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A Novel LNG Tank Containment Design for Large LNG Carriers
Authors: Noble Peter G. , Ronning Lars , Paulling John , Zhao Rong , Lee Hoseong
Published: July 2021

new concept for Large LNG carriers is proposed. This design utilizes membrane tanks with a cross section that reduces the liquid free surface inside the tanks. This reduced free surface results in lower sloshing impact loads on the tank membrane and insulation, extending membrane technology to larger LNG carriers than have hitherto been possible, providing improved costs and fabrication schedules. Further, this concept may extend membrane tank ships to more severe environments than previously thought possible.
Low Heat Input Welding for Thin Steel Fabrication
Authors: Kelly S. M. , Martukanitz R. P. , Michaleris P. , Bugarewicz M. , Huang T. D. , Kvidahl L.
Published: July 2021

As thinner members are used in marine construction, the use of conventional joining techniques result in significant angular and buckling distortion due to the inherent high heat input with these processes. Several low heat input alternatives, including laser beam, gas metal arc, and hybrid laser-arc welding are explored. The paper focuses on process development, real time distortion measurements and implementation of these processes.
Case Study: Stability Testing of Oceanographic Research Vessels Reveals Trends in Weight Growth
Authors: Miller Matthew S. , Althouse Thomas , Kristensen Dirk H.
Published: July 2021

This paper describes The Glosten Associates' performance of stability evaluations on 16 vessels of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. These evaluations established a consistent baseline to aid in managing mission specific weight change for each vessel to ensure the satisfaction of stability requirements. This dedicated and diligent weight management is essential for ensuring that vessels remain within a safe stability zone while not exceeding reasonable service life allowances.
Conceptual Design and Hydrodynamic Analysis of a High-Speed Sealift Adjustable-Length Trimaran
Authors: Maki K. J. , Do L. J. , Scher R. M. , Wilson W. M. , Rhee S. H. , Troesch A. W. , Beck R. F.
Published: July 2021

This paper describes a novel adjustable-length trimaran design for service as a high-speed sealift vessel. Different numerical hydrodynamic tools were exercised to assess the performance of the vessel. An extensive model test program that included powering and seakeeping experiments was conducted to elucidate utility of the numerical predictions.
Application of the Free-Wave Spectrum to Minimize and Control Wake Wash
Authors: Heimann Justus , Hutchison Bruce L. , Racine Benjamin J.
Published: July 2021

The free-wave spectrum completely represents the stationary phase wave field associated with a ship operating at any steady speed regime in water of arbitrary uniform depth. Working with this representation, designers can effectively measure the energy distribution across the ship wave system and mitigate hazardous coastal wake wash impacts. Moreover, recent approaches to wave resistance and ship wake wash minimization directly utilize the free wave spectrum in terms of an objective function, since it yields an effective measure of the energy distribution across the ship wave system.
Development of a Marine Kinematics Extraction Technique with Application to the Crown Princess Heeling Accident
Authors: Crider D. A. , Falzarano J. M. , Reed A. M. , Spencer J. S.
Published: July 2021

To help investigate the July 26, 2006, Crown Princess heeling casualty, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has developed a method to extract forces and moments acting on a ship from voyage data recorder (VDR) and other sources of recorded motion parameters. Other parameters can also be extracted with this simulation technique.
Concrete LNG GBS Terminal Ship Collision Study
Authors: Wu Fuqiang , Puskar Frank , Saad Pascinthe
Published: July 2021

Concrete Gravity Based Structure (GBS) provides an opportunity for the storage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and represents one of the key elements of an LNG receiving and regasification terminal. The impact resistance of an offshore LNG GBS against accidental ship collision needs to be evaluated. Nonlinear elasto-plastic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) provides a useful numerical tool to assess the damage and evaluate the overall structural integrity of the GBS following a ship collision. In the work presented, a large capacity tanker was modeled using FEA and simulated to collide into a prototype concrete LNG GBS. An efficient, two-step approach was applied to estimate the damage levels caused by the striking tanker considering different approach speeds. Various benchmark tests were conducted to validate the steel and concrete FEA models to ensure the reliability of the analysis. The simulation shows that certain collisions can cause damage to both the tanker bow and the LNG GBS, depending upon the collision speed and the configuration of the colliding bodies. However, these collisions do not always result in a breach of the LNG containment. The results of this type of assessment can be used to assist in designing the LNG GBS to improve its impact resistance. The results can also be used in risk studies typical of these types of facilities.
Computational personality assessment
Authors: Stachl Clemens , Boyd Ryan L. , Horstmann Kai T. , Khambatta Poruz , Matz Sandra C. , Harari Gabriella M.
Published: July 2021

Computational methods have increased the objectivity of measures of human behavior and positioned personality science to benefit from the ongoing digital revolution. In this review, we define and discuss computational personality assessment (CPA), a measurement process that uses computational technologies to obtain estimates of personality. We briefly review some of the most promising sources of data currently used for CPA: mobile sensing, digital footprints from social media, images, language, and experience sampling. We present a concise overview of key findings, discuss the promise and opportunities of CPA (e.g., moving towards objective measures of personality, obtaining new insights from big data), and highlight important limitations and challenges in the development and application of CPA (e.g., establishing reliability and validity, selecting appropriate ground truth criterion, assessing affect and cognition, implications for ethics and privacy). We conclude with our perspective on how CPA could change our understanding of individual differences.
A Paradigmatic Study to Legally Assess the Authority and Right of Jurisdiction of Public Sector Governance: Examining Discretion in Government Administrative Law
Authors: Gultom Tasman , Indarti Erlyn , Sa’adah Nabitatus
Published: July 2021

This study aims to explore how government administration has so far been carried out within the authority framework of discretion owned by government agencies. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive normative analysis approach to obtain a paradigmatic study as a legal assessment to investigate the authority and right of jurisdiction of public sector governance. The focal point was to examine discretion in government administrative law as contained in Law No. 30 of 2014 about Government Administration. The results showed that as a freedom of thought and action in legalization, discretionary authority lies in the authority to carry out positions held by government administrative officials. The results also highlight that discretion is still rigid in its application in Indonesia because the procedure to perform this discretion is tiered. The theoretical implication revealed that the difference has led to controversy between scientific discretion and the discretion contained in the Law on Government Administration, decreasing public official’s willingness to do something for the benefit and welfare of society and seekers of justice.
Recent Changes in Regulatory Development of Interreligious Marriage and Children’s Rights Based on Justice Perspective in Indonesia
Authors: Setiyowati
Published: July 2021

The issue of this study is the marriage registration with or on the basis of a court decision as referred to in Law Number 24 of 2013 concerning Population Administration is valid according to Law No. 1 of 1974 regarding Marriage. The Marriage Law is also one of the bases for the formation of the Population Administration Law. Bearing in mind that the Population Administration Act does not regulate further about how the procedure of marriage between people of different religions occur so that the terms and procedures and prohibition of marriage in the Marriage Law remain in force. Based on the above background, problems can be formulated to analyze marital regulations in the Marriage Law not yet fully based on the value of justice and its reconstruction. The findings show that the Reconstruction of marriage regulations in the perspective of the Marriage Law based on justice values can be carried out by reconstructing the provisions of articles governing the validity of marriages, which in their implementation or in their application do not indicate or provide a sense of justice for some people who will carry out marriages, particularly those related to the practice of interfaith marriages.
Social Structure as the Root of Improving Criminality in the Era of Pandemic Covid-19
Authors: Sa’diyah Nur Khalimatus , Enggarsasi Umi
Published: July 2021

A level in society which is a social structure or patterns that foster community life that has a role in an organization in a group. In the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Middle Class and Lower Class Communities were greatly affected by their social and economic conditions, this has become a problem for the Increase of Crime in the era of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The problems in this study are First, what are the factors causing the social structure as the root of the increase in crime in the Covid-19 pandemic era. Second, how to deal with the increase in crime in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method used is juridical empirical, using primary and secondary data, and qualitative analysis presented descriptively. The result of this research is that with the existence of a social structure as the cause of crime that occurred during the Pandemic, the government must immediately find a solution and overcome it so that the crime rate can suppress and decrease.
Poor Organ Donation in Vietnam: Resulting from Beliefs, Religions, and Traditional Culture? How to Promote Organ Donation and to Deal with Organ Trading from a Legal Perspective?
Authors: Chi Le Lan
Published: July 2021

In Vietnam, organs are always in great demand while the organ supply from brain dead donors is extremely small, prompting the search for organs supplied by living people. People in need of an organ transplant either have to wait for a legally supplied organ (coming from any voluntary and non-commercial donation) or resort to an illegal supplied one (through organ trading). Therefore, increasing the number of legally supplied organs and controlling illegal source of supply are problems to be solved by Vietnam. This paper discovers whether religions, beliefs, traditional culture, and current legislation impede the organ donation or not. In addition, this paper also aims to find out legal loopholes resulting in ineffective handling of organ trading, then proposing solutions to improve the law to promote the legal supply of organs and effectively combat crimes related to organs illegally supplied by organ trading.
Internalizing the Culture of Religious Tolerance in Children: Advancing the Right of Religious Freedom in Indonesia
Authors: Akbal Muhammad , Umar Firman , Mamonto Moch Andry W. W.
Published: July 2021

This article aims to determine the exemplary efforts to mitigate the intolerance of Indonesia that spreads among children based on the cultural values of the Bugis Tribe, including Sipakatau, Sipakainge, and Sipakalebbi, as an effort to ensure the right to freedom guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This type of legal-normative research is descriptive-prescriptive, focusing on examining primary legal materials and legal materials, using statutory, conceptual, and historical approaches. The results of the study show that the cultural values of Sipakatau, Sipakainge, and Sipakalebbi, which are the value system or way of life of the Bugis tribe, contain the meaning of religious tolerance, namely Sipakatau implies mutual respect for God's creation; Sipakinge, reminding each other not to do things in the form of disrespect for people of different religions; and Sipakalebbi with the meaning of loving fellow-creatures regardless of religion. Based on its authority, the Indonesian government should formulate policies to internalize tolerance based on the cultural values of Sipakatau, Sipakainge, and Sipakalebbi. This can be done by referring to the findings as a sociological formulation of regional regulations regarding early childhood education curriculum.
Estrés organizacional en estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad de Mucia
Authors: Fernández-Pérez Juan
Published: July 2021

En este trabajo hemos estudiado el estrés organizacional de estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Murcia. Se trata de un diseño transversal por medio de una encuesta autocumplimentada que consta de datos sociodemográficos y un cuestionario de estrés organizacional. Este cuestionario es una adaptación de otro empleado en Reino Unido para estudiar el estrés organizacional en varias facultades de medicina del país. Obtuvimos una tasa de participación del 25.8 %. En relación con el estrés organizacional, se calculó la media de los distintos apartados: equilibrio vida-trabajo, adquisición de conocimientos y habilidades, cultura, apoyo académico percibido, apoyo personal y sanitario percibido. Al comparar con la puntuación media de las facultades de otros países, se obtuvieron diferencias significativas en los dominios “apoyo académico percibido”, “adquisición de conocimientos y habilidades” y “equilibrio vida-trabajo”. En el resto de dominios del cuestionario de estrés organizacional no hubo diferencias significativas entre la UMU y la media de las facultades de Reino Unido. Las puntuaciones en el cuestionario de estrés organizacional indican alto estrés en varios apartados estudiados. Los estudiantes también señalan otros aspectos que les resultan estresantes y que no están contemplados en los cuestionarios administrados. Pequeñas intervenciones podrían mejorar las puntuaciones obtenidas en algunos apartados.

In this work we have studied the organizational stress of medical students at the University of Murcia. It is a cross-sectional design through a self-completed survey that consists of sociodemographic data and an organizational stress questionnaire. This questionnaire is adapted by another employee in the UK to study organizational stress in various medical schools in the country. We obtained a participation rate of 25.8%. In relation to organizational stress, the average of the different sections was calculated: work-life balance, acquisition of knowledge and skills, culture, perceived academic support, perceived personal and health support. When comparing with the average score of the faculties of other countries, significant differences were obtained in the domains “perceived academic support”, “acquisition of knowledge and skills” and “work-life balance”. In the rest of the domains of the organizational stress questionnaire, there were no significant differences between the UMU and the mean of the UK faculties. Scores on the organizational stress questionnaire indicate high stress in several sections studied. The students also point out other aspects that are stressful for them and that are not covered in the administered questionnaires. Small interventions could improve the scores obtained in some sections.
Regard sur des enjeux rencontrés par les pères immigrants au Québec
Authors: de Montigny Francine , Brodeur Normand , Gervais Christine , Pangop Denise , Ndengeyingoma Assumpta
Published: July 2021

Malgré le nombre important d’immigrants de sexe masculin accueillis au Québec chaque année, il existe peu d’études québécoises portant sur les enjeux rencontrés par les pères immigrants ou sur les services qui leur sont offerts. Depuis dix ans, certains travaux ont tenté de combler cette lacune. Parmi eux, l’un porte sur un programme de soutien aux pères immigrants offert par un organisme montréalais d’accueil et d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants, un autre sur la relation père-enfant, la relation conjugale, l’identité paternelle et l’exercice de la discipline, avec une attention particulière accordée à la période périnatale. Cet article propose une synthèse de ces travaux, inspirée par le modèle bioécologique du développement humain, avec comme objectif de faire ressortir les convergences à propos des enjeux auxquels font face les pères immigrants dans leurs relations avec leur enfant, leur conjointe et leur travail, puis de dégager quelques pistes pour l’amélioration des services offerts dans les milieux institutionnels et communautaires.
Représentations culturelles des troubles de santé mentale chez les immigrants et réfugiés de l’Afrique francophone subsaharienne au Canada
Authors: Levesque Annabel , Rocque Rhéa
Published: July 2021

L’étude vise à décrire les représentations culturelles des troubles de santé mentale des immigrants et des réfugiés d’Afrique subsaharienne vivant au Canada, selon trois des composantes du modèle de l’autorégulation de la maladie, soit les causes, la trajectoire et les traitements. Cinquante personnes ont pris part à une entrevue. Elles attribuent les troubles mentaux à des facteurs sociaux (comme le stress), individuels (comme les comportements), biologiques et génétiques et enfin surnaturels. Elles anticipent une évolution variable des troubles selon le type de maladie et les facteurs en cause. Selon les participants, certains cas peuvent disparaître ou du moins être contrôlés, mais seulement si la personne reçoit du soutien et des soins ou si elle utilise certaines stratégies individuelles visant à améliorer son état. Les interventions prennent la forme de soutien social et d’interventions médicales, psychothérapeutiques et traditionnelles ou religieuses. Les retombées pratiques de l’étude sont discutées.
Les rencontres interculturelles entre étudiants internationaux dans le cadre d’un séjour d’études universitaires à l’étranger
Authors: Paquin Maryse , Hock Sabine-Claudia
Published: July 2021

Depuis plusieurs années, le nombre d’étudiants internationaux s’accroît dans les universités. On pourrait penser que plus le nombre et la fréquence des rencontres culturelles sont élevés entre ces étudiants, plus il y a de répercussions positives. Or les résultats de recherche montrent la situation inverse, soit que le nombre croissant de rencontres d’étudiants de cultures différentes dans les universités n’aboutit ni à une augmentation des contacts interculturels, ni à une augmentation des répercussions positives. De surcroît, les étudiants d’une même culture ont plutôt tendance à se regrouper et à resserrer les liens entre eux. Dans ce contexte, cette étude vise à mieux connaître et comprendre le phénomène des rencontres interculturelles entre étudiants internationaux dans le cadre d’un séjour d’études universitaires à l’étranger. Elle vise également à cerner la définition et le processus de construction de ces rencontres, de même que les perceptions de celles-ci chez les étudiants internationaux. Enfin, elle vise à identifier les répercussions positives et négatives qui découlent des rencontres, ainsi que les stratégies de résolution de situations-problèmes. Une recension des écrits a été menée dans différents domaines afin de recueillir les plus récents résultats de recherches sur le sujet. L’analyse de la littérature indique que les rencontres interculturelles génèrent très souvent des difficultés et semble indiquer que les universités devraient s’impliquer davantage dans l’organisation et l’encadrement de ces rencontres, dans le but de mieux remplir leur rôle d’accueil des étudiants internationaux, en contribuant davantage au développement des compétences interculturelles, à une meilleure adaptation au pays d’accueil et à une meilleure connaissance de la langue de ces derniers.
Sortir la violence de sa vie, sans sortir de l’autochtonie : l’importance de mieux comprendre les besoins des femmes autochtones en milieu urbain
Authors: Flynn Catherine , Lessard Geneviève , Montminy Lyse , Brassard Renée
Published: July 2021

Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude s’inscrivant dans une action concertée portant sur la violence conjugale envers les femmes autochtones du Québec. Notre recherche a porté sur les besoins et l’expérience de ces femmes en milieu urbain. Le corpus était constitué de trois groupes de discussion comprenant 24 hommes et femmes autochtones de Québec et de Montréal, tous concernés par la problématique de la violence conjugale. L’analyse a permis de dégager trois besoins en matière d’aide psychosociale : faire connaître la situation et le vécu des femmes autochtones victimes de violence conjugale, bénéficier d’une aide adaptée à la réalité culturelle des Autochtones et être en lien avec des ressources ou avec un réseau naturel d’entraide dès son arrivée en ville. Des interventions permettant de répondre à ces besoins ont également été identifiées. Elles s’inscrivent dans une perspective de conscientisation et de responsabilisation collective sur la violence conjugale et misent sur l’autodétermination (empowerment) des femmes autochtones, de leur famille et de leur collectivité.
Terrains de recherche au « prisme interculturel de la traduction »
Authors: Changkakoti Nilima , Gremion Myriam , Broyon Marie-Anne , Gajardo Anahy
Published: July 2021

Cet article, dont le titre emprunte la formule de Ladmiral (1998), s’intéresse à la façon dont le chercheur entre en contact avec son terrain lorsque son objet de recherche implique un Autre enculturé dans d’autres façons de penser et de communiquer. Quatre chercheures, ayant effectué leurs recherches indépendamment, mettent en commun leurs réflexions, sur la base de quatre terrains différents (deux dans un ailleurs « proche », deux dans un ailleurs « lointain »). Elles se posent la question de l’activation de la culture par le biais de la langue lorsque langues et cultures ne sont pas partagées par chercheur et répondants, en se centrant en particulier sur l’asymétrie des langues et des cultures et ce qu’elle peut induire lors du recueil et de l’analyse des données. La confrontation a posteriori des quatre terrains de recherche à la lumière de cette problématique pointe la nécessité d’explicitation à toutes les étapes de la recherche.
Entre idéologie et réalité, entre bilinguisme parfait et éducation plurilingue : le paradoxe de la Vallée d’Aoste
Authors: Puozzo Capron Isabelle
Published: July 2021

La Vallée d’Aoste est une région bi‐/plurilingue de l’Italie qui revendique un bilinguisme franco‐italien grâce à son histoire. Cependant, dans le système éducatif, le poids historico‐culturel du passé engendre une recherche du bilinguisme comme « addition » parfaite de deux langues alors que la littérature scientifique a démontré toute la richesse de la compétence plurilingue « déséquilibrée ». À partir de deux enquêtes, il s’agit d’observer les conséquences d’un ancrage bilingue traditionnel sur le système éducatif et sur des apprenants quant à eux plurilingues.
Construction of Francophone families’ health literacy in a linguistic minority situation
Authors: Zanchetta Margareth Santos , Kaszap Margot , Mohamed Mohamed , Racine Louise , Maheu Christine , Masny Diana , Cèsar Ines , Maltais Claire , Sangwa‐Lugoma Ghislain , Lussier Nancy , Kinslikh Diana
Published: July 2021

With the increase in international mobility, healthcare systems should no longer be ignoring language barriers. In addition to the benefit of reducing long‐term costs, immigrant‐friendly organizations should be concerned with mitigating the way language barriers increase individuals’ social vulnerabilities and inequities in health care and health status. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative, exploratory study of the health literacy of 28 Francophone families living in a linguistic‐minority situation in Canada. Analysis of interviews revealed that participants’ social vulnerability, mainly due to their limited social and informational networks, influenced the construction of family health literacy. Disparities in access to healthcare services could be decreased by having health professionals’ work in alliance with Francophone community groups and by hiring bilingual health professionals. Linguistic isolation and lack of knowledge about local cultural organizations among Francophone immigrants were two important findings of this study.
Penser la recherche interculturelle : le défi des diversités
Authors: Gajardo Anahy , Leanza Yvan
Published: July 2021

Entré dans le vocabulaire courant des disciplines (psychologie, pédagogie, sociologie, etc.) et des champs de pratiques et de recherches (éducation, santé, social, management, etc.), le terme d’ « interculturel » se caractérise par la multiplicité de ses champs d’application, l’instabilité de ses significations et un flou sémantique certain.

Qu’en est‐il de la recherche dite « interculturelle » ? Que signifie ce terme dans le contexte du travail scientifique ? Peut‐on identifier une conception partagée – ou paradigmatique – du terme lorsqu’il est mobilisé dans le champ scientifique ? Peut‐on dégager des épistémologies, des méthodologies, ou pour le moins des pratiques et des caractéristiques scientifiques communes à ce champ de recherche ?

Dans le cadre de ce premier numéro d’Alterstice, il nous est apparu indispensable de soulever ces questions. En effet, « faire de la recherche interculturelle » implique aussi de la penser, de s’interroger sur les conceptions, les usages, les épistémologies et les méthodologies que nous, chercheures et chercheurs, associons à ce terme qui qualifie nos pratiques scientifiques ou nos objets de recherche.
« Brosser l’histoire à rebrousse-poil ». L’affaire Pauline Dubuisson revisitée
Authors: Collington Tara
Published: July 2021

L’affaire Dubuisson concerne le procès criminel de Pauline Dubuisson qui a abattu son ancien amant. La mémoire de l’Occupation a joué un rôle déterminant dans ce procès en 1953. Alors que les récits de l’époque vilipendent Dubuisson, deux ouvrages parus en 2015, Je vous écris dans le noir de Jean-Luc Seigle et La petite femelle de Philippe Jaenada, s’interrogent sur la représentation de la vérité historique et réhabilitent cette figure énigmatique. Selon Seigle, seul le roman peut rendre justice à Pauline Dubuisson car les récits officiels ont supprimé sa voix pour imposer la mémoire collective de la honte de l’Occupation. Son récit à la première personne privilégie la mémoire personnelle de Dubuisson. Le récit de Jaenada prend la forme d’une enquête archéologique qui exhume et examine les traces du passé. En considérant les divers genres littéraires mobilisés pour raconter cette affaire – le récit true crime, la biographie romancée, la fiction de témoignage, l’exofiction, le roman archéologique – nous arrivons à mieux saisir les prises de position éthiques et esthétiques des oeuvres étudiées.
Oublier l’espèce humaine. Le périple de la mémoire dans Le dernier monde de Céline Minard
Authors: Mercier Andrée
Published: July 2021

Le roman de Céline Minard, Le dernier monde, se distingue par bien des aspects des oeuvres qui présentent un questionnement explicite sur la mémoire par la voie de l’enquête ethnologique ou historique, des traumatismes mémoriels, d’un imaginaire de l’archive, etc., et qui ont permis de montrer comment la littérature française contemporaine problématise la mise en forme et la médiation du passé, qu’il soit personnel ou collectif. Dans cette fiction post-apocalyptique qui met en scène Jaume Roiq Stevens, seul survivant d’une catastrophe inexpliquée qui a décimé l’humanité mais pas les autres formes de vie, l’enjeu mémoriel réside dans l’oubli qui menace le souvenir même de l’histoire et de l’espèce humaine. À travers les différentes étapes de la quête de Stevens, il s’agit de voir comment le dernier humain parvient à se libérer du poids d’une mémoire pathologique et à survivre à la disparition de son espèce.
Estrategias basadas en análisis de redes sociales para optimizar el clima de aprendizaje en la universidad
Authors: Garcia-Garcia Fran J. , Moctezuma-Ramírez Evelyn E. , Molla-Esparza Cristian , López-Francés Inmaculada
Published: July 2021

El objetivo de este estudio fue detectar líderes a partir de los puntajes de centralidad de un grupo de estudiantes universitarios para repartir funciones que contribuyeran a optimizar el clima del aula. Entendimos que el clima mejoraba estimulando la construcción de conocimiento en red desde un entorno de aprendizaje colaborativo con apoyo de computadoras. La experiencia educativa se llevó a cabo en un entorno virtual. Se configuró un foro de discusión en línea para los estudiantes con formato loosely-structured y se calcularon los puntajes de centralidad a partir de la red social que generaron en el foro. Los resultados muestran un crecimiento significativo en la conectividad de los estudiantes y se detectaron diferentes estilos de liderazgo, en función de los cuales diseñamos estrategias para optimizar el clima del aula de manera autorregulada y estable. Dependiendo del tipo de centralidad, se detectaron líderes en popularidad, en sociabilidad, en cercanía a los demás, en control de la información que fluye a través de la red y líderes en influencia. La novedad del estudio consiste en la producción incipiente de tecnología educativa basada en Análisis de Redes Sociales, y concretamente el diseño de estrategias basadas en la centralidad para optimizar el clima de un aula universitaria.
STOCHASTIC ASPECTS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUSINESS RESULTS PERFORMANCE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Authors: Landika Mirjana , Jakupović Sanel , Bojanić Radmila , Peulić Velibor , Šupuković Vedran , Berger Wolfgang
Published: July 2021

Effective operation of a system is expressed as an aspiration to achieve excellence in business results, recognized as total elimination of prevented difference between desired values and actual values of the realized system performance, requiring identification of both environmental and internal factors, as well as an explicit expression of the form and the extent of their impact on business processes. It is heavily laden by stochastic manifestation of their values and complexity of the influence. Optimal business management is determined by the structure and the concept of the system operation, and it is expressed and measured by the extent to which a business result meets user requirements. Realization of business objectives is contained in the performance of an output vector, being a resultant of actions of the business system, in terms of separate task stages in public administration management, and also in the operation of the system as a whole. Elimination of unwanted results involves interdependence, conditioning, frequency and probability distribution of their occurrence, and also coordination of, and cooperation between, numerous resources required to achieve the desired level of operational efficiency. Testing the reagibility of realized level of customer (dis)satisfaction with the performance of administrative services, as a dependent variable, in terms of level and intensity, manifested forms of used protocols and adequacy of service provider engagement, as an input of the variable, and their expression by means of an appropriate statistical function represents the aim of research, i.e. improvement of business efficiency by means of exact results. The aforementioned procedures facilitate anticipation and correction of business results, and despite the stochastic process performance variations which are analyzed and monitored, their behavior is predicted, controlled and rationally directed towards a desired business result. The design of experiment is based on time disproportion in discovering the causes of realized level of subjective perception of satisfaction when satisfying the demand in terms of administrative services, and in the context of frequency of demandand the form of service requested. By overcoming and eliminating dissatisfaction with the performance of services, business efficiency of administrative process results is being significantly and permanently improved and the degree of employees’ satisfaction is intensified; the same is with the service users, whose final result minimizes differentiality of realized and targeted performances, and simultaneously the global optimum of the social-economic system. The conclusion in terms of the existence of intensive connections between the observed phenomena reveals the causes of the achieved level of output performance and facilitates its indirect correction by dosing the structure and intensity of the input vector.
IMPACT OF MATERNAL MORTALITY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SELECTED WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Afolabi Ibikunle Joseph
Published: July 2021

Over half a million females die every year as a result of pregnancy and birth complications. The vast majority of these fatalities can be avoided. SDG 3.1’s objective is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio by 2030 to below 70 per 100,000 live births. Despite a number of policies put in place maternal mortality in Africa remains unacceptably high. This study investigates the impact of maternal mortal- ity on sustainable development in 9 selected West African countries for the period from 1990 to 2015. Data used were adjusted net savings, maternal mortality, consumer price index, per-capita income and financial development. The second-generation econometric methods were employed: cross sectional dependence, slope homogeneity, Westerlund cointegration, Eberhadt and Teal AMG regression, and the Emirmahmutoglu and Kose bootstrap Granger causality test. Findings confirm the following: First, cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity exist among the West African countries. Second, there is a long run relationship between maternal mortality and sustainable development. Third, maternal mortality impacted negatively and signifi- cantly on sustainable development. Fourth, the direction of causality varies across countries between maternal mor- tality and sustainable development. Lastly, causality runs from maternal mortality to sustainable development when analyzing the causal relationship among all countries. The findings suggest that the West African government needs to commit more funding to the health care sector and ensure access to free healthcare service to pregnant women or at low cost with quality and effective health care services if the countries must attain sustainable development by 2030.
THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS ONECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Authors: Bassey Ekpenyong Orok , Nwaeze Nnamocha Patrick
Published: July 2021

The study adopted a descriptive analysis and graphi- cal approach in expressing the readily available data between 1992 and 2017 on how the microfinance institutions affected the following economic indexes used in the study: agriculture and forestry, mining and quarrying, manufacturing and food processing, real estate and construction, transport/commerce and other subsectors of the economy. The purpose of the study was to investigate the unimpressive perfor- mance of microfinance institutions in Nigeria over the past two decades. The result indicated that the loans from microfinance institutions had a positive impact on the selected macroeconomic sector and enhanced sector al productivity of the country as illustrated graphically in the study, and had a positive effect on the gross domestic product of Nigeria. Though, with a significant improvement in the operational modali- ties of the microfinance institutions, there will be an improved output, which will have a multiplier effect on the agriculture and forestry, mining and quarrying, manufacturing and food processing, real estate and construction, transport/commerce and other subsec- tors of economy as alighted in the study. The study, therefore, recommends that interest rates should be reduced on the loans given to the alighted subsectors to enhance economic growth.
Point Cloud Processing Software Solutions
Authors: Vujasinović Miroslav , Regodić Miodrag , Kecman Stefan
Published: July 2021

Spatial data collection has been considerably improved with the invention of LiDAR and other laser scanning technologies. The result of surveying with these methods is a 3D point cloud. The amount of data obtained requires specialized software solutions to solve the tasks set before the engineering profession in this field. The paper describes data collection technologies resulting in point clouds, commercial software solutions for point cloud processing, and presents an open source Cloud Compare software solution and its advantages.
WIRED/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK MODEL IN BUILDING ENVIRONMENT: CASE-STUDY OF BRČKO SUGAR REFINERY
Authors: Kostadinović Miroslav , Stjepanović Aleksandar , Kuzmić Goran , Stojčić Mirko , Kostadinović Tanja
Published: July 2021

The subject of the research within the scope of this paper is integrated wired and wireless communication technologies in the process industry, with the aim of keeping up with the world trends in this field, and refers to the following activities. First, a brief overview of the historical development will be provided and the technical characteristics of the industrial protocols that have the greatest application in industrial communication networks will be described. Then, necessary steps to integrate wireless technology within an existing facility with wired devices already installed will be presented. At the end of this paper, the integration of wireless technologies in implementing industrial communication networks will be proposed, which will be verified by analysing the results obtained in a feasibility study for introducing an integrated network model in a real facility in a sugar refinery in Brčko.
Seed Characteristics of Wild Pear Genotypes from the in situ Population of the Banja Luka Region
Authors: Zavišić Nada , Davidović Gidas Jelena , Bosančić Borut
Published: July 2021

Wild pear (Pyrus communis var. piraster (L.) Ehrh.) is widely used as a generative rootstock for pear grafting. Seeds for the production of this rootstock should be taken from the registered mother plants. The aim of this research was to select mother plants in wild pear population from three localities (Banja Luka, Manjača, and Potkozarje). Fruit bearing regularity of selected trees was observed from 2012-2016, and the number of seeds per fruit was analysed in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Seed germinability and vitality analysis was carried out on 14 selected tress (genotypes). Seed germinability was tested according to the ISTA guideline. Seed vitality was determined by the tetrazolium test (TT). Accessions from Banja Luka locality expressed the highest fruit production. The highest number of seeds was determined in the genotypes marked as No. 6 and No. 21, amounting to 7.53 and 7.21 seeds, respectively. Seeds of the tested wild pears have shown good vitality. The highest seed vitality and germination of 92% was obtained from the accession No. 20. On the basis of the results, accessions marked with numbers: '6', '8', '20', '25', '31' and '32' can be used as mother plants for pear rootstock production.
Variation in Milk Composition of Dairy Goats due to N-3 Unsaturated Fatty Acids Supplementation
Authors: Gantner Vesna , Gavran Mirna , Gregić Maja , Važić Božo , Gantner Ranko , Potočnik Klemen
Published: July 2021

The objective of this research was to determine the effect of addition of n-3 unsaturated fatty acids (α-linoleic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic) in dairy goats’ ration on milk composition (fat and protein content). Also, the persistence of the effect after supplementation was analysed. The research was conducted on dairy goats (Alpine and Saanen) bred at an indoor farm. Regarding the experimental period, the milk sampling at milking (morning and evening) was performed in the period before supplementation (BS), during supplementation (S), and after supplementation (AS). According to the added supplement, animals were randomly allocated into a group (G-4) with no added supplement and three test groups (G-1; G-2; G-3) where a supplement containing n-3 unsaturated fatty acid was added over a period of five days. The results of this research indicate that the addition of PUFA in goats’ ration changes the milk composition. The supplementation of α-linoleic resulted in increase of both milk fat and protein content. Furthermore, the addition of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic resulted in decrease of fat but increase of protein content in milk. The observed trends also persisted after the supplementation period.
Morphological characteristics of Packham’s Triumph pear cultivar fruiting wood
Authors: Radoš Ljubomir , Krmpot Tanja , Šormaz Bogdan
Published: July 2021

Pear as a fruit species forms various categories of fruit-bearing branches during its life cycle. Depending on how many years it takes to form a young fruiting wood of pear cultivar from its meristem, there can be an annual, biennial, or perennial organogenesis cycle, which in the first place depends on cultivar’s genotype, the rootstock on which the cultivar is grafted, the applied agricultural techniques in nursery and other conditions. Knowledge of the individual pear cultivars organogenesis cycle is the basis for planning regular and stable yields. In order to determine the structure of a fruiting wood for an individual pear cultivar, it is necessary to make analyses on individual increment categories; what is developing from those increments in the following year. The morphological characteristics of annual increments are analysed (spurs, stems, and long shoots) of Packham’s Triumph pear cultivar, as well as the morphological characteristics of each category’s annual increment bourse-over-bourse, all with statistically significant difference between studied factors and factorial levels. Peckham’s Triumph had higher average length of long shoots in both examining years 2011 (53.63) and 2012 (45.33) and William's cultivar had the shorter ones.
The Work of Art in the Age of Political Correctness
Authors: Dimitrijevic Emilija
Published: July 2021

This article sets to examine some of the impacts the notion of “political correctness” has on the art world today. It argues that what started as the noble attempts to compensate for the grievous history of racism by way of inclusive speech and affirmative action has, in the end, generated new forms of discrimination and closure. In this context, instead of pushing the boundaries of what is considered acceptable in social, moral or aesthetic terms, art is itself being pushed back within these boundaries and rendered inert and ingratiating.
Alle donne di Inghilterra: le Rural Walks di Charlotte Smith
Authors: Ingravallo Tiziana
Published: July 2021

To the Woman of England: Charlotte Smith’s Rural Walks – Charlotte Smith proposes her children’s literature as a genre shaped by reflections on gender. The work Rural Walks depicts the mother figure as an educational mentor who nurtures and directs the growth of her young girls and as a heroine of daily life. Smith wants to give her female readers a revolutionary version of motherhood, for women are the primary recipients of Mrs. Woodfield’s lessons. While focusing on the mental and moral development of young women, she also attends to her own social and moral responsibilities. Her educational program is comprehensive of unusual fields of knowledge and addresses social issues. In her children’s books Smith instructs her female readers how to apply the social lessons of her literature to their experiences in the real world and how to become politically active citizens. In Rural Walks the dialogues illustrate the overlapping theories on the formation of the self and the education of the woman.
The Hidden Fairy Tale: Oskar Kokoschka’s Die träumenden Knaben
Authors: Reinhardt Jelena
Published: July 2021

Kokoschka’s first literary work The Dreaming Youths (Die träumenden Knaben) was published in 1908. The work includes a poem with eight colored and two black and white lithographs. Although the young artist was commissioned by the Wiener Werkstätte to make a children’s picture book, the end result seemed quite different: a sort of personal tale of self-discovery and sexual awakening during puberty placed in a dream scenario. Kokoschka himself remembers in his autobiography only following the task in the first lithograph. The aim of this paper is to show how Kokoschka actually continued to draw on the language of fairy tales, although apparently taking distance from it. The crucial role of children’s literature in adult life emerges especially within the process of shaping childhood memories and approaching traumatic experiences. The use of fairy tales becomes, therefore, an autobiographical urge and a means to tell personal experience through a universal language.
The Nexus of Play-based Learning and Early Childhood Education: A Western Australian Account
Authors: Wallace Ruth , Hesterman Sandra
Published: July 2021

Human development theories identify child-initiated play as the primary source of early learning. Accordingly, the role of early childhood educators is to utilise the natural medium of play as a context for learning; an educational approach known as play-based learning. Recently, Western
Australia (WA) has experienced an erosion of play-based learning opportunities across the early childhood education (ECE) spectrum, potentially violating children’s rights. This paper presents research evidence related to this concerning issue. A self-completion, electronic questionnaire
was distributed to educators through via several WA early childhood advocacy organisations. Participants (n=204) shared their perceptions about the availability of play-based learning opportunities for young children. Results identified perceived barriers and enablers to providing play-based
learning in WA early childhood education settings that impact on children’s wellbeing, development and learning. Assessment of play-based learning provision differed significantly between school-based and early education and care-based educators. Participants supported the implementation
of a WA Play Strategy.
Outcomes of the Work and Family Conflict Among Arab Israeli Female Teachers
Authors: Klein Joseph , Badir Rodayna
Published: July 2021

In line with the literature that describes conflicts between commitment to work and to family in patriarchal societies undergoing cultural changes, including the cultural empowerment of women, this study examines whether such a development is evident among teacher-mothers in Arab society
in Israel, and if so, how it affects their functioning in both settings. 537 teacher-mothers from high schools in Arab society in Israel, representing the population in all districts of the country, completed questionnaires that examined conflictual characteristics and their implications for
the teachers’ functioning. It was found that the teachers are in a bidirectional conflict between commitment to family and work but that they cope with it successfully. A model was validated that describes the systemic significance of the commitment conflict between family and work.
Identifying conflict factors may facilitate the proposal of means to moderate them. The possibility of expanding the model in further research is discussed.