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Green bonds in climate finance: A review of USA and African initiatives
Authors: Olawale Adisa  , Bamidele Segun Ilugbusi  , Ogugua Chimezie Obi  , Kehinde Feranmi Awonuga  , Onyeka Franca Asuzu
Published: February 2024

Green Bonds have emerged as a pivotal instrument in climate finance, facilitating the transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon economy. This paper provides a comprehensive review of Green Bond initiatives in both the United States and Africa, shedding light on the distinct trajectories, challenges, and opportunities within these regions. In the United States, Green Bonds have gained substantial traction as a financial mechanism to support environmentally friendly projects. The review explores the regulatory framework, market dynamics, and the role of key stakeholders in shaping the landscape of Green Bonds in the U.S. The analysis delves into the impact of policy developments, such as the Biden administration's commitment to climate action, on the growth and diversification of Green Bond issuance. Additionally, it examines the investor perspective and the evolving disclosure standards that contribute to the transparency and credibility of these financial instruments. On the African continent, Green Bonds have emerged as a critical tool for mobilizing capital to address climate-related challenges while promoting sustainable development. The paper highlights the unique challenges faced by African nations, including limited financial infrastructure and the need for capacity building. It discusses the role of international partnerships and multilateral institutions in supporting African countries in their endeavors to issue Green Bonds. The review also explores how these financial instruments contribute to the continent's broader climate resilience and mitigation strategies. Furthermore, the paper emphasizes the importance of aligning Green Bond initiatives with broader sustainable development goals, ensuring that the financing mechanisms not only address climate change but also contribute to social and economic development. It discusses the potential for innovation in structuring Green Bonds to attract diverse investors and foster inclusivity in climate finance. This paper provides a nuanced overview of Green Bond initiatives in the United States and Africa, offering insights into the diverse strategies employed, challenges faced, and the broader implications for climate finance. The comparative analysis aims to inform policymakers, investors, and stakeholders, fostering a deeper understanding of the evolving landscape of Green Bonds in these distinct yet interconnected regions.
Evaluation of some physical and chemical characteristics of the drinking water collected after winter and autumn seasons from Kosti and Rabak Cities, White Nile State, Sudan
Authors: Mazahir E. Abdallah Mohammed  , Amna H. Imam Babeker  , Abdelaal A. Hammad Ali
Published: February 2024

Drinking water quality is a very important issue in the health sector and it involve the check of some physical, chemical and biological parameters through some standard methods and limits. The current study aimed to determine some physical and chemical parameters of the drinking water collected from White Nile after autumn and winter seasons. The drinking water samples were collected from Kosti and Rabak Cities, White Nile State, Sudan, in clean disposable plastic bottles from random sites of each city. The determinations of the physiochemical tests were performed within one week after sample collection at University of Gezira Laboratories. The results of this study show that, the drinking water that collected after winter season showed good physical quality, as same as that collected after autumn season except the slight problem in color (less transparent). The tested chemical parameters of Kosti and Rabak drinking water that collected after winter season showed good quality except, those of sulphate, carbonate (0 mg/L) and chloride of 28.4 and 31.95 (ppm) as same as that collected after autumn season, except hardness (500 mg/L) which seemed to be an autumn problem of Rabak city. Although there were some signs of physical and chemical pollutions, serious steps towards treatment of their causes should be done.
Factors affecting learning effectiveness in the context of using learning management system (LMS): An empirical study at Universities in Vietnam
Authors: Trong Quang Vu  , Hien Thi Dao  , Hang Thi Lai  , Hong Thi Bich Dang  , Hue Thi Nguyen
Published: February 2024

Early studies have shown that more than 90% of universities in the United States and about 95% of training organizations in the UK have applied LMS in teaching and learning. In particular, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of online learning and teaching management platforms at universities worldwide, including in developing countries, has increased significantly. After COVID-19 was controlled, the need for online learning and teaching grew steadily with a strong increase in blended programs. In order to provide empirical results on factors affecting learning effectiveness in the context of using LMS - a leading online learning management platform, the study uses primary data collected from accounting and auditing students at universities in Vietnam. The findings show that software quality, instructor quality, ease of use, level of commitment, and learning frequency all have an impact on the learning performance and effectiveness of students. The results are the basis to help parties (training organizations, students, lecturers) apply LMS to improve the effectiveness of the learning and training process.
Simulation of vertical centrifugal casting using ANSYS
Authors: Arpita
Published: February 2024

Axis-symmetric products are often made by means of centrifugal casting, which involves heating and transferring molten metal into a rapidly rotating mould. Centrifugal casting defects are mostly associated with the solidification process. However, when employing experimental techniques for centrifugal casting, determining the process of solidification pace and duration is quite challenging. Simulations may be used to analyze and optimize operational conditions.
Evaluating the impact of precision engineering education on industry standards and practices
Authors: Adeniyi Kehinde Adeleke  , Danny Jose Portillo Montero  , Oladiran Kayode Olajiga  , Adeniyi Kehinde Adeleke  , Emmanuel Chigozie Ani  , Kehinde Andrew Olu-lawal
Published: February 2024

Precision engineering plays a critical role in various industries, including manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and healthcare. The evolution of precision engineering education is essential to meet the dynamic demands of these industries. This review outlines a comprehensive evaluation of how precision engineering education influences industry standards and practices. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews with industry professionals, educators, and students. Through a structured questionnaire, data is collected on the perceived effectiveness of precision engineering education in preparing graduates for the industry. Additionally, in-depth interviews provide nuanced insights into specific skills, knowledge areas, and competencies deemed essential by practitioners. Initial findings indicate a positive correlation between precision engineering education and industry standards. Graduates equipped with a strong foundation in precision engineering principles demonstrate a higher level of proficiency in meeting industry requirements. Notably, the integration of hands-on training, simulation exercises, and real-world projects within the curriculum significantly enhances students' readiness for practical applications. Moreover, the study delves into the adaptability of precision engineering programs in addressing emerging technological trends and advancements. As industries evolve with the adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing, the curriculum's responsiveness to these changes becomes paramount. Evaluating the alignment between educational content and contemporary industry practices sheds light on areas necessitating refinement or enhancement. Furthermore, the research explores the role of industry-academic partnerships in shaping precision engineering education. Collaborative initiatives such as internships, co-op programs, and joint research projects facilitate knowledge exchange and bridge the gap between academia and industry. By fostering mutually beneficial relationships, these partnerships contribute to curriculum development that remains abreast of evolving industry needs. This study underscores the pivotal influence of precision engineering education on industry standards and practices. By continually evaluating and refining educational approaches, stakeholders can ensure that graduates possess the requisite skills and knowledge to thrive in an ever-changing industrial landscape.
Protection of Communal Intellectual Property as the Identity of Indigenous People: Comparative Practice of the Roles of Indigenous Peoples of Indonesia and Vietnam.
Authors: Nizwana Yulia
Published: February 2024

Communal intellectual property originates from natural and cultural resources rich with local wisdom owned by indigenous people, who have a role in maintaining and maintaining communal intellectual property. Indigenous people is a term agreed upon in international law to refer to a community entity that has its own characteristics due to its historical, economic, social, and cultural background. Various definitions and criteria regarding indigenous peoples in the Indonesian legal framework need to be linked to the concepts contained in the international discourse on indigenous peoples. This is at least to provide an overview of the extent to which international concepts are in line with reality and concepts developed in policies at the national level. In order for the implementation of the law to run properly, as a comparison, Indonesia can implement the policy measures used by Vietnam. Not much different from Indonesia, Vietnam has unique traditional customs and has managed to maintain them from generation to generation. As countries that share the cultural wealth, traditional knowledge, and geographical potential that produce superior products, Indonesia and Vietnam have both given attention and recognition to the existence of cultural wealth as the identity of indigenous people whose existence has been recognized internationally. constitutional rights through policies that are certainly in favor of the rights of indigenous peoples.
Legal Problems Implementing the Main Collective Labor Agreement (PKB) Post Law 6 of 2023 Concerning Cipta Kerja in View From the Principle of Legal Certainty
Authors: Rachman Andi Taslim , Santoso Imam Budi
Published: February 2024

This research was conducted to analyze the problem of implementing regulations in PKB in a company that has different head offices and branches of districts and provinces. The purpose of this study is to get a factor causing a dispute between trade unions and entepreneurs in the application of PKB.In manning PKB, it still adopts from UU 13 of 2003 concerning Employment, while there have been several changes in the regulation of the Labor in Law UU 11 of 2020 concerning Cipta Kerja.The results of this study indicate that the application of regulations in PKB in national scale companies has the potential to cause disputes in different branches of regions.As a result of differences in work location affect wages, work relations, work facilities and others.In addition, between the two laws there are differences in the calculation of severance pay and rights replacement money.The result of this study recommend that the entrepreneur and trade unions apply the science of quality in the stages of preparation, negotiation and implementation by human resources who are also qualified for conduct intensive discussions in the solutive dialogue forum to overcome the problem of implementing regulations in PKB so as to encourge the improvemnet in the quality of the implementation of industrial relations that are increasingly harmonious, dynamic, and just.
Joanna Baillie’s De Monfort: A Crisis of Class Identity
Authors: ŞİMŞEK Tuğba
Published: February 2024

The late eighteenth and the early nineteenth centuries in Britain are characterised by socio-cultural and political turmoil and transformations specifically due to the impacts of the revolutions, the growth of the middle class and thus the changing class hierarchies. Within this chaotic socio-political atmosphere, the Gothic becomes a very dominant and popular genre projecting these transitions of this period. Joanna Baillie who is influenced by the Gothic craze of the age like many writers is regarded as one of the most significant playwrights of the period. In one of her well-known Gothic plays, De Monfort (1798), Baillie portrays the anxiety and fear of the loss of power and status by the aristocracy. Thus, she creates a Gothic atmosphere surrounded by claustrophobic and paranoid anxiety of De Monfort. De Monfort, who is also affected by fear and paranoia dominating the period as a result of the political sanctions, cannot adjust himself to the changing social structure. Considering the changing class hierarchies, particularly De Monfort’s attachment to his family name becomes the core of the play in terms of his fear of obliteration. In the context of the socio-cultural and political dynamics of the Romantic period, this study aims to argue how Baillie illustrates the shifting class dynamics and the anxieties of the period with reference to her Gothic play, De Monfort.
Motivation and Nurses' Fulfillment of Critical Patients' Family Needs in the Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Husain Fida' , Imamah Ida Nur , Mustika Yuli , Astuti Nining Puji , Inovasi Monica
Published: February 2024

Background: The presence of critical patients who were treated in intensive care units can have a severe impact on their family's physical and psychological states, such as lack of hygiene, sleep disorder, decreased appetite, anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The negative effects can be mitigated by meeting family requirements while patients are in the intensive care unit. Objective: The purpose of this study is to see if there is a link between nurse motivation and their fulfillment of critical patients' family needs. Methods: The type of research is quantitative, descriptive correlational to determine the relationship between nurse motivation and meeting the needs of families of critical patients. The population in this study were all ICU nurses at RSUP dr. Ario Wirawan, totaling 32 people using total sampling technique. Results: . Treatment in the intensive care room does not only focus on the patient, but also needs to pay attention to the condition of the family waiting for the patient. The results of this study indicate that the intensive care nurses in the ICU at RSUP dr. Ario Wirawan Salatiga is in the good category with 50%. Conclusion: There is a relationship between nurse motivation and meeting the needs of families of critical patients in the ICU.
Model For Measuring Customer Satisfaction And Delight In Restaurant Industry
Authors: Juliana Juliana , Antonio Ferdi , Pramezwary Amelda , Situmorang Jimmy Muller Hasoloan , Djakasaputra Arifin , Pramono Rudy
Published: February 2024

The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of brand value, brand credibility, arousal, brand love, online buying on delight and the effect of delight on intention to book a restaurant. The population of this study were restaurant customers in Indonesia, with the sample of 250 respondents collected by online questionnaires using nonprobability sampling technique with convenience sampling”data analysis  run by PLS-SEM. Overall, the results of this study are descriptive statistical analysis. This study also offers other areas that deserve more research from the perspective of practitioners and researchers. The results showed that Arousal, Brand Credibility, Brand Love, Brand Value had a positive effect on Intention to Bookrestaurants through the variable of Delight. In contrast, online purchases have no effect on Delight or the hypothesis is not supported because customers feel doubtful and dissatisfied with online purchasing services and still feel afraid due to the occurrence of many frauds in online purchases.
Improving customer loyalty through customer experience, price attractiveness, and customer relationship management
Authors: Suganda Uce Karna , Priadi Yudi
Published: February 2024

This study aims to determine the effect customer Experience, Price Attractiveness and Customer Relationship Management have on Customer Loyalty. The data is collected using primary sources, which is done by distributing questionnaire to 300 respondents using purposive sampling technique. The findings show that customer experience is perceived as good, price attractiveness is perceived as attractive and affordable, while customer loyalty is not high. there is a significant influence of Customer Experience on Customer Loyalty (R2 = 0.31). Customer experience is related to customer loyalty, because the experience of a brand involves the subjective experience and behavior of a consumer. Price attractiveness has a greater effect on customer experience and Customer Relationship Management. Customer Relationship Management and price attractiveness have a positive influence on customer loyalty. Customer experience has a positive influence on customer loyalty in 'Kedai Yups' café.
Implementation Of The Entrepreneurial Spirit, Innovation And Salary On Employee Working Motivation
Authors: Hertina Dede , Nurjanah Ai Siti , Aripin Ivan , Hidayat Mohamad Bayu Herdiawan
Published: February 2024

This study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and salary on Employee Motivation. This type of research is associative research, the respondents used in this study amounted to 30 people. The data collection method used in this study was a quantitative method using interview techniques, collecting questionnaires and studying documentation. The data analysis technique used in this study is descriptive analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, classical assumption test (normality test, heteroscedasticity test, multicollinearity test), hypothesis testing (simultaneous significance test (F test), partial significance test (t-test). , coefficient of determination (R2) The results of the study partially show that the entrepreneurial spirit has a positive and significant effect on Employee Work Motivation. Innovation has a positive and significant effect on Employee Work Motivation. Independence is a personal totality that exists in each individual.
The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Stock Returns with Moderating Variables of Cash Holding and Earnings Management
Authors: Kurniawan Surya Dwi , Bertuah Eka
Published: February 2024

This study aims to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia on company cash holdings, earnings management practices, and stock returns. To overcome this, a parameter estimation method can be used by adding weight to each parameter, namely the Generalized Least Square (GLS) method. The results showed that the covid-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on the company's cash holding as a consequence of the company's decreased ability to generate profits. The value of P>|z| shows the number 0.109 which means that the variable has no significant effect. The results of the hypothesis test show that cash holding significant effect on earnings management. At the same time, the company's long-term stock returns are not significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Earning management practices are also not proven to significantly affect stock returns.
The Influence of Supervision and Organizational Culture on Employee Work Productivity through Organizational Commitment to Kimshafi Alung Cipta Ltd
Authors: Rezeki Fitri , Librianty Nany , Farhas Rizqon Jamil
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of supervisory characteristics and organizational culture on employee work productivity via organizational commitment as a mediator. This study utilized SEM because SEM may simultaneously quantify components and impacts between variables in an entire model. Utilizing the Quota Sampling method, 276 employees are sampled. Path analysis using the Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEMPLS) approach and the SmartPLS 3.3.3 software is used to analyze the data. The findings of this study indicate that: (1) there is a positive and significant influence of supervision variables on the Work Productivity of Kimshafi Alung Cipta Ltd; (2) there is a positive and significant influence of organizational culture variables on the Work Productivity of Kimshafi Alung Cipta Ltd; (3) there is a positive and significant influence of organizational commitment variables on the Work Productivity of Kimshafi Alung Cipta Ltd; and (4) there is a positive and significant
Analysis of Company Performance and Its Influence Through Balanced Scorecard Using Intervening Variables of Work Climate in Medan City and Surrounding Areas
Authors: Rosita Rosita , Hanum Zulia , Julita Julita , Aditi Bunga , Gunawan Ade
Published: February 2024

The purpose of the study was to measure the performance of  companies in the city of Medan and its surroundings with the implementation of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in order to increase competition through the intervening variable of the work climate that distinguishes each company. The research design is policy research using quantitative analysis techniques using the Lisrel application SEM, with a sample of 100. The calculation results of SEM analysis the work climate variable has an influence on company performance of 80.16%, while other variables that are not examined but also affect the lecturer's research performance are indicated by a value of 20%. The results showed that the measurement of company performance with BSC through its four perspectives, namely the Financial Perspective, Customers, Internal Business and Learning and Growth as well as through the intervening variable Organizational Climate, the results of which have a direct or indirect effect on the Company's performance.
The Effect of Product Quality and Distribution Channels on Repurchasing Intention
Authors: Adeosandi Ferdian , Askafi Eka , Mutiara Nisa
Published: February 2024

This research was motivated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which directly changed people's lifestyles. The purposes of this study were: (1) To determine the effect of product quality and distribution channels on repurchase intentions in users of the application's food ordering feature to become an online driver in the City of Kediri (2) To determine consumer satisfaction can mediate the effect of product quality on repurchase intentions in consumers. Application messaging feature users become online drivers in the city of Kediri. The research uses a quantitative approach with a questionnaire instrument. The results obtained from this study are Product quality partially has no effect on repurchase intentions, Distribution channels partially have a significant positive impact on repurchase intentions, partially, consumer satisfaction has a positive on repurchase intentions, Product quality has a positive effect on consumer satisfaction, and distribution channels have a positive impact on consumer satisfaction
Spider Fungi: New species of Marasmius and Pusillomyces in the aerial rhizomorph webmaker guild in Amazonia
Authors: Oliveira J.J.S. , Vargas-Isla R. , Cabral T.S. , Rodrigues D.P. , Ishikawa N.K.
Published: February 2024

Rhizomorphs are hair- or wire-like melanized structures with structural differentiation analogous to plant roots that help fungi spread over an area and find food resources. Some species of multiple groups of the Ascomycota and the Basidiomycota produce different types
of rhizomorphs. In the Agaricales, the structures are largely found in Marasmiineae, particularly in the Omphalotaceae, Marasmiaceae, and Physalacriaceae. Many rhizomorph-forming species spread over the forest floor (ground level), while others form aerial litter-trapping rhizomorph
systems that hang on living branches of the forest understorey. Here, we describe three new species that form aerial systems, two in Marasmius and one in Pusillomyces, all of which inhabit areas of the Amazon rainforest in Amazonas State, Brazil. Support for these new species
is based on evidence derived from morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (nrITS) and nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nrLSU) markers. Marasmius foliauceps sp. nov., with a pileipellis made up of Rotalis-type broom
cells, is different from all other species described to date and branched along with species of the monophyletic Marasmius sect. Marasmius subsect. Marasmius, being conspecific with specimens from Guyana. Also different from all other described Marasmius species,
Marasmius arachnotropus sp. nov. has a pileipellis mostly composed of Siccus-type but in transition to Rotalis-type broom cells and branched along with species of the Marasmius crinis-equi species complex. Pusillomyces cuieirasensis is morphologically very similar to Pusillomyces
manuripioides to which it is sister, but it has a non-umbonate pileus and smaller basidiospores. They all form aerial litter-trapping rhizomorph systems that mimic spider webs, particularly those hanging on the understorey. Whether made of mycelia or silk, such webs serve to capture food.
The aerial rhizomorph-forming ?spider fungi? make up a guild with hidden species diversity in tropical systems.
Seven new species in Piloderma (Atheliales, Basidiomycota) from the Northern Hemisphere recovered through morphological and molecular methods
Authors: Larsson K.-H. , Svantesson S. , Larsson E.
Published: February 2024

The ectomycorrhizal genus Piloderma (Atheliales, Basidiomycota) is studied using morphological and molecular methods. Seven new species are identified and described, viz. P. cinicola, P. craurum, P. egens, P. exiguum, P. humile, P. ochraceum, and P. rallum,
bringing the total number of accepted species to 13. All new species are supported by ITS sequences from basidiomata and from environmental soil and root-tip sequences available in public databases. A key to all species in Piloderma is provided.
Family Resemblance: The Zrínyi Brothers Identities
Authors:   Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Bene Sándor ,   University of Zagreb
Published: February 2024

Brothers Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664) and Péter Zrínyi (1621–1671) were two significant politicians and poets of the early modern Kingdom of Hungary. They not only succeeded each other as Bans of Croatia (one of the highest positions in the Kingdom), but represent a peculiar chapter in the history of European Baroque literature. Both authors wrote a heroic epic about the history of the siege of Szigetvár in 1566, and the tragic death of their great-grandfather, Miklós Zrínyi. In the nineteenth century, they turned into important figures of the identity discourses in both Croatia and Hungary. This article focuses on two areas where different visions manifested and where the changes in the visions can be documented: the different versions of the genealogy of the family and the linguistic and ideological differences between the two epic poems. Their originally common agendas diverged over time. Péter abandoned his first attempt at translating the epic (which would have closely followed the Hungarian version in many respects), and instead his finished version reflects his new linguistic-poetic agenda, which aimed at the unification and standardization of Croatian dialects. After the death of Miklós, he replaced the legends of Northern descent (propagated by his brother), with those of Illyria. Both revisions served the same aim. Instead of reforming the Hungarian political system, they aimed at establishing an imagined Illyrian community, which shows how these seventeenth-century baroque literary genealogies and epic poems can be seen as precursors to nineteenth century national ideologies.
Slavic Feminative Suffixes in Linguistic Geography Presentation
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Shalaeva Tatiana
Published: February 2024

The article deals with the linguistic geography analysis of the words meaning women and female animals containing the suffixes *-ica, *-ъka/*-ьka, *-ixa and *-ynja /*-inja on the material of “Slavic Linguistic Atlas”. The research object are schematic maps compiled on the base of its seven volumes of lexical and word-formation series. On each of them the main localization of the forms with one of the affixes in both meanings is given. As a result of their analysis the conclusions about the degree of area matching of words in both meanings is made. It appears that the areas of the highest concentration of the suffixes in both lexical groups in most cases match only partly. Its main part is located in different Slavic languages. The most clear examples of such spatial differentiation are the following: the low frequency of woman designations with the suffix *-ica in Polish and Czech along with quite numerous fixations of female animal names with the same formant. On the contrary, in the Slovak language the forms with *-ica meaning “woman” strongly prevail over female animal names. Whereas, in contrast, the suffix *-ъka/*-ьka in Polish and Czech mostly appears in woman nominations but Slovak largely has it in female animal names as well. It is noteworthy that there is a difference in the suffix *-ica functioning between the Serbian East Shtokavian dialects and Macedonian language on the one hand and Bulgarian on another hand: in the first pair it is mainly used in woman designations in contrast to female animal names in Bulgarian. Although this South Slavic area is united by the high frequency of the suffix *-ъka/*-ьka in both lexical groups. This feature opposes it to Croatian and West Shtokavian dialects of Serbian. The same formant determines word-formation differentiation of the East Slavic languages: Ukrainian differs from Belarusian and Russian by high concentration of words with the suffix *-ъka/*-ьka.
The Intricacies of Diplomatic Protocol. Preparations for János Kádár’s Visits to Yugoslavia in 1973 and 1977
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novoseltsev Boris
Published: February 2024

By the time János Kádár — the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party — visited the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1973 and 1977, dozens of top-level trips had already been organised to that country. Tito himself had also visited many countries abroad. Inasmuch as the algorithms of the activity of the Yugoslav protocol service staff of that period were basically settled, the organization of the Hungarian leader’s journeys can be considered as a typical task. This study is focused on some nuances of the duties of the Yugoslav protocol service staff, such as determining the form of the visit, the status of negotiators, places of reception and accommodation of the guests, organization of solemn greeting and farewell procedures, seating arrangements, compiling festive menus for gala lunches and dinners, drafting concert programmes, or selecting memorable gifts and souvenirs. The author applies the gift theory by Marcel Mauss to examine the symbolic value of gifts in diplomacy. Eventually, the efforts of the protocol services created a formal and ceremonial background against which the charm of the charismatic Yugoslav president stood out in stark contrast, and this, in turn, created a favourable ground for non-protocol diplomacy, concluding personal, unofficial agreements.
Pavel Pierling (1840–1922), his Works and his Archive
Authors: Jakovenko Serguei
Published: February 2024

Pavel Pierling, a Russian historian and member of the Society of Jesus, is the author of the fundamental five-volume work La Russie et le Saint-Siège, published in French in Paris from 1896–1912. He wrote this great work based on collections of Russian and European (primarily Italian) archives. Pierling gathered a significant part of these documents in the process of his own research and correspondence conducted with the archives and fellow historians. The historian published a substantial number of collected documents, either in the form of separate publications or as appendices to his research and cites from many of these in his works. At the same time, a lot of material was preserved in his personal archive. It was originally stored as part of the Slavic Library in Paris (Bibliothèque slave de Paris), which he presided over from 1877 to 1922. In 1901, due to the tightening of French legislation in relation to religious associations, most of the library had to be transported to Brussels. In 1905, it was moved again to new, more spacious premises. In 1908, Pierling arrived from Paris with the remainder of his books and spent the rest of his life here. In 1923, the Slavic Library was again transported to Paris, until it was moved to a suburb of Paris in 1982, together with the library’s archive, in Le Centre d’études russes de Meudon. In 2002, this extensive collection, including Pavel Pierling’s personal archive, was divided into two larger parts: documents related to the history of the Society and the personal funds of its members were transferred to the Archives françaises de la Compagnie de Jésus in Vanves, while the rest ended up as part of the Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon. The extensive collection of Pavel Pierling makes it possible, firstly, to get acquainted with his large private and professional correspondence networks; secondly, to get an idea of his activities as a priest, member of the Society of Jesus, and researcher; and thirdly, to get acquainted with the collections of documents that he had been carefully collecting for his work and which reflect all the subjects and topics of his research. Based on this, one can identify important details of his biography and comprehend the personal and scholarly achievements of this bibliophile, Slavist, and major researcher of the relations between Russia and the Holy See.
New Materials about the Russian Admiral Matija Zmajević in the State Archives in Zadar
Authors:   Croatian Institute of History, Novosel Filip
Published: February 2024

During the reign of Peter I, the Republic of Venice and the Russian Empire cooperated in various fields. Primarily, however, they fortified their maritime relations, with subjects of Serenissima playing a major role in the creation of the modern Russian navy, passing on their knowledge and experience. Of these Venetian subjects, those from the eastern Adriatic coast were the most prominent, among whom was Matija Zmajevic (1680–1735), a representative of an influential seafaring family from Perast in the Bay of Kotor. Matija served in Russia during the reign of Peter the Great and his successors, reaching the rank of admiral and laying the foundation for the subsequent establishment of the Russian Black Sea fleet. The article introduces new archival information about his interesting and controversial personality, based on documents from the Karaman family's collection in the State Archives in Zadar. Members of the Karaman family were related to Zmajević, with especially close relations between Matija and his brother Vicko Zmajević with Matej Karaman, who himself lived in Russia for some time and left valuable written testimony about that period. The review of the works on this topic and analysis of materials from the aforementioned collection aims at encouraging historians to conduct further research into the life and works of Admiral Matija Zmajević.
Adeline Paulina Irby and Her Way to the Heart of Bosnia
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Melchakova Ksenia
Published: February 2024

Adeline Paulina Irby was born in 1831 into a noble English family. She became famous for her charitable work in Bosnia and Herzegovina. What Irby saw during her first visit to Bosnia in 1862 led her to consider the importance of promoting women’s education in that Slavo-Turkish region. In 1865 she co-founded the Association for the Promotion of Education among the Slavic Children of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With funds raised in Great Britain, it was decided to open a school for girls in Sarajevo, which operated from 1869 to 1911 (until Irby’s death) and was founded with the support of the Kaiserswerth Deaconess Society. Initially, it faced difficulties and accusations of promoting Protestantism. Irby moved to Sarajevo in 1871 and took over the school’s management. Little information has survived about this period in Ottoman Bosnia. One of the aims of this study was to reconstruct the history of the school and Irby’s work in Bosnia between 1869 and 1875. The main sources were unpublished documents from Russian archives. The main object of focus are the reports by the Russian consul in Sarajevo, Aleksei N. Kudriavtsev, to the embassy in Constantinople, which describe the difficulties that Adeline P. Irby had to face. The article also briefly mentions Irby’s activities during the uprising of 1875–1878 and after the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary. These demonstrate the English lady’s development from being regarded as a “suspicious Englishwoman” to becoming one of the most revered women in Bosnian history.
The Founder of the “Second Smolny” in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Nataliia Kornelievna Erdeli
Authors:   Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Živanović Milana
Published: February 2024

Based on unpublished (archival materials) and published sources (records and memoirs), as well as literature, the article shows the efforts of Nataliia Kornelievna Erdeli, graduate of the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens in Saint Petersburg, aimed at reviving this women’s school abroad, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 — Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in the town of Velika Kikinda (in northern part of Serbia). After leaving Russia in 1920, this young, talented and energetic woman realized the need to create conditions for children who were forced to leave their homeland to receive an education. And Erdeli vigorously set to work: in 1921, after receiving permission and funds from the authorities of the country to open a school, which, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, was to be called the “First Russian-Serbian Girls’ Gymnasium-Boarding School”, she founded an educational institution for girls that resembled Smolny and then became its headmistress. Despite the institution’s official name, students were inculcated with Smolny traditions, such as wearing uniforms and following the rules of this institution. In order to obtain permission to name the school “Second Smolny”, Erdeli went to Denmark in 1924 to see the Empress Maria Feodorovna, a former patroness of the Smolny Institute. Although she managed to achieve this, an unexpected death prevented the formal renaming. Erdeli died in 1925 at the age of thirty-six. Nonetheless, it was not before 1931 that the authorities closed the school. Overall, more than 160 girls graduated from it.
Serbian Women’s Movement in Austria-Hungary from the Second Half of the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries: Ideology, Organisations, and Leaders
Authors:   Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novoseltseva Liudmila
Published: February 2024

This article explores the development of feminist ideology and the formation of the Serbian women’s movement in Austria-Hungary in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The emergence of the movement can be explained by the views put forward by the leaders of the Serbian political youth group Omladina, who outlined the role of women in nation-building processes, as well as in the formation of Serbian identity and the achievement of sovereignty in particular. The leaders of the socialist and liberal movements used the principal Serbian female images — assistants and mothers — for ethno-political mobilization. The image of the mother was of major importance for preserving a Serbian identity under the Habsburg rule, in the face of the threat of assimilation after the Compromise of 1867. The participation of women in solving national problems and their social importance led to the dissemination of feminist thinking and the subsequent emergence of the women’s movement. The article suggests that Draga Dejanović (1840–1871) and Milica Tomić (1859–1944) played an important role in this development. It was in the early 1870s that Dejanović advocated equal access to secondary and higher education and developed the idea of “enlightened motherhood”, which encouraged liberal figures of the national movement to defend the interests of women. In addition, mono-ethnic women’s groups pursuing humanism and education were established, providing women from privileged social strata with culturally acceptable means of participation in the public life of the Serbian community in Austria-Hungary. The Serbian women’s movement had undergone a significant ideological evolution perpetuated by the magazine Žena (“Woman”) and its editor-in-chief Milica Tomić. The article suggests that Milica Tomić initiated a realignment of the movement away from purely national goals and towards greater emancipation both on a social and a legal scale.
An overview of machine learning (ML) techniques applied to forest fire studies
Authors: Küçükarslan Ali Bahadır
Published: February 2024

With the increasing frequency of forest fires globally, causing substantial environmental and economic damages, there is an imperative need for early fire prediction and detection. This study aims to examine the utility of machine learning techniques in predicting and identifying forest fires. A comprehensive review was conducted on various technologies and techniques proposed for forest fire prediction. Particular emphasis was placed on understanding the pros and cons of each machine learning algorithm, with an aim to identify the most effective approaches. It was observed that while numerous machine learning methods exist for forecasting forest fires, each possesses unique strengths and limitations. Some techniques, when tailored to specific forest characteristics, displayed enhanced predictive capabilities. Machine learning (ML) plays a pivotal role in advancing the field of forest fire studies. Identifying and utilizing the most suited ML technique, based on forest characteristics and the nature of data, can significantly augment prediction accuracy.
Private financiering voor cultuur: ontwikkelingen in geefgedrag
Authors: Bekkers Rene
Published: February 2024

Culturele instellingen putten uit grofweg vijf bronnen van financiering: vergoedingen van het publiek zoals ticketverkoop en lidmaatschapsgelden, subsidies van overheden zoals het Rijk en gemeenten, bijdragen van fondsen en loterijen zoals het Cultuurfonds en de Vriendenloterij, en overige (soms commerciële) activiteiten, zoals verhuur. In deze bijdrage gaat de aandacht uit naar de private financiering voor cultuur. Hoe groot is die en hoe verhoudt die zich tot de collectieve financiering uit belastinggeld? Welke trends zien we in de private financiering voor cultuur, en welke kritiek klinkt er?
CHIP50 Report #103: How do Americans feel about Israel, Palestine, Jews, and Muslims?
Authors: Schulman Jonathan , Baum Matthew , Lazer David , Ognyanova Katherine , Perlis Roy , Druckman James , Santillana Mauricio , Nakamura Kentaro , Uslu Ata , Qu Hong
Published: February 2024

Hamas, as well as its implications for antisemitism and Islamophobia. A series of polls from October and December 2023, for example, reported that those between 18 and 24 were split 50/50 on whether they supported Israel or Hamas. In fact, this result gained so much traction that candidate for the GOP nomination for president, Vivek Ramaswamy cited it at a campaign event in November 2023. However, national surveys usually lack the sample size to confidently report percentages of small subgroups, like 18 to 24 year olds, raising questions about the validity of findings like these.Between December 21, 2023 and January 29, 2024, we surveyed 30,460 individuals aged 18 and older across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. We included feeling thermometers for Israel, Palestine, Jews, and Muslims, asking people to separately rate how they feel about each group on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 indicates feeling very unfavorable or cold, 50 indicates not feeling particularly warm or cold toward that group, and 100 indicates feeling very favorable or warm.Our survey’s sample size allows us to zoom in on subgroups within the population. For instance, it included 3,294 Americans between ages 18 and 24. This allows us to look within this age group and break young Americans down by partisanship, as our survey includes 1101 18-24-year-old Democrats and 676 18-24-year-old Republicans. In this report, we examine how responses to these four thermometer ratings varied by age, race, education, religion, and partisanship, as well as how the different thermometer scores are correlated with one another.
Results of the first aerial survey of Moose Management Area 92
Authors: Purcell Meredith , Rivoire Shawn , Snook Jamie
Published: February 2024

Moose are a relatively new resident to Labrador after expanding their range from adjacent Quebec beginning in the 1950’s. Since this time, moose have been seen increasingly farther north, and Inuit Knowledge indicates that moose densities began to increase in Nunatsiavut, Labrador within the past few decades. With the precipitous decline and subsequent harvesting ban for the George River caribou herd, moose are becoming an important staple in northern diets, and are playing a significant role in increasing food security for Inuit in the region. Harvest, however, has remained conservative since the beginning of regulation in 2011 because little was known about the abundance or population dynamics of moose in the Nunatsiavut region. In order to address this knowledge gap, the Torngat Wildlife and Plants Co-Management Board initiated an Inuit Knowledge study and began a monitoring program for moose in Nunatsiavut, utilizing aerial surveys and harvest data to help inform total allowable harvest decisions.
Clinical Protocol: UBCH BC Psychosis Program Inpatient Clozapine rechallenge post suspected clozapine associated myocarditis
Authors: Rafizadeh Reza , Matheson Laura , White Randall F , Bousman Chad A , Mathew Nickie , Siu Jacky TP , Rabkin Simon W
Published: February 2024

This clinical protocol provides guidance for the BC Psychosis inpatient program on how to cautiously explore clozapine rechallenge in individuals with a history of suspected clozapine associated myocarditis and no response to alternative treatments (e.g., other antipsychotic medications or non-pharmacological treatments, such as electroconvulsive therapy).
CHIP50 Report #102: Who has the flu? Early winter 2023-24 spread of flu and COVID-19
Authors: Nakamura Kentaro , Baum Matthew , Lazer David , Santillana Mauricio , Ognyanova Katherine , Perlis Roy , Druckman James , Schulman Jonathan , Uslu Ata , Qu Hong
Published: February 2024

Winter 2023-24 has seen an unusual confluence of a variety of respiratory illnesses, ranging from flu to RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) and COVID-19. Between December 21, 2023 and January 29, 2024, we surveyed 30,460 individuals aged 18 and older across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. We asked them if they had experienced an Influenza-like Illness (ILI) defined as experiencing a fever and cough, or a fever and sore throat, and/or if they had been diagnosed with COVID-19, over the previous month. Amongst those who responded yes to such questions, we asked them whether or not they had sought medical attention. In this report, we summarize our findings across a variety of demographic subgroups, including age, race, education, income, gender, and geography.