. Later, its ideological content received normative consolidation in legislation. A symbolic reflection of revolutionary myth became the national holidays, demonstrations, cinematography and theatre, banners and other cultural phenomena that contributed to formation of the new civil consciousness. The authors trace the origin of the concept of “proletarian dictatorship”, as well as its further evolution in Lenin’s doctrine on the state. The description of symbolic practices of representation of ideological framework of the Soviet revolutionary regime allows demonstrating the practical implementation of the new type of constitutionalism – the Soviet. The article substantiates the gradual arrangement of the idea of “proletarian dictatorship” as a fundamental myth of the early Soviet State, as well as examines its visual and communicative aspects. The novelty of this historical-legal research is defined by the use of interdisciplinary approach and comprehensive analysis of the Soviet national ideology. The conclusion is made that the legal ideas contained in the Soviet constitutional doctrine proliferate and reproduce through large-scale cultural manifestations that create revolutionary institutions and examples of civil behavior. At the same time, the myth of “proletarian dictatorship” serves as distinct cultural foundation for the new political legal regime that expresses the essence of the Soviet constitutionalism.
The Art of Argumentation in Ancient China
Authors: Kryuchkova Svetlana , Kryuchkova Elena Vyacheslavovna
Published: May 2023

The subject of the study is the ideological heritage of ancient Chinese thinkers, one way or another related to the theoretical understanding of the practice of public debate. The process of institutionalization of the dispute in Ancient China is considered in detail, it is substantiated that its prerequisite was the existence of a specific argumentative discourse in the form of the so-called "beliefs" - teachings, edifying speeches of advisers to their rulers. Arguments against the occurring identification of "beliefs" with real public disputes that were widespread during the Zhangguo period - the "Rivalry of a Hundred Schools" are considered. It is shown that a number of ideas developed during this period will subsequently acquire a normative status and become the hallmark of the Chinese dispute. During the consideration of various types of disputes, techniques specific to the Chinese type of argumentation were identified: the method of associations, references to precedents, the use of the last word; the role of examples as the basis of inductive reasoning is shown. Based on the consideration of the Confucian concept of "correction of names" and the Mohist doctrine of the correct use of language, it is shown that the socio-political context and practical considerations played a decisive role in the theoretical understanding of the art of argumentation. The productive methodological ideas of the ancient Chinese "Dispute Program" are revealed. The role of analogy and examples as topoi of the ancient Indian dispute is shown. The theory of reasoning and the theory of dispute of the late Mohists are analyzed, the conclusion is substantiated that the principles of justification and persuasion, as well as the rules for conducting a dispute contained in them, are applied logic, the normativity of which allows us to consider it as the first theory of argumentation.
Interpretation of the Concept of Social Constructivism by L. S. Vygotsky through the Semiotics of Education, the Theory of Transcendence in Education and the Theology of Personality by V. N. Lossky
Authors: Grevtsev Arsenii Vladimirovich
Published: May 2023

The subject of the work is the theses of the concept of developmental learning, semiotics of education, theory of transcendence in education, and theology of personality. The aim of the research is to develop a practical pedagogical method based on the discussed concepts. The author demonstrates the key positions of the concept of developmental learning, such as the zone of proximal development and scaffolding; reveals the understanding of education as a semiotic system and the participation of transcendent reality in it; and outlines the main theses of the theology of personality by V.N. Lossky. Then the author combines the aforementioned theories to create a pedagogical method, which he defines as an integration of the developmental learning approach with the position of the theology of personality. The author's special contribution is the generalization of scattered concepts into unified conclusions and the development of a practical pedagogical method, which includes a number of theses, specific components of a case for conducting a lesson as a template, and instructions for implementing the case in accordance with the generally accepted stages of a lesson also in the form of a template. The author concludes that the developed case is universal and can be applied at different levels of education. The author also notes the value of the material based on which the method was developed for further study of each of the presented areas of science. The author emphasizes that the application of the method is not limited to the religious context, as the method was developed based on non-religious research, and the positions of Orthodox theology of personality correspond to the presented theories of modern philosophy of education.
DISKRIMINATORNI ASPEKTI POLITIKE PLAĆA U JAVNOM SEKTORU U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ, S NAGLASKOM NA POJEDINE KATEGORIJE ZAPOSLENIH U DRŽAVNIM TIJELIMA I JAVNIM SLUŽBAMA : LIJEČNIKA, SVEUČILIŠNIH NASTAVNIKA I SURADNIKA, SUDACA I SUDSKIH SAVJETNIKA
Authors: Zovko Vatroslav
Published: May 2023

Public sector salary policy aims at making the salary system more transparent and keeping it at the same level in different public authorities and services. In practice, governing bodies use salary policy to demonstrate their priorities in managing the entire public sector. Such an approach frequently carries particular discriminatory features. The paper aims at presenting the system of determining the salaries of employees in public authorities and public services and giving an overview of the currently applicable legal framework in this regard. Considering the size of the public sector, a salary analysis was made on a sample of the salaries of university teaching personnel, doctors and judges. The criteria for selecting the jobs in question in the sample are the features common to each profession: independence in decision-making and work as set by the legal framework, a clear hierarchy of advancement in the profession, budget financed salaries and external evaluation related to potential advancement within the system. For each group of the aforesaid categories of employees, the similarities and differences in the salary determination system are shown. Accordingly, the extent to which the principle of equal pay for equal work is respected as stipulated by the provisions of the Labour Law, as well as potentially discriminatory elements in the determining salaries system within the public sector are established.
Carcinosarcoma of Uterus – A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Sharmila Vijayan , Balakrishnan Padmapriya
Published: May 2023

Postmenopausal bleeding is a symptom that needs careful history taking, thorough clinical examination and further radiological investigations. Carcinosarcoma is an aggressive malignant neoplasm of the uterine corpus composed of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal components. We report a rare case of 75-year-old post-menopausal woman with post-menopausal bleeding diagnosed with carcinosarcoma of uterus. This case report emphasises the importance of typical clinical history, clinical findings and gross findings of carcinosarcoma for early clinical diagnosis.
A Theory of Multi-Realization of IT Value: Toward Construct Clarity in the Co-Development of Large Platforms
Authors:   University of Agder, Flak Leif , Solli-Sæther Hans ,   Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Straub Detmar ,   Temple University
Published: May 2023

Realizing or appropriating value from individual firm-level IT investments has been a recurring theme in the IS literature for decades. Further, failure rates related to IT investments have been high for many years. However, realizing value from IT in settings where numerous organizations need to work together to co-develop sizable digital platforms has been undertheorized and/or hobbled with conflated theoretical constructs. To address this dearth of novel theory and accompanying empiricism, high-quality processes such as benefits management have been suggested in the scientific literature and have gained substantial interest in practice as a means for organizations to structure their routines and processes in ways that actually capture value. The complexity of this challenge suggests that there should be a renewed theoretical effort in IS to reconceptualize several extant scholarly streams. We address this challenge first by deconstructing traditional scholarly frameworks into a moderated theoretical model of multi-creation and multi-realization of IT value termed “MUIT.” The first construct in the model is based on the resource-based view; then, the model is further informed by appropriation theory, adaptive structuration theory, network governance theory, and, finally, the benefits management literature. Our variance model is a Type IV theory according to Gregor’s typology—a theory for explaining and predicting how large-scale strategic consortia can collaborate to realize greater value from IT than they could in isolation. Regarding praxis, we contribute to the understanding of how interorganizational resources and capabilities, relationships, and value realization can be spring-boarded into both successful large-scale platforms and superior realization of benefits.
Enterprise Systems and M&A Outcomes for Acquirers and Targets
Authors:   Baruch College, Cao Chengxin , Ray Gautam ,   University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Subramani Mani ,   University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Gupta Alok ,   University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Published: May 2023

This study examines the impact of coordination capabilities provided by enterprise systems (ES), manifested in ES standardization and extensiveness, on merger and acquisition (M&A) outcomes in the short and long term. Specifically, we examine the extent to which the ES standardization and ES extensiveness of the acquiring and target firms contribute to value creation in M&A initiatives. We also study the relationship between the ES standardization and ES extensiveness of the acquiring and target firms and M&A offer premiums. The empirical analysis suggests that the ES standardization of acquirers is related to lower offer premiums and a higher market response to the acquisition for the acquirer. However, it is the ES extensiveness of the acquirer that improves long-term performance i.e., decreases goodwill impairment and increases operating performance. The analysis also indicates that the target’s ES standardization increases the premium for the target firm and generates a positive market response to the acquisition for the target firm. Overall, the analysis indicates that the ES standardization likely affects the integration cost that influences market response to the M&A and to the M&A premium in the short term, but it is ES extensiveness that affects the realized synergy from the M&A that affects long-term performance.
Discovering Emerging Threats in the Hacker Community: A Nonparametric Emerging Topic Detection Framework
Authors:   University of Georgia, Li Weifeng , Chen Hsinchun ,   University of Arizona
Published: May 2023

The prevalence and rapid growth of cybercrime are largely attributed to hacker communities on the dark web, where cybercriminals extensively exchange hacking resources, share hacking knowledge, and organize cyberattacks. Such streams of hacker-generated content constitute an invaluable data source for developing threat intelligence that can inform organizations of cybersecurity risks and facilitate proactive cyber defense. Drawing upon the design science paradigm, we propose a novel nonparametric emerging topic detection (NPETD) framework for detecting emerging topics in streams of hacker-generated content. Our framework extends the state-of-the-art nonparametric topic model to inductively model topics without having to specify the number of topics a priori. Moreover, our framework features an efficient algorithm to jointly infer topics and detect topic emergence. We conducted experiments to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of our framework in comparison with the state-of-the-art baseline methods. Our framework outperformed the baseline methods in detecting the listings of emerging threats in darknet marketplaces on recall, F-measure, topic coherence, and processor time. The practical utility of our framework is further demonstrated in a major hacker forum, where we identified several notable emerging topics with important implications for victim companies and law enforcement. The proposed framework contributes to cybersecurity, topic detection and tracking, and design science.
Impact of Ride-Hailing Services on Transportation Mode Choices: Evidence from Traffic and Transit Ridership
Authors:   Wayne State University, Lee Kyunghee , Jin Qianran (Jenny) ,   Chinese University of Hong Kong, Animesh Animesh ,   McGill University, Ramaprasad Jui ,   University of Maryland, College Park
Published: May 2023

The rise of technology-enabled ride-hailing services has affected individuals’ transportation-related decisions. The impact of these ride-hailing services likely varies across traveler segments that differ in their usage of various modes of transportation. In this paper, we develop and leverage a framework that allows us to examine the impact of ride-hailing services on the transportation mode choice for three traveler segments: drivers (who primarily use a personal automobile to travel), riders (who primarily use public transit to travel), and walkers (who primarily use non-motorized modes of transport). We first develop a framework outlining how the behavior of different traveler segments would be impacted by the introduction of ride-hailing services and show how this affects traffic congestion and public transportation ridership. To test the framework, we compiled a rich dataset, combining data on public transportation ridership, traffic congestion, and individual transportation mode choice. Employing a difference-in-differences methodology, we show that the Uber entry in a market enabled those who were walkers and riders prior to the entry of Uber to travel more conveniently, leading to an increase in traffic congestion, and induced those who were drivers to substitute their use of private automobiles with a combination of Uber and public transit. We introduced urban compactness to assess the heterogeneous impact of ride-hailing services for cities that differ in their distribution of traveler segments. We found that Uber entry increases traffic congestion and reduces public transit demand more in cities with higher levels of urban compactness, i.e., where the proportion of riders and walkers is higher than that of drivers. This work provides a holistic framework to understand the mechanism underlying the impact of ride-hailing services on public transit and traffic congestion. Urban planners and policy makers can leverage our framework, methodology, and empirical results to guide city planning decisions that have implications for sustainability.
Where is IT in Information Security? The Interrelationship among IT Investment, Security Awareness, and Data Breaches
Authors:   Deakin University, Li Wilson , Leung Alvin ,   City University of Hong Kong, Yue Wei ,   City University of Hong Kong
Published: May 2023

Data breaches can severely damage a firm’s reputation and its customers’ confidence. Firms must therefore continuously invest in security measures to prevent such breaches. However, the effectiveness of security investment has been questioned by both practitioners and academics. We illustrate the bidirectional dynamic relationship between information technology (IT) investment and data breaches moderated by threat and countermeasure security awareness using an eight-year panel of 311 U.S.-listed firms to provide empirical evidence that threat awareness broadens firms’ scope for addressing data-breach issues by investing more in IT than in security. Countermeasure awareness equips firms with sufficient knowledge and experience to ensure effective implementation of IT, which provides more comprehensive protection than security investment alone. Our results suggest that firms should evolve beyond the reactive mindset of solely upgrading security and begin nurturing both threat awareness and countermeasure awareness to address the underlying IT system issues that are the cause of data breaches.
Discursive Fields and the Diversity-Coherence Paradox: An Ecological Perspective on the Blockchain Community Discourse
Authors:   University of Oklahoma, Miranda Shaila , Wang Dawei (David) ,   Missouri University of Science and Technology, Tian Chuan (Annie) ,   University of Alabama
Published: May 2023

Innovation breakthroughs prompt sensemaking discourses that promote community learning and socially construct the innovation. Through this discourse, interested actors advance diverse frames, appealing to consumers with disparate preferences but raising concerns for the coherence of that discourse. We unpack this diversity-coherence paradox by recasting coherence as the relatedness of innovation frames and spotlighting the role of discursive fields that circumscribe meaning. Our empirical context is the first six years of blockchain discourse across seven discursive fields. Our research offers three insights in furtherance of an ecological perspective on innovation discourse. First, framing diversity emanates from discursive fields rather than from actors. Second, fields play differentiated roles in the framing process. Enactment fields comprised of actors with direct experience with the technology limit diversity. They do so by erecting walls that circumscribe discourse through imprinting on their original frame and retracting from or abandoning frames learned from other fields. In contrast, mediated fields, in which actors lack direct experience with the technology, enhance diversity. They do so by imitating or learning from other fields and foreshadowing or anticipating the frames used by other fields, thereby building bridges. Third, rather than opposing each other, diversity and coherence coevolve as the diversity induced by mediated fields increases framing redundancies, synthesizing frames into a coherent community understanding of the innovation. Our research signals to the actors who serve as innovation ambassadors and gatekeepers that diverse views of an innovation are not only inevitable, given the many discourse fields in which those views are formulated, but can also be coherent and desirable.
Responding to Online Reviews in Competitive Markets: A Controlled Diffusion Approach
Authors:   University of Washington, Yang Mingwen , Zheng Zhiqiang (Eric) ,   University of Texas at Dallas, Mookerjee Vijay ,   University of Texas at Dallas, Chen Hongyu ,   California State University at Long Beach
Published: May 2023

We study how firms respond to online customer reviews in a competitive market where they jostle with one another for sales based on online ratings. The focus of this paper is on how firms can optimally manage their ratings through management response and how review ratings affect the sales and profits of competing firms. We develop a controlled diffusion process to model the coevolution of sales and ratings as a function of the response strategy chosen to maximize profit over time. Our model considers a variety of factors, such as profit margin and customer rating sensitivity, that influence a firm’s effort to manage ratings and subsequently its sales and profits. More response effort needs to be exerted to manage ratings when either the profit margin of a tour is very high or customers are very sensitive to ratings. We estimate our model using data on Ctrip’s tours that include each tour’s sales, reviews, prices, and tour features. We find that consumers anchor their beliefs in the mean market rating and that their purchase decisions depend on the tour’s rating relative to this anchor. Thus, relative, rather than absolute, ratings matter. Our study informs firms on how competition and other primitives impact their efforts to manage ratings and hence profit. Our methodology allowed us to conduct “what-if” analyses, for example, to study what would happen to the review ratings, sales, and profits of a tour if a firm adopted a different response strategy. We were also able to provide turnaround strategies for struggling tours, i.e., factors that a loss-making tour should change if it wishes to make a positive profit. Ultimately, we conducted a competitive analysis that allowed us to modify certain parameters that affect the intensity of competition and hence the sales and the profits of competing tours. Finally, we demonstrate the flexibility of the model by extending it to incorporate multiple state variables that might affect the response strategy.