bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pasar Rakyat untuk Peningkatan Ekonomi Lokal
Authors: Fitriawan Wawan
Published: June 2021

Tujuan pendampingan dalam kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk merintis terbentuknya pasar rakyat yang diharapkan mampu meningkatkan ekonomi masyarakat desa. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di Desa Cibogo, Kecamatan Cisauk, Kabupaten Tangerang. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini terdiri dari dua tahap, yaitu  Focus Group Discussion untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang potensi dan peluang usaha yang dapat dikerjakan. Selanjutnya terdapat pendampingan langsung, yaitu dengan mendampingi masyarakat Kampung Kedokan dalam merealisasikan rencana kegiatan yang telah disepakati. Secara menyeluruh, kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat belum mendapatkan hasil yang diharapkan di awal perencanaan karena kondisi Pandemi Covid-19. Kegiatan yang telah dilaksanakan telah memberikan manfaat sosial bagi masyarakat desa, yaitu hadirnya ruang terbuka hijau yang dapat digunakan sebagai fasilitas bersosialisasi antar warga.
Fundamentalism and Radicalism in State Campuses
Authors: Noorawhita Renata
Published: June 2021

Fundamentalism and radicalism are two types of movements that threaten the sovereignty of the nation and state, especially Indonesia. These two movements are generally in the name of a religion in their movement. The book "Fundamentalism and Radicalism in State Campuses" aims to invite readers to dive deeper into what is the Islamic activism movement which is one of the radicalism movements that threatens the sovereignty of the Indonesian state today. The Islamic activism movement began to spread throughout Indonesia. However, this movement mostly sets its targets on the younger generation, especially those who are college students.
Brazil and Indonesia: A Study of Civics
Authors: Wiratnanto Asha , Villela Maria Rita
Published: June 2021

This report results from a research conducted for a Comparative Civics course at Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro. Eight interviews were conducted with Indonesians and Brazilians in order to explore their perceptions of the topic.
Institutional variation in occupational licensing and its consequences for wages. A distributional analysis for the USA and Germany.
Authors: Haupt Andreas
Published: June 2021

Licensing is a central institution in labor markets worldwide. Using the example of the USA and Germany, this study shows strong institutional differences between licensing systems that are of great importance for wage distribution but are not yet part of the debate about the economic consequences of licensing. The two countries differ significantly in terms of the rules of entry into occupational labor markets, the competencies of occupational boards, and the combination of licensing with price regulation. I claim that licensing systems change the bargaining power and bargaining scope for wages, which leads to different wage premiums across the distribution and different consequences for wage inequality. Using novel license data, I empirically show that licensing is associated with the largest relative wage premium for German low-wage and American middle-wage workers. In addition, the USA system leads to greater dispersion among licensed workers and to higher wage inequality overall. In contrast, the German system compresses wages for licensed workers, thereby reducing overall wage inequality.
The new gatekeepers of financial claims: States, passive markets, and the growing power of index providers
Authors: Fichtner Jan , Heemskerk Eelke , Petry Johannes
Published: June 2021

Since the financial crisis there has been a massive shift from actively managed funds to passive funds that merely replicate financial indexes. Instead of active investors influencing states through their investment decisions, in this new economic reality the locus of agency is shifting from investors towards index providers as they decide which companies and countries are included into key benchmark indexes. We argue that the major index providers (MSCI, S&P Dow Jones and FTSE Russell) exercise growing private authority as they steer capital via their indexes. Index providers have become crucial intermediaries in the relationship between states and investors. Through producing widely used indexes, index providers essentially provide a crucial infrastructure that enables the creation and trading of increasingly passively allocated financial claims. Through the infrastructural power they derive from this gatekeeper position, index providers are able to ‘standardise’ the issuers of capital claims and the countries in which these issuers reside through determining the criteria that corporations and states, especially emerging markets, have to fulfil to qualify for index membership – and consequently asset allocation. This chapter therefore investigates the relationship between states and index providers and the latter’s influence on issues of domestic financial regulation, investor access and international capital flows.
Mind-Matter Entanglement Correlations: Blind Analysis of a new Correlation Matrix Experiment
Authors: Grote Hartmut
Published: June 2021

The work reported here is a rigorous conceptual replication of the so-called “Correlation-Matrix” experiment by an independent author. The experiment has been built from scratch with new hardware and software, testing 200 participants that have spent about half an hour each trying to ‘influence’ a physical random process visualized for feedback. The analysis software has been conceptualized following a strict blind analysis protocol. Blind analysis is a more rigid form of pre-registered analysis, in which the complete analysis software is written and tested before the data is actually analysed for the effect under study. The unblinding of the analysis, also called ‘opening of the box’ of the experiment described here has been performed live at the PA convention 2019 in Paris.

The main result was found to be not statistically significant and fell well within the expected random distribution of possible results. A second experiment, also following a blind analysis protocol, included questionnaires that were correlated with the participants’ performance to ‘influence’ the physical random process (the main psi task). This yielded a probability of p=0.06 to have occurred by chance, under a null hypothesis. A post-hoc analysis of the hit rate for the psi task across all participants, which is mathematically independent from the correlation analysis, yielded a probability of p=0.06 as well, to have occurred by chance. Three unexpected anecdotal incidences that occurred during the execution of the experiment and the testing and actual analysis of the data may add to the canon of oddities and trickster-like effects sometimes reported in parapsychology research.
The Need for Negativity
Authors: Braude Stephen
Published: June 2021

Several of my recent Editorials have dealt with terminological/conceptual errors and confusions that have been all too prevalent among psi researchers. In this Editorial, I want to consider a related issue often raised about parapsychological concepts and explanation.

Probably we’ve all heard the complaint that parapsychology’s core concepts have only been defined negatively, with respect to our present level of ignorance—for example, taking “telepathy” to be “the causal influence of one mind on another independently of the known senses.” Perhaps some of you have even expressed that complaint yourselves. Of course, the assumption underlying those complaints is that this definitional strategy is a problem. However, it seems like a perfectly reasonable procedure to me, and I can easily accept the possibility that we might eventually learn enough about phenomena so defined that we can later construct better, detailed, and more informative analytical definitions.

But at least as far as psi research is concerned, I consider it presumptuous—at our present (and considerable) level of ignorance—to proceed any other way. We hardly have the barest hint, based on all the available data, as to what psi is doing in the world (i.e., both inside and outside the lab). In fact, formal, experimental evidence has been particularly unilluminating. It has barely succeeded, if it’s succeeded at all, in convincing parapsychological fence-sitters that there are any genuine paranormal phenomena to study (I’ve explored some reasons for this in Braude, 1997). And it certainly hasn’t shed light on how pervasive, extensive, and refined psi effects might be, or whether effects of radically different magnitudes would be the result of substantially different processes. At best, typical quantitative research examines only straitjacketed expressions of phenomena that non-laboratory evidence suggests occur more impressively (if not flamboyantly) “in the wild.” So it strikes me as appropriately modest and circumspect to define “PK” (for example) as “the effect of an organism on a region r of the physical world without any known sort of physical interaction between the organism's body and r.” (For additional specific parapsychological definitions, see Braude, 2002).
Pengaruh Service Quality Dan Customer Trust Terhadap Kepuasan Konsumen Maskapai Penerbangan Lion Air (Studi Kasus Bandara Internasional Raja Haji Fisabilillah Tanjungpinang)
Authors: Iranita Iranita
Published: June 2021

Consumer satisfaction (Consumer Satisfaction) is a given positive attitude of consumers towards a service provided by a service company. Companies are expected to consider the factors that affect customer satisfaction. Lion Air, which is based on top brand award, is ranked first in the category of aviation services that use the LCC (low cost carrier). The almost all airports increase in passenger numbers in Indonesia, particularly in the international airport Raja Haji Fisabilillah Tanjungpinang. This study aims to examine the effect of service quality and customer trust to satisfaction of the consumer. The sample size is 60 people. This study uses a sampling method is the accidental sampling technique. technical analysis hypothesis testing using the Lisrel 8.5 program and Microsoft Excel version 2013. From this test later it can be seen how much the contribution of the independent variable (Service Quality, customer trust to the dependent variable (Lion Air Airlines customer satisfaction). The results showed that both directly and indirectly service quality and customer trust affect the satisfaction of customers of Lion Air
Analisis Sistem Keuntungan Pola Bagi Hasil Nelayan Kelong Apung Pulau Pucung Desa Malang Rapat Kabupaten Bintan
Authors: Sofia Myrna , Lengga Sari Munthe Inge
Published: June 2021

The local government of Bintan Regency in this case the Department of Marine and Fisheries has allocated funds in the form of fishing gear facilities and infrastructure including kelong. The efforts of the Bintan district government through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries have made efforts to improve the welfare of fishermen in Bintan Regency, but whether these efforts have been directly felt by fishermen on the island of Pucung, Malang Village, Bintan District Meeting. Where the majority of fishermen on the coast of Bintan Regency use the Floating Kelong Fishing Equipment. This study aims to determine the profit sharing pattern between kelong owners "Toke" with floating kelong fishermen on Pucung Island Malang Village Bintan District Meeting.. The research was conducted using primary data obtained directly from fishermen in the form of daily reports. The study was conducted for 4 (four) months from April to July 2018. The number of respondents in the study were 78 people. Pucung Island fishermen apply 3 profit sharing patterns for fishing activities using floating kelong, namely: Salary System, 1: 1 and 2: 1.
Pengaruh Disiplin Kerja, Pengalaman Kerja, Kepuasan Kerja dan Etos Kerja Terhadap Produktivitas Kerja Pegawai Pada Kantor Balai Benih Ikan (BBI) Pengujan
Authors: Wirayani Delfi , Suprihartini Lia , Kurniawan Roni
Published: June 2021

This study discusses the role of extension agents and how marketing strategies are thought to affect the sales volume of the fishermen group in Tanjung Pinang village. In this study the role of instructor variables is seen from performance and competency indicators; marketing strategy seen from indicators of market segmentation, market positioning, market entry strategy, marketing mix; and sales volume of profit and sales indicators. This study uses the SPSS.V.24 program application, showing that partially the Sales Strategy has a positive and significant effect on Sales Volume and the Extension Role has a positive and significant effect on Sales Volume. Simultaneously the Extension Role and Sales Strategy have a positive and significant effect on Sales Volume
Percepción de riesgos a la salud frente al cambio climático en México
Authors: Gran Castro Juan Alberto , Ramos de Robles Silvia Lizette
Published: June 2021

English Abstract:
The objective of this article is to analyze the perceptions of those who live in a context of marginalization and urban poverty as to their awareness of any risks to health and well-being associated with climate change. The methodological framework for this study was qualitative and ethnographic. The main sources of information were semi-structured interviews with residents of El Colli, located in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico who are parents. We conclude that there are climate change-induced environmental regional particularities that result in unequal conditions of vulnerability and a greater occurrence of risk events for populations in marginalized and poor areas. Thus, we argue that the theoretical and methodological references that consider local knowledge are key to enabling adaptation measures aimed at social welfare.

Spanish Abstract:
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la percepción sobre riesgos a la salud y el bienestar asociados al cambio climático, a partir de las experiencias cotidianas de vivir en un contexto de marginación y pobreza urbana. La perspectiva metodológica fue de carácter cualitativo y de cohorte etnográfi co, cuya principal fuente de información fueron entrevistas semiestructuradas a los padres y madres de familia, habitantes de El Colli, ubicado en Zapopan, Jalisco, México. Concluimos que las
particularidades regionales a escala local enfrentan impactos específicos asociados al cambio climático según las condiciones desiguales de vulnerabilidad entre la población y la ocurrencia de eventos riesgosos. Así, sostenemos que los referentes teórico-metodológicos que consideren el conocimiento local son clave para propiciar medidas de adaptación encaminadas al bienestar social.

French Abstract:
L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser la perception des risques pour la santé et le bien-être liés au changement climatique à partir des expériences quotidiennes de vie dans un contexte de marginalisation et de pauvreté urbaine. La méthodologie adoptée s’appuie sur une cohorte qualitative et ethnographique, dont la principale source sont des entretiens semi-structurés avec des parents résidant à El Colli, situé à Zapopan, au Jalisco, Mexique. Nous concluons que le changement climatique a des répercussions spécifiques en fonction des particularités régionales à l’échelle locale, notamment des conditions inégales de vulnérabilité de la population et de la survenue d’événements à risque. Ainsi, nous soutenons que les références théoriques et méthodologiques qui prennent en compte les connaissances locales sont essentielles pour promouvoir des mesures d’adaptation visant le bien-être social.
Ciudades turísticas: ¿sostenibles? Caso Cancún
Authors: Aguiar Alayola Pilivet , McCoy Cador Christine , Zárraga Cano Lucila
Published: June 2021

English Abstract:
The city of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, is characterized by its tourism activity due to the tourist attractions it offers. The objective of this research is to determine the level of sustainability according to urban, environmental, fiscal, and tourism dimensions. The research methodology consists of results obtained from the model for measuring sustainability and quality of life for tourist cities, through secondary and primary data, and through an exploratory study on a sample of 416 inhabitants of the city of Cancun, Quintana Roo. The results show that Cancun has areas for improvement to contribute to sustainability.

Spanish Abstract:
La ciudad de Cancún, Quintana Roo, México, se caracteriza por su actividad turística, debido a los atractivos turísticos que ofrece. El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar el nivel de sostenibilidad de las dimensiones urbana, ambiental, fiscal y turística. La metodología de investigación son los resultados obtenidos a partir del modelo de medición de la sostenibilidad y calidad de vida para ciudades turísticas, a través de datos secundarios y primarios, mediante un estudio exploratorio a una muestra de 416 habitantes de la ciudad de Cancún, Q. Roo. Los resultados arrojan que Cancún tiene áreas de mejora para coadyuvar a la sostenibilidad.

French Abstract:
La ville de Cancun, au Quintana Roo, Mexique, se caractérise par son activité touristique, en raison des aĴ ractions qu’elle offre dans ce domaine. L’objectif de cette recherche est de déterminer le niveau de durabilité des dimensions urbaine, environnementale, fiscale et touristique. La méthodologie s’appuie sur les résultats obtenus à partir d’un modèle de mesure de la durabilité et de la qualité de vie des villes touristiques obtenu à travers des données secondaires et primaires pour une étude exploratoire d’un échantillon de 416 habitants de la ville de Cancun. Les résultats montrent que Cancun présente des domaines à améliorer pour contribuer à la durabilité.
Pakistan's International Image and Need for Public Diplomacy
Authors: Syed Areeja , Gul Shabnam , Akbar Zahid
Published: June 2021

Public diplomacy is an attempt made by governments to correspond directly with foreign publics. Each country has its own objectives to fulfil through public diplomacy, including image building and relationship building in the longer run. Nowadays, states frequently utilize Public Diplomacy to pursue their national interests. Pakistan is among the states that suffer from the menace of a negative perception owing to the country�s association with terrorism and instability. Now that the country has effectively won the War on Terror and an improved internal security situation prevails, the next step shall be towards improving its reputation by using public diplomacy. In this article, the authors delve into emphasizing why public diplomacy is imperative and the need of the hour for Pakistan, and how it can reform and rebuild its international image by employing an effective public diplomacy strategy.
A Comparative Analysis of Improvement Framework Implementation at Multinational and Local Food Manufacturers in Pakistan
Authors: Chaudhry Tamour Abid , Shafiq Muhammad
Published: June 2021

Multinational and local food manufacturing is one of the fastest-growing industries around the global food markets. The current study aimed to explore the improvement framework of both multinational and national food manufacturing companies of Pakistan. This present qualitative study employed a phenomenological research design to explore the phenomena in-depth. The interview protocol was developed to collect the data. A convenient sampling technique was used to draw a sample of the study where three respondents were selected from multinational and three from local manufacturers. Data were qualitatively analyzed to identify significant themes. The key finding of the study was that the multinational companies engaged in food manufacturing and catering services in Pakistan are having a comparatively better management system. The current study also revealed that local organizations still need an update in their system as their efforts are not up to the mark. The study further recommends that there is a dire need to update customer response management system at national level organizations.
Hindus Us, Muslims, and the Rest Others in Roy's the Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Authors: Alam Syed Maqsood , Hussain Zahoor , Ahsan Muhammad
Published: June 2021

This study explores self and othering in Roy's novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Roy took twenty years to complete this political romance. The narrator of this political romance talks about the others of Indian society, i.e., religious minorities, political traitors, and low caste groups. These others are always striving to secure a place in a biased Indian society. Their quest for identity has often led them to a blind alley where they have found themselves helpless and oppressed evermore. The situation has become worse under the government of the right-wing Hindu party BJP. This study is an attempt to explore the ways how the weaker part of the society is treated as another and outcast in a so-called secular state. Roy has presented the true face of India. This research tries to comprehend her mind and investigates The Ministry of Utmost Happiness multidimensional and multi-layered tale.
A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Dimensions of Ghose's Aesthetic Views
Authors: Aftab Asma
Published: June 2021

The present article has attempted to discuss the essential Eurocentrism of the Anglophone Pakistani writer Zulfikar Ghose that has shaped his subjective identity as well as literary outlook. The argument has used Frantz Fanon's theorization about the colonized intellectual whose exposure to foreign culture engenders anxiety and eventually becomes a precondition for his cognitive maturation. However, reading Ghose's prose, we find no traces of any such conflict in his subjective and artistic expression as he chooses to call himself a native-alien with an ambivalence which, turns many times, into an alienation, even outright rejection of his native identity as an Indian-Pakistani. The article concludes that instead of coming to terms with his native subjectivity, Ghose's voice remains Eurocentric as it is predominantly based on an explicit admiration and identification with the dominant English culture and his simultaneous distance from his native culture and its historical memory.
Каменная икона Богоматери «Одигитрии» Смоленской XV века из собрания Сергиево-Посадского музея-заповедника: новые данные
Authors: Токарева Татьяна Юрьевна , Холодкова Нина Викторовна
Published: June 2021

Из настоящей статьи читатель узнает непростую историю уникального экспоната из собрания Сергиево-Посадского музея-заповедника. Речь идёт об иконе Богоматери «Одигитрии» Смоленской - едва ли не единственной в стране каменной иконе XV в. Признанная в XVIII веке чудотворной, она стала главной святыней специально построенного на территории Троице-Сергиевой лавры храма в её честь. Эта икона получила со временем несколько ценных и изысканных украшений. Об этих предметах и их вкладчиках впервые приводятся подробные сведения в данной статье. Также впервые освещается история иконы и оклада в советский период (в частности, рассказывается о реконструкции утрат на иконе (головы младенца), передаче оклада в Гохран и его возврате). В настоящее время в исторической экспозиции музея впервые за последние 100 лет икона и отреставрированный оклад показаны единым комплексом.

This article tells the reader the complicated story of a unique exhibit from the collection of the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve. It is about the icon of the Mother of God "Hodegetria" of Smolensk - perhaps the only stone icon of the XV century in the country. Recognised as miraculous in the XVIII century, it became the main sacred thing of the temple in its honour built on the territory of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. This icon has received several valuable and exquisite decorations over time. These items and their contributors are detailed for the first time in this article. The history of the icon and the case in the Soviet period is also covered for the first time (in particular, the reconstruction of the losses on the icon (the head of the child), the transfer of the case to the Gokhran and its return). Now for the first time in the last 100 years, the icon and the restored case are displayed as a single complex in the museum's historical exposition.
Khedas in South-Eastern Bengal: Colonialism and Wildlife 1765-1810
Authors: Chatterjee Baijayanti
Published: June 2021

This article examines the colonial impact on wildlife in the region of Bengal in the late eighteenth century. Taking the English East India Company's engagement with the Indian elephant as a point of entry into colonial environmental practices, the article focuses on the kheda or elephant-catching operations in the three districts of Sylhet, Chittagong and Tipperah. Unlike the tiger, which was classified as dangerous and decimated during the colonial era, the elephant was less liable to be killed on account of its military utility, but was caught and domesticated in large numbers. The article argues that the EIC, following pre-colonial traditions and Mughal practices, attempted to control the channels of supply of the animal in the three above-mentioned areas, but in doing so they were perennially dependent on local agency and native expertise. Depending on the native tracksmen, elephant-keepers and traders, the EIC officials acquired their knowledge on the elephant and the Indian environment largely through indigenous collaboration and initiated global transfers of knowledge between the coloniser and colonised environments.
Memories of Social Mobility and Environmental Change: Dam Builders of the Naryn-Syr Darya
Authors: Baialieva Gulzat , Roberts Flora
Published: June 2021

Central Asia, a landlocked region characterised by a generally arid or semiarid climate and a relatively low rainfall, is traversed by two major river systems. Together, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya sustain millions of lives and a wide variety of ecosystems. Over three decades in the mid to late twentieth century, a series of increasingly large dams was built on the Syr Darya, radically transforming the river's appearance, behaviour and habitat. In this article, a historian and an anthropologist join forces to explore the impact of these ambitious hydropower projects on the human lives most directly impacted: the dam labour force, many of whom were recruited from across the Soviet Union, but ended up settling in the new towns adjacent to the power plants. How did the dam workers themselves experience the projects to which they contributed their labour? How did they relate to the river that they were called upon to transform?
The Shikar and Hunting: Eradication of Wildlife in Colonial Jungle Mahal
Authors: Mahapatra Sekhar
Published: June 2021

The article depicts a broader discourse on 'Hunting' or Shikar in the areas
designated as 'Jungle Mahal' and the critical impacts of related activities on the socio-economic conditions of the local inhabitants living in and around the forests. During the early nineteenth century, this region was covered with thick forests and was home to various species of wild animals. The tribal population living in and around this jungle terrain had been thriving, from time immemorial, on shifting cultivation, cattle grazing and hunting. Their lives revolved around the attributes and ethos of the forests around them. The article focuses on Shikar or hunting practices of the tribal people as well as the organised hunting expeditions conducted by the then British administrators, European hunters and native kings over a period of more than one hundred years, starting from the early nineteenth century. Hunting expeditions and the commercial trading of precious wood set in motion the process of random destruction of wild animals and the forests of Jungle Mahal.
The Effect of Uncertainty in Whole Building Simulation Models for Purposes of Generating Control Strategies
Authors: Seeam Amar Kumar , Laurenson David , Usmani Asif
Published: June 2021

Buildings consume a significant amount of energy worldwide in maintaining comfort for occupants. Building energy management systems (BEMS) are employed to ensure that the energy consumed is used efficiently. However these systems often do not adequately perform in minimising energy use. This is due to a number of reasons, including poor configuration or a lack of information such as being able to anticipate changes in weather conditions. We are now at the stage that building behaviour can be simulated, whereby simulation tools can be used to predict building conditions, and therefore enable buildings to use energy more efficiently, when integrated with BEMS. What is required though, is an accurate model of the building which can effectively represent the building processes, for building simulation. Building information modelling (BIM) is a relatively new method of representing building models, however there still remains the issue of data translation between a BIM and simulation model, which requires calibration with a measured set of data. If there a lack of information or a poor translation, a level of uncertaintly is introduced which can affect the simulation’s ability to accurate predict control strategies for BEMS. This paper explores effects of uncertainty, by making assumptions on a building model due to a lack of information. It will be shown that building model calibration as a method of addressing uncertainty is no substitute for a well defined model.
BESTest for Integrated Outdoor-Indoor Energy Balance Modelling
Authors: Bakkali Mohammed , Ashie Yasunobu
Published: June 2021

In our growing cities, climate change and energy related uncertainties are of great concern. The impact of the Urban Heat Island on comfort, health and the way we use energy still requires further clarification. The outdoor-indoor energy balance model (3D-City Irradiance) presented in this article was developed so as to address these issues. The effects of view factors between urban surfaces on three-dimensional radiation and the effects of fully integrated outdoor-indoor energy balance schemes on heat islands and building indoor thermal loads could be included within different building blocks at a resolution of several metres. The model operated under the ‘stand alone’ mode. It was tested using the Building Energy Simulation Test (BESTest) which demonstrated good levels of agreement for diurnal and seasonal simulations.
Journalists with undisclosed conflicts mispresent research on COVID-19, confuse it with tobacco harm reduction and make false allegations about conflicts in a BMJ article
Authors: Farsalinos Konstantinos
Published: June 2021

A featured article in the BMJ, authored by journalists from the Investigative Desk, criticize research about COVID-19 and the cholinergic system by confusing it with tobacco harm reduction and non-pharmaceutical nicotine products. Their criticism is not based on an assessment of the studies content, analysis and presentation, but on allegations about undisclosed conflicts. I present the case that such allegations are false, and I provide documents showing that the journalists have conflicts of interest relevant to their article content that have not been disclosed. Additionally, I present evidence on the link between COVID-19 and the cholinergic system, which forms the basis for clinical trials to examine the effect of pharmaceutical cholinergic agonists in COVID-19 prevention and treatment. Despite repeatedly submitting a response, presenting the false allegations made in the article and providing documentation that the journalists have undisclosed conflicts of interest, the BMJ has not published my response. The evidence provided justifies a call for retraction of the article, the content of which should have been investigated by the BMJ before publication.
PEMBUATAN HAND SANITIZER BAGI UMKM DESA CICALENGKA KECAMATAN PAGEDANGAN KABUPATEN TANGERANG
Authors: Darmadi Darmadi , Suryani N Lilis , Sari Ratna , Setiawan Rahmad , Susanto Noto
Published: June 2021

Tujuan dari kegiatan PKM ini adalah untuk memberikan pelatihan pembuatan hand sanitizer pada UMKM Desa Cicalengka Kecamatan Pagedangan Kabupaten Tangerang Banten. Metode kegiatan yang digunakan adalah bekerjasama dengan UMKM  Desa Cilengka Kec, Pagedangan Kab, Tangerang Banten dengan memganalisis pemasalahan yang ada di tempat tersebut sehingga dapat memberikan solusi yang tepat bagi UMKM Desa. Cilengka Kec, Pagedangan Kab, Tangerang -Banten. Setelah di analisis maka kami memberikan pelatihan dalam bentuk materi dan praktek yang bertujuan UMKM bisa membuat hand sanitizer sendiri.
PENYULUHAN PEMBERDAYAAN WANITA MELALUI EKONOMI KREATIF DI RT 02/ RW 07 TANAH GARING DESA SOKARAJA TENGAH KECAMATAN SOKARAJA KABUPATEN BANYUMAS JAWA TENGAH
Authors: J Pusporini Palupi , Jamaludin Jamaludin , K Elizabeth Tika , Krisyanto Edy , Septiani Yeni
Published: June 2021

Tujuan dari Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat adalah untuk melaksanakan salah satu Tri Darma Perguruan Tinggi khususnya di Universitas Pamulang. Selain itu diharapkan dengan pengabdian kepada masyarakat tersebut keberadaan perguruan tinggi dapat memberikan kontribusi kepada pengembangan penerapan keilmuan kepada masyarakat. Metode yang digunakan pada pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini penyampaikan materi secara verbal dalam pelaksanaan ini materi dalam penyuluhan berisi tentang bagaimana cara untuk mengetahui bagaimana Menciptakan ruang lebih besar bagi perempuan yang mau berusaha mengembangkan diri melalui usaha-usaha produktif manfaat lain dari pemberdayaan wanita melalui ekonomi kreatif dengan pemanfaatan kekayaan alam Sehingga sebagai upaya pemberdayaan kaum wanita dalam  meningkatkan perekonomian kelopok PKK dan masyarakat desa. pengabdian masyarakat yang diperoleh adalah kegiatan yang dilaksanakan untuk masyarakat Desa Sokaraja Tengah terwujudnya kesadaran akan pentingnya berwirausaha untuk meningkatkan perekonomian keluarga pada khususnya kaum wanita, memberikan pengetahuan mengenai pemanfaatan salah satu potensi yang ada di Desa Sokaraja Tengah yaitu tanaman pangan hortikultura adalah kegiatan sangat penting untuk meningkatkan nilai penjualan dan memasarkannya secara global adalah salah satu keunggulan yang dapat diperoleh dalam meningkatkan kesehjahteraan masyarakat di Desa Sokaraja Tengah hortikultura, Hasil pengabdian masyarakat yang diperoleh adalah kegiatan yang dilaksanakan untuk masyarakat Desa Sokaraja Tengah adalah kegiatan untuk mengatasi Untuk meningkatkan status, posisi dan kondisi perempuan agar dapat mencapai kemajuan yang setara dengan  laki-laki, Meningkatkan kedudukan dan peranan wanita di berbagai bidang kehidupan. Pada aspek ekonomi kreatif telah gencar dikembangkan oleh pemerintah, sehingga kegiatan PKM ini  dalam rangka pengembangan keilmuan tentang ekonomi kreatif masyarakat untuk meningkatkan perekonomiannya. Kegiatan ini bertujuan meningkatkan produktivitas ekonomi kaum wanita dalam pemanfaatan ekonomi lokal terhadap pengembangan tanaman organik dengan memberikan penyuluhan. Ilmu yang diperoleh pada pengabdian masyarakat ini harapannya semakin memberikan wawasan mengenai pemanfaatan potensi alam untuk mengopltimalkan peran wanita khususnya dalam meningkatkan perekonomian keluarga sehingga kaum perempuan dapat mandiri khususnya Desa Sokaraja Tengah Kecamatan Sokaraja Banyumas Jawah Tengah
MENINGKATKAN KESADARAN MASYARAKAT MENGENAI PENTINGNYA MENERAPKAN PROTOKOL KESEHATAN SEBAGAI UPAYA MEMUTUS MATA RANTAI PENYEBARAN COVID-19 DI KELURAHAN CIPUTAT
Authors: Meryati Ani , Nurhamdi Muhamad , Aprilliani Siti , Abdurohman Dede , Sawukir Sawukir
Published: June 2021

Kegiatan pegabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk mensosialisasikan dan memberikan edukasi mengenai pentingnya menerapkan protokol kesehatan sebagai upaya memutus mata rantai penyebaran covid-19. Adapun metode yang dilakukan berupa penyuluhan dan pemberian informasi mengenai pentingnya penerapan protokol kesehatan dan perilaku hidup bersih dengan rajin mencuci tangan dengan sabun, menggunakan masker ketika beraktivitas diluar rumah dan menjaga jarak aman ketika berada ditempat umum. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di Aula Kelurahan Ciputat Jalan Ki Hadjar Dewantara no. 7 Rt.001/006, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan.Hasil menunjukkan bahwa setelah pelaksanaan kegiatan ini para peserta dari kelurahan Ciputat menjadi semakin mengetahui mengenai pentingnya menerapkan protokol kesehatan baik mengenai cara mencuci tangan dan menggunakan masker yang benar maupaun jarak aman agar terhindar dari penularan covid-19. Namun demikian, kesadaran masyarakat sekitar terkait pentingnya menerapkan protokol kesehatan masih kurang khususnya terkait menjaga jarak aman. Selain itu, mobilitas masyarakat juga masih sulit untuk dikendalikan baik untuk bekerja maupun hanya sekedar pergi keluar rumah. Dengan adanya sosialisasi ini maka diharapkan para peserta dengan wewenangnya sebagai perangkat desa dapat menularkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman mereka kepada masyarakat khususnya warga Kelurahan Ciputat.
THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTING IN THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF UKRAINE
Authors: Varenik Irina , Akulenko Vitaliy , Prigara Irina
Published: June 2021

Based on the study of the concept of national accounting, it is established that the essence and meaning of this term has its origins in the basics of initial accounting of business transactions in the economy. According to scientific research and conclusions of various scholars on the nature and content of the process of national accounting and in particular national accounts, the main conclusions about the state and methodology of national accounting in the country. A comparative analysis of the evolutionary development of national accounting in different economic systems is made and the necessity of application and efficiency of using the System of National Accounts as a single register of macroeconomic indicators in the system of national accounting is proved. Integrated economic information is the basis for the formation of macroeconomic indicators. The use of integration information resource allows to effectively form and analyze macroeconomic indicators. The relevance of this study is to highlight the main provisions that prove the need to use the mechanism of national accounting in the system of economic mechanism and prove the effectiveness of the system of national accounts as a single register of macroeconomic accounting. The study is based on the findings of many scientists in the field of research of the economic mechanism of the country. Substantive conclusions prove the need to combine the original accounting information and its integration into the general macroeconomic register. This will avoid errors in the formation of macro indicators and increase the transparency and accuracy of national accounting data. Thus, the effectiveness of macroeconomic accounting in order to assess and analyze the state of the economic mechanism and prospects for its development is proved. The main conclusions of economists on the interpretation of the essence and methodology of modern national accounting and the use of the system of national accounts are highlighted and generalized, supplemented with material on the integration of economic resources and its impact on the formation of macroeconomic indicators.
EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF UKRAINE IN CONDITIONS FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
Authors: Danik Nataliia , Novak Kateryna , Yakovenko Anastasiia
Published: June 2021

The article covers the problems of the functioning of the banking sector of Ukraine during 2018-2021, as one of the main sectors of the financial market and the national economy as a whole. When analyzing the state of the banking sector, regularities and general trends in the functioning of the banking sector of Ukraine have been established, and appropriate calculations have been made. The impact of global financial crises on the activities of banking structures, which must operate in conditions of constant financial instability, is described. Today, the whole world, including Ukraine, is on the verge of a global financial and economic crisis. This raises the question of whether Ukrainian banks have the necessary margin of resilience to vulnerabilities to the financial and economic crisis. In recent years, the functioning and development of the banking system has been characterized by increased financial stability, the level of bank capitalization, liquidity, some improvement in asset quality, reducing risks in banking, as well as the presence of positive structural changes. Today, Ukraine's banking system operates in a complex socio-economic and legal environment, most of which - macroeconomic instability, irrational structure of the industrial complex, the crisis of science and technology, imperfect fiscal and monetary policy, low level of effective demand - complicate sustainable development banking sector and increase competitiveness. In conditions of instability, intensification of turbulent processes, the development of the banking system requires new innovative approaches to determining the mechanisms of effective functioning and stable development based on a system-synergetic approach, which led to the choice and relevance of the chosen topic of this scientific article. Efficiency of banks is a multicomponent, multifaceted, multidimensional system characteristic that depends on many factors and is an effective indicator of performance of functions and achievement of goals and objectives of banks development provided financial stability based on financial stability and dynamic balance, achievement of multiplicative and synergistic effects.
METHODOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR DIAGNOSING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF TRADE ENTERPRISES
Authors: Kashchena Nataliia
Published: June 2021

The article substantiates the theoretical and methodological principles of forming a methodological platform for diagnosing the economic activity of a trading enterprise as a basis for implementing a diagnostic process focused on the formation of special information used for making management decisions. It is noted that the diagnostics of economic activity of a trade enterprise as a component of management is a set of actions aimed at providing information support to management that requires from management staff systemic theoretical knowledge and applied skills of instrumental methods of identifying economic activity, trends, assessing causes of change, forecasting and the practical implementation of the identified opportunities to increase it, taking into account changes in the business environment and the needs of stakeholders. It is proved that the efficiency of diagnostics of economic activity is ensured by the appropriate methodology, which normalizes the organization of the diagnostic process, procedures and operations into a holistic system with clearly defined prerequisites, component composition and process of their implementation. The methodology framework is determined and the problem tree analysis of the formation of the methodological platform for diagnosing economic activity of trade enterprises is carried out. The architectural structure of the system of diagnosing economic activity of a trade enterprise through a combination of functional and support components, which are defining for productive functioning of the mechanism and efficiency of the diagnostic process, is considered. The sequence of stages of the diagnostic process and procedural aspects of verification of each of them is determined. It is proved that the efficiency of the process of diagnostics of economic activity is provided by an appropriate mechanism, which through a set of rules, special tools, methods and techniques launches and maintains a diagnostic study, thus ensuring the integrity of the diagnostic system. A conceptual model of the methodological platform for diagnosing economic activity of trade enterprises is developed, which integrates the identified preconditions and component composition of the methodology on the basis of systematicity and ensures the effectiveness of the process of obtaining information for management. The developed model allows to deepen and expand understanding of the essence of the system for diagnosing economic activity of the enterprise, its structure, regularities, the purposes and tasks of functioning, to provide high-quality instrumental support of the realization of diagnostic procedures and operations, to streamline the process of reception of the information for making management decisions focused on achieving target parameters of development of economic activity taking into account the dynamic changes in the business environment and consumer preferences.
STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT AS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE OF PARADOXES
Authors: Lipych Lubov , Khilukha Oksana , Kushnir Myroslava
Published: June 2021

The expectation of strategic management of the enterprise is an attempt to choose the best strategy. It is established that there are no optimal strategies developed earlier and implemented later. An effective strategy is one that inspires and charges employees with energy: by implementing it, they make it successful. We find out if and to what extent the strategy is successful ex post, after its implementation. A fundamental common feature of successful enterprises is the ability to manage multivectority and paradox. It is substantiated that the paradox of the strategy is that a similar or even the same strategy, well planned and effectively implemented, can bring the company both success and failure. That is, strategies with the best chances of success also carry a high risk of failure. The paradox combines contradictions and is an expression of a cognitive attitude that rejects reductionism, which simplifies reality. Reconciliation of contradictions in business is a fundamental skill and a manifestation of creativity (management as an art). The ability to adaptively search for the ideal balance is called ambidexterity, in the effective use of diametrically different options. The article presents examples of strategic paradoxes faced by the management of enterprises in making key strategic decisions related to development. It is proved that the dualism of paradoxes allows to construct a theoretical multidimensional space of all possible strategies. It includes all completed and implemented strategies, as well as those that have not yet been implemented. The number of possible strategies in such a space is approaching infinity. The introduction of new business models and new strategies can be considered the effect of studying the multidimensional space of strategies. Each new technical or organizational invention may be accompanied by an expansion of this space by adding a new, unknown dimension. It is argued that the multidimensional space of strategic paradoxes is constantly expanding. It is established that the theory of strategic management must constantly solve its main paradox: the use of basic principles (science) and the creation of new solutions (art).