bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Women and Pregnancies as an Immediate Target against the Obesity Epidemic
Authors: Robillard Pierre-Yves
Published: July 2021

The author wishes to enlarge an important current debate among obstetricians trying to sensitize specialists of obesity/endocrinology/nutrition, and make them aware of a possible very important debate: having a “normal shaped” baby (neither too small, nor too big,10% of SGA, small for gestational age and 10% of LGA, large for gestational age), is possible by an optimal gestational weight gain (optGWG) during pregnancy. This is a simple mathematical linear equation, y= ax+b (y being optimal gestational weight gain, optGWG, x being pre-pregnancy body mass index, ppBMI). Beginning with severe obesity (36 kg/m²), women should not gain weight during their pregnancy, while they should lose weight in higher BMIs (e.g. losing 6 kg for a 40 kg/m² morbid obese). This is predictable since the first trimester of pregnancy.
Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Penentuan Dosen Terfavorit Pilihan Mahasiswa Menggunakan Metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW)
Authors: Frans’s Alfiando  , Jordi Esa Putra  , Muhammad Fiqran
Published: July 2021

Lecturers are academic staff who are in charge of planning and implementing the learning process, guidance and training, and are able to bring students into activities held by the University, both official and non-official. Selection of favorite lecturers chosen by students can encourage lecturers to communicate more with students to be able to invite students to take part in groups or organizations involving students and lecturers. However, in reality, Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang is still not actively conducting this election. To overcome these problems, a Decision Support System was designed to determine the student's favorite lecturers by using the simple additive weighting method. The Decision Support System for Determining Favorite Lecturers of Student Choice is a system that is able to increase the ease of decision making in determining lecturers who have student attractiveness so that students are more active and more competent in the guidance of the selected lecturers. In this system the lecturer's assessment is based on 5 criteria. The criteria used are responsibility, discipline, attitude, initiative, and presence. To get the final conclusion as an alternative decision to determine the lecturer of this choice requires the calculation process stage on each variable that has been determined based on the criteria. The position of the decision support system in this study is as a decision supporter, not replacing the role of the decision maker, so that the decision maker has the right to fully refer to the decision support system or not. The research results from the calculated simple additive weighting method can be concluded that the favorite lecturer of the student's choice is lecturer 2 with a score of 1.00 which is the result of the highest ranking and can be used as an alternative for determining the favorite lecturer of the student's choice.
Zieme, P. Uigurorum veterum fragmenta minora, Turnhout (Belgium): Brepols Publishers, 2020, pp. 392 + 155 Colour ill., ISBN: 978-2-503-59304-3
Authors: UÇAR Erdem
Published: July 2021

Zieme, P. Uigurorum veterum fragmenta minora, Turnhout (Belgium): Brepols Publishers, 2020.
Cüveynî’nin Târîh-i Cihân-Güşâ Adlı Yazmasına Eklenen Sözlük
Authors: AZEMOUN Youssef
Published: July 2021

Tarīkh-i Jahān-gushā by Ata-Malik Juvayni was written in the thirteenth century. A critical edition of this book was published at the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe. The same book was published recently in Tehran. This text is in Persian, but contains many Turkic and Mongolian words. The study of these words has recently become a linguistic issue in Iran. A number of people have studied the Turkish words in this text in an idiosyncratic folk etymological manner. This article deals with a brief critical review of these studies. Also treated here are some linguistic aspects of the Turkish words in the text and there is a translation of an extract from the book about the old Uygurs and an old inscription on a rock. A new manuscript of Tarīkh-i Jahān-gushā from the Iranian National Parliament Library is then introduced. It is different from previous manuscripts in having as a supplement a glossary of Turkish and Mongolian words in the manuscript. The words in this glossary are copied, transcribed and their definitions translated from Persian into Turkish.
Göz Hastalıkları ve Tedavileri Üzerine Eski Uygurca Sūtra’lardan Parçalar
Authors: SERTKAYA Osman Fikri
Published: July 2021

Some Buddhist sūtras have sections on medicine. Two of them are related to eye diseases and their treatments. Each side of the fragments has 9 lines. The Fragments belong to Padmacintāmani-dhāraṇi-sūtra and Nīlakantakasūtra. In the article, firstly, they are transcribed and translated. Then, the names of the towns in the text were examined and compared with other works.
Pretensiosa mentira
Authors: Fontana Filho Maurício
Published: July 2021

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Literatura infanto - juvenil para a valorização da Cultura Negra
Authors: Velloso Laila Vilela , E Silva Dagmar Mello , Mariani Braz Ruth Maria
Published: July 2021

A literatura é um produto cultural. Devemos estar atentos ao que é oferecido aos estudantes, de forma que escola e literatura caminhem juntas para formação humana amparadas em valores de respeito à diversidade, às diferenças e à inclusão. Este trabalho tem como objetivo realizar um levantamento de livros de literatura infanto-juvenil cujas narrativas, atendam princípios de uma formação leitora, atenta aos Direitos Humanos. Assim, fizemos a seleção de dez obras que tratam de temas relacionados à Diversidade e Inclusão de forma a apoiar o desenvolvimento de oficinas de leitura voltadas para crianças do 1º segmento do ensino. Este estudo descritivo, qualitativo, de cunho pedagógico é definido como uma pesquisa que envolve o planejamento e a implementação de interferências (mudanças, inovações pedagógicas). A seleção foi realizada a partir dos títulos e do conteúdo que tratavam: as questões étnico-raciais. Como produto, apresentamos um catálogo online com as indicações de obras literárias que contribuam para a formação do leitor na perspectiva aqui apontadas.  A partir de Freire e Foucault, verificamos que a literatura, nas escolas, pode agenciar modos de rupturas com práticas discursivas – jogos de verdade – que naturalizam modos de existência, excluindo os que não se enquadram nessas exigências naturalizadas por determinados discursos
Da România Nova à România Contínua: uma viagem através da Intercompreensão
Authors: Menezes Tom
Published: July 2021

Este conto narra a viagem de dois amigos, Angela e Paco, personagens fictícios que partem do Brasil, na România Nova, rumo a vários países da Europa, pertencentes à România Contínua. Durante a excursão, os dois têm contato com outras culturas e, por consequência, com outras línguas do continuum românico. Ao longo desse processo, que é impulsionado pela força do intercurso, Angela e Paco passam por várias experiências, ora engraçadas, ora frustrantes, na tentativa de se comunicar com os nativos. A comunicação é feita sempre através da intercompreensão, uma das abordagens plurais que visa a desenvolver a capacidade plurilíngue dos sujeitos. Mas os viajantes não estão completamente sós e contam com as aparições de um fantasminha do bem, o Phantom, que é um “mago” da intercompreensão, guiando-os nessa aventura. Sempre que Angela e Paco passam por situações de interação, Phantom aparece para interpretá-las e, assim, clarear zonas opacas que atravessem o caminho de seus pupilos. Este conto, ademais, foi inspirado a partir de um seminário que apresentei, como aluno especial, em uma disciplina lecionada pelos professores Francisco Calvo del Olmo e Ángela Erazo Muñoz, no curso de Letras da Universidade Federal do Paraná.
Reescrita de Fics a partir das Interações em um Grupo de WhatsApp
Authors: Silva Josemeire Caetano , Serra Roseli Wanderley de Araújo , Caiado Roberta Varginha Ramos
Published: July 2021

O estudo das interações/sugestões realizadas por amigas em um grupo de WhatsApp (WA) para a reescrita das Fanfictions (Fics) representa um estímulo à produção ficcional de textos em ambiente digital. A presente pesquisa visa analisar como as interações, realizadas por jovens fanfiqueiras do Ensino Médio, em um grupo de WhatsApp (WA), influenciam na reescrita de Fics. Realizamos uma pesquisa qualitativa, com quatro jovens do Ensino Médio, com idades entre 17 e 19 anos, de uma Escola Pública da Rede Estadual de Ensino do Estado de Pernambuco. Trata-se de uma investigação científica de cunho longitudinal, pautada em pressupostos teóricos relacionados à: Linguística Textual; Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e Comunicação (TDICs); e nos Multiletramentos. Para tanto, optou-se, metodologicamente, pelas seguintes estratégias de ação: (i) selecionar as Fics que foram analisadas; (ii) selecionar as sugestões relacionadas às Fics analisadas no grupo de WA; (iii) analisar as reescritas das Fics, para comprovar ou não as influências das interações/sugestões no grupo de WA. Acreditamos que, por meio dessa pesquisa, as produtoras de Fics são motivadas a produzir para interlocutores em condições de produção reais em ambientes digitais, extrapolando assim o limite imposto pelas prescrições da aula de Língua Portuguesa, no que diz respeito à produção de textos escritos, na escola. Os resultados da pesquisa confirmam a influência das interações/sugestões do grupo de WA na reescrita das Fics. Ratificamos que a pesquisa em tela é considerada emergente nos estudos linguísticos, com destaque para as Fics, e para a relevância contemporânea da rede social WA.
Náufragos
Authors: Da Silva Joilson Bessa
Published: July 2021

O poema Náufragos, inspirado pela proximidade do mar, dialoga com o contexto histórico atual repleto de tensões e "afogamentos".
A textualidade em critérios de correção de texto de uma Plataforma Adaptativa: um estudo de caso
Authors: Bazarim Milene , Gonçalves Adair Vieira , Fechus Gustavo
Published: July 2021

Neste artigo, apresentam-se os resultados de uma pesquisa que objetivou investigar como a textualidade é contemplada nos critérios e subcritérios de correção do gênero artigo de opinião adotados por uma Plataforma Adaptativa. Nessa plataforma, o corretor de texto utiliza ferramentas digitais que englobam diversas metodologias de correção, entre elas a classificatória. A análise fundamenta-se nos conceitos de texto e de critérios de textualidade advindos da Linguística Textual, bem como na concepção de correção como um texto, uma forma de diálogo e um andaime no qual o aluno se apoia para reescrever a sua produção. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa desenvolvida no campo de estudos transdisciplinar da Linguística Aplicada em que o estudo de caso é a metodologia dominante. Os resultados apontam que os critérios de correção da plataforma contemplam aspectos da gramática tradicional, características estruturais do gênero textual e critérios de textualidade, sobretudo, coesão. Esses resultados são relevantes porque apontam que o uso de ferramentas digitais na prática corretiva pode provocar mudanças nos modos de pensar sobre e agir na correção de textos escolares.
Memaknai Strategic Communication
Authors: Estaswara Helpris , Halim Umar , Burhan Badari
Published: July 2021

Strategic communication merupakan konsep dan kajian yang relatif baru dalam ilmu komunikasi. Sebelumnya, konsep strategic communication banyak digunakan dalam kajian militer dan ilmu pemerintahan terkait dengan internasional relations. Sebagai konsep baru, tidak mengherankan jika banyak perbedaan pandangan tentang makna strategic communication, terkait dengan posisi ilmu komunikasi, kesamaanya dengan public relations dan corporate communication, sampai paradigma yang digunakan. Artikel ini telah mengeksplorasi berbagai makna tentang strategic communication dengan tujuan memaknai strategic communication yang berbasis ilmu komunikasi dengan menolak sikap taken-for-granted sebagai bagian dari management strategy. Berangkat dari penjelasan tersebut dan dengan menggunakan metode literature review, strategic communication dimaknai sebagai proses komunikasi antar aktor dalam organisasi yang diwujudkan dalam bentuk interaksi yang saling memahami dan bekerjasama untuk mencapai tujuan organisasi dengan berbasis paradigma postmodernisme.
ECONOMIC CRISIS THEORY OR ECONOMIC THEORY CRISIS?
Authors: MEKVABISHVILI ELGUJA
Published: July 2021

The global financial crisis has brought a new impulse to the discussion of the problem of economic crisis. Economists have divided into two groups - one group believes the main
reason for the crisis is the failure of economic theory. The second group thinks that economists have not been charged in the formation of economic crisis. The most problematic aspect of the economic crisis is their prediction. Mainstream neoclassical economic theory completely excludes the possibility of predicting crises.
In the analysis of this issue, we use the concepts: “point prediction”, “prediction corridor”, “stationary regime” of economy functioning, and N. Kondratiev’s Great Cycles Conjunction Theory. There is possible to define the “prediction’s corridors” within the stationary regimes of economy functioning. In these periods the economy is characterized with high quality of volatility. By observing the main economic indicators in these periods, we think, it is possible to predict the approximate date of the economic crisis.
EXPORT ISSUES IN ASSESSING COUNTRY’S COMPETITIVENESS
Authors: GAGANIDZE GIORGI
Published: July 2021

Often in scientific circles, mistrust regarding the reliability of competitiveness or other indices is expressed. The definite part of the economists think that it is not advisable to form any serious strategies based on these indices. This mistrust is probably caused by less awareness in these issues, especially because of the absence of tangible, confirmed ties between these indices and the real economic figures. We often witness only superficial talks about indices, focusing on the place of the particular index of the country in certain rankings, which causes its politicization and the discussion of the fundamental
issues is not taken into account. In this publication we will try to concentrate on the indices focusing on country’s competitiveness and trade support. Such a choice was determined by two important issues: the first is the direct connection of these indices with the competitiveness of the country’s exports and the second - both of these indices are made by the World Economic Forum and hence certain unified methodological approaches exist.
CURRENT MATTERS OF STATE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
TEACHING IN GEORGIA
Authors: NARMANIA DAVIT
Published: July 2021

State Management and Public Administration Teaching is an actual matter of all civilized countries. Educated state officials who have profound knowledge in these subjects are
more effective than public servants who have received the general education. Performance at work and decisions made by the effective public servants are directly reflected on country’s success. Thus, different countries more or less successfully
considered that the money spent by the state is much less than the impact received from learning.
In this work we are trying to briefly overview the international experience and based on this reveal the effective teaching tools. Also, we present the possible ways to measure the efficiency of training. The work is focusing on the approaches and challenges of new public management, which require constant improvement in management. Therefore, it
is necessary to update the teaching approaches to the State Management and Public Administration periodically. In addition, the work is analyzing the current condition
of state management and public administration teaching in Georgia. Based on the public sector reform progress and produced analysis the tasks for improving the teaching approaches is introducing.
METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES OF DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF COMPETITIVENESS IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR OF GEORGIA
Authors: KHARAISHVILI ETER
Published: July 2021

The paper evaluates the importance of scientifically calculated indicators of competition and level of competitiveness for the effective functioning of food markets, especially for Georgia. The role of these indicators for producers and consumers is also substantiated. The methodological issues of measuring the level of competition in food markets are evaluated in the paper. The opinions of various researchers on this issue are analyzed. It is concluded that in Georgia, where the share of small enterprises is large and the import rate is high, in order to estimate the market share of small firms along with the concentration index, it is advisable to calculate the Herfindahl-Hirschman indices, as well as the entropy index and to determine the dispersion of
market shares. To provide a comprehensive assessment of the level of competition and to provide complete information to stakeholders, it is advisable to use other features as well. It is argued that determining the level of competition requires, in addition to
the indices, the analysis of various competitive factors. The article evaluates five key competitive factors based on wine market analysis: local market position; Local market growth potential; Economies of scale (cost / benefit analysis); Adapting
to industry change; Potential for attracting foreign investors. The obtained results are compared with the data of the research conducted by foreign scientists according to the groups of traditional and new wine producers. Comparative analysis reveals
methodological problems in determining the level of competition for the agro-food sector of Georgia. In order to successfully enter the food markets, it is advisable to calculate the level of competitiveness of the product.
The level of product competitiveness in the current period is assessed by the "ex-post" method using the following indices:
Revealed Competitiveness Advantage (RCA); Relative Advantages of Exports (RXA); By Relative Import Penetration (RMP); By Relative Trade Advantage (RTA). It is concluded that for Georgia, as a small country, to determine the level of competitiveness
of agri-food products from two indices (RCA and RXA indices) it is recommended to use only the RCA index.
The article identifies modern methodological approaches to determining the level of competition and competitiveness,
draws conclusions based on their evaluation and offers recommendations for overcoming different problems.
THE SCALE OF THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN GEORGIA AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES IMPLIMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT – WHAT DO MODELS SAY?
Authors: ANANIASHVILI IURI , GAPRINDASHVILI LEVAN
Published: July 2021

. In this article we present forecasts of the spread of COVID-19 virus, obtained by econometric and machine learning methods. Furthermore, by employing modelling method, we estimate effectiveness of preventive measures
implemented by the government. Each of the models discussed in this article is modelling different characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic’s trajectory: peak and end date, number of daily infections over different forecasting horizons, total
number of infection cases. All these provide quite clear picture to the interested reader of the future threats posed by COVID-19.
In terms of existing models and data, our research indicates that phenomenological models do well in forecasting the trend, duration and total infections of the COVID- 19 epidemic, but make serious mistakes in forecasting the number of daily infections. Machine learning models, deliver more accurate short –term forecast of daily infections, but due to data limitations, they struggle to make long-term forecasts. Compartmental models are the best choice for modelling the measures implemented by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and determining optimal level of restrictions. These models show that until achieving herd immunity (i.e. without any epidemiological or government implemented measures), approximate number of people infected with COVID-19 would be 3 million, but due to preventive measures, expected total
number of infections has reduced to several thousand (1555-3189) people. This unequivocally indicates the effectiveness of the preventive measures.
CORONOMICS AND SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE ENERGY SECTOR
Authors: NARMANIA DAVIT
Published: July 2021

The worldwide pandemics of COVID-19 has influenced all sectors of the economy. Energy sector as one of the branches of the economy has been affected as well. Suspension of a number of enterprises and institutions, switching staff to
the remote working mode and other restrictions for the purpose of preventing risks stemming from the pandemics reduces overall energy consumption. On the other hand, staying at home significantly increases household energy consumption.
However, the reduction of the energy consumption due to the stop/less active operation of the enterprises and institutions usually exceeds the amount of increased household consumption. Subsequently, amount of the energy to be distributed is
reduced. Another important factor is the price of energy. Energy price in Georgia is mainly determined according to the exchange rate of the national currency in relation to US Dollar. Pandemics and decrease of economic activities have caused dramatic
drop of Georgian Lari rate. This has increased price of both – imported energy (electricity and natural gas) and electricity to be purchased from the local hydro power plants on the basis of the power purchase agreements so called PPAs (where the
purchase price of the electricity is indicated in US Cents).
During the pandemics the solvency of enterprises/organizations and the population is also quite important. Restrictions related to pandemics have reduced revenues of business sector as well as of the population. Many enterprises and institutions
(e.g. hotels, restaurants, cafes, beauty parlors etc.) have completely stopped. Hereby, a lot of employees have lost their jobs and the income or the remuneration for some people has decreased due to pandemics. Therefore, many subscribers have
faced problem of paying bills and applied companies as well as the regulatory commission and the State with request to defer their debts. Envisaging social background, the decision of the Government of Georgia to subsidize utility services of the natural persons definitely bears quite progressive character. The Government of Georgia has spent more than 170 million GEL within 3 months for those subscribers whose monthly electricity consumption doesn’t exceed 200 kW and natural gas
consumption doesn’t exceed 200 cubic meters. For such consumers the Government has also subsidized water and cleaning service fees.
This article analysis abovementioned and other socioeconomic aspects of the energy sector that have become relevant due to COVID-19.
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ACUTE FEBRILE ENCEPHALOPATHY CASES IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP PATIENTS: A STUDY FROM WESTERN RAJASTHAN
Authors: Rathore Laxmi , Khatri P. K. , Meena Saroj K. , Bora Archana , Bhooshan Suneel
Published: July 2021

Acute Febrile Encephalopathy is a clinical term used to describe patients presenting with short febrile illnesses with altered mental states.
Demographic distribution plays an essential role in the diagnosis of viral etiologies. One hundred ve suspected AFE cases were enrolled in the
study. A detailed history by predesigned performa and laboratory investigations was obtained for data collection. Viral etiology was diagnosed in
32 (30.48%) cases. The male to female ratio was 1.39:1. Total 56.25% of positive cases were from the lower class, 28.13% from the middle class,
and 15.63% from the upper class. 24 (75%) cases from rural, while only 8 (25%) of the urban population showed viral etiologies. In 19 (59.4%)
cases were either history of incomplete vaccination or not vaccinated, 13 (40.6%) cases had a history of complete immunization among positive
cases. The predominant clinical feature was fever (100%) followed by seizures 66(62.86%), vomiting 37(35.24%), headache 14(13.33%), paresis
in 16(15.24%) and altered sensorium in 29(27.62%), respectively. To conclude, the etiologic panorama of AFE varies with several factors such as
time and demographical location, age, and immunization status. There is an urgent need to conduct more studies to prole the viral etiologies
according to their prevalence in geographical areas so the treatment can be tailored accordingly and prophylaxis treatment or immunization can be
boosted in the population at risk of getting the disease.
“PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HEALTH WORKERS IN INDIA: AN
ONLINE SURVEY”
Authors: Sagar Preeti , Sagar Pallavi
Published: July 2021

Introduction: The outbreak of COVID-19 and its declaration as a pandemic around the globe has increased the work load of health care
professionals, thus generating high levels of psychological stress on them.
Aim: The objective of this research was to analyse the psychological impact and many associated aspects among both healthcare and nonhealthcare working professionals in India during the emerging COVID-19 situation.
Materials and Methods:The sample was composed of 220 health professionals. The data was gathered by a structured questionnaire that was sent
via email to a target population of 220 people. The questionnaire was completed in an anonymous manner and the survey ndings were later
utilized to form an Excel data table to assess anxiety, stress and depression and other additional descriptive variables that could be related to
psychological status.
Results: The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated increased symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia among
clinical department health workers as compared to those of administrative departments. Also, anxiety contributed to the maximum percentage
among all psychological parameters (anxiety, depression, insomnia).
Conclusion: Professionals in the front line have shown a signicant psychological impact arising from this crisis.
WRIST GANGLION TREATMENT: A COMPARISON OF ASPIRATION WITH INTRALESIONAL STEROID INJECTION, LOOP SUTURE, AND SURGICAL EXCISION
Authors: Aloria Jitendra Kumar , Bairwa Dinesh Kumar , prasad Vishnu , Goel Rajesh
Published: July 2021

Introduction: Ganglions contain transilluminant growths that seem to be tight, smooth, and cystic. They are by far the most frequent soft tissue
swelling of the hand, with the dorsum of the wrist being the most prevalent location. Ganglion management options currently include aspiration,
loop suture, and surgery. Some supported aspiration combined with steroid injection and loop suture method into the cyst to improve therapeutic
outcomes.
Objectives: To assess discomfort alleviation, visual results, and recurrence rate in ganglion therapy utilizing aspiration, intralesional steroids
(triamcinolone acetate) administration, loop suture approach, versus surgical resection.
Material and Methods: -In this prospective and observational study, 50 participants were categorized into 3 groups and managed at GMC Kota
during March 2019 and December 2020. Aspiration followed by intralesional steroid (triamcinolone acetate) injection was given to Group A (89
participants), loop suture method was given to Group B (55 patients), and surgical excision was given to Group C (16 patients). Patients were
monitored on for up to a year after therapy at one, three, and six months.
Results: Out of 89 patients in group A, 88 (98.76%) had pain alleviation, no scars, and just four (4.49%) had recurrence, which was handled by
repeating the treatment. Out of 55 patients in group B, 52 (94.55 percent) experienced pain reduction, while three (5.45%) experienced recurrence.
In group C, out of 16 patients, 14 (87.5%) experienced pain reduction, while 16 (100%) experienced linear scarring with recurrence (6.25 percent).
Patients in group Aexperienced recurrence, which was treated with intralesional steroid.
A Unifying Theory of Electronic Money and Payment Systems
Authors: Buldas Ahto , Saarepera Märt , Steiner Jamie , Draheim Dirk
Published: July 2021

We present a general theory of payment systems that is capable of describing both traditional and electronic forms of payment. Starting from the three basic functions of money and general non-functional requirements, we derive the necessary and sufficient properties of technical implementations of money and payments. We describe possible scalable implementations of e-money schemes based on a general description of their data structures (money distributions) and payments. We define the notion of bill scheme, in which the value units are bills with invariant values, and show that only the bill scheme allows for scalable and practically efficient implementations through decomposition, where the components have to process a considerably smaller amount of data and a number of payment requests, compared to the whole system.
Wireless Source Localization Utilizing An Airborne Interfrometry
Authors: Hejazi Farzam , Joneidi Mohsen , Rahnavard Nazanin
Published: July 2021

This paper investigates the problem of localization of co-channel transmitters or primary users (PUs) using an array mounted on a moving aerial platform. As a practical alternative for a sensor network to pursue the localization task, the proposed Phase Interferometric Source Localization (PISL) technique utilizes a moving sensor that measures phase difference between two antennas mounted on the platform. Due to the sparse nature of PUs' distribution in the region, we model the localization task as a simple basis-pursuit denoising framework and introduce a reconstruction method using a sparse recovery algorithm to discover locations of unknown PUs based on the phase difference measurements. We show that the ratio of distance between two antennas to the carrier-frequency wavelength is the critical parameter making the localization feasible. We also propose a scheme for sensor motion design in order to maximize the number of detectable PUs based on mutual coherence property. Since the motion optimization problem is very hard to address we develop a simple geometric relaxation to address the problem. The simulation results show that PISL can precisely recover the map of PUs with only few measurements and also reveal that sensor motion path can have determinate effect on the localization accuracy. PISL performance is compared with an state-of-the-art technique that utilizes adaptive beamforming and results show the superiority of PISL results in localization accuracy.
Accelerated IE-GSTC Solver for Large-Scale Metasurface Field Scattering Problems using Fast Multipole Method (FMM)
Authors: dugan jordan , Smy Tom J. , Gupta Shulabh
Published: July 2021

An accelerated Integral Equations (IE) field solver for determining scattered fields from electrically large electromagnetic metasurfaces utilizing Fast Multipole Method (FMM) is proposed and demonstrated in 2D. In the proposed method, practical general metasurfaces are expressed using an equivalent zero thickness sheet model described using surface susceptibilities, and where the total fields around it satisfy the Generalized Sheet Transition Conditions (GSTCs). While the standard IE-GSTC offers fast field computation compared to other numerical methods, it is still computationally demanding when solving electrically large problems, with a large number of unknowns. Here we accelerate the IE-GSTC method using the FMM technique by dividing the current elements on the metasurface into near- and far-groups, where either the rigorous or approximated Green’s function is used, respectively, to reduce the computation time without losing solution accuracy. Using numerical examples, the speed improvement of the FMM IE-GSTC method O(N1.5) over the standard IE-GSTC O(N3) method is confirmed. Finally, the usefulness of the FMM IE-GSTC is demonstrated by applying it to solve electromagnetic propagation inside an electrically large radio environment with strategically placed metasurfaces to improve signal coverage in blind areas, where a standard IE-GSTC solver would require prohibitively large computational resources and long simulation times.
XXI secolo: l’universo fisico-cibernetico e le grandi sfide emergenti
Authors: Lombardi Mauro
Published: July 2021

In this chapter we outline the cyber-physical world we entered following the pervasive diffusion of information processing devices that are able to able to interact through exchanging information (cyber-physical systems). In this way ubiquitous computing and ubiquitous connectivity are changing how people think, act and produce. Indeed processes and products are becoming smart and connected on a potentially global level. The possibility of realizing a digital of everything representation from the subatomic level and nanoscale to the astronomical level implies that the physical world is surrounded and pervaded by a digital sphere that interacts with and influences it. Are we in a world like the one hypothesized by Borges' famous paradoxes of the 1: 1 map? The reality Is very different from the imagery Borges’s map: hyperstructures self-organize and emerge, global players act and influence the dynamics of complex adaptive systems.
Fase di ‘transizione critica’ per il Sistema-Terra
Authors: Lombardi Mauro
Published: July 2021

Pandemic, health crisis, climate risk after decades of stressing natural capital because of overexploitation of resources and moreover increasing socio-economic inequalities are considered by many scholar to cause a tipping point in the evolution of bio-physical and socio-technical processes on a global level. In light of the systemic interdependencies of a hyper-connected world, the scenario of a global systemic crisis does not appear unlikely. We can try to avoid it by taking on new strategic priorities and mindset, then defining theoretical imperatives and application criteria. In this perspective, an example is the paradigm shift represented by the passage from the so-called shareholder capitalism to the stakeholder capitalism.
La ricerca di uno schema concettuale e di una metodologia appropriati per affrontare le sfide generate dalla dinamica tecno-economica
Authors: Lombardi Mauro
Published: July 2021

In this chapter, first three traditional frames centered on innovation processes and innovative strategies are analyzed: Linear Model, National Innovation Systems, Evolutonary Approach to the analysis of economic processes. The reasons that lead us to seek a new conceptual frame, which we define adaptive strategic thinking on the basis of a theoretical and empirical literature, are explained.
Paesaggi alla finestra: percezione delle trasformazioni e immaginazione delle alternative durante e dopo il lockdown
Authors: Gianluca Cepollaro  , Luca Mori
Published: July 2021

La Convenzione europea del paesaggio (CEP), siglata a Firenze il 19 luglio 2000, promuove un’idea di paesaggio non come semplice sfondo delle attività umane, come un luogo di eccezionale bellezza da contemplare “dalla finestra”, ma come “spazio di vita” delle popolazioni. Proprio nell’anno in cui si celebra il ventennale della sua ratifica, milioni di persone in tutto il mondo sono state costrette per diverse settimane, durante il periodo di lockdown dovuto all’emergenza pandemica, a non vivere i luoghi esterni alla propria abitazione e quindi, per così dire, a osservare i paesaggi “là fuori”, a guardarli da “finestre” reali o virtuali come gli schermi dei dispositivi digitali. In un progetto educativo svolto con i ragazzi delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado, il paesaggio diviene “uno specchio di mondi possibili”: esso non è solo l’occasione per rispecchiare lo stato d’animo che accompagna gli studenti durante l’isolamento, un oggetto “fuori dalla finestra” sul quale si posa lo sguardo, ma è soprattutto occasione per riflettere sulla trasformazione delle percezioni e sull’immaginazione del futuro.
Prospettiva e rifugio nella pandemia, ovvero il paesaggio visto come uccelli
Authors: Di Carlo Fabio
Published: July 2021

Se ogni attività progettuale presuppone un quadro di riferimento -stabile o di previsione e visione- nel quale inscrivere ogni prefigurazione, lo stato di conoscenze e mutazioni sul futuro post-pandemico non è chiaro, né lo sono le necessità e i processi utili per affrontarle. Anche rispetto al ruolo del progetto di paesaggio è possibile organizzare solo risposte parziali e transitorie, che sono forse più prese di coscienza che figurazioni, o che possono essere parte di un ragionamento che pone nuovi e diversi elementi di orientamento. Nella convinzione che questa fase non possa essere trattata né con strumenti consolidati, né con un processo unitario, questo scritto è volutamente frammentario. È quasi una raccolta non ordinata di riflessioni su alcuni aspetti che pongono in relazione il lavoro sul progetto di paesaggio con l’attuale condizione. Qui paesaggio e giardino sono visti come condizioni di prospettiva e rifugio, secondo la teoria di Jay Appleton sull’esperienza del paesaggio, che ci è utile come riferimento.
Il Paese Plurale
Authors: Bertorelli Claudio
Published: July 2021

Il testo propone un'angolatura critica sul recente libro "Italie", curato da Bianca Rinaldi e edito da Il Mulino, finalizzata ad esplicitare i caratteri contradditori ed evolutivi del modo di fare e vedere il Paesaggio presente.
Disputas eleitorais e lideranças operárias no início da Primeira República: o perfil social e a votação de membros do Partido Operário do Paraná (1890-1896)
Authors: Richter Gomes Sandro Aramis
Published: July 2021

Neste artigo é desenvolvida uma investigação acerca do perfil social e do desempenho eleitoral de integrantes do Partido Operário do Paraná (POPR), em um período que abrange os anos de 1890 a 1896. Por meio de um estudo de caso, o objetivo desta análise é avançar no entendimento sobre a organização interna e a ação eleitoral dos partidos operários que surgiram no Brasil do início da Primeira República. Há três argumentos sustentados neste artigo. Primeiro, é demonstrado que o POPR era comandado por políticos veteranos que, no fim do Segundo Reinado, possuíam baixa projeção no cenário partidário paranaense. Segundo, cabe evidenciar que essa agremiação não possuía relevante força eleitoral. Terceiro, é ressaltado que foi breve a aliança entre os fundadores dessa grei. Em meados dos anos 1890, eles já se encontravam politicamente afastados.
ANALISIS CLUSTERING PROVINSI DI INDONESIA BERDASARKAN TINGKAT KEMISKINAN MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA K-MEANS
Authors: Bahauddin Achmad , Fatmawati Agustina , Permata Sari Febrianti
Published: July 2021

Berdasarkan sumber informasi dari Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), kita dapat mengetahui persentase kemiskinan yang ada di seluruh provinsi Indonesia. Namun didalam data yang tersaji di BPS tersebut, kategori persentase kemiskinan yang disajikan hanya berdasarkan provinsi sedangkan dalam upaya untuk memberantas kemiskinan yang ada, pemerintah perlu mengetahui daerah manakah yang memiliki tingkat kemiskinan tinggi, sedang atau rendah sehingga pemerintah dapat menetapkan skala prioritas untuk menanggulangi kemiskinan tersebut. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan pengelompokan provinsi yang ada di Indonesia berdasarkan tingkat kemiskinannya agar pemerintah dapat memberikan kebijakan atau pendekatan yang tepat dan cepat untuk mengatasi kemiskinan yang terjadi berdasarkan tingkat kemiskinan masing-masing provinsi. Pada penelitian ini digunakan metode clustering dengan algoritma K-Means untuk mengelompokan provinsi berdasarkan tingkat kemiskinannya dengan bantuan software Weka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat 3 cluster provinsi di Indonesia berdasarkan tingkat kemiskinannya yaitu Cluster 0 (provinsi dengan tingkat kemiskinan rendah), Cluster 1 (provinsi tingkat kemiskinan sedang), dan Cluster 2 (provinsi dengan tingkat kemiskinan tinggi). Provinsi yang termasuk dalam kategori provinsi dengan tingkat kemiskinan tinggi yaitu Maluku, Papua Barat dan Papua.
PEMBOBOTAN MENGGUNAKAN PAIRWISE COMPARISON PADA CASE BASED REASONING REKOMENDASI HOTEL
Authors: Iman Kukuh Tri Nur , Wibisono Setyawan
Published: July 2021

Meningkatnya pertumbuhan hotel di kota Semarang, maka akan mengakibatkan peningkatan terhadap pilihan hotel di kota Semarang. Setiap hotel memiliki penawaran layanan yang berbeda-beda seperti kelas hotel dan fasilitas yang terdapat di hotel tersebut. Untuk memudahkan dalam pemilihan hotel dibutuhkan sistem rekomendasi yang bisa digunakan dalam memilih hotel di kota Semarang. Dalam mengembangkan penelitian ini, digunakan model penalaran dengan metode Case Based Reasoning (CBR). Metode CBR berguna untuk membuat pilihan rekomendasi hotel terbaik dengan cara membandingkan antara fasilitas-fasilitas yang dikehendaki dengan fasilitas-fasilitas yang dimiliki oleh setiap hotel. Fasilitas hotel dikategorikan dalam tiga kelompok, yaitu: fasilitas utama, fasilitas umum dan fasilitas tambahan. Setiap fasilitas diberikan bobot secara subjektif dengan menentukan kelebihpentingan antara satu fasilitas dibandingkan dengan fasilitas yang lain. Dalam penentuan kelebihpentingan setiap fasilitas tetap mempertimbangkan penilaian umum dalam bidang perhotelan Nilai-nilai subjektif tersebut diuji validitasnya menggunakan metode pairwise comparison. Pada penelitian ini hasil perhitungan pairwise comparison didapatkan bahwa bobot untuk fasilitas utama sebesar 0,63, bobot untuk fasilitas umum sebesar 0,24 serta bobot untuk fasilitas tambahan sebesar 0,13.Hasil perbandingan pada CBR akan dihitung nilai kedekatannya menggunakan  algoritma similaritas K–Nearest Neighbors (KNN) sehingga akan memberikan nilai kemiripan antara parameter dan hasil rekomendasi pemilihan hotel. Hasil nilai akhir similaritas berada dalam rentang antara 0 sampai dengan  1. Sistem ini akan merekomendasikan beberapa hotel dengan similaritas lebih dari 0,4 sedangkan similaritas kurang dari  0,4 akan akan ditambahkan ke dalam tabel revise supaya bisa dicarikan solusi.
DIF DETECTION SENSITIVITY OF LORD’S
CHI-SQUARE, RAJU’S AREA, LOGISTIC REGRESSION, MANTEL-HAENSZEL, STANDARDIZATION, AND TRANSFORMED ITEM DIFFICULTIES METHODS, IN COMPARISON, USING R.
Authors: Dr. Wokoma T. Abbott
Published: July 2021

Differential item functioning (DIF) will always occur as a result of these differences in the person parameter of these individuals being examined even when item parameters remain constant during testing. This postulate of item response theory (IRT) was proven in this work. This study investigated if DIF detection methods will have the same DIF detection sensitivity. Comparative research design formed the framework of the study. Transformed item difficulties (TID), Mantel-Haenszel (MH), standardization, logistic regression, Ragu’s area, and Lord’s chi-square methods were compared. The study used 400 vocational one students (200 male as reference group and 200 female as focal group) in Rivers state, Nigeria. The multiple choice items of 2019 computer science for the junior school certificate examination (JSCE) was adapted as the instrument for data collection, which were administered to students and scored dichotomously. Difficulty and discrimination parameters of the items were analyzed using the 2PL model of IRT with the help of ltm package. Ogives of the items were plotted with ggplot2 package. Individual DIF methods and DichoDif in DifR were used to detect DIF and compare the methods. The results revealed that all the items of the test functioned differently between the reference group and the focal group as shown in the item characteristic curves (ICCs). In comparison of the DIF detection methods, standardization method detected most of the DIF items followed by logistic regression method, and then lord’s chi-square methods. Transformed item difficulties method detected more than mantel-Haenszel method. Raju’s area method could not detect any. In the light of the finding, it was recommended that the best DIF detection methods (possibly combination of them) should be used to identify DIF items in tests.
KEYWORDS: Item response theory, differential item functioning, item characteristic curve, item parameters.
Patriarchal Primitivism. Dying Peasant Women and the Soviet Anti-Developmental Turn
Authors: Neumeyer Joy
Published: July 2021

This article investigates the role played by images of the female peasantry in the late Soviet intelligentsia’s questioning of developmental modernism. From the mid-1960s, Soviet culture was replete with mournful female peasants. Painter Viktor Popkov pioneered this trope in visual art with a series of canvases that portrayed old peasant women as wizened saints. Subsequent works, including Larisa Shepitko and Elem Klimov’s 1981 film Farewell (based on Valentin Rasputin’s novel Farewell to Matyora), adopted Popkov’s techniques to more directly question the legacy of Soviet development. The article uses such images to examine what I call “patriarchal primitivism” as a common response to crises of modernity among imperial powers. It frames cultural nostalgia for an essentialized past as an attempt to resolve what the anthropologist Ernesto De Martino termed the “crisis of presence” in his studies of mourning and healing rituals in southern Italy. In the Soviet case, depictions of peasant women served to raise environmental consciousness while fueling a conservative nationalism that relegated women to subordinate roles. As in African colonial contexts, their posture of opposition was not only tolerated but cultivated by a state seeking to renew its claim to legitimacy as the authentic voice of the people.
From Socially Engaged Art to the Abolition of Wage Labor
Authors: Andreasen Torsten
Published: July 2021

A review of Leigh Claire La Berge's, "Wages Against Artwork: Decommodified Labor and the Claims of Socially Engaged Art" (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019).
Klasa i alegoria we współczesnej kulturze masowej. „Pieskie popołudnie” jako film polityczny
Authors: Jameson Fredric
Published: July 2021

Polski przekład klasycznego artykułu Fredrica Jamesona, opublikowanego po raz pierwszy w 1977 roku. Na przykładzie analizy filmu Pieskie popołudnie (1975, reż. Sidney Lumet) autor proponuje metodę odczytywania dzieła filmowego jako alegorii relacji klasowych. Przygląda się w tym celu elementom fabuły filmu, jego aspektom gatunkowym i formalnym oraz usytuowaniu względem systemu produkcji obrazów w Hollywood i telewizji tamtego czasu.

Podstawa przekładu: „Class and Allegory in Contemporary Mass Culture: Dog Day Afternoon as a Political Film”, College English, Vol. 38, No. 8 (1977): 843-859.
„Całą Polskę Wam uszyję”
Authors: Armada Tomasz , Zborowska Agata
Published: July 2021

Prezentacja prac Tomasza Armady - ubrań i stylizacji - w formie serii fotografii (autorstwa Agnieszki Murak i Michała Korty). Towarzyszy jej krytyczny komentarz Agaty Zborowskiej.
“I Will Fashion the Lot of Poland For You”
Authors: Armada Tomasz , Zborowska Agata
Published: July 2021

Presentation of Tomasz Armada's works - clothes and styling - in photographic form (photos by Agnieszka Murak and Michał Korta). It is accompanied by a critical commentary by Agata Zborowska.
Migration in the Northbohemian Region in 1983 - 1988
Authors: Šašek Miloslav
Published: July 2021

The contribution deals with the analyses of migration of the population in the former Northbohemian Region in 1983 - 1988, especially according to its educational status in particular Districts, 4 regions and some big towns (with the stress on Liberec and Jablonec).