bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Financial Risk Management and Profitability of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Nyeri County, Kenya
Authors: Kinyua Margaret Gakenia , Warui Fredrick
Published: September 2020

Profitability is a key aspect of organization financial performance. Kenya SACCOs have been rated fastest growing SACCOs in Africa. However, this growth is largely attributed to growth in membership and penetration. On the other hand the sub sector has recorded irregular trend on the profitability over the last half a decade. Though past literature has tried to link financial risk management to profitability levels, a range of knowledge gaps remain undressed. The current study therefore sought to establish the effect of financial risk management on profitability targeting deposit-taking SACCOs in Nyeri County. To address this objective, the study targeted the following specific objectives; to examine the effect of credit mitigation, liquidity risk controls operational risk mitigation and finally compliance risk mitigation on profitability of deposit taking SACCOs in Nyeri County. Descriptive study design adopted targeting a population of 8 deposit-taking SACCOs. A census study approach was used to subject all the SACCOs to study. The respondents comprised of deposit taking SACCO managers or operational manager. Thus, in total, the study targeted 8 respondents from the management of the SACCOs. Questionnaires were adopted as a tool for data collection. The researcher administered questionnaires to the respondents by dropping to the respondent office and collected at convenient date agreed by both parties. Before undertaking the study, the researcher conducted a reliability test to assess the consistency of the tool using Cronbach’s Alpha. The study used descriptive and inferential statistic in summarizing the data. Under descriptive statistics, the researcher used mean and standard deviation. To test the significance of study variables, the researcher used Pearson correlation and simple linear regressions. The researcher adhered to research ethic during data collection period. The study findings are presented in charts and tables. The study found compliance risk control; liquidity risk control and operational risk control had significant effect on the performance of Saccos in Nyeri while credit risk control was found insignificant in predicting performance of Saccos in Nyeri County. The study recommends Saccos to intensify the compliance risk control, liquidity risk control and the operational risk control practices in enhancement of Sacco’s performance.
SEMANTICS OF SOME ARABIСISMS EXPRESSING THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION
Authors: Nargiza Rashidova
Published: September 2020

The article studies some of the Arabic borrowings which are in use in Uzbek. Arabic borrowings are used in various fields. In particular, they are also there in the field of education. Some of the lexemes that are used in the field of education have been studied. Their lexical meanings have been studied, and their semantics have been carefully paid attention. In the study of the semantics of lexemes, the existence of semantics is explained in detail on the basis of a table.
KEY WORDS: education, semantics, lexeme, Arabic borrowings, domla, muallim, borrowing, analysis, field, layer.
IMPACT OF PORT LANES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (A case study of students at SDN 03 Sintete)
Authors: Sholeha Ilma , Sholina Ayu
Published: September 2020

This study was motivated by low motivation of students This study aims to find out the impact of port lane as social environment  so that it has impact on education in SDN 03 Sintete because most of students live around the port. The study used qualitative approach and data collection techniques used were observation, interview and documentation. Sampling technique used is sampling purposive that determination of the sample based on certain consideration. The result showed that port lane had positive impact  on the socio-economic society in Sintete. However, port lane also had negative impact for student’s education in SDN 03 Sintete.
MADRASAH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TO IMPROVE TEACHER PERFORMANCE
Authors: Mubarak Rafiq , Santosa Achadi Budi
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the research is to describe the leadership of madrasah headmaster to improve teacher performance. This research method uses qualitative methods and the research subjects are madrasah school principals and teachers. Data collection is done with interviews, observation, and documentation. The data analysis uses miles & Huberman analysis models with the sequence of data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and deduction. This research shows (1). The importance of the leadership role of the madrasah headmaster to improving teacher performance through a teacher's professional improvement by attending a seminar, subject teachers' deliberations (MGMP)  (2). The leadership of the madrasah school principal in creating a conducive cultural climate of madrasah school which encourages teachers in teaching students to improve their character and moral of the learners.
La universidad argentina resiliente, ¿nuevos escenarios en el horizonte?
Authors: Unzué Martín
Published: September 2020

El artículo analiza los escenarios que se abren para la universidad argentina con el cambio de gobierno sucedido a fines del año 2019. Luego de repasar las principales medidas tomadas por el anterior gobierno, tanto en políticas de educación superior como de ciencia y tecnología, se hace un análisis de lo que se insinúa como las nuevas líneas de acción para el sector. Se plantea que en el actual contexto de incertidumbre esa nueva agenda aún no está plenamente definida ni abordada y que limitaciones de diversa índole, en especial las presupuestarias, operarán en el mediano plazo, amenazando fuertemente la posibilidad de instrumentar políticas que salden algunas de las grandes deudas vigentes con las universidades argentinas.
Las políticas universitarias del nuevo gobierno en Argentina: el desafío de fortalecer la democratización de la Universidad
Authors: Lucardi Anabella Celeste
Published: September 2020

El presente artículo pretende analizar los anuncios sobre las potenciales líneas de políticas públicas para la educación superior que implementará el gobierno que se inauguró en diciembre de 2019 en Argentina, y establecer posibles continuidades con la direccionalidad de las políticas públicas universitarias que tuvieron lugar en el país entre 2003 y 2015. Concretamente se aborda la noción de democratización de la universidad y del acceso al conocimiento presente en las pautas de las políticas para el sector expresadas por el nuevo gobierno; así como también, en las razones que fundaron la política pública de expansión del sistema universitario de gestión estatal que tuvo lugar en Argentina entre 2003 y 2015.
Un cambio de gobierno en el contexto de la pandemia global en las políticas públicas de educación superior en Argentina (de diciembre de 2019 a julio de 2020)
Authors: Llomovatte Silvia , Naidorf Judith
Published: September 2020

El cambio de gobierno en Argentina, con signo político muy diferente en sus lineamientos, sociales y económicos, tuvo lugar el 10 de diciembre de 2019. El gobierno del presidente Alberto Fernández se destacó por las propuestas en educación superior, un estrato con fuertes resonancias políticas debido al intenso debate que se ha suscitado a partir de la Reforma Universitaria de 1918. Apenas habían transcurrido algo más de tres meses cuando el 12 de marzo se declara la emergencia sanitaria y el 20 de marzo se emite el Decreto 297/2020 que decide el aislamiento social preventivo y obligatorio. Entre las metas y planes de gobierno y la invasión de la pandemia, en la realidad mundial y local, ocurrieron reacomodamientos y acciones, que intentaremos compartir desde una perspectiva latinoamericanista la cual reconoce el desacuerdo y la grieta.
Improving Webserver Security for Local Tax Reporting Applications Using Standard Penetration Testing Execution Methods
Authors: Pohan Yosua Ade , Yunus Yuhandri , Sumijan S
Published: September 2020

Regional Tax Reporting Application Webserver is one of the public services for taxpayers to report their sales transactions. This application can be accessed on the domain http://sptpd.payakumbuhkota.go.id. This application is public, so the principles of information security must be applied to prevent cyber attacks. The principles of information security include confidentiality, integrity, and availability. To apply this information security principle, it is necessary to conduct vulnerability assesment of the application webserver. This study aims to improve the security of the application webserver so that the data and information in it is secure. The method used in this study is the Penetration Testing Execution Standard which is one of the methods developed by the Pentest Organization to become a standard in analyzing or auditing security systems. The results of vulnerability testing using software Acunetix, Nikto, BurpSuite and Owasp, there are seven types of vulnerabilities, namely: X-Frame Header Options is Missing, CSRF Attack, Cookie Without Only Flash, DNS Vulnerability, Ddos Attack, Bruteforce Page Login and Open Port. The vulnerability can be exploited, where the level of application vulnerability is in the medium category. The recommendations for fixing vulnerabilities can be applied by the developer, so that after repairs are made, the vulnerability level of the application webserver is in the low category and there is only one type of vulnerability, namely BruteForce Page
Decision Support Systems in Identifying Silungkang Songket Motifs Using the AHP Method
Authors: Humairoh Putri Humairoh Putri , Nurcahyo Gunadi Widi
Published: September 2020

Songket Silungkang is a traditional weaving product made with special tools and is the creation of weavers from the Silungkang area. Songket has various types of motifs that are currently popular in Indonesia. So that it becomes a consideration for songket enthusiasts to get information about the songket motif. In this case, a proper analysis is needed to speed up the identification process in determining the Silungkang songket motif. Therefore we need a model that can describe all computerized systems that support the decision-making process. The decision support system using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method assesses each motive with the criteria and changes in the weight value. The criteria used in identifying Silungkang songket motifs are the type of material, the shape of the motif and the color of the motif. This study produces a matrix of yield weight, with the highest value of 90.0%. So that from the final results of the calculation, it can be identified that the most popular songket Silungkang motif at the INJ Songket Store is the pucuak rabuang motif. This is useful for facilitating decision making related to the identification of Silungkang songket motive in the future
Simulation of the Electrical Parameters of Organic Photovoltaic Cells
under QUCS and GPVDM Software
Authors: Ourahmoun Ourida
Published: September 2020

Polymer solar cells have attracted much attention during the last years due to their lowerfabrication cost and possibility of using flexible substrates. Various parameters contribute to the stability of theperformances of organic solar cells: the configuration or the structure of the cells, the materials used in theirelaboration such as the active layer, the hole transport layer, the electron transport layer and the electrodecontact. This work represents the modelling and simulation of organic solar cells using two software: QuiteUniversal Circuit Simulator, QUCS and General-Purpose Photovoltaic Device Model, GPVDM. First, anequivalent circuit model constituted from one diode, a series and shunt resistance, and a photocurrent generatorhave been used, this circuit is simulated under QUCS. The simulated results as function of different parameterssuch as series resistance, temperature of the cell, the ideality factor and current saturation are given. Thecurrent density as function of voltage J-V characteristics of the organic cell obtained from the experimentalresults are compared to the simulated one, results show that the curve with Rs=10Ω correspond to theexperimental one, the ideality factor obtained by simulation of the organic cell is 1.2, which corresponds torecombination assisted by the traps levels. Second, we discuss the different structures of organic solar cells andthe role of the interface layer used as hole transport layer or electron transport layer. The effect of the thicknessand the type of the interfacial layers is simulated under GPVDM. The best efficiency is obtained in the case ofcell using aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) as electron transport layer and copper oxide (Cu2O) as holetransport layer. The optimized cell is of the type: ITO/AZO (40 nm)/P3HT:PCBM (200 nm)/Cu2O (20 nm)/Ag,with a best power conversion efficiency of 5%.
How the Brain might use Division
Authors: Greer Kieran
Published: September 2020

One of the most fundamental questions in Biology or Artificial Intelligence is how the human brainperforms mathematical functions. How does a neural architecture that may organise itself mostly throughstatistics, know what to do? One possibility is to extract the problem to something more abstract. This becomesclear when thinking about how the brain handles large numbers, for example to the power of something, whensimply summing to an answer is not feasible. In this paper, the author suggests that the maths question can beanswered more easily if the problem is changed into one of symbol manipulation and not just number counting.If symbols can be compared and manipulated, maybe without understanding completely what they are, then themathematical operations become relative and some of them might even be rote learned. The proposed systemmay also be suggested as an alternative to the traditional computer binary system. Any of the actual maths stillbreaks down into binary operations, while a more symbolic level above that can manipulate the numbers andreduce the problem size, thus making the binary operations simpler. An interesting result of looking at this is thepossibility of a new fractal equation resulting from division, that can be used as a measure of good fit and wouldhelp the brain decide how to solve something through self-replacement and a comparison with this good fit.
Productivity and semantic classification of the phraseological pattern on + the + N
Authors: Martí Solano Ramón
Published: September 2020

This paper presents the results of a semantic classification of the phraseological pattern on + the + N in English (on the run, on the take, on the sly, on the line), a very productive pattern with an open slot. From the realizations found in four dictionaries of idioms and in the Oxford English Dictionary six notional fields have been identified. Several processes contribute to the productive character of this pattern, namely analogical production, especially geographical variants and different language registers, the process of metaphorization and antonymic analogy.
Mapas conceptuales para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de fraseología en español lengua extranjera (ELE)
Authors: Saracho Arnáiz Marta
Published: September 2020

Está probado que para que nuestros estudiantes de español lengua extranjera (ELE) sean usuarios competentes deben adquirir competencia fraseológica. Por ello, los profesores de ELE tenemos que proponer actividades de enseñanza-aprendizaje adecuadas al tipo de unidades lingüísticas y al proceso de adquisición y memorización. Por otra parte, las recientes investigaciones sobre la estructura y funcionamiento del cerebro, la adquisición de unidades léxicas y fraseológicas (UFS) y su organización formando redes dinámicas abren nuevas perspectivas acerca de su enseñanza-aprendizaje (Aitchison, 1987/2003; Baralo 1997; Mora 2013/2017). En este trabajo queremos plantearnos si los mapas conceptuales (Novak 1998/2000) que han demostrado su eficacia en otras áreas (Aguilar Tamayo 2006; Pontalti 2018) son una técnica adecuada para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de unidades fraseológicas (UFS) (Rodríguez Paniagua 2011; Barrios Rodríguez 2017). Los mapas conceptuales aúnan factores de gran valor para el aprendizaje, como colaboración, motivación y creatividad. Parten del significado y llegan a la forma, dando lugar a variadas relaciones con otras unidades.
Recursos pragmáticos para la desautomatización fraseológica en la campaña electoral brasileña de 2018 en redes sociales
Authors: Martín Salcedo Javier
Published: September 2020

Este texto trata sobre la desautomatización fraseológica (DF) en el discurso político, vehiculado por los usuarios de las redes sociales Facebook y Twitter, al emplear una serie de recursos pragmáticos de propaganda política que durante la segunda vuelta de la campaña electoral de 2018 contribuyó a la elección del 38º presidente de la República Federal Brasileña, Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Para abordar este estudio, revisaremos algunos conceptos y características de la DF, así como el contexto social, histórico y político brasileño para analizar los efectos de sentido y la materialización expresiva de las nuevas unidades fraseológicas (UF) creadas. El corpus de esta investigación proviene de la observación de los diferentes discursos proferidos en ese período electoral.
A new dataset on plant occurrences on small islands, including species abundances and functional traits across different spatial scales
Authors: Schrader Julian , Moeljono Soetjipto , Tambing Junus , Sattler Cornelia , Kreft Holger
Published: September 2020

We introduce a new dataset of woody plants on 60 small tropical islands located in the Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia. The dataset includes incidence, abundance and functional trait data for 57 species. All islands were sampled using a standardised transect and plot design providing detailed information on plant occurrences at different spatial scales ranging from the local (plot and transect scale) to the island scale. In addition, the dataset includes information on key plant functional traits linked to species dispersal, resource acquisition and competitive strategies. The dataset can be used to address ecological questions connected to the species-area relationship and community assembly processes on small islands and in isolated habitats.

The dataset yields detailed information on plant community structure and links incidence, abundance and functional trait data at different spatial scales. Furthermore, this is the first plant-island dataset for the Raja Ampat archipelago, a remote and poorly studied region, and provides important new information on species occurrences.
Alignment-free classification of COI DNA barcode data with the Python package Alfie
Authors: Nugent Cameron M. , Adamowicz Sarah J.
Published: September 2020

Characterization of biodiversity from environmental DNA samples and bulk metabarcoding data is hampered by off-target sequences that can confound conclusions about a taxonomic group of interest. Existing methods for isolation of target sequences rely on alignment to existing reference barcodes, but this can bias results against novel genetic variants. Effectively parsing targeted DNA barcode data from off-target noise improves the quality of biodiversity estimates and biological conclusions by limiting subsequent analyses to a relevant subset of available data. Here, we present Alfie, a Python package for the alignment-free classification of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA barcode sequences to taxonomic kingdoms. The package determines k-mer frequencies of DNA sequences, and the frequencies serve as input for a neural network classifier that was trained and tested using ~58,000 publicly available COI sequences. The classifier was designed and optimized through a series of tests that allowed for the optimal set of DNA k-mer features and optimal machine learning algorithm to be selected. The neural network classifier rapidly assigns COI sequences of varying lengths to kingdoms with greater than 99% accuracy and is shown to generalize effectively and make accurate predictions about data from previously unseen taxonomic classes. The package contains an application programming interface that allows the Alfie package’s functionality to be extended to different DNA sequence classification tasks to suit a user’s need, including classification of different genes and barcodes, and classification to different taxonomic levels. Alfie is free and publicly available through GitHub (https://github.com/CNuge/alfie) and the Python package index (https://pypi.org/project/alfie/).
Differential responses of prairie rodents to edge effects from recreational trails
Authors: Shorb Cameron M. , Freymiller Laur A. , Hernandez Daniel L.
Published: September 2020

Edge effects are a common phenomenon in which an ecological variable changes with respect to distance from a habitat edge. Recreational trails may constitute a habitat edge for prairie rodents because of high human presence, high predator presence, or limited shelter compared to the prairie core. Despite the prevalence of trails in conservation parcels, their effect on wildlife distribution remains largely unstudied. We examined the impacts of recreational trails on small mammal activity in the restored prairies of the Cowling Arboretum at Carleton College. The prairies were restored from 1995 to 2008 and now comprise a contiguous prairie block of approximately 155 ha. Over 2 consecutive summers, we used infrared motion-sensing cameras to record the relative amount of time rodents spend at baited stations placed at different distances from the trail. The results varied between taxa: voles (Microtus spp.) avoided trail edges whereas mouse (Cricetidae and Dipodidae) and thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) activity was unaffected by trail proximity. Trails may therefore have species-specific effects on small mammals, with potential consequences for the connectivity and distribution of populations.
Experimental determination of the induced activity in activation detectors of a complex geometric shape
Authors: Ibragimov Renat F. , Kokorev Yakov A. , Denisenko Anastasia P. , Ryabeva Elena V. , Samosadny Valery T. , Hasnaoui Hamza
Published: September 2020

The paper presents the results of experimental determination of the induced activity in copper-/aluminum-based activation detectors when irradiated with neutrons with energies of about 14 MeV. The activation detectors were square-shaped metal plates with a thickness from 1.0 to 1.5 mm and a side size about 5.0 cm. These dimensions significantly exceed those of the detectors that are used in the research of high-intensity neutron fluxes. The detectors described in this work can be used for studying low-intensity neutron fluxes (with a flux density of up to 106n/cm2∙s). It is shown that, when working with such detectors, it is possible to apply the usual methods for calculating the induced activity in thin activation detectors, with corrections that take into account the emerging features of the ‘neutron source - activation detector’ and ‘activation detector - secondary radiation detector’ geometries. The effects of absorption of primary and secondary radiation by the detector substance are also revealed.

The Geant4 tools were used for calculating the geometric factors and theoretical induced activity. The study confirms the applicability of such activation detectors for solving the problem of determining the yield of neutrons with energies of about 14 MeV from a neutron generator target. The results of the experiments coincide, within the margin of error, with the results of simulations performed using the Geant4 tools.
Échec et mat
Authors: Andruétan Yann
Published: September 2020

Être confronté à l’échec est une épreuve émotionnelle en soi et expose l’individu au jugement d’autrui. Pour certains, cette sensation est intolérable et peut mener au suicide. Mais l’échec est une expérience courante. Le connaître et s’en relever est même valorisé dans les démocraties libérales, au contraire des sociétés totalitaires. L’échec menace l’idée de soi, parce qu’il faudra dorénavant vivre avec. C’est aussi un signal : la destinée humaine est irrémédiablement tragique.
Une source d’innovation
Authors: Gavriloff Ivan
Published: September 2020

L’innovation est quelque chose de très objectif ; l’échec, lui, est un sentiment, celui ressenti quand le résultat obtenu n’est pas le résultat désiré. Réussir à innover tout en ayant eu la sensation tout au long du parcours d’échouer est alors, en toute logique, envisageable. Il arrive ainsi que cet échec conduise à des innovations inattendues. Plongeons-nous dans quelques exemples d’innovations fameuses et observons à quelles étapes le sentiment d’échec put s’inviter.
« Ils sont face à moi. Je vais devoir leur dire… »
Authors: Lemaire Fabien
Published: September 2020

Au cours d’un convoi logistique, une double attaque ied /mine a tué un sous-officier de l’escadron et blessé huit autres soldats. Le chef de convoi revient ici sur cette attaque, et raconte le moment de l’annonce de cette mort et la manière dont il a géré les événements afin de pouvoir poursuivre la mission.
L’épaisseur du quotidien en récit
Authors: Christen Alessio
Published: September 2020

Cingria propose dans ses récits un usage du quotidien à la fois original et réfléchi. L’observation des incipit, des clausules et de la trame narrative de certains d’entre eux permet de montrer que leur structure en boucle, calquée sur le cycle journalier, relève d’une forme propre pouvant être qualifiée de « récit de journée ». Une mise en forme du quotidien que le récit finit par dépasser, invitant à des considérations d’ordre symbolique qui relèvent d’une vision du monde organisée. Ce mode de création, liant idées et innovations esthétiques, pourrait inviter à établir certains parallèles entre l’auteur et les artistes de son temps.
« Nos ancêtres, les Gaulois » ? Les « racines gauloises » et leurs usages politiques dans la France médiévale
Authors: Collard Franck
Published: September 2020

C’est au Moyen Âge, dans la seconde moitié du xiii e  siècle, qu’est apparu le premier récit historique global consacré au passé de la France, le « Roman aux Roys », chronique commandée par Saint Louis au moine de Saint-Denis Primat et continuée jusqu’à 1461 pour être imprimée à Paris en 1477. Mais l’ancestralité gauloise de la « Nation France » n’y apparaît pas. C’est cette absence a priori étonnante que l’on s’efforcera d’expliquer avant d’examiner les premiers signes de l’apparition des Gaulois dans la mythographie nationale.
Prospérité et infortunes d’un mythe national. Les Gaulois dans le discours public depuis 1958
Authors: Garcia Patrick
Published: September 2020

Cet article propose d’étudier l’évolution et la réécriture du mythe des Gaulois dans le discours public, à travers les discours présidentiels sous la V e  République. Encore vivace sous la présidence de Charles de Gaulle, le mythe perd en force au lendemain des septennats de François Mitterrand, avant d’être trivialisé – Vercingétorix laissant place à Astérix et Obélix – et réactualisé à la faveur du débat sur l’identité française.
Radiation Generation with an Existing Demonstrator of an Energy-Recovery Continuous-Wave Superconducting RF Accelerator
Authors: Hwang Ji-Gwang , Abo-Bakr Michael , Matveenko Aleksandr , Kourkafas Georgios , Kamps Thorsten
Published: September 2020

Over the past decades, many accelerator laboratories have put much effort into the development of compact energy-recovery linac (ERL) demonstrators to verify various physical and technical aspects of the generation, acceleration, transport and energy recovery of high brightness and high average current electron beams in a superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) linear accelerator. Beyond these goals, the ERL demonstrator also offers unique opportunities to study novel schemes for THz and X-ray radiation generation. In this paper, we discuss feasible options for schemes generating THz and X-ray radiation at low-energy continuous-wave (CW) SRF ERL demonstrators such as the bERLinPro accelerator.
The Serbian Novel After the End of Utopia: “Reconstructive” versus “Deconstructive” Writing?
Authors: Gvozden Vladimir
Published: September 2020

Numerous Serbian novels of the 1980s and 1990s turned to the treatment of an older, allegedly forgotten history which encompasses the premodern period from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. It seems that this shift was accompanied by a political idealism and national-emancipatory zeal after the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia and its cultural politics. This paper will critically examine three extremely successful examples of historical postmodernism in contemporary Serbian literature: Milorad Pavić’s Dictionary of the Khazars (1984), Radoslav Petković’s Destiny, Annotated (1993) and Goran Petrović’s Opsada crkve Svetog Spasa (The Siege of the Church of Holy Salvation, 1997). This “historical turn” of historical postmodernism could be interpreted both as a deceptive attempt to return to the roots and as distinct archaeology with which writing seeks to examine the contemporary unsafe ground of the political, cultural and economic transition from the socialist system to democracy and capitalism. Actually, it seems that this kind of “reconstructive” novelistic approach, which can be seen as a deliberate postmodern double-coding, could be understood as a search for Serbian cultural capital that can be easily—perhaps too easily—found in the distant past. On the other side, the paper analyses “deconstructive” novels, like David Albahari’s Bait (1996), Vladimir Tasić’s Kiša i hartija (Rain and Paper, 2004) and Slobodan Tišma’s Bernardijeva soba (Bernardi’s Room, 2011). The novels from this camp demonstrate that the complexity connected with the demise of meta-narratives is not easy to represent in a work of literature. Through the figure of a weak subject, the “deconstructive” novel is able to imprint itself into the unknown, to disrupt codes, to cross the border and the wall of the symbolic order of capitalism and socialism and their production of desire. At the end of the paper, the paradoxes inherent in both these types of writing are presented.
Kognitivisitčna interpretacija družbene funkcije empatije v drami Kasandra Borisa A. Novaka
Authors: Žunkovič Igor
Published: September 2020

Kasandra slovenskega pesnika in dramatika Borisa A. Novaka je nastala po avtorjevi izkušnji balkanskih vojn, zato ni presenetljivo, da ima družbenokritično perspektivo. V drami je izpostavljen pojav vojne travme in njene razrešitve v postsocialističnem kontekstu, to je v kontekstu razpada Jugoslavije. A drama na ozadju historičnih referenc obravnava individualno raven doživljanja vojnih dogodkov, vključno s posilstvi in uboji. Klasična starogrška zgodba je premeščena v sodobni čas, s čimer Novak izpostavi nadčasovnost travm, ki jih povzročajo vse vojne od Troje dalje. A Novakova drama se konča na nov način, in sicer s Kasandrinim odpuščanjem Agamemnonu. Razrešitev se izkaže za zanimivo, po eni strani zaradi svoje nepričakovanosti in izjemnosti, po drugi strani pa zaradi osredotočanja na subjektivni vidik pomiritve. V članku na teoretski podlagi kognitivne literarne vede, zlasti s pomočjo razlikovanja med kognitivno in emotivno empatijo, analiziram okoliščine, kognitivne mehanizme in socialno funkcijo Kasandrine odločitve, da odpusti Agamemnonu. Ta ima z evolucijsko-socialnega vidika sprva razdiralno oz. tekmovalno funkcijo, z osebnega vidika pa omogoča individualno samo-izpolnitev skozi ljubezen. Kot temeljno vprašanje Novakove drame se nazadnje izkaže sledeča dilema: ali je mogoče na ravni kognitivistične analize upravičiti bodisi individualno bodisi kolektivno premagovanje travme na Kasandrin način.
Neodločljivost v poeziji Tomaža Šalamuna
Authors: Širca Alen
Published: September 2020

Razprava se ukvarja s poezijo Tomaža Šalamuna, in sicer skuša ovrednotiti njegov izjemno obsežen pesniški korpus v celoti. Najprej ponuja kratek (nepopoln) pregled pomembnejših kritiških in literarnozgodovinskih ocen Šalamunove poezije, potem pa analizira njegovo afiniteto do religioznega diskurza, ki ga ustvarjalno vpleta v svoje pogosto disjunktivne pesniške kompozicije. Vprašanje, ki se ob tem postavlja, je, ali gre tu v temelju za izrekanje neke religiozne izkušnje oziroma hrepenenja po njej in s tem za poezijo, ki izreka neki »metafizični« smisel, ali pa gre samo za simulacijo religioznega jezika in tako za »poezijo površine« v neoavantgardnem ključu? Ob pomoči Derridajevega koncepta »neodločljivosti« članek pokaže, da je Šalamunova poezija strukturirana tako, da se je nemogoče odločiti tako za eno kot za drugo opcijo. Na koncu članek opozarja na to, da je Šalamun pomembno vplival tudi na srbsko pesništvo od sedemdesetih let 20. stoletja naprej. Kratka analiza pesmi »Šalamun« Nenada Jovanovića ponuja spodbudo za ta slabo raziskani literarni vpliv slovenske literaturo na srbsko.
Avtorske pravice v češki literaturi na prelomu 19. in 20. stoletja: Jiráskov spor za Pasjeglavce
Authors: Zelenka Miloš
Published: September 2020

Razprava obravnava teoretske in zgodovinske vidike avtorskega prava v obdobju Habsburške monarhije na primeru nedovoljene gledališke priredbe romana Aloisa Jiráska Pasjeglavci (Psohlavci), ki jo je 1899 pod naslovom Jan Sladký Kozina napisal in uprizoril Jan Baptist Kühnl (1849–1904), dramatik, prevajalec in eden prvih plagiatorjev v zgodovini češke književnosti. Leta 1899 je Jirásek dobil tožbo proti nezakoniti uprizoritvi na podlagi cesarskega zakona št. 197/1895 o zaščiti avtorskih pravic za literarna, umetniška in fotografska dela, ki je nadgradil cesarski patent iz leta 1846 (nekatere formulacije v njem so prešle v avtorsko pravo neodvisne Češkoslovaške). Toda leta 1920 sta Kühnlovi vdova Marie in hči Marie Luisa igro izdali v knjižni obliki, pri čemer sta besedilo iz leta 1899 le jezikovno posodobili. Jirásek je l. 1921 dobil še eno tožbo proti plagiatorstvu, ki kaže na pomen avtorskih pravic kot manifestacije duhovne, nesnovne lastnine, ki jo je treba pravno zaščititi, z literarnega vidika pa demonstrira primer plagiata kot neinventivne imitacije, ki si izposoja »celotno zgradbo, romaneskno zgodbo in posamezne sestavine« literarnega dela.
sUAS Multispectral Survey of the Historical Landscape of Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France
Authors: Carroll Jon W.
Published: September 2020

Chateau de Balleroy located in the Calvados region of Normandy, France played an important role in the career of François Mansart, popularizer of the “Mansard” roof. Historic architectural features, subsurface archaeological features, and graffiti were documented using drones and multispectral imagery. The analysis of these data enhances our understanding of how the people of Balleroy marked and modified the Chateau and its associated landscape at multiple sociospatial scales over the last four centuries.
Short Term Hydro-Thermal Scheduling Using Backtracking Search Algorithm
Authors: Dasgupta Koustav , Roy Provas Kumar
Published: September 2020

In this article, a new optimization technique, the backtracking search algorithm (BSA), is proposed to solve the hydrothermal scheduling problem. The BSA has mainly unique five steps: (i) Initialization; (ii) Selection – I; (iii) Mutation; (iv) Crossover; and (v) Selection – II; which have been applied to minimize fuel cost of the hydro-thermal scheduling problem. The BSA is very fast, robust, reliable optimization technique and gives an accurate, optimized result. Mutation and crossover are very effective steps of the BSA, which help to determine the better optimum value of the objective function. Here, four hydro and three thermal power generating units are considered. Performance of each committed generating units (hydro and thermal) are also analyzed using a new proposed algorithm, the BSA. A multi-reservoir cascaded hydroelectric with a nonlinear relationship between water discharge rate and power generation is considered. The valve point loading effect is also considered with a fuel cost function. The proposed optimum fuel cost obtained from the BSA shows the better result as compared to other techniques like particle swarm optimization (PSO), teaching learning-based optimization (TLBO), quasi-oppositional teaching learning-based optimization (QOTLBO), real-coded genetic algorithm (RCGA), mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) and krill herd algorithm (KHA), etc.
Cognitive Modeling of Learning Using Big Data From a Science-Based Game Development Environment
Authors: Annetta Leonard , Lamb Richard , Bressler Denise M. , Vallett David B.
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this study was to identify the underlying cognitive attributes used during the design and development of science-based serious educational games. Study methods rely on a modification of cognitive diagnostics, item response theory, and Bayesian estimation with traditional statistical techniques such as factor analysis and model fit analysis to examine the data and model structure. A computational model of the cognitive processing using an artificial neural network (ANN) allowed for examination of underlying mechanisms of cognition from a server-side data set and a 21st century skills assessment. ANN results indicate that the model correctly predicts successful completion of science-based serious educational game (SEG) design tasks related to 21st century skills 86% of the time and correctly predicts failure to complete SEG design tasks related to 21st century skills 78% of the time. The model also reveals the relative importance of each particular cognitive attribute within the 21st century skills framework.
Cognitive Analytics for Rapid Stress Relief in Humans Using EEG Based Analysis of Tratak Sadhana (Meditation)
Authors: Kamthekar Swati , Deshpande Prachi , Iyer Brijesh
Published: September 2020

The article reports the effect of Tratak Sadhana (meditation) on humans using electroencephalograph (EEG) signals. EEG represents the brain activities in the form of electrical signals. Due to non-stationary nature of the EEG signals, nonlinear parameters like approximate entropy, wavelet entropy and Higuchi' fractal dimensions are used to assess the variations in EEG rest as well as during Tratak Sadhana, i.e. at a rest state with eyes closed and during Tratak meditation. EEG signals are captured using EPOC Emotive EEG sensor. The sensor has 14 electrodes covering human scalp. Results shows that new practitioners can also achieve a rapid meditative state as compared to other meditation techniques. Further, the Big Data perspective of the present study is discussed. The present study shows that Tratak Sadhana meditation is an effective tool for rapid stress relief in humans.
Intellectual Capital in Information Technology Companies in India
Authors: Kulkarni Mugdha , Vijayakumar Bharathi. S.
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this research is to study how intellectual capital impacts firm performance in information technology companies in India. Based on an extensive review of the existing literature, critical factors of intellectual capital (human capital, structural capital, and relational capital), and firm performance (financial performance and brand reputation) were defined to build a theoretical (causal) model. Senior executives of Indian IT companies (N=112) formed the sample for the empirical study. Using structural equation modeling, the study found human capital and structural capital impact brand reputation and financial performance. Interestingly, relational capital impacted financial performance and not brand reputation. The outcome of this research is significant in two ways: one, it explored the impact of intellectual capital on brand reputation and financial performance, which underpins research directions from the literature, and two, it contributed to the comparatively less-researched contextual relevance from an Indian information technology company perspective.
Learning Performance of Teaching Practice of Friendly Senior Care Space Design
Authors: Lee Meng-Chieh Jeffrey , Chen Hsiao-Yu , Fang Yi-Ming , Wang Ling-Fang , Chen Chia-Yu
Published: September 2020

Taiwan is an aging society, but the appropriate designs must be considered in senior care spaces. Universal design knowledge has been addressed in universities, but students cannot imagine how age affects the needs of senior citizens physically and psychologically. The teaching practice in this study adopted a dyadic teaching method whereby students observed the needs of individuals in a nursing care center for elderly people. It also used cooperative learning methods for nursing students to discuss the needs of senior citizens and to help design students understand the lifestyles of senior citizens through the use of simulation devices. Through the feedback from the learning process, statistical analysis was used to assess the learning performance of students. The design studio used these two teaching methods, and the respective work was entered into an open design competition to verify whether teaching performance was successful. Approximately 70% of the works earned design awards. This provided a preliminary validation of the success of the respective teaching practice method.
Employees Outlook Regarding Quality and CRM Link for Enriched Competitive Strategy
Authors: Baporikar Neeta
Published: September 2020

The business environment is dynamic and faces frequent changes driven by macro and micro factors. Due to these changes, businesses are forced to either evolve or exit. Those that evolve choose the path of advancement and are determined to sustain their competitive positions. The financial services sector is one sector that is particularly undergoing changes and banks particularly in this sector face changes from all front. All segments in which banks operate from payment transfers to home loans are under serious pressures due to FinTechs and technology. The banking sector in Namibia is no exception. Hence, adopting a qualitative research approach with content analysis, primary data gathered by questionnaires from Standard Bank employees, the study aims to investigate employees' outlook regarding quality and CRM nexus for enriched competitive strategy in an ever-changing and competitive environment. The findings reveal that quality and customer relationship management processes do influence customers' experiences, satisfaction levels, and loyalty.
A NUTS 2 Level Cluster Analysis of EAFRD Submeasure 4.1 Implementation in Romania and Poland
Authors: Sin Alexandru , Nowak Czesław , Burlacu Ion
Published: September 2020

Rural development is an important part of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union, as the Second Pillar of CAP, covering a wide range of actions, aimed at achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities. Previous studies highlighted significant similarities between Romania and Poland, regarding agricultural sector and rural areas. A k-mean cluster analysis was performed on Romanian and Polish NUTS2 regions, in order to identify common problems and examples of good practices. The analysis considered five clusters, built over a dataset of four variables: EAFRD investments in farms per capita, share of agricultural output in GDP, utilized agricultural area, and GDP per capita. Out of the five clusters, only one presented a balanced composition of Romanian and Polish regions, also representing a good example of attracting rural development funds where they're mostly needed.
Role of ICT in Promoting Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Pakistan
Authors: Tunio Muhammad Nawaz
Published: September 2020

The entrepreneurial ecosystem has been ingrained with the mutual support of educational institutions, mobile operators, supporting networks, and other government organizations. These joint initiatives unlock the huge opportunities, but there is an urge to accelerate digital entrepreneurship. However, this is an exploratory study, and the motive is to explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in promoting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Pakistan. It has been found that there are several contributors to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem system in the country. Universities offer business education to educate and train the students whereas the business incubators established by the universities provide an opportunity to the students and alumni to pursue entrepreneurial career. In this regard, ICT plays a revolutionary role for the new startups.
LITERATURA EM ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS
Authors: Brocchetto Ramos Flávia , Dall' Agnol Gabrielle , Morés Andreia
Published: September 2020

Este artigo analisa resultados de investigação sobre a mediação da leitura literária relacionada a obras selecionadas pelo Programa Nacional Biblioteca da Escola (PNBE), a fim de compreender como a escola atua nesse Programa de leitura. O estudo focaliza dois grupos de profissionais que atuam em escolas públicas (municipais e estaduais) nos municípios de Caxias do Sul e Terra de Areia-RS, nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, em especial, os que exercem a docência em turmas de primeiro ao terceiro ano. Para a construção de dados, foram realizados questionários com questões objetivas e dissertativas pautadas nos princípios qualitativos de BAUER & GASKELL (2002) e BISOL (2012). Os dados analisados sinalizam para a importância da literatura durante a formação dos profissionais, bem como o incentivo de programas de governo que fortalecem as práticas docentes, incentivando a formação de leitores.
REFLEXÕES SOBRE O ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA PARA ALUNOS COM DEFICIÊNCIA EM SALA MULTISSERIALIZADA
Authors: Santos Rocha Ícaro , Pereira dos Santos Dulce
Published: September 2020

O ensino em salas multisseriadas surgiu como uma maneira de proporcionar o ensino aos indivíduos que por muito tempo foram excluídos do acesso à escola, sendo, portanto, um aspecto ligado ao processo de segregação social que existe predominantemente em países subdesenvolvidos. Neste contexto, a quantidade reduzida de alunos presentes faz com que surjam classes multisseriadas, unindo alunos de duas ou mais turmas diferentes. Tal situação leva o professor a lidar com a questão de ter que ministrar conteúdos diferentes em turmas com grande diversidade de níveis de aprendizagem, tanto pelo aspecto de haver alunos em séries diferentes, quanto pelo fator cognitivo. Vale ressaltar que a temática da educação inclusiva não é abordada apenas na questão da multisserialização e da educação do campo, mas também no ensino de pessoas com deficiência, que possuem as suas especificidades e que estão no ensino regular não apenas para a promoção da sua socialização, mas também para aprender como todos os outros alunos. Sendo assim, ocorre a necessidade de observar a educação do campo, a multisserialização e a educação inclusiva com as suas peculiaridades, visando o estabelecimento de um processo de ensino-aprendizagem que preze pela diversidade e pela equidade, onde todos possam aprender. No que se refere à geografia escolar, o professor deve garantir que os alunos possam compreender os conteúdos relacionados à disciplina prezando sempre pelo respeito ao tempo do aluno aprender, utilizando recursos que facilitem o seu aprendizado, além de construir conhecimentos relacionados ao espaço de vivência do discente e o seu papel como cidadão. Portanto, o respectivo trabalho tem como objetivo fazer considerações sobre o ensino de alunos com deficiência e os desafios enfrentados para o seu desenvolvimento no contexto de uma turma multisseriada em Miralta, distrito de Montes Claros-MG. A metodologia desta produção se estabelece por meio de levantamentos bibliográficos, a empiria por meio do exercício da docência e entrevistas realizadas junto a professora de apoio da turma. Apesar dos fatores que contribuem para uma melhor compreensão dos conteúdos, muitos obstáculos existem para que o processo de ensino-aprendizagem possa ser mais efetivo no local em questão.