bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Risk Management And Public Service: Integrated Analysis At The Public Sector Organization
Authors: Asnawi Meinarni , Larasati Rudiawie , Syahrir Azhar
Published: October 2023

Purpose – This research aims to describe and analyze integrated Risk Management and Public Service at Public Sector Organizations
Methodology/approach – The Study is a quantitative research approach that uses online-based data collection methods (e_ questionnaires) combined with interviews to get their views on integration risk management implementation and public service. The sample in this study was 94 respondents from three (3) public organizations, consisting of the Papua Provincial Government (Finance Staff & APIP), Higher Education Internal Audit (SPI), and Financial Supervisory Institution (BPKP & BPK).
Findings – The results of the analysis show that there are a few key points on how risk management is important and has a close relationship with public service, like this protecting public interest, Enhancing Service Delivery, Allocating Resources Efficiently, Ensuring Compliance and Accountability, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Reputation Management, and Long-term Sustainability. The integration of risk management in public services shows a positive relationship and can contribute to service reliability, better financial management, minimizing fraud and increasing compliance with regulations, maximizing the utilization of assets owned by the government, and having a speed of response to emergency conditions or events, and being able to mitigate risks that may occur.
Practical implications – Risk management in public service helps ensure efficient resource allocation, protect public interests, enhance service delivery, and maintain the integrity and reputation of public organizations. Public service agencies can better serve their communities and fulfill their mandate by proactively managing risks.
Originality/value – This research combines behavioral and psychological approaches to test the occurrence of Risk Management in the Public Sector.
NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE PROCESS OF DEGRADATION OF PERMAFROST SOILS OF THE BASE OF THE RAILWAY ROADBED IN THE AREA OF PASSAGE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Authors: Kudryavtsev Sergey , Valtseva Tatyana , Gavrilov Igor
Published: October 2023

When studying freezing, permafrost and thawing soils, it is absolutely necessary to develop models of processes occurring in soils and their mathematical description as a basis. This will make it possible to perform a calculated assessment of the "thawing foundation - structure" system during the entire lifetime of the object, which will make it possible to design it correctly. The article considers a soil model that allows us to consider the process of degradation of permafrost soils of the base of the railway roadbed in the zone of passage of construction equipment.
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE OF THE FORMATION OF VOLUNTEERING IN RUSSIA
Authors:   Central Russian Institute of Management, Branch of RANEPA, PUTILINA Y.Y. , POLYAKOV A.A. ,   Central Russian Institute of Management, Branch of RANEPA, DOROKHOVA Y.V. ,   Central Russian Institute of Management, Branch of RANEPA
Published: October 2023

The purpose of this work is to analyze the cultural and historical retrospective of the formation of volunteering in Russia. The authors conduct a study of the specifics of the ideological and spiritual atmosphere and strategies of charitable organizations that have existed since the beginning of the development of Russian civilization. It is noted that the development of volunteer activities has reached a new level after 2009, acquiring new forms and types. The work analyzes the possibilities of uniting the government and the people in the process of volunteer activities in order to overcome the trials that befell Russians in different periods of social development. The theoretical conclusions of the authors are confirmed by the results of applied research conducted on this issue in the sociological laboratory of the Department of Sociology and Social Technologies. The analysis summarized that volunteering is a resource for solving acute social problems, increases the level of civic responsibility, and sets the vector of behavior. Volunteering shapes national ideals and values, unites moral imperatives, which dictates the need for a deeper and more detailed analysis of this phenomenon from the perspective of socio-historical development. As a result, the authors come to the conclusion that modern society needs to improve the behavior model of the younger generation. Thus, volunteer experience is an example of national traditions that have been formed throughout the history of our country. A scientific and critical understanding of the evolution of volunteerism allows us to draw a conclusion about the national identity of the development of volunteerism in Russia. It is the potential for the development of patriotism and citizenship in modern society.
DIGITAL POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AS A FORM OF YOUTH POLITICAL ACTIVITY
Authors:   Academy of the Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation, IGNATOVA T.V.
Published: October 2023

One of the urgent problems of modern society is the expanding possibilities of forms of political participation and the lack of demand for their implementation among a certain part of the population. Digital forms of political participation have become widespread in Russia recently. The purpose of the work is to present the results of a sociological analysis of the demand by the young part of the population for new digital forms of political activity and attitudes towards them. As part of the author's sociological research, the following things are analyzed: interest in the political life of a country or region, formats for consuming political information, as well as such forms of political participation as remote electronic voting, electronic signing of petitions, and the phenomenon of slacktivism. The main advantages and disadvantages of the electronic voting method according to the assessment of young respondents are identified. Based on the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the youth of Orel show a certain interest in the ongoing political events in the region and the country. Young users are prone to slacktivism, which is becoming widespread in this social environment. To spread and increase confidence in remote electronic voting, government agencies need to popularize the use of this system by informing about its positive capabilities and advantages compared to the traditional method of voting.
The East in life and work of A.M. Gorky
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Shugan Olga V.
Published: October 2023

The monograph considers M. Gorky’s fascination with the East in the context of the ideological and philosophical searches of the Silver Age. For the first time Gorky’s attitude to such phenomena of the era as “Eurocentrism” and “Orientalism”, “Scythia” and Eurasianism is analyzed in details, the peculiarity of the Gorky’s understanding of the “East-West” antinomy is explored. A parallel is drawn between Gorky’s journalism (articles “Two Souls”, “On the Russian Peasantry”, etc.) and the fiction of the writer and his contemporaries. The concepts of “folding” and “deployment” of the image, and creation of hero-doubles are introduced, based on the analysis of Gorky’s works from the point of view of the struggle of the “two souls”. The essence of Gorky’s concept of “Asiatizm”, dialectically changing depending on historical conditions, is revealed. Gorky’s contradictory attitude to events taking place in Asia — the national liberation struggle and revolutions, discussion with G. Wells and R. Rolland — is analyzed. The monograph examines Gorky’s work in “World Literature” Publishing House, his work on publication of the classical heritage of China, Japan, India, Iran, etc., the publication of the “Vostok” magazine (1922–1925), the collection of oriental works of art stored in the A.M. Gorky Museum-Apartment in Moscow. The monograph is intended for specialists-philologists, historians, teachers of higher and secondary schools, as well as for a wide range of readers.
The Promethean Myth and Artificial Body in Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” and in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Haltrin-Khalturina Elena V.
Published: October 2023

Spenser’s poem “The Fairy Queen” offers an inventive take on the myth of Prometheus, who turns out to be the creator of the first elf. Spenser’s mythologizing does not contradict the biblical creation narrative concerning mankind. Even so, Prometheus-the-demiurge commits misdeed: he puts together an artificial body by transgressively practicing, to use the present-day words, autopsy and xenotransplantation and by stealing the spark of Divine fire. His wrongdoing still has positive outcome in the rise of a whole new race of elven people, descending from the first Elf (crafted by Prometheus) and the “no earthly” Fay (cf. Minerva of the ancient tradition). Also, as a foil to Prometheus’s deeds, Spenser describes acts of other fashioners who brought to existence inanimate creatures receiving no proper place on the Chain of being, such as Talus (the iron squire) and False Florimell (a product of alchemy and witchcraft). Spenser’s poem served as one of the sources for Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” Comparing the stories of the two “modern” Prometheuses — one by Spenser and the other by Mary Shelly — one might discuss how the artificial-body discourse has changed over the course of several epochs. In the universe imagined by Spenser, the hierarchical order triumphs: an artificial body is not invested with power to effectively disrupt the scala naturae, in accordance with which a spiritual human being is always superior to automata or to any “carcasse dead” and “mummy possest”. In a romantic world not so particular about the great Chain of Being, Victor Frankenstein’s creature has no “unearthly” Fay to look up to, and he does not grasp the ethics of life renewal, while his creator doesn’t act on the redemptive felix culpa principle.
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and the Topos of an Artificial Body in Peter Ackroyd’s Novel “The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein”
Authors:   The Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative Writing, Shishkova Irina A.
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to the creation of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” which has been enjoying scholars’ attention in various fields of knowledge for more than 200 years. This work will evaluate the degree of influence popular science fiction books, read by the great English poets, Shelley and Byron, as well as Mary Shelley herself and her sister Claire Clairmont, had on the plot development of the novel in question (Villa Diodati, 1816, Switzerland). In the process of research, it was revealed how a nineteen-year-old woman could create such a complex work, and which scientists, besides Erasmus Darwin, served as prototypes of the protagonist. It is argued that such a highly intellectual author as Mary Shelley was aware of the latest achievements of European science of her time as well as of those positive-negative factors of it that were inevitably brought to the life of society. The author of the article focuses on the fact that Mary Shelley’s youthful passion for gothic novels affected themes, motifs and the system of images of her “Frankenstein”. In addition, this paper examines the functioning features of an artificial body topos in Peter Ackroyd’s novel “The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein” (2008). If Mary Shelley did not describe in detail the process of inanimate matter resuscitation, then in “The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein” Peter Ackroyd paid close attention to this when depicting everyday activities of a scientist who is unable to curb his own pride and envy of others’ success.
Homunkulus in Oneiric Space of Peter Akroid “The House of Doctor Dee”
Authors:   Immanuil Kant Baltic Federal University, Vladimirova Nataliya G.
Published: October 2023

The article analyzes the peculiarity of the image of the homunculus in P. Ackroyd’s novel “The House of Dr. Dee”, which determines the forms of spatial organization of the work. The conducted research reveals a dual directional process of re-equipping the literary science itself with its desire for immanent self-improvement, the search for new terms and definitions, on the one hand, and the active innovative experience of the art of the artistic word itself, on the other. It allows us to state the change of the artistic paradigm in the poetics of modern fiction; it is established that the artistic originality of the space and spatial organization of the text of the novel “The House of Dr. Dee” arises due to the interaction of the spaces of imagination, dreams, as well as the peculiar structuration of the space of the house as interiorized and exteriorized, the isolation of the map space, as well as the allusive space of the text. Mythological intertextual inclusions have been identified and studied, allusions to the works of Gustav Mairink “Der Engel vom westlichen Fenster”, E. Poe “The Mask of the Red Death” and “The Abbey of Nightmares” by T.L. Peacock. It is established that the allusive space of the text in combination with other varieties of artistic spaces of P. Ackroyd’s novel are forms of secondary artistic convention, forming a wide range of variability of the oneiric space poetics of the work. The functional interaction of varieties of oneiric spaces with theatrical play is determined. A new structural principle of creating the space poetics of the work is revealed, wich originality arises due to the symbiosis of established realistically reliable spatial forms and images (semiotics of the house) and new oneiric spatial forms.
The Concepts of Human and Posthuman in “Machines Like Me” by Ian McEwan
Authors:   Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative Writing, Muratova Iaroslava Iu.
Published: October 2023

As the article shows, Ian McEwan first addressed the idea of an artificial body coming to life in his collection of novellas for children “The Daydreamer” (1994) in which the key character inhabits for a while a body of a broken doll. He returns to the idea later in a far more sophisticated form in his si-fi novel “Machines Like Me” (2019). The book casts a tentative look at philosophical and scientific prospects in the area of artificial intelligence thus trespassing the borders of “posthuman studies” as it has been called for several decades already by philosophers and futurologists. Accordingly, the article explores theoretical and philosophical aspects of the term “posthuman” in Russian and English-speaking criticism. It studies the meeting points between McEwan and “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley (1818) and reveals a great deal of influence of that Romantic text on contemporary literature, i. e., it explains the coming of such popular figures as a mad genius scientist and an artificial creature-android. McEwan follows his own way and introduces into his novel a character of Alan Turing, a genius mathematician and inventor of first machines with artificial intelligence, known for his “imitation game” that deconstructs the anthropocentric scheme. His first android, Adam, gets into troublesome relationship with its first buyers, Charlie Friend and his girl-friend Miranda, who represent the world of Great Britain in the 80s of XXth century. The concepts of human and posthuman are tested in extreme situations of choice-making and conflicts linked with such essential parts of human life as love, family, crime, justice. The novel also reflects the author’s own rather controversial attitude to posthumanism.
The Representation of a Body / Artificial Body in A. Burgess’ “A Clockwork Orangeˮ and the Film Adaptation by S. Kubrick
Authors:   State University for the Humanities, Polovinkina Olga I. ,   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: October 2023

The article discusses representations of a hybrid body in the novel A Clockwork Orange and its film adaptation by S. Kubrick. Both works examine a hybrid body as a symptom of the post-human state. The article proves that in his film, Kubrick makes use of the novel’s imagery and, rather than creating a radically different work, is engaged in interpretation of the source. The eloquent orange metaphor, chosen by Burgess for the book’s title, directly points to the literary theme at the heart of the novel: youth as a restless and lawless time. In the novel, these ideas are supported with Shakespeare and Yeats quotations. That the writer should have turned to the theme of youth is explained as his response to the youth subculture of the late 1950s – early 1960s which was associated with asocial experience. The quotation from Yeats still enjoys prominence in Kubrick’s film, which, however, was made at a later date when youth culture had already received plenty of self-reflective feedback and definitions. This may partly explain the differences in the approach to representation of a hybrid body in the book vs. the film. The article defines the central theme that prompts the choice of the representation method: an artist that embodies the power of youth and creativity.
In the Search of the Soul of a Robot: on the Question of the Internal Essence of the Machine
Authors:   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Indrikov Alexey A.
Published: October 2023

The article discusses the problem of recognizing the subjectively alive in an artificial body. Modern ideas about the artificial body are analyzed in various aspects of human activity in relation to the possible “internal” spiritualizing essence of the machine (on the example of works of science fiction and cinema of the XX–XXI cen-turies). The processes of mutual enrichment of the world of people and the world of machines which also act as artificial bodies are being updated. The discovery of some internal essence of the machine becomes possible only with deep understanding of the process of machine and human interpenetration. The author comes to the conclusion that the “essence” that could “fill” and “animate” the machine is something initial-ly inanimate, but later is considered and understood by a person as something alive and animated. Having analyzed the works of science fiction writers the author warns about the danger of a technological turn towards the mass appearance of machines with “anima” but without a spiritual component. The author stresses the critical complexity of the present “machine” civilizational stage connected with the upcoming need of overcoming its own “conveyor nature” and filling the technointellectual processes with human morality as an organizing foundation of social evolution.
Dolls, Robots, Automata: Around Mary Shelley and “Frankenstein”
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Golubkov Andrey V. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics
Published: October 2023

The article is an introduction to the collective monograph which was conceived as a selection of papers from the international conference “Dolls, Automata, Robots: An Artificial Body in the World of Intellectual and Artistic Culture (to the 200th Anniversary of the Publication of Mary Shelley’s ‘Franken-stein; or, The Modern Prometheus’)” held on December 5–7, 2018 at the Gorky Institute of World Literature (Russian Academy of Sciences) and the HSE University (Moscow, Russia). The article aims at comprehending the artificial body status in world culture, both artistic and scientific, across different geographical areas from antiquity to the present day: the paradoxical demand for and resilience of this phenomenon in different cultures; the motifs and themes it has generated; and the psychological, ontological, aesthetic and ethical rationales behind this topos, as embodied in artistic representations (in literature, painting, sculpture and cinema) of the artificial human and/or animal body, that stem from the scientific discourse. The article also describes the structure of the monograph: 29 collected papers are divided into four chapters: “Statues / Dolls: Passion and the Sacred”, “Androids / Machines: Between Myth and Science”, “Robots / Automata: Will and Violence”, “Cyborgs / Avatars: Augmented and Decorated Body”. The papers explore a variety of cultures from East (Japan, Korea) to West (the USA) including Africa, Russia, Western and Eastern Europe.
Dancing Puppets from the Time of Herrad of Landsberg to Our Days
Authors:   State-funded Institution of Additional Education Creativity Center “Na Vadkovskom”, Gref Alexander E. , Penskaya Daria S. ,   State-funded Institution of Additional Education Creativity Center “Na Vadkovskom”, Slonimskaya Elena A. ,   State-funded Institution of Additional Education Creativity Center “Na Vadkovskom”
Published: October 2023

The paper investigates the simplest folk puppets: “marionettes à la planchette”, American “limberjack”, toe / foot theatre from Africa, Iranian “teke”, Afghan “buz-bazi”, “orteke” from Kazakhstan and Bulgarian “theatre on a chest”. For the first time these puppets are considered as relatives first and as a unique phenomenon of the proto-theatre second. For each type the construction, the very organisation of the show as well as the evolution from the first evidences to our days are described. As a sort of hypothesis, it is proposed that all these puppets possess the traits of comical. As for the first evidence of the marionettes à la planchette — the renowned image of the fighting knight-puppets from the “Hortus Deliciarum” by Herrad of Landsberg — two possible variants of the construction are proposed. The summary points out the crucial features of the puppets mentioned: all of them move in a sporadic way and the way they move emulates the mechanistic movement. Their movement is guided by the puppeteer, who sings or plays some musical instrument, the puppets thus move following the beat of the music.
Puppet and Artificial Body in the Contemporary Belarussian Puppet Theatre: the Image of Death vs Life’s Imitation
Authors: Eryomina Ekaterina P.
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to the rethinking of the concept of “imitative” puppet theater in the modern Belarusian theatrical art in the relationship with the ideas of the romantic writers. The historical concept of the puppet theater as the art of “animation” of an artificial body, likened to a living person, and the polar ideas of the romantic writers (A. Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, E.T.A. Hoffman, Jean-Paul, etc.), in whose works the images of animated dolls and automata were developed as the embodiment of evil, forces hostile to man and life is considered. The productions of modern Belarusian directors A. Leliavsky, O. Zhiugzhda, E. Korniag, in which the directors stopped attempts to create the illusion of a revived puppet, imitate life and emphasized the nature of a puppet as inanimate matter are analyzed. In these directors’ works, a puppet, an artificial body or its fragments are used to represent a dead body, create an image of a “dead” soul, dying, deadly for a living or monstrous nature of the characters. It has been concluded that such use of puppets and fragments of artificial bodies testifies to not only that the modern Belarusian directors have rejected the idea of the “imitative” puppet theater, but also that they have deeply rethought the ideas of the romantic writers.
uso de legislação em pesquisas sobre história da educação
Authors: Azevedo Crislane Barbosa de
Published: October 2023

Esse artigo trata da utilização da legislação como fonte nas pesquisas em história da educação tomando, como exemplo, sobretudo, experiências de investigação sobre uma reforma educacional. Para tanto, pauta-se em pesquisa bibliográfica e nas discussões teóricas relativas à pesquisa histórica. Com base em teóricos como Chartier e Julia, defende-se que trabalhar com legislação educacional requer ir além do prescrito, determinado. É preciso verificar como a legislação (leis gerais ou derivada) é incorporada pela sociedade. Leis gerais e legislação derivada devem, assim, compor o repertório documental do pesquisador em história da educação em decorrência da amplitude de práticas e representações que indicam, aproximando-o da cultura escolar de instituições específicas em diferentes épocas.
ensino de Artes Visuais para estudantes cegos e com baixa visão
Authors: Pawlina Rafael Guilherme , Silva João Henrique da , Donato Sueli Pereira
Published: October 2023

Este estudo visa a revisar a literatura sobre o ensino de Artes Visuais para alunos cegos e com baixa visão, analisando teses, dissertações e artigos que utilizam esse tema. A educação inclusiva se torna cada vez mais presente nas escolas por meio das leis de inclusão e isso se reflete na necessidade de aulas que promovam o desenvolvimento dos estudantes, independentemente de suas deficiências. Dessa forma, buscamos compreender: quais são as produções existentes sobre o tema? O que a academia tem compreendido como metodologia de ensino de Arte na visão da inclusão? Quem são os pesquisadores dessa área? A partir de pesquisas realizadas nos bancos de teses e dissertações, como BDTD/IBICT e Oasisbr/IBICT e na biblioteca eletrônica SciELO, objetivamos compreender as principais características dessas pesquisas no que se refere ao entendimento sobre arte, metodologia e inclusão. O resultado alcançado com esta pesquisa mostrou que, além de haver poucos trabalhos sobre o tema sendo publicados, há uma preocupação maior com o desenho e uma escassez de pesquisas que olhem para as Artes Visuais como um todo.
Clostridium butyricum Prazmowski can degrade and utilize resistant starch via a set of synergistically acting enzymes
Authors: Cockburn Darrell , Pickens Tara L.
Published: October 2023

Resistant starch is a prebiotic fiber that is best known for its ability
to increase butyrate production by the gut microbiota. This butyrate
then plays an important role modulating the immune system and
inflammation. However, the ability to use this resistant starch appears
to be a rare trait within the gut microbiota, with only a few species
such as Ruminococcus bromii and Bifidobacterium
adolescentis having been demonstrated to possess this ability.
Furthermore, these bacteria do not directly produce butyrate themselves,
rather they rely on cross-feeding interactions with other gut bacteria
for its production. Here we demonstrate that the often-used probiotic
organism Clostridium butyricum also possesses the ability to
utilize resistant starch from a number of sources, with direct
production of butyrate. We further explore the enzymes responsible for
this trait, demonstrating that they exhibit significant synergy, though
with different enzymes exhibiting more or less importance depending on
the source of the resistant starch. Thus, the co-administration of
Clostridium butyricum may have the ability to improve the
beneficial effects of resistant starch.
Crocetin delays brain and body aging by increasing cellular energy levels and enhances the median life span in aged C57BL/6J mice
Authors: Choudhary Sushil , Kumar Vishnu , Sharma Kuhu , Gour Abhishek , Sahrawat Ashish , Jotshi Anshika , Manhas Diksha , Nandi Utpal , Bharate Sandip , Ahmed Zabeer , Kumar Ajay
Published: October 2023

Abstract Background and Purpose Aging is usually accompanied by
mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced energy levels, and cell death in the
brain and other tissues. Mitochondria play a crucial role in maintaining
cellular energy through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). However,
OXPHOS is impaired as mitochondrial oxygen supply decreases with age. We
explored whether pharmacologically increased oxygen diffusion by
crocetin can restore OXPHOS and help delay aging of brain and other
vital organs. Experimental Approach Stress-free chronic treatment of
aged C57BL/6J mice with crocetin followed by an analysis of behavior,
hippocampi whole transcriptome, and key energy metabolites by LCMS was
performed. Key Results The aged mice treated with crocetin for four
months displayed significantly improved memory behavior, neuromuscular
coordination, and ATP and NAD+ levels in the brain and other vital
organs, leading to an increased median life span. The transcriptomic
analysis of hippocampi from crocetin-treated mice revealed that enhanced
brain energy level was caused by the upregulation of genes linked to
OXPHOS, and their expression was close to the expression in young mice.
The chronic treatment of aged astrocytes also showed improved
mitochondrial membrane potential and energy state of the cells.
Conclusion and Implications Our data suggest that restoring the OXPHOS
and the normal energy state of the cell can delay aging and enhance
longevity. Therefore, molecules like crocetin should further be explored
to treat age-related diseases.
Economic Crisis and Health Outcomes: Policy Implications in Light of the Monkeypox Outbreak
Authors: Khan Muhammad Shahzaib , Nawaz Iqra , Nawaz Yashfa , Manan Muhammad Romail , Nawaz Eisha
Published: October 2023

Given the economic challenges faced by countries in the South Asia
following the COVID-19 pandemic and the Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak, it
becomes important to bring to the forefront the discussion regarding the
impact of economic crises on healthcare systems of these nations and
subsequently the influence on health planning and policy making. In
order to facilitate a discussion on policy implications, we outline
potential barriers, particular to health system of Pakistan and in
general to the health infrastructure of South Asia, and present
recommendations built on nine themes of community resilience in light of
the current Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak.
Contribution of algae grazing fish, Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis, to supply food sources to macroinvertebrate by stable isotope analysis
Authors: Takahashi Shinji , Goya Hirokuni , Abe Shin-ichiro , Takemon Yasuhiro , Iguchi Keiichiro
Published: October 2023

Attached algae are important primary producers in river ecosystems and
are foraged by benthic macroinvertebrates and grazing fishes. The ayu
Plecoglossus altivelis is an algae-feeding fish that feeds on
attached algae and is an important fishery resource and conservation
species in Japanese rivers. While P. altivelis uses its comb-like
teeth to graze algae off the surface of stones for feeding, fine
particulate organic matter (FPOM) is generated by dislodging algae into
streams. Moreover, egested feces contribute to the origin of FPOM.
Therefore, in this study, the contribution of feeding on algae by
P. altivelis to the production of algal-derived FPOM was
investigated. The produced FPOM was then evaluated to determine whether
it affected the food origin of the macroinvertebrates. To investigate
the population density of P. altivelis, the biomass of primary
producers and food-use fraction of consumers, field surveys in the
Kamo-gawa River, Japan, were conducted in the summer season from 2018 to
2020. The carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of the
macroinvertebrates and food sources were also measured to estimate the
composition of FPOM and the contribution of food sources to primary
consumers. These results showed that the algal biomass decreased at
sites with high density for P. altivelis, in which the proportion
of algal-derived FPOM similarly increased. Regardless of the feeding
functional groups, the algal contribution of macroinvertebrates
increased at sites with high algal-derived FPOM. Structural equation
modeling revealed that P. altivelis feeding behavior contributed
to macroinvertebrate food utilization via the production of
algal-derived FPOM. These results suggested that P. altivelis is
a keystone species that not only produces algal-derived FPOM but also
improves the food supply to macroinvertebrates and promotes the dynamics
of river ecosystems.
Post-operative Complications of Pectus Excavatum Repair, a Systematic Review with a New Case Report
Authors: Khoshnam-Rad Niloofar , Roostaei Ghazal , Amini Hesam , Edalatifard Maryam , Rahimi Besharat , Abtahi Hamidreza , Kazemizadeh Hossein , Asadi Sanaz
Published: October 2023

Objective: We aimed to arouse awareness of the medical staff
and surgeons of possible complications, especially lethal and rare
complications, of pectus excavatum (PE) surgery. Summary
background data: PE is the most common deformity of the chest wall,
characterized by a sternal depression. Patients with PE typically
present with cosmetic concerns due to their abnormal appearance, but
some patients also report exercise intolerance and shortness of breath.
The prevalence and type of life-threatening complications related to the
surgical repair of PE are unknown and underreported. We presented a case
of lethal cardiac event following the PE surgery. We also systematically
reviewed the published case reports. Methods: We described a
case of lethal complication of ventricular-fibrillation and cardiac
arrest following Ravitch procedure for correction of PE in a 10-year-old
boy. We also systematically reviewed relevant cases of PE surgery
complications. Results: From the 506 initial records that was
retrieved from databases search, 95 case reports form 88 articles were
identified over the 23 years. Among them, 79 patients were male, and 17
cases were female. The average age of patients was 18.9 ± 7.7 years
(range: 5-53). Complications had occurred up to 37 years from the time
of surgery, with most of the cases (23%) occurred during the operation.
The most common complications experienced were cardiothoracic
complications and displacement of the implanted steel bar. Complications
resulted in death in eight cases. Conclusion: We recommend that
surgeons should be aware of rare and lethal complications of PE surgery,
particularly for cosmetic indications.
Cross-Sector Infrastructure Co-deployment: Closing Digital Connectivity Gaps through Collaboration and Sharing
Authors: Husar Arndt , Jeong Yoonee , Garrity John
Published: October 2023

Infrastructure co-deployment between sectors is an effective and proven strategy to expand infrastructure service coverage and reduce the costs of deployment. However, in practice, suboptimal levels of infrastructure co-deployment exist because of various market, institutional, and regulatory barriers. This Asian Development Bank Sustainable Development Working Paper details the tools for gauging the potential beneficial impacts of co-deployment, highlights recent examples and good practices, and presents recommendations for multilateral development banks to consider in their own infrastructure projects and for providing guidance and direction to governments.
Estudio de costos de producción y venta de libretas ecológicas en la ciudad de Sucúa
Authors:   Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sucúa, Sucúa, Ecuador., Guartasaca Ordoñez Diana Cecilia , Caguana Cabrera Ana Patricia ,   Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sucúa, Sucúa, Ecuador, Gutiérrez Vintimilla Mayra Alexandra ,   Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sucúa, Sucúa, Ecuador, Jara Ramos Edidh Rosaura ,   Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sucúa, Sucúa, Ecuador, Gavilánez Villamar Kerly Andrea ,   Instituto Superior Tecnológico Sucúa, Sucúa, Ecuador
Published: October 2023

Esta investigación se enfoca en la creación de un producto reutilizable y amigable con el medio ambiente como un enfoque clave para combatir la contaminación ambiental. Se empleó una metodología mixta, que combina métodos cuantitativos y deductivos, incluyendo encuestas para evaluar la aceptación del producto, entrevistas con competidores para comprender el mercado y observaciones detalladas del proceso de producción. Para determinar los costos de producción y venta, se aplicó el sistema de costo de producción por procesos, lo que permitió establecer precios competitivos y márgenes de utilidad. Este estudio representa un avance importante hacia la sostenibilidad y la reducción de residuos. Se determinó el costo unitario de las libretas ecológicas en $3,12 y el precio de venta al público de $4,68, con un 50% de utilidad por cada unidad, identificando la cantidad necesaria hacer utilizada en cada lote, ya que se elaborará 10 lotes diarios con 20 órdenes de producción.
Pengaruh Independensi, Pengalaman Auditor, Skeptisisme Profesional, Beban Kerja dan Kompetensi Terhadap Kemampuan Auditor Mendeteksi Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan
Authors: Frassasti Vika , Respati Novita Weningtyas , Nor Wahyudin
Published: October 2023

This purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the direct influence of the dependent variable on the independent variable. Included among the independent variables are independence, auditor experience, professional skepticism, workload, and competency. The dependent variable is the ability of the auditor to identify fraudulent financial statements. The KAP Surabaya auditors serve as the population in this study. Fifty five of the 275 auditors employed by KAP Surabaya constitute the samples in this study. Non-probability sampling is the sampling technique used by researcher. Sampling is conducted by using the method of purposive sampling whichthe criteria of an auditor is a one-year working period. Method of multiple regression analysis is the employed analytical instrument. On the basis of an analysis of the data, it is determined that independence, auditor experience, and a burden have no bearing on the auditor’s ability to detect fraudulent financial statements. In the meantime, professional skepticism and competence enhance an auditor’s ability to detect fraudulent financial statements.
DOES COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AFFECT MSE’S BUSINESS PERFORMANCE – EVIDENCE FROM LAMPUNG
Authors: Sembiring Sari Indah Oktanti , Salim Susanto
Published: October 2023

SME is one of the factors affecting economic development in Indonesia right now. This research aims to study the effect of competitive strategy to bussiness performance using unique capabilities, process innovation and competitive strategy as the indicators. The sample used in this research is food and beverage SME in Lampung Province available in year 2017-2019. This research is a descriptive and verificative study, running the data using SEM-PLS. The result show that unique capabilities has a psotive and sginificant effect to business performance simultaniously and partially, and process innovation has a positive but not significant effect. The result also shows that unique capabilities and process innovation has a positive and significant effect to competitive strategy simultaniously and partially. It can be concluded that to increase Food and Beverage SME’s business performance in Lampung Province, we need to develop competitive strategy to increase the unique capabilities and process innovation.
Interetnické vzťahy v prostredí Rusínov a Slovákov (na Slovensku a na Dolnej zemi) v 19. storočí
Authors: Šmigeľ Michal , Kmeť Miroslav
Published: October 2023

Rusyns and Slovaks, members of two culturally close ethnic groups, had lived for centuries in one state unit and in immediate neighbour contact. Complex socio-economic situation of the Rusyn settlement area in Slovakia had conditioned the poor development of both cultural and national needs. Rusyn intelligentsia from Greek-Catholic church circles had tended towards Hungarian culture or a broader Slavic consciousness. From the beginning of the 19th century and during the spread of pan-Slavism with the development of national movements and the formation of modern nations, Rusyns became the object of interest in Slovak intellectual circles. The Rusyn elite, inspired by Slavic and nonSlavic national movements, revived nationally in the revolutionary period of the 1840s. It was also the merit of Slovaks who supported the national awakening of Rusyns as their closest allies in the Kingdom of Hungary during the peak period of the Slovak national revival movement (1836–1848). The mutuality of RusynSlovak political cooperation had been manifested in the revolutionary years of 1948–1949 in the Habsburg Monarchy. Even though the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary had failed, it had brought some significant changes in the sphere of social development, civil principles and the weakening of the influence of the state and the church. These new conditions had enabled the emergence and development of Rusyn national revival movement and the so-calledrevivalistic generation of Rusyns. Mutual contacts between the two national movements, especially in the post-revolutionary period, had symbolized social, political and literary activities of several nationalities. Even in the second half of the 19th century, Slovak elites had a positive influence on the development of the Rusyn national movement. Slovak environment had an inspiring effect on Rusyns. Of course, this relationship had not only worked from the side of Slovaks to Rusyns, but also in the opposite direction (in a lesser extent), i.e. from Rusyns to Slovaks. Finally, during the period of dualism (1867–1918), the reflection of Rusyn issue in Slovak literature was not as intense as before the revolution, which was related to strong national oppression of minorities by the Hungarian governments. The national movements of Rusyns and Slovaks had to cope with a very complicated political and social reality, so there was much less scope for wider cooperation and mutual reflection than before. Complex socio-economic situation of northern and northeastern Kingdom of Hungary at the end of the 19th century together with the rapidly increasing Slovak and Rusyn emigration had a significant influence on this.
The Roma sorceress in 18th century Hungarian sources
Authors: Tóth Péter
Published: October 2023

18th century sources confirm the observations of cultural anthropology that Roma women played an important role in the sustenance of their families. In a gatherer lifestyle, their primary task was to get food. However, the social environment strongly restricted gathering therefore they had to apply different techniques. From among these, the most important one was the activity relying on beliefs which formed the image of the ’Roma witch’ for the surrounding society. It is important to note, however, that these beliefs were always those of the surrounding society and not those of the Romas themselves as otherwise, they would not have worked (similarly to the way Roma musicians played the music of the surrounding society and not that of their own community). In accordance with this, witchcraft (fortune-telling, binding or loosing love ties, the ability to see treasures, etc.) was also a service provided almost exclusively by women. And as the surrounding society (or at least, a part of it) had a demand for this service, it also became possible for its providers to get into areas closed for them, where they could continue the ’gathering’ following from their lifestyle.
Aktivity podnikového a finančného sektora v Banskej Bystrici počas druhej svetovej vojny
Authors: Mičko Peter , Fremal Karol , Mičková Zuzana
Published: October 2023

The economic activities of the town of Banská Bystrica during the existence of the Slovak state were diverse. They developed in the field of industry, trades and crafts, for which the activity of financial institutions was also important. An important industrial sector was the wood and paper industry. During the Second World War, several timber companies were active in the town, focusing on various areas of wood processing. The enterprises operated under both domestic and foreign ownership, with links persisting mainly with Czech capital, which had acquired its positions here during the existence of the Czechoslovak Republic. Plants of a larger or smaller production character played an important role and provided employment and social security for the inhabitants of the town during the period under review.
To the 70th anniversary of the scientist and teacher, doctor of economics, honorary professor of higher education of the Russian Federation N. G. Gadzhiev
Authors: Konovalenko Sergei Aleksandrovich
Published: October 2023

To the 70th anniversary of the scientist and teacher, doctor of economics,

honorary professor of higher education of the Russian Federation N. G. Gadzhiev
Human capital management of an industrial enterprise
Authors: Michurina Olga Yurievna , Dubinina Nataliya Aleksandrovna
Published: October 2023

Effective management of a modern industrial enterprise involves solving complex technological problems, competent management of financial flows, work with innovations, their implementation and movement, which is possible only if the intellectual resource component of the enterprise's activities and the availability of high-level human capital are included. The high level of human capital of an industrial enterprise contributes to a rapid response to changes, the spread of innovations, the growth of added value, increased labor productivity, a high culture of communication and active communications. There is a lack of sufficient research in Russia on the application of the concept of human capital in the practice of managing industrial enterprises, the subsystem of human capital management has not been allocated and structured in enterprise management systems, employers do not always recognize the expediency of investing in human capital. The solution of these problems is facilitated by the awareness of the expediency of investments in human capital and the allocation of their main directions – investments in additional professional education, the creation of comfortable working conditions, maintaining the physical health of employees, the formation and development of corporate spirit. Human capital management at an industrial enterprise at the individual and corporate levels can be carried out using the proposed management tools. The construction of the human capital management system of an industrial enterprise is facilitated by the allocation of human capital characteristics and human capital management subsystems. An example of the adaptation of the proposed human capital management system to the activities of a specific industrial enterprise (Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant LLC). As s a result the structuring of human resource management functions aimed at formation and increment of human capital is presented.
The fisheries complex of Russia: a narrative analysis of trends and strategic goals for the development of products manufacturing and consumption
Authors: Saltykov Maksim Aleksandrovich , Fisenko Andrei Ivanovich
Published: October 2023

The role and importance of the fishing industry in the country᾿s economy and international trade and economic relations are outlined, the main problems of its development in modern conditions are considered. The main indicators and targets for the development of the Russian fishing industry are presented in accordance with the “Strategy for the development of the fisheries complex of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030”, the role of exports and the current mechanism for distributing quotas for fish products on the volume of its consumption and factors determining the formation of prices for various types of marine biological resources are analyzed. The dynamics of the number of fishing and fish farming enterprises as well as the catch of fish and the main types of biological resources and the production and consumption of fish products in the country for 2010-2022, including by its regions (by federal districts) and per capita are analyzed. The main indicators characterizing conditions, problems and prospects of the fishing fleet development, its deployment and financing of the construction of new vessels are analyzed. The ways of increasing the efficiency of the industry᾿s functioning based on the actualization of modern organizational, technical, innovative and economic mechanisms for the implementation of its goals, in particular by improving the mechanism of “investment quotas” and the creation of production and technological fish clusters, are proposed. A narrative approach which does not entirely fit into the fields of scientific knowledge has been used. Nevertheless its obvious interdisciplinarity makes it possible to use its tools quite successfully within the framework of the modern, interpretive direction in the development of economic sciences.