bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Are reactive oxygen species (ROS) a suitable metric to predict toxicity of carbonaceous aerosol particles?
Authors: Zhang Zhi-Hui , Hartner Elena , Utinger Battist , Gfeller Benjamin , Paul Andreas , Sklorz Martin , Czech Hendryk , Yang Bin Xia , Su Xin Yi , Jakobi Gert , Orasche Jürgen , Schnelle-Kreis Jürgen , Jeong Seongho , Gröger Thomas , Pardo Michal , Hohaus Thorsten , Adam Thomas , Kiendler-Scharr Astrid , Rudich Yinon , Zimmermann Ralf , Kalberer Markus
Published: August 2021

Abstract. It is being suggested that particle-bound or particle-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS), which significantly contribute to the oxidative potential (OP) of aerosol particles, are a promising metric linking aerosol compositions to toxicity and adverse health effects. However, accurate ROS quantification remains challenging due to the reactive and short-lived nature of many ROS components and the lack of appropriate analytical methods for a reliable quantification. Consequently, it remains difficult to gauge their impact on human health, especially to identify how aerosol particle sources and atmospheric processes drive particle-bound ROS formation in a real-world urban environment. In this study, using a novel online particle-bound ROS instrument (OPROSI), we comprehensively characterized and compared the formation of ROS in secondary organic aerosols (SOA) generated from organic compounds that represent anthropogenic (naphthalene, SOANAP) and biogenic (β-pinene, SOAβPIN) precursors. The SOA mass was condensed onto soot particles (SP) under varied atmospherically relevant conditions (photochemical aging and humidity). We systematically analysed the ability of the aqueous extracts of the two aerosol types (SOANAP-SP and SOAβPIN-SP) to induce ROS production and OP. We further investigated cytotoxicity and cellular ROS production after exposing human lung epithelial cell cultures (A549) to extracts of the two aerosols. A significant finding of this study is that more than 90 % of all ROS components in both SOA types have a short lifetime, highlighting the need to develop online instruments for a meaningful quantification of ROS. Our results also show that photochemical aging promotes particle-bound ROS production and enhances the OP of the aerosols. Compared to SOAβPIN-SP, SOANAP-SP elicited a higher acellular and cellular ROS production, a higher OP and a lower cell viability. These consistent results between chemical-based and biological-based analyses indicate that particle-bound ROS quantification could be a feasible metric to predict aerosol particle toxicity and adverse human effects. Moreover, the cellular ROS production caused by SOA exposure not only depends on aerosol type, but is also affected by exposure dose, highlighting a need to mimic the process of particle deposition onto lung cells and their interactions as realistically as possible to avoid unknown biases.
Ozone deposition impact assessments for forest canopies require accurate ozone flux partitioning on diurnal timescales
Authors: Visser Auke J. , Ganzeveld Laurens N. , Goded Ignacio , Krol Maarten C. , Mammarella Ivan , Manca Giovanni , Boersma K. Folkert
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Dry deposition is an important sink of tropospheric ozone that affects surface concentrations, and impacts crop yields, the land carbon sink and the terrestrial water cycle. Dry deposition pathways include plant uptake via stomata and nonstomatal removal by soils, leaf surfaces and chemical reactions. Observational studies indicate that ozone deposition exhibits substantial temporal variability that is not reproduced by atmospheric chemistry models due to a simplified representation of vegetation uptake processes in these models. In this study, we explore the importance of stomatal and non-stomatal uptake processes in driving ozone dry deposition variability on diurnal to seasonal timescales. Specifically, we compare two land surface ozone uptake parameterizations – a commonly applied ’big leaf’ parameterization (W89; Wesely, 1989) and a multi-layer model (MLC-CHEM) constrained with observations – to multi-year ozone flux observations at two European measurement sites (Ispra, Italy, and Hyytiälä, Finland). We find that W89 cannot reproduce the diurnal cycle in ozone deposition due to a mis-representation of stomatal and non-stomatal sinks at our two study sites, while MLC-CHEM accurately reproduces the different sink pathways. Evaluation of non-stomatal uptake further corroborates the previously found important roles of wet leaf uptake in the morning under humid conditions, and soil uptake during warm conditions. The misrepresentation of stomatal versus non-stomatal uptake in W89 results in an overestimation of growing-season cumulative ozone uptake (CUO), a metric for assessments of vegetation ozone damage, by 18 % (Ispra) and 28 % (Hyytiälä), while MLC-CHEM reproduces CUO within 7 % of the observation-inferred values. Our results indicate the need to accurately describe the partitioning of the ozone atmosphere-biosphere flux over the in-canopy stomatal and non-stomatal loss pathways to provide more confidence in atmospheric chemistry model simulations of surface ozone mixing ratios and deposition fluxes for large-scale vegetation ozone impact assessments.
Small waterbodies reduce the carbon sink of a polygonal tundra landscape
Authors: Beckebanze Lutz , Rehder Zoé , Holl David , Mirbach Charlotta , Wille Christian , Kutzbach Lars
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Arctic permafrost landscapes have functioned as a global carbon sink for millennia. These landscapes are very heterogeneous, and the omnipresent waterbodies are a carbon source within them. Yet, only a few studies focus on the impact of these waterbodies on the landscape carbon budget. We compare carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from small waterbodies to fluxes from the surrounding tundra using eddy covariance measurements from a tower located between a large pond and semi-terrestrial vegetated tundra. When taking the open-water areas of small waterbodies into account, the carbon dioxide sink strength of the landscape was reduced by 11 %. While open-water methane emissions were similar to the tundra emissions, some parts of the studied pond's shoreline exhibited much higher emissions, underlining the high spatial variability of methane emissions. We conclude that gas fluxes from small waterbodies can contribute significantly to the carbon budget of arctic tundra landscapes. Consequently, changes in arctic hydrology and the concomitant changes in the waterbody distribution may substantially impact the overall carbon budget of the Arctic.
The power of student assessment in the promotion of an inclusive environment in the school
Authors: Doran Priscila , Doran Rosa
Published: August 2021

Student assessment is usually viewed as a tool for teachers to grade their students by the end of a period or school year. It is often used as a single moment where the students’ achievements are evaluated as a final mark. Furthermore, assessment is often done in a standardized way and focused on the amount of knowledge students were able to retain and with a limited view on a few skills they may have developed. Student assessment has existed for decades and has served many purposes. However, as society is evolving and schools are becoming more aware of the importance of diversity, inclusion and innovative educational methods, the standardized method of assessment is becoming obsolete.In a survey done to over 150 teachers in Spain, Portugal, Greece and a few other countries, many teachers have reported that they understand the need to innovate in assessment, they want to focus on students’ skills, more than on the knowledge retained and that they lack the tools, skills, and know-how to do it. It has become evident that assessment needs to embrace student diversity and must be used as a tool for development. It must be seen as a fluid evaluation where student find endless opportunities to evolve and grow, not only academically but also socially and emotionally.Considering this, the ASSESS project was born, through a partnership between four partners from Portugal, Greece, and Spain and with the doors open to all interested teachers that want to revolutionize student assessment. The project team believes that a standardized student assessment can never reach the depths of human diversity and talents and thus, needs to be reinvented and updated.The project will work with teachers to create an innovative assessment methodology as well as a kit of digital and analogue tools that teachers and students can use for assessment. Furthermore, the project will offer an on-line course for all teachers interested in learning how to use but also how to create their own innovative assessment tools.The project has already launched a campaign during the EU Diversity Month (May 2021) where over 100 teachers and students from over 8 countries have created sentences about assessment, which were shared in the projects’ Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AssessProject). ASSESS is now recruiting teachers that want to participate and collaborate in the creation of an innovative assessment paradigm. More info can be found on the projects’ website: https://assess.nuclio.org . During this talk, the project idea is going to be presented as well a summary of the results obtained so far.
MagmaFOAM-1.0: a modular framework for the simulation of magmatic systems
Authors: Brogi Federico , Colucci Simone , Matrone Jacopo , Montagna Chiara Paola , De' Michieli Vitturi Mattia , Papale Paolo
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Numerical simulations of volcanic processes play a fundamental role in understanding the dynamics of magma storage, ascent and eruption. The recent extraordinary progress in computer performance and improvements in numerical modeling techniques allow simulating multiphase systems in mechanical and thermodynamical disequilibrium. Nonetheless, the growing complexity of these simulations requires the development of flexible computational tools that can easily switch between sub-models and solution techniques. In this work we present MagmaFOAM, a library based on the open source computational fluid dynamics software OpenFOAM, that incorporates models for solving the dynamics of multiphase, multicomponent magmatic systems. Retaining the modular structure of OpenFOAM, MagmaFOAM allows run-time selection of the solution technique depending on the physics of the specific process, and sets a solid framework for in-house and community model development, testing and comparison. MagmaFOAM models thermo-mechanical non-equilibrium phase coupling and phase change, and implements state-of-the-art multiple volatile saturation models and constitutive equations with composition-dependent and space-time local computation of thermodynamic and transport properties. Code testing is performed using different multiphase modeling approches for processes relevant to magmatic systems: Rayleigh-Taylor instability, for buyoancy-driven magmatic processes; multiphase shock tube simulations, propedeutical to conduit dynamics studies; bubble growth and breakage in basaltic melts. Benchmark simulations illustrate the capabilities and potential of MagmaFOAM to account for the variety of non-linear physical and thermodynamical processes characterizing the dynamics of volcanic systems.
Hydrology and riparian forests drive carbon and nitrogen supply and DOC:NO3− stoichiometry along a headwater Mediterranean stream
Authors: Ledesma José L. J. , Lupon Anna , Martí Eugènia , Bernal Susana
Published: August 2021

Abstract. In forest headwater streams, metabolic processes are predominately heterotrophic and depend on both the availability of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) and a favourable C:N stoichiometry. In this context, hydrological conditions and the presence of riparian forests adjacent to streams can play an important, yet understudied role determining dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrate (NO3−) concentrations and DOC:NO3− molar ratios. Here, we aimed to investigate how the interplay between hydrological conditions and riparian forest coverage drives DOC and NO3− supply and DOC:NO3− stoichiometry in an oligotrophic headwater Mediterranean stream. We analysed DOC and NO3− concentrations, and DOC:NO3− molar ratios during both base flow and storm flow conditions at three stream locations along a longitudinal gradient of increased riparian forest coverage. Further, we performed an event analysis to examine the hydroclimatic conditions that favour the transfer of DOC and NO3− from riparian soils to the stream during large storms. Stream DOC and NO3− concentrations were generally low (overall average ± SD was 1.0 ± 0.6 mg C L−1 and 0.20 ± 0.09 mg N L−1), although significantly higher during storm flow compared to base flow conditions in all three stream sites. Optimal DOC:NO3− stoichiometry for stream heterotrophic microorganisms (corresponding to DOC:NO3− molar ratios between 4.8 and 11.7) was prevalent at the midstream and downstream sites under both flow conditions, whereas C-limited conditions were prevalent at the upstream site, which had no surrounding riparian forest. The hydroclimatic analysis of large storm events highlighted different patterns of DOC and NO3− mobilization depending on antecedent soil moisture conditions: drier antecedent conditions promoted rapid elevations of riparian groundwater tables, hydrologically activating a wider and shallower soil layer, and leading to relatively higher increases in stream DOC and NO3− concentrations compared to events preceded by wet conditions. These results suggest that (i) increased supply of limited resources during storms can promote in-stream heterotrophic activity during high flows, especially during large storm events preceded by dry conditions, and (ii) C-limited conditions upstream were gradually overcome downstream, likely due to higher C inputs from riparian forests present at lower elevations. The contrasting spatiotemporal patterns in DOC and NO3− availability and DOC:NO3− stoichiometry observed at the study stream suggests that groundwater inputs from riparian forests are essential for maintaining in-stream heterotrophic activity in oligotrophic, forest headwater catchments.
Compound coastal flood risk in a semi-arid urbanized region: The implications of copula choice, sampling, and infrastructure
Authors: Lucey Joseph T. D. , Gallien Timu W.
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Sea level rise will increase the frequency and severity of coastal flooding events. Compound coastal flooding is characterized by multiple flooding pathways (i.e., high offshore water levels, streamflow, energetic waves, precipitation) acting concurrently. This study explores the joint flood risks caused by the co-occurrence of high marine water levels and precipitation in a highly urbanized semi-arid, tidally dominated region. A novel structural function developed from the multivariate analysis is proposed to consider the implications of flood control infrastructure in compound coastal flood risk assessments. Univariate statistics are analyzed for individual sites and events. Conditional, and joint probabilities are developed using a range of copulas and sampling methods. The Independent, and Cubic copulas produced poor results while the Fischer-Kock, and Roch-Alegre generally produced robust results across a range of sampling methods. The impacts of sampling are considered using annual maximum, annual coinciding, wet season monthly coinciding, and wet season monthly maximum sampling. Although, annual maximum sampling is commonly recommended for characterizing compound events, this work suggests annual maximum sampling does not produce “worst-case” event pairs and substantially underestimates marine water levels for extreme events. Wet season coinciding water level and precipitation pairs benefit from a dramatic increase in available data, improved goodness of fit statistics, and provide a range of physically realistic pairs. Wet season coinciding sampling may provide a more accurate compound flooding risk characterization for long return periods in semi-arid regions.
Temporal variation in glacier snowpack bacterial communities mediated by nitrogen
Authors: Chen Yuying , Liu Keshao , Liu Yongqin , Vick-Majors Trista J. , Wang Feng , Ji Mukan
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Global warming accelerates glacier melt, releasing stored carbon and nitrogen, which fertilize downstream ecosystems. Diverse and active microbial communities mediate biogeochemical cycles in snow and are vital to the glacial ecosystem. However, little is known about their temporal changing pattern and the environmental and biotic determinants in snowpacks. Here, we investigated the bacterial community in the surface and subsurface snow (depth at 0–15 and 15–30 cm, respectively) during a nine-day period in the Dunde Glacier of the Tibetan Plateau, based on Illumina MiSeq of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our results revealed dynamic bacterial communities in both surface and surface snow, and nitrogen is the key determinant of bacterial diversity, composition, community structure, and biotic interactions. Nitrate and ammonium concentration increased and decreased in the surface and subsurface snow over time, therefore indicating accumulation and consumption processes, respectively. This is also evidenced by the dominance of organisms predicted to carry nitrogen fixation and denitrification genes in the surface and subsurface layers, respectively. The nitrogen limitation and the apparent dominance of the denitrification in the subsurface snow suggest stronger environmental and biotic filtering than those in the surface snow. This was associated with lower bacterial diversity, more pronounced community temporal changes, and stronger biotic interactions than in the surface snow. Collectively, these findings significantly advanced our understanding of microbial community variations and bacterial interactions after snow deposition, and revealed the dynamics of nitrogen metabolism in Tibetan snow.
Exposure, timing, and vulnerability: The role of public transport in inducing gentrification
Authors: Fernando Malithi , Heinen Eva , Johnson Daniel
Published: August 2021

Gentrification is an increasingly common phenomenon in many urban neighbourhoods. While cities invest in more sustainable travel options for their residents, there is limited literature on its connection to gentrification of the surrounding areas. Understanding whether these investments induce gentrification is essential to ensure the positive impacts of public transport are not undermined by the displacement it may create. This paper presents a multi-analysis approach to studying gentrification, defined by a bi-axial definition of neighbourhood change which considers the negative components (displacement) and positive components (neighbourhood upgrading) of gentrification. We focus specifically on the extent to which exposure to public transport induces gentrification-like changes in neighbouring communities, the influence of time on the kind and magnitude of changes, and whether disinvested communities are most vulnerable. We analyse neighbourhood changes in Manchester, UK, in response to the introduction of the Metrolink tram network, and conclude that there is evidence of gentrification in areas with access to new light rail. We conclude that the length of exposure has a significant impact on the magnitude and direction of change for certain indicators of gentrification. We find mixed results regarding the susceptibility of disinvested communities to gentrification.
Rethinking Mental Health Literacy Programmes For Enhanced Help-Seeking Behaviour among Young Male Adults
Authors: Seyi-Oderinde Damilola Ruth
Published: August 2021

Educating and sensitization through mental health literacy (MHL) programmes is germane to raising awareness, reducing stigma towards help-seeking, and ultimately improving help-seeking behaviours in young male adults. This theoretical paper problematises various trajectories and approaches that are engaged with; in providing mental health literacy to enhance young male adults’ help-seeking behaviour. It further advances the critical pedagogical (CP) approach as an alternative trajectory for this task. This was achieved by positioning mental health literacy as a critical engagement that relies on transformative education in order to enhance help-seeking behvaiour. This article discusses the relevance of some prominent themes in critical pedagogy to the design of mental health literacy programmes for enhanced help-seeking. It, therefore, submits that for any meaningful improvement and change to take place in the ideologies, beliefs, and attitudes of young male adults towards help-seeking, a critical pedagogical approach should be engaged, with believed that this approach will facilitate critical dialogues, reflexive thinking, and participatory learning processes. It is anticipated that embedding the CP principles into the design of MHL programmes would assist practitioners and health educators to produce a transformational change in the behaviour of young male adults towards help-seeking.
Twenty First Century’s Challenges, Changing Trends and Urdu Novel: A Critical Analysis
Authors: Leghari Dr. Mehroona
Published: August 2021

The recent pandemic has not only formally announced the entry of man into the 21st century but also indicate the upcoming challenges for humanbeing. The individual of this Century suffers from duality/binary opposition where he is in an isolation/alone but not in the previous sense as he is at the same time sitting in middle of the whole world. This Mob, not his family, but the whole world has gathered at his fingertips, Man has begun to travel for centuries in minutes and seconds.Youval Noh Hariri a Nobel Prize winner philosopher of new era says man has been hacked by his own discovered biotechnology and information technology. This InfoTech or biotech data has snatched man s free will. This algorithm now replace the ancient times place of philosophers, thinkers, saints, sages, writers and leads/compels man to choices of corporate world. Now the corporate world better known mans choices by this algorithm but the man himself notter. The Challenges of self identity is the most important question of this century. The trend of predicting the future is growing day by day. Now a strange situation is knocking on human beings doors. Nature is disappearing. It is impossible to escape from artificial intelligence. Every second changing of technology results in rapid change of life and social taboos.
FORTHCOMING IASE CONFERENCES
Authors: PFANNKUCH MAXINE , PETOCZ PETER , DELMAS ROBERT
Published: August 2021

Forthcoming IASE Conferences
First published November 2014 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives
Sosyal Yardımlaşma ve Dayanışma Vakıflarından Sosyal Yardım Alan Kadınların Bazı Sosyo-Demografik Özellikleri ile Yoksullukla Bağlantılı Deneyim ve Görüşleri
Authors: YALÇIN Melike
Published: August 2021

With this research, it is aimed to reveal some socio-demographic characteristics, experiences and opinions related to poverty, and power situations of coping with poverty of poor women who receive social assistance from social assistance and solidarity foundations. The quantitative research method was used in the study, and the data were obtained by making face-to-face interviews with women who received social assistance from Ankara province Altındağ, Mamak and Keçiören Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations and accepted to participate in the study. The poor women participating in the research are young adult women with a low level of education, married, have at least one child, are unemployed and earn their living on social assistance. They define poverty as not being able to meet their needs and state the reason for poverty as unemployment. Participants see social assistance as a strategy to cope with poverty and think that the aid given is not enough to provide for their livelihood. They think that women are affected more by poverty than men, and they define their strengths mostly as being a good mother and wife.
Migratory Victims of War: Syrians as the Homines Sacri
Authors: Karataş İbrahim
Published: August 2021

The civil war broke out on March 15, 2011 with the political tension between either domestically legitimate or illegimate actors in Syria so that many people had impelledly or forcedly to migrate neighboring countries via crossing the land or maritime boundaries. These demographic transitions, in which many people, particularly children lost their lives, led admittedly European and Middle Eastern authorities to pursue the state of migratory exception policies. The state of exception revealing the homo sacer through including the exclusion of bodies, considering the use of Giorgio Agamben, corresponds to the temporary suspension of de facto legal norms, but the permanent state of this temporality. By problematizing the exemplary cases from European and Middle Eastern countries, this paper therefore copes not only with the exclusion of Syrians as homines sacri who are the subject of inclusionary techniques with regard to the spatial management of boats, cities and camps but the outlawry of existing juridico-political capabilities, also which may flexibly rule over the ways encompassing their lives and deaths.
Örgütsel Çeviklik Açısından Örgüt Kültürü ve Firma Performansı Üzerine Bir Alan Araştırması
Authors: SEVER Emine , PAKSOY Mahmut
Published: August 2021

The aim of this study is to determine the mediating effect of organizational agility on the impact of organizational culture on firm performance. Within the scope of the study, firstly, a conceptual framework about organizational culture, organizational agility and firm performance was created, and then the findings and results obtained from the survey application conducted within the scope of the research were included. The research sample consists of 140 company employees belonging to the Manufacturing, Service, IT, Retail and Agriculture sectors in the provinces of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Tekirdağ, Kocaeli and Zonguldak. The survey data were collected by the online survey method using the non-coincidental convenience sampling method. Quantitative data analysis was applied in the research. The questionnaire form using a 5-point Likert scale consists of demographic questions and organizational culture, organizational agility and firm performance scales. In the study, in which structural equation modeling was preferred as a model, SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 22 package programs were used in the analysis of the data. Confirmatory factor analysis was checked for validity test and Cronbach's alpha values were checked for reliability. According to the findings of the study, organizational agility has a mediating effect on the effect of clan, adhocracy and hierarchy cultures on firm performance. However, the mediating effect of market culture could not be determined. In terms of demographic characteristics, significant differences were determined between perceptions of organizational culture, organizational agility and firm performance. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Organizational Agility, Firm Performance
Türkiye’deki Serbest Hukuk Çevirmenlerinin Karşılaştıkları Terminolojik Sorunlar ve Çözüm Önerisi
Authors: BAŞER Beyza , YILDIRIM YAŞAR Ceylan
Published: August 2021

The legal environment we are exposed to makes the importance of the legal field more visible. There is no place for error in legal translations, otherwise there may be unfair judgments. A standard legal terminology is a requirement for legal translation to be done in the most accurate way without any misunderstandings. In this study, the terminological problems faced by freelance legal translators in Turkey are examined with descriptive analysis. It is also revealed the possible effects of a standardized legal terminology on legal translators and the translation process. Legal terminological problems faced by freelance translators in Turkey are identified by examining a professional site proz.com and various translator solidarity groups on social media. It has been observed that the posts of legal translators cover generally questions regarding the equivalent of a legal term in the relevant language. There are also questions on how to meet some legal expressions. It has been found that the main problem is due to the lack of a standard use of equivalents of relevant terms or expressions. In this context, in order to solve the terminological problems encountered, it is proposed that a multilingual standardized terminology database is prepared within the state and made available to freelance translators
COVID 19 Pandemi Döneminde Çevrimiçi Muhasebe Eğitiminin ZOGA Analizi
Authors: ÜNSAL Ahmet
Published: August 2021

In this study, SWOT analysis of distance accounting education with off-campus education, which is one of the formal education methods during the extraordinary pandemic caused by Covid19, was made. For this purpose, the findings of seven studies consisting of quantitative and qualitative research methods on accounting and finance course during the pandemic period; The online education infrastructure was examined in the course process, exam process and communication processes. Objective results obtained from here are SWOT components for analysis; SWOT analysis of distance accounting education was made by classifying them as difficulties, possibilities, strengths and incapacities. According to the results, in summary, although distance accounting education saves time, place and way and provides flexibility in education compared to face-to-face education, motivation in the teaching process is low, it prevents active learning, the ethical level is low in exams, it is biologically unhealthy, it creates inequality of opportunity and asocial weaknesses affect the quality of education. has negative effects.
COVID-19 Salgın Sürecinde AB Ülkelerindeki Yaşam Kalitesinin Çok Kriterli Karar Verme ile Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: SEYHAN Nazlı , SEYHAN Burak
Published: August 2021

It is seen that the COVID-19 epidemic, which emerged in December 2019, affects living and working conditions all over the world. In this epidemic, preventive measures taken by countries to prevent the rapid spread of the virus caused changes in people's daily lives, as well as making it difficult for them to provide the minimum economic conditions necessary for their survival. In the European Union, which is one of the largest economic and political unions, it has been observed that the negative effects of the COVID-19 epidemic have reached serious dimensions. On the other hand, with the help of quality of life indicators, it is possible to evaluate the level of quality of life of individuals, groups or countries and to make international comparative analyzes by setting targets to increase this level. In this study, the data that can be accessed on the basis of all countries were included in the research in order to make a comparative analysis for all EU Countries. Variables handled within the scope of the study are life satisfaction, interest-loan-debt deferral, job security, news media, number of households having difficulties in living, decrease in employment, trust in government, trust in the EU and vaccination rate. In the study, evaluation was made by using ARAS and TOPSIS methods, which are among the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods, and the Entropy method was used to determine the criterion weights. 27 EU countries were ranked according to the criteria determined in the application part of the study. The study is important in terms of simultaneous evaluation of the mentioned variables from a holistic perspective using MCDM methods.
Solving The Problem of Indonesian Migrant Workers In Taiwan: An Analysis of Indonesian Government Response
Authors: Iqbal Muhammad , Iksan Muhammad , Jannah Suci Muqodimatul , Sagala Vreslisawati , Lidya
Published: August 2021

The problems faced by Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in Taiwan, there are still several problems such as unpaid salaries, work accidents, Indonesian Migrant Workers repatriation, sexual harassment, abuse, and illegal/runaway Indonesian Migrant Workers. This problem has prompted Indonesia and Taiwan to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries to resolve Indonesian Migrant Worker problems. There are 3 (three) ways to solve the problem, namely conducting Indonesia-Taiwan cooperation, recruiting/re-collecting Indonesian Migrant Worker' data, and protecting Indonesian Migrant Workers. These efforts have been made since the reforms in 2018; this is because previous actions did not go well; therefore, the two countries agreed again so that Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan get protection and the problem can be resolved quickly. Then, after the cooperation renewal, the issues experienced by Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan in 2020 were determined with a percentage of 83.3%. It means Indonesia has succeeded in resolving the Indonesian Migrant Workers problem with the efforts that have been agreed upon by Taiwan.
Building Student’s Character in Primary School Through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of School Program
Authors: Mulyasari Effy , Ali Mohammad , Sukirman Dadang
Published: August 2021

Primary school as a place of learning is expected to be able to provide initial experience to introduce how to create solutions to problems and find new paths to a better and more sustainable future. We as individuals and community members in schools together with the government are responsible for creating a prosperous life. This research is to find out what activities have been carried out in schools that support the Sustainable Development Goals Program (SDGs). From these school activities, what characters can be built? What activities can be added to shaping the character of students in elementary schools? The research method is qualitative, with the type of document and content analysis, and interviews. The data of this study came from 54 primary schools consisting of 27 public and 27 private primary schools, representing 8 provinces in 18 districts/cities with accreditation A 87%, accreditation B 9%, and other 4% have not yet released the accreditation. The implementation of school programs referred to 17 SDGs programs. The results obtained by activities carried out by primary schools helped develop programs of Quality Education 55%, Life on Land 33%, Zero Hunger, and Good Health & Well Being 6%. Five main character values can be formed, namely, religion, nationalism, independence, cooperation, and integrity. Other activities that can be added to the school program include; donate items that are no longer used; don't waste food & support local farmers; avoid wasting water; use energy-efficient tools; bike, walk or use public transportation; bring your shopping bag; turn off lights; take a quick shower.
Financial Assessment on Designing Inventory Policy by Considering Demand, Lead Time, and Defective Product Uncertainties: A Monte Carlo Simulation
Authors: Rizqi Zakka Ugih , Khairunisa Adinda , Maulani Aniya
Published: August 2021

Inventory is one of the main components in supply chain. However, it is not easy to design inventory policy under uncertainties. The frequent occurrence of overstocks increases the company's financial expenditure. Otherwise, stockout decreases customer satisfaction and damage the company's image. This study aims to provide monte carlo model to design inventory policy with the aim of maximizing net income with a variety of uncertainties, one of the uncertainties is defective product because of the travel from suppliers. To handle the complexity and uncertainty of problem, a Monte Carlo simulation is used with spreadsheet-based representation. To test the reliability of the model, guitar company is used as relevant use case with uncertainty adhered ‘the greater number of order quantity, the greater likely the defective guitar will be’. The verification & validation process, experimental design, and alternative selection are also done with statistical tests. Based on the simulation result, it is known that changing the reorder point to 80 and the order quantity to 90 gives the best result which can increase net income by 0.44% compared to the initial net income. In addition, the number of stockouts has decreased.
Rebuilding Post-Pandemic Societies: Editorial Section
Authors: Sumardani Dadan
Published: August 2021

INDONESIAN SCHOLARS SCIENTIFIC SUMMIT (I3S) 2021 & OISAA ASIA-OCEANIA SYMPOSIUM 2021

DefinitionIndonesian Scholars Scientific Summit (I3S) 2021 is a scientific conference involving Indonesian scholars who currently work or study in Taiwan and outside of Taiwan, such as Indonesia and other countries. 

This event is conducted by Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI) Taiwan, which is the Overseas Indonesian Student’s Association Alliance in Taiwan, in collaboration with Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Dunia Kawasan (PPIDK) Asia-Oceania or the Overseas Indonesian Student’s Association Alliance for Asia-Oceania Region, who have their annual symposium in 2021. These two associations are referred to as PPI Taiwan and OISAA Asia-Oceania, throughout this conference. 

The joint event of I3S 2021 and the OISAA Asia-Oceania Symposium 2021 is scheduled to be conducted on June 21-27, 2021 and being hosted by PPI Taiwan. The main event is taking place on June 25-27, 2021 which is prompted by four days of pre-event series on June 21-23, 2021.

BackgroundDated back on December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) received a notification of pneumonia disease, whose source was unidentified, in Wuhan, China. Then, the disease which was caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was referred by WHO as COVID-19. The COVID-19 was designated by WHO as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Furthermore, by January 29, 2021, as many as 102.6 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 2.2 million deaths have been reported by WHO. Globally, five countries experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases are the United States, India, Brazil, Russia and Great Britain.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused not only casualties but also opens up opportunities, among others are in the fields of technology, education and health. In the field of technology, we can observe the increasing use of technology for distance or remote education and the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various fields including health. In the health sector, technology related to telemedicine and vaccines has also begun to develop. There has also been an expectation that within the post- COVID-19 period, the novel ideas keep developing, and Indonesia can take an active role in developing this.

Regarding the aforementioned situation, the establishment of the 2021 Indonesian Scholar Scientific Summit (I3S 2021) is expected to serve as a scientific forum for exchanging ideas among scientists, students and industry practitioners in all relevant fields in order to generate innovative ideas that can be developed in the post-COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Objectives

To promote the development of scientific ideas from and among the participants and speakers.

To disseminate new knowledge to the participants, committees, and speakers.

To establish a network among the participants, committees, and speakers.

To increase awareness on current issues related to the conference’s theme.
Sustainable Tourism Destination Assessment as a Baseline for Tanjung Kelayang Tourism Development
Authors: Andrariladchi Herdi , Arunotai Narumon
Published: August 2021

Tourism is a complex and prominent sector in Indonesia that involved many stakeholders. Led by the success story of Bali tourism development which able to grow beyond all expectation, helping to improve public and private infrastructure, including the birth and growth of small-medium enterprises, led the Indonesian government to distribute and spread the development all over Indonesia through Ten New Bali concept. One of these is Tanjung Kelayang, located in Belitung Island. Despite Bali success stories, negative impacts of Bali tourism development on environmental sustainability appeared, such as land-use change, soil and water degradation, pollutions, waste mismanagement, etc. Reflected from Bali negative tourism impact, this paper will identify and analyse Tanjung Kelayang tourism development as a New Bali using sustainable tourism destination criteria to create baseline data. A qualitative approach using both primary data by on-site observation and in-depth interview with related parties, and secondary data by identifying the Local Official Tourism Development Master Plan (RIPPARKAB) year 2014 and other studies in regards with Tanjung Kelayang tourism development by using GSTC-D V2 as a tool to reflect sustainability commitment was occurred on this paper. The result of compliance shows that only 19% for Sustainable Management, 4% for Socio-Economy Sustainability, 11% for Cultural Sustainability, and 0% for Environmental Sustainability. Thus, it shows the gap of Tanjung Kelayang tourism development in regards with sustainable destination concept. Hence, a commitment, communication, and cooperation from all related parties is necessary to be in place to achieve a sustainable tourism destination development in Tanjung Kelayang.
Implementation of Permaculture Design to Achieve Food Self-Sufficiency in Mood Forest Farm, Hualien County, Eastern Taiwan
Authors: Sukmarani Elok , Tsai Jiehn-Fu
Published: August 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that has hit more than 100 countries including Taiwan. The agricultural sector is one of the sectors that has experienced the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the strategies and efforts that can solve it is food self-sufficiency through increasing production, diversifying local food, and developing sustainable agriculture. While in the process to achieve food self-sufficiency, there are also many challenges like intensive farming. Therefore, an effort is needed to improve the environment, the quality, and the safety of agriculture products through ecological balance. Permaculture is the system that uses natural principles between humans to live more productive with their environment. Through this concept, practitioners can be more productive with their environment. The study aims to analyze the implementation of permaculture design for food self-sufficiency on farm in eastern Taiwan. This study was used qualitative methods through interviews, participant observation, field notes, documentation to collect data. The result that practitioners integrate several designs based on principles and ethics of permaculture, including providing their food, fruit, vegetables, and livestock products. Practitioners also integrate elements into a multi-functional design, creative ideas to solve the problem that they face and make these efforts a challenge for them, such as bird kites and eagle poles for rice paddy pest problems. Thus, the concept of permaculture has been proven to increase productivity, harmony, and sustainability with the environment through the use of natural principles and human life.
Forecasting COVID-19 Vaccination Trends in Indonesia using Machine Learning
Authors: Aqil Ahmad Fauzan , Lee Hsi-Chieh , Wardani Sofi Ismarilla
Published: August 2021

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic requires much research to deal with this problem. Medical treatment has resulted in vaccine findings that work as an immune system to block the COVID-19 reaction process. However, many of these developments are still undergoing improvement and periodic testing to found better results for humans. Therefore, forecasting trends of the COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia is carried out to regularly predict vaccines' effectiveness by adjusting conditions. This forecasting uses the time-series forecasting method by prioritizing a machine learning process in predicting probably future forecasts. Based on the highest vaccine used, we propose ARIMA and Facebook Prophet as machine learning models to predict vaccine trends in each country. The Prophet model results achieved an RMSE score of 0.176, which these results contained vaccines distributed in Indonesia. Besides that, the ARIMA model achieved an RMSE score of 0.453 using the same dataset. The results obtained from this method can be considered a policy for the government to deal with the effective use of vaccines according to future needs. As a further development, this research can be reviewed by paying attention to external aspects such as social and economic factors affecting the COVID-19 vaccination. The results obtained are more comprehensive and representative than this research based on conditions that provide policies for handling COVID-19.
The Association Between Femoroacetabular Impingement and Internal Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures
Authors: Kılıç Ali İhsan , Özmanevra Ramadan , Eroğlu Osman Nuri
Published: August 2021

Objective: Congenital deformities, slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease have been suggested as possible causes for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The aim of our study is to describe the radiographic signs of FAI after femoral neck fractures and to compare these data with those of the contralateral hip. Method: Our institutional medical records database was retrospectively searched for patients 18-50 years old with a history of femoral neck fractures (OTA 31-B) between 2010-2019. Fifty-two patients were identified. After exclusion criteria, we detected 37 fractures in 37 patients. The mean age of 29 male and 8 female patients was 32,7 (range 18-48) years. The antero-posterior and cross- table lateral views of bilateral hip joints for all 37 patients were reviewed preoperatively and at final follow-up. The mean follow-up period was 48 months (range 6-98 months). In addition, postoperative CT-scans of these patients were also reviewed. Results: According to OTA classification subtypes, 2 subcapital (31B1), 25 transcervical (31B2) and 10 basicervical (31B3) fractures were detected. The mean alpha angle on lateral X-ray of the operated side was statistically significantly higher than the unaffected side. The mean alpha angle on CT was higher on the operated side than the unaffected side. In addition, the acetabular version angle on CT was higher on the unaffected side while acetabular depth on CT was higher on the operated side. The lateral CE angle on the AP X-ray was not different on the unaffected side compared to the operated side. Conclusion: Symptoms of impingement can be seen in patients undergoing internal fixation after femoral neck fracture, and a decrease in acetabular version and an increase in acetabular depth may be predisposing to femoral neck fracture.
Kalça Osteoartritinde Artroskopik Debridman Sonrası Hasta Memnuniyeti ve Hastanın Beklentisi
Authors: Yanık Berkay , Asma Ali , Hapa Onur
Published: August 2021

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the expectation and satisfaction of patients treated with hip arthroscopy for moderate to advanced hip osteoarthritis. Method: Eighteen patients with Tönnis grade 2 or 3 hip osteoarthritis who were treated with hip arthroscopy and followed up for at least one year, were included in the study. All patients received partial labrum debridement with limited rim excision (3-5mm), chondroplasty and excision of osteophytes/cam lesion. Demographic data, education level, VAS scores, time to the last follow-up, expectation and satisfaction levels were evaluated. Results: There was not any correlation between any parameters tested except a negative correlation between time to follow up and satisfaction level, time to follow-up and satisfaction point. When short-term follow-up patients were compared with longer term follow-up groups, patient satisfaction levels, and scores were higher. Conclusion: Satisfaction levels of patients, treated with arthroscopic debridement for advanced hip osteoarthritis, is dependent on the follow-up time. Patients are satisfied up to 2 years postoperatively.
Sociology of tennis: research on socialisation, participation and retirement of tennis players
Authors: Probert Abbie , Crespo Miguel
Published: August 2021

This article covers some of the most relevant research studies related to tennis sociology. They will be classified in content areas for clarification including topics related to participation, socialisation of players, retirement, gender, social class and structure in tennis.