bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kepemimpinan Perempuan dalam Konsep Negara Modern Perspektif Maqasid Al-Syariah: Studi Komparatif Pemikiran Yusuf Al-Qardhawi dan Said Ramadhan Al-Buthi
Authors: Putra Hilal Ardiansyah , Mufid Moh.
Published: September 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pemikiran Yusuf al-Qardhawi dan Said Ramadhan al-Buthi tentang hukum kepemimpinan publik seorang perempuan dalam konsep negara modern. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pustaka dengan pendekatan deskriptif-kualitatif. Adapun pisau analisis yang digunakan untuk menguji pendapat kedua tokoh tersebut adalah pendekatan Maqasid Shariah. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Yusuf al-Qardhawi memiliki pendapat yang berbeda dengan Ramadhan al-Buthi. Al-Qardhawi dengan pertimbangan-pertimbangan maslahat membolehkan kepemimpinan perempuan namun al-Buthi masih terlihat hati-hati untuk mengatakan boleh. Bahkan al-Buthi memilih untuk tidak membedakan antara konsep negara modern dan negara khilafa.
The singlet and open shell higher-spin states of [4], [6] and [8]-annulenes and their Kekulé vibrational modes
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In 2001, Shaik and co-workers published the first of several famous review articles on the topic

A Different Story of π-Delocalization.
Anniversaries: The World-Wide-Web at 30 and 25 (+ CERN’s LHC as a bonus).
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

The World-Wide-Web is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary; you can get the T-shirt in the CERN visitor centre!  Five years on, in May 1994, the first Web conference took place (WWW94) at CERN and now celebrating its own 25th anniversary. That 1994 conference also had various break-out sessions, one of which summarised the state of chemistry on the web at the time.
Diatomics with eight valence-electrons: formation by radioactive decay.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

This is a follow up to my earlier post about C⩸N

+

, itself inspired by this ChemRxiv pre-print[cite]10.26434/chemrxiv.8009633.v1[/cite] which describes a chemical synthesis of singlet biradicaloid C

2

and its proposed identification as such by chemical trapping.
Nature’s CT machine
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: September 2023

Because I’ve worked a lot on the anatomy and evolution of air-filled bones in sauropod dinosaurs, I’ve spent most of my career looking at images like this: CT sections through a cervical vertebra of an apatosaurine (  Apatosaurus  or  Brontosaurus  ), OMNH 1094. Wedel (2003b: fig. 6). Scale bar is 10cm. …and thinking about images like this: Physical sections through pneumatic vertebrae of  Giraffatitan  . Janensch (1950: figs.
At last it can be told: we found a big Brachiosaurus in the Salt Wash
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: September 2023

FHPR 17108, a right humerus of  Brachiosaurus  , with Wes Bartlett and his Clydesdale Molly for scale. Original paleoart by Brian Engh. Last May I was out in the Salt Wash member of the Morrison Formation with Brian Engh and Thuat Tran, for just a couple of days of prospecting. We’d had crappy weather, with rain and lots of gnats.
Dispersion-induced triplet aromatisation?
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

There is emerging interest in cyclic conjugated molecules that happen to have triplet spin states and which might be expected to follow a 4n rule for aromaticity.[cite]10.1002/anie.201705228[/cite] The simplest such system would be the triplet state of cyclobutadiene, for which a non or anti-aromatic singlet state is always found to be lower in energy. Here I explore some crystal structures containing this motif for possible insights.
The Persistent Identifier ecosystem expands – to instruments!
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

A

PID

or persistent identifier has been in common use in scientific publishing for around 20 years now. It was introduced as a

DOI

(Digital Object Identifier), and the digital object in this case was the journal article. From 2000 onwards, DOIs started appearing for most journal articles, journals having obtained them from a registration agency, CrossRef.
ReSA 2022 Year in review
Authors:   :(unav)
Published: September 2023

February, 2023 This downloadable report documents the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) engagement in 2022 with key decision-makers and influencers in research software across the globe, as well as the broader research software community. ReSA acts as a hub, working through and with other communities, to bring together a diverse range of stakeholders – including funding agencies, research organisations, and research communities – who advocate for the recognition of research software and its...
CH…O hydrogen bonding competing with layered dispersion attractions.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

I have previously looked at the topic of hydrogen bonding interactions from the hydrogen of chloroform Here I generalize C-H…O interactions by conducting searches of the CSD (Cambridge structure database) as a function of the carbon hybridisation. I am going to jump straight to a specific molecule

XEVJIR

(DOI: 10.5517/cc5fgpq) identified from the searches appended to this post as interesting for further
A cascading tutorial in finding rich NMR data using the Datacite datasearch engine.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In the previous post, I introduced three of a new generation of search engines specialising in the discovery of data. Data has some special features which make its properties slightly different from the conceptual (or natural language) searches we are used to performing for general information and so a search engine specifically for data is invariably going to reflect this.
The (+) in D-(+)-glyceraldehyde means it has a positive optical rotation? Wrong!
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

Text books often show the following diagram, famously consolidated over many years by Emil Fischer from 1891 onwards. At the top sits

D

-(+)-glyceraldehyde, to which all the monosaccharides below are connected by painstaking chemical transformations.
A search of some major chemistry publishers for FAIR data records.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In recent years, findable data has become ever more important (the

F

in FAIR). Here I test that

F

using the DataCite search service. Firstly an introduction to this service. This is a metadata database about datasets and other research objects.
A databank of molecular dynamics reaction trajectories (DDT) focused on undergraduate teaching.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In a previous post, I talked about a library of reaction pathway intrinsic reaction coordinates (IRCs) containing 115 examples of organic and organometallic reactions. Now (thanks Dean!) I have been alerted to a brand new databank of dynamics trajectories (DDT), with the focus on those reactions taught in undergraduate organic chemistry courses, some of which are shown below.
New generations of globally aggregating search engines – for (chemical) data.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

Chemists have long been familiar with search engines that aspire to index a large proportion of the chemical literature.
Impossible molecules.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

Members of the chemical FAIR data community have just met in Orlando (with help from the NSF, the American National Science Foundation) to discuss how such data is progressing in chemistry. There are a lot of themes converging at the moment.
Catalytic Mitsunobu reaction.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

If, as a synthetic chemist, you want to invert the configuration of an alcohol in which the OH group is at a chiral centre, then the Mitsunobu reaction has been a stalwart for many years. Now a catalytic version has been published, [cite]10.1126/science.aax3353[/cite] along with a proposed mechanism.
The mechanism of Michael 1,4-Nucleophilic addition: a computationally derived reaction pathway.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In 2013, I created an iTunesU library of 115 mechanistic types in organic and organometallic chemistry, illustrated using video animations of the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) computed using a high level quantum mechanical procedure. Many of those examples first derived from posts here. That collection  is still available and is viewable  in the iTunesU app on an iPhone or an iPad.
Vive la différence - research software engineers
Authors:   Research Software Alliance
Published: September 2023

 Cross-posted by Better Scientific Software (BSSw) and ReSA  . How can we reframe research software engineering (RSE) to place diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as a central organising principle in the community?
What effect do explicit solvent molecules have on calculated optical rotation: D-(“+”)-Glyceraldehyde.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In this series of posts on optical rotations, I firstly noted Kirkwood’s 1937 attempt to correlate the optical rotation of butan-2-ol with its absolute configuration.
Choreographing a chemical ballet: a story of the mechanism of 1,4-Michael addition.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

A reaction can be thought of as molecular dancers performing moves. A choreographer is needed to organise the performance into the ballet that is a reaction mechanism. Here I explore another facet of the Michael addition of a nucleophile to a conjugated carbonyl compound.
Cyclo[18]carbon: The Kekulé vibration calculated and hence a mystery!
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

I have discussed the vibration in benzene known as the Kekulé mode in other posts, the first of which was all of ten years ago.
The Structure of Tetrodotoxin as a free base.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

The notorious neurotoxin Tetrodotoxin is often chemically represented as a zwitterion, shown below as

1

. This idea seems to originate from a famous article written in 1964 by the legendary organic chemist, Robert Burns Woodward.[cite]10.1351/pac196409010049[/cite] This structure has propagated on to Wikipedia and is found in many other sources.
Bond length alternation (BLA) in large conjugated rings: an (anti-aromatic) update.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In the previous post, I looked at a class of molecule known as hexaphyrins, inspecting bond length alternation (BLA) at the so-called

meso

position, the carbon atom joining two pyrrole rings. A search of the difference in bond lengths at this position had shown two significant clusters of crystal structures. Molecules in the bottom left of this diagram shows little or no bond length alternation.
The R2R debate, part 4: the video!
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: September 2023

It’s been a while, but to be fair the world has caught fire since I first started posting about the Research to Reader conference. Stay safe, folks. Don’t meet people. Stay indoors; or go outdoors where there’s no-one else. You know how it’s done by now. This is not a drill.
Can a carbon radical act as a hydrogen bond acceptor?
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

Having shown that carbon as a carbene centre, C**:** can act as a hydrogen bond acceptor, as seen from a search of crystal structures, I began to wonder if there is any chance that carbon as a radical centre, C• could do so as well. Definitely a subversive thought, since radical centres are supposed to abstract hydrogens rather than to hydrogen bond to them.
The Kekulé vibration as a function of aromatic ring size. A different perspective using lemniscular rings.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In the previous posts, I tried to track down the onset of bond length alternation (

BLA

) as a function of ring size in aromatic cyclocarbons, finding the answer varied dramatically depending on the type of method used to calculate it. So here I change the system to an unusual kind of aromatic ring, the

leminiscular

or

figure-eight

annulene series.

♥

I explore the Kekulé vibration for such species
Molecules of the year 2019: Hexagonal planar crystal structures.
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

Here is another selection from the Molecules-of-the-Year shortlist published by C&E News, in which hexagonal planar transition metal coordination is identified.
Encouraging entry, retention, diversity and inclusion in research software careers
Authors:   :(unav)
Published: September 2023

September, 2022 Authors: Michelle Barker and Daniel S. Katz DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7117842 1. Introduction Commonly identified issues in the research software community include how to encourage people into research software career paths, how to retain them, and how to encourage a diverse range of people to enter the sector. This blog post attempts to help address them by considering existing projects and resources related to the research software profession in the following areas:
Carbon as a hydrogen bond acceptor: can dicarbon (C2) act in this manner?
Authors: Rzepa Henry
Published: September 2023

In the previous post, I showed that carbon can act as a hydrogen bond acceptor (of a proton) to form strong hydrogen bond complexes. Which brings me to a conceptual connection: can singlet dicarbon form such a hydrogen bond?  Dicarbon can be variously represented as above. The first form shows it as a bis-carbene, with an unbonded lone pair of electrons at each end of a carbon double bond.
Expanding the mapping of the global research software community
Authors: Barker Michelle
Published: September 2023

 October, 2022  Authors: Michelle Barker  Introduction  The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) has been expanding their 2020 mapping of the international research software community landscape (Katz et al., 2020), to assist in fulfilling the ReSA mission to bring research software communities together to collaborate on the advancement of research software.
Success, Not Perfection
Authors: Winston Donny
Published: September 2023

Shoot for success, not perfection. Success is the path of confidence. Perfection is the path of arrogance. If you’ve achieved perfection in something, by your estimation, there is nothing that can be improved upon, nothing to be learned. This belief, that you have nothing more to learn, is the key difference between confidence and arrogance.
Conceptual Agreement for Performance Goals
Authors: Winston Donny
Published: September 2023

At my last full-time job, I had a performance evaluation each year with my supervisor. The format was batch call-and-response. First, I self-evaluated and filled out all sections. Then, my supervisor responded to my content. Finally, we met briefly to go over the content before submitting to HR. In the last section of the evaluation, I had listed my goals for the next year.
The Nanoblock Brachiosaurus
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: September 2023

My eldest son Dan went out to visit his girlfriend Beth, shortly before the Coronavirus crisis began, during her university placement in Toulouse. While they were there, they bought me this gift: As you can see, it’s a Lego-like self-assembly kit; but as you can also see from the mug in the background, it’s  tiny  . As  best I can make out, the blocks are half the length and width of Lego blocks, and about third the height.
Social contract theory of Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: United or opposed?
Authors: Vojnović Sava
Published: September 2023

Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are among the most important modern political philosophers, who base their theories on the idea of social contract. Both authors start from the natural equality of all people and the uncertainty of the natural state, but at first glance they end up with completely different perspectives on sovereignty and relations within a political society. Rousseau insists on the common sovereignty of all citizens, who have a guaranteed economic minimum and the inalienable authority to enact laws and care for the general will, by which they all together simultaneously constitute those who are governed. Hobbes, on the other hand, dictates that the people elect a sovereign who is always in their natural state and must have great power in order to fulfil their role as protector. Yet, the paper argues that their positions are not really that different, bearing in mind Rousseau's executive power and wise legislators, and Hobbes' strong rights of subjects. The thesis of the paper is that in both of them the people authorize and supervise, and someone else rules.
Analysis of Landscapes Presented Through Mise-en-Scène and Narratives in the Movies by Bong, Jun Ho: With a Focus on The Host, Snow Piercer, and Parasite
Authors:   Art·Design Research Institute of Kyung-Hee University, Lee Suhyun , Kim Jin-Oh
Published: September 2023

Landscape images in the movies directed by Bong, Junho are illustrated as places retaining themes, narration and inter-relationships, functioning to emphasize and extend the depth of emotions and meanings. The landscape images are reproduced through the presentation of the Mise-en-Scene, and are connected to narrative structure via cause and effect processes.
This study aims to explore where and how the landscape images are applied in Bong, Junho’s representative movies to find implications in landscape architecture. We examined theoretical backgrounds to draw methods. We selected Mr. Bong’s three famous movies: The Host, Snow Piercer, and Prasite to examine a variety of meanings embedded in the landscape images. We also analyzed the narrative structures containing the various images to draw implications for spatial design and landscape architecture.
The Contemporaneity of Drama and Music in the Musical : Focusing on the Use of Music in ‘Run and Tell That’
Authors:   Art·Design Research Institute of Kyung-Hee University, Lee Seo Hyeon , Lee Eun Hye , Kim Hak Min
Published: September 2023

This study examined the elements that reflect the contemporaneity of the dramatic circumstances and music in the musical , and the dramatic and musical expression techniques that represent the characters through 'Run and Tell That'. As an analysis method for the study, a qualitative research method was utilized through textual analysis of the work, and a research design was conducted by collecting books, papers, and online and offline materials. Through this, we found that the musical functions of these works to convey dramatic messages include reproducing the period background, conveying social messages, conveying characters' feelings and intentions, and conveying entertainment. In particular,  reproduces the period background by using 1960s-style music, and Seaweed's ‘Run and Tell That’ in the play throws out a message to resist discrimination by claiming black pride and value against racism, which is the main theme of the work. To emphasize this, the use of the blues scale and the rhythm and blues genre, amusical style representative of blacks, as well as the use of scat singing is a strategic technique that emphasizes Seaweed's optimistic and bright personality and highlights him as an iconic character of the next black generation. It is hoped that this study will serve as a foundation for further research to recognize and develop the inherent value of reflecting contemporaneity as a characteristic of the musical genre.
Comparison between Pooled Sera and Coomercial Serum on the Accuracy of Triglyceride Assessment
Authors: Sari Yulia Ratna , Jesica Fanny , Niken Niken
Published: September 2023

The increase in dyslipidemia cases every year requires the Clinical Chemistry laboratory to carry out quality control which is influenced by an assessment of accuracy and accuracy. These measurements were used with control materials. So far, in laboratories, there are still many commercial serum control materials used as controls that are used daily in triglyceride tests, and rarely use pooled sera. In fact, there are several advantages in using pooled sera as a control material. This type of analytic survey research with a comparative study method. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. Data collection techniques were carried out using observation sheets. Data were processed computerized using univariate analysis and bivariate analysis using independent t-tests. The results showed that the average triglyceride examination value with Pooled Sera control material was 94.67 mg/dL with a Standard Deviation of 2.52, a coefficient value variance of 2.66%. While the results of triglyceride examination with Commercial Serum control material were 79.13 mg/dL with a Standard Deviation of 3.57, the coefficient of variance was 4.51%. It was concluded that there is a significant difference between triglyceride examination using Pooled Sera and Commercial Serum. It is recommended that there be developments in medical laboratory technology in hospitals, making this research a reference in educational institutions, and further research on other parameters between Pooled Sera ingredients and other Serum.
Comparative analysis for augmented decision-making applications using deep learning models
Authors: P. Durga  , S. Karthikeyan
Published: September 2023

Now a days decision-making plays a significant role in various applications and several research. For applications such as diseases, intelligent routing systems, and online shopping carts such as e-commerce sites, recommended systems are developed based on sentiment analysis (SA) and take accurate decision-making based on the predictions and analyze the accurate decisions based on the result analysis. When it comes to practical uses, deep learning (DL) has by far been the most popular. DL becomes an indispensable domain for several tasks in science and engineering. It is very difficult to take decisions based on traditional tests in various research areas such as disease prediction, textual sentiment analysis, and risk prediction of autonomous vehicles due to the lack of accuracy and long time for results. To address this, various approaches are proposed to adopt. Decision-making is based on multi-criticism, which is more useful to solve critical issues in making accurate decisions than previous approaches. In this paper, an improved and augmented decision-making deep learning algorithm is discussed and shows the comparison among the various DL algorithms. The performance is calculated according to the parameters.
How Foreign Ownership and Competition Affect the Credit Growth of Commercial Banks: Evidence from A Transitional Economy
Authors: Duong Khoa Dang , Nguyen Nhi Ngoc Thanh , Tran Phuong Mai Duong , Pham Ha
Published: September 2023

This study examines the relationship between foreign ownership and market competition, proxied by bank market power, affecting the credit growth of 32 commercial banks in Vietnam from 2010 to 2020. The Random Effects Model and the Dynamic System Generalized Method of Moments were used to analyze an unbalanced panel of 278 annual observations. The findings report that foreign ownership reduces credit growth, with each percentage increase in foreign ownership reducing credit growth by 0.74%. The results indicate an inverse U-shaped relationship between competitive advantage and credit growth, with a turning point of 0.46. The main findings were found to be robust after employing an alternative market power proxy. The study recommends that bank managers and policymakers limit foreign ownership and control commercial banks’ market power to promote sustainable credit growth.
Association of food safety knowledge and practice with microbiological contamination in street vended fruit juice: A cross-sectional study in Chattogram metropolitan city
Authors: Mazumdera Debapriya , Saha Suvanker , Mitra Chowdhury Arpan , Chakmad Prosenjit , Rathi Roy Sowmik , Dutta Pronesh
Published: September 2023

In Bangladesh, the cost, taste, and warm, humid climate all encourage street juice consumption. However, practices for making street juices safely have come under threat, which has led to microbial growth in the juices. The purpose of this study is to look into the practices and cleanliness of the street sellers as well as the microbiological load. A pretested questionnaire was used to evaluate 71 roadside vendors' awareness of food safety practices. For the purpose of microbiological quantification, representative samples of 10 lemon juice and 10 sugarcane juice were obtained from 20 merchants out of the 71 respondents. The range of Total Plate Count (TPC) and Total Coliform Count (TCC) for lemon juice was 8.58×102 -4.38×104 cfu/ml and 6-34 cfu/ml respectively. For sugarcane juice the counts were 1.24×104 -8.34×104 cfu/ml and 17-54 cfu/ml respectively. Some food safety and hygiene practices and knowledge showed significant associations with the microbial load in the fruit juices including lack of safety knowledge on food poisoning (70%), presence of microorganism on dirty hands (70%), elevation of contamination on food by insanitary surroundings (70%) reluctance to wearing gloves (75%), poor waste management facilities (73%). Therefore, the study recommends focused food safety training to minimize microbial contamination.
Gamificación mediante Deck Toys en la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la Matemática
Authors: Sánchez Garofalo . Yesica Vanesa , Cano de la Cruz Yullio
Published: September 2023

La investigación tuvo como finalidad contribuir al mejoramiento del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en la asignatura de Matemática, mediante la implementación de la Gamificación en los estudiantes del 8vo año de EGBS de la Unidad Educativa Dr. Carlos Rufino Marín. La metodología tuvo un enfoque cuantitativo, siendo una investigación explicativa con un diseño cuasi-experimental, con una muestra finita conformada por 30 estudiantes a los que se aplicó un pretest; y postest, en base a un cuestionario con preguntas objetivas. Para el análisis de los datos se utilizó la estadística descriptiva y la herramienta de Microsoft Excel. Como primer resultado se obtuvo que los estudiantes presentan una media de calificaciones de 5,9 puntos, ubicándose en un bajo nivel de aprendizaje. En el segundo resultado se obtuvo que la aplicación de la gamificación en la herramienta Deck Toys, aportó de manera significativa, por lo que como tercer resultado se obtuvo que los estudiantes presentan una media de calificaciones de 7,6 puntos, alcanzando los aprendizajes requeridos (AAR) según la escala valorativa del MINEDUC (2016). Con lo que se pudo concluir que la gamificación en la herramienta Deck Toys, fortaleció el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en los estudiantes del 8vo año de EGBS.
Factores que generan desinterés por la lectura: un estudio descriptivo
Authors: Obaco Soto Edgar Efraín , Vega Merchan Katheryn Mishell , Valverde Mata Steven Danilo , Lara Lara Fernando
Published: September 2023

El estudio abordó la falta de interés por la lectura, para establecer los factores que inciden en el desinterés por la misma. La metodología respondió a un enfoque cuantitativo con un diseño no experimental y de tipo descriptiva; se realizó un muestreo censal y la muestra estuvo integrada por 280 estudiantes; el levantamiento de la data se realizó a través de una encuesta. Se demostró que el grado de interés por la lectura en el alumnado es medio; de igual manera, el factor más influyente en la estimulación lectora es el familiar y las preferencias lectoras están relacionadas con los textos de aventuras, libros de formato físico y la estética. En conclusión, se estableció que los factores que inciden en el desinterés por la lectura son el ambiental y el pedagógico, debido a la importancia del rol que juega el contexto y los agentes educativos.
The Basic and Clinical Science of Wounds in the Austere Environment
Authors: Langworthy Michael J. , Hankins Kreszentia , Storey Travis
Published: September 2023

Surgery in developing countries is challenging on many levels. U.S. organizations sponsor approximately 200,000 surgeries performed abroad every year (Miclau et al. 2021a). These altruistic surgeons and physicians– despite their good intentions—may not be equipped with the specific surgical and communication skills necessary for a successful surgery in an austere environment. Surgical skill set, nutrition, facilities, and sociology all play a role in successful surgical outcomes.

A thorough understanding of the basic science and clinical science of wounds in the austere environment is imperative for physicians and surgeons providing care in developing nations.

Basic science research, in regards to nutrition, parasites; skin, dermal, and bone physiology; as well as microbiome interaction with these structures, can help optimize surgical outcome and reduce adverse events such as infection. Clinical science research and the development of algorithms for surgery in the austere environment can also help improve surgical outcomes and mitigate these adverse events.
Face analysis technology evaluation (FATE) part 11 :
Authors: Yang Joyce , Grother Patrick , Ngan Mei , Hanaoka Kayee , Hom Austin
Published: September 2023

This report summarizes the results of the FATE Quality Vector assessment track, which tests face image quality algorithms’ ability to detect specific defects such as non-frontal pose and background non-uniformity in the context of facial images. All algorithms submitted have some success at measuring various quality-related parameters.
Educational Illiteracy between Nigeria and China: A Tripartite Comparative Analysis
Authors:   Akwa Ibom State University, Michael Akpan Idongesit , Ayibaebi Ekeuwei Tarila ,   University of Port Harcourt
Published: September 2023

The study focused on approaches to educational illiteracy in Nigeria in China: A Tripartite Comparative Analysis. Holistic development in some countries of the world has been frustrated by the absence of digital awareness and technological creativity which are achieved through the spread of qualitative knowledge in a uniform manner. The poor spread of such knowledge, which has since been embodied into formal education in educational institutions results in educational illiteracy. Hence, countries of the world have instituted different strategies to curb the issue which in some climes like Nigeria and other developing countries of the world has been existential. The aim of the study is to compare the approaches to educational illiteracy between Nigeria and China through a tripartite model. The descriptive research design was adopted, while the sources of data were majorly secondary through the use of internet sources, textbooks, print publications, etc. The structural-functional theory was adopted for the study. It was discovered that there is a colossal disparity between Nigeria and China in terms of structure and pattern of educational institution(s) administration, budgetary allocations to the education sector, and pattern/content of learning, with China faring better than Nigeria. It was recommended that tertiary educational institutions should be established to focus on specific areas to ensure specialization, and expertise, amongst both instructors and students and also to reduce over-crowding in Nigerian tertiary institutions
Internally Generated Revenue and Infrastructural Development in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors:   Akwa Ibom State University, Geoffrey Okon Charles , Etim Uwah Uwem ,   Akwa Ibom State University
Published: September 2023

Public revenue is utilized for the welfare of the citizens of a nation. In Nigeria, public revenue is derivable from the statutory allocation from the federation accounts and internally generated revenue. This study assessed the relationship between internally generated revenue and infrastructural development, in the form of capital expenditure in Akwa Ibom State, for the period 2007- 2020. The objective was to ascertain the contribution of internally generated revenue to infrastructural development on health, education, and sanitation. The ex post facto research design was adopted, where secondary data were obtained from the office of the Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State. The data were analyzed using simple regression analyses to test the hypotheses. It was found that internally generated revenue (IGR) has a positive relationship with infrastructural development in the State, showing a positive and significant relationship with development in education, and an insignificant but positive relationship with health and sanitation. Consequently, it was concluded that a balanced approach to internally generated revenue (IGR) appropriation to the infrastructural development in all the areas was absent. It was therefore recommended that internally generated revenue (IGR) allocations should be redirected to infrastructural development on health and sanitation since health and sanitation are directly linked to the life of every citizen of the state. This will bring about a balanced approach to the appropriation of revenue on capital expenditure which can motivate citizens to pay their taxes regularly and avoid tax evasion.
Tricycle Operation and Socio-Economic Development within Uyo Metropolis
Authors:   Sure-Foundation Polytechnic, Ikot Akai, Ukanafun, Etim Eyo Uforo
Published: September 2023

This study examined the contribution of commercial tricycles to the socio-economic development in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, through revenue generation to the government, employment generation for the people and the movement of economic goods within the Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State. Using the survey research technique, data for the study were drawn from primary and secondary sources through the cross-sectional survey of 400 respondents from 10,500 registered Keke riders in Uyo. The study employed the economic development framework as a theoretical framework to determine how transportation activities enhance socio-economic development. It was discovered among others, that tricycle operation has generated revenue from the payment of taxes and registration fees to the State Ministry of Transport; that it has generated a lot of direct (riders) and indirect (spare parts dealers and mechanic) employment opportunities to the citizens; and that tricycle operations have aided in the movement of people, goods and services, even to the rural areas. The study recommended that apart from the State Government ensuring that revenue generated from tricycle operations is channelled to the development needs of the state, it should also effectively monitor tricycle operations to avoid illegal registration and diversion of the funds by fraudulent revenue collection agents.
Pensamiento reflexivo y crítico: una mirada desde el modelo experiencial y la ciencia del cuidado
Authors: Izquierdo Machín Esther
Published: September 2023

Las enfermeras y enfermeros construyen diariamente su propia historia, pero ¿qué determina en ellos el desarrollo de nuevas acciones de cuidado?, ¿cuáles son las condiciones objetivas de las bases de la actividad teórica-práctica en las ciencias del cuidado? Estos y otros interrogantes motivaron la formulación del presente estudio a partir del pensamiento reflexivo y crítico. En enfermería, este tipo de pensamiento se ha caracterizado por promover una actitud activa y creadora en el a rea del cuidado. Lo anterior ha fortalecido la disciplina, gracias a la estructura y dominio del conocimiento sobre la esencia del cuidado y al lenguaje coherente y lógico productos de la conceptualización de los metaparadigmas de enfermería (persona, entorno, salud, enfermería). Dicho pensamiento ha facilitado la elaboración de conocimientos, representaciones y conceptos, con impactos positivos sobre la práctica en enfermería. Esta ciencia, como cualquier otra, demanda un razonamiento dialéctico, es decir, inacabado y mutable. El pensamiento reflexivo y crítico, en fusión con el modelo experiencial, deriva en discusiones e investigaciones propicias para el análisis de la herencia científica de la enfermería y de las experiencias de sus profesionales.
Performance and persistence of performance of healthcare mutual funds
Authors: Kaushik Abhay , Saubert Lynn K. , Saubert R. Wayne
Published: September 2023

This study analyzes 115 actively managed domestic healthcare mutual funds over the period 1/2000 –12/2011. Findings of this study show that, on average, healthcare mutual funds outperform the passive index by roughly 2.97% per year after controlling for the market risk premium, growth and size premiums, and momentum effects. Further, this study documents that the abnormal over- and under-performance does not persist over subsequent periods. In other words, under- and over- performances are mean reverting.
performance of the faith and ethical investment products
Authors: Beer Francisca M. , Estes James P. , Deshayes Charlotte
Published: September 2023

This article explores the risk and return characteristics of socially responsible investment and faith-based mutual funds before and after the market crisis of 2008. Findings show a high level of correlation between the indices studied as well as a higher volatility than the S&P 500. We also find a significant shift in the mix of performance and volatility of these funds before and after the crash of 2008. This is an important consideration for both planners and investors in making an informed decision that is tempered by both the intensity of their social or faith based investment preferences and resultant risk and return on those investments.
Financial teaching by parents and financial education at school or workplace
Authors: Yeh Tsung-Ming
Published: September 2023

This study investigates the differential roles of financial socialization within the family versus fi- nancial education at school or the workplace, using data from a representative sample of 25,000 Japanese individuals. The results indicate that different platforms may play different roles. While the adults’ short-term financial behaviors, which involve regular feedback and immediate consequences for deviation, are primarily related to their parent’s financial advising in childhood, long-term finan- cial behaviors, which require complex planning and decision-making, are primarily related to finan- cial education received at school or the workplace. The results also suggest the benefits of accumulating financial experiences and education in different stages.
Exploring differences in African-Americans’ financial well-being based on financial security factors
Authors: Copeland C. W. , Young John H. , Hudson Crystal R.
Published: September 2023

What impacts the financial well-being of African Americans, compared with other ethnic groups, has been a mystery beyond basic socio-economic factors. However, when explored through the lens of homeownership and employment, two variables that have been latent due to historical racism, African Americans fare far worse than other ethnic groups. This study utilized data from the 2016 National Financial Well-Being Survey (NFWBS) including the CFP Financial Well-Being Scale, and specifically targeted middle-income African Americans. Researchers found that when efforts are made to pull themselves up by their bootstraps through long-term savings, investing, and education, African Americans only show statistical significance if they are middle-income because student loans tend to create a drag on financial well-being levels.
Exploring financial behaviors of military households
Authors: Wilmarth Melissa J. , Kim Kyoung Tae , Henager Robin
Published: September 2023

This study explores short-term and long-term financial behaviors of military and civilian house- holds in the United States. We investigate the role of financial knowledge and financial education on financial behaviors. Using the 2018 National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), results indicated military households had higher financial knowledge scores, greater receipt of financial education, and higher financial behaviors. Multivariate analyses show that objective and subjective financial knowledge were associated positively with short-term and long-term financial behaviors of military and civilian households. Experiencing financial education was positively associated with the long- term behaviors of military households. This study provides insights for policymakers and financial practitioners.
Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas VI SD Negeri 014 Rambah Hilir Pada Mata Pelajaran IPA dengan Metode Kooperatif STAD
Authors: Suparji Suparji
Published: September 2023

Mata pelajaran Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (IPA) merupakan salah satu bidang studi kurikuler di Sekolah Dasar. Karena rendahnya pemahaman siswa terhadap pembelajaran di kelas VI SD Negeri 014 Rambah Hilir, penulis melakukan perbaikan pembelajaran kegiatan penelitian di laksanakan di SD Negeri 014 Rambah Hilir semester I Tahun Pelajaran 2019/2020.  Siswa kurang mengusai materi pembelajaran dan siswa kurang aktif dalam pembelajaran, terlihat dari hasil belajar IPA yang masih banyak memperoleh nilai yang rendah. Untuk itu diperlukan perbaikan pembelajaran yang sesuai dengan pembelajaran yaitu dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar IPA melalui model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD bagi siswa kelas VI SD Negeri 014 Rambah Hilir dengan jumlah siswa 20 orang yang terdiri dari  dari 12 orang siswa laki-laki dan 8 siswa perempuan. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Prosedur Penelitian  terdiri dari perencanaan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi dan refleksi. Instrument penelitian berupa perangkat pembelajaran dan alat pengumpul data (lembar tes dan lembar observasi siswa). Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan rata-rata kelas pada siklus 1 yaitu 50% menjadi 70% pada siklus 2.
Pengaruh Green Product dan Service Quality Terhadap Purchase Decision pada Fore Coffee di Jakarta Pusat
Authors: Sihombing Elizabeth Kateryn , Tobing Rudy P.
Published: September 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh green product dan service quality terhadap purchase decision pada Fore Coffee di Jakarta Pusat. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 100 pelanggan Fore Coffee. Data dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa green product dan service quality berpengaruh positif terhadap purchase decision. Hal ini berarti bahwa semakin baik green product dan service quality yang ditawarkan oleh Fore Coffee, maka semakin besar kemungkinan pelanggan untuk melakukan pembelian.
Ligestillingsindikatorer – hvad viser de om forskellene mellem mænd og kvinder i Danmark?
Authors: Lindhardt Olsen Annemette , Greve Harbo Lisbeth
Published: September 2023

Danmarks Statistik har beregnet en række ligestillingsindikatorer, der viser forskelle og ligheder mellem mænd og kvinder inden for en række områder: Demokrati og Ledelse, Familie, Uddannelse, Arbejde, Løn, Indkomst, Helbred, Tryghed og Kultur. I denne artikel beskrives udviklingen mellem mænds og kvinders livsvilkår i Danmark baseret på en række udvalgte ligestillingsindikatorer.
Heksejagt eller revolution? En analyse af mediedækningen af #MeToo i Danmark og Sverige
Authors: HARTLY JANNIE MØLLER , ASKANIUS TINA
Published: September 2023

Denne artikel præsenterer en undersøgelse af mediedækningen af #MeToo-bevægelsen i nabolandene Danmark og Sverige. En komparativ indholdsanalyse viser forskelle i genrer, kilder og temaer på tværs af de to lande. Analysen viser endvidere, at dækningen overvejende placerede #MeToo inden for en individuel handlingsramme, der fremstiller seksuelle overgreb som et personlig snarere end samfundsmæssigt problem i begge lande. Imidlertid var den individ-orienterede handlings-frame og en de-legitimerende frame fokuseret på kritik af #MeToo mere udbredt i den danske dækning. En framing-analyse viste ydermere, at der overordnet kunne observeres fire forskellige nyhedsframes i dækningen: #MeToo som 1) en online kampagne, der forbinder individer i et netværk af personlige vidnesbyrd, 2) en del af en bredere og langvarig historisk social bevægelse for ligestilling mellem kønnene 3) en unødvendig kampagne drevet af politisk korrektheds-kultur og til sidst 4) en heksejagt og en folkedomstol. Artiklen diskuterer disse resultater i relation til de politiske og kulturelle forhold på køn- og ligestillingsområdet i de to lande.
INSTITUCIONALNO KRŠENJE PRAVA NA SLOBODU KRETANJA U KONTEKSTU ZABRANE/ODBIJANJA ULASKA STRANCIMA IZ RAZLOGA ZAŠTITE BEZBJEDNOSTI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Authors: IVANOVIĆ Aleksandar R.
Published: September 2023

Autor se u radu bavi pitanjem institucionalnog kršenja prava na slobodu kretanja u kontekstu zabrane ulaska strancima u Bosnu i Hercegov- inu iz razloga zaštite bezbjednosti Bosne i Hercegovine. Shodo navedenom, autor u radu najprije daje određenje prava na slobodu kretanja analizirajući odredbe međunarodnih dokumenata i domaćeg pravnog okvira zaštite ovog ljudskog pra- va. U radu autor ukazuje da ulazak stranaca u drugu zemlju, u kontekstu slobode kretanja, nije obuhvaćen odredbama međunarodnih dokumenata o ljudskim pravi- ma kojima se štiti sloboda kretanja, već da je ovo pitanje u nadležnosti nacional- nog zakonodavstva. U radu su prikazane odredbe domaćeg zakonodavstva i poje- dinih zemalja u okruženju koje uređuju pitanje ulaska stranaca u zemlju, odnosno zabrane/odbijanja ulaska usljed razloga zaštite bezbjednosti. U završnom dijelu rada autor adresira pitanje zabrane, odnosno odbijanja ulaska pojedinim licima u Bosnu i Hercegovinu, te ukazuje na nedorečenosti i manjkavosti domaćeg za- konodavstva koje uređuje ovu materiju, a koje stvaraju prostor za proizvoljno ograničavanje slobode kretanja, kao i drugih ljudskih prava poput prava na ljudsko dostojanstvo, prava na pravično suđenje i sl. U završnom dijelu rada autor je dao određene smjernice u pogledu mogućih izmjena i dopuna domaćeg zakonodavstva u ovoj oblasti, a sve u cilju obezbjeđenja većeg nivoa pravne sigurnosti kao i zaštite naprijed navedenih prava.
OSOBE SA MENTALNIM SMETNJAMA U KRIVIČNIM POSTUPCIMA I OGRANIČENJA POJEDINIH PRAVA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI – STUDIJA SLUČAJA
Authors: OBRADOVIĆ Dragan , Karać Stefan
Published: September 2023

Kao izvršioci pojedinih, različitih krivičnih djela pojavljuju se u svakoj državi i pojedina lica sa određenim psihičkim problemima. Najčešće, to su domaći državljani, ali to mogu biti i stranci, lica sa dvojnim državljanstvom odnosno lica bez državljanstva. U radu je analiziran slučaj iz sudske prakse u Sr- biji. Državljanin Bosne i Hercegovine izvršio je krivično djelo u Srbiji i u toku sud- skog postupka utvrđeno je da je krivično djelo izvršio u neuračunljivom stanju, pa mu je izrečena mjera bezbjednosti obaveznog psihijatrijskog liječenja u zdravst- venoj ustanovi. Iako je tokom izvršenja izrečene mjere bezbjednosti došlo do po- pravljanja njegovog zdravstvenog stanja, na prijedlog ustanove u kojoj je mjera bezbjednosti izvršavana nije bilo moguće zamijeniti izrečenu mjeru bezbjednosti blažom mjerom na slobodi jer nije imao odgovarajući prihvat u Srbiji, a do njegov- og transfera u matičnu državu gdje bi izrečenu mjeru bezbjednosti izdržavao u odgovarajućoj ustanovi u Bosni i Hercegovini nije došlo ni poslije duže od 10 go- dina, jer takva ustanova prema odgovorima pravosudnih organa Bosne i Herce- govine ne postoji, odnosno nadležni organi ne znaju gdje mogu da ga smjeste. Na taj način došlo je do kršenja ljudskih prava osuđenog u pogledu slobode kretanja, ali i brojnih drugih prava koja mu pripadaju kao osuđenom licu u krivičnom pos- tupku s obzirom da njegova država ne preduzima odgovarajuće korake u skladu sa međunarodno prihvaćenim obavezama.