bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analysis of the Concept of Femicide
Authors: Luque González Arturo , Apunte Guerra Aracely Berenice , Robles Briones Jeniffer Elizabeth , Coronado Martín Jesús Ámgel , Morales-Intriago Juan Carlos
Published: January 2022

Femicide is intrinsically part of gender-based violence, and the two are inevitably linked at all levels. Yet, despite having a common origin, there is a need to analyze femicide as a problem that must be recognized, in social and legal terms, as having its own, particular features. To achieve this, an analysis of 102 concepts was carried out through a frequency count in Google Scholar, followed by their categorization, saturating in six dimensions: economic, social, legal, political, ethical, and cultural. The methodology used a higher-order association of hierarchies by establishing a dyad-triad-tetrad model that shows only the most representative combinations extracted from the definitions of greater weight and scope. From this, it emerges that the current concept of femicide is defined on the basis of a dual social-ethical category in view of its frequency of use in Google. This highlights the distance between what, a priori, seems to implicitly allow for any definition of femicide and the existing reality that favors private or institutional interests.
Online Violence Against Women as a Challenge of the Digital Age and the European Union's Role in Combating the Violence Against Women
Authors: Erdoğan Seven
Published: January 2022

With the advances in technology, the online aspects of life have been enhanced significantly in the digital age. Online opportunities have equipped people with many new opportunities, but they have also brought about many new challenges difficult to overcome, especially with the emergence of online versions of the widespread offline problems. This chapter elaborates on the online violence against women as one of the challenges of the digital world. In this scope, online violence against women is examined both as a concept and as a phenomenon. In addition, the European Union is covered in the study as an actor coping with the violence against women with all of its versions with a special emphasis over the online forms getting more common. The study argues that as the level of digitalization increases, it will be more likely to meet with the unwanted consequences of the advanced technologies, like the online violence against women.
Digital Accounting and Gender Discrimination
Authors: Sümerli Sarıgül Sevgi , Oralhan Burcu
Published: January 2022

Digital technologies can process data much faster and more reliably than humans. Therefore, businesses must ensure a radical transformation in their infrastructure in order to keep up with the competitive environment. When establishing an accounting information system in enterprises, it should be ensured that the system can produce complete and uninterrupted information. However, one consequence of the digitalization process in accounting information systems is that the need for accounting personnel tends to decrease day by day. The aim of this study is to examine the digital developments in accounting and financial consultancy services and to emphasize the need for accounting engineering, which can contribute the most to these developments In this context, the structure and consequences of gender differences of individuals working in the accounting profession were examined.
Discrimination as a Mobbing Behavior
Authors: Türker Muhsin Kürşat , Erdem Mutlu
Published: January 2022

Discrimination is one of the oldest human topics because of human characteristics. From the perspective of last two centuries, it can be supposed that discrimination history is mostly about gender, nationality, race, or skin colour. The topic interested in here is not purely about discrimination in all aspects, but especially about discrimination in the workplace, discriminatory actions, or behaviours in the work-related environment. Discrimination can be considered as a harmful behaviour psychologically in terms of people who are subjected to it. If it occurs in the workplace or in work-related environments, the people who become victim cannot prevent it. At that time, discrimination can be discussed as a mobbing behaviour. Accordingly, the main issue of this chapter is discrimination as a mobbing behaviour.
Cyberbullying Perception and Experience Among the University Students in Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Aftab , Abdul Wahab Juliana , Islam Md. Rashedul , Khan Md. Saidur Rahman , Mahmud Arif
Published: January 2022

This study focuses on the understanding of the conceptualization of the global phenomenon of cyberbullying among university students in Bangladesh. The emerging themes of this study investigate and explore the concepts of university students using their social-ecological perspective. The study's aim is to learn about the antecedents, contexts, and conditions that influence the phenomenon, and the consequences of the victims through focus group discussions (FGD). Using the thematic coding data analysis, the study findings will contribute to having an in-depth idea about the perceptions of university students. This timely needed research work will provide the South Asian point of view where a handful study was undertaken in comparison to the Global North. The novelty of this study consists to explore young people's technology abuse, which can lead to cyberbullying, in addition to finding methods to deal with cyberbullying issues if they arise. This study is intended to assist all parties including young people, parents, teachers, and other social-ecological stakeholders.
An Analysis of Children's Content on YouTube in the Context of Sharenting
Authors: Kilinç Özüölmez Pelin , Duruel Erkiliç Senem
Published: January 2022

Parental responsibility will be evaluated from the children's perspective, and the pre-birth rights of the child will be discussed in a juridical and social context. Within this scope, 375 videos, viewed between March 17, 2019 and December 23, 2020, will be studied in-depth using the content analysis method. As the aforementioned YouTube channel mainly targets younger child groups and the E.K.M. is also 6, it is of great importance to discuss the suitability of the experienced digital games' educative and instructive features for children, as well as if they consist of elements of violence and horror. Parental responsibility will be evaluated together with a selection of digital games and game displays. Having numerous followers in Turkey, the ‘Sesegel Çocuk' channel will be probed extensively since the channel has a potential to act as a role model for its target audience. Digital parenting and the sharenting phenomenon will be extensively analyzed with regard to privacy, personal data confidentiality and security, protection of emotional and private data, and protection of personal rights.
The Prevalence of Online Violence Against Female Students at a Private University in Malawi
Authors: Malanga Donald Flywell
Published: January 2022

This chapter presents findings of the study that investigated the prevalence of online violence against female students at the University of Livingstonia in Malawi. The study noted that female students experienced online bullying, online harassment, online defamation, online stalking, sexual exploitation, online hate speech, and revenge pornography. Perpetrators used digital platforms such Facebook, WhatsApp, dating sites, and smartphones to carry out their evil acts. The motivations by perpetrators were driven by revenge, anger, jealousy, and sexual desire, with the intentions to harm the victims socially, psychologically, academically, and physically. The female students confronted and blocked the perpetrator or left the online platform as a coping mechanism. Overall, the study confirmed that the prevalence of online violence against female students is burgeoning in universities in Malawi and urgent strategies are needed to address the vice.
Digitalization and Political Extremism
Authors: Karacuka Mehmet , Inke Hakan , Haucap Justus
Published: January 2022

Information and communication technologies shape, direct, and deter political behaviour and institutions as the increase in internet usage regulate our daily lives. The advance of internet and digital media also shape political involvement, partisanship, and ideology. Internet, as the new media, is an important information source that shapes political behaviour along with other effects on societal layers. The new technologies provide a platform for the voices of minorities and disadvantaged communities, therefore urging a pluralist agenda. They are also blamed for the recent rise of populism and polarisation by creating echo-chambers, filter-bubbles, and the “fake news.” In this study, the authors analyse the possible effects of internet usage on political polarisation and ideological extremism by utilising World Values Survey Wave 7 Data for 40 countries. The findings show that internet usage and education level decrease extremism, while safety, work anxiety, and religiosity drive people to the extreme.
Increasing Virtual Offences Through Cyberbullying in Developing Countries
Authors: C. Karthikeyan
Published: January 2022

Cyberbullying malice is more a socio-psychological issue in developing countries like India. The kinds of virtual offences indirectly through cyberbullying and the toll on the various segments of society are concentrated to bring attention to the increasing maladaptive consequences of the virtual offences. The chapter concentrates on the direct and indirect methods of consistent evolution in the methods of virtually offensive practices against children, adolescents, school students, college students, and women in general. The chapter highlights the methods of cyberbullying happening across developing countries like India. It also describes the catalytic factors leading to virtual offences committed online and their nature, evolution, impact, and intensity on the victims' psyche across developing countries like India.
The Fear of Missing Out (FoMO)
Authors: Dinçer Evren , Saygın Muhammet , Karadal Himmet
Published: January 2022

Competitiveness, innovation, and constant change have become indispensable elements in today's transition from an industrial society to information society. Internet technologies, which are constantly renewing themselves depending on globalization, have increased the tendency of promotion, sharing, and following. Social networks have become an important part of our lives as a result of the continuous developments in internet-based applications and mobile devices in the world of fiber networks. FoMO emerges as an interdisciplinary phenomenon expressing individuals' awareness of virtual environment. Accordingly, individuals tend to be constantly aware of the changes around them through social media. Individuals, who constantly update and monitor with their mobile devices, spend a long time on social networks and create their own virtual worlds. The FoMO is closely related with psychological, behavioral, and social issues. In the research, in addition to the theoretical background of FoMO, measurement scales and managerial inferences for the organizations have been discussed.
Dividing Attention and Metacognition
Authors: Peng Yaoping , Tullis Jonathan G.
Published: January 2022

Students increasingly control their learning as university instructors shift away from lecture formats, courses are offered online, and the internet offers near infinite resources for student-controlled informal learning. Students typically make effective choices about learning, including what to learn, when to learn, and how to learn, but sometimes make less-than-optimal study choices, including trying to study while multi-tasking. Dividing attention among various tasks impairs both learning and learners' control over their learning because secondary tasks divert cognitive resources away from learning and metacognition. This chapter reviews recent studies explaining how dividing attention affects students' metacognition, including their assessments of their own learning and the study choices that they make. This chapter reviews the fundamentals of metacognition, describes the impact of dividing attention on the effectiveness of learners' metacognition, and provides suggestions about how to enhance the efficacy of metacognition when students' attentional resources are limited.
The Role of Self-Regulation in Experiences of Digital Distraction in College Classrooms
Authors: le Roux Daniel B. , Parry Douglas A.
Published: January 2022

The chapter investigates digital distraction in college classrooms from the perspective of self-regulation theory. To this end, the chapter commences with a brief analysis of the distinction between behavioural and cognitive shifts in attention, the role of intentionality in digital distraction, and the concept of online vigilance. Thereafter the general premises of self-regulation theory are described, and prominent theoretical models that have emerged in this domain are briefly outlined. Two models deemed particularly applicable to digital distraction are selected from these. The first is the value-based choice model which frames self-regulation as a process of deliberative decision-making which foregoes action taking. The second is the process model which emphasises the strategies individuals employ to prevent goal conflict. Both models are described before being applied as interpretive lenses to analyse key findings from empirical studies of digital distraction.
Digital Distractions, Note-Taking, and Student Learning
Authors: Kuznekoff Jeffrey H.
Published: January 2022

This chapter examines the distractive potential of digital devices and summarizes existing scholarly work in this area. The chapter begins with a background on the overall problem of distractions caused by digital devices and how this problem has changed over time. This is followed by a detailed accounting of the digital distractions research, emphasizing the role of message relevance in this process, as well as discussion of research that has examined the interplay between note-taking and digital distractions. The last major section summarizes scholarly work and additional sources that provide examples of how mobile devices, and technology more broadly, can be used in the classroom to help support student learning.
From Digital Distraction to Digital Motivation
Authors: Pérez-Juárez María A. , Aguiar-Pérez Javier M. , Del-Pozo-Velázquez Javier , Alonso-Felipe Miguel , Rozada-Raneros Saúl , Conde Mikel Barrio
Published: January 2022

The presence of technology on college campuses has increased rapidly in recent years. Students come to the classroom with a variety of technological devices including smart phones, tablets, or laptops and use them during academic activity. For this reason, there are many researchers who, in recent times, have been interested in the problems derived from digital distraction in higher education. In many cases, researchers have conducted studies and surveys to obtain first-hand information from the protagonists, that is, from university professors and students. Despite the efforts, there are many questions that still remain unanswered. The authors are aware of the enormous challenge that the use of technology poses in the university classrooms and want to delve into the causes and consequences of student digital distraction and the strategies that can be used by instructors to curb student digital distraction without deteriorating student-instructor rapport in the context of higher education.
Disrupting the College Classroom Experience
Authors: Torres Kelly M.
Published: January 2022

This chapter provides readers an overview of the potential advantages and disadvantages of technology integration in higher education. As technological innovations continue to advance, faculty are provided ample opportunities to enrich their curriculum to further enhance student engagement and learning. Further, the inclusion of technology promotes student retention and provides them access to real-world content. Innovations in technology have resulted in a plethora of tools that can be incorporated into today's classrooms. However, faculty are often hesitant to integrate technological tools given security, accessibility, and access considerations. Further, faculty may perceive technology as disruptive to their classrooms resulting in distracted learners who experience lower academic gains.
Does having various types of fear related to COVID-19 disrupt individuals’ daily life?: Findings from a nationwide survey in Korea
Authors: Kim Woorim , Ju Yeong Jun , Lee Soon Young
Published: January 2022

OBJECTIVES: Unexpected changes in daily routines caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may affect psychological health. This study investigated the association between various types of COVID-19-related fear and the subjective level of disturbance in daily activities experienced by individuals.METHODS: This cross-sectional study used the Korea Community Health Survey conducted from August through November 2020. COVID-19-related fear included fear of infection, death, public criticism, family members getting infected, and economic loss. The subjective level of disruption in daily activities was measured using a 0-100 numeric rating scale developed by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. Multivariable linear regression was used to analyze the associations between the independent and dependent variables. A subgroup analysis was performed based on income level.RESULTS: Participants who reported fear of infection (β=-3.37, p<0.001), death (β=-0.33, p=0.030), public criticism (β=-1.63, p<0.001), a family member getting infected (β=-1.03, p<0.001), and economic loss (β=-3.52, p<0.001) experienced more disturbances in daily activities. The magnitude of this association was most significant in the lowest-income group.CONCLUSIONS: Individuals reporting COVID-19-related fear experienced higher levels of subjective disruption in daily activities.
Increasing trends in mortality and costs of infectious diseases in Korea: trends in mortality and costs of infectious diseases
Authors: Baik Dahye , Kim Byung-Woo , Ki Moran
Published: January 2022

OBJECTIVES: In an era when the average life expectancy and overall mortality rate have improved, Korea remains at risk for infectious disease outbreaks that place substantial burdens on the healthcare system. This study investigated trends in mortality and the economic burden of infectious diseases.METHODS: Healthcare data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (2009-2019) and the Korean Statistics Information Service (1997-2019) were used. We selected 10 infectious disease groups (intestinal infections, tuberculosis, vaccine- preventable diseases, sepsis, viral hepatitis, HIV-related diseases, central nervous system infections, rheumatic heart diseases, respiratory tract infections, and arthropod-borne viral diseases).RESULTS: The age-standardized mortality rate for infectious diseases increased from 27.2 per 100,000 population in 1997 to 37.1 per 100,000 population in 2019 and has had an upward trend since 2004. During this same period, significant increases were seen in respiratory tract infections and among elderly persons, especially those aged ≥85 years. The costs for infectious diseases increased from 4.126 billion US dollar (USD) in 2009 to 6.612 billion USD in 2019, with respiratory tract infections accounting for 3.699 billion USD (69%). The annual cost per patient for visits for medical care due to infectious diseases increased from 131 USD in 2009 to 204 USD in 2019.CONCLUSIONS: Mortality among elderly persons and those with respiratory tract infections increased during the study period. The economic burden of infectious diseases has consistently increased, especially for respiratory tract infections. It is therefore essential to establish effective management policies that considers specific infectious diseases and patient groups.
La comunicación online del Cambio Climático en España
Authors: Teso Alonso Gemma , Lozano Ascencio Carlos
Published: January 2022

Introducción: La evolución de la cobertura informativa del cambio climático durante los últimos veinte años coincide con el surgimiento, expansión y consolidación de los medios digitales en España. El objetivo de este estudio es explorar la comunicación online del cambio climático en España identificando las principales fuentes de información y las características de la comunicación que practican. Metodología: Se analizan todos los registros obtenidos durante la primera sonda online realizada por El Observatorio de la Comunicación del Cambio Climático durante la primavera-verano de 2019 (datos procedentes de Kantar Media). Resultados: Se encuentra una tendencia a similar a la de los medios convencionales en cuanto a la estacionalidad, horarios y cobertura. Se identifican las principales fuentes de información generalistas y especializadas estableciendo un ranking con las treinta más relevantes y se analiza el “sentimiento” asociado a los discursos. Discusión: La prensa generalista es la líder indiscutible en el entorno online ante el escaso volumen de publicaciones sobre cambio climático de la radio y la televisión en Internet. Junto con la prensa, asociaciones sectoriales, empresas e instituciones municipales o autonómicas son las principales fuentes de información especializada. La agencia de noticias Europa Press ocupa el primer lugar por volumen de información publicada en el ranking de las treinta principales fuentes de información online. Conclusiones: Encontramos gran transversalidad del cambio climático como referencia informativa, que es comunicado por sectores especializados como el económico y financiero y por medios diversos concernidos por la transformación ecológica en el contexto social de emergencia climática de 2019.
Convex Inequalities and Functional Space with the Convex Semi-Norm
Authors: Yaremenko Mykola
Published: January 2022

In this article, we establish new characterizations of convex functions, prove some connected convex type integral inequality; consider the pair of convex functions as the dual semi-norms in functional space. The properties of the integral operators are considered in the scales of the convex semi-norm under the standard conditions on singular kernels.
FARKLI BAĞ KAPLAMA UYGULAMALARININ YÜKSEK SICAKLIK VE KATI PARTİKÜL EROZYON AŞINMASINA ETKİSİ
Authors: DEMİRCİ Musa , BAĞCI Mehmet
Published: January 2022

Inconel 718 malzeme üzerine iki farklı bağ kaplama (NiCrAlY ve NiCoCrAlY) Atmosferik Plazma Sprey (APS) ve Yüksek Hızlı Oksi-Yakıt Püskürtme (HVOF) yöntemleri kullanılarak uygulanmıştır. Enerji dönüşüm santralleri, gaz türbinleri, jet motor kanatları vb. uygulamalarda kullanılan bağ kaplamaların yüksek sıcaklık altında partikül etkisine maruz kalmasının simüle edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Kaplama işlemi sonunda farklı özelliklere sahip dört numune grubu oluşturulmuştur. Bu numunelerin ortam koşulları ve sıcaklık altında katı partikül erozyon aşınma davranışları incelenmiştir.

Deneylerde, yüksek sıcaklık koşullarında katı partikül erozyon aşınma testlerini yapabilen özel olarak tasarlanmış bir test düzeneği kullanılmıştır. Deney test sıcaklığı olarak 21 °C ve 300 °C sıcaklıklar tercih edilmiştir. Yüzeye çarpan partiküllerin değişken açılara sahip olabileceği varsayılarak, 30°, 60° ve 90° olmak üzere üç farklı aşındırıcı partikül çarpma açısı seçilmiştir. Bu deneysel parametrelere ek olarak ~97 m/s partikül çarpma hızı ve ~400 µm boyutunda alümina (Al2O3) aşındırıcı partiküller kullanılmıştır.

Deneyler sonucunda iki farklı yöntemle kaplanan test numunelerinin karşılaştırmalı erozyon oranı grafikleri elde edilmiş ve sonuçları yorumlanmıştır. Ayrıca test numunelerinin gözeneklilik değerleri, sertlik ve yüzey pürüzlülük ölçümlerinin detayları da erozyon direnci sonuçlarına dahil edilmiştir.
Merkezi Klima Santrallerindeki Plakalı Difüzörlerin Akış Alanına ve Basınç Düşümüne Etkisinin Sayısal İncelenmesi
Authors: SÖNMEZ Kerim , ÖZMEN Yücel
Published: January 2022

Merkezi havalandırma ve iklimlendirme santrallerinde yer alan çeşitli fanların hava üfleme kısmının boyutları, santraldeki fan hücresinden sonra gelen, susturucu, ısıtma/soğutma üniteleri, karışım hücresi/odası, ısı geri kazanım üniteleri veya filtre vb. klima santrali ünitelerinin kesit boyutlarından oldukça küçüktür. Klima santralinin daha etkin çalışabilmesi için, fandan çıkan havanın sonraki hücrelere mümkün olan en az basınç düşümü ve en düzgün (homojen) hız dağılımı ile yayılması gerekmektedir. Fanın üfleme ağzından çıkan havayı santral içerisinde yer alan daha büyük bir kesit alanına yaymak için içerisinde delikli difüzörler bulunan boş hücreler kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, delikli plakalara sahip difüzörlü boş hücre durumu incelenmiştir. Delik geometrisi üçgen ve altıgen olarak tasarlanmış ve sırasıyla tekli plaka, arka arkaya yerleştirilmiş ikili plaka ve üçlü plaka belirlenmiştir. Arka arkaya yerleştirilen plakaların delikleri asimetrik olarak düzenlenmiştir. Tasarlanan delikli plaka difüzörleri 5 m/s, 10 m/s ve 15 m/s şeklinde üç farklı hızda denenmiş ve difüzörler daralmanın bittiği alana yerleştirilmiştir. Yerleştirilen difüzörler için havanın boş hücredeki akış dağılımı ve delikli difüzöre sahip boş hücreden kaynaklanan basınç düşümü sayısal olarak incelenmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda en düşük basınç düşümü 5 m/s akış hızında tekli altıgen delikli düz plakalı difüzörde sağlanmıştır. En yüksek basınç düşümü ise 15 m/s akış hızında üçlü üçgen delikli düz plakalı difüzörde elde edilmiştir. Homojen hız dağılımı açısından en uygun durum, 15 m/s akış hızında ikili altıgen delikli düz plakalı difüzörde, en olumsuz durum ise yine 15 m/s akış hızında üçlü üçgen delikli düz plakalı difüzörde oluşmuştur.
Healthcare Waste, Pandemic Covid-19: A Case of India
Authors: Kumar Dinesh , Trikha Sukesh , Anthony Ranju
Published: January 2022

The present pandemic, while causing economic slowdown and global panic, also generated healthcare waste in unprecedented amounts across the globe, due to mass screenings/diagnosing/treatment. This paper aims to explore the prospects of the current and future challenges with respect to the risk to human health due to environmental contamination with the healthcare waste generated as a result of and caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the Indian context. Peer-reviewed literature with respect to healthcare waste generation during the pandemic, its burden, challenges, and policies promulgated during the pandemic and their implications for the future was searched on various databases like PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct and reviewed. Many research studies and international reports have demonstrated that the quantity of biomedical waste has increased in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe. Additionally, the danger of general waste getting contaminated has also multiplied, in part due to increased quarantine facilities and home quarantines, along with hospitals managing Covid-19 patients and also due to inadequate segregation at the point of generation of such waste, which is a major concern in itself. The occupational exposure of this increased waste to hospital and municipal waste collection workers has also increased, though World Health Organization (WHO) declines having any evidence of transmission of coronavirus while handling healthcare waste. Enough policies existed before the pandemic and few newer guidelines are also issued to address various additional aspects, which are to be implemented to manage the healthcare waste, minimize threats to the environment and human health. Cleaner, greener waste management facilities, the inclusion of bio-disaster in disaster management, the social impact of waste management policies, and waste reduction are to be prioritized.
Characterization and Assessment of Stormwater Runoff Quality from Automobile Workshops in Nigeria Using Multivariate Linear Regression
Authors: Ataguba C.O. , Brink I. C.
Published: January 2022

An investigation into the pollution of stormwater runoff from automobile workshops in Nigeria was performed. Also, multivariate regression was used to predict the pH, oil, and grease (O&G) as well as the electrical conductivity (EC) in relation to the characteristics of the solids and metals pollutants of the untreated automobile workshop stormwater. The results indicated that automobile workshops contributed notable amounts of pollutants to stormwater runoff. Results were compared with Nigerian and USEPA standards. It was found that most of the parameters had mean value ranges far greater than standard limits. The multivariate regression showed variations in the results obtained from different automobile workshops. These variations could be due to the influence of factors such as the volume of automobile servicing activities and the waste generated from these activities that flow in the stormwater runoff. However, the bulk of the EC and pH of the stormwater were associated with the concentrations of the total dissolved solids and copper while the bulk of the O&G concentration was associated with the concentrations of lead and cadmium. It is recommended to treat automobile workshop stormwater to prevent detrimental effects in aquatic systems. Future research is aimed at modeling such treatment using multivariate regression techniques is warranted.
Current Approach to Develop TiO2 Thin Film as Photocatalysts for Low-Density Plastic Degradation
Authors: Dave D. P. , Chauhan K. V
Published: January 2022

Low-density plastic bags waste disposal is a big issue in the current scenario which gives rise to grave threats to human beings and environmental health also. Amid the various approaches applied for dealing with the problem, photocatalytic biodegradation in visible light irradiation is an advanced prospect that has received attention nowadays. The present review paper is to provide an outline of the current progress on the synthesis of titania (TiO2) thin-film photocatalysts for solid waste removal. The Photocatalysis method contains the photoinduced redox reactions in the photocatalyst which facilitates the degrading of almost organic compounds like polyethylene into carbon dioxide (CO2), water, and other substance. One of the most excellent photocatalysts which has grabbed attention in an application is titania because of its high photocatalytic activity and chemical stability. The synthesis of the photocatalyst as a thin film is a result of the unfeasible application of conventional powder photocatalyst which may cause a certain environmental hazard. The photocatalyst-coated thin film along with some environmental applications have also been reviewed. Likewise, various approaches for modifying thin-film property, film deposition techniques, and deposition on various substrates are used for the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 thin film.
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Gasoline Blending with Different Oxygenates in India
Authors: Chaudhari Sushil M. , Meshram Rohit B.
Published: January 2022

This paper includes a cradle-to-gate life cycle impact evaluation of gasoline blends in India. The potential environmental impacts of gasoline blends with three major components, i.e., methanol, ethanol, and n-butanol are assessed. The production of methanol from the natural gas reforming process, ethanol from hydrogenation with nitric acid, and n-butanol from the oxo process are considered in the current study. The results show that the gasoline blending with methanol has the lowest impact (11 categories) and is nearly constant from 5 to 15%. For gasoline with ethanol as an additive, the global warming potential, ozone depletion potential, and abiotic depletion potential rise with increasing ethanol addition. Meanwhile, increasing ethanol addition reduces the acidification potential and terrestric ecotoxicity potential impact of gasoline blends. Similarly, gasoline with n-butanol as an additive has higher acidification potential, eutrophication potential, human toxicity potential, terrestric ecotoxicity potential, marine aquatic ecotoxicity potential, and photochemical ozone creation potential compared to methanol and ethanol.
Evaluation of Fluoride Contamination Using GIS in Thirukkazhukundram Block, Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: Sambhavi A. Amuthini , Nagamani K. , Gowtham B.
Published: January 2022

The presence of fluoride in the groundwater in the Thirukkazhukundram Block in south India is now becoming an increasingly alarming issue. With the semi-arid climatic conditions, charnockite and gneiss rocks form the basement, contributing to the geology of the study area. The pre-monsoon (August 2016) and post-monsoon (February 2017) fluoride concentrations have an average output of 1.3 mg.L-1 and 0.72 mg.L-1 respectively. As of date, only in Neikuppi, the fluoride contamination is found to be 2 mg.L-1 in pre-monsoon which is beyond the accepted limit as per the WHO standards. Other 29 locations taken up for study have fluoride value fluctuation from 1 mg.L-1 to 2 mg.L-1 in the pre-monsoon and from 0 to 1.5 mg.L-1 in the post-monsoon. The main factor responsible for this fluoride contamination lies in the study area’s hydro-geological condition which must be attended to immediately to prevent a public health problem in the future.
Implementation of Eco-Industrial Park for Effectual Establishment of Circular Economy in Russia
Authors: Saha Ipsita , Smirnova Tatiana S. , Maryev Vladimir A.
Published: January 2022

In recent years, waste management has become a major concern in Russian cities. This can be addressed through the circular economy. Developing Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) can be considered an innovative infrastructure of a circular economy. EIP is based upon the principles of industrial symbiosis involving the exchange of material and energy flows, sharing of infrastructural facilities, and provision of municipal utility and other services. Researchers have found that most industrial symbiotic interconnections originated spontaneously, the main driver being the increasing commercial benefits of such interchange. Still, the authors were able to identify pre-designed EIP through their examination of global practices. This paper proposes a five-stage methodological approach to EIP organization. This methodology was applied to create a model of an EIP in the Voronezh Region, one of the fastest developing regions in Russia. Implementation of this model is intended to help solve a set of environmental, economic, and social problems of a region. The approach to creating EIPs described in this study can be used in other places to improve resource efficiency and reduce waste disposal. Because Russia’s garbage disposal rate currently exceeds 90% per year, this is one of the country’s top sustainable development priorities.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for the Analysis of Lake Water Fluctuations: A Case Study of Ugii Lake, Mongolia
Authors: Magsar Amgalan , Matsumoto Toru , Enkhbold Altanbold , Nyam-Osor Nandintsetseg
Published: January 2022

Ugii Lake is a freshwater lake located in the steppe region of Mongolia and is an important breeding and staging area for a wide variety of waterfowl. Remote sensing and geographic information system techniques were used to estimate fluctuations in the surface area and water balance of Ugii Lake. To estimate the changes in lake water balance, lake water fluctuations should be analyzed using the most accurate methods. A different water extraction technique was applied, and the results were compared with field surveys conducted in May, July, and September 2020. The lake surface area using both NDWI and MNDWI-1 showed a strong, positive correlation (R=0.93, R=0.94, p < 0.01) with the water level of Ugii Lake. A topographic map of Ugii Lake was provided by the project (P2018-3568) conducted in August 2019 and used to estimate the volume of Ugii Lake in ArcGIS 10.1. This result was consistent with that of a previous study by JICA in 2005. Finally, the water balance of Ugii Lake was estimated, and the results proved that the influence of both surface and groundwater on Ugii Lake are valuable parameters, which are completely dependent on hydrological regime changes mostly due to local climate change in steppe regions. This study provides valuable insight into the most suitable water extraction methods for lakes in semi-arid steppe regions in Mongolia.
Evaluation of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oil Performance with Diethyl Ether Additive on Insulated Piston Diesel Engine
Authors: Padmanabhan S. , Joel C. , Joel Linda , Reddy Obulareddy Yuvatejeswar , Harsha K.G.D. Sri , Ganesan S.
Published: January 2022

Considering the amount of waste plastics has risen significantly, energy may be extracted from it. Not only is it possible to dispose of waste plastics by converting them to fuel, but it is also possible to extract energy from them. Our research is motivated by the prospect of using waste plastics as a source of energy through waste plastic pyrolysis oil (WPPO). The innovation of this research is that it will assess the efficiency of plastic pyrolysis oil derived from Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) on a Thermal Barrier Coated (TBC) piston engine. The incremental ratio of WPPO to pure diesel with the addition of diethyl ether (DEE) was determined and its output and exhaust emission standards were evaluated using a direct injection single cylinder low heat rejection diesel engine. The results for the WPPO blends were promising as with TBCW20DEE10 demonstrating a 5 to 15% increase in carbon monoxide under different load conditions. TBCW20DEE10 confirmed a greater reduction of hydrocarbons varying from 5 to 12 %. At half load condition, TBCW20DEE10 emits approximately 3.5 % less unit
of smoke.
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Analysis of Sewage Sludge Recycling Systems in China
Authors: Zhang Jiawen , Matsumoto Toru
Published: January 2022

With the acceleration of economic development and urbanization in China, sewage sludge generation has sharply increased. To maximize energy regeneration and resource recovery, it is crucial to analyze the environmental impact and sustainability of different sewage sludge recycling systems based on life cycle assessment. This study analyzed four sewage sludge recycling systems in China through life cycle assessment using the ReCipe method, namely aerobic composting, anaerobic digestion and biomass utilization, incineration, and heat utilization and using for building materials. In particular, the key pollution processes and pollutants in sewage sludge recycling systems were analyzed. The results demonstrated that aerobic composting is the most environmentally optimal scenario for reducing emissions and energy consumption. The lowest environmental impact and operating costs were achieved by making bricks and using them as building materials; this was the optimal scenario for sludge treatment and recycling. In contrast, incineration and heat utilization had the highest impact on health and marine toxicity. Anaerobic digestion and biomass utilization had the highest impact on climate change, terrestrial acidification, photochemical oxidant formation, and particulate matter formation. In the future, policy designers should prioritize building material creation for sludge treatment and recycling.
Disaster Management: Tsunami and Remote Sensing Technology
Authors: Chaturvedi Sudhir Kumar
Published: January 2022

Remote sensing technology has changed the way disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis are detected, monitored, and mapped in recent years. This paper summarizes the general theoretical study of Tsunami generation, propagation, and its inundation for deep, intermediate, and coastal waters. Tsunami is a Japanese word, which is made up of two words: “tsu” means harbor, and “nami” means waves. It means that Tsunami is the coastal gravity waves, which propagate close to the coastline. This analysis presents a novel method to explore the effects of tsunami waves on coastal areas. The methodology includes remote sensing nearness examinations and alteration identification strategies in remote sensing to outline a number of support routes along the coast and divide them into four homogenous sub-regions. The adjustments in the land spread are then measured in these sub-regions when the tidal wave occurs. The proposed paper gives a more solid and exact method than ordinary strategies to assess spatial examples of harmful territories through various land qualities along the coastline. The generative phase of tsunami development comprises the creation of an early disruption at the surface of the ocean due to the earthquake-generated distortion on the seafloor. Various comparative studies are also carried out using spatial technology to examine tsunami routes around the globe, taking into account the most recent tsunami occurrences.
Recognition of Image-Based Plant Leaf Diseases Using Deep Learning Classification Models
Authors: Takkar Sakshi , Kakran Anuj , Kaur Veerpal , Rakhra Manik , Sharma Manish , Bangotra Pargin , Verma Neha
Published: January 2022

Plant diseases are spread by a variety of pests, weeds, and pathogens and may have a devastating effect on agriculture, if not handled in a timely manner. Farmers face umpteen challenges from a proper water supply, untimely rain, storage facilities, and several plant diseases. Crops disease is the primary threat and it causes enormous loss to farmers in terms of production and finance. Identifying the disease from several hectares of agricultural land is a very difficult practice even with the presence of modern technology. Accurate and rapid illness prediction for early illness treatment to crops minimizes economical loss to the individual and further proves to be productive for healthy crops. Many studies use modern deep learning approaches to improve the accuracy and performance of object detection and identification systems. The suggested method notifies farmers of different agricultural illnesses, prompting them to take further essential precautions before the disease spreads to the whole agricultural field. The primary objective of this study is to detect the illnesses as soon as they begin to spread on the leaves of the plants. Super-Resolution Convolutional Neural Network (SRCNN) and Bicubic models are employed in the system to identify healthy and diseased leaves with an accuracy of 99.175 % and 99.156 % respectively.
Statistical Modelling of a Comparative Phytotoxicity Study of Treated Yellow 10Gw Dye Solution With Copper and Aluminum in Electrocoagulation Process
Authors: Parameswari Kalivel , Vijila M. , Jegathambal P.
Published: January 2022

This work was carried to compare the efficiency of Cu and Al electrodes in the elimination of Yellow 10 gw dye solution with the optimization of operative factors such as pH, NaCl, contact time, and current density in the electrocoagulation method. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess the impact of these variables, with significance set at P<0.05. The data was statistically examined with Origin2021 and SPSS software, and significant differences between mean values were determined using analysis of variance (ANOVA). For each experiment, duplicates were kept, and the efficiency of Yellow 10 gw dye solution for those parameters was derived using analysis at a 5% level of significance. The utility of treated dye solutions using both the electrodes was tested on V.radiata in terms of germination percentage, root, and shoot length with distilled water as control. For all of the qualities examined, significant disparities were found among entries. The dye solution used with Al resulted in much higher germination (100%), root length (9.72 cm), and shoot length (24.5 cm).
Trois jours d’Atelier avec Patrice Pavis
Authors: Mihuț Anca-Daniela
Published: January 2022

The meeting with Patrice Pavis provided the occasion for a complex reflection on the need to include into a totalizing vision of theory and practice, the need to revisit certain notions perceived as a synthesis of knowledge and a guide for a praxis. The article also mentions a series of other aspects, regarded as particularly important for working with actors, such as the literary analysis of the text, the quality of a play's translation, which should favor its sonorous and actantial dimension, but also the notion of "verbo-corps”, which captures the essence of the actor's presence and performance on stage and which can also be a guide for the translator.
La singularité en relation : la performance dans le théâtre et la société contemporains
Authors: Navrotskaya Anna
Published: January 2022

This article addresses the question of consistent presence of “postdramatic” performative elements in contemporary theater staging. It considers artistic production and everyday behavior as two related processes supported by individual creative capacity inherent to every human being. Both an individual self in its day-to-day exchanges, and a theater character within a play are maintained by this capacity to process the unknown and function in the presence of the unpredictable. In the “postmodern” interrelated and multifaceted world this ability becomes crucial for an individual as well as for the society. It is made possible by a relational network created by continuous performative actions and relies on a cultural space relatively free of codified behavior that can be defined as liminal. Contemporary theater in its staging practices and in its active involvement of the spectator can arguably function as this liminal space indispensable for culture as a whole.
Nouvelles formes performatives dans les pratiques anciennes : Le symposion grec en tant que « mise en perf » . Synesthésie, espace sympotique et performance
Authors: Stourna Athéna-Hélène
Published: January 2022

The Greek symposion was an all-male drinking celebration that included wine consumption, love, games, philosophical conversation, and live performance by both the symposiasts and by professional artists. Using the terms “performise” and “mise en perf,” coined by Patrice Pavis, this article explores how new performative forms can be found in ancient practices and, more specifically, within the cultural performance that was the Greek symposion. These two terms encompass both the performative and the theatrical character of the symposion that can both be traced through the study of its specific ritual and of sympotic space (the dining room dedicated exclusively to the symposion). In this way, a reinterpretation of this ancient social and cultural event will be provided through the lens of Theatre Studies and Performance Theory.
L’Acte de traduire et la remédiatisation
Authors: Sepsi Enikő
Published: January 2022

"I am well versed in translating poetry – especially that of Yves Bonnefoy – as well as the theatrical essays of the contemporary playwright and director Valère Novarina. What the two authors have in common is that they make the work of the Hungarian poet János Pilinszky resonate in Hungarian without having known him. When one translates a text, its reception is often facilitated by another work of the target culture through which the work to be translated is transmitted.
Patrice Pavis' expression ""verbo-corps"" seems very relevant when it comes to translating for the stage. As for the translation of plays, in general, there is one version to be published and read, and another to be performed. In the latter case it is important to see in front of us the stage and the actors (if possible already designated) to choose the rhythm of the lines, as well as to keep or reject the puns, or substitute some for others. I give some examples from our Hungarian translation of Valère Novarina.
In order to shed light on the terms of adaptation and remediation from the point of view of theatre as a meeting place par excellence for various media, and not from the point of view of translation itself, I finally take as examples some shows I saw at the Festival d'Automne in Paris in 2019."