bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF VISITORS TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED HOTEL ENTERPRISES IN THE TRANSCARPATHIAN REGION IN CRISIS CONDITIONS
Authors:   Uzhhorod National University, Slavik Roman , Leta Vasyl ,   Uzhhorod National University, Chyniak Vitalia ,   Uzhhorod National University
Published: September 2022

The article analyzes the dynamics of visitors to small and medium-sized hotel enterprises of the Transcarpathian region in the context of the crisis caused by the spread of the infectious disease COVID-19. The study is based on a sample of questionnaire-interviews provided by 30 enterprises. A literary review of the scientific works of domestic and foreign authors, who work in the direct or related subject of research, their works relate to such aspects as the impact of the pandemic on the functioning of the labor market of Ukraine; changes due to the pandemic in the solvency of the population of Ukraine; the problems of the hotel industry that arose during the spread of the global pandemic, as well as the reaction and adaptation of the education systems of various countries to the consequences of the lockdown and, even, the national security of Ukraine through the prism of new conditions caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Much of the research concerns the state and current functioning of the tourism or hospitality industry during the pandemic and the business innovations they employ during the crisis. The dynamics of tourist flows sent to Transcarpathian region during 2000-2020 (in the pre-coronavirus and pandemic periods) are described. The analysis of tourist flows in the Transcarpathian region allows us to conclude that their dynamics are unstable, there are clearly pronounced peaks (2000, 2003, 2008) and declines (2001, 2004, 2011), as well as periods of prolonged low activity (2014–2017). The trends in the number of visitors and the occupancy of hotel establishments in the period 2018–2020 are visualized, which clearly demonstrate the consequences of the crisis phenomena that manifested themselves in the economy at the end of the above-mentioned period of time, and as a result, the most significant number of visitors was observed in 2018, when the relative stabilization of the economic and political situation took place and the intensity of the flow of domestic tourists to the region began to increase. Aspects of the biggest business complications of hotel activity were highlighted, which turned out to be: closure of borders, cancellation of transport connections and, as a result, a significant reduction in the number of tourists/visitors/clients.
THE PROCEDURE OF FORMING THE MECHANISM OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE LABOR AT THE ENTERPRISE
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Chernoivanova Hanna
Published: September 2022

The aim of the study is to develop a procedure for the formation of a mechanism for the organizational and economic support of innovative work. The interpretation of the essence of the category "mechanism of organizational and economic support" is given. The composition of the elements of the mechanism of organizational and economic support for the management of innovative work at the enterprise is determined, which are grouped into four components: organizational, managerial, economic and providing. The mechanism of organizational and economic support for the management of innovative work at the enterprise contains criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of managing innovative work. A procedure for the formation of a mechanism for organizational and economic support of innovative work is proposed, the difference of which is the substantiation of the list of stages, the establishment of feedback and the differentiation of the dependence of the components of the mechanism on the goals of the enterprise. This will provide continuous organizational and economic support for innovative work at the enterprise. The formation procedure allows you to determine the sequence and content of each stage, justify the feedback. An approach has been developed to the formation of a mechanism for organizational and economic support for the management of innovative work at enterprises, which contains a list of stages, justification of feedback and differentiation of its components depending on the goals of the enterprise. The above steps include: analysis of the external environment; analysis of the innovative component of the enterprise; determination of the goals of the enterprise and the formation of its innovative components; compliance with the goals of the enterprise and ensuring the management of innovative work; evaluating the effectiveness of the mechanism according to criteria (quantitative and expert) and criteria for compliance with established standards, which allows for continuous management of innovative work at the enterprise. It is concluded that the elements of the subsystem for ensuring the organizational and economic mechanism include personnel, principles, tools, information, organizational structure of management in conjunction with management approaches and methods, resources and standards.
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE FORMATION OF ARCHITECTURE OF ECONOMIC SPACE
Authors:   Cherkasy State Technological University, Polischuk Andrii
Published: September 2022

The theoretical justification and the practical recommendations for the formation of the architecture of the economic space of the region are proposed and grounded in article. The modern views of scientists on the elements of the architecture of the economic space, the features of the economic space and it influence on the effectiveness of the functioning of the regions are analyzed. The legislative framework defining the principles of the territorial system of Ukraine is characterized. The influence of decentralization on the formation of the economic space of the regions of Ukraine was assessed. The regional disintegration is the most dangerous consequence of the imperfect organization of the economic space. The regional disintegration and the national macroeconomics destructiveness lead to the emergence of significant socio-economic disparities, uneven economic growth, disruption of the processes of economic reproduction and the corresponding reproductive proportions as at the regional and national levels. The transformation of economic space in Ukraine is analyzed by the levels. The list and general characteristics of the features of the modern economic space are given. There are the following:1) economic space is formed within the geographical space; 2) unity (legislative, political, informational, monetary and currency; institutional, fiscal, etc.); 3) integration (common labor, capital, goods and services market); 4) cyclical functioning and development; 5) combination of specialization and integration of economic activity; 6) integrity; 7) hierarchy; 8) polarization and heterogeneity. The key features of the formation of effective architecture and ensuring regional development in the conditions of global competition are characterized. The transparency, self-organization, self-reproduce ability, flexibility is the most important for economic space in terms of global competitiveness. The peculiarities of the formation of the economic space are primarily determined by the corresponding level of the administrative-territorial unit, which as a whole system has the corresponding management objects and goals.
SPECIFIC PARTICIPATION OF BANKS IN THE PROGRAM “AVAILABLE LOANS 5-7-9” IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Chubka Olha , Skoropad Iryna ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: September 2022

The role of banks in supporting the functioning of business entities in wartime thanks to preferential lending introduced by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 2020 is considered. It is proved that currently the national economy is operationally transferred to the “war rails”, and the main forces are thrown to support critical industries, mainly agriculture, therefore the priorities of business lending reflect exactly this trend. It is well-founded that with the beginning of the war in Ukraine banks are forced to adapt to new conditions of activity, offering new types of loans within the framework of the “Available loans 5-7-9” program for business relocation, for preventing and overcoming the consequences of Russian aggression, etc. An analysis of the lending directions of the TOP-10 participating banks of the “Available loans 5-7-9” program is conducted, which showed that among the pre-war lending directions most agreements were concluded with the aim of overcoming the negative consequences of COVID-19, and during wartime – with the aim of supporting agricultural producers to provide seed company. It is proved that during the war some banks postponed investment lending for the distant future and concentrated on working capital, primarily for agribusiness (JSC “Raiffeisen Bank Aval”, JSC “OTP Bank” temporarily suspended issuing loans for investment purposes. JSC KB “Privatbank”, JSC “Ukreximbank”, PJSC “Bank Vostok” temporarily suspended issuing loans for refinancing). TOP-10 banks that after February 24, 2022 refocused mainly on lending to the seed company and business support during wartime are provided. An analysis of the share of signed loan agreements for the support of the seed company and business support during wartime is carried out for the entire period of the program “Available loans 5-7-9” and during the period of martial law. Banks with the largest share of signed contracts for new lines of lending are noted (JSC KB “Privatbank” 96,84%, PJSC “Bank Vostok” 95,65%, JSC “Ukreximbank” 95,87%, JSC “Procredit Bank” 91,73%, JSC “Ukrgasbank” 91,38%) of all contracts signed during the war period. The characteristics of individual credit products of JSC CB “Privatbank”, JSC “Ukrgazbank”, JSC “Oshchadbank” in the conditions of martial law are carried out.
FOZZY GROUP HACK4RETAIL COMPETITION OVERVIEW: RESULTS, FINDINGS, AND CONCLUSIONS
Authors:   Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kosovan Oleksandr
Published: September 2022

Competitions are a common approach to finding state-of-the-art solutions in different fields. This also applies to forecasting sales in retail. Hack4Retail is a competition to determine the best projects or technological solutions, and the aim of this work was to review the results and describe the most accurate methods. The competition extended empirical findings for retail sales forecasting, especially for the smaller firms, and provided the following conclusions: (1) prediction methods such as Light Gradient Boosting Machine and Feed-Forward Neural Networks were found to be effective for community competition as well; (2) blending and feature engineering based on explanatory variables improved performance of forecasting models; (3) the competition confirmed the importance of highquality data for the final evaluation sample. Also, this paper described competition organization and explored key characteristics of data sets.
RESEARCH OF WORLD TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEA CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION
Authors:   State University of Infrastructure and Technologie, Petrenko Olha , Hryniv Nataliya ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: September 2022

The purpose of the article is to study the global trends in the development of maritime container transportation, which should be taken into account when reforming the transport industry in Ukraine. The role of containers in increasing the throughput of seaports and increasing the competitiveness of logistics services is noted. The main prerequisites that act as an incentive for containerization processes are determined. The level of modern development of global maritime container transportation has been studied. The dynamics of the main indicators in the world maritime container transportation market is analyzed and the influence of a number of factors is considered. It has been established that the increase in container traffic in multimodal transportation contributed to the growth in the throughput of seaports by 5–5.5% annually and, according to forecasts, should be. 978 million TEU by 2025. It is noted that the largest volume of sea container traffic (64%) is provided by the ports of Asian countries, which is explained by the location in this region of the world's largest ports (Shanghai, Singapore, Shenzhen and others). The attention is focused on the processes of mergers and acquisitions inherent in the maritime transportation market and which led to the consolidation of some shipping lines. It was noted that the world's leading container shipping operators (in terms of the number of vessels) are APM-Maersk (Denmark), Mediterranean Shg Co (Switzerland), CMA CGM Group (France). The prospects for further development of this market are indicated. It was noted that the profitability of container networks over the past five years has more than tripled and reached 3446 million dollars. The main trends that have developed in the global maritime container transportation market have been studied, and should become a guideline in shaping the ways for the development of the Ukrainian transport industry, aimed at the effective use of the transit potential of the state and increasing the competitiveness of this area.
АНАЛІЗ МОЛОЧНОЇ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ КОРІВ ПОРІД УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ СЕЛЕКЦІЇ З РІЗНИМИ ГЕНОТИПАМИ ЗА ЛОКУСОМ IFNGR2
Authors: Іващенко Оксана Юріївна , Ляшенко Юрій Володимирович , Кулібаба Роман Олександрович
Published: September 2022

Дослідження генетичної мінливості за локусами кількісних ознак та пошук асоціативного зв’язку різних алельних варіантів генів з показниками продуктивності тварин у популяціях корів української селекції має важливе значення для виявлення та збереження потенційно цінних алелів та генотипів у генофонді великої рогатої худоби України, а також їх можливого використання у маркер-асоційованій селекції. Тому метою роботи було проаналізувати параметри продуктивності корів чорно-рябої та червоно-рябої молочних порід з різними генотипами за локусом IFNGR2 (мутація 1008А>G). Генотипування особин проводили за використання методу PCR-RFLP. Для аналізу молочної продуктивності тварин використовували значення середнього надою за 305 днів лактації (кг), параметри вмісту білка та жиру в молоці (%). Аналіз продуктивності проводили шляхом порівняння показників трьох лактацій для досліджуваних груп тварин. За результатами досліджень встановлено, що для корів української чорно-рябої молочної породи максимальні значення показнику надою за 305 днів для всіх трьох лактацій за локусом IFNGR2 характерні для особин з гомозиготним генотипом GG. Для корів української червоно-рябої молочної породи домінуючі значення параметра стандартного надою упродовж всіх трьох лактацій спостерігались для гетерозигот AG. У випадку української чорно-рябої породи порівняння параметрів молочної продуктивності проводили для всіх можливих генотипів – AA, AG та GG, у випадку червоно-рябої – лише для двох генотипів АА та AG. Для обох дослідних популяцій корів встановлено вірогідну різницю між значеннями надою між особинами з різними генотипами за локусом IFNGR2 на другу лактацію. За іншими показниками молочної продуктивності (вміст жиру та білка) упродовж всіх трьох лактацій вірогідних відмінностей між особинами з різними генотипами за локусом IFNGR2 (1008А>G) для обох дослідних порід корів не виявлено. За значеннями показників вмісту білка в молоці для трьох лактацій дослідні групи тварин характеризувались нормальним розподілом відповідно до критерію Шапіро-Уілка, що дало можливість використати параметричні критерії для аналізу вірогідності різниці між показниками особин з різними генотипами.
ВПЛИВ ЗГОДОВУВАННЯ ВИСОКОБІЛКОВОГО СОНЯШНИКОВОГО КОНЦЕНТРАТУ НА ЗАБІЙНІ ЯКОСТІ СВИНЕЙ
Authors: Повод Микола Григорович , Михалко Олександр Григорович , Лихач Вадим Ярославович , Гутий Богдан Володимирович , Повозніков Микола Гаврилович , Соколенко Вікторія Вікторівна , Вербельчук Тетяна Василівна , Агунова Лариса Володимирівна
Published: September 2022

В статті викладені результати дослідження впливу часткової та повної заміни соєвого шроту високобілковим соняшниковим концентратом «Proglot», в умовах промислового свинокомплексу на забійні показники та якість туш відгодівельного молодняку свиней за забою з різними ваговими кондиціями. Вивчались якісні показники туш свиней за умови заміни під час дорощування та відгодівлі половини та всього соєвого шроту на високобілковий соняшниковий концентрат «Proglot». Встановлено, відсутність залежності забійної маси, забійного виходу, маси охолодженої туші та її довжини, товщини шпику над шостим-сьомим грудними хребцями, у холці, в грудях й крижах, площі «м’язового вічка» та маси задньої третини напівтуші часткової та повної заміни соєвого шроту на соняшниковий концентрат в раціоні свиней за передзабійних вагових категорій 100, 110 й 120 кг. Водночас підвищення передзабійної живої маси свиней із 100 до 120 кг, як за повної, так і часткової заміни соєвого шроту на соняшниковий концентрат, так і при згодовувані соєвого шроту в якості білкової складової призвело до підвищення забійної маси на 22,93–25,47%, товщини шпику на грудях на 39,13–41,40%, довжини напівтуші на 4,74–5,37%, площі «м’язового вічка» на 12,21–12,28%, маси задньої третини напівтуші на 14,53–22,12%, виходу сала на 24,89–23,77%. Тоді як за всіх раціонів у піддослідних тварин зменшився вихід м’яса на 7,29–6,42% та погіршився коефіцієнт м’ясності на 4,16–2,17% з підвищенням перед забійної живої маси з 100 до 120 кг. Встановлено вірогідний вплив передзабійної живої ваги на забійну масу – 55,30%, товщину шпику над 6–7 грудним хребцем – 35,92%, масу задньої третини напівтуші на 30,10%, на довжину напівтуші – 22,40%, товщину шпику на грудях – 21,12%, товщину шпику в крижах – на 18,57%, площу «м’язового вічка» – 15,99%, на забійний вихід – 8,40%. Водночас склад раціону годівлі вплинув на забійний вихід із силою – 12,6%, товщину шпику над 6–7 грудним хребцем – 4,34% на товщину шпику на грудях – 4,21%, довжину напівтуші – 2,87,товщину шпику в крижах – 1,01%, масу задньої третини напівтуші – 1,85%, забійну маса – 1,20% та не мали вірогідного впливу на площу «м’язового вічка» та товщина шпику в холці.
Association between sleep quality and internet addiction in high school students
Authors: Tran Vinh Ba , Le Vinh Chi , Nguyen Tu Tien Tue , Pham Tuan Nhat
Published: September 2022

Internet addiction and poor sleep quality are two types of common mental health disorders among high school students. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality and its association with internet addiction in high school students.

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 820 high school students in Dong Hoa town, Phu Yen province in April 2021. The students were requested to fill out a structured questionnaire. internet addiction was evaluated by the short version Internet Addiction Test (s-IAT). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality.

The prevalence of poor sleep quality was 33.5% among high school students. The proportion of students with internet addiction evaluated by the s-IAT was 21%. The association between internet addiction and poor sleep quality remained statistically significant with p<0,001 (OR=2.98, 95% CI: 2.05-4.34) after adjusting for potential confounding variables.

The proportions of internet addiction and poor sleep quality were high and there was an association between them. Students should not use the internet after 9 pm and should spend at least 8 hours each night on sleep.
Tổng quan ứng dụng học máy trong dự đoán nguy cơ đa di truyền hướng tới y học cá thể hóa
Authors: Trịnh Thị Xuan , Ta Van Nhan , Hoàng Đỗ Thanh Tùng , Trương Nam Hải , Trần Đăng Hưng
Published: September 2022

Trong thời gian gần đây, Điểm nguy cơ đa di truyền (Polygenic risk score - PRS) được xem như một công cụ tiềm năng cho y học chính xác dựa trên các biến dị di truyền phổ biến có đóng góp từ nhỏ tới vừa đối với nguy cơ mắc bệnh di truyền, nhưng tổng gộp các biến dị này lại có thể nâng cao giá trị dự đoán bệnh trong quần thể. Đã có nhiều phương pháp học máy được đưa ra nhằm cải tiến khả năng dự đoán của PRS cũng như những nỗ lực để đưa PRS vào ứng dụng trong lâm sàng. Mặc dù vậy, việc lựa chọn phương pháp một cách hệ thống và những ứng dụng của PRS vẫn chưa thực sự rõ ràng. Vì vậy, trong bài báo tổng quan này, chúng tôi cung cấp một cái nhìn tổng quan về điểm nguy cơ đa di truyền và các nghiên cứu cải tiến sử dụng học máy nhằm nâng cao khả năng áp dụng trong lâm sàng của PRS
Integrate Ergonomics into Production System Design
Authors: Neumann Patrick , Kihlberg S. , Medbo P. , Winkel Jorgen
Published: September 2022

 A  case  study  is  presented  evaluating  the  productivity  and  ergonomic  consequences  ofstrategies  implemented  in  a  re-design  of  an  electronics  assembly  system.    The  companyapplied  partial  automation  strategies  for  assembly  and  transportation  functions,  movingfrom  a  parallel-batch  to  a  serial  line-based  production  system.  Through  simultaneousconsideration  of  technical  and  ergonomic  indicators  we  aimed  to  identify  linkagesbetween  design  decisions,  productivity,  and  ergonomics.    Data  obtained  from  companyrecords  and  key  company  informants  were  combined  with  detailed  video  analysis,biomechanical  modelling  and  field  observations  of  the  system.    Implementation  of  thestrategy  to  partly  automate  assembly  operations  was  seen  to  reduce  labour  inputs  forcomponent   assembly   work   without   directly   affecting   ergonomic   conditions.   The automation  of  transportation  strategy  reduced  both  labour  inputs  and  work  in  progress.This strategy also resulted in considerable reductions in work-task variability, and henceincreases  in  repetitiveness  for  operators  at  manual  assembly  workstations.  The  manualassembly  station  examined  had  some  increase  in  shoulder  load  amplitudes  and  a  largerincrease  in  the  time-density  of  work  (reduced  porosity).    Work  activities  were  focusedalmost  exclusively  on  stereotyped  ‘get  and  put’  actions  which  increased  in  averagefrequency from one every 8.3 seconds to one every 7.4 seconds. Workstation design wasconstrained  by  initial  decisions  to  adopt  automation  technologies  and  also  affected  bylater  problems  in  the  automation  of  assembly.    Ergonomic  conditions  varied  acrossindividuals  and  stations  in  the  system.    The  adopted  work  organisation  plan  resulted  inuneven  distribution  of  risk  factors  across  operators  in  the  production  system.    It  isconcluded that strategic decisions made early in the design of the production system haveconsiderable impact on ergonomic conditions in the production system.  Optimal designfor sustainable and efficient production require simultaneous and integrated considerationof technological and operator functions in the manufacturing system. 
Roles and Relationships for Making Ergonomics Change: Results of a 2-Day focus
Authors: Neumann Patrick , Wells R. P. , Norman Robert , Jeans Brian , Dubblestyne Dan , Harvey Heather , Peter Otto
Published: September 2022

Roles and Relationships for Making Ergonomics Change: Results of a 2-Day focus
Are Users Up to Speed? The Demand Side of Sustainable Broadband
Authors: Middleton Catherine A.
Published: September 2022

Presentation to the Green ICT: Learning to be Sustainable with Computers and Broadband Workshop, Canberra, November 2008.
Virtual Tools for Assessing Human and Organisational Factors in Production System Design
Authors: Neumann W. Patrick , Kazmierczak Karolina , Medbo Per
Published: September 2022

This paper describes two approaches for integrating human factors into discrete event simulations of production systems. In the first, biomechanical loading information was integrated with a simulation model in a car dismantling operation. In the second study, the productivity sensitivity of three systems with varying parallelisation was tested with respect to a) allowing operators to take breaks ‘as desired’, and b) having ‘reduced capacity’ operators at work. Both methods provided insight into design options that gave superior performance with improved ergonomics. Such ‘virtual ergonomics’ approaches can help establish boundary crossing discussions to support ergonomics application in early design stages.
Examination of Contrast Mechanisms in Optoacoustic Imaging of Thermal Lesions
Authors: Richter Christian , Spirou Gloria , Oraevsky Alexander A. , Whelan William M. , Kolios Michael
Published: September 2022

Optoacoustic Imaging is based on the thermal expansion of tissue caused by a temperature rise due to absorption of short laser pulses. At constant laser fluence, optoacoustic image contrast is proportional to differences in optical absorption and the thermoacoustic efficiency, expressed by the Grneisen parameter, Γ. Γ is proportional to the thermal expansion coefficient, the sound velocity squared and the inverse heat capacity at constant pressure. In thermal therapies, these parameters may be modified in the treated area. In this work experiments were performed to examine the influence of these parameters on image contrast. A Laser Optoacoustic Imaging System (LOIS, Fairway Medical Technologies, Houston, Texas) was used to image tissue phantoms comprised of cylindrical Polyvinyl Chloride Plastisol (PVCP) optical absorbing targets imbedded in either gelatin or PVCP as the background medium. Varying concentrations of Black Plastic Color (BPC) and titanium dioxide (TiO2)were added to targets and background to yield desired tissue relevant optical absorption and effective scattering coefficients, respectively. In thermal therapy experiments, ex-vivo bovine liver was heated with laser fibres (805nm laser at 5 W for 600s) to create regions of tissue coagulation. Lesions formed in the liver tissue were visible using the LOIS system with reasonable correspondence to the actual region of tissue coagulation. In the phantom experiments, contrast could be seen with low optical absorbing targets (μaof 0.50cm−1down to0.13cm−1)embedded in a gelatin background (μa=0.13cm−1andμs′=4.2cm−1). Therefore, the data suggest that small objects (<5mm) with low absorption coefficients (in the range<1cm−1) can be imaged using LOIS.PVCP-targets in gelatin were visible, even with the same optical properties as the gelatin, but different Γ. The enhanced contrast may also be caused by differences in the mechanical properties between the target and the surrounding medium. PVCP-targets imbedded in PVCP produced poorer image contrast than PVCP-targets in gelatin with comparable optical properties. The preliminary investigation in tissue equivalent phantoms indicates that in addition to tissue optical properties, differences in mechanical properties between heated and unheated tissues may be responsible for image contrast. Furthermore, thermal lesions in liver tissue, ex-vivo, can be visualized using an optoacoustic system.
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Authors: Lewis Benjamin
Published: September 2022

"Initially developed by universities and the military, the speed at which the Internet was embraced by the general public during the mid-nineteen-nineties took governments and commercial interests by surprise. It allowed for a new form of discourse, where anyone could log-on and, at no additional cost, enter into conversations and debates with millions of other Internet users. This new medium for communicating information allowed individuals to overcome existing financial and spatial barriers and thereby engage in new forms of critical political dialogue. Internet communities have flourished and existing corporate media companies, experienced at producing and distributing content to audiences of consumers, have had to adapt to audiences that increasingly demand the right to create and distribute content themselves.

Many governments, Canada included, have chosen to leave the Internet and its infrastructure largely unregulated, believing that existing legislation would suffice (Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission. CRTC Won't Regulate the Internet). In contrast to traditional media enterprises already dominated by commercial interests, the Internet seemed to be a medium where commercial and public interests could successfully coexist, and where individuals could engage in critical dialogue, share ideas, and shape discourse and opinions offline as well as online."--Introduction.
Origin stories : the provenance of four archival prints of Death Weekend (1976)
Authors: Yeoman Aisling
Published: September 2022

Even as contemporary film studies programs incorporate archival studies into courses, conventional film history, criticism, curatorial writing, and scholarly discourse rarely consider the physical characteristics and technical information intrinsic to the print itself or, indeed the negative elements from which prints are generated. Through an examination of four archival prints of Death Weekend (1976) – a film co-produced by Cinépix and Quadrant Films with funding from the Canadian Film Development Corporation – the thesis proposes a condensed timeline of key events in the life cycle of the prints starting with creation at a film processing lab and ending with acquisition by an archive. The thesis demonstrates that each print is physically unique and has unique provenance. It shows the importance of these factors, seeking to correct the rampant marginalization of the work of the lab and archive by privileging their contributions and foregrounding the preserved prints as rare objects.
Identifying and cataloguing the Film Farm collection at CFMDC
Authors: Khoeini Amin
Published: September 2022

This thesis is an applied project aimed to identify all the film that produced in Film Farm workshop that is currently held by CFMDC. The identification process including research into external sources such as the filmmaker’s website, festival journals and distribution documents. A spreadsheet was created that catalogues all the Film Farm collection at CFMDC. The CFMDC database was also updated to reflect the accurate information of the collection for the use of future researchers. Finally, a complete condition report is provided for all the films identified in the collection. The first two chapters briefly cover the history of the Film Farm workshop and its collection at CFMDC. The third chapter discusses the process of identifying the Film Farm titles at CFMDC, and the physical inspection of the collection.
Faith and Punishment: Implicitness in English and Arabic Religious Texts
Authors: Hussien Abbas Lutfi , Zainab Jalil Ibrahim Ali-Khan
Published: September 2022

Implicitness plays a distinctive role in communicating ideas and emotions as well as it functions to be economical in conveying what the speaker intends to say. This paper is intended to investigate implicitness in religious texts focusing on the reasons that lead the speaker to utilize implicit meaning. Vidal’s (2016) model is adopted to analyze twenty religious texts about faith and punishment in English compared with the other twenty Prophetic Hadiths in Arabic sharing the same two themes. The collected data is qualitatively analyzed through subjective identification and explanation of religious texts, then directed to present them quantitatively through percentages clarified in tables. This paper arrives at the conclusion that implicitness is accounted for via two important strategies: flouting Grice’s maxims and speaker’s intention, as well as the tendency to indicate politeness, advertising, humor, and manipulation, are the main reasons for implicitness in these religious texts.
Overcoming Linguistic Inequities: Strengths and Limitations of Translation during the Pandemic
Authors: Leonardi Letizia
Published: September 2022

The confinement period imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event with severe human and social implications. Its effects further accentuated the marginalisation of migrants and minor linguistic communities, with access to essential resources, such as healthcare services and remote teaching, being considerably hampered by linguistic diversity. Communication was paramount to share information and reduce the uncertainty provoked by the enforced isolation. As a form of inter-lingual communication, translation has significantly contributed to containing the problems of multilingualism. By mediating expert-lay and peer-to-peer communication in multilingual contexts, translators and interpreters helped remove linguistic barriers. Nevertheless, language inequities as well as the inadequacy of government policies, which often overlooked the linguistic needs of vulnerable social groups, revealed that translation still awaits considerable improvements. With reference to scholarly works and large-scale examples, this paper discusses the strengths and limitations of translation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also outlines the principal areas that need further development if translation is to work as a fully effective form of communication in our multilingual and multicultural society.
Science-Fiction, Techno-scientific Innovations and Political Power in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Authors: TEMOUKALE Mabandine DJAGRI , BAMPINI Souglouman
Published: September 2022

This article is a reflection on Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of the famous novels by George Orwell, a British writer and journalist. It shows through a techno-critical analysis that, although the novel is science-fiction in that it is part of a dystopian approach to the literary genre, it also inspires and expresses current techno-scientific innovations through the emblematic figure of Big Brother. Moreover, just as Big Brother is the only symbol of the INGSOC, a single political party of which O'Brien is the leader, techno-scientific innovations are more or less embodied by political powers which, if they use them to control people's lives and subject them to their ideologies, can become totalitarian and despotic, even if they were previously democratic. In this logic, they deprive people of their freedoms, especially their freedom of thought and expression.
The Relationship between the Perception of Virginity Values and Adolescent Attitudes in Maintaining Reproductive Health in Islamic High School (Man) 1 Semarang City
Authors: Mindiono Imam Arief
Published: September 2022

Virginity over virginity in Indonesian society is a symbol of pride, dignity, and respect for women. This study aims to determine the relationship between the perception of virginity values and adolescent attitudes in maintaining reproductive health in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 1 Semarang City. The method used in this study is the Cross-Sectional approach. The data taken were primary data using questionnaires to 307 students with sampling techniques using random sampling. The statistical test used is chi-square with = 0.05. The results of most adolescents in MAN 1 Semarang support virginity values by 59.9%, while 40.1% of adolescents do not support virginity values in adolescents. The results also showed that most adolescents had a good attitude toward maintaining reproductive health (57.7%) (177 people), while the rest had a bad attitude toward maintaining reproductive health, as much as 42.3% (130 people). The results of the Chi-Square test obtained a p-value of 0.001 < 0.05, so it can be concluded that there is a meaningful relationship between adolescent perceptions of virginity values and adolescent attitudes toward maintaining reproductive health. The magnitude of the relationship odd ratio value is 2,171; in other words, adolescents who support the virginity value have a 2,171 times better chance of maintaining reproductive health compared to adolescents who do not support the virginity value. The conclusions of this study are that adolescents' perceptions of the value of virginity have a meaningful relationship with adolescent attitudes toward maintaining reproductive health.
Strategies for Increasing the Teacher’s Performance through Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic at the State of I Loa Kulu First Middle School Kutai Kartanegara District
Authors: Bongga Gesra , Palinggi Yonathan , Kartanegara Made Agung Dwijatenawa Kutai
Published: September 2022

This study aims to analyze the strategy for improving the teacher’s performance during the Covid-19 pandemic through online learning at SMP Negeri 1 Loa Kulu and to analyze the supporting and inhibiting factors for improving teacher performance through online learning at SMP Negeri 1 Loa Kulu during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses qualitative design research because it wants to explore the phenomena that occur in the field; the data collection of research is carried out through 3 (three) main techniques, namely observation (careful review), in-depth interviews (in-depth interviews), and literature studies so that it can explain about strategies for improving teacher performance at SMP Negeri 1 Loa Kulu during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sources of secondary data in this study are secondary data at SMP Negeri 1 Loa Kulu as well as research journals and news articles, and so on related to this research. The results showed that Strategies for Improving Teacher Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic through Online Learning at State Junior High School 1 Loa Kulu are, namely 1) Developing teacher professionalism, teachers developing their professionalism must continue to train and improve several things such as knowledge and abilities 2) improve skills, teacher skills mastering online learning media, the efforts made by each teacher are different, some try out before teaching, learn from YouTube, ask fellow teachers and so on. Supporting and inhibiting factors for the Strategy to Improve Teacher Performance through Online Learning at SMP Negeri 1 Loa Kulu during the Covid-19 Pandemic are. 1) Teacher motivation to understand online knowledge, 2) teacher skills in implementing online learning, and 3) facilities and infrastructure. Inhibiting factors are; 1) laziness to develop 2) There are still some teachers who are technology stutter 2) Internet network that is not stable 3) Infrastructure facilities that are not optimal.
Withanolide-A Accelerates Re-entrainment of Circadian Locomotor Activity Rhythm and Preserves Spatial Memory in Mice Following Acute Phase Inversion of Light-Dark Cycles
Authors: Tiwari Trisha , Basu Priyoneel , Singaravel Muniyandi
Published: September 2022

Objective: Circadian rhythms are present almost in all living organisms and synchronized with the zeitgebers (time givers), especially lightdark (LD) cycles. The jetlag and rotating shift work schedules lead to desynchronization of the circadian clock with zeitgebers which may cause various health problems. Studies have shown that withanolide-A (WA) is a potent nootropic and neuroprotective agent found in Withania somnifera. Thus, the objective was to study the effect of WA on the circadian locomotor activity rhythm following the phase inversion of 12:12 h LD cycle in mice and its impact on the spatial memory in mice.Methods: Adult male mice were housed in the chronocubicle and recorded circadian locomotor activity rhythm by using ClockLab setup. The experimental mice were administered with WA (10 μmol/kg/day) for 13 consecutive days at about ZT15 and then evoked an acute phase inversion of 12:12 h light-dark cycle. Further, the Barnes maze test was performed to check the effect of WA on spatial memory following the phase inversion.Results: The results showed that WA-treated group took significantly fewer transient cycles (4.66+0.66) for re-entrainment than the control (9.5+0.43) and vehicle-treated (8.33+1.28) mice following the phase inversion. Similarly, WA-treated mice traveled less distance to reach the target zone in the Barnes maze compared to vehicle and control groups.Conclusion: These results suggest that the WA may act as chronobiotic and neuroprotective agent since it decreased the transient cycles for re-entrainment and retaining spatial memory following the phase inversion.
Clinical Characteristics of HIV-Infected Patients With Sleep Disturbance
Authors: Lee Suonaa , Park Kyung Mee , Kim Woo Jung , Lee Eun
Published: September 2022

Objective: This study aims to examine clinical characteristics and to identify possible risk factors of sleep disturbances in people living with HIV (PLWH).Methods: All research data of patients who were first diagnosed with HIV/AIDS from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2021 and complained of sleep disturbance at least once were retrospectively reviewed by the Severance Clinical Research Analysis Portal (SCRAP) service of Severance hospital. The presence of sleep disturbance was evaluated based on whether insomnia disorder diagnosis code was included or whether insomnia medication was prescribed. The patients were divided into either the group with sleep disturbance within 3 months (SDW3) and the group with after 3 months (SDA3). All data were reported using descriptive statistics.Results: Of the 674 patients diagnosed with HIV during the period, 56 patients experienced sleep disturbances at least once and approximately 50% of patients have experienced sleep disturbance in the first 3 months after HIV diagnosis. CD4+ cell count at the time of first onset of sleep disturbance was significantly lower (p=0.03) and HIV viral load at the time of first onset of sleep disturbance was significantly higher (p<0.001) in SDW3 group. SDW3 patients showed higher rates of opportunistic infections compared to SDA3 patients.Conclusion: The current study suggests that further investigation of the underlying pathophysiology of sleep disturbance and association with immunological changes for early diagnosis and treatment of sleep disturbance in PLWH.
Adult Learning: An Alternative Gateway to Women's Improved Participation in Children’s Education in Lango Region, Northern Uganda
Authors: Akello Judith Abal , Lutwama-Rukundo Evelyn
Published: September 2022

This research explored the contribution of Functional Adult Literacy training (FAL) and what it did to women’s involvement in children’s education in Apac District. The main objective of this study was to explore whether and how women participants in Lango Region supported their children’s education from the skills acquired from FAL training. A study of 7 participants based on qualitative interpretive framework intended to examine the benefits reaped by FAL-trained women after their positive perception and support to children’s education. Using individual in-depth and key informant interviews based on qualitative content analysis, the study indicates that women trained in FAL became active agents of their socio and economic development. The study was influenced by Kabeer's socio-economic perspective and Freire's literacy perspective, both of which emphasize the importance of conscientisation in making marginalized non-literates actors of socio-economic progress. Women who participated in FAL obtained abilities that vividly improved their lives, according to the conclusions, which were based on facts or witnessed evidence inductively derived from the participants. Furthermore, the women gained a better understanding of their role and influence on their children's academic achievement, perseverance, and success as a result of the practical skills. Therefore, this study recommends that key stakeholders like, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, global supporters, (Non-Governmental Organisations) NGOs as well as Civil Society Organisations should prioritise in supporting putting into practice FAL training.
Zoomimesis: How Birds Taught Us That We Can Fly
Authors: Marchesini Roberto
Published: September 2022

The relationship with other species has played a fundamental role in cultural evolution. Animal behavior has always been a source of inspiration for the human being: dance, music, costumes, rituals, art and technology were born through zoomimesis. The encounter with animal otherness is an epiphany and not simply an example: it is the unfolding of a different form of existence. To understand this, it is essential to question the traditional conception of animality. Animality is a metapredicative condition that also encompasses human beings, so that animal otherness is recognized as a partner in a contaminative dialogue. Humans are particularly interested in other species: many anthropological and psychological studies demonstrate this. This animal appeal has characterized the history of humanity since its origins, as shown by rock art. Posthumanist philosophy recognizes the hybridization between the human and the non-human, in a perspective of relational ontology. For this reason, zoomimesis represents a central topic in the posthumanist vision.
Technical Object, Baby Mimesis, and Affective Scaffolding
Authors: Impedovo Maria Antonietta
Published: September 2022

Posthumanism perspectives see the relationship between humans and technology in inter-connected ways exploring cognition, perception, and awareness co-developmental implications with technology. This article  focuses on the interplay between technical objects and the baby niche of development. Two main concepts will guide the discussion: posthuman mimesis and the affective dimension as a possible regulative mediator for object-subject relationships. The broad research question is: How do babies deal with increasingly complex technology daily? Which regulative role does mimesis and affective scaffolding play in regulating babies—technical objects relationship? Considering the two main concepts of baby mimesis and affective scaffolding, I discuss two examples of two babies (one boy and one girl of about 1 year old) via a naturalistic observation of babies interacting with the smartphone. The baby’s niche becomes a mimetic and affective space where the interaction is enacted. The article questions the relationship with the technological in a subject and object dialectic in a time of digital, social, technological, and economic significative transformation.
Fostering Human Dignity as an Effective Social Measure Against Human Trafficking in Ukraine
Authors: Brych Larysa , Sozanskyy Taras , Khyliuk Svitlana , Yaremko Galyna , Parasiuk Nataliia
Published: September 2022

Due to the 2022 invasion, there is a growing interest in Ukraine as human trafficking cases increase. Results of the study showed that the main victimising factor was not material difficulties as commonly believed. The transgenerational trauma identified by psychologists was caused by the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Also, one of the causes is the comparable consequences of other Soviet repressions against the Ukrainian people, including the destruction of the identity of Ukrainians across many generations. This study may be useful in the context of studying human trafficking, migration, refugees and the demographic consequences of the war in Ukraine.
Más allá de la solidaridad virtual: el uso de las tecnologías digitales de la comunicación en el movimiento antirrepresivo de Extremadura, España.
Authors: Allen-Perkins Diego
Published: September 2022

Este artículo explora los usos de las tecnologías digitales de la comunicación en un movimiento social que normativamente cuestiona la legitimidad de los procesos de protesta desarrollados en el espacio digital. A través de una etnografía realizada en distintas ciudades del suroeste de España entre los años 2018 y 2020, este texto analiza los usos de las tecnologías digitales en la Asamblea Antirrepresiva de Extremadura, un colectivo político que surge en el año 2018 en Cáceres (España), en respuesta al contexto de amenazas a la libertad de expresión con el que los activistas identifican diferentes acciones judiciales y policiales. El texto muestra que en este movimiento la legitimidad en los usos de las tecnologías digitales se modula según su adecuación a las convenciones que ordenan las prácticas en el espacio público, y a su capacidad para hacer circular objetos que generen nuevas expresiones públicas. La etnografía evidencia que estos usos tienden a reafirmar a los activistas que demuestran una mayor iniciativa, lo que cuestiona aquellos enfoques que sostienen que las tecnologías digitales conducen a formas de participación más “horizontales”.