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INDIA: UNDERSTANDING THE HILLS-VALLEY DIVIDE AND MEITEI-KUKI CONFLICT IN MANIPUR
Authors:   Institute for Social and Economic Change Bengaluru, India, PAUTUNTHANG N.
Published: August 2024

This paper explores the notion of the hills-valley divide in Manipur, focusing on the divide between Meitei people and hill tribes and its consequences on ethnic conflict. It examines the hills-valley divide through secondary data such as articles, news reports, and talks. The Meiteis, the largest community, enjoy power in all aspects of life. Due to poor representation in the Legislative Assembly, tribals have a lesser voice in decision-making. Moreover, since funds are allocated by population size, dwellers have a natural advantage over hill people. The existing hills valley divide and development inequality lead to misunderstanding between the tribals and the non-tribals in Manipur. The tribals of Manipur came up with different demands for developing their respective areas and safeguarding their identity. However, their demands were never fulfilled by the Meitei-led Manipur government. The state government tried to change the law to alienate tribal land in a very well-planned manner. This creates inter-ethnic tensions, and tribal political problems have remained unresolved. This paper suggests that the state must for mulate policies for Manipur’s moral and emotional integration by proportionately diversifying developmental infrastructure. Keywords: Manipur, hills-valley divide, buffer zone, ethnic clash, violence.
Encyclopedia of Relations: Observing through Embodiment and Movement Research
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Șargan Daiana
Published: August 2024

The present paper proposes a (post- and) eco-critical reading of Alexandra Pirici’s ongoing action, Encyclopedia of Relations, staged at the Venice Biennale in 2022. While it addresses a considerable gap within Romanian performance art studies, this article aims to offer a case study of how artistic practice can generate alternative modes of being together. With no doubt, as Rosi Braidotti stated at the Biennale conference, the art exhibited at the 2022 edition works collaboratively with theory to become an imaginative tool of research. Following this lead, the article discusses Pirici’s performative work that takes the task of exploring non-human relational modes through cognitive embodiment. This approach underlines how performance art practices move beyond the aesthetic sphere, projecting solutions to emerging environmental crises and offering a fresh perspective on knowledge production.
Beyond the Death of the Author. Authorial Regimes and Ecologies in the Age of Digital Globalization
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Ciorogar Alex
Published: August 2024

In recent times, scholars have been working under the assumption that authorship and authorial studies have both reached a theoretical end point. What is clear, though, is that we are no longer inhabiting the same literary field and cultural climate that gave rise to those notorious ideas put forth about authorship in the late 1960s. This article will try to explain how new research tools can account for the ways in which authorship works in a digitally globalized age, especially in the wake of poststructuralist, postcolonial, and postmodern ideas and practices. The ecology of authorship maps out a network of interacting systems (authorship as function, figure, form, and force) which seem to be in play for any historical regime of authorship, including our most recent one. Consequently, this paper will also try to explain contemporary modes of authoriality and some of the transformations that underpin them.
“Ecological, Feminist, and Monstruous Trends Against Women and Nature’s Oppression in Olga Tokarczuk’s Works
Authors:   University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Fregara Noemi
Published: August 2024

In the last twenty years, the publication of original novels broadly categorized as “ecofiction” signals the emergence of a new sensibility in many cultures. The fil rouge running through these catastrophic scenarios seems to be the annihilation of men persecuted by unexpected predators: women and nature. This paper aims to investigate the trend reflected by these rebellious heroines allied with natural elements that occur systematically in numerous works of the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk. Considering as examples some of the Polish author’s novels, like Primeval and Other Times (1996), Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009), and stories such as The Ugliest Woman in the World (2001) and Transfugium (2018), this article seeks to analyze these transgressive female characters through the theoretical approaches of ecocriticism, ecofeminism, and Monster Studies and highlight their challenge to the anthropocentric and androcentric viewpoints, aimed at liberating all minorities from oppression.
From Romanian Communism to Capitalism: the Representation and Ideology of Women’s Bodies
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Vîrban Iulia
Published: August 2024

This article analyses the representation of women’s bodies in the narratives of Și se auzeau greierii (And Crickets Could Be Heard) by Corina Sabău, ca și cum nimic nu s-ar fi întâmplat (as if nothing has happened) by Alina Nelega, and Viața e a mea (The Life is Mine) by Emilia Faur. It explores how the portrayal of maternity, sexual abuse, abortion, and gender identity changes from Romanian Communism to the capitalist democracy. If the socialist women were submissive to the pronatalist desiderate, being oppressed because of the insalubrious abortions (Sabău) or because of the fear to affirm their gender identity (Nelega), the capitalist advertisement with its sexist standards of beauty, doubled by the postnatal depression, imposes the fatality of death (Faur). My objective is to connect feminist aesthetics with ideological critique by identifying the abstract model of a feminist Bildungsroman (Rita Felski) in the three novels under consideration. However, on a formal level, I will analyse how in the case of Faur's and Nelega's novels, the free indirect style, a blend of affect translated into impersonal form (Moretti), mediates a socio-political commentary for increased awareness and active engagement in dismantling the adaptable patriarchy inherent in any political system, while the first-person narrative (Sabău) shows how the social fabric is internalised by the narrator, following her inner turmoil.
The Post-Communist Transition and the Representation of Women in Eastern Europe. A Case Study on Tatiana Țîbuleac and Dorota Masłowska
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Mîrț Andreea
Published: August 2024

Fiction depicting the post-communist transition has been little discussed with the focus on the representation of women. At the same time, there is a lack of comparative studies that analyze these fictions produced in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. The article aims to discuss the representation of the transition in the novels of two contemporary female writers from the Republic of Moldova and Poland respectively. Vara în care mama a avut ochii verzi [The Summer When My Mother’s Eyes Were Green] (2017) by Tatiana Țîbuleac and White and Red (2002) by Dorota Masłowska are analyzed from the perspective of World-Literature theory (Warwick Research Collective) to see how the impact of the transition to neoliberalism produces new representations of women in the novel, questioning traditional gender codes. The women as commodities and the women as entrepreneurs, who adapt to the capitalism of the 90s in Eastern Europe are two symptomatic representations in the two novels, which offer, without an explicit feminist stake, a more complex mapping of the post-communist transition.
Producing Space(s) Through Poetry: Geofeminism in Contemporary Romanian Poetry
Authors:   Babes-Bolyai University, Huțanu Diana
Published: August 2024

This paper aims to analyse recent tendencies in contemporary Romanian poetry from a geofeminist perspective. This specific form of feminism emerged within humanistic geography and socio-spatial theories as a response towards the “masculinist particularism” (Michèle Le Dœuff) of western geography as an academic discipline. By denouncing the postulated exhaustive nature of geographical knowledge, geofeminism’s programme is to rearticulate the traditional social space from the perspective of a cartography produced by flexible gender relations and performances. For its geopolitical position within the globalising phenomenon powered by uneven influences, the Romanian literary scene appears to be urging to consolidate the post-communist void regarding feminist theory through manifesto-texts and queer poetry. I rely my study specifically on poetic works from the frACTalia publishing house, due to their affirmed left-wing feminist consciousness. By following the factors involved in producing a space for the post-socialist Romanian queer experience, I undertake an analysis of the specific methods through which geofeminism is rendered in accordance with the need of a new poetic vocabulary and praxis.
What do teachers in Romania think about children's sexual development and education?
Authors:   Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Szállassy Noémi , Erős Nándor ,   Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca
Published: August 2024

The topic of sexuality passes for a taboo in our country even today, there being no open treatment of the subject, not even in the closest family circle. There is no sexual education in schools, while sexual enlightenment is restricted to 1-2 hours, provided at the age of 13-14. Our goal is to determine the knowledge and views of Romanian teachers on the sexual development and sexual education of children. The survey was conducted in 2022-2023 as self-filling on-line questionnaire (N=455). Our research was aimed at exacting the knowledge of Romanian kindergarten teachers, elementary school teachers and teachers on the bodily and psychic safety of children, on the factors endangering these, on various topics of sexual education, on the openness of parents related to the sexuality of their children and the flexibility of kindergartens and schools in what pertains to the introduction of sexual education. Most of our responders consider sexuality to be a natural part of a healthy life and that it should be tackled from the earliest possible ages both within the family and in educational institutions. According to the surveyed teachers, parents are reluctant to talk about sexuality to their own children and rely on sexual education in kindergartens and schools. If training on sexual education were to be introduced in Romania, most of the surveyed would gladly participate. They also recommended 27 related topics in 7 categories, all of which should all be covered by the said training. Our results called attention to the deficiency of education on reproduction. This can be improved but the task is complex. In order to solve the problem, the educational systemic view needs to change, while directives based on scientific proof need to be accepted and observed. All teachers dealing with the age-groups concerned need to take part in the educational process. Parents, teachers and educators need to be aware of the self-image developed by the child and of the effect this image has upon the evolution of the child’s future role in society. Sexual education should imperatively be incorporated into the educational process beginning with toddlers and up to young adults.
Oktatási mélyfúrások: Különböző fenntartású középiskolák profilja 11. osztályos tanulóik jellemzői alapján
Authors:   Gál Ferenc University, Szarvas, Sebestyén Krisztina
Published: August 2024

The choice of a secondary school is influenced by several factors, for example the profil of the institution. In previous researches children with better family backgrounds prefer the „unique” (classes with an increased number of lessons, bilingual training or schools with non-state maintainer) institutions (Hegedűs, 2016; Garami, 2020). In our paper, we analyse the database called „Learning and teaching German in Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties (2018–2019)”, with data of 890 students, who learned German and/or English in the 11th grade of secondary grammar or technical school in this school year. From this database, we examine the data of eight institutions of four maintainers (466 students) in SPSS program with crosstabs- and ANOVA-analysis with the following variables: maintainer of the secondary school, family background of the students and characters of secondary school choice. According to our results, the secondary school choice and learning foreign languages can characterised with consideration for practicum, further learning’s plan and the usefulness on the labour market. The students chose the analysed institutions mostly because of the high level of the teaching, the simplicity of all-days going to town and the simple higher educational admission.
Liviu Ciulei and The Last Ones: Between Personal Trauma, Psychodrama, and Collective Drama
Authors:   Faculty of Theatre and Television, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: hathazi.andras.bbte@gmail.com., Hatházi András
Published: August 2024

Why the actor’s paradox? I would not even bother with this question if I didn’t see so many acting students desperate to do well what they are given as “course material” and so much outdated, dusty, outmoded, mannered acting on stages in their home countries. And even the latter would not interest me – since they are largely kept alive by public taste and public satisfaction (of very dubious value for me) – if they were not based on the same criteria on which I base my ideas about acting. So, under the pretext of the apparent contradiction in Diderot’s words, I will examine where I might have started in a different direction. At which fork in the motorway did I drive wrongly onto the motorway and go against the traffic? Because it is obvious to me: I am in the minority. Perhaps the paradox is not in the acting, but in the way we think about it.
Keywords: Actor’s paradox; “given circumstances”; “what if”; “let’s say...”; playing the reality; emotions; repetition; the two bits of the mind.
Nafplion Blues: Prison Stories. The Prisons of Nafplion as Brutal Scenographies
Authors:   Department of Performing Digital Arts, University of the Peloponnese, Nafplion, Greece. Email: astourna@uop.gr., Stourna Athena , Berzal Cruz Pablo ,   Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Email: info@pabloberzal.net., Lioutsia Ioanna ,   Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Nafplion, Greece. johannali284@gmail.com.
Published: August 2024

The prison sites and their timeless presence in the city of Nafplion were the starting point for two workshops for students of the University of the Peloponnese. The result of these workshops titled Nafplion Blues: Prison Stories, was presented in the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023 as part of the Greek student exhibition. Students of the module “Performance and space” created the site-specific performance Listen-Watch-Βe Silent in which performers and spectators participated in a pilgrimage procession to former prison sites in Nafplion. The module “Social Theatre” was held at the Agricultural Prison of Tiryns. After a series of theatre workshops, the inmates and the students presented the devised performance The Journeys of the Potato, from Andes to Tiryns: Legends and Truths to only two spectators and the prison guards. In the present paper, the authors focus on the use of the prison – in the present and in the past – as performance space. Prisons function as the absolute dystopian places that oscillate between private and public space: from the Agricultural Prison of Tiryns’ hermetically sealed, private space to the open, public space of the historic city of Nafplion, where the buildings that once housed prisons are scattered throughout the city. In this type of found spaces, the spectators and the performers are moved both emotionally and physically. Through the brutality emitted by the real substance of the sites, the “scenographic city” reveals stories and traumas, while inviting spectators and creators to assume social and political responsibility.
Keywords: performance space, found space, public space, private space, site-specific performance, social theatre.
Victor Nee, The Cultural Revolution at Pekin University. Monthly Review Press, 1969. 91 pp.
Authors: P. M.
Published: August 2024

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“Hadī Māši Nāyḍa, Hadī Nahḍa”: música, identidad y heterodoxia en los umbrales de un paradigma
Authors: Balghzal Ahmed
Published: August 2024

El trabajo pretende determinar el papel que puede desempeñar la música juvenil marroquí en la construcción de un ideal identitario disidente. Partiendo del análisis del discurso musical de varios grupos contraculturales buscamos caracterizar el papel de sus formulaciones subversivas de nociones como la pertenencia y la identidad para crear fisuras en la construcción canónica de todo el paradigma cultural. Pretendemos llegar a la conclusión de que tal labor marginal y erosiva abre expectativas de cambio a todo el modelo cultural marroquí marcado por patologías y desajustes crónicos que impiden su regeneración y su metamorfosis.
experiencia musical en la infancia a través del cuerpo
Authors: Partida-Valdivia José Marcos
Published: August 2024

En este trabajo discuto algunos postulados de la cognición musical encarnada y de la fenomenología del mundo social, con el propósito de describir algunas potencialidades de estas perspectivas para el estudio de la experimentación musical en la infancia a partir del cuerpo. La tesis que sostengo es que ambas posiciones resultan ser enfoques complementarios para el estudio de la experiencia musical y pueden enriquecer sus respectivos campos de conocimiento. Presento los argumentos de la cognición musical encarnada y la fenomenología del mundo social, con el fin de mostrar algunas semejanzas y diferencias. Expongo de qué forma los límites explicativos de la cognición musical encarnada podrían ser solventados por la fenomenología del mundo social y, al mismo tiempo, cómo los aportes teóricos de la fenomenología pueden ser ampliados mediante las interpretaciones del enfoque cognitivo encarnado. Considero que la relevancia de estas reflexiones pueden ser un primer paso hacia la generación de fundamentos más sólidos para el estudio de la experiencia musical infantil en la educación musical, lo que se traduzca en una comprensión más profunda respecto al proceso de aprendizaje de la música en la infancia. Esto implica la necesidad de recurrir a la reflexión filosófica dentro de las contribuciones de la cognición encarnada, a fin de brindar una mayor claridad epistemológica tomando como base la fenomenología del mundo social.
Pengaruh Pelarut terhadap Struktur Nanopartikel Silika dari Limbah Batu Akik
Authors: Pote Lodowik Landi , Nadut Angelinus , Latumakulita Gertreda
Published: August 2024

Indonesia memiliki kekayaan sumber daya alam khususnya sumber daya geologi berupa batu mulia. Salah satu daerah dengan kekayaan alam berupa batu akik (agate) adalah Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara (TTU) Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sisa kerajinan batu permata atau batu akik merupakan limbah yang dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai sumber silika. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pelarut terhadap struktur nanopartikel silika darii limbah batu akik. Metode penelitian ini yaitu isolasi silika diawali pencucian dengan HCl 4 M. Selanjut sintesis natrium silikat dengan penambahan NaOH 4 M, kemudian sintesis nanosilika menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol pada pH 12. Nanosilika dikarakterisasi dengan XRD, SEM-EDX, BET-SAA. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pelarut metanol dan etanol berpengaruh terhadap struktur nanopartikel silika. Hasil analisis XRD nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol menunjukkan silika gel berfasa amorf. Hasil analisis FTIR nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol menunjukkan adanya gugus silanol dan siloksan. Morfologi nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol diperoleh nanosilika ukuran partikel yang tidak homogen dan membentuk gumpalan (aglomerasi). Hasil analisis EDX nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol mengandung unsur Si dan O. Hasil analisis BET nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol menunjukkan luas permukaan, ukuran pori dan volume pori masing-masing adalah 207,559 m²/g, 2,921 nm dan 0,303 cc/g. sedangkan nanosilika sintesis menggunakan pelarut etanol adalah 1,664 m²/g; 11,843 nm dan 0,0099 cc/g. Semakin polar palarut semakin besar luas permukaan dan volume pori. Sedangkan diameter pori semakin kecil. Mengacu aturan IUPAC silika gel hasil sintesis menggunakan pelarut metanol dan etanol diperoleh struktur pori berukuran mesopori.
El costo ambiental de los textiles
Authors: Velasco Pérez Maribel , Rubio Ponce Alethia	Vázquez Morillas , Espinosa Valdemar Rosa María , Beltrán Villavicencio Margarita
Published: August 2024

Textiles are important for human life, they protect us from the weather, textiles can be used as a means of expres-sion, and foster economic development. However, their manufacture and use cause environmental, social, and economic costs, for instance, the depletion of natural resources, climate change, water pollution, and generation of waste, nano, and microplastics. Technological advances and management systems have reduced these impacts, but the joint partici-pation of government, industry, and society in the administration of natural resources and waste is essentia
Accesibilidad digital para personas con pérdida auditiva y sordera
Authors: Loaiza Ramírez Isaías , González Beltrán Beatriz Adriana
Published: August 2024

Currently, there is an enduring digital inclusion gap impacting individuals with hearing impairment. This article out-lines various endeavors undertaken to bridge this gap, along with some of the identified problems and challenges. This participation aims to share known issues through an initial analysis and diagnostic process that have aided in pinpointing some of the key barriers. This will enable the development of potential solutions and guidelines in the quest for propo-sing new and more robust standards for the design of inclusive websites and mobile applications. This multidisciplinary approach (special education, information design, computer science) offers our perspective for digital inclusion, standing out for its contribution to accessible information
Introducing machine learning to analyze factors aimed at successful development of the individual social qualities
Authors: Panfilova Tatyana , Tynchenko Vadim , Nelyub Vladimir , Glinscaya Anna , Borodulin Alexey , Gantimurov Andrei , Tynchenko Yadviga
Published: August 2024

The paper considers an important problem of the successful development of social qualities in an individual using machine learning methods. Social qualities play an important role in forming personal and professional lives, and their development is becoming relevant in modern society. The paper presents an overview of modern research in social psychology and machine learning; besides, it describes the data analysis method to identify factors influencing success in the development of social qualities. By analyzing large amounts of data collected from various sources, the authors of the paper use machine learning algorithms, such as Kohonen maps, decision tree and neural networks, to identify relationships between different variables, including education, environment, personal characteristics, and the development of social skills. Experiments were conducted to analyze the considered datasets, which included the introduction of methods to find dependencies between the input and output parameters. Machine learning introduction to find factors influencing the development of individual social qualities has varying dependence accuracy. The study results could be useful for both practical purposes and further scientific research in social psychology and machine learning. The paper represents an important contribution to understanding the factors that contribute to the successful development of individual social skills and could be useful in the development of programs and interventions in this area. The main objective of the research was to study the functionalities of the machine learning algorithms and various models to predict the students’s success in learning.
Economic growth of India: The role of production, trade, and CO2 emission based on the Granger causality
Authors: John Jeena Ann , P. Sankar Jayendira , Abdalla Reem Abbas , Chellakan Stephen Retnamony , Misra Saubhagyalaxmi , Mulla Gulnar , Rani Mary Benitta
Published: August 2024

India’s economic growth is of significant interest due to its expanding Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and global market influence. This study investigates the interplay between production, trade, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and economic growth in India using Granger causality analysis. Also, the data from 1994 to 2023 were analyzed to explore the relationships among these variables. The results reveal strong positive correlations among production, trade, CO2 emissions, and GDP, with production showing significant associations with export, import, and GDP. Co-integration tests confirm the presence of a long-term relationship among the variables, suggesting their interconnectedness in shaping India’s economic landscape. Regression analysis indicates that production, export, import, United States (US)-India trade, manufacturing cost of energy, and CO2 emissions significantly impact GDP. Moreover, the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) estimation reveals both short-term and long-term dynamics, highlighting the importance of understanding equilibrium and deviations in economic variables. Overall, this study contributes to a better understanding of the complex interactions driving India’s economic growth and sustainability.
Applications of simulation modeling in mining project risk management: criteria, algorithm, evaluation
Authors: Nevskaya Marina , Shabalova Anna , Kosovtseva Tatyana , Nikolaychuk Lybov
Published: August 2024

Project risk management in the mining industry is necessary to identify, analyze and reduce uncertainty. The engineering features of mining enterprises, by their nature, require improved risk management tools. This article proves the relevance of creating a simulation model of the production process to reduce uncertainty when making investment decisions. The purpose of the study is to develop an algorithm for deciding on the economic feasibility of creating a simulation experiment. At the same time, the features and patterns of the cases for which the simulation experiment was carried out were studied. Criteria for feasibility assessment of the model introduction based on a qualitative parameters became the central idea for algorithm. The relevance of the formulated algorithm was verified by creating a simulation model of a potassium salt deposit with subsequent optimization of the production process parameters. According to the results of the experiment, the damage from the occurrence of a risk situations was estimated as a decrease in conveyor productivity by 32.6%. The proposed methods made it possible to minimize this risk of stops in the conveyor network and assess the lack of income due to the risk occurrences.
Key factors influencing university hospital development in China: A qualitative study based on public value theory
Authors: Luo Jiaxiang , Pueth Fadilah Binti , Othman Sarina Binti
Published: August 2024

Over the last two decades, governance for global health has garnered more attention from policymakers, decision-makers, and scholars from several disciplines. The health sector has also become more dynamic and complicated as a result of several factors that have influenced organizational development. The issue of sustainability is clearly raised with specific emphasis and urgency in the context of the global healthcare system. Some countries have been altering their healthcare systems to improve healthcare performance. University hospitals as the main providers of high-quality healthcare services in China, have an irreplaceable role in promoting the construction of healthy China. This study strategic triangle as an analytical framework to identify the key factors that influence university hospital in China and better comprehend how public value is conceptualized and implemented in practice. The study was conducted by qualitative method, five university hospitals designated as “Grade A tertiary hospitals” and semi-structed interviews were carried out with 33 participants, including experts, university hospital leadership level, and basic level. The study revealed that there are eight (8) major factors influencing the development of university hospitals in China. University hospital administrators must be prepared to assess and respond to factors that enhance or hinder implementation continuously and methodically. These insights can be used to improve early preparedness, but additional study in this area is required to better understand the driving factors, action models, and techniques for achieving sustainable development in university hospitals.
The gravel pit lakes’ water quality, their aquatic ecosystem function, and the effects of environmental changes in northern Poland
Authors: Hetmański Tomasz , Jarosiewicz Anna , Jankowiak Łukasz
Published: August 2024

Water quality is an important factor to determine a development of living organisms, including the presence of amphibians. It this article we compared the water quality of both, natural infield reservoirs in areas with intensive cultivation of cereals and the recently created reservoirs in the gravel pits in Central Pomerania, northern Poland. We tested all the physico-chemical properties that may impact species richness and reproductive success of amphibians. We observed that gravel ponds were better oxygenated, with higher pH and conductivity, and were less fertile in nutrients. In Pomerania, the water reservoirs in gravel pits had better breeding conditions than in-field ponds with higher total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations. There are many scientific papers identifying a negative role of sand and gravel mines, including a release of heavy metals from sediments, a high non-metalic minerals concentration, a destruction of native species of vegetation and occurrence of alien species. Therefore, we should be careful in assessing the role of newly emerging reservoirs in sand and gravel mines. The purpose of our research is to show that sand/gravel mines can be used to protect nature and that they can have also a positive impact. Few previous studies indicate that they may be a favorable place for creating new breeding sites for amphibians, which may ultimately help to preserve species in the face of environmental pollution and climate change.
IMPROVING PUBLIC MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
Authors: GUȚĂ Anca-Jarmila , NIMARĂ Ciprian
Published: August 2024

The paper presents an analysis of the evolution of the improvement of the civil servants in the mayoralties of Romania in the period before the COVID 19 pandemic compared to the pandemic and post COVID 19 period, focusing on the need to digitize public institutions, a strong need for the challenges posed by the pandemic to both public institutions and private organisations, and last but not least to citizens as consumers of public services. The study presented in the paper aims to analyze how the professional training process was conducted in the 3 mentioned periods, to identify the advantages, respectively, the disadvantages of carrying out professional training programs among civil servants and identify the most efficient and preferred way for civil servants to carry out professional training.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN E-GOVERNMENT AND THE DIGITALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ICT SECTOR: AN ANALYSIS AT THE LEVEL OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EEA
Authors: MIRONESCU Alexandra , SIMION Cezar-Petre , MAZĂRE Mădălina , VERDEȘ Cătălin , KAIS Samar , BURCEA Marian Adrian
Published: August 2024

The research presented in this article had as objectives carrying out a review of the specialized literature in the field of E-government and the opportunities of digitization from the perspective of the IC&T sector, the study of the relations between E-governance (expressed as activities via websites) and the evolution of the IC&T sector and analysis of the obtained results, verification of the confirmation of the formulated hypotheses and contextualization of the results by referring to other results obtained in the specialized literature. To highlight the relationship between E-government and the digitalization opportunities offered by the evolution of the IC&T sector, correlation analyzes were carried out using the secondary data made available by the Eurostat databases. Three research hypotheses were formulated and the first research hypothesis, the one regarding a strong positive relationship between E-governance and the number of enterprises active in IC&T, is validated in the case of most European countries. The other two research hypotheses, regarding a strong positive relationship between E-governance and the number of enterprises active in IC&T and also a positive and close relationship between E-governance and the share of IC&T staff in total employees, have been confirmed only in the case of fewer European countries.
Penggunaan teknologi: Kajian niat perilaku dalam menggunakan layanan financial technology syariah (Studi pada Generasi Millenial di Kota Bandar Lampung)
Authors: Kurniawan Arifa
Published: August 2024

Technological disruption has shown digital transformation with innovations in the field of sharia-based financial services. The digital innovation is sharia financial technology. This study aims to empirically examine the effect of Islamic financial literacy and digital literacy on interest in using Islamic financial technology services through use of technology variables. The population in this study is the millennial generation in Bandar Lampung City. The sampling method used accidental sampling with a total of 324 respondents. The data collection technique used a questionnaire. The data analysis technique uses structural equation modeling-Partial least Square (SEM-PLS) with the WarpPls 7.0 tool. The results of this study are Islamic financial literacy and digital literacy affect the interest in using Islamic financial technology services. Islamic financial literacy and digital literacy affect the use of technology. The use of technology affects the interest in using Islamic financial technology services. The use of technology significantly mediates the relationship between Islamic financial literacy and digital literacy with interest in using Islamic financial technology services.
Disrupsi teknologi telah menunjukan transformasi digital dengan inovasi dalam bidang financial service berbasis syariah. Inovasi digital tersebut yaitu financial technology syariah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji secara empiris pengaruh literasi keuangan syariah dan literasi digital terhadap minat menggunakan layanan financial technology syariah melalui variabel penggunaan teknologi. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah generasi milenial yang ada di Kota Bandar Lampung. Metode pengambilan sampel menggunakan accidental sampling dengan jumlah 324 responden. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Teknik analisis data menggunakan structural equation modelling-Partial least Square (SEM-PLS) dengan alat bantu WarpPls 7.0. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu literasi keuangan syariah dan literasi digital berpengaruh terhadap minat menggunakan layanan financial technology syariah. Literasi keuangan syariah dan literasi digital berpengaruh terhadap penggunaan teknologi. Penggunaan teknologi berpengaruh terhadap minat menggunakan layanan financial technology syariah. Penggunaan teknologi secara signifikan memediasi hubungan antara literasi keuangan syariah dan literasi digital dengan minat menggunakan layanan financial technology syariah.
Pengaruh social media marketing, brand equity, dan brand experience terhadap brand loyalty pada Indomie
Authors: Novia Marsela , Loisa Riris
Published: August 2024

The food and beverage processing industry in Indonesia experienced a decline in GDP in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the leading companies in this industry is Indomie, which also experienced a decline in GDP. This research aims to examine the influence of social media marketing, brand equity, and brand experience on the brand loyalty of Indomie. This research was conducted on 200 Indomie consumer respondents in Jakarta. The data processing used is PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling). The results of this research show that social media marketing, brand equity, and brand experience have a significant direct influence on the brand loyalty of Indomie consumers. However, based on indirect influence testing, social media marketing can only influence brand loyalty through brand experience.
Industri pengolahan makanan dan minuman di Indonesia mengalami penurunan PDB pada tahun 2020 akibat pandemi Covid-19. Salah satu perusahaan unggulan pada industri ini, yaitu Indomie, yang juga mengalami penurunan PDB. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh social media marketing, brand equity, dan brand experience terhadap brand loyalty pada Indomie. Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap 200 responden konsumen Indomie di Jakarta. Pengolahan data yang digunakan, yaitu PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa social media marketing, brand equity, dan brand experience memiliki pengaruh langsung yang signifikan terhadap brand loyalty konsumen Indomie. Namun secara pengujian pengaruh tidak langsung, social media marketing hanya bisa berpengaruh terhadap brand loyalty melalui brand experience.
Pengaruh earning per share, debt to equity ratio, dan return on assets terhadap harga saham perbankan BUMN di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2010-2019
Authors: Wijaya Michael Hansen , Firdausy Carunia Mulya
Published: August 2024

This study aims to analyze the influence of earning per share, debt to equity ratio, and return on assets simultaneously and partially on the stock prices of the BUMN banking sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2010-2019. This research used 4 BUMN bank on the Indonesia Stock Exchange: Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, and Bank Tabungan Negara. The analysis method used is multiple linear regression through SPSS 24.00 program. The result of this study shows that earning per share, debt to equity ratio, and return on assets have a significant influence on stock price partially or simultaneously.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh earning per share, debt to equity ratio, dan return on assets secara bersama-sama dan terpisah terhadap harga saham perbankan BUMN yang listing di Bursa Efek Indonesia dalam periode 2010-2019. Penelitian ini menggunakan 4 bank BUMN di Bursa Efek Indonesia: Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, dan Bank Tabungan Negara. Metode analisis menggunakan multiple linear regression melalui program SPSS 24.00. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa earning per share, debt to equity ratio, dan return on assets memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap harga saham secara parsial maupun bersama-sama.
Pengaruh penggunaan aplikasi e-commerce dan inovasi dengan pengambilan risiko sebagai mediasi pada kinerja UMKM
Authors: Wijaya Wilson
Published: August 2024

Digital technology is rapidly evolving. One example of this development is e-commerce. Entrepreneurs can use e-commerce to develop or start new businesses. To attract customers' attention, creativity is required. Creativity is the process of creating something unique. E-commerce and creativity help entrepreneurs to improve their business performance. However, implementing these two aspects can also pose detrimental risks. The aim of this research is to determine the influence of e-commerce and creativity on the performance of SMEs mediated by risk-taking. The sampling technique used in this study is purposive sampling. The sample consists of 100 respondents from SMEs in the culinary sector, selected using the purposive sampling method. The sample data were collected using Google Form. The sample data were then processed using outer model analysis and inner model analysis with SmartPLS 4 software. The results of this study indicate that e-commerce has a significant positive effect on MSME performance, innovation has a significant positive effect on MSME performance, risk-taking does not have a significant effect on MSME performance, e-commerce has a significant positive effect on risk-taking, innovation has a significant positive effect on risk-taking, risk-taking does not mediate the relationship between e-commerce and MSME performance, and risk-taking does not mediate the relationship between innovation and MSME performance.
Teknologi digital berkembang dengan cepat. Salah satu contoh perkembangan tersebut yaitu e-commerce. Pengusaha bisa menggunakan e-commerce untuk mengembangkan atau memulai usaha baru. Untuk dapat menarik perhatian pembeli, diperlukan inovasi. Inovasi menjadi proses untuk menciptakan sesuatu yang unik. E-commerce dan inovasi membantu pengusaha untuk meningkatkan kinerja usahanya. Namun dalam mengimplementasikan kedua hal tersebut juga dapat memunculkan risiko yang merugikan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh e-commerce dan inovasi terhadap kinerja UMKM yang dimediasi dengan pengambilan risiko. Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini. Sampel dalam penelitian ini merupakan UMKM di sektor kuliner sebanyak 100 responden yang dipilih menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Sampel dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan Google Form yang disebar. Kemudian data sampel diolah dengan menggunakan outer model analysis dan inner model analysis pada software SmartPLS 4. Hasil dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa e-commerce berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM, inovasi berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM, pengambilan risiko tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja UMKM, e-commerce berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap pengambilan risiko, inovasi berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap pengambilan risiko, pengambilan risiko tidak memediasi hubungan e-commerce dengan kinerja UMKM, serta pengambilan risiko tidak memediasi hubungan inovasi dengan kinerja UMKM.
Mengungkap kepuasan pasien non-BPJS di RSUD RAA Soewondo Pati
Authors: Eunike Debora , Cokki Cokki
Published: August 2024

This research was conducted to analyze whether service quality affect patient satisfaction, especially in RSUD RAA Soewondo Pati. There were 235 samples selected using consecutive sampling technique and analyze using PLS-SEM. The study results indicate that service quality affects non-BPJS patient satisfaction in outpatient and inpatient care. This finding indicates the importance of maintaining service quality to ensure patient satisfaction, both from the administration, nurses and doctors as well as facilities in the hospital.
Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan pasien non-BPJS, khususnya di unit rawat jalan dan rawat inap RSUD RAA Soewondo Pati. Penelitian ini terdapat 235 sampel yang dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik consecutive sampling dan kemudian dianalisis menggunakan PLS-SEM. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kualitas pelayanan memiliki pengaruh positif terhadap kepuasan pasien non-BPJS pada unit rawat jalan dan rawat inap. Temuan ini menandakan bahwa pentingnya upaya dari pihak rumah sakit dalam menjaga kualitas pelayanan guna memastikan kepuasan pasien, baik dari bagian administrasi, perawat dan dokter serta fasilitas yang ada di rumah sakit tersebut.
Pengaruh literasi keuangan, pengetahuan investasi, dan faktor sosial terhadap minat berinvestasi saham Generasi Z
Authors: Theresia Windiane , Rostiana Rostiana
Published: August 2024

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of financial literacy, investment knowledge and social factors on investment interest. The type of research used by researchers is quantitative research with a descriptive approach. This research was carried out using a single cross-sectional method, and the data collection was carried out using a questionnaire instrument. The criteria for respondents in this study are undergraduate students with management majors and working employees with a minimum of S1 education, both male and female, who are included in the generation Z group, with a minimum adult age of 17 years to 29 years in Jabodetabek and have an interest in stock investment in the capital market. The data sample in this study amounted to 203 samples obtained from employe and college student. Data analyzed by using SPSS and LISREL 8.80 software. The result showed that good financial literacy and investment knowledge have a positive effect to investment interest and very important to foster Generation Z's investment interest in the capital market, hence the need for education regarding effective and efficient financial management by educational institutions and financial institutions such as the Financial Services Authority. The results of this research explain that social factor including social interaction and human behavior had an impact to investment interest of Generation Z.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh dari literasi keuangan, pengetahuan investasi dan faktor sosial terhadap minat berinvestasi. Jenis Penelitian yang digunakan oleh peneliti adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode single cross-sectional dan pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan instrumen kuesioner. Kriteria responden pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa S1 dengan jurusan manajemen dan karyawan kerja dengan pendidikan minimal S1 baik laki-laki maupun perempuan yang termasuk dalam golongan generasi Z usia dewasa minimal 17 tahun sampai dengan 29 tahun di Jabodetabek serta memiliki minat terhadap investasi saham di pasar modal. Sampel data pada penelitian ini berjumlah 203 sampel yang didapatkan dari karyawan dan mahasiswa. Data dianalisis menggunakan perangkat lunak SPSS dan LISREL 8.80. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa literasi keuangan dan pengetahuan investasi yang baik memiliki pengaruh positif terhadap minat berinvestasi dan sangat penting untuk menumbuhkan minat investasi Generasi Z di pasar modal maka perlunya pendidikan mengenai pengelolaan keuangan yang efektif dan efisien oleh lembaga pendidikan dan lembaga keuangan seperti Otoritas Jasa Keuangan. Hasil penelitian ini menerangkan bahwa faktor sosial termasuk interaksi sosial dan perilaku seseorang memiliki dampak terhadap minat berinvestasi Generasi Z.
Interventionswirksamkeit ist noch keine Indikation
Authors:   Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Stronegger Willibald
Published: August 2024

Kommentar von Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. rer. nat. Willibald Stronegger