bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cognitive Neuroscience Meets the Community of Knowledge
Authors: Barbey Aron Keith , Patterson Richard , Sloman Steven A.
Published: April 2021

Cognitive neuroscience seeks to discover the biological foundations of the human mind. One goal is to explain how mental operations are generated by the information processing architecture of the human brain. Our aim is to assess whether this is a well-defined objective. Our contention will be that it is not because the information processing of any given individual is not contained entirely within that individual’s brain. Rather, it typically includes components situated in the heads of others, in addition to being distributed across parts of the individual’s body and physical environment. Our focus here will be on cognition distributed across individuals, or on what we call the “community of knowledge,” the challenge that poses for reduction of cognition to neurobiology, the contribution of cognitive neuroscience to the study of communal processes, and the positive role of neuroscience in a pluralistic account of human cognition.
ARTIKEL GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN DAN PEMBANGUNGAN DESA
Authors: Alaslan Amtai
Published: April 2021

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara Gaya Kepemimpinan dengan Pembangunan Desa di Desa Keliobar Kecamatan Tanimbar Utara Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner sebagai instrumen utama penelitan dengan sampel sebanyak 95 responden yang dianalisis dengan menggunakan rumus Korelasi Pearson Produck Moment dan uji signifikasinya dilakukan dengan mengunakan uji t (t-tes)Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan rumus Korelasi Pearson Product Momentdiperoleh hasil nilai r = 0,6458, yangmenunjukan bahwa ada hubungan yang Kuat antara Gaya Kepemimpinan dengan Pembangunan Desa pada interval 0,60 -0,799. Sementara kontribusi Gaya Kepemimpinan) terhadap Pembangunan Desa sebesar 41,70% sedangkan sisanya 58,30% ditentukan oleh fakor lain yang tidak sempat diteliti oleh penulis, dan Uji signifikansi dengan mengkonsultasikan nilai t-hitung dengan nilai t-tabel taraf nyata 5% dengan N=95, diperoleh nilai t-hitung lebih kecil dari nilai t-tabel (8,15 ˃ 1,986) sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa hipotesa alternatif (Ha) diterima dan hipotesa nol (H0) ditolak. Kata Kunci : Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Pembangunan Desa
Kepemimpinan Cendekia: Syiar, Doa, & Ikhtiar
Authors: Arifin Antoni Ludfi
Published: April 2021

Buku ini menegaskan bahwa kepemimpinan itu soal karakter yang termanifestasi dalam sikap dan perbuatan. Dalam bahasa agama disebut akhlak. Hal ini sejalan dengan ungkapan: Leadership is not a position or a title but is an action and example. Kepemimpinan tidak terkait langsung dengan posisi, jabatan, dan kedudukan seseorang, tetapi terkait dengan sikap dan tindakan positif yang menginspirasi dan layak diteladani. Hal ini tidak berarti bahwa posisi dan jabatan tidak penting sama sekali, tentu pribadi yang memiliki posisi dan jabatan harus lebih menampilkan karakter kepemimpinannya.
Determination of the prevalence of hypertension and factors associated with blood pressure among hospitalised elderly in Hospital Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Authors:   Universiti Putra Malaysia, Hashidi Siti Nurhaliza , Omar Noraida ,   Universiti Putra Malaysia, Adznam Siti Nur 'Asyura ,   Universiti Putra Malaysia
Published: April 2021

Introduction: Increasing trends of hypertension has been recognised as a common disease among the elderly. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension and factors associated with blood pressure among hospitalised elderly. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 124 patients in Hospital Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Data on socio-demography, medical background, anthropometry, blood biochemistry and lifestyle were collected through face-to-face interviews and medical records. Dietary intake was obtained through two days of food history. Malnutrition risks and stress level were determined using the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Results: There were 59.7% males and 40.3% females with mean age of 66.81±5.35 years. Majority were found to have hypertension (72.6%). Approximately 38.7% had normal body mass index (BMI). Most of them reported insufficient dietary intakes except for trans fats, sodium, and caffeine. Nearly 62.1% were engaged with physical activity, 23.4% were smoking, and 4.8% were taking alcohol. Approximately 66.1% and 86.3% were classified as having normal nutritional status and normal stress levels. In this study, the prevalence of hypertension among elderly patients warded in Hospital Serdang, Selangor was 72.6% and factors such as length of stay, number of co-morbidities, number of medications, having co-morbidities of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes mellitus, polypharmacy, height, BMI, fibre, polyunsaturated fat, dietary cholesterol, caffeine, and duration of physical activity were found to be associated with blood pressure. Conclusion: The present study found that majority of patients (72.6%) had hypertension. Future studies regarding factors associated with blood pressure are recommended
Use of LANDSAT-TM data in mapping of the Siwalik deposits, Nepal
Authors: Duvadi A. K. , Rimal L. N. , Nepali D. , Singh S.
Published: April 2021

Satellite data are exploited to study the Butwal, Hetauda, Bagmati River and Trijuga sections of the Siwaliks and the results of the investigations are discussed. Remote Sensing data deliver information on lithological units, orientation of the strata (bedding as iron plates, strike directions) and tectonic structures (strong lines and other features) of the region.

The data supplemented by multicolour satellite images are valuable assets in deciphering the geology of an area. The satellite LANDSAT-TM data of two false colour composites of the Bagmati and Trijuga River area of the Sub-Himalayan (Siwalik) region show interesting tonal and morphological (topographical and textural) differences. Such variations can be attributed to lithological discrepancies among the geological formations of the area.

At least three different lithological units of the Siwaliks are recognised. They are fine, medium and coarse grained elastic deposits corresponding to the three fold divisions (Lower, Middle and Upper) of the Sub-Himalaya. The three lithological units are morphologically related to the smooth, rugged and dissected terrains. Shifting up of the Siwalik range near about I2 km northeast of Lahan, active fault alignment along with MBT (north of Gaighat), Bhabar Zone (southern part of the foothills of the Siwaliks), Dun Valley (Hetauda) are prominent features observed in the TM-scenes.

Rivers originating in the middle mountains of Lesser Himalaya like Trijuga, Bagrnati, Rapti, Tinau and Banganga drain through the Siwaliks crossing the major structure MBT suggesting an antecedent river type. Other streams originating in the Siwaliks and flowing southward are obsequent and subsequent.
Indicator plants as guide to mineralisation in parts of Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya, India
Authors: Sen Purnendu
Published: April 2021

Systematic geobotanical and biogeochemical studies have not been attempted in any of the basemental prospects in the eastern Himalaya. The conventional geochemical soil and bedrock sampling in this rugged terrain has been proved to be abortive due to steep surface gradient, soil creep, landslide and excessive precipitation. As a supplement to conventional geochemical prospecting, an orientation survey on the population and growth habits of plants may help in the selection of plant species for prospecting. The chemical analyses of systematically sampled plants may possibly lead to the identification of indicator plants which are likely to act as direct guide to mineralisation in the substrate. With these ideas in view, the Pb-Zn-Cu deposit of the Bhotang mine near Rangpo, Sikkim and Pb-Zn-Cu mineralised zone of Malkhola Block, Gorubathan in Darjeeling district, West Bengal have been selected for such studies so as to find out the possible correlation of the elemental concentrations in the substrate and plants growing over them and subsequently delineating the indicator plants for certain elements. The presence and distribution pattern of such indicator plants in adjoining areas or elsewhere may help to detect zones of mineralisation which may not have any surface expression.

The polymetallic Pb-Zn-Cu deposit of the Bhotang mine, Rangpo, Sikkim the mineralisation occurs in the form of veins, disseminations, patches and lenses in chlorite schist and phyllite. Five zones of mineralization have been delineated from southwest to northeast and it has been observed that the chalcopyrite-rich zone increases towards the southwestern direction and galena predominates over the other sulphides in the northeastern part.

The leaves, twigs and roots of different plant species occurring in the hill above the Bhotang mine have been systematically sampled and analysed for basementals and associated trace elements. The ashes of several plant species, viz. Dioscorea batatas, Eupatorium odoratum, Lantana camara, Pteris longifolia, Adiantum sp., grass with hard intemode, grass without hard internode and locally known Koirala (Family: Verbenaceae) show anomalous concentrations of Pb, Zn and Cu and other trace elements. A rare variety of plant, locally known as Koirala (Family: Verbenaceae) grown on the hanging wall side of the lode and Pityrogramma sp., an extremely rare variety of fern, have yielded very high values of Cu Pb and Zn which designates them as possible indicator plants for basemetal mineralisation in this terrain.

The study has thus indicated that Koirala and pytyrogramma sp. In Rangpo area, and Plumbago zeylanica and Micana scandens in Gorubathan area, Darjeeling hold good promise as local indicator plants for identifying zones of basemental mineralisation.
Heavy metal pollution in the western part of Peshawar metropolis, north Pakistan
Authors: Hamidullah Syed , Khan M. Sultan , Shah M. Tahir
Published: April 2021

Peshawar is the capital of North-West-Frontier-Province (NWFP) and the largest trade centre in the northwestern part of Pakistan. Due to high rate of urbanisation and the sudden influxes of Afghan refugees in the past two decades, the city has become one of the most polluted ones in the South Central Asia. The increased load of transportation with no or limited expansion of roads, unplanned and uncontrolled industrialisation and poor sanitation have caused the atmosphere unprecedently overburdened with smokes and dusts of all kinds. This paper is a part of a detail study carried out to determine heavy metal concentrations in air dust, soil and sewerage of the Peshawar metropolis.

In the western part of Peshawar metropolis at 16 chowks (road crossings), air dust samples were collected at nose height and at ground positions in open buckets filled with distilled water for 48 hours. From the same locations, clay/road-mud samples were collected from solidified clay on ground surface. Similarly, soil samples were collected from non-metalled parts at 2 feet depths in subsurface from 10 locations. Correspondingly, sewerage samples were collected from sewerage water and sewerage mud. Vehicular traffic counting was carried out at each chowk for 12 peak hours. At nose height the heavy metal  contents  showed  ppm ranges of:  Cr=  0.06-3.2, Co=  0.3-2.4,  Ni=  0.17-5.97, Cu=  0.88-8.8, Zn = 0.81-17, Fe = 3-57 and Pb 2-25. The heavy metals concentrations at ground positions were noticed to be higher than at the nose level. The soil samples do not show significant enrichment in heavy metals and are therefore classified as the normal soils. In sewerage water samples the heavy metals concentrations showed ppm ranges of Cr= 0.1-3.81, Co= 0-2, Ni = 0.1 -3, Cu = 0.13-3, Zn = 0.1 - 4.3, Fe = 13 -99 and Pb = 1.81-10. Sewerage mud showed higher concentrations of these metals as compared to sewerage water. A systematic positive variations between the atomic masses of the metals and their concentrations was noticed in air, clay, sewerage water and sewerage mud, indicating that the higher the atomic mass, the higher was the rate of fall/deposition of that particular metal, if available. It was also noticed that compared with water, air is a finer sorting agent for heavy metals.

At each chowk, both individual metal and the total dust fall showed positive correlation with the total number of vehicles, indicating that the moving vehicular traffic is the major cause of keeping metals­ loaded dust in the air. However, these vehicles may not be considered as the major source of emanating these metals from their exhausts. The study showed that the major sources of heavy metals in the western part of Peshawar metropolis are small metal shops, workshops, construction projects, rusted bridges, fences and vehicles on the roads as well as the damaged sewerage system.
Palaeohydrological Characteristics of the Amlekhganj Formation in Central Nepal Sub Himalaya
Authors: Ulak P. D. , Nakayama K.
Published: April 2021

The palaeohydrological studies of the Middle Member of the Amlekhganj Formation, Nepal Sub Himalaya, are based on the grain size and flow depth for values of the palaeoslope gradient, palaeovelocity, and palaeodischarge. The grain size distribution was measured by using the laser diffraction particle size analyser (SALD 3000S; Shimazu), and the flow depth was estimated from the autogenic fining upward succession. The measured values of the palaeoslope gradient, palaeovelocity, and palaeodischarge were 1.21-1.88x10-6 m/m, 0.67-0.78 m/s, and 103-105 m3/s, respectively. The palaeoslope is comparable to the slopes of such modern Himalayan frontal fans as the Kosi Fan.
Origin and occurrence of clay minerals in the Ariyalur Group of sedimentary rocks, Cauvery basin, Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Madhavaraju J. , Ramasamy S.
Published: April 2021

Clay mineral assemblages in the Ariyalur Group of sedimentary rocks were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The results of the study indicate that illite and smectite are the predominant clay minerals whereas kaolinite and chlorite occur in minor amounts. The Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian rocks (i.e., Sillakkudi and Kallankurichchi Formations) contain a large amount of illite. The study reveals that these sediments were derived from the continental erosion of pre-existing rocks that were subjected to low intensity chemical weathering associated with a temperate climate. A significant decrease in illite content is observed in the Ottakkovil Formation. It implies a climatic transition (from temperate to warm) during the Middle Maastrichtian time. On the other hand, a high content of pedogenic smectite in the Kallamedu Formation is indicative of warm climatic conditions with alternating dry and wet periods during the formation of this mineral.
Sedimentary geology and biostratigraphy of the Mianwali Formation, Kala Chitta Range, Northern Pakistan
Authors: Qureshi Kaleem Akhtar , Fatmi Ali Nasir , Sheikh Riaz Ahmed , Butt Aftab Ahmad
Published: April 2021

Microfacies analysis and ammonite biostratigraphy of the Mianwali Formation of the Kala China Range were worked out on the basis of stratigraphic sections from Chak Jabbi and Bagh. Four microfacies were identified from the Chak Jabbi section while amrnonite biostratigraphy was studied from both the sections. Filamentous bivalves in micrite deposited along a shelf margin below normal wave base represent the first microfacies. The second microfacies contains bioclastic wackestone deposited in an open marine environment of normal salinity. The third microfacies consists of lime mudstone formed in a stressed environment of lagoonal conditions, whereas the fourth microfacies of dolomitised carbonate mudstone was formed by the diagenetic dolomitisation of the third microfacies.

The new collection of ammonites includes Arctoceras tuberculatum, Anakashmirites aff. evolutus, Meekoceras gracilitatis, Stephanites sp., Pseudoceltites sp., Subvishnuites aff. welteri, Arnautoceltites sp., Owemtes sp. indet, Subvishnuites aff. enveris, Pseudosageceras sp. indet, Paranannites sp., Subcolumbites sp., Anasibrites sp., and Pseudaspidites sp, confirming the already known Sctythian age of the Mianwali Formation.
Stanisław Lem. Fantasta, który nazywał swoje marzenia.
Authors: Tambor Jolanta , Sztuka Maria
Published: April 2021

Stanisław Lem, który w swojej twórczości z nurtu science fiction tworzył niezwykłe światy, odznaczał się nie tylko wyjątkową wyobraźnią, ale i wyrafinowanym zmysłem słowotwórczym. Wytwory jego wyobraźni fascynowały i nadal fascynują badaczy wielu dyscyplin naukowych: literaturoznawców, filozofów, socjologów, astronomów, futurologów. W tym gronie nie mogło zabraknąć językoznawców – swoje genialne pomysły Lem przelewał na papier, wprzęgając w opisy wymyślonych światów nie tylko istniejące zasoby słowników języka polskiego, ale także zapożyczenia z języków obcych i własne neologizmy. Te neologizmy sprawiały zresztą tłumaczom Lema dosłownie kosmiczne problemy podczas przekładu na inne języki.
Resources Estimation on further Exploration activities in PT. Trimegah Bangun Persada (Harita Group) Kawasi Village, South Halmahera District, North Maluku
Authors: Talaohu Simela , Fanani Yazid , Putri Fairus Atika Redanto
Published: April 2021

PT. Trimegah Bangun Persada intends to do mining activity at the north part of IUP as the south and west parts have already been mined. This research aimed at producing natural resources of laterite nickel in the advanced exploration activity of Tangkuban Block. Besides, it also compared and determined the estimation methods having a good correlation with drilling results. Tangkuban Block carried out core drilling within total drill numbers of 286 spots and space distance 25 meters at the block area 22.16 Ha. This research began with determining the geological domain consisting of limonite, saprolite, and bedrock through a geo-statistical approach. After that, the researcher estimated nickel resources by three methods namely ordinary kriging, inverse distance weight, and nearest neighbor point. The result of estimation by ordinary kriging obtained a total volume of limonite layer 1,345,313 m3 with the content average of 1%, while the total volume of saprolite layer was 1,850,000 m3 1.64%.
Internet of Things technologies in feed production and their efficiency
Authors:   Russian State Agrarian University – MSKhA named after K.A. Timiryazev, Khudyakova E.V. , Khudyakova Kh.K. ,   All-Russian Williams Fodder Research Institute, Stepantsevich M.N. ,   Russian State Agrarian University – MSKhA named after K.A. Timiryazev, Gorbachev M.I. ,   Russian State Agrarian University – MSKhA named after K.A. Timiryazev, Nikanorov M.S. ,   Russian State Agrarian University – MSKhA named after K.A. Timiryazev
Published: April 2021

Currently, Internet of Things technologies are increasingly used in agriculture. One of the distinctive features of the industry is the territorial dispersion of means of production and objects of labor, so the use of Internet of Things technologies gives the greatest effect here. In the context of the need to strengthen food security for such product groups as milk and dairy products, as well as beef, an important factor in increasing production is a strong feed base. The potential of livestock productivity can be fully realized only through the use of high-quality feed. Since 65-80% of the feed ration of livestock consists of grass feed (hay, haylage, green fodder, silage), this is exactly the segment of feed production where it is necessary to activate the reserves of its development. Obtaining high-quality grass feed depends largely on establishing the timing of mowing grass, when the ratio between the decreasing protein content and the increasing amount of fiber is optimal. Failure to comply with the optimal timing of harvesting grass feed can lead to a decrease in livestock productivity by up to 20%. Taking into account the large areas of forage crops, this task can be solved by using the Internet of Things technology with the use of remote sensing of crops and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).
Efficiency of agricultural insurance with state support
Authors:   Federal Scientific Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – VNIIESkH, Maslova V.V. , Savkina G.M. ,   Federal Scientific Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – VNIIESkH
Published: April 2021

The article is devoted to one of the most important areas of economic regulation of the agricultural sector of the economy - the development of an agricultural insurance mechanism with state support. The authors assessed the current state of agricultural insurance. It was revealed that the current model of agricultural insurance with state support does not provide agricultural production with effective insurance protection and does not contribute to the activation of investment activities of agricultural producers. The level of insurance compensation received by agricultural organizations is insignificant, government subsidies do not reach farmers, but remain in the assets of insurance companies. In agricultural insurance, a truncated system of the insurer’s liability to the policyholder is used, which allows the insurer to significantly reduce its liability. The main directions of improving the agricultural insurance mechanism are associated with the formation of equivalent relations between the parties to the insurance process. It is necessary to create a state insurance company specializing only in agricultural insurance. The necessity of amendments to the legislation on agricultural insurance in terms of reducing the size of franchises and developing investment functions of insurance has been substantiated.
Climate features of 2020 in Russia and their impact on agricultural prices and production
Authors:   Federal Scientific Center of Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – VNIOPTUSkH, Sobolev O.S.
Published: April 2021

The article considers the climatic conditions for the formation of agricultural products in 2020. The analysis of the functioning of agricultural markets during the coronavirus pandemic is given. Producer prices for grain, milk, and meat in Russia, the EU, and the United States in the 4th quarter of 2020 are compared.
Уточнение видовой принадлежности некоторых видов щелкунов (Coleoptera: Elateridae) на основе молекулярно-генетического анализа
Authors: Брагина T.M. , Конысбаева Д.Т. , Рулёва М.М. , Бобренко М.А.
Published: April 2021

В статье приведены сведения об апробации современных методов и уточнений видовой принадлежности почвообитающих личинок щелкунов (проволочников) на основе молекулярно-генетического анализа (ДНК-баркодирования). Впервые получены данные по полной идентичности определенных ДНК-последовательностей ряда видов щелкунов (Coleoptera: Elateridae), обитающих на территории Костанайской области(Казахстан), — опасных вредителей сельскохозяйственных культур. В то же время в мировом генетическом банке (GenBank) не обнаружены идентичные ДНК-последовательности расшифрованных нуклеотидных последовательностей ДНК для ряда изученных экземпляров. Основой для настоящего исследования послужили материалы, собранные в 2018 г. в подзоне обыкновенных черноземов на супесчаных почвах (Мендыкаринский район). Отбор личинок проводился методом стандартных почвенно-зоологических проб. Фиксация и хранение отобранных личинок щелкунов осуществлялись по методике подготовки образцов для молекулярно-генетического анализа с фиксацией в 96 %-ном спирте. После традиционного определения таксономического положения собранных экземпляров идентификация видов происходила методами генетического анализа по нуклеотидной последовательности гена субъединицы 1 цитохром С оксидазы(COI). Работы были проведены в ДНК-лаборатории Музея естественной истории Университета г. Осло (Норвегия). Сборка и расшифровка нуклеотидных последовательностей ДНК исследуемых образцов велись с помощью программ «CodonCodeAligner» и «MEGA-X». В результате исследований удалось выявить полную идентичность ДНК-последовательностей нескольких массовых видов щелкунов, тогда как ряд  расшифрованных ДНК-последовательностей модельных экземпляров отсутствовал в генетическом банке, что требует пополнения его новыми данными.
The comparative morphometric analysis of seeds representatives of the genus Paeonia L. (PaeoniaceaeRudolphi) of the Kazakh Altai’s flora, introduced in the Altai Botanical Garden
Authors: Sumembayev А.А. , Danilova А.N.
Published: April 2021

The article provides data on the study of the external structure, morphometric and weight parameters of seeds of the complex of Paeonia anomala L., P. hybridа Pall., P. intermedia C.A. Mey., grown in the conditions of the mountain-taiga zone of the Kazakhstan Altai, and clarification of the possibility of using these characters to distinguish between species. The primary analysis of the seed material revealed differences in the length, width and thickness of the seed in the cultivated samples from different ecological and geographical conditions of the habitats. A comparative study of such morphometric and weight parameters as the external structure, length, width, and thickness of seeds of the samples of Paeonia anomala, P. hybrida, P. intermedia, introduced from different ecological and geographical habitats of Kazakhstan Altai, revealed a certain variation in the selected parameters in the species. When comparing the external morphological structure of P. intermediaand P. anomala, the differences were practically not established, due to the close relationship of the species. When comparing the average metric and weight parameters of seeds in the Paeonia anomala specimens taken from ridge Ivanovsky, did not reveal significant differences. This happened despite the interpopulation difference in quality of the planting material with respect to ecology and location above sea level. This indicates the evenness of the length, width, and thickness of the seed material of the cultivated Paeonia anomala specimens. In cultivate specimens of P. hybrida from Narym ridge and Azutau in the ratio of the length, width and thickness of the seed, as well as the weight of 1000 pieces, seed differences were observed. Despite the low level of variability of morphological parameters of seeds, it is premature to recommend them for differentiation of species due to the short duration of the study period.
Prémio Fernão Mendes Pinto, uma iniciativa da AULP
Authors: Guerreiro João
Published: April 2021

O Prémio Fernão Mendes Pinto foi instituído pela Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP) em 2008. Correspondeu a uma componente de uma estratégia mais vasta, desenvolvida por esta Associação, no sentido de criar mecanismos efetivos de relacionamento entre as comunidades académicas e cientificas de língua portuguesa. Abrangia não só os países da CPLP como também os Departamentos de cultura portuguesa ou hispânica existentes em universidades por esse mundo fora.
ISLAMIC FINANCE IN THE CIS COUNTRIES
Authors: Nagimova Al'mira
Published: April 2021

Over the past decades, Islamic Finance has expanded its presence to many countries, including the former Soviet Union. It is not surprising that its expansion has become a subject of great interest to scholars, politicians, practitioners, and the general public. How big is the market for Islamic Finance in the post-Soviet region? Who are the key market players? What are their investment strategies on this territory? Finally, what are the limits for the development of the Islamic Finance industry in the CIS countries? This book attempts to find the answers to these questions by examining a broad empirical base of more than 1,000 deals from 1991 to 2020, as well as using a sociological approach. Another attempt has been made to assess the total volume of Islamic capital and determine the problems and prospects of this market in the CIS countries.
The book will be of interest to the management of banks, investment companies, funds, ministries, as well as anyone interested in the world economy, international relations and the religious factor in the economy of post-Soviet countries.
Le mythe de la Magna Carta comme point de départ du consentement à l’impôt
Authors: de Bellescize Ramu
Published: April 2021

La Magna Carta est connue pour marquer le commencement du consentement à l’impôt. Ce n’est que partiellement vrai. Des chartes, antérieures à la Magna Carta, avaient déjà limité les pouvoirs du monarque. Elle n’en demeure pas moins, en raison de l’interprétation qui lui a été donnée, un acte fondateur. Le texte est devenu un document après avoir été un argument : un document devant l’histoire après avoir été un argument contre le roi.
Entre droit et mythe : le cas de la responsabilité personnelle et pécuniaire du comptable public dans les années 1950
Authors: Masquelier Philippe
Published: April 2021

Réponse à la question du contrôle de la fortune publique, le mythe de Damoclès, lié au dispositif juridique de la responsabilité personnelle et pécuniaire (RPP) du comptable public, a pour objet véritable, quoiqu’indirect, d’écarter de l’opinion toute suspicion de malversation. Ce faisant il suscite un imaginaire, fruit des interactions entre mythe et droit public financier. Celles-ci sont analysées à partir de témoignages des années 1950, alors qu’échoue une réforme juridique de cette responsabilité.
De la démystification des finances publiques à la démystification par les finances publiques
Authors: Husson-Rochcongar Céline
Published: April 2021

Comme toute autre discipline, les finances publiques reposent sur des mythes fondateurs. Loin d’être seulement chimères ou légendes, ces mythes contribuent à la compréhension collective des phénomènes financiers, car c’est sur leur base que s’élaborent les représentations qui en structurent l’étude et en garantissent une forme d’intelligibilité partagée. Considérées en tant qu’objet scientifique (la matière financière), les finances publiques ne peuvent donc être réellement démystifiées : d’une part, car il est difficile d’en expurger l’ensemble des notions qui passent pour des mythes (mythes au sens faible) et, d’autre part, car il est impossible de les priver de celles qui en sont réellement (mythes au sens fort). En revanche, considérées en tant que discipline scientifique (le droit public financier), les finances publiques peuvent se faire l’instrument d’une démystification du droit : en obligeant à porter le regard au-delà du droit, l’étude des finances publiques permet en effet de saisir ce qui en fait la spécificité - à travers sa fonction sociale - et de mettre en évidence l’ambivalence de la doctrine, qui contribue à légitimer la norme juridique grâce aux mythes qu’elle prétend combattre.
À propos du rapport de la Cour des comptes : Les finances publiques : pour une réforme du cadre organique et de la gouvernance
Authors: Gibert Patrick
Published: April 2021

Le récent rapport thématique de la Cour des comptes sur la gouvernance des finances publiques est d’abord un rappel convaincant de l’éclatement actuel des finances de l’État non seulement entre les trois types d’administrations centrales, locales et de sécurité sociale , mais aussi au sein même du budget de l’État central. Il met également l’accent sur la faible effectivité de la discipline qu’étaient censées instaurer les lois de programmation financière. Le rapport débouche sur une série de recommandations visant à renforcer la réalité de la pluri annualité budgétaire et limiter l’émiettement financier. On a malheureusement des raisons de penser que si les recommandations ont des chances sérieuses d’être adoptées, l’effectivité de leur mise en oeuvre est beaucoup moins assurée.
PENGEMBANGAN KOLEKSI DI UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MATARAM
Authors: Rohana Rohana , Furbani Widiastuti
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini diarahkan pada pengembangan koleksi di UPT perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram. Proses pengembangan koleksi merupakan kegiatan penting di lembaga perpustakaan. Atas dasar itulah penelitian ini menjadi begitu penting guna mencapai ketersambungan informasi dan koleksi yang benar-benar sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna. Maka untuk focus penelitian ini diarahkan pada pengembangan koleksi yang meliputi pemilihan (seleksi), pengadaan, evaluasi koleksi, dan penyiangan (deseleksi) koleksi yang ada di UPT Perpustakaan UM. Mataram. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan dengan studi kepustakaan sebagai pendukung. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode observasi dan wawancara (interview). Sedangkan untuk mendapatkan data-data kepustakaan yang menyangkut pengembangan koleksi di UPT perpustakaan UMMAT yang merupakan tema pokok penelitian ini penulis menggunakan analisis isi (content analysis). Hasil dari penelitian ini bahwa pengembangan koleksi di UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram dilakukan dengan tahapan pengembangan yang mencakup pemilihan (seleksi), analisis pemakai, pembentukan tim seleksi, kriteria seleksi, sumber-sumber seleksi, pengadaan, dan penyiangan koleksi. Bebarapa hal yang belum maksimal seperti tim seleksi bersifat penunjukan atau tidak tertulis (ditunjuk) menjadi bahan evaluasi bagi pengembangan ke depan.
KONSEP KEPEMIMPINAN PERPUSTAKAAN PERGURUAN TINGGI DI ERA DIGITAL (SEBUAH KAJIAN TERHADAP GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIONAL)
Authors: Iskandar Iskandar , Lubis Lubis
Published: April 2021

Melihat kondisi perpustakaan perguruan tinggi yang tugas dan tanggungjawabnya mengurus hal-hal yang sangat dinamis, serta kondisi kelembagaan perpustakaan perguruan tinggi yang puncuk pimpinannya sering disi oleh orang-orang non keilmuan perpustakaan maka penerapan gaya kepemimpinan transformasional sangatlah tepat. Karena pimpinan dengan mempelejari gaya kepemimpinan dapat mengarahkan sumber daya manusia yang ada di dalamnnya untuk mewujudkan visi, misi, dan tujuan organisasi. Pada akhirnya membuat eksistensi perpustakaan perguruan tinggi sebagai lembaga yang bertanggungjawab dalam penyediaan informasi di perguruan tinggi bisa beradaptasi dengan arus informasi dan teknologi yang berkembang begitu cepat, sehingga pada akhirnya perkembangan teknologi dan informasi dapat bermakna positif dalam keberlangsungan roda perpustakaan di perguruan tinggi.
BIG DATA DAN PEMANFATANNYA DI PERPUSTAKAAN
Authors: Ayu Hapsari Nurul Fikriati
Published: April 2021

Setiap hari triliunan byte data tercipta dari berbagai sumber, mengakibatkan ketersediaan data dan informasi saat ini mengalami perubahan yang cukup signifikan. Kumpulan data tersebut dapat menjadi informasi yang menjadi sebuah komoditas yang sangat penting bagi kelangsungan hidup masyarakat. Data-data digital dalam jumlah banyak tersebut disebut sebagai “big data” yang membutuhkan tempat untuk disimpan, diorganisasi dan dianalisa. Data-data tersebut dapat digunakan dalam pengambilan keputusan strategis oleh suatu lembaga. Salah satunya pada perpustakaan memiliki sejarah panjang sebagai tempat penyimpanan, pengorganisasian dan analisa informasi. Perpustakaan memainkan peran penting di persimpangan pemerintah, universitas, lembaga penelitian, dan masyarakat karena mereka menyimpan dan mengelola aset digital. Banyaknya data di perpustakaan perlu diubah menjadi informasi atau pengetahuan yang kemudian digunakan oleh peneliti atau pengguna. Perpustakaan dapat memanfaatkan Big Data yang tersedia untuk membuat perubahan dalam pemberian layanan kepada masyarakat. Artikel ini berusaha memberikan gambaran umum mengenai Big Data dan teknologi Big Data di perpustakaan. Sehingga perpustakaan yang berada dapat mengambil pelajaran dalam memanfaatkan Big Data. Big Data membawa pengaruh besar dalam dunia perpustakaan khususnya pada aspek layanan perpustakaan dan kompetensi pustakawan. Pustakawan mungkin perlu memahami cara mengubah, menganalisis, dan menyajikan data untuk memfasilitasi penciptaan pengetahuan.
Marketing cheese tourism in global times
Authors: FUSTÉ-FORNÉ Francesc
Published: April 2021

Food tourism is defined as a journey to a destination in order to discover a culture through its food. Special segments of culinary tourism have emerged during the last decades to valorize local products and drinks and award tourism value to food. This is the case of cheese tourism, which has been recently studied with increasing management and marketing implications. In this sense, planning and development of food-based marketing strategies represent a key factor towards the success of a niche tourism. In particular, this paper investigates the process of marketing cheese tourism in social media. Drawing on a visual content analysis focused on Instagram, the research analyses the virtual storytelling of Manchego cheese. Results showcase how cheese is communicated to audiences and reveal the potential of social media to create a cheese-based narrative. Both theoretical and practical implications of the study are described.
Development and Research of Quantum Transformation Models
Authors: Guzik V. , Gushansky S. , Potapov V.
Published: April 2021

The article discusses the theory of quantum image processing and quantum image manipulation (fast geometric transformations, including the flip, orthogonal rotations and limited geometric transformations). In this work we have investigated the area of quantum image processing and have tested the FPQI model. Models (developed in the work and others) were investigated by explicitly modeling quantum behavior on a large quantum system. A basic scheme for encoding 2×2 image has been created to gain a clearer understanding of the mechanics of quantum image models.
Model of Security Audit of a Critical Information Infrastructure Object with Use the Test Cyber Attacks
Authors: Makarenko S. , Smirnov G.
Published: April 2021

The article presents a model for auditing the security of a critical information infrastructure object by test information and technical influences. This model formalizes an object in the form audit process of a multilevel topological model, the individual levels of which correspond to: resource costs for impacts, test information and technical impacts, vulnerabilities, object elements and damage levels. The use of this model in audit practice will make it possible to substantiate the most effective impacts on the basis of the “efficiency / cost” criterion, as well as form test suites that will ensure the rational completeness of the audit of a critical infrastructure facility.
Images of the Mother in Selected 2020 Mother’s Day WhatsApp Postings in Zimbabwe
Authors: Nyoni Mika
Published: April 2021

This paper looks at the image of the mother as depicted in selected messages sent on the occasion of Mother's Day of 2020 via WhatsApp which is the most widely used social medium platform in Zimbabwe. The study is confined to a few selected pictorial messages circulated on this special day which was however celebrated under lockdown in most countries of the world due to the Covid 19 pandemic.The restrictions imposed by the pandemic may also have contributed to the avalanche of messages as movement was restricted and many could only express their feelings to their mothers virtually. The researcher belongs to a variety of WhatsApp groups that provide a rich vein of the said raw materials. It should be noted that the aforementioned groups rarely solely stick to the core-business of their original formation as their membership 'strays' outside to smuggle messages outside their 'mandates'.This is understandable since group members assume a multiplicity of roles in real life necessitating multiple group affiliations making 'message importation' inevitable. The result is a mega-net and wide currency of 'trendy' messages. The study adopts an Africana Womanist approach to the analysis of the selected postings since the concoctions of signs sent were on or targeted at the African mother from her African chidren at home or abroad therefore read and understood in an African setting. The study notes that the pictures seem to celebrate mothers as architects of the infrastructure of a child's character and springboard of his/her eventual achievements.She is depicted as an important cog of the family machinery that is often unacknowledged.
Analysis Of Mechanical Properties SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding) Welding Joints Of Portable Electric Hydraulic Jack Frame
Authors: Wisnujati Andika , Andryansyah Juni
Published: April 2021

Welding is a very important part of the development and growth of the industry because it has a role in engineering, reparation, and construction. ShieldedÂ Â  MetalÂ Â  Arc Welding (SMAW) or the conventional arc weldingÂ Â  process is particularly dominant in structural joints, pressure vessels and in maintenance and repair work. In welding, different metals are joined economically and at a much faster rate as compared with other fabrication processes like riveting and casting. The purpose of this research is to find out the cooling media cooler against SMAW smelter tensile strength by using the E6013 electrode. This study uses low carbon steel material that has levels Fe = 98,3%; C = 0,30%, Si = 0,23%. The material is given 75A welding current with cooling variation on the connection result using oil, water, and room temperature. The highest tensile stress value obtained in the oil cooling treatment was 844,76 N/mm2, the highest strain value was obtained on the raw materials of 16%, the highest elasticity value was obtained in the oil cooling treatment of 703.96 N/mm2. According to the research results can be concluded that the variations of cooling media greatly affect the strength of the welding connection.
A Seventh-Century High-Status Settlement at Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire
Authors: McBride Adam , Hamerow Helena ,   Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Harrison Jane
Published: April 2021

This article reports the results of recent fieldwork carried out at Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. The site at Long Wittenham had previously been identified from aerial photographs and LiDAR as a possible seventh-century great hall complex – a distinctive type of high-status settlement – but the site had never been ground-truthed. Fieldwork was therefore undertaken to confirm the nature and date of the Long Wittenham cropmarks, through geophysical survey, metal-detecting and three seasons of excavation. The results have confirmed the existence of high-status seventh-century buildings at Long Wittenham, but the largest building previously identified at Long Wittenham is now interpreted as a Roman enclosure, leaving the complex of buildings without an exceptionally large hall. This complicates the interpretation of the site, suggesting that Long Wittenham may have been a secondary high-status site, potentially subordinate to the great hall complex at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.
Sites of Power and Assembly in the Thames Valley in the Middle Ages
Authors:   Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, Sanmark Alex
Published: April 2021

This article examines three sites of elite and royal power in the early second millennium AD in the Thames valley: Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, Westminster in the City of London, and Runnymede in Surrey. Using a backdrop of comparative material from medieval Scandinavia, these sites are examined in terms of their landscape qualities, particularly their liminal nature. On this basis, it is shown that they demonstrate attributes and features that are frequently connected to assembly sites. It is therefore argued that these sites may well, earlier in time, have been assembly locations that were consciously adopted and developed as royal ritual sites as part of the legitimising process of power.
Transpersonal Psychotherapy At The General Practitioner Office Short Report On A Clinical Trial Evaluating The Efficacy Of Transpersonal Psychotherapy Treatment In Anxiety-Depression
Authors: Calcina Claudio , Sollecito Carmela , Calabrese Giovanna
Published: April 2021

The authors report about a clinical study conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Biotransenergetica, a transpersonal psychotherapy approach, in a general practitioner office. In addiction to prove the efficacy of Biotransenergetica this study demonstrates that there is no ostracism or rejection when research is conducted with rigorous methods. (This study will be published as a full article in International Journal Transpersonal Research). KEYWORDS Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Biotransenergetica, Clinical research Studies, Anxiety, Depression.
Transpersonal Psychology And The Self-Field: An Overview Of The Works Of Jungian Analyst Erich Neumann
Authors: Herrman Steven
Published: April 2021

In this essay the author gives a concise overview of the use of the word transpersonal in the life and writings of the Israeli Jungian analyst, Erich Neumann, who was born in Berlin Germany in 1905 and lived from 1934 until his untimely death, in 1960, in Tel Aviv. The paper provides readers with an overview of the correspondence that took place between Neumann and Jung from 1934-1959 and traces the way in which the word transpersonal was used in their mutual efforts to map out the terrain of the human psyche. What is made clear in the paper is that while Jung remained within the epistemological limits of empirical psychology in his theory of the collective unconscious, Neumann attempted to extend Jung’s epistemology into metaphysical territory, and in so doing he charted out a structural diagram of the psyche that extends beyond the archetypal field, to what he called the Self-field. The Self-field, Neumann argued, is a necessary postulate to include it in any complete inventory of depth-psychology that attempts to reach a new Weltanschauung. His attempts to extend Jung’s hypothesis of the Self into transpersonal territory began in his 1948 Eranos lecture in Ascona, Switzerland, “Mystical Man”. His calling from the Self led Neumann to venture forth a postulate of what he called a “New Ethic” for the field of depth-psychology as a whole. A distinction is made between the personal and archetypal shadow and evil, and the “Voice” Neumann refers to as part of the Transpersonal Self. The essay concludes saying it is tragic Neumann died at so young an age of 55, before he could formulate further how his Ethic related to his metaphysic. Neumann was the first Jungian analyst to present the world with a truly transpersonal theory of the Self that the author sees as essential reading for any transpersonal pedagogue who attempts to place Jungians in the history of the Integral movement. KEYWORDS Mystical man, numinous, Godhead, transpersonal, field-knowledge, Voice, Self-field, Wholeness, New Ethic, archetypal shadow, evil.
A simple justification of effective models for conducting or fluid media with dilute spherical inclusions
Authors: Gérard-Varet David
Published: April 2021

We present a gentle approach to the justification of effective media approximations, for PDE’s set outside the union of [Formula: see text] spheres with low volume fraction. To illustrate our approach, we consider three classical examples: the derivation of the so-called strange term, made popular by Cioranescu and Murat, the derivation of the Brinkman term in the Stokes equation, and a scalar analogue of the effective viscosity problem. Under some separation assumption on the spheres, valid for periodic and random distributions of the centers, we recover effective models as [Formula: see text] by simple arguments.