bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identification of the Challenges of Life Cycle Costing in Green Construction Projects in Malaysia
Authors:   Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, 40450, MALAYSIA, Maisham Mysarah , Adnan Hamimah ,   Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, 40450, MALAYSIA, Ismail Noor Akmal Adillah ,   Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying,  Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, 40450, MALAYSIA
Published: March 2022

Concerns on the effect of construction industry to the environment has driven an increase in sustainable construction activities as well as green initiatives. Life cycle costing (LCC) which is a method of assessing the total cost of ownership of an asset or project has been commonly associated with sustainable-related studies and are used around the world for the last few decades. Even though many benefits have been associated with LCC, its implementation in construction industry is still limited, particularly in green construction projects. This paper aimed to identify the main challenges in implementing LCC in Malaysia’s green construction projects. A quantitative approach via questionnaires survey was conducted on 200 respondents from various backgrounds, namely architects, quantity surveyors, engineers and other professionals typically would be involved in LCC preparation for green construction projects in Malaysia. The questionnaires were distributed to the respondents via traditional mail followed by e-mail as well as online platforms in order to increase the response rate. A total of fifty (50) completed and usable questionnaires were collected and analysed based on mean scores and ranking method. It was discovered that the main challenges of LCC in green construction projects were insufficient project or context specific data and difficulties in carrying out LCC calculations due to absent of proper LCC guidelines or framework. The findings serve as a valid point of reference for industry participants concerned with green developments to improve the LCC process and its adoption in Malaysia’s green construction projects. Efforts must be taken to minimize or ease these challenges perhaps by formulating a framework or guideline specifically designed to address the challenges, thus improving the LCC process and encouraging its adoption in Malaysia which will ultimately contribute towards achieving the world’s green construction agenda.
Ranking of Risk Management Factors Influencing SMEs Organizational Performance
Authors:   Institute of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship,  Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA, Nasser Al Shamsi Nasser Salem , Aris Amir ,   Institute of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship,  Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, MALAYSIA
Published: March 2022

UAE Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a central role in socio-economic transformation, poverty reduction, job creation, and wealth creation. However, most SMEs faced unsustainable growth due to a lack of managing risk. Hence, this paper presents a study on the ranking of risk management practices that influence SMEs' organizational performance in the UAE. The study has identified 11 factors, and these factors were classified into four groups: risk management process; operational risk management; risk assessment, risk control. These factors were used in the questionnaire development used in the survey to measure the respondents’ perceptions of these factors. The data collected from the questionnaire survey were analysed to rank these factors using mean and standard deviation values scored by the individual factor. In the risk management process group, it was found that the highest rank is the treat risk. The second group is operational risk management. The highest-ranked factor is the system, followed by the third group, which is Risk assessment with risk prioritization as the critical factor. The highest-ranking factor for the final group, risk control, is the risk management plan. These findings will help the SMEs community to handle risk either at the planning or the implementation stage of their activities to ensure the sustainability of the SMEs industry in UAE.
The effect of multilingualism on the writing skills of Moroccan students learning Turkish as a foreign language (A1-A2)
Authors:   Bursa Uludag University, Turkey, Çanakli Levent
Published: March 2022

As in teaching other languages, the most difficult of the four basic skills in teaching Turkish as a foreign language is writing; it includes very different strategies from sequencing to analysis and synthesis. In addition, foreign language learners tend to transfer the forms and meanings of their own culture and language to the target language and culture. Transfer means mutual benefit to be taken from their mother tongue as well as the other language(s) at the students’ disposal and it can be observed more in bilingual or multilingual individuals. In this sense, interfering negative transfer is a type of transfer that can exhibit itself as words, affixes/suffixes and syntax, while bilingual or multilingual individuals learn Turkish. The primary purpose of this study is to identify the mistakes caused by interfering negative transfers, show the effect of multilingualism on students, and help the instructors of Turkish as a foreign language. The study group consisted of 115 Moroccan students at the level of A1-A2 who learnt Turkish in the second and third course period of the 2021-2022 academic year at the ULUTÖMER language teaching center of Bursa Uludağ University. The writing skills course papers of these students at the A1-A2 level the end-of-course exam were chosen as samples. The research model was qualitatively patterned, and the research data were obtained through document analysis. The writing skills course examples included in the study were examined using the scanning technique. As far as the goals of this study are concerned, it was found that the participant students benefited from their mother tongue as well as the other languages at their disposal in their writing skills the end-of-course exam papers. The writing skills of the end-of-course exam paper of the students were evaluated within the framework of the titles of words, affixes/suffixes and syntax. This study is significant in the sense that it reveals which languages at their disposal the Moroccan students benefit from when they use Turkish in their writing skills course. After identifying the interfering negative effects of the languages that the students knew over the target language, suggestions were offered about how to eliminate those negative effects.
Health Datasets as Assets: Blockchain-Based Valuation and Transaction Methods
Authors: M. Charles Wendy , M. Delgado Brooke
Published: March 2022

There is increasing recognition that health-oriented datasets could be regarded as intangible assets: distinct assets with future economic benefits but without physical properties. While health-oriented datasets—particularly health records—are ascribed monetary value on the black market, there are few established methods for assessing value for legitimate research and business purposes.

The emergence of blockchain has created new commerce opportunities for transferring assets without intermediaries. Therefore, blockchain is proposed as a medium by which research datasets could be transacted to provide future value. Blockchain methodologies also offer security, auditability, and transparency to authorized individuals for verifying transactions. The authors will share data valuation methodologies consistent with accounting principles and include discussions of black market valuation of health data. Further, this article describes blockchain-based methods of managing real-time payment/micropayment strategies.
Decentralized Identity Management for E-Health Applications: State-of-the-Art and Guidance for Future Work
Authors: Satybaldy Abylay , Hasselgren Anton , Nowostawski Mariusz
Published: March 2022

Background: The increasing usage of various online services requires an efficient digital identity management approach. Unfortunately, the original Internet protocols were not designed with built-in identity management, which creates challenges related to privacy, security, and usability. Thereis an increasing concern regarding the management of these sensitive data in the society, who have access to it and where it is stored. Blockchain technology can, potentially offer a secure solution to address this problem, in a decentralized manner without any centralized authority. This is of importance for e-health services where the patient and the healthcare provider often are required toprove their identity. Blockchain technology can be utilized for creating digital identities and make themanagement of those identities easier, giving a higher degree of control to the user than what current solutions offer. It can be used for creating a digital identity on the blockchain, making it easier to manage for individuals and entities, giving them greater control over who has their personal in-formation and how they handle it, and it could be utilized to create a higher degree of trust andsecurity to e-health applications.

Objective The aim of this research work is to review the state-of-the- art regarding blockchain-based decentralized identity management for healthcare applications. Based on this summary, we provide a viewpoint on how blockchain-based decentralized identity frameworks couldbe utilized for virtualized healthcare applications.

Method This research has applied a scoping, semi-systematic review approach to summarize thestate-of-the-art. Included identity management systems were evaluated based on seven criteria:Autonomy, Authority, Availability, Approval, Confidentiality, Tenacity and Interoperability ResultsSeven blockchain-based identity management systems were included and evaluated in this work:These include solutions built with Ethereum, Hyperledger Indy, Hyperledger Fabric, Hedera andSovrin  blockchains.

Conclusion Digital identity management is crucial for virtual healthcare. Decentralized identity management for healthcare purposes is currently being explored, both in academia and the private sector. More work is needed with the aim to improve the efficiency of current DIM solutions and to fully understand what technical frameworks are best suited for e-health applications.
Magnetic field of pulsating stars
Authors: Butkovskaya Varvara , Plachinda Sergei
Published: March 2022

To date, magnetic fields have been detected in various types of pulsating stars. For several of these stars, the variability of the magnetic field with their radial pulsation period was confirmed. The physical mechanism of the pulsation variability of the magnetic field remains unknown. We discuss the current state of the problem of magnetic field variability over pulsation cycles in radially pulsating stars.
Misalignments in NGC 1068
Authors: Vermot Pierre
Published: March 2022

NGC 1068 is a nearby Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) of type 2, meaning that its accretion disk is hidden behind a large amount of foreground extinction. Observations at several wavelengths have revealed various disk-like structures around the nucleus, all possibly part of the putative torus responsible for the obscuration of the AGN. I present results based on a GRAVITY/VLTI interferometric observation in the near-infrared, which provides very high angular resolution and gives insights into the geometry of the innermost region of this torus. The 3D orientation of the structure is surprising in several aspects, as it is misaligned with other disks present around the nucleus, and leaves a clear line of sight toward the central source.
Perilaku Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi Pekerjaan Bebas Di Kota Denpasar
Authors: Sani Putu Juita , Sulfan Sulfan
Published: March 2022

Latar belakang dilakukan penelitian ini adalah adanya penurunan rasio kepatuhan pada Wajib Pajak (WP) Orang Pribadi (OP) yang memperoleh penghasilan dari pekerjaan bebas di Kota Denpasar. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif ini bertujuan utntuk mengetahui gambaran dan determinan perilaku kepatuhan WP OP. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah delapan orang WP terdaftar di KPP Pratama Denpasar Barat dan KPP Pratama Denpasar Timur yang merupakan WP OP yang memperoleh penghasilan dari pekerjaan bebas. Metode penentuan sampel yang digunakan adalah teknik purposive sampling. Teknik yang digunakan adalah in depth interview dengan wawancara semi terstruktur. Selanjutnya data direduksi dan disajikan, kemudian diverifikasi dan disajikan. Adapun penelitian ini memberikan hasil bahwa WP OP yang memperoleh penghasilan dari pekerjaan bebas di Kota Denpasar sebagian besar telah berperilaku patuh. Determinan perilaku kepatuhan tersebut berasal dari faktor internal dan eksternal. Faktor eksternal tersebut berupa kerja sama dengan kantor pajak dan norma subyektif, sedangkan kesadaran atas peraturan perpajakan tidak memiliki pengaruh terhadap perilaku kepatuhan partisipan. Faktor internal yang mendukung perilaku kepatuhan partisipan adalah tersebut adalah sikap; kontrol perilaku yang dirasakan; dan, cara pandang: usia, pendidikan dan profesi.
Evaulation of renewable energy source alternatives prioritization
Authors: KANTOĞLU Barış , DUZDAR ARGUN İrem
Published: March 2022

Today the renewable energy is an alternative energy source being more important. The reasons for its importance are minimizing the risks at environmental, economic and social areas caused by the traditional energy sources and reducing the need for energy importation. Because of these it is important to determine the affecting criteria of the renewable energy sources for the investors of this industry as a guide. In modelling and analysis of the criteria and the sub-criteria MCDM (Multi Criteria Decision Making Model) can be used. In this study, the ANP model is used to propose evaluation of the renewable energy source selection criteria. In this study, an application of the recommended basis for the renewable energy source selection problem criteria and the ANP model for the optimum renewable energy source project is proposed. The expert opinions are employed to gather data in the proposed model. The technical, environmental, economic, and social risk criteria and the importance levels of the sub-criteria are analyzed under the light of the expert opinions. The Hazardous Waste, Effects to Climate Changes, Noise, Reduction in Gas Emission and National Energy Security are found as the superior criteria.
The Impact of Unions on Job Satisfaction: A Review
Authors: ÖZYAVAŞ Sinan
Published: March 2022

In the last 40 years, the effect of unions on job satisfaction has attracted the attention of those working in the fields of economics, industrial relations, and industrial psychology. It is known that in most of the studies in the literature, this effect results in negative and ‘out of the reasonable framework’. In studies published in recent years, it has been found that the direction of this effect has changed. This shows that the relationship between the union and job satisfaction is more complex than it seems.

In this review, the studies in English that are evaluated by scanning the Web of Science® database are included in the SSCI, SCI-Expanded, ESCI, CPCI-SSH indexes. It is discussed in these research articles and academic papers, that according to which criteria the predictive variables used while investigating the effect in question were determined.

As a result, in the literature, it is seen that membership status, unionization rate, the employee to be within the scope of the union, and the existence of the union in the workplace are determined as the union variables. While concurrency between union variables and job satisfaction is often not taken into account in the exit-voice hypotheses, it is seen that the instrumental variable and fixed-effect models have been developed to solve the endogeneity problem caused by concurrent causality in the ‘reverse causality’ hypotheses. Especially considering the problem of endogeneity highlighted in the ‘reverse causality’ hypotheses, in this study, a model in which the effect of the employees' perception of union effectiveness and job satisfaction on the dependent variable can be tested as the predictor variable for the labor relations systems where the benefits obtained from the union gains do not depend on the membership status and the employees do not have the opportunity of collective labor agreement through the unions.
Resume ekonomi mikro muhammad agung
Authors: agung Muhammad
Published: March 2022

Resume ekonomi mikro
Fabel dalam Sastra Banjar dan Keterkaitannya dengan Pembelajaran IPS
Authors: Yasir Muhammad
Published: March 2022

Fabel merupakan cerita yang menggunakan hewan sebagai tokoh utamanya, yang bisa berbicara layaknya manusia. Yang mana dalam fabel ini tersirat makna pesan moral. Fabel yang umumnya berupa cerita rakyat dengan pesan-pesan moral di dalamnya, konon dianggap oleh sejarah wan Yunani Herodotus sabagai hasil temuan seorang budak Yuani yang bernama Aesop pada abad ke-6 SM. Fabel adalah kisah fiksi, bukan kisah kehidupan nyata. Pada artikel ini membahas mengenai sejarah fabel, definisi fabel, ciri-ciri teks fabel, struktur teks fabel serta keterkaitan fabel dengan pembelajaran IPS. Dengan mencari, membaca dan memahami karya ilmiah yang berkaitan dengan fabel. Maka terkumpullah informasi sehingga menjadi artikel ini. Fabel memberikan contoh teladan bagi pembacanya. Fabel dalam sastra banjar berkaitan tentang menjadi teladan dan dengan pemebelajaran IPS berkaitan dengan moral.
Yunanistan Dışişleri Bakanı Dendias Doğu Ege Adaları Ve Oniki Adalar'ın Askerden Arındırılmış Statüsünü Kabul Etti
Authors: Tulun Teoman Ertuğrul
Published: March 2022

Doğu Ege Adaları, Lozan Barış Antlaşması çerçevesinde askerden arındırılmış niteliktedir. Doğu Ege Adaları üzerindeki egemenlik hakkı ile bunların askerden arındırılmış statüleri arasında doğrudan bir ilişki bulunmaktadır. Yunanistan’ın Doğu Ege Adaları’nı silahlandırması, Lozan Barış Antlaşması’nın "esaslı ihlali" niteliğindedir, zira bunların askerden arındırılmış statüsü, anılan barış antlaşmasının amacının veya hedefinin gerçekleştirilmesi için elzemdir. Herhangi bir barış antlaşmasının temel maddelerinden birinin ‘esaslı ihlali’, antlaşmaların ilgili maddelerinde sözü edilen adalar üzerindeki egemenlik hakkını sorgulanabilir kılan bir durumla sonuçlanabilir. Türkiye’nin güney ve güneybatı sahillerine yakın konumda bulunan Rodos gibi büyük ve Meis gibi küçük adaları kapsayan Oniki Adalar da 1947 Paris Antlaşması’nın 14’üncü maddesi ile askerden arındırılmış statüdedir. Yunanistan Dışişleri Bakanı Nikos Dendias, Rusya Federasyonu'nun Ukrayna'ya düzenlediği son askeri operasyon arifesinde 18 Şubat 2022'de Moskova'yı ziyaret etti. Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Lavrov Dendias ile düzenlediği ortak basın toplantısında, ismi açıklanmayan bir gazetecinin Türkiye’nin Doğu Ege Adaları üzerindeki Yunan egemenliğini sorgulaması yönündeki alakasız bir sorusuna verdiği yanıtta, hem Doğu Ege Adaları hem de Oniki Adaların askerden arındırılmış statüde olduklarını kabul etti. Yunanistan'ın uluslararası çok taraflı anlaşmaların hükümlerini esaslı şekilde ihlal etmesinin, önümüzdeki dönemde beklenmedik ciddi sorunlara yol açması şaşırtıcı olmayacaktır.
Pengantar Makro Ekonomi Islam
Authors: Annisa Nurul
Published: March 2022

Masalah-masalah makro ekonomi yang dihadapi adalah : 1) Pengangguran 2) Inflasi 3)Pertumbuhan ekonomi 4) Ketidakstabilan neraca perdagangan dan pembayaran.
Studi Kasus: Asuhan Keperawatan Jiwa Pada Tn.T Dengan Halusinasi Pendengaran Di Ruang Anggrek
Authors: Mendrofa Blessery Oktorina
Published: March 2022

Penatalaksaan halusinasi yaitu membantu mengenali halusinasi dengan cara melakukan diskusi dengan klien tentang halusinasinya (apa yang didengar/dilihat), waktu terjadi halusinasi, frekuensi halusinasi, situasi yang menyebabkan halusinasi muncul dan respon klien saat halusinasi muncul, untuk dapat mengontrol halusinasi klien dapat mengendalikan halusinasinya ketika halusinasi kambuh, penerapan ini dapat menjadi jadwal kegiatan sehari-hari yang dapat diterapkan klien yang bertujuan untuk mengurangi masalah halusinasi yang dialami klien dengan gangguan persepsi sensori (halusinasi dengar)
Reading Bruno Latour's Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Authors: Ajvazi Irfan
Published: March 2022

Latour does not seek any “hidden” reasons behind actions; there is not a dictionary or encyclopedia explaining the sources of the behaviors of the actors. No meta-language is in question. The analyst cannot address any invisible agency. If an agency is invisible, then it has no effect, therefore it is not an agency. If an analyst says: “No one mentions it. For Latour, agency is not limited to human beings, but objects should also be counted as agents which is one of the most attractive aspect of actor-network theory.
Koperasi Syariah dan UMKM
Authors: kasim Habibah ibrahim
Published: March 2022

Koperasi sebagai gerakan ekonomi rakyat, dan merupakan salah satu pilar ekonomi, selayaknya perlu mendapat perhatian serius dari pemerintah. Di sisi lain, salah satu upaya pemerintah dalam mengurangi gerakan dan mengentaskan kemiskinan dilakukan melalui program-program pemberdayaan ekonomi rakyat. Dengan demikian, melalui pemberdayaan koperasi diharapkan akan mendukung upaya pemerintah tersebut. Dalam upayanya, pemerintah dalam hal ini Kementerian Negara Koperasi dan Usaha Kecil dan Menengah untuk dapat menghasilkan program dan kebijakan yang dapat mendukung tumbuh dan berkembangnya koperasi. Meski berat menghadang di hadapan kita, namun koperasi sebagai pilar ekonomi yang berbasis ekonomi skala kecil dan mikro terus berupaya mengembangkannya. Komitmen dan statmen nasional yang sudah kita baca dan kita dengar di media massa, bahwa peranan ekonomi skala kecil dan mikro harus diperhitungkan karena penyerapan tenaga kerja dan penanggulangan krisis ini menunjukkan hal yang sangat positif.
Pengertian koperasi, koperasi syariah dan UMKM
Authors: Resky Andi Sry Aska
Published: March 2022

koperasi syariah adalah bentuk koperasi yang memiliki prinsip, tujuan, dan kegiatan usahanya berdasarkan syariah Islam, yaitu Al-quran dan Assunah.Secara umum, koperasi ini merupakan badan usaha koperasi yang menjalankan aktivitas usahanya berdasarkan pada prinsip-prinsip syariah. Semua unit usaha, produk, dan operasional koperasi ini dilakukan sesuai dengan fatwa Dewan Syariah Nasional (DSN) Majelis Ulama Indonesia.Dengan begitu, di dalam operasional koperasi ini tidak akan ditemukan unsur-unsur riba, masyir, dan ghara. Selain itu, badan usaha ini juga tidak diperkenankan untuk melakukan berbagai transaksi derivatif seperti halnya lembaga keuangan syariah lainnya.Tujuan koperasi syariah adalah untuk membantu meningkatkan para anggotanya dan juga kesejahteraan masyarakat secara umum, serta membangun perekonomian Indonesia sesuai prinsip-prinsip Islam.
Elevated ITGB4 expression distinguishes basal-like human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2022

Patients diagnosed with basal-like breast cancer face a more aggressive disease course and more dismal prognosis than patients diagnosed with luminal A and luminal B breast cancer molecular subtypes (1-4). We mined published microarray data (5, 6) to understand in an unbiased fashion the most distinguishing transcriptional features of tumors from patients with basal or basal-like subtype breast cancer. We observed transcriptome-wide differential expression of integrin subunit beta 4, ITGB4, when comparing tumors of patients with basal-like breast cancer with that of other PAM50 molecular subtypes. ITGB4 mRNA was present at significantly higher quantities in the tumors of patients with basal-like breast cancer. Analysis of patient survival data revealed that ITGB4 primary tumor expression was correlated with distant metastasis-free survival in normal-like subtype breast cancer. Elevated ITGB4 expression appears to distinguish basal-like human breast cancer from the other molecular subtypes.
Pengertian KOPERASI, KOPERASI SYARIAH dan UMKM
Authors: Islami Adelia Nurul
Published: March 2022

Perkembangan Koperasi dan UMKM berperan penting dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia, tanpa adanya kontribusi Koperasi dan UMKM dalam perekonomian Indonesia, negara Indonesia tidak mampu bersaing dengan negara-negara berkembang dan maju lainnya. Karena negara-negara maju dan berkembang menggunakan Koperasi dan UMKM dalam memberikan peluang untuk mesejahterakan masyarakat dan negara mereka. Hal ini harus di manfaatkan oleh Indonesia dan masyarakatnya untuk memajukan perekonomian dan memerikan kesejahteran ekonomi masyarakat. Apalagi saat kebanyakan masyarakat Indonesia menggunakan Koperasi dan UMKM sebagai peluang dalam mensejahterakan perekonomian mereka. Masyarakat Indonesia marilah kita meningkatkan kesadaran dari diri kita masing-masing dalam usaha untuk meningkatkan koperasi di Indonesia. Meningkatkan selera masyarakat untuk tertarik dalam berkoperasi. Selain itu masyarakat indonesia harus memberikan perubahan yang ada untuk lebih mensejahterakan koperasi Indonesia agar menjadi lebih baik dari sebelumnya.Kata Kunci : Koperasi, UMKM, Perkembangan
Denudation partitioning in carbonate regions reveal climatic and tectonic drivers of carbonate landscape evolution
Authors: Ott Richard , Gallen Sean , Helman David
Published: March 2022

Carbonate rocks are highly reactive and presumably have higher ratios of chemical weathering to total denudation relative to most other rock types. Their high chemical reactivity affects the first-order morphology of carbonate-dominated landscapes and their sensitivity to climate. However, there have been few efforts to quantify the partitioning of denudation into physical erosion and chemical weathering in carbonate landscapes such that their sensitivity to changing climate and tectonic conditions and its effect on topography remains elusive. Here, we compile bedrock and catchment-average cosmogenic calcite-36Cl denudation rates and compare them to weathering rates. Local bedrock lowering and weathering rates are comparable, ~20 – 40 mm/ka, whereas catchment-average rates, which exist only for the Mediterranean, are ~2.7 times higher. This discrepancy is lower than the 15-fold difference in silicate-rich rocks illustrating that elevated weathering rates make denudation more spatially uniform in carbonate-dominated landscapes. Catchment-average denudation rates correlate well with topographic relief and hillslope gradient. Comparing these results with weathering rates shows that mechanical erosion processes contribute ~50% of denudation in southern France and ~70% in Greece and Israel. Our results indicate that the partitioning between largely slope-independent chemical weathering and slope-dependent mechanical erosion varies based on climate and tectonics. In humid, slowly uplifting regions, carbonates are associated with low-lying, flat topography because slope-independent chemical weathering dominates denudation. In contrast, in more arid climates with rapid rock uplift rates, carbonate rocks form steep mountains that facilitate rapid, slope-dependent mechanical erosion required to compensate for inefficient chemical weathering coupled with runoff loss to groundwater systems.
Subjective Experiences of Committed Meditators Across Practices Aiming for Contentless States
Authors: Woods Toby , Windt Jennifer , Brown Lydia , Carter Olivia , Van Dam Nicholas T
Published: March 2022

Objectives: Contentless experience involves an absence of mental content such as thoughts and perceptions. It is often described as pure consciousness or complete stillness/silence, and is a goal in Shamatha, Thai Forest, and Stillness Meditation. This study examined the subjective character of the typical experience of stillness/silence reported in each practice, and whether there are differences in reports across traditions.Methods: Eighty-four Shamatha, 80 Thai Forest, and 88 Stillness Meditation participants (M lifetime hours practice = 2,305; median = 671; range = 5–34,021) provided useable responses to an online questionnaire. Participants indicated the extent to which 48 types of mental content described as absent or present in traditional texts were part of their deepest experience of stillness/silence during a specific retreat or during class and home practice.Results: In each tradition participants typically reported a highly positive experience involving low awareness of content such as thoughts and perceptions, and a high degree of abstract content such as calm and mental relaxation. Across the practices there were robust differences with respect to bliss/joy, wakefulness, absorptiveness, and depth.Conclusions: The reported experiences are contentless in the sense that participants reported little awareness of content such as thoughts and perceptions. However, the experiences are not the states devoid of all content (and therefore identical to one another) that have been classically referred to in academic literature. These findings demonstrate the importance of examining contentless experiences in a fine-grained manner that takes into account abstract forms of content and assesses differences as well as similarities. [NOTE: This preprint has not undergone peer review. The peer reviewed version of this article has been published in Mindfulness and is available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-023-02145-0]
The predictive ability of parental support and child neurochemical architecture on emotion behaviour in girls aged 10-11.
Authors: Johnstone Nicola , Pilarova Veronika , Tenenbaum Harriet , Kadosh Kathrin Cohen
Published: March 2022

Middle childhood brings rapid, overlapping developmental changes when emotion behaviours are taking shape. Understanding how biological, familial, and social factors influence emotional ability in children can help scaffold support systems to build adaptive responses. Using multimodal assessments including brain imaging, emotion behaviour vignettes, and self-report questionnaires, we recruited 49 girls (M = 10.5 years, SD = 5 months) and their primary caregiver to investigate emotion behaviour in a one-year follow up study. Using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and morphological assessments of preselected brain regions associated with emotion behaviour, we found regional differences in neurochemical architecture, but our brain imaging data do not predict overt expressions of emotion behaviour in the girls. However, we found parents’ emotion behaviours and assessments of the girls’ emotions predicted emotion behaviour. Specifically, parents adapted their emotional socialisation processes for high socially anxious girls, and girls’ anxiety and depression levels were positively influenced by parents’ perceptions of their children’s emotion abilities and beliefs about the value of children’s emotion expression. This study highlights several ways in which parents are influential on children’s emotion behaviour and illustrates what brain imaging parameters may not be useful in understanding emotion development.
Neural correlates underlying social-cue induced value change
Authors: Terenzi Damiano , Madipakkam Apoorva , Molter Felix , Mohr Peter N. C. , Losecaat Vermeer Annabel B , Liu Lu , Park Soyoung Q
Published: March 2022

As social beings, human behavior and cognition are fundamentally shaped by information provided by peers, making human subjective value for rewards prone to be manipulated by perceived social information. Even subtle non-verbal social information, such as other’s eye gazes, can influence value assignment, such as food value. In this study, we investigate the neural underpinnings of how gaze-cues modify participants’ food value by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). During the gaze-cueing task, food items were repeatedly presented either while others looked at them or while they were ignored by others. We determined participants’ food values by assessing their willingness to pay (WTP) before and after a standard gaze-cueing training. Results revealed that participants were willing to pay significantly more for food items that were attended by others compared to the unattended food items. Neural data showed that differences in subjective values between the two conditions were accompanied by enhanced activity in the inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and caudate after food items were attended. Furthermore, the functional connectivity between the caudate and the angular gyrus precisely predicted the individual differences in the preference shift. Our results unveil the key neural mechanism underlying the influence of social cues on subjective value of food and highlight the crucial role of social context in shaping subjective value for food rewards in human.
Rule of Algorithm in Book of Lord Shang: Lessons To Learn
Authors: Zhu Wen Yi
Published: March 2022

For Book of Lord Shang`s author(s), cosmos moves entirely on mechanical laws, leaving no place for the transcendent, moral, or spiritual. The monarch, as a priori and only end of human activity, is perpetuated by a population driven merely by “nature”, sans moral capacity or ethical status. Safety of the monarch, in “international anarchy”, would thus be maximum physical power and world conquest, through a plow-and-pike policy, whose success requires total compliance to infallible, mechanical cosmic laws, by translating them into a algorithm that is no ordinary law, and executing such algorithm without exception. Such a rule by algorithm requires, in turn, automation by a fail-proof machine built of parts once human, undisturbed in operation by even the monarch, and may well preserve the monarch in a conquered world, even imitate good governance in every possible way. Yet those ruled would be left with no right or might, and butchered irregularly, but nonetheless, to prevent overloading the machine, with a high possibility of final annihilation. This cruelty, in the cosmology of Lord Shang, is yet just cause and even multiple grace, or at least “necessary evil”, under many pretences. As these pretenses would be able to hitchhike technology and political slogans of any time, they also unfolds a sobering scenario unfolds for the future: If technologies of tomorrow once again kindle the hopes and fears of world conquest, citizens then may once again desire “security” and “order” at any cost, and fall for new kinds of techno-barbarism, as conspired in ancient time, by those known as Lord Shang.
Avalokitesvara and an Old Uyghur Inscription from Bazaklik Cave 46
Authors:   Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Zieme P.
Published: March 2022

The paper examines an Avalokiteśvara painting of the Bäzäklik Cave 46 (Grünwedel's number 35; now preserved at The Hermitage). Its cartouche inscription in Old Uyghur confirms the identification of the main figure. The text gives an account of the reason for creating the painting, it also has a section of a merit transfer on behalf of the donator himself and his family members.
Problem of the Authorship of the ‘Ishq-name (“The Book of Love”) Poem Attributed to Sana’i from the Regard of Academic Oriental Studies and Modern Computer Technologies
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Drozdov V. , Šela A. ,   Institute of Polish Language (Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow)
Published: March 2022

One of the greatest Persian Sufi poets of the 12th century Sana’i (d. 535/1140 or 545/1150) is founder of the Sufi didactical mathnawi poem in Iran. His works exerted enormous influence upon many posterior authors in the Persian Sufi and secular poetry. But the problem of the authorship of Sana’i in regard to the short poems has been debated among the scientists during 20th century and right up to the nowadays. The paper covers the history of studying of the short poems attributed to Sana’i , special attention is devoted to ‘Ishq name (“The Book of Love”), one of the main Sufi writing in the Persian literature on the subject of Mystical Love. For the definition of the authorship of this poem the paper proposes the using of the latest computational methods in particular digital stylometry. The paper tries to answer the question, who is the author of ‘Ishq name poem: Sana’i or the Sufi shaykh and author of the 14th century ‘Izz al Din Mahmud Kashani (d. 735/1334–35).
Odpowiedzialność karna za podanie nieprawdy lub zatajenie prawdy w oświadczeniu o stanie majątkowym posła lub senatora – uwagi de lege lata i postulaty de lege ferenda
Authors: Kowalski Sebastian
Published: March 2022

The study presents the issue of criminal liability for a crime consisting in providing false information or concealing the truth in asset declaration of a deputy or senator. The author critically analyses categorisation of the crime, discusses the scope of criminalisation and the statutory limits of punishment. It is particularly controversial that a deputy or senator bears significantly more severe responsibility for providing false information or concealing the truth in the asset declaration than – for the same behaviour – other persons holding the highest state offices, e.g. the prime minister or ministers. The inconsistent regulations of the Polish legislator regarding the criminal liability of other public officials submitting asset declarations are also highly debatable. The author concludes that it is necessary to change the current regulations of criminal liability for providing false information or concealing the truth in the asset declaration of a deputy, senator and other public officials. The optimal solution would be to introduce to Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code a new type of crime – submitting a false asset declaration – with the possibility of classifying the perpetrator’s act as a minor offence.
Pelaksanaan Yuridis Terhadap Keputusan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor HK.01.07/Menkes/382/2020 dan Peraturan Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 24 Tahun 2021 Di The Cube Hotel
Authors: Winarno Susilo Budi , Widayati Endang , Isnugroho Endro
Published: March 2022

Pandemi Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) menyebabkan merosotnya kegiatan sektor perhotelan di DIY. Hotel-hotel yang sempat ditutup karena tidak mampu menutup biaya operasional dapat kembali beroperasi kembali dengan persyaratan mampu menerapkan protokol kesehatan untuk pencegahan dan pengendalian Covid-19 sesuai standar ketetapan pemerintah. Oleh sebab itu, pelaku industri hotel khususnya pemilik & karyawan perlu mendapatkan pelatihan pelaksanaan protokol kesehatan lingkungan hotel. Hal ini bertujuan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tamu terhadap produk, pelayanan prima dan fasilitas yang bersih, sehat, aman dan sesuai dengan protokol kesehatan. Sanksi Administrasi akan diberikan kepada pelanggar protokol kesehatan baik itu pengunjung maupun karyawan di The Cube Hotel DIY baik secara lisan maupun pemulangan ketempat asal hal ini sesuai dengan Peraturan Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 24 Tahun 2021 Tentang Penerapan Disiplin dan Penegakan Hukum Protokol Kesehatan Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Corona Virus Disease 2019.
STRATEGI PEMASARAN PRODUK OLAHAN IKAN "MEREK CEDEA" DI PT. CITRADIMENSI ARTHALI MUARA BARU JAKARTA UTARA
Authors:   Program Studi Agribisnis, Fakultas Bioindustri, Universitas Trilogi, Nisak Ristak Faidatun , Karim Muh. , Arman Arman
Published: March 2022

This research to study marketing strategy of fish processed products “Cedea Brand” at PT. Citradimensi Arthali Muara Baru Jakarta Utara. The company privantaly owned that produces processed fish products (frozen food). PT. Citradimensi Arthali has several obstacles on their marketing system that is processed fish of Cedea brand is frozen food, no have official digital store, branding less, production was relatively limited, not yet doing promotion maximal. The purpose of this research including (i) To analyze internal and external environmental factors that impact the marketing of PT. Citradimensi Arthali (ii) To analyze marketing strategy that have been implemented by the company (iii) Developing alternative strategy for marketing processed fish products at PT. Citradimensi Arthali. The sampling method in this study uses a “purposive sampling” where the respondent an “expert adjustment”. The results of valculations using the IFE and EFE matrix, internal factor affecting that is (i) corporate organization has been formed (ii) a tastier flavor of processed fish (iii) product trendy (iv) processing already using advanced technology. Meanwhile external factor affecting that is wide of market share. The results of calculations QSPM analysis concluded priorities of alternative strategy that can be applied by PT. Citradimensi Arthali is developing markets by expanding markets and providing information and introducing products to new area.
Byzantine seals in the Tunay Demran Collection
Authors: Seibt Werner , Ünal Ceren
Published: March 2022

The Collection of Tunay Demran, officially registered in the Manisa Archaeological Museum, contains seven seals, six of lead and one of silver, and one blank. Manisa, the Byzantine Magnesia Anelios on Mount Sipylos, with its fertile lowland and strategic location in Western Anatolia, has been home to different civilizations over the centuries, including the Lydian Kingdom, one of the most important ancient civilizations. In the 13th century, it became one of the more important cities of the Nicene Empire (established after the Latin invasion in 1204) and the seat of Ioannes III Doukas Vatatzes, who located an actively working mint there. Later on, the city and its environs came under the rule of the Beylik of Saruhan and the Ottoman Empire. There is a rich archaeological record of civil and religious architecture in Manisa and its surroundings, still awaiting full investigation. The article presents Demran’s collection of seals and explores potential ties with the archaeological remains of historical Magnesia.
The beginnings of the Alwan capital of Soba in light of new archaeological evidence
Authors: Drzewiecki Mateusz , Michalik Tomasz
Published: March 2022

The beginnings of Soba, the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Alwa, are usually dated to the 5th–6th centuries AD. Despite the consensus on the date, the question of what the city looked like during the initial period of its existence is still under discussion. The data on the early settlement at Soba is fragmentary. The results of recent excavations in the 2019–2020 season, including new radiocarbon datings, have provided additional information. Remains of early medieval brick architecture in Area CW and an early dating of Mound OS have been cross-referenced with archival data, leading the authors to hypothesize about the beginnings of Soba as a polycentric city with several areas featuring permanent buildings (of stone and/or brick) and vast areas dominated by frequently changing wooden architecture.
The Debre Gergis archaeological site: Polish research in the Tigray region of Ethiopia (preliminary conclusions)
Authors: Gaudiello Michela , Mackiewicz Maksym
Published: March 2022

A new Polish project, the first to be carried out in Ethiopia by the PCMA University of Warsaw, focused on the excavation of the ruins of a church tentatively dated to the Late Aksumite period (6th–8th centuries AD). The site, which is located in the northern region of Tigray in Ethiopia, was chosen for multiple reasons, not the least because of its location on ancient trade routes and because the surviving ruins offered the advantage of immediate visual impact. The work was unexpectedly interrupted by the global Covid-19 pandemic and recent political turbulences in the Tigray region. The paper discusses the early findings, providing, among others, a full description of the PolART excavations in the southeastern part of the church and the discovery of a rock shelter with ancient inscriptions and painted pictograms.
Criminofísica
Authors: Cunha Bruno Requião da , Santos Júnior Luiz Walmocyr dos , Passold Jean Fernando
Published: March 2022

Neste artigo, reestudamos, com uma linguagem voltada para a comunidade de Ciências Policiais, a rede de usuários de um fórum de pornografia infantil no navegador Tor investigada durante a Operação Darknet da Polícia Federal do Brasil. Essa estrutura criminosa tem características criminofísicas únicas, como uma pequena fração de usuários responsável pelo compartilhamento de mídia ilícita e uma arquitetura de relacionamento muito resistente à intervenção policial. A rede difere das organizações criminosas típicas, aproximando-se, em algum grau, da dinâmica observada em células terroristas. Ela também apresenta uma topologia análoga à de algumas conhecidas estruturas virais. De outra monta, medidas de correlação como rich-club e assortatividade indicam que existe uma cooperação entre pequenos e médios criminosos, enquanto os indivíduos mais proeminentes na rede obtêm apoio do grande número de usuários que apenas visualizam o material ilícito. Por termo, intervenções baseadas em Alvos Topológicos de Alto Retorno indicam que o trabalho policial poderia ter sido 1,6 vezes mais eficiente. Embora a intervenção policial tenha sido, estruturalmente falando, semelhante a ataques aleatórios, ela alcançou alta eficiência ao focar a rede de visualização, já que apenas 10 usuários contribuíram com mais de 1/3 do total de visualizações de postagens e, destes, 8 foram presos pela polícia.
Inteligência e Contra-Inteligência no Contraterrorismo
Authors: Matos Hermínio Joaquim de
Published: March 2022

Pretendemos efectuar uma reflexão crítica sobre o papel-chave da inteligência e contra-inteligência no contraterrorismo, com enfoque na vertente HUMINT, e no período temporal que medeia entre a II Guerra Mundial e a actualidade. Com o fim da Guerra Fria, a emergência de actores não-estatais violentos – de que o terrorismo jihadista é exemplo – levou a uma concentração excessiva na inteligência obtida através de meios TECHINT, diminuindo, assim, a visão estratégica e a eficácia operacional dos serviços de inteligência. Após os ataques terroristas de 2001, em solo norte-americano, as comunidades de inteligência reconheceram o papel fundamental da HUMINT face a uma nova tipologia de ameaças, com origem, organização e dinâmicas heterogéneas, altamente resilientes, e integrando quadros, intermédios e de topo, com conhecimentos e experiência militar de combate em conflitos anteriores, não raro ex-membros das forças militares ou de inteligência nos seus países de origem. Integrando os conceitos de utopia, distopia e retrotopia, a nossa análise concebe três períodos distintos, mas intimamente relacionados, que contextualizam três fases diferenciadas da actividade de inteligência e contra-inteligência – em particular, o papel da HUMINT – na prossecução dos fins da segurança e defesa dos Estados.
Organização criminosa transnacional
Authors: Andrade Felipe Scarpelli de , Almeida Frederico Novaes de
Published: March 2022

Os planos e ações da segurança pública no combate à criminalidade organizada transnacional devem considerar, para a estruturação e solução do problema, fatores interligados sistemicamente nos diversos níveis da sociedade – e não somente a importante tarefa da apuração criminal que, em sua atuação pontual, não elimina a causa e não alcança o objetivo pretendido de forma plena. Tomando-se como exemplo a maior organização criminosa transnacional da América Latina, o PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) paulista, a dimensão de ameaça a governos e sociedade compromete a consecução dos objetivos fundamentais do Estado, bem como tangencia a erosão de seus próprios fundamentos. Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar a importância de se instrumentalizar o Conhecimento de Inteligência no processo de assessoramento à tomada de decisão governamental, a fim de se conhecer o fenômeno criminal complexo para avançar além da eficácia local e momentânea, proporcionada pela persecução criminal. Ao propor uma visão científica da realidade, dotada de ferramentas e metodologias de análise e gestão do conhecimento, a exemplo da Value-Focused Thinking (VFT), pretende-se equipar a Inteligência Estratégica em sua função de conselheira do Estado para o enfrentamento ao crime organizado transnacional, pelo que permite a compreensão dilatada dos diversos fatores de influência relacionados ao seu fortalecimento.