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Save the date! THOR Final Event: 15 November 2017
Authors: Brown Josh
Published: September 2023

The THOR project team are delighted to announce that the project final event will take place at the Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” in Rome, Italy, on November 15th 2017. Come and join us in the Eternal City to learn about how we have advanced the state of the art in persistent identifiers.
Persistent Identifier Services for the Humanities
Authors: Hewlett Kirstie
Published: September 2023

THOR Disciplinary Workshop Series, part IV

As part of the THOR project, we have been monitoring persistent identifier adoption across the research landscape. Preliminary analysis suggests that the humanities lag behind other fields. To explore the reasons why, we invited a group composed mostly of historians to a workshop at the British Library.
Webinar Series: Persistent Identifiers: What, Why and How?
Authors: Duine Maaike
Published: September 2023

Please join the THOR Project for a series of three webinars focusing on applications of persistent identifiers (PIDs). The first webinar will explain what PIDs are and why they are important. The second will dive a bit deeper, giving more insight into how to use PIDs and what services can be built on top of identifier systems.
skimr for useful and tidy summary statistics
Authors: Rubia Eduardo Arino de la , Ellis Shannon E. , Lowndes Julia Stewart , McLeod Hope , McNamara Amelia , Quinn Michael , Waring Elin , Zhu Hao
Published: September 2023

Like every R user who uses summary statistics (so, everyone), our team has to rely on some combination of summary functions beyond summary() and str(). But we found them all lacking in some way because they can be generic, they don’t always provide easy-to-operate-on data structures, and they are not pipeable. What we wanted was a frictionless approach for quickly skimming useful and tidy summary statistics as part of a pipeline.
Introducing our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Dan Sholler
Authors: Butland Stefanie , Ram Karthik , Sholler Dan
Published: September 2023

We are pleased to welcome our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Dan Sholler. Dan is an expert in qualitative research (yes, you read that correctly) and studies digital infrastructure creation, growth, and maintenance efforts. Through this research interest, he was drawn to the open science community and its ongoing development of tools and communities to support sustainable, reproducible, high-quality research.
New rOpenSci Packages for Text Processing in R
Authors: Ooms Jeroen
Published: September 2023

Textual data and natural language processing are still a niche domain within the R ecosytstem.
The writexl package: zero dependency xlsx writer for R
Authors: Ooms Jeroen
Published: September 2023

We have started working on a new rOpenSci package called writexl. This package wraps the very powerful libxlsxwriter library which allows for exporting data to Microsoft Excel format. The major benefit of writexl over other packages is that it is completely written in C and has absolutely zero dependencies. No Java, Perl or Rtools are required.Getting Started The write_xlsx function writes a data frame to an xlsx file.
High-Energy Physics: how special are we?
Authors: Dallmeier-Tiessen Sünje
Published: September 2023

THOR Disciplinary Workshop Series, part I

The High-Energy Physics (HEP) community is one out of four disciplinary communities that are in the focus of THOR. When it comes to addressing specific challenges within scholarly communication and Open Science in these communities, disciplinary workshops have proven to be a very effective tool to agree on community specific actions.
Release mongolite 1.0
Authors: Ooms Jeroen
Published: September 2023

After 2.5 years of development, version 1.0 of the mongolite package has been released to CRAN. The package is now stable, well documented, and will soon be submitted for peer review to be onboarded in the rOpenSci suite.MongoDB in R and mongolite I started working on mongolite in September 2014, and it was first announced at the rOpenSci unconf 2015.
Image Convolution in R using Magick
Authors: Ooms Jeroen , Pedersen Thomas Lin
Published: September 2023

Release 1.4 of the magick package introducesa new feature called image convolution thatwas requested by Thomas L. Pedersen. In this post we explain what this is all about.Kernel Matrix The new image_convolve() function applies a kernel over the image. Kernel convolution means that each pixel value is recalculated using the

weighted neighborhood sum

defined in the kernel matrix.
rOpenSci Software Review: Always Improving
Authors: Chamberlain Scott , Salmon Maëlle , Ross Noam , Ram Karthik
Published: September 2023

The R package ecosystem now contains more than 10K packages, and several flagship packages belong under the rOpenSci suite. Some of these are: magick for image manipulation, plotly for interactive plots, and git2r for interacting with git. rOpenSci is a community of people making software to facilitate open and reproducible science/research.
Changes to Internet Connectivity in R on Windows
Authors: Ooms Jeroen
Published: September 2023

This week we released version 3.0 of the curl R package to CRAN. You may have never used this package directly, but curl provides the foundation for most HTTP infrastructure in R, including httr, rvest, and all packages that build on it. If R packages need to go online, chances are traffic is going via curl.
Package evolution - changing stuff in your package
Authors: Chamberlain Scott
Published: September 2023

Making packages is a great way to organize R code, whether it’s a set of scripts for personal use, a set of functions for internal company use or a lab group, or to distribute your new cool framework foobar to the masses. There’s a number of guides to writing packages, including http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/. As you develop packages there’s a number of issues that don’t often get much air time.
fauxpas - HTTP conditions package
Authors: Chamberlain Scott
Published: September 2023

HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a protocol by which mostof us interact with the web. When we do requests to a website in a browseron desktop or mobile, or get some data from a server in R, all of that isusing HTTP.
Teachers' attitudes towards international organizations' priorities and directions for their professional competence
Authors: Vrontou Vasiliki , Karanikola Zoe , Panagiotopoulos Georgios
Published: September 2023

The aim of this study is to explore the attitudes of teachers regarding the initiatives undertaken and the thematic priorities set by international organizations (IOs) for their professional competence. This paper initially presents an overview of the policy framework and the main guidelines of three international organizations-EU, OECD, UNESCO-regarding the professional competence of teachers and then discusses Greek teachers' attitudes on the IOs' thematic directions and priorities for their teaching competence. For the purposes of our research, a qualitative approach was followed by implementing questionnaires to 139 primary and secondary education teachers in Greece. The data was analyzed with the use of SPSS v.26 (SPSS Inc., 2003, Chicago, USA). The exploration of the attitudes of Greek teachers seeks to highlight the degree of convergence of their views with the global directions regarding their competence and provide useful data to international scientific research, contributing to a better understanding of the professional adaptability of contemporary teachers to global education requirements. The analysis of the data collected indicates that Greek teachers are aware of the influence exerted by international organizations on national educational systems. At the same time, they significantly agree with the global thematic directions and priorities imposed on teacher professional competence. The teaching profession is currently experiencing radical transformation. Teachers understand the multiple competencies they are expected to possess, as well as the complexity of their roles within the contemporary educational context. They realize that their professional competence is multidimensional-combining knowledge, skills and attitudes which they need to acquire, possess and develop throughout their professional careers.
Application of forensic accounting in companies observed in the framework of the making of management decisions by top management in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Vitomir Jelena , Medan Nikola , Vitomir Goran
Published: September 2023

The process of introducing forensic accounting into the regular business processes of companies is connected with key decisions of top management to introduce and establish overall improved control of all parts and sectors in companies. The process of introducing forensic accounting essentially arises from the decision of the company's top management to establish a change in the previous accounting policy, a new one, in which there will be an implemented system of forensic accounting. The process of implementing forensic accounting is a very complex process. With its implementation, it is possible to improve overall management in a very short period of time. Forensic accounting can improve the functioning of all parts of the company, because its application reduces irrational, speculative management, as well as theft and unauthorized alienation of part of the company's assets. Top management's interest in the implementation of forensic accounting should be reflected in the improvement of overall management in the company. The benefits of implementing forensic accounting are numerous, such as: increasing the general security of the entire company's operations, improving the company's business results, reducing business costs in all organizational parts of the company, improving the overall financial reporting of top management from all organizational parts of the company, reducing fraud that can be committed by employees, reducing the alienation of company assets and others. The practical application of the implementation of forensic accounting can very quickly improve the trust of the workers in the actions of the top management in matters of management, and in this way, better overall results of the company's operations can be expected. The work of employees in a company that has implemented forensic accounting is largely connected with the implementation of the innovative IT sector, and it can contribute to the improvement of the overall financial reporting of top management.
Potential international liability of states for their acts in facing COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Stevanović Miroslav , Đurđević Dragan
Published: September 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many issues about the adequacy of the reactions of the states to this infection. Matters of timely reactions, the confusion caused by communications of the national public health institutions, insufficient testing and monitoring capabilities, not enough masks and protective equipment, the capacity of hospitals indicates inadequate national preparedness in many states. In the initial phase, the key policies were determined by the expert public health bodies, with no democratic legitimacy. All such omissions are attributable to states. In this article, we examine if they have the potential to provide the ground for their international liability for the reactions in the pandemic.
Human resource in the covered criminalistics function intelligence source
Authors: Milutinović Olivera , Jović Vojislav
Published: September 2023

The use of covert human resources by criminalistics agencies in the investigation of world crime has always been topical. The work is about the criminalistics human intelligence source which is recruited and led by criminalistics agencies to collect the information's about the criminal activities inside the national states and at the international level. The work is opening the door to the scientists research into the field wrapped by a, veil of secrecy. The work has the methodological approach which applicates the analysis method of content, historical descriptions and comparisons to take a view of conceptual determination of human intelligence source. The research has shown scientific and theoretical approach to date, which a human intelligence source is observing as the covert opening activity. The theoretical research results provide a general perspective which helps to understand the intelligence source, with an explanation of the necessary elements that build it.
Economy and happiness: Questioning relationships
Authors: Đorić Žarko
Published: September 2023

Happy and satisfied people should definitely be in the center of interest of every state. There is no doubt that even today, economists and politicians lightly associate people's happiness with macroeconomic outcomes. The logic is not unfounded, but it is too simplistic and even partly inaccurate for the simple reason that it is based on the belief that economic growth (gross domestic product, GDP) and macroeconomic stability (public finances, prices, exchange rates) bring an increase in income and decline unemployment, and that it is crucial for citizens to be satisfied. However, GDP growth in a country does not necessarily provide greater satisfaction or, more simply, the happiness of citizens, which confirms a large number of empirical studies (the well-known Easterlin paradox). Broadly (and more correctly), the degree of happiness depends on health (physical and mental), corruption, air pollution, education, crime rates and a sense of security, the quality of public services, social relations and the like. As scientific methods , a descriptive method was used to describe the problem, data and characteristics of the observed phenomena and processes, and a method of generalization for making general conclusions. Overall, the results showed once again why the Scandinavian countries are the happiest countries in the world, precisely because they are always best ranked according to all the most popular and most frequently used indicators that measure SWB globally.
Implementation of energy justice into the energy transition
Authors: Vitošević Jovana , Đurđević Dragan
Published: September 2023

The initial definition of the theoretical concept of energy justice did not assume that it would be evaluated over time and become a conceptual framework that is applicable and can be materialized in practice. In fact, energy justice is today an instrument used to protect human rights in all elements of the energy sector and the energy transition. Although we talk about the energy transition in a positive connotation, a path towards something better and a change for the better, it can also have negative consequences. That continuous weighing between benefits and risks and the question of whether renewable energy will be available to everyone and at what price, and how it will affect consumers, gives the transition a much broader context in which it also has a great responsibility, and that belongs to the domain of energy justice. Also, the role of energy justice in the heterogeneous and layered relationship of migration and climate change is emphasized, because the consequences of the development of the energy system in the construction of production and consumption patterns were oft en unjust, and on the other hand, population displacement has the ability to seriously disrupt the economic prosperity and security of people. Therefore, the research of the multiple implications of energy justice in the process of energy transition and its outcomes can contribute to its fairness and the initiation of responsibility and protection.
Selective exposure in political communication
Authors: Baltezarević Radoslav , Baltezarević Ivana
Published: September 2023

People exhibit preferences, or seek out information that is consistent with their political beliefs and opinions, when they engage in selective exposure in politics. The theory of motivated reasoning states that people's pursuit of knowledge is driven by two distinct goals: accuracy goals (which promotes drawing accurate inferences) and directed goals (which encourage the making of conclusions that people want to make, and which corresponds to their attitude). In general, people rarely have complete or adequate political knowledge, but even in these situations, they oft en shape their political opinions using informational shortcuts such as partisan cues. Today's political media messages are so persuasive, particularly with the growth of the Internet, that the audience is powerless to ignore them. Partisan selectivity is a concept that holds that people tend to prefer news and political content that supports their political beliefs. People may be inspired to seek out more information if they are exposed to a variety of political beliefs. On the other hand, those who tend to avoid political information that challenges their beliefs cause the community to become more politically divided. Studies have shown that social norms and community expectations affect selective exposure, which differs depending on the country's cultural environment.
The role of personal branding in the esports industry
Authors: Baltezarević Radoslav , Baltezarević Ivana , Milutinović Olivera
Published: September 2023

In recent years, esports has gathered an audience of several million people (primarily members of the younger population) and all predictions indicate that this industry has the potential to become one of the strongest in the near future. As such, it is very interesting for companies that want to use its possibilities, to sponsor competitions, gamers, teams, advertise their brands, but also communicate with the target market. Among the most effective marketing strategies, the hiring of esports influencers, well-known esports gamers, who have a large fan base stands out. Influencers interact with their followers through social networks, but also during streaming sessions while playing digital games. By supporting and recommending digital games, various soft ware, hardware, as well as brands, which are not directly related to the esports (gaming) industry, they can influence the attitudes of fans (consumers) and their purchasing decisions. Personal branding can improve the image of an esports gamer (influencer), but only if activities are carefully planned and implemented. Adequate communication, meaningful and timely content that is placed in the digital environment, charisma, expertise, but also behavior in the real world, combined with healthy personal attitudes of the influencer, can make such a person the one that fans trust and whose recommendations (about brands) they want to hear, adopt and share with others. Therefore, the esports influencer becomes interesting for companies, which want to use his/her potential for marketing purposes.
Lobbying strategy as a possible response to amorization of active political risk in the company's business
Authors: Sporea Danijel
Published: September 2023

The starting point of this paper is given through the issues observed in the part of economic-political business of a company. Every company faces different types of risks during its economic activities. One such risk is political risk, which can affect the company and its business in the country, but also globally.The concept of the paper is a presentation of a thematic study of the concept of political risk limited in the context of the economic-political dimension to the business environment in which the business of a company takes place. In this field, the pressure in the form of specific political risks on the company's operations is multiple, and risk management involves various measures and activities that can potentially reduce their impact. In this context, we believe that lobbying, as a realistic strategic model, can potentially respond to political risks in business. The basis of lobbying arises from the influence on political decision-makers in the process of making various regulations in the field of economic business which in perspective shows a certain degree of company satisfaction, but also the potential to reduce the intensity of political risk. The author tries to use a theoretical approach to explain the strategic approach of lobbying as one of the answers to the disenfranchisement of the political risk of the company's business before any economic investment.
Video games as communication reality
Authors: Baltezarević Vesna , Baltezarević Borivoje
Published: September 2023

Video games, as a medium that massively captures the attention of the modern population , translate the audience from the real to the virtual space while establishing a ritual of community in which the boundaries between the real and the virtual are insufficiently clearly drawn. While playing, the players get to know other participants at the same time, they join discussion forums where they present their opinions, but at the same time they also exchange other people's experiences. These associations modify their attitudes and united identities. In this paper, the authors conduct a research with the intention of indicating how much video games are represented and what is the opinion of the interviewees about whether communication with teammates can replace communication and socializing from the real world, as well as whether they accept other people's views.
Smart contracts: A short journey into the future of consumer contracts
Authors: Poncibò Cristina
Published: September 2023

The smart contract is a computer program that facilitates the automation of processes related to human bargaining. e topic is receiving some attention in doctrine perhaps by virtue of its curious name and perhaps because the concept is closely linked to the idea of the automation of law, a hotly debated topic. Having said that, it is not clear whether this innovation will be fully applied in the next few years in the field of consumer mass bargaining. On the one hand, the issue lends itself to an initial reflection on the evolution of the standardisation of consumer contracts in the global and digital economy. Our hypothesises is the smart contract constitutes a form of 'extreme standardisation' of consumer contracts, or rather, of their total or partial execution. is form is immediately very particular and critical for the interpreter, since it is intimately linked to the technological medium (i.e. Blockchain technology) and straddles the digital world and the real one. On the other hand, the paper considers whether the automation process, which is fully realised by the smart contract after the advent of electronic commerce and digital platforms, will be an opportunity to reduce the costs of justice in consumer disputes, or, on the contrary, will constitute a risk to consumer freedoms.
Regulation of artificial intelligence: Current status and perspectives
Authors: Krivokapić Đorđe , Nikolić Andrea
Published: September 2023

The rapid development of artificial intelligence brings numerous benefits, but also poses some risks. On one hand, automated systems are improving business productivity and facilitating our everyday activities, while, on the other hand, there is a problem of unauthorized use of data, asymmetry of information of algorithmic decisions, disrespect of basic human rights, lack of transparency, etc. Numerous legal and ethical dilemmas are opening up, influencing the need for regulation of further development and application of artificial intelligence systems. The main goal of artificial intelligence's regulation is to build an "ecosystem of trust". Strengthening trust in artificial intelligence can only be achieved by engaging all relevant actors in order to develop an adequate legal and ethical framework. In this paper, we will present the existing regulatory models, while addressing the most adequate model for regulation of artificial intelligence. Also, the European regulatory framework will be presented as relevant for Serbia whose national regulations and ethical guidelines should be in line with the EU standards.
Assessment of domestic regulatory frameworks in tourism in CEFTA to support facilitation of trade in tourism services
Authors: Petković Goran
Published: September 2023

CEFTA members formulated the Additional Protocol VI (AP6) in order to promote trade in services. This act entered into force in January 2021 and is part of an initiative aimed at establishing a common regional market (CRM). As a pilot project, the area of trade in tourist services was chosen for at least two reasons: first, tourism is an important and growing activity in all CEFTA members, and second, during the preparation of AP6, no member proposed any exemption from the application of any part of this document.
Significance of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) for international law
Authors: Krivokapić Boris
Published: September 2023

The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is often cited as a turning point in the development of international law, with some believing that this law was born there, others claiming that it was then that modern or at least universal law was born, while others, giving the periodization of the development of international law, rely on Westphalian conference as an important event. The author gives a critical review of those views, proving that international law was created parallel to the emergence of the first states, that it was rather developed even before the Peace of Westphalia, that the solutions of that peace were essentially nothing really new, that these solutions were not of importance for countries outside the circle of Western European states, etc. However, he also notes that in the last few years, the essence of what is known as the so-called Westphalian system, and especially the understanding that states are sovereign and therefore equal and that intervention in the affairs of other states is prohibited. The author points out that such attitudes are often a function of the policy of demolishing the existing one and establishing some kind of new, significantly different order, in which the vast majority of states would not be sovereign and in which all power would be concentrated in only one center. He concludes that a sober criticism of the attitude that "everything started" from the Congress of Westphalia seems justified and necessary, but that one should not go to the other extreme, especially not if it is motivated by political reasons.
Codification and progressive development of rules on succession of states in respect of state responsibility
Authors: Dimitrijević Duško
Published: September 2023

The topic of state responsibility was the main focus of the codification work of the International Law Commission as an auxiliary body of the United Nations General Assembly for almost half a century, and in the final phase of that work, in 2001, it resulted in the adoption of the Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts. As this codification act did not contain provisions on the succession of state responsibility, at the session of the Commission held in 2017, it was decided to include the topic: "Succession of States in respect of State responsibility" in the program of its future work. With a methodological approach similar to the models present in the two previously adopted Conventions on State Succession (in respect Treaties from 1978 and in respect of State Property, Archives and Debts from 1983), as well as with a synthesis of conceptual meanings formulated in the Draft Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States from 1999 and the Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States, on which the previous reports of the Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commi rely heavily, it would be possible to systematize the corpus of de lege ferenda rules which, with certain refinements and additions in the next phase of the codification work, could lead to a new Convention on State Succession.
The final Macedonian invasion of Iran: A forgotten military revolution
Authors: Vujčić Nemanja
Published: September 2023

The campaign of the Seleucid king Antiochus VII led against the newly expanded empire of the Parthians (the Arsacid dynasty) is a very important, but largely forgotten episode of ancient military history. Conducted during 130 and 129 BC, it was the final attempt by the Macedonian dynasty of Seleucids to preserve its position as the leading power in Western Asia, against growing Arsacid might that gradually took control over Iran, Mesopotamia and parts of Central Asia. Apart from marking the definitive end of Seleucids as a great power, this event is noteworthy because of the consequences it had for the Parthian military organization and doctrine. The very beginning of the war was marked by massive defeats on the side of the Parthians, with battles, entire armies and regions lost. The Parthian king Phraates II learnt appropriate lessons from the defeat and reorganized what was left of his army for the type of warfare: instead of leading massive positional battles, the victory is to be won through maneuver warfare, exhaustion of the enemy and the elimination of the smaller and isolated parts of the hostile force. There is significant support for the claim that the changes brought on by this experience had a character of a true military revolution - a revolution that shaped the classical Parthian way of warfare. This was one of the most important factors for the later (and mostly successful) Parthian resistance to the Romans, and particularly in their greatest military triumph: the victory over the Army of Marcus Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC.
Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model
Authors: Schmidt Christoph M. , Dabiri Azita , Schulte Frederik , Happee Riender , Moore Jason
Published: September 2023

Microscopic simulation is an established tool in traffic engineering and research, where aggregated traffic performance measures are inferred from the simulation of individual agents. Additionally, measures describing the safety and efficiency of road user interactions gain importance for recent developments such as automated vehicles and urban cycling. However, current simulation frameworks model interactions including cyclists only with limited realism. To address this issue, we propose to bring bicycle dynamics to traffic simulation. We demonstrate that a novel reformulation of the social force framework can create input signals for a controlled inverted pendulum bicycle model and thereby enable a fully two-dimensional open space simulation of cyclist interactions. The inverted pendulum model introduces the need to stabilize the bicycle as a constraint to the reactive behavior of simulated cyclists. Furthermore, it enables the simulation of countersteering and weaving for stabilization. Our cyclist social forces have anisotropic force fields with respect to relative interaction position and orientation to describe the varying interaction constellations in open space. With these models, we simulate five single- and multi-cyclist test cases and show that the generated trajectories notably differ from results obtained from a 2D bicycle model without lean angle simulation. Measurements of the maximum lateral path deviation and post-encroachment time show that these differences are relevant for typical applications. Our work demonstrates the potential of introducing physics-based realistic bicycle dynamics to the microscopic simulation of individual road user interactions and the fundamental capability of our reformulated cyclist social forces to do so. Going further, we plan to calibrate and validate our model based on naturalistic cycling data to support the initial results of this work.
Instrumented Bicycle for Experimental Investigation of Braking Dynamics including Front Brake induced Rear Wheel Lift Up
Authors: Skatulla Johann , Maier Oliver , Schmidt Stephan
Published: September 2023

Cyclists are usually afraid of using the front brake of their bicycles aggressively. They fear the danger of falling over the handlebar, sustaining serious neck or head injuries. Preventing this pitch-over can be addressed using electronic brake assistance. But little work is found on the dynamics involved, especially of the early phase were mitigating the pitch-over is still possible by brake pressure reduction. To address this, an instrumented bicycle equipped with sensors measuring variables of motion including absolute over ground velocity and attitude is presented. The need for a novel instrumented bicycle capable of capturing pitch-over dynamics and detecting when ground contact is lost, is pointed out. Needed sensors and their calibration is worked out, and the instrumented bicycle is built and tested. The capturing capabilities are shown, and robust jet precise methods of ground contact loss detection are presented.
Los estudios feministas y de género
Authors: Castro Sánchez Ana María
Published: September 2023

Cuando se piensa en los los estudios de género hay una tendencia a reducirlos a investigaciones que tienen que ver exclusivamente con las mujeres, en particular las mujeres cisgénero, o a temas que se relacionan con lo social y culturalmente construido como “lo femenino”. Igualmente, cuando se habla de los estudios feministas, puede parecer extraño porque se considera al feminismo exclusivamente con un movimiento social, no como una perspectiva epistemológica. Otro aspecto relevante sobre estos estudios es que los ubicamos en la contemporaneidad, lo que impide comprender por qué hasta ahora los estamos conociendo a pesar de su larga trayectoria. Con este número de la Revista Calarma nos hemos propuesto enfrentar estos imaginarios para mostrar cómo, tanto los estudios de género como los feministas, abordan diversos temas/problemas y tienen lugar en múltiples áreas de los conocimientos, porque lo importante es el punto de vista y la postura epistemológica que dichos estudios proponen y permiten asumir.
BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS: A STUDY ON MEDICAL TOURISTS
Authors: Demir Yasar , Ozpinar Saliha
Published: September 2023

Introduction: Obesity, a serious health problem that should be prevented because it causes many health problems, also negatively affects the quality of life and body image of individuals. This study was aimed at determining the relationship between and determinants of the perceived body image, patient satisfaction and quality of life of individuals who preferred Turkey to undergo bariatric surgery within the scope of medical tourism. Methodology: The population of the study consisted of 329 medical tourists who underwent bariatric surgery between 2015 and 2022 in private hospitals having health tourism authorization certificate in Samsun. Data were collected between September 01, 2021 and November 31, 2022 using the Personal Information Form, Body Image Scale, Quality Of Life Scale and Patient Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics and the student t test, ANOVA test, correlation and multiple regression statistical analysis methods were used in the analysis of the data. Results: Of the participants, 37.4% were men and 62.6% were women. Their mean age was 39.74ï¿½10.063 years. According to the results obtained from the present study, patient satisfaction was affected by the variables such as age, education level, family type, monthly income, income status, exercise status, chronic disease status and perceived body image (p<0.05). On the other hand, the quality of life was affected by the variables such as perceived body image, marital status, education status, employment status, family type, income status, alcohol use, and exercise status (p<0.05). Patient satisfaction and quality of life were positively correlated with perceived body image of the participants who underwent bariatric surgery.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, patient satisfaction and quality of life were affected by socioeconomic characteristics and perceived body image of the participants, and perceived body image, patient satisfaction and quality of life were positively affected in the participants who underwent bariatric surgery.
STRUCTURAL AND LITHOLOGICAL MODEL OF THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE GLUKHIVETSKY DEPOSIT OF THE ELUVIAL KAOLIN
Authors: Kroshko Yu.V. , Kovalchuk M.S.
Published: September 2023

The material on the western section of the Glukhivetsky deposit of eluvial kaolins, which is located in the Koziatyn district of the Vinnytsia region, near the village of Glukhiv and is part of the Glukhivetsko-Turbivsky kaolin region.

The causal relationships of different petrotypes of bedrock with the thickness, material composition and zonation of the weathering crust and, as a consequence, with the structural and lithological structure of the eluvial kaolin deposit and its qualitative indicators are revealed.

Based on the coordinates and description of wells, the relief of the top and of the bottom surface of the kaolinite-hydromicaceous zone of the weathering crust and of the layer of eluvial kaolins, as well as the lateral change in their average thickness, were studied. Correlations between of the top and of the bottom surface and thickness of the kaolinite-hydromicaceous zone and eluvial kaolins have been studied. Based on the results of well testing and chemical analysis of kaolins, the lateral distribution of the average contents of iron and titanium oxides and the average content of the whiteness index, as well as their correlations, was studied.
Interpretation of Hadith-Sunnah from Schacht's Perspective: Multidisciplinary Study
Authors: Dahuri Dahuri , Kholis Nur , Puri Vesa Yunita
Published: September 2023

This article aims to clarify that there is a group of people who study hadith but differ from the majority of hadith scholars. Some of them argue that most of the sunnahs or hadiths are incorrect, the authenticity of the hadiths is doubtful as the words of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, because according to him hadiths are only the result of the interaction of various schools of thought and trends which later emerged in Islamic society during their maturity. Schacht believes that the Sunnah has nothing to do with the Prophet, but is only the result of the culture of Middle Eastern (Arab) society which was renewed and continued by Muslims and then attributed to the Muhammad. Schacht said, the sunnah of the Prophet was not fully translated into the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad separately. The Tabi'in version of the hadith is considered more complete than the hadith of the Companions so that its existence is doubted. Researchers in writing use a type of library research, which is to collect material in the form of scientific papers with literary research objects to solve problems, especially focusing on a comprehensive study of related literal data. The results of this study indicate that Schacht's view of sunnah states that sunnah does not originate from the Prophet but is a tradition adopted from pre-Islamic times. Meanwhile, according to hadith experts, as-sunnah and haqul hadith are sure that they came from the Prophet, not from outside Islam, so that it can be seen in the substance of the hadith and as-sunnah which are never the same as the contents of other books. Hadith and sunnah are very much in accordance with the values ​​and rules in the Koran. The position of the Prophet has a role as a legislator based on God's revelation, not following the traditions and customs of his forefathers.
Epidemiology Of Motorcycle-Related Maxillofacial Injuries Presenting To The 37 Military Hospital, Ghana
Authors: Boateng Yaw Amankwah , Yeboah-Agyapong Michael Akwasi , Alhassan Mahama , Salifu Halidu Ayinga , Ketemep Gabriel Kwami Doe , Mensah Eugene Nii Lartey , Arhin Frederick Kojo , Bosompem-Acheampong Kwaku , Gyau-Darko Baffour
Published: September 2023

Objective: The study examined the epidemiology of motorcycle-related maxillofacial injuries to provide data to guide the prevention and management of maxillofacial trauma.
Methodology: The research was a one-year prospective cross-sectional study of patients presenting with motorcycle crash-related maxillofacial injuries. The variables recorded include the demographic data, type of motorcycle collision, day and time of motorcycle crash, location of the crash, role of injured patient, maxillofacial and concomitant injuries sustained. Descriptive statistics were used to ascertain the epidemiology of maxillofacial injuries sustained.
Results: A total of 148 patients aged between 15 and 65 years were involved in the study. There was a high male dominance (96%) among patients who sustained maxillofacial injuries secondary to motorcycle-related road traffic crashes (RTC). The median age of the participants was 30.9 +/- 9.1 years. Most (55.6%) of the motorcycle crashes resulted from collisions with cars. Maxillofacial injuries were mostly soft tissue injuries with the midface sustaining the most. Skeletal injuries often occurred in the mandible with parasymphyseal fractures constituting the majority of the mandibular fractures.
Conclusion: There is a male predominance in patients with motorcycle-related maxillofacial injuries with a peak age of 21-30 years. Victims of motorcycles crashes often sustain soft tissue injuries with aesthetic and functional implications. Motorcycle crashes contribute significantly to the public health burden of RTC, especially in developing countries like Ghana. Healthcare professionals ought to be conversant with the epidemiology of maxillofacial injuries in motorcycle crash victims to ensure prompt and comprehensive management.
Occupational Injuries Among Road Construction Workers In Ghana: Burden, Mechanism And Severity
Authors: Yankson Isaac Kofi , Karikari Akua Kusiwaa , Okyere Paul , Koranteng Yaw Adofo , Afukaar Francis , Otupiri Easmon , Donkor Peter , Owusu-Dabo Ellis , Mock Charles
Published: September 2023

Objective: Road construction work involves diverse activities relying on the use of both skilled and unskilled manpower, posing serious risks to workers.  This study sought to determine the burden, mechanism and severity of occupational injuries among road construction workers.

Methodology: The study design was institution-based descriptive cross-sectional using a questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions. From Ashanti, Ahafo and Western North regions, 353 road workers reported on work-related injuries, types of injury, body parts injured, day(s) lost to activity and cause of injury from 27th January, 2020 to 4th March, 2020.

Results: The workers were primarily young (mean age 32.4 years) and male (97.7%). Most (70.2%) workers were contract/casual staff. Nearly 88% experienced injury the past year with 67.5% experiencing multiple injuries. The body parts most affected included

waist/low back (29.9%), forearm/palm (18.9%), leg/foot (17.5%), chest (8.9%) and joints (7.1%). Mechanism of injury included slips/trips (18.5%), use of tools/equipment (13.8%) and overexertion during lifting (10.2%). For injury severity, 88.0% of workers had minor injuries, 8.8% moderate and 3.2% severe injuries. Conclusion: There is high burden of injury among road construction workers in Ghana. Most experienced injury during the past year, with over 4-in-5 having minor injuries. Leading mechanisms were slips/trips, use of tools/equipment and overexertion during lifting. Limitations include biases like memory decay, purposive selection of construction sites and driver over-representation. Hence, recommendations deriving from this study include enforcement of personal protective equipment use, proficiency training in use of tools/equipment and inter-lacing manual handling-related activities with activities that vary worker-postures.
Diagnosis and surgical management of mammary adenocarcinoma in a bitch
Authors: Paul Thomby , Biswas Sreekanta , Zarin Tasnim Bristi Sabiha , Sayeed Pallab Monoar , Chandra Das Bhajan
Published: September 2023

Surgical management is considered as primary option for treatment of mammary tumors in dogs in worldwide. A nine-year-old intact (unsprayed) female German Shepherd dog was brought to SAQ Teaching Veterinary Hospital at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh, with a history of gradually enlargement of L-5 mammary gland since last two months. Clinical examination revealed that the dog was active and alert; there was no swelling of prescapular and inguinal lymphnodes but the L-5 mammary gland had an elongated, well capsulated hard mass with irregular borders. Complete cell count, serum biochemistry, radiograhpy and cytopathology were performed. Mild neutrophilia and lymphopenia were observed in differential leucocyte count. Cytopathological features included hypercellularity, anisocytosis, anisokaryosis, coarse chromartin with one or more prominent nucleoli and high nuclear cytoplasm ratio as considered as mammary adenocarcinoma. To justifying the above clinical reports, L-5 mastectomy was considered. Mastectomy was performed successfully under general anaesthesia. The surgical wound was healed within 10 days and there was no evidence of any swelling or recurrence of tumor upto 6 months of post-surgery
Challenges of Implementing the “Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the Right to Participate in the Affairs of a Local Authority” in Georgia
Authors: Kakhidze Irakli
Published: September 2023

Democracy implies not only the existence of elected representatives, but also the existence of active and politically engaged citizens. People's participation in the exercise of government is the basic essence, ground and purpose of democracy.

The present article analyzes the environment and practice of citizens' participation in the implementation of local self-government in Georgia. The article talks about the challenges in Georgia in the mentioned field, their causes and ways to solve them.
The Issue about the Provision for Damage Inflicted by Preventive Security Measures upon Adjudicating the Dispute over Legality of Enabling Individual Administrative-legal Acts
Authors: Agapishvili Meri
Published: September 2023

The Constitutional Court of Georgia considers the constitutional submission of Tbilisi Court of Appeals requesting to establish the constitutionality of inadmissibility of the reversal of provision upon applying the preventive security measures in the administrative process. 

The idea of admitting the reversal of provisional measures in the administrative proceedings of civil procedure standards aims at the maintenance of balance between the private interests of participants in the administrative process. However, it is impossible to speak about the methods and prospects of its implementation without the joint understanding of the enabling individual administrative-legal act as the essence of examining the result of conflict of interests, the legitimacy of state administration, the principle of legal trust and the major function of administrative justice at the stage of preventive security.

The goal of this paper is to present certain viewpoints on the problematic aspects of admissibility of the reversal of civil security in administrative proceedings and their solutions pursuant to the principle of their legal trust.
Legal Regulations and Practical Features of a Person’s Arrest with a Court Ruling
Authors: Tavberidze Elguja
Published: September 2023

This article looks at the one of the most important institutes of criminal procedure law. Protecting the right to liberty is a major positive responsibility of any democratic state. The freedom of the person is inviolable. Consequently, the restriction of this right and the interference of the state in it is possible only in rare, exceptional cases, provided that the normative rules established by the imperative must be observed unconditionally.

   The article is based on the analysis of scientific literature, legislation and investigative / judicial practice. It reviews the key provisions of lawful arrest and the challenges involved. The purpose of the study is to identify gaps in legislative and investigative / judicial practice related to the arrest of a person based on a judge's ruling and to develop the necessary recommendations for their elimination.