bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Forecasting of Visitors Arrived in Taiwan for Tourism Supply Chain Demand using Big Data
Authors: Liang Yi-Hui
Published: July 2021

The fast development of Information and Communication Technology, generate, collect and operate a large amount of data, which is termed big data. The search queries in web search engines can be retrieved by visitors to obtain useful infor-mation for the selected next visiting destinations. Google Trends on Google search engine can evaluate and compare how many times users are searching for specific terms or topics. Otherwise, economic factors, covering income, the rela-tive prices, and relative exchange rate usually influence the international tourist demand. However, there are different conclusions in different settings. Accord-ingly, this work presents the ARIMAX model for modelling and forecasting numbers of international tourists visiting Taiwan from Japan for different pur-poses and provides an analysis of the effects of big data and economic factors. The results can contribute to the decision makers of the tourism industry in Taiwan
Study on Earthquake-induced Structural Pounding Between Two Adjacent Building Structures with Unequal Heights
Authors: Folhento Pedro , De Barros Rui Carneiro , Braz-César Manuel
Published: July 2021

Structural pounding has been found to have a significant influence on the dynamic behavior of building structures under earthquake excitations. This phenomenon is more probable when the buildings have insufficient separation distance and substantial different dynamic properties. In large cities, it is more common for adjacent buildings to have unequal heights, leading to different demands in the structures’ stories under earthquake-induced pounding. Hence, in this study five different buildings’ configurations with equal or unequal heights and subjected to different ground motions are considered, to study how pounding influences the dynamic behavior of the involved structures. It was found, among other results, that the peak responses tend to suffer amplifications at the stories of the taller building above the height of the shorter building.
EFEKTIFITAS PENGGUNAAN CENDAWAN MIKORIZA TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN BIBIT KAKAO SAMBUNG PUCUK (Theobroma cacao L.) DI KABUPATEN SIKKA
Authors: Bolly Yovita Yasintha , Wahyuni Yuyun
Published: July 2021

The use of mycorrhizal biofertilizers in shoot grafting cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) nurseries is one of the efforts made to increase cocoa growth in Sikka Regency. This study aims to determine the effect of the dose of mycorrhizal biological fertilizer on the growth of cocoa seedlings. The study used a randomized block design (RAK) with fertilizer doses of 0 g/polybag (control), 10 g/polybag, 20 g/polybag, 30 g/polybag, 40 g/polybag 50 g/polybag. The results showed that the treatment the addition of mycorrhizae on shoot grafting cocoa seedlings had no effect on all growth variables observed at 30 days after mycorrhizal application and significantly affected all growth variables for cacao seedlings aged 60 days after mycorrhizal application. Giving mycorrhizae to shoot grafting cocoa seedlings at a dose of 50 g/polybag (M5) gave the highest yield for all growth variables of cocoa seedlings aged 60 days after mycorrhizal application, namely plant height 48.50 cm, stem diameter 1.10 cm, and number of leaves 8 ,25 strands.
lab.js: A free, open, online study builder
Authors: Henninger Felix , Shevchenko Yury , Mertens Ulf K. , Kieslich Pascal J. , Hilbig Benjamin E.
Published: July 2021

Web-based data collection is increasingly popular in both experimental and survey-based research because it is flexible, efficient, and location-independent. While dedicated software for laboratory-based experimentation and online surveys is commonplace, researchers looking to implement experiments in the browser have, heretofore, often had to manually construct their studies’ content and logic using code. We introduce , a free, open-source experiment builder that makes it easy to build studies for both online and in-laboratory data collection. Through its visual interface, stimuli can be designed and combined into a study without programming, though studies’ appearance and behavior can be fully customized using html, css, and JavaScript code if required. Presentation and response times are kept and measured with high accuracy and precision heretofore unmatched in browser-based studies. Experiments constructed with can be run directly on a local computer and published online with ease, with direct deployment to cloud hosting, export to web servers, and integration with popular data collection platforms. Studies can also be shared in an editable format, archived, re-used and adapted, enabling effortless, transparent replications, and thus facilitating open, cumulative science. The software is provided free of charge under an open-source license; further information, code, and extensive documentation are available from https://lab.js.org/.
The content of mercury and lead in the feed base of valuable fish species of the Caspian Sea
Authors: Ershova Tatiana , Chaplygin Vladimir , Zaitsev Vyacheslav , Khursanov Alisher , Shaboyants Natalia
Published: July 2021

Mercury and lead are not essential elements and have a high degree of toxicity to all groups of living organisms, including hydrobionts. In turn, the accumulation of dangerous chemical elements in the primary trophic units of marine ecosystems is also reflected in the high level of accumulation and toxication of fish-valuable objects of fishing. As part of the study of the ecological state of the biota of the Volga-Caspian basin, there is a need to study the concentrations of heavy metals such as mercury and lead. The aim of the work is to study the content of mercury and lead in some invertebrate species of the Caspian Sea. The main source of mercury and lead in the body of the studied species is the water of the north-western part of the Caspian Sea. Among the studied taxonomic groups of organisms, mercury accumulators were all species of mollusks, as well as Balanus improvises and Rhithropanopeus harrisii. The lead concentrating organisms were Cerastoderma lamarcki and Mytilaster lineatus, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, and Balanus improvises.
Sharks protected by international law
Authors: Bekyashev Kamil , Vaniyan Susanna
Published: July 2021

The article considers the international legal problems of shark protection in the high sea. The analysis of all existing intergovernmental conventions is given in detail; the recommendations of CCAMLR, NEAFC, NAFO, ICCAT and other RFMOs are considered on the topic of the article. The typical content of National Plans of Action for the Conservation of sharks is given. The contribution of the Russian Federation to the protection of sharks is shown.
Features of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) fishery in January-April 2021 in the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk
Authors: Smirnov Andrey , Omelchenko Yuri , Semenov Yuri , Elatinceva Julia
Published: July 2021

Based on the materials collected in 2021, the catch, some features of herring biology and behavior inhabiting the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk are considered. The problems encountered in the herring fishery are shown, and measures to optimize the fishery are proposed.
Wired to the World: Anonymisers
Authors: Scott Ralph L
Published: July 2021

We have all become increasingly aware that, for commercial and perhaps other reasons, our use of the Internet can and is being tracked. For most of us this tracking has become a major concern as unwanted e-mail (commonly called SPAM) has begun to clog our incoming mailboxes.  There are a variety of ways to combat both the tracking and the receipt of unwanted e-mail. One of the ways of dealing with this problem is the use of an anonymiser service, many of which are available over the Web.
North Carolina Books
Authors: Hodder Dorothy
Published: July 2021

Sandwiched between the American Revolution and the Civil War,the War of 1812 seldom merits our attention. Except for the burning of Washington and Jackson’s after-the-fact victory at New Orleans, few people know or remember much about it. To be honest, American military forces were not very successful during the conflict save for the warships of the tiny U. S. Navy. In singleship battles during the war, the Americans beat the British, the world’s greatest naval power, in six of seven encounters. The U.S.S. Wasp, a sloop-of-war under the command of North Carolinian Johnston Blakeley, won one of the most famous of those victories.
NCLA Minutes
Authors: Davis Martha
Published: July 2021

Friday, January 25, 2002Student Services CenterRandolph Community College, Asheboro, N.C.
Wired to the World: Get a Handle on Spam
Authors: Scott Ralph L
Published: July 2021

Those of us of World War II vintage and even later will recall Hormel’s Spam, a processed meat product that was for decades a staple of the American diet, served morning, noon, and night. A recent phenomenon, junk e-mail (a.k.a. another type of Spam), has becomethe bane of our collective existence. When I returned from vacation this summer, I found some 493 e-mail messages waiting to be read — timeshare offers, yet more low-priced toner cartridges, and offers of millions of dollars from Nigeria if I would only contact Mr. So-and-So with my bank account numbers.
Library Cooperation and the Development of the North Carolina Information Network (NCIN): From the Great Depression Years to 1992
Authors: Kester Diane , Jones, Jr. Plummer Alston
Published: July 2021

The history of the development of library networks, omputerization of library processes, and the uses of technology in libraries in North Carolina needs more attention.1 The acceptance of computerization and technology has been widespread, although many libraries feared that they would be left behind by the technological revolution. To the contrary, not only have North Carolina libraries and librarians worked cooperatively to keep up with technological advances throughout the various decades of the twentieth century since the Great Depression, but also they have been in the vanguard, often on the cutting edge, of the application of technology to librarianship. North Carolina librarians nearing retirement today arguably have seen greater changes in their profession and institutions than in any other time during the last five hundred years. Perhaps it is time to begin telling the story of this great transformation.
NCLA Minutes
Authors: Libraries North Carolina
Published: July 2021

Friday, July 19,2002Charles W. Chestnutt Library, Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina
Lagniappe: Career Resources for Librarians/Information Professionals
Authors: Yeager H. Jamane
Published: July 2021

While doing research for a presentation on “Librarianship as a SecondCareer,” I discovered a cornucopia of wonderful career resources forlibrarians. This information is not just for new graduates coming tolibrarianship from other professions, but also for librarians who have been in the profession for a while. As a recent library school graduate, I was sometimes perplexed by the job titles listed, so I was ecstatic when I discovered “Real Job Titles for Library and Information Science Professionals” by Michelle Mach (http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~mach/realjobs.html), an exhaustive and very helpful list.
NCLA Minutes
Authors: Libraries North Carolina
Published: July 2021

Friday, October 18, 2002Davidson College,Davidson, North Carolina
Lagniappe: Library Ghosts of North Carolina
Authors: Hodder Dorothy
Published: July 2021

A fanciful person might say that every library is haunted by the spirits of the authors of the books that wait on its shelves for readers to share their thoughts and memories. Librarians are not fanciful as a general rule, however, which may lend extra credence to the few who will admit to paranormal manifestations in their buildings. Stories unearthed in a recent informal survey of North Carolina’s public library directors on the subject are tantalizingly brief and uniformly tame, in keeping with the quiet, modest, hardworking, conscientious, and discreet image of the typical librarian or scholar.
Wired to the World: Dynamic Reference Linking
Authors: Scott Ralph L
Published: July 2021

Reference linking is a relatively new concept in librarianship. Some of you may be familiar with the 856 MARC record field, which is a type of static reference linking. For example, in the online public accesscatalog (OPAC) when you look under the title National Wildlife, there is a 856 link in the MARC record that links via a Web browser to the site: www.nwf.org.
North Carolina Books
Authors: Hodder Dorothy
Published: July 2021

Frank J. Schwartz, professor and curator of fishes at the University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences at Morehead City, has distilled more than forty-five years’ worth of study into a handy guide to the ninety-one species of Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Carolinas. The introduction discusses past, present, and future Elasmobranchs (primitive fishes with cartilaginous skeletons and five to seven pairs of gill slits not covered by an opercle) briefly but in impressive detail.
Building and Managing a Digital Collection in a Small Library
Authors: Wilson Wayne
Published: July 2021

The creation and management of digital library collections is a relatively new field of librarianship that nevertheless has produced a substantial literature. Because the development of digital information resources can be an expensive undertaking, it is not surprising that the institutional pioneers in digital development typically were large academic research libraries or federally funded agencies. As a result, librarians and information managers from such institutions have tended to dominate the professionaldiscourse on digitalization. At an April 2003 conference in Los Angeles presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center, for example, the speakers were from Harvard University, Duke University, Cornell University, UCLA, the University of California–Berkeley, Columbia University, the Research Libraries Group, the National Archives and Records Administration,and the Library of Congress—hardly a representative cross-section of American libraries.1
TAP into the Library
Authors: Ellis Kem
Published: July 2021

Use technology, not branch libraries, to improve access and convenience for library users!” This is the message High Point Public Library’s board of trustees heard loud and clear in the summer of 1998 during a series of six community focus groups. This article describes the library’s collaborative plan to fulfill this mandate from High Point’s library users and to design a new approach to providing multiple library access points in an urban setting.
Books and Beyond
Authors: Crawford Walt
Published: July 2021

For the handful of you who read Cites & Insights or my columns [inAmerican Libraries], maybe I should begin by noting the topics that I’m not going to talk about today. Filtering, censorware, CIPA: not on the agenda. Personal computing: certainly not directly. Copy protection, the imbalance in copyright, and the bizarre attitudes of Big Media: not directly—but it’s impossible to discuss the future of books and libraries without some mention of copyright and the public domain.
History of North Carolina Libraries and Librarianship: A Bibliography, Part I
Authors: Williams Wiley J.
Published: July 2021

Following a suggestion by Robert G. Anthony, Jr., Curator of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I set about compiling this work, which is modeled on and incorporates materials gathered for earlier bibliographies published by Ray Carpenter, Bea Bruce, and Michele Oliver in 1971 and by Robert G. Anthony, Jr. in 1992.1
North Carolina Books
Authors: Hodder Dorothy
Published: July 2021

Coastal North Carolina, and especially Wilmington and the Lower CapeFear area, has been the location for many exciting events for more than four centuries. This book provides a comprehensive tool for discovering these sites.  In this easy-to-use guide, author Jack E. Fryar, a native of Wilmington, offers an illustrated tour of the many historical tourism stops in the southeastern part of the state. The list of entries is color-coded by location and includes a wide range of sites, including the gardens, cemeteries, museums, and even the North Carolina Room at the New Hanover County Public Library.
Remembrances of a Conference Past: The NCLA Centennial Conference (1904-2004) and the 2004 SELA Biennial Conference
Authors: Jones, Jr. Plummer Alston
Published: July 2021

Documentation of the conferences
From the pen of the Editor
Authors: Scott Ralph L
Published: July 2021

Editorial
Lagniappe: “For ’the making and glimpsing of Other-Worlds’: Literature of the Fantastic in the Schlobin Collection at East Carolina University"
Authors: Thomas Joseph
Published: July 2021

A new collection at East Carolina University’s Joyner Library: The James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection includes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and the weird which builds, perhaps, on the uncertainty and anxiety created by the “marvelous” and the “uncanny” aspects of fantasy identified by Tzvetan Todorov (1975).
Academic and Special Library Collaboration in North Carolina: the MAHEC/WCU Partnership
Authors: Carstens Timothy V.
Published: July 2021

Distance education is a rapidly expanding segment of the education marketplace, and the ability to support remote students with appropriate and quality services has become a major challenge for libraries. This article is concerned with library support for nursing students who are enrolled in a distance education program. Specifically, this article describes a collaborative arrangement wherein the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) provides Western Carolina University (WCU) students with library services.
WWW. No Holds Barred: Beta Phi Mu Address
Authors: Owens Irene
Published: July 2021

Beta Phi Mu Address at the North Carolina Library Association Conference on September 22, 2005.
From the President
Authors: Burgin Robert
Published: July 2021

An interview with the new president of the North Carolina Library Association.
Retrospection: The First Hundred Years of North Carolina's Libraries - 1960
Authors: Smith Elizabeth
Published: July 2021

The fifth in a series of articles about North Carolina's libraries.
Library and Information Science Research Winter 2007 and Spring 2008: A Bibliography of Master's Papers from the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science
Authors: Libraries North Carolina
Published: July 2021

The following Master’s papers were submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Library Science degree or the Master of Science in Information Science degree at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.The Master’s papers are available online at: http://sils.unc.edu/itrc/mpi/.
Servicios para la Comunidad: Sharing the Experience of Three Hispanic Services Librarians in North Carolina
Authors: Cramer Elizabeth
Published: July 2021

North Carolina libraries are experiencing an unprecedented demand for Spanish language materials and services for recent immigrant populations due to one of the fastest growing Latino populations in the country. In this article, three Hispanic services librarians were interviewed on topics including library outreach, programs and classes in Spanish, administrative and community support, and overcoming the language barrier.
From the Pen of the Editor
Authors: Scott Ralph L
Published: July 2021

From the Pen of the Editor - Fall/Winter 2009
North Carolina Library Association Biennial Reports, 2007-2009
Authors: Libraries North Carolina
Published: July 2021

Section and Roundtable Reports to the North Carolina Library Association Board.
No issues were published for 2011 v. 69 no. 1-2
Authors: Libraries North Carolina
Published: July 2021

Affiliation of the authors of articles in this issue.
Anime-zing in North Carolina: Library Views of Anime Fans
Authors: Exner Nina
Published: July 2021

The popularity of anime and manga makes anime fans a group of interest to libraries. There are several events in North Carolina where anime fans gather together, and libraries are already involved with these events. This article discusses conventions and summarizes demographics and attitudes of anime fans at the 2008 Animazement convention in the Triangle. Out of 115 respondents, more than half are library card holders and use a library at least once a month. Some sense of library support for anime and manga fans is present, but respondents definitely show a desire for more support.
E-Book Readers Come to Eastern North Carolina
Authors: Cook Eleanor I. , Barricella Lisa S. , James Robert , Mayo Jan , Sanders Mark , Scott Ralph
Published: July 2021

The authors describe a pilot project where Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook e-book readers are provided for patrons to check out. Topics covered include start-up considerations, issues with selection and acquisition of content; cataloging approaches, circulation procedures, publicity strategies and evaluation.
Charles Adams and the Controversy over Use of the Woman’s College Library in Segregated North Carolina
Authors: Lawrimore Erin
Published: July 2021

In 1951, the Library at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina faced attacks from administrative leaders due to its policy of allowing African-American students from neighboring colleges to access the catalog, borrow books, and use reference resources. Librarian Charles Adams refused to ban these students from the Library's facilities, leading to repeated confrontations with the chancellor and the University of North Carolina Consolidated System's Board of Trustees. In developing guidelines that were applicable to all - not just African Americans - Adams bucked the University's segregationist policies and ensured that information needs were met, regardless of a patron's skin color.
Addressing Language Barriers Through Readers’ Advisory: Librarian, Literature, and Locality
Authors: Bolick Joanna
Published: July 2021

With patience and perseverance, the readers’ advisory (RA) relationship can form a long-term bond between patron and librarian, and can also serve to unite library, literature, and the community. But what happens when something hampers the librarian’s ability to bring patron and book together? The purposes of this survey of public librarians were to ascertain if readers’ advisory librarians were coming into contact with patrons who spoke other languages, to compile best practices and resources librarians used or could use during these types of readers’ advisory interactions, and to gain feedback directly from them regarding the interactions themselves. An electronic survey was distributed to public libraries in North Carolina in March 2014. Responding librarians listed over 29 different languages that they were aware of being spoken within their local libraries. Results also indicated that 8 out of 10 public librarians in North Carolina have encountered communication barriers during RA services, with just over 6 out of 10 of those encounters occurring because of the differences in languages spoken during the exchange. Although North Carolina librarians are resourceful individuals who rely on each other, skillfully employ learning strategies, and turn to technology to solve RA problems, results also indicate frustration at the lack of resources and support available to them in these situations.
PRAKTIK BLENDED LEARNING BERBASIS MODERASI ISLAM DALAM PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Pohan Budiman , Khoerunnisa Tiara
Published: July 2021

This study aims to determine the practice of Islamic moderation-based on blended learning in early childhood education during Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative method with case study design. Informants were selected purposively including educators, students, and parents. Data collection was carried out by observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis took place in stages, involving collection, exposition, reduction, verification, and data conclusion, as well as triangulating the data sources. The results show that the learning formats at Al-Munar Kindergarten were in form of: 1) adaptive, the availability of required learning model options; 2) communicative, direct or virtual communication between school and students; 3) technology, learning media and digital platforms utilization; 4) innovative, virtual performance; and 5) facilitative, provided learning equipment by the school. The disposition of Islamic moderation is in form of discursive awareness manifested in oral religious understanding and practical awareness through daily ‘adab’ for students.Keywords: Blended Learning; Islamic Moderation; Early Childhood Education; COVID-19 Pandemic.
GROUNDING ISLAM MODERATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: A FORM TO PREVENT ISLAMOPHOBIA IN INDONESIA
Authors: Witro Doli , Alamin Nurul
Published: July 2021

The purpose of the study is to introduce and understand the paradigm of Islamic moderation to the public through social media in terms of separating from Islamophobia. The research method is qualitative by using library research. The data analysis technique used is Critical Discourse Analysis. Misunderstanding Islam will have the potential to cause Islamophobia. Social media can be used to provide an understanding of Islamic moderation to public. Given the enormous epidemic of hoaxes on social media, media literacy education and culture of clarification must be encouraged along with grounding Islamic moderation.                                            Keywords: Islamic moderation; Islamophobia; Social Media; Literacy.
HUMOR SEBAGAI STRATEGI MODERASI UMAT BERAGAMA PASCATEROR BOM MAKASAR 2021
Authors: Romadhon Sahrul , Saputra Ardi Wina
Published: July 2021

In this study, response of religious moderation approach is the main study based on the uploading analysis of Catholic Social Media Accounts Garis Lucu (KGL) and NU Garis Lucu (NUGL) with total 15,050 followers. The method used in this study is qualitative with grounded theory approach, i.e. generalizing theory, action, or interaction. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the administrators of both social media accounts tend to use the dimensions of humor language strategies by a variety of humor strategies: irony, allusion, exaggeration, sarcasm, definition, and facetiounness. The humor strategy application on KGL and NUGL account became a positive culture in the social media world as well as a soothing publication that must be exemplified by other social media accounts considering that social media users are mostly millennials.Keywords: terrorism; religious moderation; humor strategy.
The impacts of social capital on rural household’s income: empirical evidence from rural Vietnam
Authors: Do Ngoc Kien , Minamoto Yuriko
Published: July 2021

This study empirically examines how social capital affects household income in rural Vietnam using the VARHS 2012-2014 surveys. We operationalized four forms of social capital, which are formal social networks, informal social networks, government connection, and general trust. We illustrate that social capital is abundant and has positive impacts on household income in rural Vietnam. Among many dimensions of social capital, political and governmental connectivity is fundamentally essential for improving household income. Approaching governmental organizations through the friend network is much more effective than the relative network or family member network. This study provides evidence that informal network is also important. Connecting to the community through the participation of wedding ceremonies increases spiritual well-being and works as a type of social capital to increase household income. Surprisingly, we find no positive impact of general trust and other massive organizations, which are often claimed to be necessary, such as the Farmer Association or the Women Association.
The potential impacts of the EVFTA on Vietnam’s imports of dairy products from the EU: a SMART model analysis
Authors: Bui Dui Linh , Nguyen Lam Quynh Mai , Ahmed Rizwan
Published: July 2021

This study investigates the potential impacts of tariff elimination under the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on Vietnam’s imports of dairy products from the European Union market. The SMART model, which is a simulation tool under the WITS, is employed with support data from TrendEconomy and Trade Map Database, UNCTAD’s TRAINS, WTO’s IDB (Integrated Data Base), and Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance. The study examines two scenarios of Vietnam’s tariff reduction commitments under the EVFTA and the big picture vVietnam’s import value by product line and by European Union (EU) nations would increase insignificantly as the trade creation effect dominates the trade diversion. Additionally, the results indicate insignificant welfare gain for the consumers and potential revenue loss for the government. The study provides insights for Vietnam’s dairy industry and policymakers to fully grasp the possible benefits and losses under the EVFTA and implications for decision-making.
An Approach for Testing False Data Injection Attack on Data Dependent Industrial Devices
Authors: Briland Mathieu , Bouquet Fabrice
Published: July 2021

False data injection is an attack in which an attacker injects fabricated data into a system with the objective to change the behaviour and the decision-making of the system. Many industrial data-based devices are vulnerable to such attacks, this work presents an approach for testing False Data Injection Attack. This approach uses a Domain-Specific Language to generate altered data with two objectives, to provide sophisticated attacks scenarios to increase the resilience of vulnerable systems against False Data Injection Attack and to train detection tools.
Organizational and social innovation in Non-Profit Organizations performance in the context of an emergent economy
Authors: Bernal-Torres César A. , Montes-Guerra Maricela Isabel , Turriago-Hoyos Álvaro , Castro-Silva Hugo Fernando
Published: July 2021

Purpose: This study provides empirical evidence on the innovations that Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) in Colombia have implemented within their own management to address social problems which are the object of their institutional mission.Design/methodology/approach: This research is based on information obtained from a survey applied to executives of Colombian NPOs. Multiple linear regression models were developed to check the partial effect of the set of independent variables (Organizational and Social Innovation) over the dependent variable (Organizational Performance). Main Components Analysis was applied to grouping the considered variables.Findings: Empirical evidence indicates that Colombian NPOs are innovative organizations that advisedly follow management strategies for this purpose. Colombian NPOs have been innovating for their disposition to tackle the social problems implicated in their institutional mission. Evidence indicates that the main components derived from NPOs’ organizational and social innovations are grouped into four: NPO innovation actions to adapt to the environment; internal innovation actions to improve NPO’s performance; variables related with NPO innovation actions to improve their relations with external agents; innovation actions aimed at improving the management of social interventions associated with the mission of the NPOs and the management of institutional projects.Research limitations/implications: The field work only used the survey technique to obtain the information and only assessed the perception of one of the directors of each of the NPOs participating in the study in terms of both the actions of organizational innovation such as social innovation and organizational performance. Therefore, the study undoubtedly presents bias in that perception.The technique used for the selection of the sample of the participants was a non-probabilistic sampling, which implies bias in the information and therefore, limitation for the generalization of the results to other contexts. The geographical location of the administration of the NPOs was restricted to Bogota and surrounding municipalities.Originality/value: An analysis of the relationship between social and organizational innovations with organizational performance in NPOs was carried out in the context of an emerging economy, where the subject has been very little studied and much less with principal component analysis. This in order to contribute to a better understanding of the subject.
Latent cooling of atmosphere as an indicator of lowered snow line: Case study from Planica and Vrata valleys
Authors: Strle Danijela , Ogrin Matej
Published: July 2021

A lowered snow line in Alpine valleys as a local weather phenomenon often varies from one valley to another. The relief morphology of the valleys and the intensity of precipitation play a crucial role in the variation. In Slovenia certain valleys are more susceptible to this phenomenon than others, one such example being the Planica Valley. This article examines the occurrence of a lowered snow line in the Planica Valley and the Vrata Valley during the winter seasons of 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. Precipitation events accompanying the occurrence of a lowered snow line were analyzed, and data on temperature and precipitation were included in the analysis. Results showed a striking degree of congruence of the phenomenon in both valleys.
Developing gastronomic practices in the Minho region of Portugal
Authors: Fernandes Carlos , Richards Greg
Published: July 2021

We explore the role of restaurants and food events in promoting local and regional gastronomy in the Minho region in Northern Portugal. Interviews with restaurant owners and event organizers in this mainly rural region reveal that innovation is driven mainly by changing consumer tastes, but also constrained by consumer expectations of low prices. Restaurants maintain a family-run structure, also due to a lack of human resources. The main thrust of innovation lies in creating a convivial atmosphere, but there is less emphasis on locally produced food ingredients. In the long run this may undermine the regional food culture and its authenticity, despite the perceived importance of tradition.
A spatial decision support system for traffic accident prevention in different weather conditions
Authors: Ivajnšič Danijel , Pintarič David , Grujić Veno Jaša , Žiberna Igor
Published: July 2021

Natural conditions play an important role as determinants and cocreators of the spatiotemporal road traffic accident Hot Spot footprint; however, none of the modern commercial, or open-source, navigation systems currently provides it for the driver. Our findings, based on a spatiotemporal database recording 11 years of traffic accidents in Slovenia, proved that different weather conditions yield distinct spatial patterns of dangerous road segments. All potentially dangerous road segments were identified and incorporated into a mobile spatial decision support system (SLOCrashInfo), which raises awareness among drivers who are entering or leaving the predefined danger zones on the street network. It is expected that such systems could potentially increase road traffic safety in the future.
Issues of Educational Technologies and Authenticity Synergy in a Content and Language Integrated Learning Course at Technical University
Authors: Lavrysh Yuliana , Saienko Nataliia , Kyrychok Andrii
Published: July 2021

The issue of efficient technologies integration into educational environment has been a mainstream today. The present paper is focused on the issue of authen-ticity enhancement through learning technologies that are integrated into Public Relations course in the framework of Content and Language Integrated Learn-ing. Based on the questionnaire conducted among lecturers of the university, the authors analyzed teachers’ perception of authenticity and the ways of au-thenticity introduction in classes through educational materials, tasks and as-sessment. The findings of the empirical study, present evidence that technolo-gies provide teachers with an opportunity to bridge the gap between the class-room and a real world as well as add variety to learning authentic activities. Technologies also contribute to the implementation of four pillars of Content and Language Integrated Learning strategy: content, cognition, communication and socio cultural competence. The combination of authenticity and technolo-gies transforms the students’ perception of studying from theoretical into a practical and engaging experience.
Use of Microblogging, Social Networking, and Short Messages in E-learning for Information Culture Building
Authors: Kolmykova Marina , Gavrilovskaya Nadezhda , Barsukova Mariya , Kozlovskaya Daria
Published: July 2021

This work examines the effect of microblogging, social networking, and short messaging in e-learning on the process of information culture formation. The study takes an experimental training course "The Psychology of Management" designed with Moodle, which implies the use of Instagram, and applies it to a sample of master’s level students. Learners were recruited from the Higher School of Economics and Business (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) together with the Institute of Economics and Management in Agribusiness (Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy (RSAU – MTAA)). Students were asked to briefly express their thoughts, attitudes, and views toward the given topic on Instagram by creating blog posts and leave motivational and constructive comments under the blogs of other group members. The emotional responses of learners to the innovative style of teaching (i.e., the use of blogs) and its effect on the learning process were assessed using surveys. The study discusses the effect of blogging on Instagram as an educational tool. The majority of respondents reported a positive effect of blogs. According to learners, the use of Instagram gave the learning journey a makeover, making it relevant, effortless, and consistent. The use of blogs was found to create favorable conditions for collaborative learning, creative self-expression, and systematization of knowledge and experiences. Students reported that doing blogs was entertaining, motivating, and beneficial to their critical thinking, writing skills, and communication competency.
A New Physical Education Teaching System and Training Framework Based on Human-Computer Interaction and Auxiliary Interaction
Authors: Xiong Xiuzu
Published: July 2021

There is a major problem with off-class learning of physical education (PE): the lack of guidance on the students. This paper attempts to solve the problem, better arouse the interest of students in PE, further improve the quality of PE teaching, and promote the all-round development of students. After summarizing the traditional PE teaching and training framework, the authors constructed a universal PE teaching assistant training framework, based on motion capture and virtual reality (VR). The proposed framework is applicable to the PE teaching system embedded with human-computer interaction (HCI) and auxiliary interaction. Then, the PE course of martial arts was taken as the research object. Based on the learning requirements of martial arts learners and the function requirements of martial arts teaching system, the authors designed and implemented a PE teaching system based on HCI and auxiliary interaction. The results show that, through HCI, the proposed system can provide feedbacks to the real-time performance of learners, and enable the learners to find their errors in martial arts movements; all the design goals were realized by the system, namely, natural HCI, and assisted training and scoring of martial arts movements; the system clearly improves the learning experience and learning efficiency, and the research provides a good reference for other PE teaching systems.
Developing an Android-Based City Tour App using Evolutionary Algorithm
Authors: Izzah Abidatul , Kusuma Irmala Arin , Irawan Yudi , Cinderatama Toga Aldila , Nugroho Benni Agung
Published: July 2021

Traveling around a city and making transit in certain areas is called a city tour. Furthermore, determining the optimal city tour route can be considered as a traveling salesman problem. There are many kinds of algorithms to solve this, one of which is the Genetic Algorithm (GA). In developing the City Tour application, a platform is needed to be taken to various places anywhere and anytime. Finally, we developed an application that runs on mobile devices. This application is built on the Android platform so that its use can be more efficient. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the GA applied to the Android-based City Tour Application is reliable to determine city tour routes; this is evidenced by comparing GA with the brute force method, where GA provides optimum results with less running time.
Violence Detection over Online Social Networks: An Arabic Sentiment Analysis Approach
Authors: Khalafat Monther , Alqatawna Ja'far S. , Al-Sayyed Rizik M. H. , Eshtay Mohammad , Kobbaey Thaeer
Published: July 2021

Today, the influence of the social media on different aspects of our lives is increasing, many scholars from various disciplines and majors looking at the social media networks as the ongoing revolution. In Social media networks, many bonds and connections can be established whether being direct or indirect ties. In fact, Social networks are used not only by people but also by companies. People usually create their own profiles and join communities to discuss different common issues that they have interest in. On the other hand, companies also can create their virtual presence on the social media networks to benefit from this media to understand the customers and gather richer information about them. With all of the benefits and advantages of social media networks, they should not always be seen as a safe place for communicating, sharing information and ideas, and establishing virtual communities. These information and ideas could carry with them hatred speeches that must be detected to avoid raising violence. Therefore, web content mining can be used to handle this issue. Web content mining is gaining more concern because of its importance for many businesses and institutions.  Sentiment Analysis (SA) is an important sub-area of web content mining.  The purpose of SA is to determine the overall sentiment attitude of writer towards a specific entity and classify these opinions automatically. There are two main approaches to build systems of sentiment analysis: the machine learning approach and the lexicon-based approach. This research presents the design and implementation for violence detection over social media using machine learning approach. Our system works on Jordanian Arabic dialect instead of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The data was collected from two popular social media websites (Facebook, Twitter) and has used native speakers to annotate the data. Moreover, different preprocessing techniques have been used to show their effect on our model accuracy. The Arabic lexicon was used for generating feature vectors and separate them to features set. Here, we have three well known machine learning algorithms: Support Vector Machine (SVM), Naive Bayes (NB) and k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN). Building on this view, Information Science Research Institute’s (ISRI) stemming and stop word file as a result of preprocessing were used to extract the features. Indeed, several features have been extracted; however, using the SVM classifier reveals that unigram and features extracted from lexicon are characterized by the highest accuracy to detect violence.
Construction of a Geophysical Observatory in Fürstenfeldbruck in Germany
Authors: Zelenka Tomáš
Published: July 2021

The article deals with the construction of a geophysical observatory in the town of Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany. The observatory is being built for the Technical university in Munich. The main function of the observatory is to measure changes in the Earth ́s spin rate or, its axes deviations etc., which can occur with physical impulses in a form of, for example, an earthquake or nuclear explosion etc. Measuring such physical phenomena is important and the data is used to adjust navigation of satellites orbiting the Earth. As there were installed unique measuring tools in the building, the construction materials and building process itself has had to be carefully chosen and though through. The observatory is placed underground and has shape of a tetrahedron. The top of the construction is oriented in direction to the Earth ́s centre. To secure the pit the sprayed shotcrete was used and reinforced with AR Glass. To anchor the pit horizontally they also used the AR Glass. After finishing the pit, the central shaft was built and situated vertically from the top of the tetrahedron in direction to the Earth ́s surface and to the top of the tetrahedron base. Under a layer of concrete, there is a PE HD pipe DN 630 in every wall to connect the tetrahedron top with the base tops. There are several concrete shafts situated in each top tetrahedron base and also, at half of the span between the tetrahedron base tops. All these concrete shafts on the ground are interconnected by plinth beam with one another. The plinth beam contains three PE HD pipes DN 140. This type of construction was chosen as there is laser circling in the tetrahedron base, its top, and between tetrahedron top and base. In every shaft there is installed a measuring instrument, which is very sensible when in contact with steel parts. The sensibility to steel was a reason for employing only glass reinforcement GFK in every concrete part of this construction.
Effect of Agents of Initiation of Carbonate Biomineralization on Cement Properties
Authors: Strokova Valeria V. , Nelyubova Viktoriya V. , Duhanina Ulyana N. , Balitsky Dmitriy A. , Drozdov Oleg I.
Published: July 2021

The paper presents the results of the assessment of the effect of bacterial microorganism Sporosarcinapasteurii and CaCl2 and CH4N2O precursors as agents initiating carbonate mineralization processes on the construction and technical properties of binders. In order to achieve this, a preliminary bacterial solution with precursors was prepared, which was introduced into the system instead of mixing water in the range of 0–10% with interval of 2%. The effect of the bacterial solution as a complex additive on the physical and mechanical properties of cement paste and stone is shown: normal density, setting time, water segragation, strength in compression and bending. The introduction of the solution provides a reduction in the setting time of cement without loss of strength both at the initial and at the final stages of hardening.