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The influence of youtube food content reviews on customer purchasing decisions: lesson from Jakarta local street food
Authors:   Postgraduate Tourism Studies Programme, Universitas Gadjah Mada, and Sahid Polytechnic, Indonesia, Wachyuni Suci Sandi , Wiweka Kadek ,   École Doctorale Sociétés, Temps, Territoires (EDSTT) Université Angers, France and Sahid Polytechnic, Indonesia, Wahyuni Nenny ,   Sahid Polytechnic, Indonesia, Teviningrum Shinta ,   Gunadarma University, Indonesia, Suheryadi Heru ,   Sahid Polytechnic, Indonesia
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of food review content on YouTube on purchasing decisions for local culinary delights, specifically the Jakarta Nasi Goreng Kambing Kebon Sirih. It is the one of the favorite culinary place in Jakarta which sells lamb fried rice, it is located at Kebon Sirih Street. This research employed a quantitative approach with data analysis techniques such as descriptive statistics, linear regression test, t test, and coefficient of determination. The participants in this study are tourists on culinary trips in Jakarta. The samples were 100 tourists who went on a culinary trip and purchased fried rice for the Jakarta Kebon Sirih utilising non-probability sampling or purposive sampling techniques. The correlation coefficient test findings reveal that food reviews on YouTube have a remarkably strong relationship with Nasi Goreng Kambing Kebon Sirih purchasing decisions. Furthermore, the t test results indicate that food reviews on YouTube have a partially positive influence on the decision to purchase culinary products at the restaurant. The theoretical implication of this research is to provide an understanding that food reviews on YouTube have a significant contribution in the context of culinary products or culinary tourism. In the meantime, the findings of this study can be utilized as a reference for restaurant management in particular, and for local street food in general. Some of the limitations of this research that can be addressed in future research include the sample size and research scope.
The Roman Municipia of Malta and Gozo
Authors: George Azzopardi
Published: February 2024

How did the Maltese and Gozitans fare under Roman occupation? How were they treated by their new masters? And what did they do to appease them? What changes did the new political situation bring about in their lives? How did they respond and / or adapt? Was their religious identity in any way affected? How did they manoeuvre their loyalties to their own benefits? And how did they manage their own domestic affairs within the new political set-up?

Though based essentially on epigraphical evidence, this study seeks to address the above and other questions through an exercise in which epigraphy and the archaeological record supplement each other. The results shed new light on the governing bodies of the Maltese islands in Roman times and the models they followed, those who administered them, the latter’s role and status, and also their relationship with and their significance for the rest of the population.
Bâtisseurs de mégalithes
Authors: Florian Cousseau
Published: February 2024

Bâtisseurs de mégalithes aims to develop and test a new methodology for Prehistory to enhance architectural analysis. A review of research into the European megalithic phenomenon from the 5th to the 3rd millennium BC in relation to western France reveals a disparity in our knowledge of megalithic sites. Technological data related to the construction process is almost non-existent compared to architectural data focusing on formal and ornamental aspects. Similarly, there is more data available for monoliths (orthostats and capstones) than for masonry.

However, the study of more recent constructions provides crucial information for understanding their architecture, particularly through the use of building archaeology. This approach has been employed to read historical buildings for about thirty years and has demonstrated its full potential.

Its application to megalithic architectures requires adaptation. Firstly, the vocabulary and construction principles were aligned with the dry stone masonry generally used. Secondly, the study includes an analysis of monoliths, which play a major role.

The results highlight the architectural biography of Neolithic tumuli and the technology used in their construction. They also demonstrate that megalithic sites in western France underwent architectural modifications throughout the Neolithic period, requiring significant expertise from the builders. Overall, megalithic building archaeology can be seen to provide a promising methodology for understanding monumentality in later Prehistory.
Études Mésopotamiennes – Mesopotamian Studies N°4 – 2024
Authors: Ilaria Calini
Published: February 2024

Études Mésopotamiennes – Mesopotamian Studies 4 provides the first complete presentation of the ceramic vessels from the levels associated with the Neo-Assyrian occupation of Tell Masaïkh, excavated by a French-Syrian archaeological mission between 1996 and 2010. Located in the valley of the Middle Euphrates in Syria, at a crossroads for encounters and on a key axis for communications and trade from Assyria to the Mediterranean, as well as from Anatolia to Babylonia, Tell Masaïkh corresponds to the ancient city of Kar-Assurnaṣirpal, founded on the left bank of the Euphrates by Aššurnaṣirpal II during his military conquests, and later becoming one of the residences of the Assyrian governor Nergal-eresh. But rather than showing the imposition of a material culture that only conforms to the models of the Assyrian Empire, the ceramic production of Tell Masaïkh bears witness to an open cultural horizon, where Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite and Levantine traditions blend and interact. In light of data documenting Syria’s archaeological heritage in a region whose ancient history is still relatively obscure, this book not only presents a catalogue of previously unpublished finds, but also anchors the study of this material in a broader historical reflection on the ways Assyrian power interplayed in a specific regional context.
Dimethyl Fumarate Exerts a Neuroprotective Effect by Enhancing Mitophagy via the NRF2/BNIP3/PINK1 Axis in the MPP+ Iodide-Induced Parkinson’s Disease Mice Model
Authors: Pinjala Poojitha , Tryphena Kamatham Pushpa , Kulkarni Amrita , Goswami Prince Giri , Khatri Dharmendra Kumar
Published: February 2024

Background:

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Mitophagy, mitochondrial selective autophagy, is critical in maintaining mitochondrial and subsequently neuronal homeostasis. Its impairment is strongly implicated in PD and is associated with accelerated neurodegeneration.

Objective:

To study the positive effect of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on mitophagy via the NRF2/BNIP3/PINK1 axis activation in PD disease models.

Methods:

The neuroprotective effect of DMF was explored in in vitro and in vivo PD models. MTT assay was performed to determine the DMF dose followed by JC-1 assay to study its mitoprotective effect in MPP+ exposed SHSY5Y cells. For the in vivo study, C57BL/6 mice were divided into six groups: Normal Control (NC), Disease Control (DC), Sham (Saline i.c.v.), Low Dose (MPP+ iodide+DMF 15 mg/kg), Mid Dose (MPP+ iodide+DMF 30 mg/kg), and High Dose (MPP+ iodide+DMF 60 mg/kg). The neuroprotective effect of DMF was assessed by performing rotarod, open field test, and pole test, and biochemical parameter analysis using immunofluorescence, western blot, and RT-PCR.

Results:

DMF treatment significantly alleviated the loss of TH positive dopaminergic neurons and enhanced mitophagy by increasing PINK1, Parkin, BNIP3, and LC3 levels in the MPP+ iodide-induced PD mice model. DMF treatment groups showed good locomotor activity and rearing time when compared to the DC group.

Conclusions:

DMF confers neuroprotection by activating the BNIP3/PINK1/Parkin pathway, enhancing the autophagosome formation via LC3, and improving mitophagy in PD models, and could be a potential therapeutic option in PD.
Sonographic methods to predict type 2 diabetes patients with sarcopenia: B mode ultrasound and shear wave elastography
Authors: Wang Shengqiao , Xu Xinliang , Cao Siqi , Cheng Juan , Wang Ying , Dong Yi
Published: February 2024

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes accelerates the loss of muscle mass and strength. Sarcopenia is also one of the chronic complications of diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical value of B mode ultrasound (BMUS) and shear wave elastography (SWE) for predicting type 2 diabetic sarcopenia. METHODS: We recorded Skeletal Muscle Mass Index (ASMI), grip strength, muscle thickness (MT), pinna angle (PA), fascicle length (FL), and the difference of Young’s modulus in the relaxed states and tense states (ΔSWE). The correlations between clinical indicators and ultrasound characteristics were compared. A diagnostic model of sarcopenia was developed to assess the independent correlates and evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of sarcopenia. RESULTS: ASMI was significantly and positively correlated with MT and ΔSWE (r = 0.826, 0.765, P < 0.01), and grip strength was significantly and positively correlated with MT and ΔSWE (r = 0.797, 0.818, P < 0.01). MT was the most significant predictor of sarcopenia (OR = 4.576, P < 0.001), and the cut-off value of MT was 11.4 mm (AUC: 0.952). CONCLUSION: BMUS and SWE can quantitatively assess muscle mass and strength, and are effective methods to predict the occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.
Explainable data stream mining: Why the new models are better
Authors: Hu Hanqing , Kantardzic Mehmed , Kar Shreyas
Published: February 2024

Explainable Machine Learning brings expandability, interpretability, and accountability to Data Mining Algorithms. Existing explanation frameworks focus on explaining the decision process of a single model in a static dataset. However, in data stream mining changes in data distribution over time, called concept drift, may require updating the learning models to reflect the current data environment. It is therefore important to go beyond static models and understand what has changed among the learning models before and after a concept drift. We propose a Data Stream Explanability framework (DSE) that works together with a typical data stream mining framework where support vector machine models are used. DSE aims to help non-expert users understand model dynamics in a concept drifting data stream. DSE visualizes differences between SVM models before and after concept drift, to produce explanations on why the new model fits the data better. A survey was carried out between expert and non-expert users on the effectiveness of the framework. Although results showed non-expert users on average responded with less understanding of the issue compared to expert users, the difference is not statistically significant. This indicates that DSE successfully brings the explanability of model change to non-expert users.
Braiding drive data processing through rote learning
Authors: Chen Bin , Xu Huan , Yang Qiuyong , Zhao Zhiyu , You Shaohua
Published: February 2024

It is difficult for traditional data processing methods to make full use of the potential of braiding driven data, unable to quickly collect and preprocess data, and difficult to ensure the accuracy of data. Rote learning (RL) is part of the research field of artificial intelligence, which aims to enable computers to learn autonomously, just like humans. This allows understanding of relationships and patterns between data and helps computers process information quickly. In order to solve the problems of poor data integrity, slow data processing efficiency and poor information sharing in traditional data processing, and further optimize the braiding driven data processing technology, this paper combined RL with braiding driven data. Through the method of mechanical learning, the potential of weaving driving data is fully exerted, so that it can better cope with nonlinear relations and high-dimensional features. It used the effective method provided by the RL to process the braiding drive data, collect the data, and preprocessed the collected data to ensure the correctness of the data. It extracted the features of the data, which was convenient to classify the data according to its attributes. At the same time, this paper verified it by the steps of feature extraction, model training and data analysis. In order to test whether braiding drive data processing by RL can effectively solve the problems existing in traditional drive data technology, this paper tested the performance of compiled drive data processing, and the analysis results were as follows. The data integrity rate of braiding drive data was as low as 81%, which was much higher than that of traditional drive data processing. The recognition ability of data acquisition and matching was much higher than that of traditional drive data processing. Compared with the traditional drive data processing, the information sharing has been greatly improved. In terms of data processing efficiency, it is also much higher than the traditional drive data processing. It can be seen that the method of braiding drive data processing through RL effectively improves the accuracy of data processing. It strengthens the identification ability of data collection and matching, improves the sharing of information, enables users to obtain data and analyze it faster, and also improves the processing efficiency of data.
Vaccines and Dementia: Part II. Efficacy of BCG and Other Vaccines Against Dementia
Authors: Greenblatt Charles L. , Lathe Richard
Published: February 2024

There is growing awareness that infections may contribute to the development of senile dementia including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and that immunopotentiation is therefore a legitimate target in the management of diseases of the elderly including AD. In Part I of this work, we provided a historical and molecular background to how vaccines, adjuvants, and their component molecules can elicit broad-spectrum protective effects against diverse agents, culminating in the development of the tuberculosis vaccine strain Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) as a treatment for some types of cancer as well as a prophylactic against infections of the elderly such as pneumonia. In Part II, we critically review studies that BCG and other vaccines may offer a measure of protection against dementia development. Five studies to date have determined that intravesicular BCG administration, the standard of care for bladder cancer, is followed by a mean ∼45% reduction in subsequent AD development in these patients. Although this could potentially be ascribed to confounding factors, the finding that other routine vaccines such as against shingles (herpes zoster virus) and influenza (influenza A virus), among others, also offer a degree of protection against AD (mean 29% over multiple studies) underlines the plausibility that the protective effects are real. We highlight clinical trials that are planned or underway and discuss whether BCG could be replaced by key components of the mycobacterial cell wall such as muramyl dipeptide. We conclude that BCG and similar agents merit far wider consideration as prophylactic agents against dementia.
Comparison of Prognosis and Cognitive Function of Holistic Neurological Disease: Tochigi Neurological Disease Cohort Study
Authors: Matsuzono Kosuke , Mashiko Takafumi , Koide Reiji , Yoshizumi Hiroaki , Fujimoto Shigeru
Published: February 2024

Background: While many studies focus on the prognosis of individual neurological diseases, very few comprehensively compare and analyze real-world data of these diseases. Objective: To address this gap in knowledge, in this study, we comprehensively analyzed the real-life data of patients with neurological diseases. Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients with neurological diseases at three hospitals from December 1, 2016 to September 30, 2020. Neurological diseases were classified into nine groups: Dementia, Cerebrovascular disease, Parkinson’s and related, Functional, Spinocerebellar degeneration, Neuroimmune, Epilepsy, Muscle dystrophy disease, and Hypertension. Patients were followed up for three years, and their prognosis and evaluation of their cognitive function served as the endpoint. Results: A total of 426 patients were finally enrolled. Both mortality and cognitive function differed among the neurological disease categories. After 3 years, mortality was highest in the Dementia (25.5%), Parkinson’s and related (21.6%), and Spinocerebellar degeneration (35.3%) groups while the cognitive function of patients in these three groups was significantly lowest. Conclusions: When the neurological diseases were holistically observed, both mortality and cognitive function of the Dementia, Parkinson’s and related, and Spinocerebellar degeneration groups were significantly worse than the remaining diseases.
UViT: Efficient and lightweight U-shaped hybrid vision transformer for human pose estimation
Authors: Li Biao , Tang Shoufeng , Li Wenyi
Published: February 2024

Pose estimation plays a crucial role in human-centered vision applications and has advanced significantly in recent years. However, prevailing approaches use extremely complex structural designs for obtaining high scores on the benchmark dataset, hampering edge device applications. In this study, an efficient and lightweight human pose estimation problem is investigated. Enhancements are made to the context enhancement module of the U-shaped structure to improve the multi-scale local modeling capability. With a transformer structure, a lightweight transformer block was designed to enhance the local feature extraction and global modeling ability. Finally, a lightweight pose estimation network— U-shaped Hybrid Vision Transformer, UViT— was developed. The minimal network UViT-T achieved a 3.9% improvement in AP scores on the COCO validation set with fewer model parameters and computational complexity compared with the best-performing V2 version of the MobileNet series. Specifically, with an input size of 384×288, UViT-T achieves an impressive AP score of 70.2 on the COCO test-dev set, with only 1.52 M parameters and 2.32 GFLOPs. The inference speed is approximately twice that of general-purpose networks. This study provides an efficient and lightweight design idea and method for the human pose estimation task and provides theoretical support for its deployment on edge devices.
Distortion risk measures for tail-risk multicriteria decision-making based on a probabilistic linguistic environment
Authors: Chen Jie , Yin Chuancun
Published: February 2024

Probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) provide a flexible tool to express linguistic preferences, and several multi-criteria decision models based on PLTSs have been recently developed. In this framework, distortion risk measures are extensively used in finance and insurance applications, but are rarely applied in fuzzy systems. In this paper, distortion risk measures are applied to fuzzy tail decisions. In particular, three tail risk measurement methods are put forward, referred to as probabilistic linguistic VaR (PLVaR), expected probability linguistic VaR (EPLVaR), and Wang tail risk measure and extensively study their properties. Our novel methods help to clarify the connections between distortion risk measure and fuzzy tail decision-making. In particular, the Wang tail risk measure is characterized by consistency and stability of decision results. The criteria and expert weights are unknown or only partially known during the decision making process, and the maximising PLTSs deviations are showed how to determine them. The theoretical results are showcased on an optimal stock fund selection problem, where the three tail risk measures are compared and analyzed.
Weight bias and stigma in healthcare: What are we doing about it?
Authors: Phillips Jennifer
Published: February 2024

Weight bias and weight stigma is present in healthcare settings negatively affecting people with obesity. Healthcare professionals should be aware of how their potential bias and stigma may be impacting clients with obesity. With obesity projected to rise among the world, the healthcare environment needs to be more accepting and accommodating.
A Random Journey Through the Math of Gambling
Authors: Bartesaghi Paolo
Published: February 2024

The laws of chance are often subtle and deceptive. This is why games of chance work. People are convinced that they obey seemingly intuitive laws, while the underlying mathematical structure reveals a different and more complex reality. This article is a brief and rigorous journey through the implications that the mathematical laws governing stochastic processes have on gambling. It addresses a specific process, the random walk, and analyze some instances of fair and unfair games by highlighting the fallacy of many of our intuitions and beliefs. The paper gradually moves from the analysis of the random walk properties to a comprehensive description of the ruin problem. The introduction of the idea of transient and persistent states concludes the discussion. Much emphasis is placed on concrete examples and on the numerical values, in particular of the involved probabilities, and the interpretation of the results is always more central than the demonstrative technical details, which are nevertheless available to the reader.
Statistical Overview of Prevalence of Anaemia with Associated Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors in Nigeria
Authors: Kupolusi Joseph , Osiobe Census Miller
Published: February 2024

Objectives: The study aimed at providing a comprehensive and updated statistical overview of the prevalence of anemia and its associated socioeconomic and demographic factors in Nigeria

Study design: The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) website provided secondary data for this study, which came from the 2021 Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS).

Methods: A total of 10,714 children aged 6-59 months were observed in the survey and tested and frequency of under-five children with malaria tested positive of anemia is 3,850. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were employed to examine and identify factors linked to anemia.

Results: Under-five children who were male (OR = 1.124, 95%CI 1.031-1.226, p=0.008) have a significant higher risk of having anemia compared to female. Also, Under-five children living in a rural area (OR = 1.024, 95%CI 0.923-1.137) have the higher risk of having anemia compared to those in urban areas. Under-five children with negative malaria rapid test are less likely to have anemia compare to those who are tested positive.

Conclusion: Intervention efforts should target rural areas and mothers with lower levels of education.
Clergy Vestment: An Analysis Of The Ecclesiological And Theological Journey Of African Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches In South Africa
Authors: Mzondi Modisa
Published: February 2024

Historically, African Classical Pentecostal Churches (the African sections of the Apostolic Faith Mission, the Full Gospel Church, the International Assemblies of God and the Back to God-Assemblies of God) did not used clergy vestment. The use of clergy vestment emerged among African Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches when Gladstone Botwana, the founder and head of Zoé Bible Church in Soweto, was elevated to the office bishop in 1996. Currently, the use of clergy vestment has become a norm among African Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in South Africa. This article uses desktop research method to analyse the ecclesiological and theological journey of clergy vestment among African Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in South Africa between 1996 and 2022. It shows that association with African Pentecostals from the United States of America and the Commonwealth Dominican influenced this trend and provided them with a Christian leadership accountability platform accompanied with a new ecclesiastical and theological identity.
From Baking Competitions To Forced Repatriations: Patriotic Alternative And The Hybridity Of The Radical Right
Authors: Allen Chris
Published: February 2024

Today, Patriotic Alternative is Britain’s largest and fastest growing radical right group. This article presents evidence in support of Patriotic Alternative being a highly original and innovative radical right group that is demarcated by its hybridity: one that brings together both authentic and inauthentic forms and ideologies of traditional nationalism. Having set out the research design, this article begins with an exploration of the origins, formation and leadership of Patriotic Alternative. From here, it does the same in relation to its ideology and activism. Next, Patriotic Alternative’s hybridity is considered in an attempt to better understand how, as a radical-right group, it combines authentic forms of traditional nationalism with newer, wholly contemporary – and thereby inauthentic – forms. Lastly, a number of conclusions are drawn about the potential future trajectory of Patriotic Alternative as also the British radical right and extreme right-wing more generally. Given Patriotic Alternative has been subjected to little if indeed any scholarly inquiry to date, this article makes a timely and much needed scholarly contribution.
Advancing a Cleaner Society: Exploring the Impact of Storytelling, Social Media, Humor, and Celebrity Influence in Research Communication for Pollution
Authors: Omoyajowo Koleayo , Raimi Morufu Olalekan , Omoyajowo Kolawole , Makengo Benjamin , Adegboyo Solomon , Innocent David , Oni Shina , Oguntuyi Jones , Oyediran Ayomide , Kakwi Daniel
Published: February 2024

RATIONALE: Humanity's pollutive activities pose significant threats to biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and human health. Effective communication about these issues is crucial for fostering awareness and understanding. To achieve a more impactful dialogue, it is essential to facilitate collaboration across disciplines through an interdisciplinary system approach.

OBJECTIVES: This paper specifically aims to examine the role of storytelling, humor, and celebrities' influence in reinforcing pro-environmental behaviors. The focus is on reducing pollution and its impact through experiential, emotional, and aesthetic learning.

METHODS: To ensure the validity of the review, articles were systematically collected from accredited journal sites indexed by Scopus, Web of Science, and other reputable sources.

RESULTS: The analysis indicates that anthropogenic pollutants, ingested through food, soil, air, or water, can have disastrous effects on human and environmental health. The study emphasizes the potential of storytelling, humor, and celebrities' influence to significantly mitigate these impacts.

CONCLUSION: The integration of humor, storytelling, and the influence of celebrities in the media, as powerful communication tools, can contribute to a drastic reduction in pollution and its associated effects. These approaches serve as universal languages that resonate with diverse audiences.

RECOMMENDATION: The study advocates for strong advocacy and effective communication strategies employing humor, storytelling, and celebrity influence. Celebrity influencers, with their substantial social influence, can act as science communicators, translating complex pollution statistics to inform the public about their contribution to pollution and motivating behavior change for environmental health improvement.
Applying the Rule of Designers and Architects “Form Follows Function (FFF)” Can Reduce Misinterpretations and Methodical Shortcomings in Healthcare
Authors: Porzsolt Franz , Weiss Manfred , Weiss Christel
Published: February 2024

Sir Archibald Cochrane requested about 100 years ago answers to three questions before implementation of innovations in health care. These answers request the confirmation of efficacy, i.e. the “Proof of Principle (PoP)”, of the objective “Real-World Effectiveness (RWE)” and of the subjectively perceived value (VAL) of health care services. At the same time Sir Ronald A. Fisher developed the concept of the Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) for research in agriculture. This concept has become the accepted gold standard for demonstration of effects in health care research in the past 50 years. RCTs are a useful study design to answer the first of the three Cochrane questions “Can it work?”. A wide range of different tools is available to answer the third (subjective) Cochrane question “Is it worth it?”, but none of these tools can answer the second question “Does it work?” in an unselected sample of patients of day-to-day care who present a variety of different comorbidities. We need to consider that the patient individual baseline risk profile may have a stronger effect on the assessed outcomes than our interventions. Without knowledge of the individual patient risk profile, we may probably disregard the strongest effect on the assessed outcomes. Our comment substantiates and justifies the need of a new method than the RCT for demonstration of RWE. For that, we propose the Pragmatic Controlled Trial (PCT) and describe 1) the methods we used for analysis of data and the emerging strategy recommended for the three-dimensional assessment of outcomes, 2) the identification of the terminology conflict, 3) example to illustrate the evaluation using a PCT, 4) limitations of a PCT, 5) potential impact of the PCT, 6) literature on similar studies. In summary, The PCT enables the answer to the second Cochrane question. This answer is based on the important effects of the “Endpoint-Specific Risk Profiles (ESRPs) of individual patients on the explored endpoints. In addition, the PCT facilitates the standardized analysis of revenue and expenses. The time and costs of documentation for approval of drugs and medical devices can be effectively reduced due to considerable reduction of necessary experimental RCTs for demonstration of PoP. The results of PCTs also enable new justifications of ethical, medical, economic, and political decisions.
СУЧАСНІ ПРОБЛЕМИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ УПРАВЛІННЯ АКТИВАМИ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ
Authors: Бабій Олег , Койнак Володимир
Published: February 2024

Стаття присвячена дослідженню передумов та актуальних підходів до управління активами на підприємствах. Сучасні українські підприємства функціонують в умовах невизначеності та підвищеного рівня ризиків, що зумовлюють необхідність удосконалення підходів до управління активами із урахуванням чинників зовнішнього середовища. У статті проаналізовано та систематизовано актуальні завдання та принципи управління активами на підприємствах. Простежено та деталізовано методи управління оборотними та необоротними активами на підприємствах. Висвітлено інструментарій управління активами. Узагальнено основні проблеми та перспективи управління активами на підприємствах, такі як: неефективне використання активів, неадекватне фінансування та обслуговування зобов'язань, відсутність стратегічного підходу, відсутність інновацій у використанні активів, правові та регуляторні обмеження.
ОНЛАЙН МАРКЕТИНГ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ ЗБУТОВОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ АГРАРНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ
Authors: Дейнега Інна , Гарбар Сергій
Published: February 2024

Метою статті є дослідження можливих інноваційних маркетингових інструментів, методів, що можуть бути застосовані у збутовій діяльності аграрних підприємств. Визначено, що особливості аграрного маркетингу обумовлені специфікою продукту, ринку, стану виробничих систем. Ідентифіковано принципові особливості аграрних ринків: розпорошене, нестабільне, неоднорідне постачання аграрної продукції; багатовимірний, малочутливий до зміни цін та доходів споживачів попит; ринковий характер, сезонність цін на сільськогосподарську продукцію. Обгрунтовано, що для підвищення ефективності аграрного бізнесу варто при реалізації аграрного маркетингу застосовувати онлайн маркетингові інструменти, зокрема брендинг, веб-сайт, соціальні мережі, таргетовану рекламу, клієнтський досвід, Shopify, Snipcart, ESW.
ІННОВАЦІЙНІ СТРАТЕГІЇ МІЖНАРОДНОЇ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ УКРАЇНИ
Authors: Ковальчук Таміла , Загарій Віта
Published: February 2024

У статті досліджено інноваційні стратегії міжнародної конкурентоспроможності підприємств України, зроблено поглиблений аналіз тенденцій інноваційного розвитку підприємств України, оцінено результативність діючих інноваційних стратегій найбільших українських підприємств, розглянуто ступінь реалізації інноваційних стратегій для досягнення міжнародних конкурентних переваг, визначено необхідність формування міжнародної інноваційної стратегії в підвищенні конкурентоспроможності як на внутрішньому так і на зовнішньому ринках, розроблені рекомендації щодо вибору оптимальних інноваційних стратегій міжнародного конкурентного розвитку в умовах макроекономічної нестабільності. Проведений аналіз дає можливість стверджувати про їх всебічну ефективність як для отримання додаткових прибутків, так і для підвищення конкурентоспроможності підприємств як на внутрішньому, так і на міжнародному ринках, а також відновлення української економіки в повоєнний період.
ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНІ ІННОВАЦІЇ У ЛОГІСТИЧНОМУ ЛАНДШАФТІ СУЧАСНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ
Authors: Красностанова Наталія , Яроміч Світлана , Волощук Сергій
Published: February 2024

У статті проаналізовані прогресивні сучасні організаційні інновації вітчизняних компаній, впровадження яких зумовлені викликами процесів глобалізації, інформатизації, інтеграції, тому назрілим стає пошук способів їхних вирішень. Обгрунтовується, що організаційні інновації стають рушійним фактором досягнення найвищої продуктивності та конкурентоспроможності сучасних компаній. Визначено, що організаційні інновації є специфічним видом інновацій, які спрямовані на зміну поведінки та дій виконавців і в процесі реалізації знаходяться під дією соціальних факторів. Підкреслено ключову роль, яку відграють нематеріальні ресурси та інтелектуальний потенціал у створенніі сучасного інтелектуалоємного бізнесу. Організаційні інновації, окрім усьго іншего, створють систему навчання та підвищення кваліфікації персоналу компанії та обгрунтовують передачу низкі функцій і бізнес-процесів на аутсорсинг.
MODEL OF ECONOMIC DECARBONIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE: ISSUES OF MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION
Authors: Харін Сергій , Папіж Юлія , Коровін Сергій
Published: February 2024

The issues of the influence of human economic activity on natural conditions are analyzed. Record parameters for climate change on the planet have been noted in recent years: 2023 is recognized as the warmest year, according to global temperature observations, since 1850. It shows that 2023 was 0.60°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average and 1.48°C warmer than pre-industrial levels 1850-1900. An analysis of data from authoritative international climate organizations also showed that the global average sea surface temperature in 2023 remained persistently and unusually high. To achieve climate neutrality in the global economy, a comprehensive development model has been proposed, which combines the management of the formation of environmental thinking among the general public, the creation of environmental energy capacities and its rational use in the context of decarbonization.
ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ SWOT-АНАЛІЗУ: ІНСТРУМЕНТУ ДЛЯ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ РІВНЯ ЦИФРОВОЇ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ПРОМИСЛОВИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ
Authors: Хіміч С.В.
Published: February 2024

У статті розглянуто SWOT-аналіз, як одного з можливих інструментів для оцінювання рівня цифрової трансформації промислових підприємств. Автором відмічено, SWOT-аналіз допоможе керівництву промислових підприємств визначити оптимальні стратегії для впровадження цифрових рішень, враховуючи їхні внутрішні можливості та обмеження, а також зовнішні фактори. Використання методів аналізу та синтезу у ході дослідження стало важливою стратегією для отримання глибшого розуміння та системного підходу до розгляду обраної теми. Комбінація даних методів дозволила проаналізувати деталі, розкрити сутність проблеми та сформувати нові ідеї. Автором запропоновано розглянути авторське бачення матриці цифрових рішень в стратегіях промислових підприємств, які претендують на трансформацію. Запропонована матриця оцінювання цифрових рішень для промислових підприємств надає бачення відомих цифрових рішень та їх похідних, яка розкладена під призмою стратегії зростання підприємства та стратегії скорочення витрат з урахуванням переваг, недоліків та майбутніх можливостей для промислових підприємств.
СВІТОВИЙ ДОСВІД СТРАТЕГІЧНОГО ПЛАНУВАННЯ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД
Authors: Хохуляк О.О.
Published: February 2024

У статті проаналізовано світовий досвід стратегічного планування розвитку територіальних громад. Систематизовано найбільш розповсюджені моделі стратегічного планування на місцевому рівні залежно від розуміння їх функцій в системі державного управління за такими групами: досягнення національних цілей; комунікація держави та територіальних громад; кон’юнктурне планування. При цьому, незалежно від рівня комунікації органів управління, метою стратегічного планування є досягнення цілей розвитку країни з урахуванням специфіки території. Дослідження зарубіжних моделей функціонування стратегічного планування територіальних громад засвідчили, що в більшості країн світу території виступають самостійними об'єктами управління. Виявлено основні позитивні шляхи імплементації світового досвіду в процес стратегічного планування сталого розвитку територіальних громад України.
ДІДЖИТАЛІЗАЦІЯ ПІДПРИЄМНИЦЬКИХ СТРУКТУР НА РИНКУ БІЗНЕС-ПРОЄКТІВ, ЕЛЕКТРОННОЇ КОМЕРЦІЇ ТА ПУБЛІЧНИХ ЗАКУПІВЕЛЬ
Authors: Булуй О.Г. , Плотнікова М.Ф.
Published: February 2024

Диджиталізація господарських процесів - це впровадження цифрових технологій в усі сфери діяльності підприємства, яка дозволяє оптимізувати та автоматизувати бізнес-процеси, покращити комунікацію з клієнтами та партнерами, забезпечити прозорість та безпеку даних, підвищити продуктивність та конкурентоспроможність. Диджиталізація як інноваційна стратегія розвитку підприємництва допомагає адаптуватися до змін, відповідати потребам та очікуванням споживачів, використовувати нові можливості для розвитку та зростання. За даними Рейтингу глобальної цифрової конкурентоспроможності у 2020 р., Україна посіла 57 місце з 63 країн, що свідчить про низький рівень діджиталізації економіки. На практиці діяльності регіональних суб’єктів малого бізнесу України процес диджиталізації є поступовими і ним повною мірою охоплено лише близько 10% учасників, тоді як 90% операторів ринку впроваджують її частково.
ЛЮМІНЕСЦЕНТНІ ВЛАСТИВОСТІ СТЕКОЛ Ag2S-GeS2 ТА Ag2S-GeS2-Sb2S3 ЛЕГОВАНИХ ЕРБІЄМ ТА НЕОДИМІЄМ
Authors: ЯЦИНЮК Тетяна , КЕВШИН Андрій , ГАЛЯН Володимир , ІВАЩЕНКО Інна , АРТЮХ Віталій , БЕРЕЗНЮК Орися , ТАРАСЕНКО Анастасія
Published: February 2024

Халькогенідні стекла леговані рідкісноземельними металами володіють унікальними властивостями. Їх використовують як світловипромінюючі середовища у лазерній техніці, перемикачі, оптичні сенсори, для конструювання далекомірів у військовій техніці, моніторингу забруднення повітря тощо. Сульфуровмісні стекла, що досліджені в статті, характеризуються прозорістю у видимій ділянці спектра, а також ближньому та середньому спектральному діапазоні. Увівши в такі широкозонні напівпровідники домішки рідкісноземельних металів, можна отримати матеріали із заданими оптичними властивостями, зокрема із високим квантовим виходом випромінювання. У представленій роботі подано компонентний склад зразків, у матрицю яких можна було ввести 2% Nd2S3 та (1-4)% Er2S3. Розчин-розплавним методом синтезовано стекла Ag2S-GeS2-Nd2S3-Er2S3 та Ag2S-GeS2-Sb2S3-Nd2S3-Er2S3. При збудженні зразків за допомогою лазера з енергією 1,54 еВ зафіксовано смуги фотолюмінесценції у ближньому інфрачервоному діапазоні спектра. Максимуми випромінювання 1,16 та 0,92 еВ відповідають переходам 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 та 4F3/2 → 4I13/2 в f-оболонці іонів Nd3+. Фотолюмінесценцію, яку пов’язуємо з іонами ербію, не зафіксовано. Положення та форма максимумів не змінюється при зміні концентрації рідкісноземельних металів. Збільшення вмісту ербію призводить до зменшення інтенсивності максимумів випромінювання. Цей ефект пов’язуємо із процесами обміну енергією між іонами Nd3+ та Er3+ при збільшенні концентрації останнього. На основі діаграми енергетичних рівнів в іонах неодимію обговорюється механізм збудження та випромінювання в іонах Nd3+. Виникнення інтенсивних смуг фотолюмінесценції в стеклах систем Ag2S-GeS2 та Ag2S-GeS2-Sb2S3 легованих ербієм та неодимієм може бути використано для конструювання лазерів у близькому інфрачервоному діапазоні спектра.
Topic modeling analysis of Community Savings Groups: evidence from the combined literature
Authors: Remilien Emmanuel , Vivar Miranda Rufino , Servín Juárez Roselia , Valtierra Pacheco Esteban , Pérez Hernández Luz María
Published: February 2024

Objective: To identify topics of study related to Community Savings Groups (CSGs) from the literature available.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Some phases of natural language processing were implemented. The data were obtained from scientific databases and gray literature. The analysis included 228 abstracts of papers, theses, working papers, and reports. The Latent Dirichlet Allocation model was used to identify the topics.
Results: Six topics have been the focus of the discussion about the existence and impact of CSGs in the last two decades.
Study Limitations/Implications: Texts without abstracts in English were excluded.
Findings/Conclusions: The topics found deal with various aspects on which CSGs have had an impact, such as health, empowerment, primary sector, violence, and other aspects related to existence. Additional evidence is required to consider CSGs as an effective and sustainable mechanism that facilitates well-being.
‘Every Rope Gat Two Ends’: A Study of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the Caribbean and its Local Economic Impacts
Authors: Mangal Shivanie
Published: February 2024

The Caribbean, a region in the developing world has engaged with the People’s Republic of China Belt & Road Initiative in recent years. An ambitious global investment and trade initiative promoting a process of inclusive globalization. This study investigates the fundamental question of how China’s foreign direct investment is contributing to sustainable economic development in local communities in the Caribbean. Traditionally an underrepresented region in literature, this study provides an original and creative perspective that makes a significant contribution to the research. A qualitative research approach is adopted that is triangulated among interviews, questionnaires, and measurable project evidence. The key findings suggests that while there is substantiation of engagement with local communities, there exists a significant gap in objectives between China and the Caribbean. The economic and endogenous development goals of local communities are not wholly met within an engaged capacity building framework. As such, policy remedies are recommended.
Agricultural Land Fragmentation and Biological Integrity: The Impacts of a Rapidly Changing Landscape on Streams in Southeastern Wisconsin
Authors: Ehlinger Timothy J. , Shaker Richard Ross
Published: February 2024

Since the end of World War II, there has been significant population growth in the United States causing development to radiate outward from the traditional urban core. This has resulted in the metabolization of large areas of rural countryside with sprawling suburbs and exurbs. Due to the primary conversion of agricultural lands to residential development, exurbia is considered to be the fastest transitioning landscape in the United States. Even though there is limited knowledge on the effects of exurbanization, it is presumed that exurbia has the same effects on ecosystems and ultimately human health as other types of urban development. Development affects the natural ecosystems through: fragmenting landscapes, isolating habitat patches, simplifying biodiversity, degrading natural habitats, modifying landforms and drainage networks, introducing exotic species, controlling and modifying disturbances, and disrupting energy flow and nutrient cycling. We present a method for examining this transitioning landscape of exurbia utilizing the theory and practices established within the field of landscape ecology. In this paper, 31 watersheds were used to separate Southeastern Wisconsin into analyzable landscapes. The overall objectives were: (1) to identify a subset of metrics that capture the majority of variation in agriculture land fragmentation in southeastern Wisconsin, and (2) to identify a subset of metrics that capture the relationship between agricultural land fragmentation and a measure of biotic integrity (IBI: an index score based on fish population variables). Seventy-two landscape metrics were calculated and statistically analyzed. In the end, six landscape metrics were identified that explained 84 percent of the variation in aquatic environmental integrity for Southeastern Wisconsin. The parameters that were linked with higher IBI were associated with larger landscape patch area and distance between patches. Parameters contributing to declines in IBI were associated with patch shape complexity and variability. The strength of these relationships indicates that the spatial design of human development in watersheds has a significant impact on aquatic ecological integrity and that principles of landscape design may have direct relevance to efforts at river and stream restoration and protection.
Child and Youth Care across Sectors, Volume 1: Canadian Perspectives
Authors: Gharabaghi Kiaras , Charles Grant
Published: February 2024

A pivotal textbook in the field, this comprehensive collection is the first of two volumes that cross-examine all active child and youth care sectors across the human services. Co-editors Kiaras Gharabaghi and Grant Charles bring together world-renowned professionals, academics, and researchers to address the past, present, and future state of child and youth care. Guiding students through the exploration of a growing field, this volume examines practice in a range of service sectors including residential care, foster homes, schools, cyberspace, outdoor adventure settings, and services that support Québécois, deaf, autism, and LGBTQ+ communities. With a strong foundation in Canadian scholarship, this text also draws connections to child and youth care practice in a global context. International and Canadian students, scholars, and practitioners in child and youth care will benefit from this extensive and timely resource.
Ten principles of residential child care
Authors: Gharabaghi Kiaras
Published: February 2024

The history of residential care for children and young people is quite extensive and features positive stories of resilience and adult-child relationships as well as negative stories of institutional abuse and the abdication of adult responsibility (Coldrey, 2001; Sen et al., 2008). Residential child care has manifested itself in many different ways over the past century. We have accounts of orphanages in Europe, residential schools for aboriginal children in Canada and settlement homes for the children of immigrant families in the United States (Addams, 1910; Korczak, 1925; Chrisjohn & Young, 1997). Over the course of twentiethcentury history, residential child care has shifted from voluntary and often faith-based initiatives, to large institutional organisations run by medical or social work professionals, to much more community-based and often much smaller programmes staffed by professional child and youth workers (Anglin, 2002). When we think of residential child care today, we are thinking typically of professional organisations operating within a variety of public and private sectors. In Canada these can include shelters for young people who are homeless, group homes, children’s mental health centres that provide treatment for children, young people and often their families, and child welfare programmes that care for children and young people who are unable to live with their families for reasons of safety and well-being.