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MODELING GLOBAL, DIRECT, DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATION AND THE OPTIMUM TILT ANGLE IN SOME SELECTED LIBYAN CITIES
Authors: Al-Nuaimi Ali S. , M. Barrou Nassira
Published: February 2023

Solar system devices and photovoltaic panels are widely used all over the world to produce household heating and electricity. In this work two models were developed to estimate global, direct, diffuse solar radiation and the optimum tilt surface in five selected Libyan cities (Tripoli, Benghazi, Ejdabia, Misratah and Alkufra). It is found that the daily mean of sunshine hours in Tripoli is 9.01 hours. As for Benghazi city, the daily mean is 8.84 hours. In Misratah it is 8.57 hours. In Edjabia the daily mean is 9.46 hours, while in Alkufra, it is 10.10 hours of sunshine. The maximum beam radiation in Tripoli occurs in July (6.26 kw/m2), while the minimum is in January (2.54kw/m2). The maximum diffuse radiation occurs in June (1.85kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (0.73kw/m2). The maximum beam radiation in Benghazi occurs in July (6.26 kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (2.02kw/m2), the maximum diffuse radiation occurs in June (1.78 kw/m2), while the minimum is in November (0.97kw/m2). The maximum beam radiation in Misratah occurs in July (6.24kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (2.23kw/m2). The maximum diffuse radiation occurs in June (1.93 kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (0.94kw/m2). The maximum beam radiation in Edjabia occurs in July (6.19kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (2.59kw/m2). The maximum diffuse radiation occurs in May (1.83 kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (0.93kw/m2). The maximum beam radiation in Alkufra occurs in June and July (5.85kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (3.33kw/m2). The maximum diffuse radiation occurs in May (1.83 kw/m2), while the minimum is in December (1.03kw/2). Results also showed that the annual optimum tilt angles to receive maximum solar radiation for Tripoli is 31.21o and decreases gradually to 23.33o in Alkufra city. The higher optimum angle for all cities occur in winter and decreases in spring and summer, while it reincreases in autumn.
PRELIMINARY BIOASSAY OF BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF OILS FROM OREGANO AND CLOVES ON CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS
Authors: Tarek Abukreba , M. Abushhewa , S. Khalifa , G DeMastro , E. DeLillo
Published: February 2023

Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), this beetle infests mainly Vigna unguiculata. There are several strategies to control of CW, by synthetic pesticides and physical means. The chemical applications are cheaper and easier to be applied but cause obvious consequences, which lead to a number of problems, The Essential oils (EOs) are widely applied in the traditional practices and in organic plant protection as insecticides repellents and antifeedant compounds. This study was carried out on 3 bioassay. The bioassay 1, carried out on artificial seeds, showed that the oily solutions could affect the oviposition. The average number of eggs laid by CW,was the highest on the oregano oil treatment at the dose of 2.0% followed by the control and the oregano oil treatment at the dose of 0.5%. The clove oil treatments induced the lowest egg laying. The bioassay 2, carried out on chickpea seeds in a completely randomized pattern, demonstrated that the average number of eggs laid on the chickpeas , was the highest on the control treatment followed by the oregano oil treatments at the doses of 0.5% and of 2.0%. The clove oil treatments induced the lowest egg- laying. The bioassay 3 treating directly the chickpea seeds. The average number of eggs laid on the chickpeas by the females within their life span was the highest on the oregano oil treatment at the dose of 2.0% followed by the oregano oil treatment at the dose of 0.5% and control. The clove oil treatments induced the lowest egg laying.
THE PREVALENCE OF HBV, HCV AND HIV INFECTIONS IN IMMIGRANTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN BANIWALID – LIBYA
Authors: Abdoarrahem Mostafa M. O. , Abognida Zahra M. E. , Alhouadi Ayman F. , Mahmoud Hanan M.
Published: February 2023

Since 2011, the number of illegal immigrants has dramatically increased from African counties to Libya, where they prepare for their journey through the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Before migration, they stay for a period of time and work in Libyan cities and may contact the local community through various means. BaniWalid is a small city with a population of 120,000, receives thousands of immigrants every month, the majority of them come from countries known with endemic diseases. The study was carried out during the period from March to June 2016, with the help of Baniwalid healthcare office and non-governmental foreigners’ registration office in BaniWalid. Blood samples of 1511 immigrants from 24 nationalities were tested for infectious diseases including HBV, HCV and HIV using Rapid test kit and positive results were confirmed by ELISA. The aim of this work was to find out the prevalence in immigrants and associated risk for local community. The study found high prevalence of HBV and the results were 6.68%, 3.51% and 0.967% positive for HBV, HCV and HIV respectively. The prevalence of infection rate for each nationality was established to find the high risk group. The finding indicates that the increased contact with immigrants will represent high risks for the local community. The paper suggests that Libyan health service providers must think differently and focus on educating local community about prevention, transmission, symptoms, treatment and control of infectious diseases as the first line of defense.
A ROLE FOR RECEIVER BIAS IN ROSE BITTERLING MATE CHOICE?
Authors: Agbali Muna
Published: February 2023

The evolution of costly secondary sex traits in males may arise as a result of male-male competition or female mate choice. Female mating decisions may be associated with either direct or indirect benefits, and may evolve as a consequence of selection for signal detection in a non-mating context. We raised fish in the laboratory fed only on green coloured food and subsequently tested their foraging preferences by presenting them with plastic strips of different colours and recording the number of bites directed at each. We conducted separate tests on juveniles and sexually mature fish, and compared the responses of males and females. Male rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) display red, carotenoid-based nuptial colouration but its function in the mating system is unclear; there is little evidence that male colour plays a role in female mating decisions although there is a weak relationship between colour and dominance among males. We tested for a bias towards red in a non-mating context and found that bitterling show a strong response to red food items, irrespective of age, sex or prior experience. This correlation between a sexually selected trait and an intrinsic attraction to red appears to support the receiver bias hypothesis for the evolution of red nuptial colouration in bitterling. We discuss how this trait could be maintained under sexual selection in the absence of strong preference or any obvious fitness benefits.
Imobilização de microrganismos em esferas de carragena
Authors: Ribeiro Bruna Paloma , Marra Brener Mangnabosco , Nucci Edson Roma , Fabiano Demian Patrick , Parreira Carla Cristina Araújo , Laizo Welberth Santos
Published: February 2023

Neste trabalho foi realizado a imobilização dos microrganismos Saccharomyces pastorianus e Saccharomyces cerevisiae na esfera de carragena realizando a atividade de fermentação através do açúcar mascavo, cristal e sacarose. O melhor açúcar utilizado é sacarose devido seu alto consumo de açúcar (81,82% e 72,72 %). Em relação aos microrganismos pode-se notar que Saccharomyces pastorianus tiveram maior porcentagem de consumo de açúcar (81,82%) nas esferas de carragena com a levedura (0,3g) e as que continham apenas esferas de carragena. Ressaltando que as que continham Saccharomyces cerevisiae também teve um alto consumo de açúcar (72,72%) nas esferas de carragena com levedura (0,3g e 0,45g), com as que continham apenas esferas de carragena e levedura (0,3g). Devido o englobamento da Saccharomyces cerevisiae pode-se notar uma interação maior com todos os testes demonstrando que a mesma tem uma interação melhor com a sacarose.  Tais resultados indicam a imobilização celular em esferas de carragena como uma técnica promissora para a manutenção das culturas de Saccharomyces pastorianus e Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Análise da eficiência energética por meio da simulação de processos industriais: uma abordagem complementar na Indústria 4.0
Authors: Guzmán del Río Daniel , Antonio García Cisneros Edry , Torne Israel Gondres , Evangelista Neto João , Sammyne Gadelha Figueiredo Ingrid , Rivera Torres Aristides , dos Aboim Nascimento Odinelma , Junior Pedraça Neirival
Published: February 2023

O presente trabalho visa fornecer uma ferramenta que permita por meio da simulação de processos industriais o estudo e otimização da eficiência energética em instalações que utilizam motores elétricos, como é no caso dos processos de mistura. Os autores apresentam a guia de uma proposta metodológica de como realizar uma simulação virtual, a partir da conformação do simulador baseado na análise de variáveis e a modelagem matemática dos sistemas ou equipamentos, finalizando com o desenho e conformação do esquema de simulação.  O objetivo é demonstrar que é viável criar um simulador virtual de utilidade nas indústrias modernas, empregando ferramentas matemáticas e de informática, com o intuito de aprofundar nos estudos dos fenómenos e processos energéticos, para aumentar a produtividade e diminuir os impactos ao meio ambiente, permitindo produzir com qualidade e sustentabilidade, preceitos da Indústria 4.0.
effect of designed nursing guidelines applying on knowledge and anxiety among women undergoing hysterectomy
Authors: Alagamy Zainab Gazar Alkotb , Dawoud Salwa El Saied Mahmoud , Gomaa Amany
Published: February 2023

Background: Patients who have undergone a hysterectomy should get care that meets both their physical and psychological requirements, and this care must include the patients' relatives. Aim:  To evaluate the effect of designed nursing guidelines applying on knowledge and anxiety among women undergoing hysterectomy. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to accomplish this study (pre/post-test). Setting: The study was conducted at the obstetric outpatient clinic at Mansoura University Hospital. Subject: A convenient sampling technique of 50 women undergoing hysterectomy who were attended in the previously selected setting was used. Tools: two tools were used (I) a structured-interview questionnaire, which consisted of three parts demographic data, obstetric history and history about hysterectomy, and Women's knowledge regarding hysterectomy, and (II) a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results: The current study found that there was a highly statistically significant difference between women's knowledge of pre and post-designed nursing guidelines applying. women undergoing hysterectomy who were exposed to the designed nursing guidelines experienced lower mean anxiety scores post-nursing guidelines than those pre-nursing guidelines applying (P= <0.05). Conclusion: Designed nursing guidelines applying have a positive effect on improving knowledge and reducing anxiety among women undergoing hysterectomy.
Frequency of common factors leading to nutritional rickets among children under 2 years of age
Authors: Fakhruddin Fakhruddin , Yousaf Rabia , Ziaulhaq Muhammad , Mushtaq Mushtaq , Samiullah Samiullah , Jamil Muhammad
Published: February 2023

Introduction:  Ricket is a disorder of developing bones. It is secondary to the mineralization defect at growth plate matrix. In industrialization countries, the elimination of nutritional rickets or vitamin D deficiency has been done by prophylactic means. In under developed countries of Asia,it remains major health problem. There are a lot of factors which take part in synthesis of vitamin D. These factors include sun exposure, pigmentation of skin and pollution etc.  Objective: To determine the frequency of common factors leading to nutritional rickets among the children under 2 years of age. Results: Total 147 children under age of 2 years suffering with rickets were included in the study.1.5:1 was male to female ratio.13.74 months + 6.4SD was the average age of the patients with range 3-24 months .120(81.6%) sufferers have been observed with the lack of vitamin D supplementation followed by low maternal education 111 (75.5%). Conclusion: Vitamin D supplementation deficiency is main factor for children suffering from nutritional rickets.It is considered in the management of such patients.
A spectrum of surveillance: Charting functions of epistemic inequality across EdTech platforms in the post-COVID-19 era
Authors: Vetter Matthew , McDowell Zachary
Published: February 2023

Covid-19 and the public health policies emerging in response have laid bare a multiplicity of issues related to educational access and knowledge equity on a global scale. Among these, the quick shift to online and hybrid education models led teachers to adapt a plethora of digital platforms to deliver content and sponsor interactions). Such platforms range from institutionally sanctioned (and subscribed) Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to software provided by organizations beyond the institution and can pose a threat to student data and privacy. Data surveillance in educational contexts is not a new issue, nor is it only a strictly digital problem. However, the current milieu of constant and continuing public health crises has led to more frequent, uncritical, and hurried adoption of learning technologies. This article challenges professionals in higher education specifically to take a more critical look at the various EdTech platforms they are, have, and will adopt in the post-COVID-19 era, and the spectrum of surveillance such platforms enact. Through a review of common entities such as LMSs, Google Workspace for Education, and Zoom video conferencing software, this article demonstrates how these technologies place both teachers and students in a relationship to data and learning characterised by “epistemic inequality” or “unequal access to learning imposed by private commercial mechanisms''. By taking a closer look at the problematic surveillance functioning across EdTech, this article makes a case for Commons-based Peer Production communities as equitable, open educational alternatives that have resisted market-based neoliberalism and surveillance capitalism.
Overcoming isolation with community based digital writing initiatives
Authors: Morley Craig , Aston Sam
Published: February 2023

Isolation is a consideration for many writers and is a term that has become synonymous with the pandemic. Perhaps this explains why the focus for much practice and research on writing development from a learning development and academic literacies context has traditionally focussed upon in-person support. Digital writing practices offer alternatives to in-person support and opportunities to address writers’ feelings of isolation. The research question for this case study is, therefore; to what extent have changes in writing development through the pandemic refocussed how we engage students in community-focussed digital writing practices, in a learning development and academic literacies context? This case study seeks to answer this question by critically reflecting on the University of Manchester Library’s ‘My Learning Essentials’ approach to digital writing during COVID-19 isolation. During this period, the team launched a range of community-based digital writing development initiatives. These include the peer-led Writing Together workshops and innovative uses of shared Digital Notebooks in embedded writing workshops when teaching within the curricula. Community-based digital writing development has enhanced My Learning Essentials’ existing pedagogic principles of peer-learning and student-centred active learning. The ‘What-So What-What Next’ framework of critical reflection will be used to analyse what worked, what did not work and what we learned in delivering these digital writing initiatives. This case study will provide practise-based suggestions and implications for writing workshop pedagogy in the age of COVID-19 and beyond, that will be of interest to learning developers, academic skills tutors and other teachers of academic writing, as well as practitioners of digital writing more generally.
Academic Integrity considerations of AI Large Language Models in the post-pandemic era: ChatGPT and beyond
Authors: Perkins Mike
Published: February 2023

This paper explores the academic integrity considerations of students’ use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT in formal assessments. We examine the evolution of these tools, and highlight the potential ways that LLMs can support in the education of students in digital writing and beyond, including the teaching of writing and composition, the possibilities of co-creation between humans and AI, supporting EFL learners, and improving Automated Writing Evaluations (AWE). We describe and demonstrate the potential that these tools have in creating original, coherent text that can avoid detection by existing technological methods of detection and trained academic staff alike, demonstrating a major academic integrity concern related to the use of these tools by students. Analysing the various issues related to academic integrity that LLMs raise for both Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and students, we conclude that it is not the student use of any AI tools that defines whether plagiarism or a breach of academic integrity has occurred, but whether any use is made clear by the student. Deciding whether any particular use of LLMs by students can be defined as academic misconduct is determined by the academic integrity policies of any given HEI, which must be updated to consider how these tools will be used in future educational environments.
Digitalisation of writing in higher education: the COVID-19 pandemic impact
Authors: Mospan Natalia
Published: February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of higher education worldwide. It also has facilitated digital writing in remote classrooms and beyond. During lockdowns, digital writing has become a constant way of communication in our lives. The research examines the COVID-19 pandemic impact on digital writing transformation in higher education. It also assumes the dependence of writing modes on distance learning types. Empirical evidence gathered through quantitative and qualitative research methods involves higher education teachers and students surveyed in a Ukrainian university to understand their perceptions and experience of writing online during the Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020-22. The research results reveal trends in transforming writing modes (traditional vs digital), writing conditions, and educational technology. Furthermore, the research shows that the higher education transition to digital format during the COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged the digitalisation of writing, and even new modes of collaboration through digital writing. They include detailed description and visualisation of interactive learning activities with additional ICT tools that can optimise the educational process. The findings and guidelines can contribute to studying digital writing in higher education during and post-pandemic.
Dungeons and dragons and digital writing: A case study of worldbuilding
Authors: McKenzie Brian
Published: February 2023

Collaborative worldbuilding is an ideal digital writing project for promoting critical thinking about contemporary issues, developing and applying disciplinary expertise writing transfer, and building digital literacies. In the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic where the student experience was characterised by isolation, collaborative worldbuilding also offered a powerful means of building solidarity and community. This paper presents a case study of using collaborative worldbuilding for gaming to achieve key digital writing learning outcomes. The case study shows how this innovative pedagogical approach can be mapped to two key frameworks for information and digital literacies: the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens and the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education of the Association of College and Research Libraries. The case study also illustrates how a MediaWiki installation can be used for worldbuilding and as a means of critically introducing students to Wikipedia itself. Qualitative feedback from the students shows that the class achieved its key learning outcomes. More importantly, student engagement during the class and their feedback ascertains that collaborative worldbuilding is a powerful means of building connections and empathy between students in the context of isolation, amid a global pandemic.
Anti-Fat Bias in the Singing Voice Studio, Part One: Culture and Context
Authors: Benson Elizabeth Ann
Published: February 2023

Singing voice teachers are working hard to be inclusive and progressive in the 21st century. We are aware of our power to create inclusive learning spaces that embrace our students’ identity traits, including race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, neurodivergence, and more. However, body size is almost always left out of the discussion of inclusive actions in the voice studio. Fatness is a social justice issue and singing voice teachers can either affirm or further marginalize fat students in the 1:1 training setting of the voice studio. In part one, the authors offer background information on the prevalence of fatness, the history of anti-fat bias, and the experiences of fat persons in healthcare, employment, and educational settings. This context encourages voice teachers to examine implicit anti-fat bias, one of the few remaining yet still widely tolerated cultural biases. Many believe that anti-fat bias can be justified by medical facts, but this belief requires an examination of the influence of money and the media. The authors utilize a fat liberationist framework, rejecting the long-held idea that fat bodies are problematic in the performing arts, and affirming that the performing arts industry must provide opportunities for talented and well-trained performers of every body size to work and tell stories that reflect our diverse world. In part two, the authors explore tangible pedagogical modifications to foster a sense of belonging for all voice students, including fat students. Micro-activism in the voice studio is a huge step toward systemic change, and it can have a profoundly positive impact on our students.
Conversations About Instructional Touch in the Voice Studio
Authors: Kremer Brian , Shively Kim
Published: February 2023

Recent events, such as the #MeToo initiative, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Black Lives Matter movement, have resulted in the reexamination of many aspects of vocal education, one of which concerns instructional touch in the voice studio. Both touchless pedagogy and use of touch are viable approaches if done with ethical intention, process, and research, considerations that are explored in this article.
More Melody and Harmony with Less Vocal Attack
Authors: Titze Ingo
Published: February 2023

This article is dedicated to the World Voice Day theme “Your Voice Matters”. It is a statement of opinion about vocalization that is nurturing and uplifting, especially to children. It is based on the author’s personal experiences in World War II, and thereafter as a child refugee and immigrant. A contrast is made between melody and harmony in vocal communication versus harsh and controlling attacks on others with speech.
Your Voice Matters
Authors: Allan Diana
Published: February 2023

World Voice Day with its theme of Your Voice Matters, is celebrated on April 16 each year. This observance encourages NATS members to seek out the resources necessary to promote healthy voice use. NATS members have access to a wide variety of resources including the Journal of Singing, NATS Live Learning Center, the Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources, Vocapedia, and NATS Chats. Another resource to access for education of respectful and inclusive voice use is our I.D.E.A. Toolkit. Its three modules educate us in ways we can include and celebrate every voice within NATS because All Voices Matter. Every. Single. One.
Willa Cather as Journalist During the “First Empire” of American Music Criticism: The Case of the Touring English Contralto Clara Butt, 1899
Authors: Whittingham Kevin
Published: February 2023

Music was an abiding presence in the fiction of Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Willa Cather. This article examines one of Cather’s early reviews of a concert by the touring English contralto Clara Butte and shows how the review forms a complement to the kind of music criticism being published by major American newspapers of the period.
Notes of Cases from the Records of a Voice Hospital, Part 2
Authors: Broadwater Kimberly
Published: February 2023

"The Etude Magazine" would often use the literary style of causerie to deliver information. The author would create a fictional scenario to administer advice or share knowledge. One such approach was through a column entitled, “Notes of Cases From the Records of A Voice Hospital.” A fictional voice patient’s clinical scenario would be introduced, usually with enough information for the reader to suggest a diagnosis. The author explained the findings of their “examination,” offered a diagnosis, and recommended treatment.
Your Voice Matters
Authors: Sjoerdsma Richard
Published: February 2023

In his “Editor’s Commentary,” Editor in Chief Sjoerdsma examines the World Voice Day theme, Your Voice Matters, from the perspective of what “matter” really means. He posits that one cannot effectively discuss the issue without first determining what matters in life.
The Listener’s Gallery
Authors: Berg Gregory
Published: February 2023

An update on Met Opera On Demand and The Met: Live at Home, plus reviews of new CDs featuring the music of Isabella Leonarda and Mark Abel.
Factors impacting time to total shoulder arthroplasty among patients with primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis and rotator cuff arthropathy managed conservatively with corticosteroid injections
Authors: Shankar Dhruv S. , Mojica Edward S. , Colasanti Christopher A. , Blaeser Anna M. , Ortega Paola F. , Gonzalez-Lomas Guillem , Jazrawi Laith M.
Published: February 2023

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of the time from initial presentation to total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) in patients with primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) and rotator cuff (RTC) arthropathy who were conservatively managed with corticosteroid injections.Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent TSA from 2010 to 2021. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to estimate median time to TSA for primary OA and RTC arthropathy patients. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify significant predictors of time to TSA and to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Statistical significance was set at P<0.05.Results: The cohort included 160 patients with primary OA and 92 with RTC arthropathy. In the primary OA group, median time to TSA was 15 months. Significant predictors of shorter time to TSA were older age at presentation (HR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00–1.04; P=0.03) and presence of moderate or severe acromioclavicular joint arthritis (HR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.05–2.01; P=0.03). In the RTC arthropathy group, median time to TSA was 14 months, and increased number of corticosteroid injections was associated with longer time to TSA (HR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.80–0.95; P=0.003).Conclusions: There are distinct prognostic factors for progression to TSA between primary OA patients and RTC arthropathy patients managed with corticosteroid injections. Multiple corticosteroid injections are associated with delayed time to TSA in RTC arthropathy patients.
Introduction to Education: Becoming a Professional
Authors: Beasley Jennifer , Haulmark Myra
Published: February 2023

The book "Introduction to Education" was written to be used as a resource in introductory education courses. We want students who are first exploring the field of education to get answers to some of their most common questions. Thus, we have broken up the book into the following questions: • Why teach? • What is the purpose of school? • Who are today's students? • How do social issues affect students? • What is taught? • What makes an effective teacher? • What is a positive classroom environment? • What are the ethical and legal issues in schools? • What is an educational philosophy? • Excellence or equity...which is more important? • What can a new teacher expect?
Introduction to Apparel Production: Workbook
Authors: Apple Laurie
Published: February 2023

Whether you are part of the college class or learning on your own, you will gain important concepts and techniques in beginning apparel production. This workbook is to accompany the activities through in person teaching or online learning. There will be graphics and videos to help guide you through each step of this workbook. There are 6 learning units and a sewing projects unit in this workbook. The sewing projects unit contains 4 projects: tote bag, skirt, shirt and pants. The pattern numbers may change due to the availability of patterns.
Critical Employment, Ethical, and Legal Scenarios in Human Resource Development
Authors: Hughes Claretha
Published: February 2023

This book is intended to be used as a supplement to courses across various fields of study but has direct correlations with human resource development and workforce development. Instructors in any field of study where students examine the work environment and the treatment of employees will find useful scenarios that can be used to facilitate discussions. The topics in this book and supplemental readings can enrich the conversations around enhancing workplace environments and better worker engagement. Without supportive workers, organizations cannot achieve all goals to the extent desired. Workers may exert the effort required to keep their jobs, but they may not exceed performance requirements because they are experiencing scenarios similar to those in this book and their needs are not being met appropriately. Leaders and workplace trainers may find this supplement useful when introducing subjects that are perceived to be controversial in the workplace. They can allow employees to discuss these scenarios and provide possible solutions to similar scenarios that are encountered at work. Providing a safe environment to discuss intentional and unintentional situations that arise may improve the work climate and lead to unimaginable solutions. Strengthening communication between workers and leaders can improve team performance and ultimately, organizational success.
Diseño de un sistema de costos operativos mediante Power Pivot de MS Excel
Authors: Yaguas Orlando
Published: February 2023

En este artículo se establece una solución de inteligencia del negocio para el cálculo de los costos operativos de una empresa, que a la par con la data de los sistemas contables se puedan mostrar, de forma interactiva, los costos fijos y variables de una empresa, para un determinado periodo de tiempo. El diseño del sistema fue ejecutado mediante las facilidades que ofrecen los complementos de MS Excel, Power Pivot y Power Query, con los que se manejaron los datos extraídos de los sistemas de contabilidad y utilizados para obtener un Panel o Dashboard, adaptado a criterios establecidos en un modelo de datos, donde se visualiza el conjunto de costos operativos, de forma tal que ofrece apoyo a la toma de decisiones gerenciales y al proceso de planeación financiera  que estén relacionados con esos costos.
UTICAJ COVID-19 PANDEMIJE NA FINANSIJSKE PERFORMANSE AUTO-DOBAVLJAČA U SRBIJI
Authors: Marković Dušan
Published: February 2023

Proces globalizacije je olakšao internacionalizaciju poslovanja. U kapitalno i tehnološki intenzivnim industrijama glavni motivi internacionalizacije poslovanja su pristup inostranoj tražnji i unapređenje efikasnosti lanca snabdevanja. Globalizacija je omogućila multinacionalnim kompanijama iz ovih grana transfer pojedinih aktivnosti sa manjim stepenom dodate vrednosti na pojedina tranziciona i tržišta u nastajanju, čime je došlo do unapređenja poslovnih performansi, ali i rasta složenosti lanca snabdevanja. Lanci snabdevanja su na ovaj način postali ranjivi na eksterne šokove. Pojava pandemije Covid-19 je dovelo do stvaranja „uskih grla“ u lancu snabdevanja. U radu se analizira kako je pandemija uticala na lance snabdevanja u auto industriji, preciznije na auto dobavljače koji su svoje proizvodne aktivnosti locirali u Srbiji. Kako bi doneli zaključke o uticaju pandemije Covid-19 na lance snabdevanja u auto industriji analizirali smo finansijske pokazatelje kompanija članica Automobilskog klastera Srbije u periodu od 2016. do 2021. godine. Analiza je pokazala da je početak Covid-19 pandemije uticao na pad finansijskih pokazatelja analiziranih kompanija, ali da je državna pomoć u vidu subvencija tokom pandemije, ublažila negativne efekte pandemije.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PRIVATE RETIREMENT SAVINGS IN SERBIA
Authors: Papić Milica
Published: February 2023

: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic downturn have impacted retirement savings, retirement saving schemes, providers, regulators and supervisors, potentially leading to future lower incomes during retirement and significant dysfunctions in the market. The main goal of this paper is to investigate how key indicators of the voluntary pension funds market in the Republic of Serbia were influenced by the Pandemic. The Pandemic certainly had an important effect, and we all had the opportunity to learn first-hand that low frequency high severity events do happen, so they are not only scenarios for a tabletop exercise for something that we should expect but something we need to be prepared for. This goal will be achieved using secondary data such as the data offered by the National Bank of Serbia, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, etc. Finally, this paper will present a comparative analysis of the effects of the pandemic on the market of voluntary pension funds in the Republic of Serbia and OECD member countries.
ANALYSIS OF THE PRIMARY DEALERS FUNCTION
Authors: Martin Vesna
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of primary dealers, whose introduction promotes the development and trading of securities on the primary market while also making government securities easier to place. As a result, primary dealers act as a bridge between the government and large institutional investors. Their active role increases secondary market liquidity, which can potentially lead to an increase in investor base, simplification of the trading process, and reduction of transaction costs. As a result, borrowing costs for securities issuers are reduced, which contributes to the continued development of financial markets. In this paper we will examine the selection criteria and obligations of primary dealers, as well as their role in capital market development and monetary policy implementation. The final section of the paper focuses on the evolution of this function in Serbia. So far, regulatory changes in Serbia have enabled the function of primary dealers to be implemented, but they have not yet been implemented. Their implementation in Serbia would increase primary market liquidity, reduce the risk of debt financing, and contribute to the secondary market's further development.
Liposomal Bupivacaine Decreases Intravenous Opioid Use in Patients with Hip Fracture: A Modification to a Novel Pain Protocol
Authors: Stevenson Kimberly L. , Stein Matthew K. , Fryhofer George W. , Looby Sean , Donegan Derek , Mehta Samir
Published: February 2023

Introduction:

The aim of this study was to determine whether the administration of liposomal bupivacaine decreased opioid use and delirium in patients sustaining a hip fracture.

Methods:

A retrospective review of patients with hip fracture from September 2018 to October 2019 was performed through our institution's hip fracture registry. A liposomal bupivacaine cocktail was administered intraoperatively. Opioid requirement was determined for postoperative days 1, 2, and 3. Delirium was identified through chart review. Visual analog scale pain scores were averaged for postoperative days 1, 2, and 3. Four groups were analyzed: patients who received liposomal bupivacaine and IV acetaminophen, patients who only received IV acetaminophen, patients who only received liposomal bupivacaine, and control patients whose data were collected before this intervention. Continuous data were compared using a one-way analysis of variance or Student t-test, as applicable. Categorical data were compared using the Fisher exact test. Significance was set at P < 0.05.

Results:

One hundred nine patients met the inclusion criteria for the study with a mean age of 81.2 years. Eighty-two patients (75.2%) received intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine during the study year. Intravenous opioid requirement was markedly different among all four groups in all postoperative days. Oral opioid requirement and pain scores were not different between groups on any postoperative day. A notable decrease in IV opioid requirement in all postoperative days was seen in the Intervention groups (day 1 P < 0.001, day 2 P = 0.002, and day 3 P = 0.030). There existed a trend toward decreased delirium rates in the Intervention groups compared with the No Intervention group (23.9% vs. 32.8%, P = 0.272).

Conclusion:

The inclusion of liposomal bupivacaine in our institution's novel pain protocol led to notable decreases in opioid requirement in all postoperative days studied with a trend toward decreased delirium rates as well.
Legal Regime for Waste Management in the Republic of Moldova
Authors: Cretu Andrian
Published: February 2023

Demographic growth, especially recorded in recent decades, could not help but bring with it a series of problems, especially those related to the environment. However, with this, the volume of consumption increases, and as a consequence also of the waste from the consumption of products and services. Moreover, exhaustible resources become the most vulnerable, impossible to compensate even by recycling the waste resulting from the use of products, and these, in turn, from the use of raw materials which, broadly speaking, constitute exhaustible natural resources. The considerations shown, normally, led the legislators of developed states to resort to much more precise, direct and effective measures in the segment of the legal regime of waste management of any kind. This is how it was done, that in the last decade, European legislation introduced new mechanisms and concepts aimed at the reduction of waste and the effective management of the existing ones.
Аspects Regarding thе Оbjective Side оf the Сrime оf Mercenary Аctivity
Authors: Chirita Valentin , Dragulean Alexandru
Published: February 2023

This аrtiсlе is fосusеd оn rеsеаrсhing thе сhаrасtеristiсs оf thе оbjесtivе sidе оf thе сrimе оf mеrсеnаry асtivity, inсriminаtеd in аrt. 141 оf thе Сriminаl Соdе оf thе Rеpubliс оf Mоldоvа. Thе study оf thе аspесts rеfеrring tо thе оbjесtivе sidе оf thе сrimе „Mеrсеnаry асtivity„ оffеrs us thе pоssibility tо highlight сеrtаin prоblеms оf quаlifiсаtiоn оf thе rеspесtivе сrimе аnd tо idеntify sоlutiоns in thе prосеss оf quаlifying thе dееd оf mеrсеnаry pаrtiсipаtiоn in аrmеd соnfliсt, in militаry асtiоns оr in оthеr viоlеnt асtiоns, whеthеr hiring, finаnсing, trаining, оthеr insurаnсе оf mеrсеnаriеs, аs wеll аs thеir usе in аn аrmеd соnfliсt, in militаry асtiоns оr in оthеr viоlеnt асtiоns.
Recognition and Execution of Criminal Judgments of Foreign Courts
Authors: Sorbala Mihail , Cretu Andrian
Published: February 2023

Although, initially international cooperation in criminal matters had an exclusively governmental character, nowadays it has acquired new dimensions and values. Consequently, the Republic of Moldova promotes the principle of cooperation in its international relations, which thus became an integral part of its foreign policy. Although, international legal cooperation in criminal matters is an integral part of criminal law and criminal procedure, presuming the provision of mutual aid in the field of preventing and combating crimes that involve the element of foreignness. Here it is worth noting that the execution of criminal justice in a complete and effective manner would not be possible if the effects of the criminal decision would be reflected only on the territory of the state where they were pronounced. That is why there is this important form of international criminal assistance, currently accepted both in the doctrine and in the legislation of many states, such as the recognition and execution of criminal judgments of foreign courts.
The Evolution of the Institutions of “Extradition” and “Surrender” in the Doctrine of International Law
Authors: Baesu Andrei
Published: February 2023

Extradition is an agreed commitment between the governments of sovereign states to cede a person to the requesting state the purpose of criminal prosecution for certain crimes or for the execution of a custodial sentence, including the application of preventive measures. At the same time, surrender consists in the actions of a state to hand over a person to the International Criminal Court for crimes of genocide, aggression, war and against humanity. In this article the author highlights the essence, historical evolution and difference of extradition and surrender institutions as a form of international cooperation in criminal matters.
Crimes Against Personal Health Committed Through Participation
Authors: Arcer Alexandru
Published: February 2023

With the rise in the number of harmful acts targeted at a person’s health, the protection of people from acts intended to endanger life was imposed as an objective requirement. Research on the issues of criminal culpability for offenses against a person’s health has received and continues to receive attention in the field of criminal law. Because these crimes are significant in the context where the degree of prejudicialness is higher if we are dealing with criminal participation, the participants themselves are a bigger danger, the research will analyze these crimes through the lens of criminal involvement in this context. If a crime against a person’s health is perpetrated by a group of persons who have either explicitly or implicitly agreed to do something. Whenever a crime against the health of the person is committed through the activity of several people, who have agreed expressly or tacitly for this purpose, before or during its commission, there is a criminal participation, that is, it is claimed that the agreement is the basic condition of participation.
Romanians’ History, Identity and Tradition: Legal Perspective
Authors: Cuza Bogdan
Published: February 2023

The ethnic identity of Romanians, its unity cannot be identified outside the investigation of a complex, deep, creative social life, of the trinomial language, culture, religion, to which are added specific elements of civilization, within this human community. According to historicism, a principle of dialectics, the phenomena of reality must be seen in the process of their development and their disappearance, in an indissoluble connection with the concrete historical conditions that generated them. Historicism is opposed to the tendencies of substituting the concrete historical study of social reality by abstract schemes, as well as to the historicism that overbid the genetic, diachronic approach in explaining the social phenomenon, neglecting the systemic and synchronic, as non-essential factors but with permanent action in determining development.
GÊNERO E DEFICIÊNCIA: CORES EM FRIDA KAHLO
Authors: De Oliveira Werley Pereira , Ferreira Maria da Luz Alves
Published: February 2023

Com a finalidade às discussões que buscam convergências entre os estudos de deficiência e de gênero, este artigo trata-se de análise com abordagem interdisciplinar do desenvolvimento social. Foi utilizado como técnica de pesquisa a revisão de literatura científica (SCOTT, 1995; GHAI, 2002; PEREIRA, 2007; PINTO, 2010; DAVIS, 2016; BUTLER, 2018; OLIVEIRA, 2013) e o procedimento dissertativo. Tendo-se por objetivo alçar o potencial analítico da interseção entre os estudos sobre deficiência e os estudos de gênero como categoria à análise histórico-discursiva. Para isso, orientou-se pela questão norteadora principal: em que medida os estudos de deficiência se afluem dos estudos de gênero? É importante trazer para os estudos de gênero e de deficiência o protagonismo da mulher, do não branco, do não cristão, do não heterossexual, bem como das pessoas com algum tipo de deficiência para, se não romper, minimizar o patriarcalismo colonizador capitalista e capacitista.
CLASSE MÉDICA E COOPERATIVISMO: UM MEIO DE ORGANIZAÇÃO PARA ENVIDAR AÇÕES COLETIVAS
Authors: De Assumpção Bruno Gomes
Published: February 2023

O presente Artigo irá discutir a formação da classe médica e a sua mobilização por intermédio da formação de sociedades cooperativas de trabalho médico, como um meio de organização com o propósito de envidar ações coletivas. Tomando por base a identidade da classe médica, será realizada a análise da cultura da referida classe, especialmente no que diz respeito a formação de sociedades cooperativas, trazendo os fatores que levaram os médicos a se organizarem em torno desse tipo societário. Aborda o ethos de posição relacionando-o aos atos e consciência de classe. O cooperativismo apresenta-se como uma distintiva forma de união de classes para envidar ações coletivas.
TRANSFORMASI DIGITAL PEMERINTAH DAERAH DI ERA SOCIETY 5.0: STUDI KASUS DI PROVINSI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Setyasih Endang Try
Published: February 2023

Society 5.0 relies heavily on the Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics to address a variety of social concerns and issues. The government, particularly local governments, faces the problem of maximizing the use of digital technology to improve public services and governance. Better governance facilitated by digital transformation will not only have an effect on public services, but will also increase citizen involvement and stimulate economic growth. This study examines the local government of West Java province's digital transition towards a digital province in the era of society 5.0. This study employs a qualitative approach and descriptive methodologies. The findings of the study indicate that digital transformation in local government in Indonesia lags behind other nations, particularly those in Southeast Asia. This is due to various constraining factors, including a lack of implementation uniformity, insufficient human resources, inconsistent infrastructure, a lack of community participation, and a lack of government commitment. The regional government of the province of West Java is undergoing a digital transformation, which includes the implementation of the West Java Digital Service (JDS), which includes a digital village as one of its initiatives.