bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MODEL PENGELOLAAN DANA DESA DAN PEMBERDAYAAN PETANI DI DESA PERBATASAN INDONESIA DENGAN TIMOR LESTE
Authors: Sipayung Boanerges Putra , Fobia Theodorus , Taena Werenfridus , Joka Umbu
Published: December 2021

Village funds allocation has been provided to village government by central government starting in 2015. The provision of village funds aims at ingreasing equitable development in urban areas. This study aims to design a model of implementation of village funds management and farmer empowerment, with a case of Manusasi Village, Timor Tengah Utara Distict, bordering with Timor Leste. This research was conducted in August-September 2020. The methods used in this research were quantitative descriptive analysis and SEM based on variance, namely Partial Least Square (PLS). The sampling method used in this study was accidental sampling, with the chosen sample of 75 households from the total popultation 258 huosehold farmers. Results of this study indicated that planning had a significant effect on the evaluation process of village funds. The multiplier effect value of village funds in Manusasi Village was 1.39. There was no direct effect between physical capital, social capital, and human capital on the empowermeny of farming community in Manusasi Village. An important component of the implementation model of village fund management and farmer empowerment is the socialisation of the use of village funds which aims to increase public knowledge about village funds and build partnerships with universities or other institutions as sources of experts. The role of experts is to help improve village fund management and improve the quality of programs and planning. 
KESESUAIAN LAHAN UNTUK KOMODITAS UNGGULAN PERTANIAN DI KABUPATEN LABUHANBATU UTARA
Authors: Kaswanto Regan Leonardus , Aurora Ruth Mevianna , Yusri Doni , Sjaf Sofyan , Barus Simon
Published: December 2021

As an expansion area, North Labuhanbatu District has a purpose to improve the social welfare. Meanwhile one of the significant sector in the community is agriculture. Agriculture provides the highest income for the society and has a potency to further develop and establish the area. However, the development should relevant with environment characteristic essentially. Based on preliminary survey, there are 5 agricultural commodities growing in this area namely palm oil, rubber, rice field, cocoa, and coconut which spread over the 8 sub-districts. The increasing of population triggers land use changes particularly in agriculture. Therefore analysis of land suitability for agriculture is fundamental hence policy direction can be applied in each sub-district based on agriculture commodities which suitable with their characteristic accordingly. The evaluation of land suitability is conducted by comparing the physical characteristics with the existing of land suitability criteria which prossessed by ArcGIS software. Land suitability in North Labuhanbatu is identified with 4 clases: S1 (very suitable), S2 (moderately suitable), S3 (marginally suitable), and N (not suitable). Furthermore, there are 4 limiting factors in this study: water availability, root media, nutrient retention, and erosion hazards. The result shows that rubber, rice field, and coconut have very suitable (S1) land to be planted.Therefore the recomendation is to develop agroforestry landscape practices for sustainable livelihoods in Labura District.
OPERASIONALISASI SPEKTRUM DISEMINASI MULTI CHANNEL TEKNOLOGI PERTANIAN UNTUK DISEMINASI YANG EFEKTIF
Authors: Sirnawati Enti , Ratule Muhammad Taufiq
Published: December 2021

Downstreaming information of Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Technology (IAARD) technology is carried out, among others, through the Multi Channel Dissemination Spectrum (MCDS). The SDMC employs various dissemination channels and actors to accelerate technology dissemination. MCDS discussions at the operating level are limited especially on how it contributes to more technology adoption. Referring to the Agricultural Innovation System, an innovation arises due to support of various subsystems ranging from technology providers, carriers, users, markets, policies, and interactions among subsystems. Likewise, the MCDS should be supported by its subsystems for an effective dissemination. This paper aims to contribute ideas on subsystems requirements in the implementation of the MCDS and how these subsystems can drive the delivered technology information to be adopted by users. The supporting subsystems (planning, approaches in the implementation process, policies, infrastructure) for technology implementation are essential in dissemination activities. As a system, MCDS does not only focus on delivering IAARD’s technology information, but the success of technological innovation must be supported by dissemination planning and its subsystems, technology application ecosystem, and interaction between potential users and technology producers.
SMART FARMING 4.0 UNTUK MEWUJUDKAN PERTANIAN INDONESIA MAJU, MANDIRI, DAN MODERN
Authors: Rachmawati Rika Reviza
Published: December 2021

Smart farming 4.0 based on artificial intelligence is a flagship launched by the Ministry of Agriculture. Smart farming 4.0 encourages the farmers to work more efficient, measurable, and integrated. Through technology, farmers are able to carry out farm practice by relying on mechanization, not on the planting season, from planting to harvesting accurately. Several smart farming technologies such as blockchain for modern off farm agriculture, agri drone sprayer, drone surveillance (drone for land mapping), soil and weather sensors, intelligent irrigation systems, Agriculture War Room (AWR), siscrop (information systems) 1.0 have been implemented in some areas. However, farmers deal with various educational backgrounds, aging farmers phenomenon, and high cost of smart farming technology tools to implement smart farming. This paper aims to analyze the huge opportunities of smart farming by utilizing the potential of millennial farmers as actors and analyzing various government policies to support smart farming 4.0. The Ministry of PDTT has carried out pilot projects to implement smart farming in several locations. The Ministry of Agriculture also needs to play a role by creating a smart farming roadmap. The Government's Strategic Project 2020–2024 through food estate based on farmer corporations may support massive smart farming applications.
PENGEMBANGAN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA PERTANIAN PADA ERA DISRUPSI: UPAYA MENDUKUNG AGRIBISNIS INKLUSIF
Authors: Tarigan Herlina
Published: December 2021

Inclusive and sustainable agribusiness development in the disruption era requires fundamental adaptation. Major changes in community’s activities take place from the real world to virtual activities. One of the urgent needs in inclusive and sustainable agribusiness development is agricultural human resources able to anticipate changes and successfully adapt to those changes. This paper aims to explore changes in the agribusiness order, challenges in the extension system and agricultural human resource development going forward.  Scientific review analysis shows that there are physical business cost savings, open and direct new markets, development of internet-based online shop services with smarter, easier, faster, more efficient, and more accurate transaction processes. The agribusiness system requires a new management system with more competitive human resources capacity. Three instruments for developing agricultural human resources are: (1) prioritizing skill improvement and providing infrastructure for information and communication technology (ICT), (2) capability of extension workers and researchers in creating, socializing and implementing inclusive technology with digital literacy, (3) training the farmers with ICT-based production skills, building partnerships, and accessing big data and information in accordance with their current. Accelerating instrument operations needs champions or youth driving agent.
Mathematical Analysis of the Concomitance of Illicit Drug Use and Banditry in a Population
Authors: Akanni John Olajide , Abidemi Afeez
Published: December 2021

One of the majors global health and social problem facing the world today is the use of illicit drug and the act banditry. The two problems have resulted into lost of precious lives, properties and even a devastating effects on the economy of some countries where such acts were been practiced. Of interest in this work is to study the global stability of illicit drug use spread dynamics with banditry compartment using a dynamical system theory approach. Illicit drug use and banditry reproduction number was evaluated analytically, which measures the potential spread of the illicit drug use and banditry in the population. The system exhibits supercritical bifurcation property, telling us that local stability of an illicit drug and banditry-present equilibrium exist and it is unique. In addition, the illicit drug and banditry-free and illicit drug and banditry-present equilibria were shown to be global asymptotically stable, this was achieved by construction of suitable Lyapunov functions. Sensitivity analysis was carried out to know the impact of each parameter on the dynamical spread of illicit drug use and banditry in a population. Numerical simulations were used to validate the obtained quantitative results, and examine the effects of some key parameters on the system.
It was discovered that, to reduce the burden of banditry in the population, stringent control measures must be put in place to reduce the use of illicit drug in a population. Suggested control measures to use in curtail the menace of the illicit drug use and banditry were recommends.
A Novel Method For The Fibre-Based Conductive Ring Spun Yarn Production
Authors: özen özgü , Yılmaz demet , Yapıcı Kerim
Published: December 2021

To take the advantages of spun yarns such as porosity, softness, bending as well as usability as yarn/fabric forms, in this study, it was worked on an alternative conductive yarn production method. Different from other methods such as coating, core-spun, blending, a conductive nanosuspension was applied to viscose, cotton and polyester open fibre bundles with different feeding amounts during the ring spinning with a specially developed apparatus. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used to impart conductivity. Different from literature, rGO was synthesized with a single step process instead of two-step processes to ensure simple, easy-to-apply process and industrial applicability. Following to yarn production, winding, knitting and washing processes were realized to evaluate the changes in yarn conductivity and the usability of the yarns in the post-spinning processes. In addition to tensile properties of the yarns and air permeability of the fabrics, electrical resistance and environmental impact of the method was compared with immersion&drying process. The results indicated that alternative method allows the production of conductive (lower resistance than 100 kΩ) but also stronger, flexible, washable and breathable electronic textile products with an environmentally friendly process. There has been no effort, as yet, to get conductivity in this manner. Therefore, the developed method can be considered to be a new application in the functional yarn production field. The produced conductive yarns can be converted into fabric form by weaving, knitting and embroidery. Therefore, they can also be seen as an ideal as the platforms for future wearable electronics.
Quantitative Radiomics Approach to Assess Acute Radiation Dermatitis in Breast Cancer Patients
Authors: Park So-Yeon , Park Jong Min , Kim Jung-in , Choi Chang Heon , Chun Minsoo , Chang Ji Hyun , Kim Jin Ho
Published: December 2021

We applied a radiomics approach to skin surface images to objectively assess radiodermatitis in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer. A prospective cohort study of 20 patients was conducted. Skin surface images in normal, polarised, and UV modes were acquired using a skin analysis device before starting radiotherapy (‘before RT’), 7 days after the first treatment ('RT_D7'), on ‘RT_D14’, and 10 days after radiotherapy ended (‘after RT_D10’). Eighteen types of radiomic feature ratios were calculated. We measured skin doses in ipsilateral breasts using OSLDs on the first day of radiotherapy. Clinical evaluation of acute radiodermatitis was performed using the RTOG scoring criteria on ‘RT_D14’ and ‘after RT_D10’. Several statistical analysis methods were used to test the performance of radiomic features as indicators of radiodermatitis evaluation. As the skin was damaged by radiation, the energy for normal mode and sum variance for polarised and UV modes decreased significantly for ipsilateral breasts. The radiomic feature ratios at ‘RT_D7’ had strong correlations to skin doses and those at ‘RT_D14’ and ‘after RT_D10’ with statistical significance. The energy for normal mode and sum variance for polarised and UV modes demonstrated the potential to evaluate and predict acute radiation, which assists in its appropriate management.
mRNA booster immunization elicits potent neutralizing serum activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
Authors: Gruell Henning , Vanshylla Kanika , Tober-Lau Pinkus , Hillus David , Schommers Philipp , Lehmann Clara , Kurth Florian , Sander Leif , Klein Florian
Published: December 2021

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is causing a rapid increase in infections across the globe. This new variant of concern carries an unusually high number of mutations in key epitopes of neutralizing antibodies on the viral spike glycoprotein, suggesting potential immune evasion. Here we assessed serum neutralizing capacity in longitudinal cohorts of vaccinated and convalescent individuals, as well as monoclonal antibody activity against Omicron using pseudovirus neutralization assays. We report a near-complete lack of neutralizing activity against Omicron in polyclonal sera from individuals vaccinated with two doses of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine and from convalescent individuals, as well as resistance to different monoclonal antibodies in clinical use. However, mRNA booster immunizations in vaccinated and convalescent individuals resulted in a significant increase of serum neutralizing activity against Omicron. The presented study demonstrates that booster immunizations may be critical to substantially improve the humoral immune response against the Omicron variant.Authors Henning Gruell, Kanika Vanshylla, Florian Kurth, Leif E. Sander, and Florian Klein contributed equally to this work.
On The Simulation of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall Over Southern Peninsular India in CMIP5 Models
Authors: Sree P.P. , Babu C. A. , Rao S. Vijaya Bhaskara
Published: December 2021

The skill of 34 CMIP5 models to simulate the mean state and interannual variability of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall (NEMR) is studied here. The mean (1979-2005) NEMR over southern Peninsular India (SPIRF), Indian Ocean and Maritime continents (10°S-30°N,40°E- 120°E) is simulated reasonably well by CMIP5 models with pattern correlation ranges from 0.6 to 0.93. Diverse behaviour in the simulation of Indian and Pacific Ocean SST is observed in the CMIP5 models. A set of models (high skill models: HSM), which shows a Negative Indian Ocean Dipole (NIOD) like mean (1979-2005) SST bias in Indian Ocean and strong La Nina like mean SST bias in the Pacific Ocean, are able to simulate the mean NEMR more realistically. Another set of models (low skill models: LSM) which shows a Positive IOD (PIOD) like mean SST bias in the Indian Ocean and weak La Nina like mean SST bias in the Pacific Ocean are not able to simulate the observed equatorial Indian Ocean westerlies, which leads to an abnormal ascending motion and unrealistic wet bias over the western Indian Ocean and dry bias over the southern Peninsular India, southeast Asia and southeast Indian Ocean. The observation analysis reveals that the establishment of South China Sea anticyclone and Bay of Bengal anticyclone during El Nino and PIOD are strongly related with the ascending motion over south peninsular India and enhances the south Peninsular Indian rainfall during NEM season. Around 70% of the CMIP5 models were not able to capture the observed positive correlation that exist between SPIRF and Nino3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI. Unrealistic westward extension of South China Sea anticyclone and Bay of Bengal anticyclone (up to 70°E) in the low skill models (LSM-IAV) manifested as the abnormal descending anomalies and unrealistic dry bias over the southern Peninsular India. This leads to a negative Correlation coefficient (CC) between SPIRF and Nino 3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI in the low skill models. The descending anomalies over South China Sea and ascending anomalies over the western Indian Ocean and southern Peninsular India (50°E-80°E) is well captured but with lower intensity in the high skill models (HSM-IAV) and hence it captures the observed positive CC between SPIRF and Nino3.4 SST as well as SPIRF and DMI.
Occupational exposure of health care workers to blood and body fluids in West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2018: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Solomon Tesfaye , Lemessa Dejene
Published: December 2021

Background: Health care workers are susceptible to acquiring blood and body fluids borne infections due to their occupations involving contact with patients and their body fluids, although studies conducted in Ethiopia are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in governmental health facilities in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.Materials and methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 19 to June 25, 2018. A total of 381 health care workers were selected by simple random sampling from 31 sampled governmental health facilities using proportional to size allocation. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires, entered into Epi-info version 7, and analyzed by SPSS version 21. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated for variables retained in the multivariable logistic regression and significance declared at p<0.05.Results: Of 377 health care workers who participated, the study found that 233 (61.2%) were exposed to blood and body fluids in their lifetime. Previous needle stick injury (AOR=0.30; 95%CI: 0.12-0.75), type of health facility (AOR=0.42; 95%CI: 0.26-0.68), handwashing practice (AOR=0.15; 95%CI: 0.07, 0.31), and perceiving at risk (AOR=0.16; 95%CI: 0.03, 0.98) were protective factors whereas long work experience (AOR=1.47; 95%CI: 1.13-1.93) was a risk factor for the exposure.Conclusions: Exposures to blood and body fluids during patient care were common among health care workers in the study area. Therefore, health care workers especially those newly hired and working in hospitals should pay due attention to their occupation's safety and regularly practice hand washing during critical times.
Utilization of Bitter orange seeds as a novel source for recovery of pectin: Compositional and rheological characterization
Authors: Nejatian Mohammad , Khodaei Diako , Gavlighi Hassan Ahmadi , Zargaraan Azizollaah
Published: December 2021

The seeds from bitter orange, a by-product from the juice making step, hold the potential to facilitate novel, easy yet high quality pectin extraction. To test this hypothesis, the pectin from orange seeds (OSP) were extracted by distilled water and its compositional parameters and rheological behavior then evaluated. Results showed that galacturonic acid was the major component of OSP (~ 425 mg/g) confirming the purity of extracted pectin, followed by glucose and some minor neutral sugars. Mw, Rn and, Rz for the OSP were 4511.8 (kDa), 61 (nm), and 61.1 (nm), respectively. Rheological measurements showed shear-thinning behavior for OSP that by increasing temperature from 5 to 45 oC, the viscosity of the gum decreased. Power law fitted as the best rheological model describing the flow behavior of OSP. Strain sweep dynamic rheological measurements confirmed an entangled network structure for OSP and the addition of NaCl to the gum dispersion, decreased the consistency coefficient from 35.6 to 23.18 Pa.sn, while the flow behavior index remained unchanged. These results demonstrate for the first time that the OSP can be used as a new source of pectin, with likely a wide range of applications in food industry.
Deep Transfer Learning Based Human Activity Recognition By Transforming IMU Data To Image Domain Using Novel Activity Image Creation Method
Authors: B.A Mohammed hashim , R Amutha
Published: December 2021

Human Activity Recognition is the most popular research area in the pervasive computing field in recent years. Sensor data plays a vital role in identifying several human actions. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have now become the most recent technique in the computer vision phenomenon, but still it is premature to use CNN for sensor data, particularly in ubiquitous and wearable computing. In this paper, we have proposed the idea of transforming the raw accelerometer and gyroscope sensor data to the visual domain by using our novel activity image creation method (NAICM). Pre-trained CNN (AlexNet) has been used on the converted image domain information. The proposed method is evaluated on several online available human activity recognition dataset. The results show that the proposed novel activity image creation method (NAICM) has successfully created the activity images with a classification accuracy of 98.36% using pre trained CNN.
Identifying a Whole-brain Connectome-based Model in Drug-naïve Parkinson’s Disease for Predicting Motor Impairment
Authors: Wu Haoting , Zhou Cheng , Guo Tao , Wu Jingjing , Bai Xueqin , Liu Xiaocao , Chen Jingwen , Wen Jiaqi , Guan Xiaojun , Gao Ting , Gu Luyan , Huang Peiyu , Xu Xiaojun , Zhang Baorong , zhang Min-Ming
Published: December 2021

Identifying a whole-brain connectome-based predictive model in drug-naïve patients with Parkinson’s disease and verifying its predictions on drug-managed patients would be useful in determining the intrinsic functional underpinnings of motor impairment and establishing general brain-behavior associations. In this study, we constructed a predictive model from the resting-state functional data of 47 drug-naïve patients by using a connectome-based approach. This model was subsequently validated in 115 drug-managed patients. The severity of motor impairment was assessed by calculating Uniﬁed Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III scores. The predictive performance of model was evaluated using the correlation coefficient (rtrue) between predicted and observed scores. As a result, a connectome-based model for predicting individual motor impairment in drug-naïve patients was identified with significant performance (rtrue = 0.845, p < 0.001, ppermu = 0.002). Two patterns of connection were identified according to correlations between connection strength and the severity of motor impairment. The negative motor-impairment-related network contained more within-network connections in the motor, visual-related, and default mode networks, whereas the positive motor-impairment-related network was constructed mostly with between-network connections coupling the motor-visual, motor-limbic, and motor-basal ganglia networks. Finally, this predictive model constructed around drug-naïve patients was confirmed with significant predictive efficacy on drug-managed patients (r = 0.209, p = 0.025), suggesting a generalizability in Parkinson’s disease patients under long-term drug influence. In conclusion, this study identified a whole-brain connectome-based model that could predict the severity of motor impairment in Parkinson’s patients and furthers our understanding of the functional underpinnings of the disease.
Virtual internationalization as a new form of communication between university and foreign students during the global pandemic
Authors: Spicheva D. I. , Sviridova D. Y.
Published: December 2021

This article introduces an original methodological approach to determining and creating mental images of the university and the region in which it is located for foreign students and enrollees. This approach is based on methodology of determining cultural artifacts, concepts and constants that may become the base for the digital visualization of the region’s (in which the university is located) cultural environment. Mental images created using this methodology are the foundation for the new form of communication that is the basis of the “virtual internationalization”. In the article we justify the idea that in the process of globalization - that was heavily influenced by the pandemic – universities can provide unique experiences in exploring culture, history and everyday life of a foreign country or a different region. It is this very experience that motivates enrollees in their choice of studying at a foreign university, and this is why it can be considered the driving force of internationalization, the importance of which for the university’s reputation is not diminished by the pandemic.
Russian Twitter as an Interpretation and Agenda-Setting Tool
Authors: Dolgopolov D. V. , Sheremet S. E.
Published: December 2021

The article examines the specifics of the Russian Twitter communication space from the perspective of the agenda-setting theory by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw. Various topics’ blogs are analyzed to identify the communication features of Twitter interaction with external communication channels and information platforms. The authors apply semantic and event analysis to consider the main methods of Twitter influence on the external communication environment, and provide the interpretation of the events in the external environment within social network community. Based on this analysis the authors conclude concludes about the role of Twitter as one of the news feeds interpretive aggregators from the external communication space, which transforms meanings and creates its own in the framework of influencing the audience, and consider further prospects for researching the Twitter media environment to identify its interrelations with the communication environment.
Theoretical aspects of digitalization in social management
Authors: Ryumshin S. A.
Published: December 2021

The paper discusses the issues of digitalization of modern society. Within the framework of the system analysis of the subject of research, the author highlights the theoretical aspects of digitalization in social management, examines the historical background for digitalization; social management is represented through the categories of selfgovernment, organizational order, goal-setting, subject-subject interactions, management tools. In the system of social communications, digital technologies and artificial intelligence are presented by the author as a new socio-digital reality that transforms the environment of interaction. The author’s review of the main stages and markers of the development of digitalization made it possible to update the list of positive aspects in social management, as well as problems caused by the digitalization process.
Communicative Competences of Civil Servants in Service State
Authors: Martynova S. E. , Evarovich S. A.
Published: December 2021

The purpose of the paper is to specify the definition of communicative competence, civil servant essential to the service (customer-centered) state and methods of their formation. The authors analyze the scientific views as well as the advanced international and Russian experience of forming a customer-oriented communicative competence in the governmental agencies and business structures. It was revealed that the new communicative competence of the public officer is related to the providing of public services and expressed by the skills to identify and fulfill the needs of citizens in direct contact with them. The emotional and digital competencies are emphasized. The latter is expressed in the skill of consulting citizens with the newest digital technologies in front offices. The authors found that in foreign experience the formation of communicative competence is carried out largely by activity methods – in the workplace in real practice, whyle in Russia – by simulation methods that only imitate real conditions.
An empirical analysis of the determinants of the U.S. banks’ profitability
Authors: Chukwuogor Chiaku , Anoruo Emmanuel , Ndu Ikechukwu
Published: December 2021

This study investigates the determinants of the profitability of U.S. banks. Employing quarterly data, this paper further examines the historical and recent trends for all U.S. banks from 1996 to 2019 in the relationship between return and assets (ROA) and other bank internal (or endogenous) profitability contributors such as net interest margin (NIM), loan loss reserves, ratio of non-performing loans to gross loans, and external (or exogenous) macroeconomic variables, such as the 30-year average mortgage rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) economic growth rate, unemployment rate, interest rate, inflation rate and openness (i.e., exports + imports/GDP) by using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator technique. The results reveal that bank-specific variables, including net interest margin, loan loss reserves and non-performing loans, have a significant impact on bank profitability in the United States. Similarly, the results show that macroeconomic variables, namely the average mortgage rate, economic growth, and unemployment rate, exert significant effects on the U.S. banks’ profitability. The results further indicate that changes in openness are detrimental to bank profitability. The implications are discussed.
The impact of COVID-19 on the transportation and logistics industry
Authors: Perkumiene Dalia , Osamede Agbonmere , Andriukaitienė Regina , Beriozovas Olegas
Published: December 2021

In this present age of globalization, the logistics and transportation industry has become an integral part of most businesses/firms as it is aimed at ensuring the effective movement of people, distribution of goods and services from one location to another on time. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the logistics and transportation sectors. The qualitative research approach was adopted using analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, data from news reports, organizational sites, and a case study of data contents. The paper presented the analysis of negative and positive effects of COVID-19 on the logistics and transportation industry. The study also discusses possible strategies and further steps for improvement of the logistics and transportation sector, including the automation and introduction of other technologies, a sustainable and flexible transportation system, cooperation of logistics and transportation business. Findings regarding the positive implications of COVID-19 show noticeable advancements in the logistics and transportation sector, such as the rise of e-commerce businesses with efficient delivery options, and the development of 3rd party logistics services as more companies outsource supply chain operations. The study revealed the importance of strategic planning with a joint effort from the research centers, public sector, private sector, and educational institutions as one of the proposed solutions for the logistics and transportation industry.
ANÁLISE DA INCURSÃO DO DIREITO INTERNACIONAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS AO TERRITÓRIO NORMATIVO DOS CONFLITOS ARMADOS: UM ENQUADRAMENTO PARA O CONFLITO ISRAEL-PALESTINA EM 2021
Authors: Guerra Sidney , Fabricio Ádria
Published: December 2021

Este artigo tem como objetivo revisitar a inter-relação entre o Direito Internacional Humanitário (DIH) e o Direito Internacional dos Direitos Humanos (DIDH), em homenagem aos seus respectivos âmbitos normativos e com o objetivo de realizar uma análise de sua aplicação complementar ou suplementar, no sentido da conformação de uma ferramenta mais adequada para a proteção do ser humano em situações extremas, como ocorre durante os conflitos armados. Quanto ao método de abordagem considerando a base lógica da investigação, selecionou-se o método de procedimento hipotético-dedutivo, com abordagem qualitativa, bem como a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica seguida pela análise do caso concreto Israel-Palestina, na medida em que a corroboração ou falsificação da hipótese principal será testada em casos de violações de direitos humanos no conflito supracitado. O objetivo exploratório foi desenvolvido através da indicação de antinomias legais entre o DIDH e o DIH. Nesta investigação, concluiu-se que as posições mais adequadas para a proteção dos vulneráveis deveriam estar substancialmente alicerçadas nos fundamentos do DIDH quanto a ainda obscura área de transição entre as duas vertentes do direito, visando à consolidação de uma compreensão doutrinária a fundamentar novas opiniões consultivas no futuro. Diante desse quadro, o cerne deste trabalho reside na compreensão da práxis para a aplicação complementar de ambos os aspectos nos conflitos armados, considerando não apenas o Direito Internacional dos Direitos Humanos como lex generalis, mas sua efetiva sobreposição em detrimento do Direito Internacional Humanitário quando é mais benéfico para a proteção humana.
ORGANIZAÇÕES TERRORISTAS: ATORES DE VIOLÊNCIA E DE PODER GLOBAL
Authors: Oliveira Odete Maria de , Del‘Olmo Florisbal , De Lima Felix Patrícia
Published: December 2021

O estudo ocupa-se com o poder global das Organizações Terroristas vistas como atores de violências, atuando em cenários de medo e terror, morte e destruição, tendo como fio condutor o fenômeno do terrorismo. Estruturando-se em três partes, este ensaio apresenta breves considerações sobre o conhecimento das Relações Internacionais, após aborda o universo do terrorismo em si mesmo e, no terceiro momento, utiliza tabelas de dados e registros de evidências para mostrar a origem e a constituição de alguns desses agentes violentos, apresentado uma cronologia de seus frequentes ataques perpetrados no mundo, o que demonstra a força e o  protagonismo dessas emergentes organizações. A pesquisa usa o método hipotético-dedutivo e a técnica bibliográfica, à finalidade utilizando livros, artigos, sites da Internet, concluindo que as Organizações Terroristas reconhecidamente qualificam-se como atores não estatais violentos e que a própria violência que produzem e ostentam constitui a razão de seu empoderamento.
TECNOLOGIA DE COMUNICAÇÃO E INFORMAÇÃO: FERRAMENTAS DE PROMOÇÃO DA EDUCAÇÃO EM DIREITOS HUMANOS
Authors: Silva Ednaldo Antonio da
Published: December 2021

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar em que medida as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) podem ser usadas em promoção e efetivação da Educação em Direitos Humanos na contemporaneidade. Método: O desenho metodológico usado foi a pesquisa bibliográfica. Resultados: A TICs fortalecem as políticas públicas de Direitos Humanos; incentiva organização mais rápida e a síntese de conhecimentos; acelera a implementação de inovações na rede de cuidados; ampliar os meios de formação que promove a vigilância e a gestão de cuidados. Conclusão: As TICs são ferramentas eficazes no ensino-aprendizagem, formação e capacitação dos profissionais no desenvolvimento de suas práticas educativas, garante o desenvolvimento de atitudes proativas, gera maior custo-benefício e, possibilita uma ação prática no desenvolver da solução de problemas frente as situações novas.
TRANSGÊNEROS E FORÇAS ARMADAS BRASILEIRAS: OS CAMINHOS PARA A INCLUSÃO SOCIAL DESSAS PESSOAS NA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA
Authors: Verbicaro Soares Douglas
Published: December 2021

O estudo versa sobre as pessoas transgêneros na sociedade brasileira, relacionando-as com à mais recente medida do Governo Brasileiro em incluir as pessoas transexuais (homens trans) nos processos de registro obrigatório para cidadãos homens nas Forças Armadas do Brasil. A investigação explicará algumas terminologias que fazem parte do estudo, como por exemplo: a transexualidade e identidade de gênero. Dessa forma, foi empregado o método qualitativo para a investigação, através do estudo de materiais bibliográficos, com o objetivo de gerar uma discussão social no país sobre a transexualidade e as pessoas transgêneros. Por essa razão, essa investigação busca respostas para algumas indagações: o que é a transexualidade e as pessoas transgêneros? Essas pessoas sofrem algum tipo de discriminação por sua identidade na sociedade brasileira?  Qual a relação existente entre transgêneros e Forças Armadas no Brasil? Por que as medidas do Governo Brasileiro para o registro de pessoas transexuais masculinas foram criadas no ano de 2018? Foi uma política pensada para a efetiva regulação/incorporação de pessoas trans no serviço militar?
 
Palavras-chave: Transexualidade. Identidade de gênero. Governo brasileiro. Instituições militares.
Policy Analysis of Enforcement of Halal Product Guarantee Regulations Through The Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Approach
Authors: Purwanto Hery , Jati Sumunar , Rofiq Ahmad
Published: December 2021

Halal products are products consumed by the community, especially Muslim communities. Given that Indonesia is a Muslim-majority country, the State handles the production and distribution of halal products. In 2019, the Ministry of Religion stipulated Regulation of the Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia (PMA) Number 26 of 2019 concerning Guaranteed Halal Products. Therefore, enforcement of halal certification for products circulating in Indonesia is mandatory. However, regulation enforcement generally has many challenges to predict impacts without detailed studies and consultations with affected parties. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the application of PMA number 26 of 2019 compulsorily by using Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA). This study concludes a gap between current conditions and ideal conditions that need to be postponed to enact the Regulation of the Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 26 of 2019 by correcting the gap.
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Biologi Materi Virus Berbasis SocioScientific Issues (SSI) untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa
Authors: Septiningrum Diyana , Khasanah Nur , Khoiri Nur
Published: December 2021

The purpose of research is to know the characteristics, feasibility and effectiveness of developing teaching materials viruses based on Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) to improve critical thinking skills. Research method using Research and Development (RD) with a 4D step (define, design, develop, disseminate) Thiagarajan et all. The subjects of the study are 34 students class X MIPA 1 as the experimental class and 34 students class X MIPA 4 as the control class. The eligibility of teaching material is derived from the results of expert validation questionnaires, responses of biology teachers and students' responses, and effectiveness of critical thinking skills from the results of the test questions pretest and posttest. The results of the characteristics teaching material viruses based SSI include: cover, introduction, news analysis, material, summary, evaluation, bibliography and glossary. The results of the eligibility from the material expert validation questionnaire were 88,67%, 94,67% of media experts, 83,55% of teacher responses and 82,29% of students' responses. The effectiveness of teaching materials used was obtained from the difference in the average value of experimental learning outcomes of 81.84 and 76.84 kontrol class with tcount = 4.338 and ttable = 1.6682 which means tcount ttable and Ha accepted, concluded that there were differences in posttest results experimental class with kontrol class. The n-gain results obtained the value of the experimental class of 0.63 and the control class of 0.54 with their respective categories being moderate. So it can be concluded that the use of biological material teaching material based on Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) is effective to improve students' critical thinking skills class X SMA 12 Semarang.
Vardiyalı Çalışanların Gürültü Algı Yanılgısının İncelenmesi
Authors: ACAR Mehmet Zeki , KARAKILÇIK Mehmet
Published: December 2021

Bu çalışmada, vardiyalı çalışanların gürültü algısı yanılgıları araştırılmıştır. Bu amaçla, Sunar Grup bünyesindeki Sunar Mısır Entegre Tesisleri kepek depolama ve ham yağ ünitesinde gece ve gündüz vardiyalarında çalışanların gürültü şiddeti algılama tepkileri belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bunun için, gece ve gündüz vardiyalarında çalışanların gürültüye maruz kaldıkları otobüse biniş ve varış noktalarında (dış ortam), ve kepek depolama ve ham yağ ünitesinde (iç ortam) gürültü şiddeti ölçümleri yapılmıştır. Çalışanların gündüz ve gece dış ortamda maruz kaldıkları farklı gürültü şiddetinin algı yanılgısına neden olduğu ve bunun çalışanlar üzerindeki olumsuz etkileri değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, gece vardiyasında çalışanların dış ortamlar ile iç ortamlar arasındaki gürültü şiddeti farkı sırasıyla,16,67 dB ve 15,67 dB‟lik gürültü şiddetini doğru algıladığı için kulaklıkla çalıştığı görülmüştür. Ancak, gündüz vardiyasında çalışanların gürültü şiddeti farkını yeteri kadar algılayamadıkları için kulaklık kullanmadan çalıştıkları belirlenmiştir. Bu nedenle özellikle gündüz vardiyası çalışanlarının, kulaklık veya kulak tıkacı ile kulaklarının korunması için gerekli tüm önlemler alınmalıdır. Ayrıca kapalı ortamda gürültüye neden olan taşıma helezonu, silo havalandırma fanları, pres ve kabuk soyma makineleri iyileştirilmeli veya yenileri ile değiştirilmelidir.
Water and sanitation influence on child health in Namibia: using demographic and health surveys
Authors: Abdelhady Mona , Alfeus Anna , Hamatui Ndinomholo
Published: December 2021

Important milestones in reducing child mortality rates have been achieved internationally and in Africa. With 76 deaths per 1,000 live births, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to have the world's highest under-five mortality (U5M) rate. In SSA, one child in every 13 dies from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday. This study sought to determine the impact of demographic, socio-economic, and environmental determinants on child health in Namibia, using the Namibian demographic and health surveys (NDHS) from 2006 and 2013. A logistic regression model was used to determine the association between improved sanitary facilities and water sources and U5M in Namibia. Improved access to sanitation facilities in Namibia is associated with a lower U5M rate, according to the 2013 survey. No significant association was observed between improved access to safe water and child death. In 2013, the greater the mother's level of education, the lower the chance of child death. Finally, the findings demonstrate that mothers who are HIV-positive are more likely to experience under-five death. Hence, the Namibian government should increase sanitation facilities and promote maternal healthcare services for less fortunate households to lower the U5M rate.
Leak location procedure based on the complex-valued FastICA blind deconvolution algorithm for water-filled branch pipe
Authors: Liu Mingyang , Yang Jin , Fan Endong , Qiu Jing , Zheng Wei
Published: December 2021

Water pipe networks have a large number of branch joints. Branch joint shunting generates vortices in the fluid, which excite the pipe wall to produce a type of branch noise. The branch noise is coupled with the leak source signal through the pipe. Here, a novel leak location protocol based on the complex-valued FastICA method (C-FastICA) is proposed to address the leak location problem under the branch noise interference. The C-FastICA, a complex-value domain blind deconvolution algorithm, effectively extended the cost function, constraint function, and iteration rules of the instantaneous linear FastICA into the complex-valued domain. The C-FastICA method was used to realize the separation of branch noise and leak source signal. The experimental results showed that the separation efficiency of the C-FastICA was higher than that of time-domain blind convolution separation (T-BCS). Furthermore, the relative location error of the C-FastICA method to the leak point was less than 14.238%, which was significantly lower than in traditional T-BCS and direct cross-correlation (DCC) technology.
Groundwater quality assessment for irrigation use in the Godavari Delta region of east coast India using IRWQI and GIS
Authors: Nageswara Rao K. , Swarna Latha P. , Ramesh Kumar P.V.
Published: December 2021

The present work was carried out in the deltaic region of the river Godavari in coastal Andhra Pradesh of southern India to evaluate the status of groundwater quality for irrigation. Groundwater is predominantly used in these productive agricultural fields. Saline water intrusion in fresh groundwater aquifers, which is mainly due to the excess withdrawal of groundwater, was recorded in the study area. A total of 80 groundwater samples were analyzed for physical and chemical parameters using standard chemical procedures. The groundwater mainly represents Na+–Cl− type, which shows the mixing of fresh water with saline water. The high correlation between Na+–Cl− and Mg2+–HCO3− explained that the intermixing of aquifer waters and the leaching of secondary salts influenced the region. Evaporation-fractional crystallizations are the main processes in the groundwater of the study area. The irrigation water quality index was calculated using different quality indices including Na%, sodium adsorption ratio, residual sodium bicarbonate (RSBC), permeability index (PI), magnesium hazard (MH), Kelly's ratio (KR), and potential salinity (PS), Cl−:HCO3−, Mg2+:Ca2+ and Na+:Ca2+ to estimate the suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation. Spatial distribution maps were prepared using raster interpolation in GIS. The assessment revealed that the areas covering 67.6% of electrical conductivity, 100% of total dissolved solids, 57.5% of Na%, 21.3% of RSBC, 66.3% of PI, 16.3% of MH, 65% of KR, and, 100% of PS required severe to moderate restrictions. Overall, the groundwater in the study region showed potential salinity due to geogenic and anthropogenic activities, and thus it must be monitored for sustainable agriculture.
Entre um “currículo-obsceno” e um “currículo-louco”
Authors: Gurgel Evanilson , Maknamara Marlécio , Chaves Silvia
Published: December 2021

O artigo focaliza o currículo das narrativas seriadas em suas duas expressões: a de um “currículo-maior”, constituído por linhas molares e que apresenta um sistema de referência pelo qual as formas binárias nos organizam e nos produzem enquanto sujeitos serializados; e a de um “currículo-menor”, que, ao acionar o riso e as paixões alegres, compõe um traçado de linhas de fuga capazes de desterritorializar o “currículo-maior” e a modelização da subjetividade. O argumento é o de que no currículo das narrativas seriadas pode-se ultrapassar convenções normativas e estabelecer a abertura para a constituição de outros modos de vida, apesar das linhas de força de conformidade a certos estratos. Ao cartografar duas narrativas seriadas, evidenciamos a composição de um “currículo-obsceno”, referente a série “Fleabag” e um “currículo-louco”, relativamente a série “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”. Concluímos que no “currículo-menor”, o amor e o riso são vetores para a desagregação do “currículo-maior” das narrativas seriadas, capazes de rachar os estratos e inaugurar existências menores e criativas.