bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A large-scale real-life crowd steering experiment via arrow-like stimuli
Authors: Corbetta Alessandro , Kroneman Werner , Donners Maurice , Haans Antal , Ross Philip , Trouwborst Marius , Van de Wijdeven Sander , Hultermans Martijn , Sekulovski Dragan , Van der Heijden Fedosja , Mentink Sjoerd , Toschi Federico
Published: March 2020

We introduce “Moving Light”: an unprecedented real-life crowd steering experiment that involved about 140.000 participants among the visitors of the Glow 2017 Light Festival (Eindhoven, NL). Moving Light targets one outstanding question of paramount societal and technological importance: “can we seamlessly and systematically influence routing decisions in pedestrian crowds?” Establishing effective crowd steering methods is extremely relevant in the context of crowd management, e.g. when it comes to keeping floor usage within safety limits (e.g. during public events with high attendance) or at designated comfort levels (e.g. in leisure areas). In the Moving Light setup, visitors walking in a corridor face a choice between two symmetric exits defined by a large central obstacle. Stimuli, such as arrows, alternate at random and perturb the symmetry of the environment to bias choices. While visitors move in the experiment, they are tracked with high space and time resolution, such that the efficiency of each stimulus at steering individual routing decisions can be accurately evaluated a posteriori. In this contribution, we first describe the measurement concept in the Moving Light experiment and then we investigate quantitatively the steering capability of arrow indications.
The development of drunk behaviour during evacuation
Authors: Doychinov Simeon A. , Dederichs Ann S.
Published: March 2020

The intoxication of the occupants is hardly considered in the fire safety design, due to the lack of data on the subject. Recent research experiments into the influence of alcohol on evacuation have shown evidence that there might be a correlation between the development of drunk behaviour and the surroundings or context in which the occupants are situated. That is why the experiment in this report investigated the development of drunk behaviour in a group of people within a party environment, independently of alcohol, with the use of non-alcoholic beer as a placebo. The participants were put through 3 identical exercises, which were aimed at testing their balance, reaction times, concentration, hand to eye coordination, problem solving skills, cognitive skills and cooperation. In addition to that they performed 2 evacuations that were used to interrupt their ’drunk behaviour’ and test their reaction, decision and overall evacuation times. They were also analysed for signs of drunk behaviour with video and sound recordings. The results showed clear reduction of performance in the tests for concentration, hand to eye coordination, problem solving skills, cognitive skills and cooperation after the consumption of the beer, but little change in the balance tests. Apart from that, some of the participants showed signs of drunk behaviour, such as playfulness and increase in noise after the alcohol was consumed and these were reduced after the environment changed. Based on this it was concluded that even with non-alcoholic beer some of the participants developed drunk behaviour, like that observed in previous experiments with the use of alcohol.
The difference between individuals and social groups in multidirectional movement
Authors: Hu Yanghui , Zhang Jun , Song Weiguo
Published: March 2020

Social groups exhibit some degree of social cohesion that is more than a simple collection or aggregation of individuals. The study on behaviours of social groups is essential to gain a deeper understanding on pedestrian dynamics. In this paper, the crowd movement among individuals and social groups are studied by performing a series of multidirectional pedestrian flow experiments under laboratory condition. Interestingly, we found that the speed of individual is not always higher than that of social groups. Pedestrians try to use different strategies to arrive their destination. With different strategies, their speed and movement time show different properties. These findings may provide basis for facility design and evacuation plan.
Bridging the gap Why we need to enhance current simulation models
Authors: Angelika Kneidl
Published: March 2020

Many models that simulate evacuations are state of the art and provide realistic insight to their users. However, simulating everyday situations, such as visitor flow through a museum or passenger flow through an airport, presents marked challenges; existing models reach their limit here. This contribution will introduce and highlight the gap between existing egress models and the difficulties found simulating, for instance, passenger flow or capacity analysis.
Ergenlerde Çağın Hastalığı : Teknoloji Bağımlılığı
Authors: EKTİRİCİOĞLU Cihan , ARSLANTAŞ Hülya , YÜKSEL Rüveyda
Published: March 2020

Bir nesne veya
davranışa aşırı düşkünlük olarak tanımlanan bağımlılık kavramı genellikle
sigara, alkol, uyuşturucu gibi maddelerin kullanımı ile ilişkili olarak
değerlendirilmektedir. Ancak son yıllarda kumar, egzersiz, yeme, uyuma gibi
bazı davranışların da bağımlılık yaptığı savunulmaktadır. Benzer durum
bilgisayar, internet, çevrimiçi oyun, tablet, mobil telefon gibi teknolojik
cihazlar ve uygulamalar için de geçerlidir. Bu teknolojilerin aşırı
kullanımları kişilerde teknoloji bağımlılığına yol açabilmektedir.

Bilgisayar,
internet ve akıllı telefonlar günlük yaşamın önemli bir parçası haline
gelmiştir. “We
Are Social” 2017 “İnternet ve Sosyal Medya Kullanıcı İstatistikleri” raporuna
göre dünya nüfusunun %50’si internet, %37’si aktif
sosyal medya ve %66’sı akıllı telefon kullanıcısıdır. Bu durum Türkiye’de de
benzerlik göstermektedir. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu 2016 yılı verilerine göre
Türkiye nüfusunun %61’i internet kullanmakta ve internet kullanım amaçları
arasında sosyal medya ilk sırada yer almaktadır. Ayrıca Türkiye’de hanelerin
%96’sında cep telefonu bulunmaktadır.

Ergenlik döneminde
görülen risk alma ve heyecan arama davranışları, ergenin bağımlılıklara
yatkınlığını arttırmaktadır. İnternet ve sosyal medya gibi teknolojilerin
kullanımı ergenler arasında yetişkinlerden daha yaygındır. Ergenlik dönemi
internet bağımlılığı, sosyal medya bağımlılığı, dijital oyun bağımlılığı ve
akıllı telefon bağımlılığı gibi teknolojik bağımlılıklar açısından kritik bir
dönem olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Dünyada yapılan çalışmalarda ergenlik
dönemindeki teknoloji bağımlılığının %4,2 ile %21 arasında, ülkemizde yapılan
araştırmalarda ise %2,33 ile %14 arasında değiştiği bildirilmektedir.

Ergenlik
kimlik ve kişilik gelişimi açısından önemli bir dönemdir. Ergenler bir grubun
üyesi olma ihtiyacı, yalnızlaşma riski, depresif eğilimlerin artması, yüzyıl
eğilimi v.b gibi durumlar göz önüne alındığında teknoloji bağımlılığı açısından
risk altında olabilirler. Bu nedenle bu derlemede ergenlerde teknoloji
bağımlılığı, tarihsel gelişim süreci, teknoloji bağımlılığı için risk
faktörleri ve ruhsal hastalıklarla ilişkisi, teknoloji bağımlılığının
değerlendirilmesi, teknoloji bağımlılığını önleme ve müdahale çalışmaları ele
alınacaktır.
Masif Alt Gastrointestinal Sistem Kanamasının Nadir Bir Nedeni: İntestinal Tüberkülozis
Authors: AKPINAR Muhammet , ÖZTÜRK Doğan , AKSOY Evrim , ŞİMŞEK Gülçin , SAPMAZ Ferdane , UZMAN Metin , NAZLIGÜL Yaşar , BULUŞ Hakan
Published: March 2020

İntestinal tüberkülozis, gastrointestinal sistemin tüberküloz basili ile enfekte olma halidir. En sık tutulan bölge ileoçekal alandır. Tutulum yerlerinin benzer olması Crohn hastalığı ile dikkatli bir şekilde ayırıcı tanısının yapılmasını gerektirir. İntestinal tüberküloz klinikte sıklıkla non-spesifik şikayetlerle kendini belli eder. Kanama bu hastalarda sıklıkla kronik seyirlidir. Masif kanama literatürde çok nadir olarak bildirilmiştir. Biz burada cerrahi barsak rezeksiyonu ile hemostazın sağlanabildiği intestinal tüberkülozlu hastamızı sunduk. ,
SELECTION OF THE MOST APPROPRIATE GROUND MOTION PREDICTION EQUATION FOR LOCAL SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS
Authors: KARACA Hakan
Published: March 2020

Together with the ever-increasing number of global and
local Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) and the complexity of the
functional forms, incompatibility problems arise in the selection of the most
appropriate GMPE for a specific location. Obviously, associated with the
incompatibility issues, practitioners face a compromise over the precision of
prediction because the functional form of the considered GMPE might be
developed by considering all the influential parameters, which might not be
available for the considered location. Hence, a modification is required to
adjust the considered GMPE to local conditions by using the local ground motion
data. The sensitivity of the parameters of the selected GMPEs to the local
seismic propagation patterns can be determined only after the adjustment. The
local propagation patterns, on the other hand, can only be identified by
analyzing the indigenous data. Together with the attempts to solve the
incompatibility problem, the selection of the most appropriate GMPE becomes the
selection of the most suitable functional form.

The aim of this study is to select the most
appropriate GMPE for Eskişehir
through the guidance of the above statements. A number of GMPEs are selected
according to the criteria of wider utilization and recognition. All the
candidate GMPEs were subjected to adjustments, including some minor
modifications and the calibration of the coefficients by using the indigenous
data. Then, a number of statistical and visual procedures were applied including
the performance test of the adjusted GMPEs with the records of the two largest
earthquakes that occurred in the region. The study highlights the influence of
the local seismic behavior on the performance of various functional forms of
the candidate GMPEs.
A NEW MIP EMBEDDED CRYOGEL FOR SELECTIVE PRE-CONCENTRATION AND REMOVAL OF PROPACHLOR
Authors: ATILIR ÖZCAN Ayça , ÖZHAN Melike
Published: March 2020

Propachlor is a pesticide commonly used in the chloroacetanilide herbicide group. Propachlor contamination occurs in groundwater resources and soil sources. Therefore removal and also the determination of trace amounts of propachlor is a very important issue. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPS) are preferred for their advantages such as high affinity, strength, and selectivity in pesticide removal and determination. In this study, MIP embedded cryogel was synthesized for selective adsorption and removal of propachlor. MIP synthesis was performed using the template molecule propachlor, functional monomer methacrylic acid, crosslinker ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDGMA), solvent hexadecane and 2,2-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile (AIBN) as the initiator. Cryogels are a good alternative for separation and purification because of their advantageous properties such as short diffusion, low pressure and adsorption and elution in a short time. The structure of MIP was determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Elemental analyze and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and the structure of MIP embedded cryogel was determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The highest adsorption capacity for MIP was 5.58 mg g-1 at pH 5. The highest adsorption capacity for MIP embedded cryogel was found to be 14.38 mg g-1. MIP embedded cryogel were used for selective adsorption and desorption of propachlor in environmental samples. The concentration of propachlor in environmental samples was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
CALCULATION OF CROSS SECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL S-FACTORS AT 0-5 MeV ENERGY RANGE FOR 8Li (α, n)11B REACTION
Authors: YILDIZ Ercan , SARPÜN İsmail Hakkı
Published: March 2020

Explaining the origin and evolution of elements is one of the most important problems in astrophysics. The r-process in the current nucleosynthesis scenario; roughly responsible for the production of half of the nuclei heavier than iron. 8Li(α,n)11B reaction plays an important role in the r-process of this scenario because of being a cosmic radiation induced  reaction. In particular, it is important to know the change with energy in the low energy zone for testing the accuracy of the model calculations. In this study, the astrophysical S-factors of the 8Li(α,n)11B reaction and the probability of reaction at low energies were calculated in the 0-5 MeV energy range. TALYS 1.8 code was used for the theoretical calculations. The obtained theoretical values were compared with experimental data obtained from the EXFOR database.
Malware Visualization Techniques
Authors: Efe Ahmet , Hussin Saleh Hussin S.
Published: March 2020

Malware basically means malicious software that can be an intrusive program code or anything that is designed to perform malicious operations on system and executes malicious actions such as clandestine, listening, monitoring, saving, and deleting without the user's knowledge and consent. Malware review and analysis requires an advanced level of programming knowledge, in-depth file systems knowledge, deep code inspection, and reverse engineering capability. New techniques are needed to reduce indirect costs of malware analysis. This paper aims to provide insights into the malware visualization techniques and its applications, most common malware types and the extracted features that used to identify the malware are demonstrated in this study. In this work, Systematic Literature Review (SLR) conducted to investigate the current state of knowledge about Malware detection techniques, data visualization and malware features. An advanced research has been carried out in most relevant digital libraries for potential published articles. 90 preliminary studies (PS) were determined on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The analytical study is based mainly on the PSs to achieve the goals. The results clarify the importance of visualization techniques and which are the most common malware as well as the most useful features. Several ways to visualize malware to help malware analysts have been suggested.
Evaluation of Waiting Time and Transport Costs with Simulation in Urban Bus Transport
Authors: Kocaer Emine Rumeysa , Koruca Halil , Chehbı-gamoura Samia
Published: March 2020

It is important for both the bus owner and the
passengers to determine the bus and minibus routes that are frequently used in
urban passenger transport. Because the distance between the stops, the streets
where the vehicle passes, the distance to reach the bus stop of passengers, how
many minutes the bus will move, the waiting and transport time effects. Bus
routes surround the entire residential area of the city as a network in various
ways. The use of buses as a means of public transportation is preferred because
it requires fewer infrastructure investments. The distance between stops, the
population of settlements, the size/capacity of the bus and how many minutes
the bus will move, determines the waiting time of passengers at the stop and
duration of the tour. In this study, it is aimed to reduce bus operating costs
and waiting times of passengers. Bus stops between Isparta center and Süleyman
Demirel University West Campus, number and density of passengers, bus departure
times and bus capacities were analyzed and modeled in the simulation software.
As an alternative improvement scenario, buses with little and very passenger
capacity were used and departure times were arranged. The effect of alternative
scenarios on operating costs and waiting time was evaluated with the results
obtained from simulation software.
The Importance of Fixed and Variable Angle in Solar Power Plants Analysis
Authors: Kılcı Oya , Koklu Murat
Published: March 2020

The need for energy is increasing by the day. Renewable energy sources already have a significant place in electricity production both around the world and also in Turkey and the share of solar energy going higher within the renewable energy sources. Solar energy is extremely easy to use, it is preferable too because it is environmentally friendly-clean energy. Solar energy plant is the energy source of the future, because the production costs of solar plants are lower than other energy sources and the economic difficulties are overcome. To get optimal production, the solar energy plant must make maximum use of the sun. In the designed system, solar panels are provided with both fixed and seasonal variations. The first variations of solar panel systems is are placed at constant 25° angle and the position angle of second variation is shifted from 10° to 30°in summer and winter accordingly. In this study, the performance of 1148 kWp PV plants which is established in Altınekin district of Konya and planned to be connected to the grid was evaluated by PVSYST analysis program. Power generation of the two different systems, specific data and performance value are calculated. Result of the study shows that the seasonal system produced 32.2 MWh more per year than the fixed system. Global irradiation in the seasonal system is 26.4 kWh/m², and the specific yield is concluded to be more than 28 kWh / kWc / year.
CONSTRAINED GA PI SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF INDOOR CLIMATE COUPLED MIMO GREENHOUSE MODEL
Authors: LAMMARİ Khelifa , BOUNAAMA Fatah , OURADJ Boudjema , DRAOUİ Belkacem
Published: March 2020

High accuracy trajectory tracking with constrained inputs is challenging topic in greenhouse indoor environment control. This is due to nonlinearities and inputs/outputs coupling present in physical model of greenhouse. The objective of this study is about the problem of identification and control of a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) greenhouse process. Proportional Integral (PI) and sliding mode controllers (SMC) are used in conjunction so that estimated outputs tracks desired trajectories with good performance as near as possible in spite of coupled dynamics and outside disturbances climate. To reflect the practical aspect, the constraints of the process and control elements were taken into account .The results demonstrate the feasibility of PISMC control method. Simulation has been done in the environment of Matlab and Simulink; it shows that combined controllers are capable to manage successfully the microclimate of greenhouse.
Modifying Two-Parameter Ridge Liu Estimator Based on Ridge Estimation
Authors: Omara Tarek Mahmoud
Published: March 2020

In this paper, we introduce the new biased estimator to deal with the problem of multicollinearity. This estimator is considered a modification of Two-Parameter Ridge-Liu estimator based on ridge estimation. Furthermore, the superiority of the new estimator than Ridge, Liu and Two-Parameter Ridge-Liu estimator were discussed. We used the mean squared error matrix (MSEM) criterion to verify the superiority of the new estimate.  In addition to, we illustrated the performance of the new estimator at several factors through the simulation study.
Study of role of oral probiotics in patients on ventilator in paediatric Intensive Care Unit at tertiary care center
Authors: Chawan Prashant , Rajan Aswathy
Published: March 2020

Background: The normal intestinal microbiota of critically ill patients is altered and replaced by pathogens. Any significant insult to the gut or alteration to its microbiota plays a role in promoting systemic inflammation and infection in the critically ill population. Probiotics may affect other body sites in addition to the GI tract , and they can have applications in a variety of populations, including healthy individuals, children, elderly, immunocompromised and genetically predisposed individuals. These studies the effect of probiotics in pediatric population on mechanical ventilation in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: Present study was conducted in a PICU of a tertiary care teaching hospital in children aged 12 years or less admitted to PICU and who were likely to need mechanical ventilation for more than 48 h were recruited.Results: In present study 25 patients were recruited in each group i.e. case (probiotics) group and control group. Most common age group among case group was 6-8 years (44 %), while 9-12 years (36 %) was most common age group in control group. Mean age was comparable in both groups (7.6±3.5 years in case group and 7.9±4.1 years in control group). In both groups septic shock and pneumonia were most common diagnosis followed by admission due to miscellaneous cause. In both groups mechanical ventilation was used due to respiratory failure and shock. Outcome was compared in both groups. Authors noted a statistically significant difference in duration of ICU stay, duration of hospital stay and duration of mechanical ventilation, between case 7 control group (p<0.05). In terms of overall mortality, authors did not noted any significant difference among groups.Conclusions: Authors noted a statistically significant difference in duration of ICU stay, duration of hospital stay and duration of mechanical ventilation, between case and control group (p<0.05).
Soluções variacionais e numéricas da Equação de Schrödinger 1D submetida ao potencial de Pöschl-Teller
Authors: Pereira Lucas Carvalho , Ferreira João Vítor Batista , Nascimento Valter Aragão do
Published: March 2020

This paper presents the numerical and variational solutions of the 1D Schrödinger Equation submitted to the Pöschl-Teller potential. The methods used were the Variational Method and the Finite Difference Method. They were presented in a didactic and detailed way with the purpose of instructing both undergraduate and graduate students, about the applicability and effectiveness of the aforementioned methods. We use the Pöschl-Teller potential due to the fact that it is little explored in the books of Quantum Mechanics used in undergraduation courses and also because of its diverse applications, such as in Bose-Einstein condensates, waveguides, topological defects in field theory and so on. We conclude this paper comparing the variational and numerical solutions with the analytical solution and present the advantages of each method.
Aplicação do Método VERAH nos Centros de Educação Ambiental do Município de Guarulhos/SP
Authors: Mota Ronaldo Dias da , Arruda Regina De Oliveira Moraes , Dalmas Fabricio Bau , Barcelos Denise
Published: March 2020

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi a aplicação do método VERAH (V- Vegetação, E- Erosão, R – Resíduos, A - Água, H- Habitação) como uma ferramenta de educação ambiental aos funcionários dos Centros de Educação Ambiental de Guarulhos (CEA/Guarulhos/SP) para desenvolverem o sentido de responsabilidade, conscientização e de sensibilização para conservação, preservação e proteção do meio ambiente. A escolha do método VERAH deu-se por ser empírico e baseado nas observações das intervenções antrópicas em uma área pré-determinada e delimitada. Ele envolve a realização de palestras, treinamentos, atividades externas de campo interativas, nas quais os participantes vivenciaram os conhecimentos adquiridos com a realidade local. A partir destas atividades foram elaborados os diagnósticos ambientais e propuseram-se ações para contribuir com a redução, neutralização e eliminação da degradação ambiental. As etapas desenvolvidas nesta pesquisa possibilitaram uma melhor sensibilização e conscientização dos participantes sobre a degradação ambiental ocasionada pelas ações antrópicas, fato evidenciado pelas visões sistêmicas apresentadas e a compreensão a partir de uma análise integrada dos temas. Houveram também ricas discussões sobre os tipos de ações nas quais os CEA’s podem contribuir para conservação, preservação e proteção do meio ambiente da região onde estão inseridos. Assim, o binômio diagnóstico/proposta comprovou a aplicabilidade do Método VERAH como proposta de Educação Ambiental.
Kilka uwag o logice przekonań religijnych
Authors: Lechniak Marek
Published: March 2020

Artykuł jest poświęcony analizie pojęcia przekonania religijnego przeprowadzonej w świetle logiki. Porównane zostanie pojęcie przekonania religijnego z pojęciem przekonania naukowego, następnie analiza Bocheńskiego koncepcji racjonalności przekonań religijnych (i ich uprawomocnienia) oraz ujęcia Tomasza z Akwinu pojęcia wiary w świetle logiki współczesnej.
Polymathy: A New Outlook
Authors: Araki Michael Espindola
Published: March 2020

This article aims to contribute to the study of polymathy by introducing novel perspectives on the phenomenon and by advancing a new model that systematizes the different variables involved in its development. The article is divided into four sections. The first section involves a reflection about the nature of polymathy; the term mathema is presented as the unit that underpins the development of polymathic knowledge, and the elements that constitute the fundamental qualities of polymathy are identified and discussed. In the second section, the novel conceptualization of polymathy as a life project is introduced; it builds upon previous psychoeconomic approaches to offer a new perspective on the phenomenon. In the third sec- tion, a developmental model of polymathy is suggested; it organizes the different constructs involved in the development of polymathy into a framework that can serve as basis for future studies. Finally, implications for research, practice and policy are discussed.
Achieved Eminence in 80 Female Psychologists: Family, Marriage, Children, Education, Career, and Contributions
Authors: Simonton Dean Keith
Published: March 2020

Although a large body of empirical research has shed considerable light on the attainment of eminence in psychology, this literature has focused almost exclusively on samples of eminent males. Yet there is sufficient reason to expect that eminent female psychologists do not neces- sarily follow the same life and career pathways as do eminent male psychologists. To help rem- edy this deficiency, the current historiometric study concentrates on a sample of 80 eminent female psychologists born between 1847 and 1950. After obtaining three reliable eminence measures, variables were defined with respect to family background (parental occupations and sibling configurations), marriage and children (including divorce), education and career devel- opment (especially the attainment of higher degrees and full professorships), and professional contributions (to 20 different specialty areas). Even after controlling for potential artifacts due to year of birth and reference source, statistically and substantively significant correlations were found in all four sets of variables. Even though the pattern of findings sometimes closely paral- leled what was found for eminent male psychologists, other times the results strongly diverged. Because these divergences most likely reflected traditional gender roles and gender-biased pol- icies, female and male routes to eminence should progressively converge over time, if they have not done so already. Finally, some findings based on this all-female sample deserve empirical examination in comparable male samples.
De-pathologizing Creativity: Psychobiograpy and Creativity Research: the Case of Eminent Hungarian Painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853-1919)
Authors: Kőváry Zoltán
Published: March 2020

The problems of eminent creativity and its connection with clinical phenomena have long been in the focus of psychology and psychiatry research. A “madness and genius” narrative has existed for ages, but it became significant in the 19th century, and remained highly influential until today. Psychiatrists, representatives of the medical discourse, developed pathography as a method in the end of the 19th century in order to study how illness affects life-works and cre- ative process. In the beginning of the 20th century Sigmund Freud formed another approach, psychobiography, which is not based on using different diagnostic categories; instead it is try- ing to unfold the interrelations between life history, psychodynamics and the creative process. In this recent article I will try to demonstrate the differences between the two approaches by concentrating on an outstanding Hungarian painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, whose life history contains serious clinical aspects. Instead of following traditional clinical endeavors, in my approach I will take illness as a Jaspersian existential “boundary situation” that contributes the transformation of the whole personality. This transformational process does not lack pro- gressive and regressive elements, and by analyzing its dynamics we can understand how creative activity—along with the feeling of evocation—can evolve and maintain the cohesion of the self by integrating traumatic emotional experiences.
The Genius of Creativity and the Creativity of Genius: The Neuro-Dynamics of Creativity in Karl Jaspers and Sigmund Freud
Authors: Dimkov Petar Radoev
Published: March 2020

Creativity is one of the areas which continuously attracts attention. In an interdisciplinary spirit, this article focuses on the dynamics of creativity with respect to Freudian psychoanalyt- ical thought processes and Jaspers’ conception of a boundary situation. This effort is correlated with the newest research findings in cognitive neuroscience and neurocognitive psychology of creativity. Philosophical research is also brought in to explain the activity of creative thought and a new conception of creativity is offered, with a third thought process used, along with a miniature boundary situation. This represents a development and extension of the original ideas of Sigmund Freud and Karl Jaspers. The current article thus constitutes an examination of the intersection of creativity research, the metapsychology of Sigmund Freud, and the exis- tential philosophy of Karl Jaspers. It makes it a neuro-philosophical discussion par excellence and represents both a theoretical project and translation. Subsequently, a novel conception is offered, namely that creativity as unique human experience is illuminated in the miniature of boundary situation as controlled disinhibition of the intellect or regression in the name of the ego and as controlled spiral movement via dialectical “jumps” or “leaps.”
Action research’s instructional impacts: Article review
Authors: Milkias Eyob
Published: March 2020

The main intention of this paper was reviewing action research (AR) related academic articles and investigating the impacts of AR on classroom practices. In detail, it has addressed the benefits of AR for teachers and the influences of conducting AR on teachersâ€™ classroom practices. Moreover, the reviewer has examined the practices of conducting AR in Ethiopia. The reviewer has used and followed the interrelated steps of reviewing research literature. He has identified, downloaded, gathered, evaluated and selected original and frequently cited relevant research articles from diverse journals. It was structured and organised by using thematic literature review model. This article review may help student-teachers, teacher-educators and instructional supervisors to get awareness about the impacts of conducting AR. AR improves the classroom practices of teachers, empowers them, and enhances their self-confidence, problem solving and leadership ability. The teachers' practical experiences on engaging and conducting AR in Ethiopian context is not that much sufficient.
Keywords: Action research, impacts and instructional practices.
Universal basic income as regulator of improving the standards and quality of life: statement of the problem and introduction to analysis
Authors: Bobkov Vyacheslav N. , Odintsova Elena V. , Chernykh Ekaterina A.
Published: March 2020

This article deals with the issue of the impact of universal basic income (UBI) on the standards and quality of life of population, highlights some theoretical and methodological aspects of its introduction, characterizes the current state of research on this issue and the experience of other countries. It presents the basic conceptual provisions of the scientific study conducted by the authors, which are aimed at the theoretical and methodological substantiation of the idea of introducing universal basic income in Russia, its forms, tools and possible application mechanisms for transformation of the processes and structures of the functioning of the labor and employment sphere, development of human potential, reduction of absolute monetary poverty and excessive socio-economic inequality, that meet modern technological challenges and lead to improving the standards and quality of life of people and the sustainability of the state and society.
The presented study is of high significance due to influence of the category “universal basic income”, practical forms, tools and mechanisms of its application on the essential aspects of the life of people, on the expected improvement in their standards and quality of life and the sustainability of the state and society. It will contribute to formation of the scientific, organizational, instrumental and documentary basis for implementation of pilot projects at the regional level, where transitional forms of universal basic income relevant to Russia can be tested. Testing UBI in Russia is of a particular relevance because of the widespread precarious employment, high poverty rates and excessive socio-economic inequality in our country.
Cemaran Jamur pada Pasir Sarang Semi Alami Penyu Hijau (Chelonia mydas) di Taman Nasional Meru Betiri Banyuwangi
Authors: Muhammad Abdul Latif , Rahmahani Jola , Purnama Muhammad Thohawi Elziyad , Hamid Iwan Sahrial , Fikri Faisal , Praja Ratih Novita
Published: March 2020

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeteksi adanya jamur pada sarang semi alami penyu lekang di Taman Nasional Meru Betiri Banyuwangi. Sebanyak 1 gram pasir pada 22 sarang penyu hijau digunakan sebagai sampel. Isolasi dan identifikasi dilakukan dengan pengamatan karakteristik makroskopis dari pertumbuhan koloni dan karakteristik mikroskopis dengan pewarnaan lactophenol cotton blue. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian sebanyak 3 sampel (13.6%) negatif dan 19 sampel (83.4%) positif terhadap pertumbuhan jamur. Beberapa jenis jamur yang telah ditemukan antara lain Aspergillus sp., Cunninghamella sp., Fusarium sp. dan Trichoderma sp.
Neprestana povezanost i strah od propuštanja u svakodnevnim interakcijama mladih licem u lice
Authors: Ivasović Sebastijan , Burić Ivan
Published: March 2020

U ovom eksplorativnom istraživanju provedenom u Zagrebu putem promatranja bez sudjelovanja i dubinskih intervjua nastojali su se otkriti učestalost, obrasci i motivi uporabe pametnih telefona za vrijeme druženja mladih pripadnika generacije Z (osobe rođene u periodu kasnih 90-ih godina 20. stoljeća i u prvom desetljeću 21. stoljeća) licem u lice, kako bi se istražila potreba za neprestanom povezanošću mladih i s time povezan strah od propuštanja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da mladi za vrijeme druženja licem u lice pametne telefone koriste kako bi premostili pad intenziteta razgovora i generirali nove teme, s varijacijama u dinamici uporabe koja ovisi o veličini grupe i kvaliteti poznanstva članova. Dodatno, istraživanjem je otkriveno da su mladi neprestano povezani po navici – naročito oni koji se nalaze u ljubavnoj vezi. Neprestana je povezanost, u načelu, rezultat dosade i želje za zabavom, a takva povezanost može dovesti do stresa i straha od propuštanja. Taj se strah manifestira u situacijama kada mladi ostaju bez pametnog telefona zbog čega se osjećaju „odsječenima od svijeta“. Također, zbog visokih očekivanja neprestane komunikacijske prisutnosti mladi osjećaju pritisak za brzom komunikacijom, što generira stresne situacije.
Generation Z Journalists
Authors: Barcellos Zanei , Gil Patricia
Published: March 2020

This article presents the results of a research-creation project undertaken in Brazil during a period of thirty months to assess how journalists of the so-called Generation Z handle emerging technologies and create specific narratives on converging media platforms. The study included 125 university students on a multi-platform journalistic creation project subject to the methods of Paulo Freire’s theory. The results show that Gen Zers establish writing parameters that avoid complex browsing and are based on a virtual newsroom and multitasking. New journalistic models to be led by the students who participated in the study will probably rely on an organizational setting characterized by horizontal decision-making processes and more flexible, democratic production. Immersed in the context of imminent democratic backsliding in Brazil, research participants defined their news agenda as a form of contesting hegemonic discourses.
Generational Patterns of Digital News Consumption
Authors: Vozab Dina
Published: March 2020

Digital high-choice media environments (Prior, 2007; Van Aelst et al., 2017) lead to fragmented and polarized news consumption. The concept of news repertoires was introduced to analyze media use in a cross-media environment. News repertoires were found to be diverse across countries, to be dependent on age groups, socioeconomic status, and to have effects on political knowledge and participation (Diehl et al., 2018; Edgerly et al., 2018; Strömbäck et al., 2018; Wolfsfeld et al., 2016). The aim of this study is to identify different news repertoires in Croatia and to test the effects of generational belonging and socioeconomic status on the formation of these repertoires. It has been shown over time that age and political interest are more important predictors of increasingly diversified and polarized news consumption (Bergström et al., 2019; Strömbäck et al., 2013). This study discusses the interplay of sociodemographic factors and political interest in driving news consumption across different generations. The analysis is based on data from Reuters Digital News Survey conducted in Croatia in 2018. Latent class analysis is used to identify news repertoires and the covariates which form them. The analysis resulted in identifying five news repertoires: minimalists, digital-born users, traditionalists, commercial media users and eclectics.
Ideology, Partisanship, and Change
Authors: Raos Višeslav
Published: March 2020

This paper analyzes changes in the Croatian party system in the 1990-2016 period by looking at trends in the ideological makeup of voters of the main center-right (HDZ) and center-left (SDP) parties. An assessment of changes in voter self-placement on a left-right scale has shown a gradual increase in the ideological distance among voters of these parties. Further, the paper detected a trend towards an increase in the share of self-declared far-right voters among HDZ voters and far-left voters among SDP voters. In addition, an analysis of categorical ideological identification has demonstrated that, on average, two thirds of HDZ voters were Christian Democrats, while two thirds of SDP voters were Social Democrats. However, among all Christian Democrats, an average of 55 percent voted for the HDZ, while just shy of 60 percent of Social Democrats voted for the SDP. Finally, a logistic regression analysis has confirmed the importance of the cultural dimension of voter behavior in Croatia. Religiosity levels, as well as left-right self-placement serve as rather good predictors of a vote for the HDZ and the SDP, with the model showing greater explanatory strength for HDZ voters. In conclusion, the observed trends in ideological characteristics of HDZ and SDP voters could serve as pointers of underlying shifts in patterns of party competition and offer clues to the increased instability of the Croatian party system following the 2015 and 2016 parliamentary elections.
“Europe Will Soon Be Lost to Political Correctness”
Authors: Klepač Pogrmilović Bojana
Published: March 2020

Political correctness (PC), a contemporary phenomenon imported from the United States, has continuously been targeted as one of the key reasons for current troubles the European Union (EU) is facing. Even more, some predict that PC will be the cause of the eventual demise of Europe. This article investigates the presence of the discourse of PC in the fundamental treaties of the EU to explore whether the EU is in danger of being lost to PC. In the first part, the key traits of the discourse on PC and multiculturalism as a dominant philosophy behind it, are presented. One of the key traits of PC is linguistic engineering that may be labelled as mild or radical. In the second part, the content of the EU treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU are analysed comparing three different versions of the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter, namely English, German, and Croatian. The third part is focused on the analysis of the guidelines: Gender-neutral language in the European Parliament, as the most politically correct official document of the EU. The analysis showed that a change with regards to the employment of the discourse of PC came with the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter and is based on mild linguistic engineering. The change in the EU’s legal discourse arose from a cultural change that occurred in some member states. Mild linguistic engineering should not be seen as a real threat to Europe but may be interpreted as a way of reshaping the EU’s core value of non-discrimination. On the other hand, an (in)attentive slip from mild into radical linguistic engineering may ignite the flourishing of the far-right and anti-EU movements that could lead to a serious destabilization of Europe.
Assessment of the Design for Organization Production Processes Using Fuzzy Logic
Authors: Matuszek Józef , Seneta Tomasz , Moczała Aleksander
Published: March 2020

The paper presents design methodology for the production process of a new product from the point of view of the assembly operations technology criterion (Design for Assembly - DFA) in the conditions of high-volume production. Mentioned are DFA methods and techniques used in the implementation of a new product. Author presents a new method to assess design for manufacturability based on fuzzy variables based on fuzzy variables. An example was given to illustrate the proposed course of action
The Role of Personal Innovativeness and Facilitating Conditions in Shaping the Attitudes of Mobile Internet Banking (MIB) Adoption among Generation Y in Malaysia
Authors: Lim Foo-Wah , Fakhrorazi Ahmad , Ikhsan Ridho , Silitonga Karina , Loke Wei-Kit , Abdullah Nik
Published: March 2020

The study investigates the determinants of mobile Internet banking adoption among Gen-Y in Malaysia. Align the issue of the study and research objectives, and the study underpinned Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the main guideline or a blueprint to analyze the research model. The study applied survey research design and analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) under the PLS-SEM technique with SmartPLS 2.0. A total of 358 mobile internet banking users in Malaysia were random proportional selected as respondents and analyzed. Results from the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, facilitating condition, and personal innovativeness in IT have significantly influenced the attitude of mobile internet banking adoption in Malaysia. Additionally, perceived ease of use and facilitating conditions found to have a significant influence on the perceived usefulness of Mobile Internet Banking. Lastly, facilitating conditions and personal innovativeness in IT are significantly influence the perceived ease of use of mobile internet banking among Gen-Y in Malaysia
Faraday Instabilities Leading to Electrochemomechanical Generation of Sub-μA ACupon Application of DC Voltage Across Free Standing Oil-water Interfaces
Authors: Kushagra Arindam , Pandey Akshaya , Giri Ayanava , Bazal Diyasa , Pradhan Anup Kumar , Rai Sristi Raj
Published: March 2020

In this article, we report the generation of alternating current by application of constant and ramping DC voltages across oil-water interfaces. The work reported here can be broadly divided into two parts depending on the shapes of oil-water interfaces i.e. flattened and curved. In the first part, an alternating current of ~100 nA (amplitude)was generated by applying a constant DC voltage of -3V& above across a free standing and flattened oil-water interface.In another part, an alternating current of ~150 nA (amplitude) was generated by applying a ramping up DC voltage starting from -5V to 5V, then again ramping back down to -5V for the free standing and curved interface. The suggested qualitative mechanism that engenders such a phenomenon includes the oil-water interface acting like a membrane. This membrane oscillates due to the electrophoretic movement of ions present in aqueous phase by application of a DC voltage across the interface.This electrophoretic movement of ions across oil-water interfaces causes the Faraday instabilities leading to oscillations of the said interface.This method could also be used to study the stress levels in the interfacial films between two immiscible liquids. It explores more-than-Moore’s paradigm by finding a substitute to a conventional alternator/inverter that generates alternating current upon applying DC voltage input. This work would be of substantial interest to researchers exploring alternatives to conventional AC generators that can be used in liquid environments and in the design of novel integrated circuits that could be used for unconventional computing applications.
Circular Orbit of a Particle and Weak Gravitational Lensing
Authors: Li Zonghai , Zhang Guodong , Övgün Ali
Published: March 2020

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we introduce a geometric approach to study the circular orbit of a particle in static and spherically symmetric spacetime based on Jacobi metric. Second, we apply the circular orbit to study the weak gravitational deflection of null and time-like particles based on Gauss-Bonnet theorem. By this way, we obtain an expression of deflection angle and extend the study of deflection angle to asymptotically non-flat black hole spacetimes. Some black holes as lens are considered such as a static and spherically symmetric black hole in the conformal Weyl gravity and a Schwarzschild-like black hole in bumblebee gravity. Our results are consistent with the previous literature. In particular, we find that the connection between Gaussian curvature and the radius of a circular orbit greatly simplifies the calculation.
Increasing the Energy Savings and Yield of Lactuca sativa, L. in Glass Greenhouses through Illumination Spectral Filtering
Authors: Thomas Jacqualine A. , Vasiliev Mikhail , Nur-E-Alam Mohammad , Alameh Kamal
Published: March 2020

With the dramatic increase in world population, continued advances in modern greenhouse agriculture and plant growth practices are expected to help overcome the global problem of future food shortages. Next generation greenhouse design practices will need to address a range of issues, ranging from energy and land use efficiency to providing plant-optimised growth techniques. In this paper, we focus on investigating the optimum irradiation spectra matched to the lettuce species (Lactuca sativa, L.), which is commonly grown in greenhouse environments, in order to develop low-emissivity glass panes that maximize the biomass productivity of glass greenhouses. This low-emissivity glass passes the solar spectral components needed for crop growth, while rejecting other unwanted radiations, leading to significant energy savings and other beneficial effects related to greenhouse climate control, in a range of climates. This is due to reducing both the solar heat gain and photosaturation, which can raise the temperature of the crops to harmful levels. Experimental results show that substantial biomass productivity improvements in lettuce (up to ~14.7%) can be attained using spectrally optimized illumination, compared with white light irradiation. We also report on the development of advanced metal-dielectric thin-film filters that produce the optimum illumination spectrum when exposed to sunlight.