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Postcolonial Historical Materialism
Authors: Menozzi Filippo
Published: January 2025

Through a reappraisal of the work of four major figures in critical theory – Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin – Filippo Menozzi rethinks the tradition of critical theory in relation to pressing concerns in postcolonial studies.

Revealing these authors’ continued relevance to urgent issues in the 21st century, from struggles against racism to social movements and the transmutations of global capitalism, Menozzi reimagines them as central to an alternative genealogy of critical theory that moves beyond their European provenance and the limitations of “Western Marxism”. In doing so, this book challenges, more broadly, the view of critical theory as steeped in Eurocentrism, culturally conservative, and politically defeatist. Contesting this in four chapters,Postcolonial Historical Materialisminserts Adorno, Lukács, Bloch, and Benjamin into key contemporary sites of militancy and debate.

Engaging with a wide range of European and non-European sources, Menozzi proposes a new concept of “postcolonial historical materialism”, indicating how the heritage of critical theory can reopen global possibilities of utopia and revolution in a non-utopian age of global emergencies, social unrest, and the unfinished history of decolonisation.
Oliver Cromwell
Authors: Gentles Ian
Published: January 2025

This well-rounded study of Oliver Cromwell does equal justice to the public and private lives, political career, military abilities and passionate religiosity of a key figure in British History.

Ian Gentles synthesizes much recent research into Cromwell’s life, including his activity as a lay preacher, his patronage of the arts, and promotion of horse breeding. With analysis of fresh findings on Cromwell’s pay as a soldier, his personal enrichment as general and lord protector, his little-known erotic side, and his generosity in the cause of international Protestantism, Gentles offers a truly comprehensive study of a central player in the English Civil War.

Building on the strong foundations laid by the 1st edition, Oliver Cromwell has been updated to include:

-Expanded material on the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and its aftermath -Enhanced coverage of the Protectorate -An updated conclusion with fresh analysis of Cromwell’s legacy -A new timeline and family tree

Ideal for students and general readers alike, this is an essential and stimulating introduction to all aspects of the life of Oliver Cromwell.
Benjamin, Deleuze and the Baroque
Authors: Levin Noa
Published: January 2025

For Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, who both authored seminal theoretical works on early cinema and photography, the history of modern media begins much earlier, in Baroque culture and science.Benjamin, Deleuze and the Baroqueargues that their media theories were informed by their respective readings of the philosophy and mathematics of G.W. Leibniz, and the Baroque can thus be seen as the locus of modern media. By critically comparing Benjamin and Deleuze’s interpretations of the Baroque, Levin demonstrates the extent to which their theories of visual culture are intertwined with critiques of Enlightenment historiography and politics. Using a hermeneutic comparative approach, this book argues that the juxtaposition of Benjamin’s reception of Leibniz with Deleuze’s highlights the extent to which both authors’ theories of image and media were informed by Leibniz’s concepts of expression and perspectivism, themselves inspired by ground-breaking evolutions in optics and perspective. Providing close readings of Deleuze’sThe Foldand Benjamin’sOrigin of the German Trauerspiel, which remain understudied in the English language, it explores how, in their dual roles of philosopher and cultural critic, the pair may illuminate our own age of multiple crises through the Baroque.
Revolutionary Aristotelianism and Ideology
Authors: Mardosas Egidijus
Published: January 2025

How does ideology function and, more importantly, how can we resist ideological subjugation?

Egidijus Mardosas answers these questions by applying the philosophical resources of Revolutionary Aristotelianism: a recent approach in social philosophy that takes inspiration from the Aristotelian works of Alasdair MacIntyre.

In particular, Mardosas focuses on the Aristotelian and Macintyrian notions of practical reason and virtue. To be a successful practical agent, he explains, is to reach for genuine human goods and resist all forms of ideological subjection. And our virtues are the intellectual and moral powers that can help us in this task. Considering which virtues to practise, this book examines the qualities of hope, truthfulness, comradeship, courage, and justice and uncovers how all the virtues are key, in differing ways, to sustaining our practical agency in the face of ideological manipulation.

Bringing together ethics, social philosophy, and Aristotle via MacIntyre, as well as key thinkers from Gramsci to Rehmann,Revolutionary Aristotelianism and Ideologyprovides an urgent investigation into the necessity and virtues of social struggle.
Human as the Other
Authors: Rukgaber Matthew
Published: January 2025

Philosophical anthropology investigates what makes us human, but it has produced accounts that exclude some members of our species.It relies often on non-naturalistic “philosophies of consciousness” that locate humanity in the cognitive capacity to objectively represent things, to reason teleologically and use tools, to use symbols and language, or to be self-conscious and question existence. This work pursues an alternative, thoroughly naturalistic philosophical anthropology by combining Arnold Gehlen’s theory of our behaviorally-detached and institutionally-structured impulses with Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s views on intersubjectivity, affect, sexuality, and social institutions. It locates the human within the unique structure of our capacity for feeling, which produces an inclusive account of “the human as the other” orHomo alter.

Humans are deeply and thoroughly dependent on affective, bodily, communicative bonds, in which other humans appear as sources of pleasure, communicative meaning, institutional norms, and interpersonal approbation and disapprobation. However, this socio-biological account of the human denies that human nature alone can prescribe the necessary form of institutions, such as the home, which is a criticism of any potential “political anthropology.” A result of this focus on our social and affective natures is a novel account of shame as a response to institutional and interpersonal exclusion. Failing to recognize humanity within our dependency on others and the structure of feeling is a widespread problem in philosophy and society in general that contributes to the social and metaphysical exclusion of disabled persons, who might lack certain forms of consciousness and cognition. Reimagining philosophical anthropology as the study of the unique way that human beings are socially present to one another, this work challenges such dehumanization.
Personalization and Digital Social Markets
Authors: Nisar Tahir M.
Published: January 2025

Tahir Nisar presents a cogent, compelling account of recent developments and disruptions within the digital economy, and particularly within the industrial and service sectors.Through an original, overarching framework rooted in the concept of personalization and its antecedents, Nisar identifies radically new forms of relationships, both economic and social, among firms and customers. These new relationships are driving major changes in commercial and industrial firms’ policies and practices, and in turn, in the entire market economy. E-commerce trading, user-generated content, virtual communities, co-creation, influencer movements, FinTech, and sharing economies have strengthened the hands of consumers and have encouraged developments in cognitive technologies such as AI automation, which in turn create new ways of working and disruptions to traditional capital-labour relations. Ultimately, what emerges from this study is a picture of how digital technologies unleash forces of change that are creating new forms of social and economic sharing arrangements and new forms of social organization.

For its empirical depth and and theoretical rigor, this book is essential reading for researchers and students interested in emerging, alternative forms of economics, business, and management, and particularly those interested in the digital economy and the state and future of capitalist markets.
Imperial Institutions in Ancient Rome and Early China
Authors: Loewe Michael , Brennan T. Corey , Nylan Michael
Published: January 2025

Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, and edited for publication by T. Corey Brennan and Michael Nylan, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome and Han China.Approaching the historical material with a comparative perspective, Loewe examines the strengths and weaknesses, and the successes and failures, which can be seen in the organisation and government of these two political systems. Though each empire was largely ignorant of the other, the problems they faced were similar, given the rudimentary transportation and communication facilities of the time, the high mortality rates and the low levels of literacy. Yet each empire ruled its people in distinctly different ways, with the Roman empire governed largely by military officials, in contrast to the Chinese empire, whose administration was well stocked with roughly 130,000 highly trained professionals.

The ten chapters of this book set out to compare the ways that these two contemporary regimes, similar in size and population, sought to control human activities and impose a set of regulated discipline over those who were ruled. Each chapter concerns the degrees and methods of forming a united people; the assumptions that lay behind such attempts; the reliance that imperial authority placed on religious practices; legal impositions and the structure of institutions; and the bases of social cohesion and economic co-operation. The result is an engaging study of two remarkable empires, whose rise and fall are contrasted in a way that deepens our understanding of empire and civilisation.
Lure of the South
Authors: Aspin Richard
Published: January 2025

The Lure of the Southlooks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring that occurred after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent to relatively easy access.These people ranged from the genuinely ill – some even on the verge of death – to the merely overworked or ill at ease. It examines why they went, where and how; who advised and guided them; how they lived (and sometimes died) when abroad; and finally the influence they had on the wider development of European tourism and tourist resorts. Considering health tourism as an integral part of the wider phenomenon of foreign touring and travel, it surveys a wide range of concerns that exercised expatriate patients and their companions on the Continent beyond merely their health – concerns that were informed by the social and cultural baggage they brought with them. The overarching theme of the book therefore is to use health as a lens through which to examine Victorian society in all its complexity, and how it interacted with the continental cultures that it came to reside within. Drawing from unpublished archival sources, especially correspondence and diaries from family papers, Aspin reveals the sacrifices and culture shocks of patients and their families, the feuds and interests they brought with them, and above all the reality of the delusion of climatotherapy, a promise of a cure that somehow remained forever out of reach.
Jagdpanzer
Authors: Anderson Thomas
Published: January 2025

This highly illustrated title details the history of theJagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II.Throughout World War II all sides grappled with how to deal with the threat of enemy armour. The German Army had adopted the 3.7cm anti-tank gun in the inter-war years. However, it was already apparent that the towed weapons lacked firepower and more powerful weapons were introduced in 1942 and 1943.

By 1942, hard-pressed Panzerjäger (anti-tank) units equipped with towed anti-tank weapons fighting on the Eastern Front increasingly sought assistance from StuG-equipped assault artillery units. By late 1943 the StuG was being issued to new tank destroyer units and at the same time a dedicated Jagdpanzer (hunting tank) was ordered, based on the chassis and running gear of the PzKpfw IV.

This highly illustrated study by German armour expert Thomas Anderson uses archival material and after-action reports to describe the development of the Jagdpanzer, and the many variants built on other German tank chassis. It also covers in detail how Jagdpanzer units were organized as well as their operational experience on the battlefield.
Eco-Theory and Annihilation
Authors: Gottlieb Evan
Published: January 2025

Eco-theory and Annihilationis part of theFilm Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and provides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis.This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpretAlex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's hit novelAnnihilation.

Eco-theory is one of the most exciting and timely offshoots of contemporary critical theory, but it is too frequently treated as only a recent development. Covering historical developments in nature philosophy, geology, and organic chemistry, as well as contemporary critical methodologies like systems theory and new materialism,Eco-Theory and Annihilationintroduces readers to the full extent of eco-theory’s lively variations, as well as investigates the complications that arise when those variations are mediated by the generic expectations of filmic science fiction. This book illuminates the deep history of eco-theory, maps its contemporary coordinates, and demonstrates how it can shed light on Garland’s provocative eco-sci-fi thriller.
Encyclopedia of Punk Rock and New Wave
Authors: Luhrssen David , Larson Michael
Published: January 2025

Explore the defining musical artists and moments of the punk rock and new wave eras – one of the most transformative times in rock and roll history.This encyclopedia makes the case for punk rock's enduring social and cultural importance from 1975, when punk was born in New York City, through 1985, by which time punk and new wave had changed the rock music industry forever. Their introduction of new forms of rebellious, boundary-redefining musical expression reverberated with new generations of listeners, singers, and musicians.

The encyclopedia covers notable recording acts whose debut albums were released from 1975 through 1985. Coverage encompasses superstars (U2, Duran Duran), historically foundational acts (Sex Pistols, Ramones) and cult bands that amassed a significant legacy of recordings (Violent Femmes, X). Covering discography highlights and touring controversies alike, this resource covers all the reference bases for understanding the most influential and electrifying bands of this era. Coverage is further supplemented with entries on a wide assortment of musical trends and side topics associated with punk rock and new wave music.
Sensory Solutions in the Classroom
Authors: Thoonsen Monique , Lamp Carmen
Published: January 2025

Every teacher knows them - the students who are continuously balancing on their chair legs or who prefer to hide in their hoodies all day long. These students are using all kinds of tricks to be able to stay focused, as they are under- or overresponsive to sensory input and trying to restore their balance.

Children who struggle with processing sensory input can experience a wide range of symptoms, including hypersensitivity to sound, sight and touch, poor fine motor skills and easy distractibility. Using this accessible, science-based guide, school staff can support these students by understanding their symptoms and how they impact their learning. Teachers can learn to look at students in a different way: through so-called 'SPi glasses', introduced in the book. With these glasses on, you learn to recognize behaviours linked to sensory processing and respond quickly, easily and with more understanding, without using a diagnosis, medication or therapy. The techniques provided help children feel settled and soothed at school, enabling them to learn and communicate better.

Creating the perfect learning environment for all students - a sensory supportive classroom - this tried and tested guide is an essential tool for teachers (with or without prior knowledge of SPD), to better support and understand their students and their sensory needs.
The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom
Authors: Schwartz Joanna
Published: January 2025

The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom is a whole-child, whole-hearted approach to teaching, wellness, and student--teacher relationships.

Chock-full of practical advice and brain-based tools from an experienced teacher and counselor, this book solves the question of how psychology and education can enrich and empower both teachers and students’ wellness. Peppered with relatable anecdotes from the authors’ experiences, the book deals with how to help unpack the’ “invisible backpack” that both teachers and students bring into the classroom. Chapters are broken down to show how to practically address common issues such challenging behavior, social-emotional learning, trauma-informed education, attachment theory, mindfulness, mental health and much more.

Each chapter outlines these common challenges but also provides an abundance of practical tools that can be used to help. Written accessibly, and with tools which are easy to implement, The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom is an indispensable guide for any teacher.
Enchanting Kinora
Authors: Evans Elizabeth
Published: January 2025

Marketed as more affordable and safer than film cameras, the Kinora system, launched in 1903, was one of the first amateur filmmaking devices and represents one of the earliest attempts to create a domestic market for moving images.

InThe Enchanting Kinora, Elizabeth Evans examines the Kinora in its technological, industrial and socio-cultural context to explore how early attempts to domesticate moving images were configured. She closely analyses 84 previously unexamined Kinora reels, filmed using the early motion picture device between 1908-1913 and held by the Smedley Collection. These include 23 reels that were produced for public consumption and others that were meant solely for private viewing by the Smedley family. She goes on to consider the reels as material objects, examining not only their content, but also how the collection was preserved and catalogued by members of the family. Finally, she reflects on her own connection to the reels as the Smedleys’ great-granddaughter.

In doing so, Evans expands our understanding of moving images’ emergence as part of a wider network of cultural practices in Edwardian Britain that featured within domestic as well as public and professional spaces.

At the turn of the twentieth century, film and the cinema were part of a set of technologies that explored the potential for moving image storytelling. Although most were focused on creating public and communal viewing experiences, some looked to the home and amateur market. One of these was the Kinora, a flickbook device that was available for a brief period (1903-1914) before disappearing to become a footnote in the history of moving image culture. The Enchanting Kinora brings the Kinora back into focus, taking an interdisciplinary approach to explore its role in the emergence of moving image culture in Britain. The Kinora’s industrial origins and its promotion in newspapers and lifestyle magazines reveal how the device sat alongside competitor devices, seeking to corner the otherwise unexploited home market. Through a collection of previously unknown Kinora reels created between 1908 and 1912 – essentially some of the earliest examples of home movies – the book then undercovers a previously hidden history of early moving image audiences, one that sits within the home and the mundane, everyday spaces, routines and relationships of family life. This hidden history will reveal how some of the earliest audiences made sense of moving image technologies and how they were crafting their own screen stories from the very beginning.
Some Like It Hot
Authors: Cohan Steven
Published: January 2025

Billy Wilder's classic screwball comedySome Like it Hot(1959), starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe, tells the story of two struggling Jazz musicians who accidentally witness a mob massacre in Chicago who then, disguised as women, join a female band to escape the gangsters' pursuit.Despite the film's popular reception, with Academy Award nominations for Wilder and star Jack Lemmon, the film gained notoriety for its crossdressing plot and gender-bending comedy.

Steven Cohan's study of the film disentangles its production history and subsequent notoriety from the film itself, reconsidering the ways in which it playfully challenged generic and gender conventions of the 1950s. He provides an in depth analysis of the film's near perfect comedic structure, Wilder's aesthetic choices and self-reflexive star performances by Curtis, Lemmon and Monroe.

He goes on to consider the film's queerness, as well as its promotion and reception in 1959. Contextualizing the film within its contemporary moment, he argues its textual richness, one that allows it to be viewed differently across generations, securing its lasting influence in popular culture.
Frederick Douglass
Authors: Christian Mark
Published: January 2025

Meet one of the most influential men in the United States’ history of emancipation and Black rights.

Chronicling Frederick Douglass’s life in an accessible way, this biography engages with history and wrestles with biases, falsehoods, and unknown facts in order to tell Douglass’s story as accurately as possible. Taking a comprehensive look at Douglass’s life from birth to death, the book delves into Douglass’s time as an enslaved African American, his escape, his experiences as a prominent orator and champion of Black rights, his writings and publications, and the influence he had on shaping society of the time. A detailed timeline allows students to quickly reference and recall major points in Douglass’s history, and the book is further augmented by the inclusion of primary documents, which include samples of Douglass’s own copious works, as well as words written about Douglass by his contemporaries. Readers will walk away with not only a better understanding of American history but an appreciation for Frederick Douglass’s impact in his own time and his lasting relevance for all those who continue to fight for a more equal society today.
Religious Belief and Science
Authors: Utter Glenn H.
Published: January 2025

This resource helps readers navigate and better understand the religious, cultural, and political impact of American views of religious faith and scientific inquiry.Do different religious faiths and traditions hold varying views on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution? How does religious belief shape American attitudes about vaccination and climate change? How have American political affiliations been influenced by these controversies and debates? This all-in-one resource provides answers to all these questions and more.

Coverage includes narrative chapters detailing how religious belief and science have intersected in the lives of Americans historically, as well as how they shape our lives today. Other features include scholarly essays discussing how people of different religious beliefs (as well as people who are non-religious) view science and its role in American society, biographical profiles of activists and opinion-shapers, tables and figures, primary documents, annotated bibliography, and chronology of events.
La memoria dolorida
Authors: Blanco Amalio , Gaborit Mauricio
Published: January 2025

In April 2003, twenty-two of the sixty-one FMLN ex-combatants who participated in the Master’s Thesis in Community Psychology carried out by Patricia Silva met in Suchitoto (El Salvador) aiming to remember their experiences during the war and how they feel and what they are doing at the present time. The meeting was recorded, and in the meantime for the transcription a theoretical paper was written on the memory of trauma of the civil war victims. This paper, that is now being published, showed that the FMLN ex-combatants had been exposed to events that, according to the DSM-IV, could open the way to a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, and according to the data coming from the semi-structured interview with six of the participants, they witnessed the destruction of their homes, the disintegration of their family network, and the damage of their community. Therefore, their exposition to such stressful events lead to a psychosocial trauma in their autobiographical memory ten years after the end of the war. This is also the emotional experience of many other people in El Salvador giving rise to a collective memory worth to recover against the ones who try to hide the truth. And the memory of Mauricio Gaborit, a deep friend, is also present and will always be present because friendship has no expiration date.
ANALISIS DETERMINAN STATUS IMUNISASI DASAR LENGKAP PADA BALITA DI WILAYAH INDONESIA BAGIAN TIMUR
Authors: Dilla Sriwahyuni  , Sari Rhidolla Permata , Hasibuan Rira Fauziah , Srasomi
Published: January 2025

Latar belakang: Imunisasi sangat penting untuk mencegah berbagai penyakit terutama penyakit tuberkulosis, difteri, pertusis, hepatitis, dan polio sebagai penyebab terbesar mortalitas dan morbiditas pada anak. Secara umum status imunisasi lengkap pada balita di Indonesia bagian timur baru mencapai cakupan 66,67%, pencapaian ini belum sesuai dengan  target MDGs  yaitu cakupan imunisasi 100%.
Tujuan: untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi status imunisasi dasar lengkap pada balita di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur dan merumuskan kebijakan yang tepat untuk peningkatan cakupan imunisasi dasar di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur di masa yang akan datang.
Metode: untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi status imunisasi dasar lengkap pada balita di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur dan merumuskan kebijakan yang tepat untuk peningkatan cakupan imunisasi dasar di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur di masa yang akan datang.
Hasil: untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi status imunisasi dasar lengkap pada balita di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur dan merumuskan kebijakan yang tepat untuk peningkatan cakupan imunisasi dasar di wilayah Indonesia bagian timur di masa yang akan datang.
Çalışanların Örgütsel Çatışmaları Çözme Yöntemlerinin Sinik Davranışlara Etkisi: Otel İşletmelerinde Bir Araştırma
Authors: Kayacı Ayşenur , Özkoç Aziz Gökhan
Published: January 2025

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, otel çalışanlarının yöneticileriyle yaşadıkları örgütsel çatışmalarda tercih ettikleri çatışma çözme yöntemlerinin örgütsel sinizme olan etkisini tespit etmek ve çatışmaya uygun olarak çalışanların sinik davranışlarının tetiklenmeyeceği şekilde uygulamaları gereken çatışma çözme yöntemlerinin ampirik olarak ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Araştırma, nicel yöntemle yürütülmüş olup; araştırmanın verileri, Ankara’da bulunan turizm işletme belgeli 4 ve 5 yıldızlı otel işletmelerindeki 402 çalışandan anket yoluyla elde edilmiştir. Araştırma hipotezlerinin çözümlenmesine ilişkin faktör analizi, güvenilirlik, normallik testleri, tanımlayıcı istatistikler, korelasyon ve çoklu regresyon analizleri yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırmanın bulgularına göre, örgütsel çatışmayı çözme yöntemlerinin, örgütsel sinizmin duyuşsal ve davranışsal alt boyutlarını anlamlı yönde etkilediği tespit edilirken, örgütsel sinizmin bilişsel alt boyutu üzerinde anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olmadığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Özgünlük: İlgili literatürdeki araştırmalar, çatışma türlerinden iş-aile, iş-iş dışı ve kişilerarası çatışmaların örgütsel sinizme olan etkisi üzerinde yoğunlaşıldığını göstermektedir. Ancak bu araştırmalarda, çatışmaların örgüt içindeki yerlerine göre yaşanan çatışmalar boyutunda ele alınmadığı görülmektedir. Dolayısıyla bu araştırma, çalışanların yöneticileriyle yaşadığı örgütsel çatışma durumlarında tercih ettikleri çatışmayı çözme yöntemlerinin sinik tutumlarını hangi düzeyde etkileyeceğini tespit etmek açısından ve araştırmanın turizm sektörü üzerinde değerlendirilmiş olması yönünden özgün bir değer taşımaktadır.
Evaluation of Public Hospitals' Performance with Decision Tree Algorithms
Authors: Avcı Keziban
Published: January 2025

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate a range of financial performance indicators calculated through structural, operational, and HVI measures for public hospitals in the Turkish healthcare sector using various decision tree algorithms.
Methodology: The study comprises threa phases. In the first phase, financial ratios were calculated from the hospitals' financial statements using the ratio analysis method. In the second phase, these ratios were used to calculate the HVI. In the third phase, the selected operational and financial indicators were analyzed with decision tree algorithms. The ID3, C4.5 and CART decision tree algorithms and AUC were used for predicting operational and financial indicators and performance assessment of decision trees.
Findings: It has been observed that decision trees created using the ID3 algorithm exhibit higher performance compared to other algorithms (AUC = 0.93). According to the results of the study, the number of beds significantly predicts the operational and financial performance of public hospitals and can be explained by the hospital scale. In addition, a strong relationship was found between operational and financial performance indicators with training status.
Originality: The study is original in demonstrating the effectiveness of the ID3 decision tree algorithm in predicting the performance of public hospitals.
Liman Performans Analizi İçin Yeni Entegre D-CRITIC-SWARA-COPRAS Yaklaşımı
Authors: Satan Elif , Aydın Umut , Atak Üstün
Published: January 2025

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı; gelişmekte olan ekonomiye sahip Türkiye’nin konteyner limanlarının arasından seçilen 9 limanın 2020-2023 yılları arasındaki verilerini kullanarak önerilen bir entegre metodolojiyle performans analizi gerçekleştirmektir.
Yöntem: Çalışmada D-CRITIC (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory based on Complex Proportional Assessment), SWARA (Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis) ve COPRAS (Complex Proportional Assessment) yaklaşımlarıyla 2020-2023 yılları arasındaki veriler ile 4 kriter kullanılarak karşılaştırmalı bir performans analizi yapılmış ve elde edilen sıralamalar raporlanmıştır.
Bulgular: Oluşturulan senaryoların hepsinde Tekirdağ limanı en iyi performansa sahipken; Mersin ikinci, Aliağa üçüncü, İzmir dördüncü, Antalya beşinci ve Samsun altıncı sırada yer almıştır. Diğer limanlar farklı senaryolara göre farklı sıralarda yer almıştır.
Özgünlük: Bilindiği kadarıyla objektif ağırlık hesaplama yöntemi D-CRITIC ve sübjektif ağırlık hesaplama yöntemi olan SWARA ile alternatif sıralama yaklaşımı olan COPRAS literatürde ilk defa entegre şekilde kullanılmıştır.
Efficient Solution Algorithms for Resource Planning and Scheduling in Seasonal Reservation Systems
Authors: Eliiyi Uğur
Published: January 2025

Purpose: In this study, efficient solution algorithms are proposed for a problem which simultaneously optimizes capacity planning and scheduling decisions in reservation systems. The problem is especially important for systems involving appointments/reservations, such as hotel or seat reservations in tourism, operation and treatment reservations in healthcare systems, or port logistics operations.
Methodology: The optimization problem studied involves concurrent decisions of scheduling and dynamic capacity determination, with an objective of maximizing the net return gained from the served appointments. A randomized constructive heuristic exploiting problem’s structural characteristics is proposed together with effective improvement procedures. Extensive computational experimentation is conducted in order to test algorithm performance.
Findings: The developed approach performs excellently in both solution quality and time. With up to 200 reservations, the heuristic technique outperforms CPLEX in terms of solution time and quality. The algorithm's performance remains unchanged as the size of the problem increases.
Originality: This study presents the first heuristic approach to solving this significant problem. Through optimization of resource utilization and scheduling, substantial positive social and economic impact on a number of business sectors can be obtained. The efficient problem-solving techniques developed will pave the way for future research.
Pengembangan E-Modul Berbasis Understanding by Design (UbD) Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Spasial Siswa Materi Bangun Ruang Sisi Datar
Authors: Hidayat Ayu Wahyuni , Sabil Husni , Junita Ranisa
Published: January 2025

UbD menganut prinsip backward design yang berfokus pada tujuan yang ingin dicapai dan pemahaman siswa. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dan bukti ketercapaiannya disajikan pada setiap aktifitas pembelajaran sehingga pembelajaran berfokus pada siswa untuk membuktikan ketercapaian tujuannya. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan kualitas e-modul berbasis UbD dalam peningkatan kemampuan spasial siswa yang dilihat dari kriteria kevalidan, kepraktisan, dan keefektifan. Kami menggunakan pendekatan Research and Development (R&D) dengan model ADDIE. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII D SMP Negeri 1 Muaro JAMBI. Data diperoleh dari instrumen angket, tes kemampuan spasial, dan observasi. Penskoran data angket menggunakan skala Likert. E-modul berbasis UbD adalah hasil penelitian ini yang dapat meningkatkan kemampuan spasial siswa. Hasil persentase rata-rata dari kualitas produk: (a) kevalidan materi sebesar 92,5% dan desain sebesar 90,83% pada kategori sangat valid, (b) kepraktisan guru sebesar 95% dan siswa sebesar 86,815% pada kategori sangat praktis, (c) angket keefektifan sebesar 81,01% pada kategori sangat efektif dan skor N-gain sebesar 0,7411 berada pada kategori tinggi. Hasil observasi menunjukkan persentase rata-rata sebesar 92,06%. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa e-modul berbasis UbD dapat diimplementasikan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan spasial siswa. Kami merekomendasikan pendidik untuk penggunakan e-modul berbasis UbD yang memfokuskan ketercapaian tujuan pemebelajaran dan pemahaman siswa.
Analisis Berpikir Kritis Siswa Berdasarkan Gaya Kognitif dalam Menyelesaikan Masalah
Authors: Aryani Eva , Huda Nizlel , Anwar Khairul
Published: January 2025

Kemampuan berpikir terutama berpikir kritis yang melibatkan kognitif seseorang sangat berpengaruh dalam menyelesaikan masalah pada abad 21. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini memiliki tujuan mendeskripsikan proses berpikir kritis siswa gaya kognitif reflektif dan impulsif dalam pemecahan masalah. Fokus penelitian ini adalah pada materi aljabar. Kami menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan melibatkan 4 siswa sebagai subjek yaitu siswa di kelas VIIA SMPN 1 Muaro Jambi yang gaya kognitif reflektif sebanyak 2 dan gaya kognitif impulsif sebanyak 2. Teknik penentuan subjek yaitu teknik purposive sampling. Kami menggunakan instrumen Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) dan lembar tes soal pemecahan masalah. Analisis yang dilakukan meliputi reduksi dan penyajian data serta menarik kesimpulan. Penelitian ini diperoleh bahwa siswa bergaya kognitif reflektif memenuhi 5 dari 6 indikator berpikir kritis dalam pemecahan masalah matematis yaitu focus, reason, inference, situation, dan clarity, namun overview tidak dipenuhi. Proses peyelesaian soal siswa yang menggunakan gaya kognitif reflektif cenderung benar dan membutuhkan waktu relatif lebih lama. Siswa yang kognitif impulsif, indikator yang dipenuhi hanya sedikit yaitu focus dan reason. Penyelesaian soal dari siswa bergaya kognitif impulsif cenderung kurang tepat dan hanya membutuhkan waktu yang relatif cepat
Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Creative Problem Solving terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Matematis ditinjau dari Gaya Belajar Siswa
Authors: Waruwu Nini Suryani , Mendrofa Netti Kariani , Telaumbanua Yakin Niat , Mendrofa Ratna Natalia
Published: January 2025

Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi berdasarkan hasil studi pendahuluan yang dilakukan peneliti di UPTD SMP Negeri 5 Gunungsitoli, ditemukan masalah yaitu (1) pemilihan model pembelajaran yang digunakan masih bersifat konvensional (2) kurangnya perhatian terhadap gaya belajar siswa (3) kurangnya kemampuan berpikir kreatif siswa dalam menyelesaikan soal matematika. Tujuanpenelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran creative problem solving terhadap kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis ditinjau dari gaya belajar siswa UPTD SMP Negeri 5 Gunungsitoli. Populasi penelitian ini adalah kelas IX dan sampel penelian terdiri dari dua kelas yaitu kelas IX-A sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas IX-B sebagai kelas kontrol UPTD SMP Negeri 5 Gunungsitoli yang berjumlah 50 siswa. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik simple random sampling. Jenis penelitan ini adalah kuantitatif dengan metode penelitian eksperimen semu (quasi eksperimen design), dan instrumen penelitian ini berbentuk uraian kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan angket gaya belajar siswa. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh yang diperoleh berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis menggunakan Uji-T Paired Sampel T-Test. Hasil menunjukkan tes kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis ditinjau dari gaya belajar Visual di kelas eksperimen sig.(2-tailed) adalah sebesar 0,000 < 0,05 dan nilai thitung sebesar 26,265 > ttabel 1,746. Gaya belajar Auditori di kelas eksperimen sig.(2-tailed) adalah sebesar 0,010 < 0,05 dan nilai thitung sebesar 9,976 > ttabel 2,920. Gaya belajar Kinestik di kelas eksperimen sig.(2-tailed) adalah sebesar 0,018< 0,05 dan nilai thitung sebesar 7,250 > ttabel 2,920 maka Ho ditolak dan Ha, sehingga keputusan menerima Ha yang berarti hipotesis rata-rata hasil kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis siswa telah teruji, sehingga “Ada pengaruh model pembelajaran creative problem solving terhadap kemampuan berpikir kreatif matematis ditinjau dari gaya belajar siswa UPTD SMP Negeri 5 Gunungsitoli”. Berdasarkan angket gaya belajar awal dan akhir siswa kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol aspek dominan gaya belajar siswa pada kedua kelas adalah visual (A).
Workation –Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities in the Evolving Paradigm of Remote Work
Authors: ŁUCZAK Paweł
Published: January 2025

Workation, combining work with vacation, is a new trend that has gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to flexible forms of work, such as remote work. This model allows employees to perform their professional duties from anywhere in the world, while also taking advantage of the opportunity to travel and rest. It is particularly attractive to younger employees who appreciate the balance between work and private life. Implementing the workation concept brings numerous challenges for organizations. The aim of this article is to fill the cognitive gap in the challenges of implementing the workation concept in an organization. While workation offers benefits in the form of flexibility and potential improvement in work-life balance, it requires a careful approach to risk analysis and implementation of appropriate management practices. The key is to adapt legal and organizational regulations, as well as support employees in effectively using this form of work. This trend remains an area for further research, especially in the context of its impact on team dynamics and work efficiency.
OPTIMASI PERSEDIAAN IKAN BANDENG TANPA DURI MENGGUNAKAN METODE STRATEGI EFISIENSI DALAM PRODUKSI
Authors: NURUL HIDAYAT  , Putrijuwita  , Geo Feneri  , Putri Nabila Marsha
Published: January 2025

Haji Dinare's Thornless Milkfish Production House is a small industry or home industry in Tarakan City that buys, processes, and markets processed milkfish products abroad. The recording process is still manual, in this Milkfish Production House still uses book records so that the data generated is less accurate, effective, and efficient. In addition, this milkfish production house has weaknesses that need to be improved, namely purchase and inventory reporting whose accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency have not been met. The home industry that we raise, for example, the Production House of Thornless Milkfish, will be very good if it has a good management system so as to produce a total inventory cost that is close to optimal. One method to manage inventory properly is the Economic Order Quanit (EOQ) method, JIT, data collection, inventory turnover (Inventory Turnover Ratio), average inventory (Avarage Inventory), annual holding cost (Annual Holding Cost), and total annual inventory cost (Total Annual Inventory Cost).
pyVPRM: A next-generation Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model for the post-MODIS era
Authors: Glauch Theo , Marshall Julia , Gerbig Christoph , Botía Santiago , Gałkowski Michał , Vardag Sanam N. , Butz André
Published: January 2025

Abstract. The Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM) is a well-established tool to estimate carbon exchange fluxes between the atmosphere and the biosphere. The gross primary production (GPP) and respiration (Reco) of the ecosystem are modelled separately at high spatial and temporal resolution using the satellite-derived Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Water Index (LSWI), as well as meteorological variables for solar irradiance and surface temperature. The net ecosystem exchange (NEE) is calculated as the difference between the gross fluxes GPP and Respiration. VPRM is widely used as a biospheric flux model in atmospheric transport modeling, most often on scales ranging from city to continent, but also in studies of biospheric carbon budgets and their changes with climate extremes. Historically, satellite-based surface reflectances from the 500-m-resolution Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) have been used to determine the EVI and LSWI. However, MODIS is reaching the end of its lifetime and will soon be decommissioned. Therefore, we present an updated version of VPRM, pyVPRM, which provides a software framework with a modular structure that can be used with various satellite products, land cover maps, meteorological data sources, and VPRM model parameterizations. Our tool naturally provides an interface to use satellite data from Sentinel-2, MODIS and VIIRS, as well as global high-resolution land cover classification maps from the Copernicus Dynamic Land Cover Collection 3 and ESA World Cover at 100 m and 10 m resolution, respectively. Neither product is static, hence dynamic changes of the land cover from year to year can be represented. Using Sentinel-2, ecosystem fluxes can be calculated at a resolution of up to 20 m, providing more accurate flux estimates in heterogeneous landscapes like croplands and allowing to resolve small-scale vegetation patches as common in urban areas. In contrast, VIIRS data are at the same resolution as MODIS, and thus provide for continuity once MODIS is discontinued, requiring only minor adjustments to the VPRM data preprocessing. In addition, pyVPRM improves the data handling, for example for snow-covered scenes. This paper presents the pyVPRM framework, discusses changes and improvements compared to previous VPRM implementations, and provides VPRM parameters for the European domain based on indices calculated from MODIS, Sentinel-2 and VIIRS using a new, wind-speed-optimized selection of eddy-covariance observations from 97 flux tower sites. Using pyVPRM and the new parameters we observe significant improvements in the estimation of the European carbon budget. The results are well conform with those from inversion studies.
Unveiling Etna volcano flank dynamics from new paleoseismological findings along the Fiandaca Fault
Authors: Tringali Giorgio , Bella Domenico , Livio Franz , Blumetti Anna Maria , Groppelli Gianluca , Guerrieri Luca , Neri Marco , Adorno Vincenzo , Pettinato Rosario , Trotta Sara , Michetti Alessandro M.
Published: January 2025

Abstract. We present the first paleoseismological results along the Fiandaca Fault, the source of the 26 December 2018, Mw 4.9 Fleri earthquake. We excavated two exploratory trenches along the coseismic surface ruptures at the Collegio Fiandaca site. Analysis of trench walls allow identifying, besides the 2018 event, two historical surface faulting events. The youngest one occurred in the period 1281–1926 CE, and most likely during the1894 Fiandaca earthquake. The oldest one, previously unknown, occurred in the Early Middle Ages (757–894 CE). This paleoseismic evidence strongly suggest increased seismic activity along the Fiandaca Fault in the last centuries. In order to verify this hypothesis, we conducted detailed morphotectonic analyses and throw rate measurements along the Fiandaca and other capable normal faults in the Mt. Etna eastern flank. Throw rates mean values show an increase from 1.4 mm/yr during the 15–3.9 ka time interval to 3.4 mm/yr between 3.9 ka and the Greek-Roman period, with a further increase since the late Middle Ages, reaching 10 mm/yr. This trend suggests a very recent growth in flank instability, in agreement with current geodetic data but also with historical eruptive activity. These findings highlight an increase of the associated geological hazards along the inhabited eastern flank, emphasizing the need for further research and a multi-hazard approach to risk assessment and land planning for Mt. Etna and similar volcanic regions.
Physical characterization of the boundary separating safe and unsafe AMOC overshoot behaviour
Authors: Faure Ragani Aurora , Dijkstra Henk A.
Published: January 2025

Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an important tipping element within the climate system as it may collapse due to a changing surface buoyancy forcing. Under scenarios of future greenhouse gas emission reductions, it has been suggested that the AMOC may undergo a safe overshoot. However, this was based on a rather conceptual model limiting the physical characterization of the boundary between safe and unsafe AMOC overshoot behaviour. Here, using a fully-implicit global ocean model, we investigate the AMOC overshoot behaviour under different piecewise linear transient freshwater forcing scenarios. We clarify the physics of the collapse and recovery behaviour of the AMOC and show that the potential for a safe overshoot is tightly linked to a delicate balance of salt fluxes in the North Atlantic. More specifically, the sign of the time derivative of the integrated salt content in the northern North Atlantic is identified as an adequate indicator of the type of AMOC overshoot behaviour. The insights gained are relevant to inform climate policy strategies regarding emission reductions, highlighting the necessity for thoughtful scenarios to prevent an AMOC collapse.