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Issues in Cluster Development for SMEs in Thailand
Authors: Singh Mastana Amarjeet
Published: August 2021

Despite consistent and coherent policy positions from the government concerning small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a means of stimulating economic development, Thailand continues to suffer from a medium-sized company deficit. One of the means by which it is possible to tackle this issue is through encouragement of cluster formation. This can be successful only when commercial logic already exists and top-down imposition of a cluster where there is no such logic is doomed to failure. In this paper, qualitative research has been used to interview SME business leaders and other relevant stakeholders (with a total sample size of 65) to identify issues related to cluster formation in contemporary Thailand and the means by which they have sought to overcome challenges. These have included low purchasing power, unclear information and uncertainty with respect to the direction of government policy, which has varied wildly over the past two decades, as well as unrealistic loan arrangements. More positively, entrepreneurs detect improvements in the quality and quantity of knowledge workers in the local economy and, when clusters have been able to flourish, reduced transaction costs and better provision of information have helped to create some sustainable forms of competitive advantage. Nevertheless, the perennial complaints of SME owners (i.e. lack of access to capital and markets, government regulations) were also well-represented here. The implications of this research are presented and recommendations made at various scales. Keywords: clusters, competitiveness, SMEs, Thailand
Foreign Direct Investment in Cambodia’s Telecommunications Industry
Authors: Ampornstira Fuangfa
Published: August 2021

In order to obtain a mobile telecommunications network rapidly and at low cost, the Cambodian government opened the sector to all comers wishing to make appropriate levels of investment. The subsequent turmoil of investment and aggressive marketing of products led to a situation of hypercompetitiveness, which is unsustainable and resulted in several companies subsequently divesting. Using the results of a programme of quantitative and qualitative research, this paper reports on these events and the implications of foreign direct investment in a lightly-regulated sector in which excessive competition may be solicited. Keywords: Cambodia, foreign direct investment, hyper-competitiveness, telecommunications
THE BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF VITAMIN D
Authors: Джатдоева Д.Т. , Гочияев А.А. , Семенов М.Б. , Каппушева З.М.
Published: August 2021

В статье рассматриваются заболевания, зависящие от уровня витамина D в организме, возможные методы коррекции его уровня и их последствия. Рассматривается зависимость организма -как единого целого от уровня данного витамина в крови. На данный момент во всем мире наблюдается глобальный дефицит витамина D, у всех пациентов, которые сдают данный анализ, которое так же было выявлено на фоне глобальной пандемии “COVID-19”. Влияние витамина D на иммунитет абсолютно точно доказано, и поэтому его дефицитное состояние может ухудшать течение различных заболеваний. Также витамин D выступает в качестве гормона, недостаток которого приводит к патологиям сердечно-сосудистой системы, рахиту, остеопорозу, сахарному диабету, ожирению и другим серьезным заболеваниям. Неоднократно рассматривалось влияние его уровня на постоперационное восстановление. В статье так же приводятся методы коррекции посредством UV в зимнее время, которое как показали данные является опасной. В статье описываются нейродегенеративные расстройства, на которых оказывает огромное влияние уровень данного витамина и его профилактика. Проанализировано влияние его уровня на здоровье пациенток в постменопаузе, приводящее к нежелательным последствиям в том числе и остеопорозу. Приведены примеры влияния на защитные свойства ротовой полости при пародонте и кариесе. Описывается влияние на процесс течения острых респираторных заболеваний у детей, а также влияние на течение болезни при сахарном диабете.

The article discusses diseases that depend on the level of vitamin D in the body, possible methods of correcting its level and their consequences. The dependence of the body on the level of this vitamin in the blood is considered. At the moment, there is a global vitamin D deficiency worldwide, which was revealed during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The positive effect of vitamin D on the immune system has been proven, and therefore its deficiency can worsen the course of various diseases. Vitamin D also acts as a hormone, the lack of which leads to pathologies of the cardiovascular system, rickets, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, and other serious diseases. The influence of its level on postoperative recovery is also considered. In addition, the article provides methods of correction by means of UV treatment in winter, which, as the data has shown, is dangerous. The article describes neurodegenerative disorders, which are greatly influenced by the level of this vitamin and its prevention. The influence of its level on the health of postmenopausal patients, leading to undesirable consequences, including osteoporosis, is analyzed. Examples of the effect on the protective properties of the oral cavity in periodontal disease and caries are given. The article describes the effect on the course of acute respiratory diseases in children, as well as the effect on the course of the disease in diabetes mellitus.
Reasons for the prevalence of acute pancreatitis in medical students
Authors: Турлыгазы Ж.Б. , Байдиллаева Д.Ж. , Бакриев Р.А. , Канатаева А.Б. , Шымырбай А.Г. , Сейткали А.С.
Published: August 2021

Острый панкреатит за последнее десятилетие занимает лидирующие позиции в практике абдоминальной хирургии, уступая место лишь острому аппендициту. А так же имеет ряд осложнений с неблагоприятными исходами. По данным литературы определено около 120 факторов, способные привести к развитию острого панкреатита. В данной статье преведены статистические данные социологического опроса, указывающие на ряд факторов способных привести к развитию данной патологии, частота их влияния, гендерные особенности а так же связи их между собой.

Over the past decade, acute pancreatitis has taken a leading position in the practice of abdominal surgery, giving way only to acute appendicitis. It also has a number of complications with unfavorable outcomes. According to the literature, about 120 factors have been identified that can lead to the development of acute pancreatitis. This article presents the statistical data of a sociological survey, indicating a number of factors that can lead to the development of this patho logy, the frequency of their influence, gender characteristics, as well as their relationship with each other.
PSYCHOEMOTIONAL STATE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Authors: Шарипова Н.Ж. , Тоғызбаева Қ.Қ. , Кусайынова Э.И. , Текманова А.К.
Published: August 2021

Среди проблем глобализации 21 века особое место занимает психоэмоциональное и физическое здоровье детей школьного возраста. В результате научно-исследовательской работы в настоящее время все больше подростков и детей с психоэмоциональным состоянием. Усиление учебного процесса из года в год, повышение требований к учебному процессу в школе, внедрение новых программ, семейная атмосфера, нарушение отношений ребенка с учителем, друзьями, последствия негативного влияния социальной среды приводят к возникновению психоэмоциональной дисгармонии среди подростков. Также ситуация с пандемией, объявленная ВОЗ 1 марта 2020 года в связи с эпидемией covid-19, не повлияла на психологическое и физиологическое состояние школьников, как указано во многих литературных источниках. Формат самоизоляции и перехода на дистанционное обучение снижение физической активности, длительная работа за компьютером, возникновение материальных изменений в семье, связанных с системой карантина, привели к ухудшению настроения ребенка, общей усталости, депрессии, различным дисфункциональным психическим реакциям. Все это способствует нарушению здоровья школьников, возникновению и распространению психосоматических заболеваний

Among the problems of globalization of the 21st century, a special place is occupied by the psycho-emotional and physical health of school-age children. As a result of research work, there are now more and more teenagers and children with a psychoemotional state. Strengthening the educational process from year to year, increasing the requirements for the educational process at school, the introduction of new programs, the family atmosphere, the violation of the child's relationship with the teacher, friends, the consequences of the negative influence of the social environment lead to the emergence of psychoemotional disharmony among adolescents. Also, the situation with the pandemic, announced by WHO on March 1, 2020 in connection with the covid-19 epidemic, did not affect the psychological and physiological state of schoolchildren, as indicated in many literary sources. The format of self-isolation and the transition to distance learning reduced physical activity, prolonged work at the computer, the occurrence of material changes in the family associated with the quarantine system, led to a deterioration in the child's mood, general fatigue, depression, and various dysfunctional mental reactions. All this contributes to the violation of the health of schoolchildren, the emergence and spread of psychosomatic diseases
EFFECTIVENESS OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN THE CITY MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE ON THE RIGHT OF ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT CITY POLYCLINIC №5 OF ALMATY»
Authors: Максутова Д.Ж. , Миреева А.Э. , Карибаева Д.О. , Асан Т. , Балтабаева У. , Бегалы А. , Кайып Н. , Рахман Н. , Сарыбай А.
Published: August 2021

Одной из задач нашего исследования был анализ данных скрининговой программы по раннему выявлению раковых и предраковых заболеваний шейки матки в ГП №5, который показал, что процент охвата скрининговой программой целевой группы соответствует государственной программе. Качество проведения скрининговой программы в ГП№5 значительно улучшилось, снизился процент неинформативного материала. Большинство женщин, которые умерли от рака шейки матки, относятся к возрастной группе 80 лет и старше.

One of the objectives of our study was to analyze data from the screening program for early detection of cervical cancer and precancerous diseases in GP №5, which showed that the percentage of coverage of the target group's screening program corresponds to the state program. The quality of the screening program in GP№5 has significantly improved, and the percentage of non-informative material has decreased. Most women who have died from cervical cancer are in the age group of 80 or older.
STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY DEVELOPMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: Малибаева А.Е. , Кайрат Б.К. , Нуфтиева А.И. , Умбетьярова Л.Б. , Кулбаева М.С. , Швецова Е.В. , Молсадыккызы М. , Токтыбай А.К. , Бакирова А.Д. , Куаныш А.Н. , Малибаева А.Э.
Published: August 2021

В современных стрессовых и негативных внешних экологических условиях растет число неуверенных в себе, эмоционально неустойчивых тревожных детей. В работах А.И.Захаровой, Н.В.Имеладзе, Л.М. Прихожановой говорится, что когда человек постоянно волнуется - возникает паника. Согласно анализу исследований многих авторов, детская тревога, с одной стороны, имеет психодинкамическую природу, с другой-является результатом социализации. По мнению психологов, у учащихся наблюдается высокий уровень тревожности в процессе обучения. В результате изучения данной проблемы установлено, что уровень тревожности и успеваемость ребенка тесно взаимосвязаны. Процесс приобщения детей, пришедших в школу, к процессу обучения тесно связан с процессом паники .

In the current stressful and negative external environmental conditions, the number of insecure, emotionally unstable children with anxiety is growing. In the works of A.I. Zakharova, N.V. Imeladze, L.M. Prikhozhan, it is said that when a person is constantly agitated, panic occurs. According to the analysis of the research of many authors, child anxiety, on the one hand, has a psychodynamic nature, and on the other-is the result of socialization. According to psychologists, there is a high level of anxiety in students ' learning process. As a result of the study of this problem, it was found that the level of anxiety and the child's academic performance are closely related. The process of adaptation of children to the learning process is closely related to the panic process. However, the level of anxiety in lower-class students affects the learning process and learning outcomes.
Relations of Antiretroviral Combinations to CD4 Levels of HIV TB Patiens in RSUD H.Abdul Manap Jambi
Authors: Permatasari Jelly , Meirista Indri , Bafadhal Hamira
Published: August 2021

The cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection are increasing every year. This case is a disease that is very rapidly transmitted throughout the world. HIV increases the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) and conversely TB infection increases HIV progression. In 2017, it is estimated that 10 million people have HIV TB. Combination of antiretrovirals is the basis for the management of antiretroviral therapy for HIV / AIDS patients, because it can reduce resistance, suppress HIV replication effectively so that transmission, opportunistic infections and other complications. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between antiretroviral combinations and CD4 levels in outpatient HIV TB patients at RSUD H. Abdul Manap Jambi. This study is a retrospective cohort study using medical records of outpatient HIV TB patients at RSUD H. Abdul Manap Jambi based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Based on research conducted on outpatient HIV TB patients at Abdul Manap Hospital, Jambi, it was found that there was no relationship between antiretroviral combinations and CD4 levels in HIV TB patients, marked by Asimp.Sig 0.778> 0.05.
The Role of Chlorhexidine in the Prevention of Pin Tract Infection as Compared to Povidone-Iodine in Patients Managed by Ilizarov Circular Fixator
Authors: Makhdoom Asadullah , Baloch Raheel Akbar , Sheikh Tahir , Khaskhali Jahazaib , Jokhio Muhammad Faraz , Maheshwari Lachman Das , Ahmed Moiz
Published: August 2021

Objective: To compare the efficacy of Chlorhexidine in the prevention of pin tract infection as compared to Povidone-iodine antiseptic. Study Design: Prospective, single blinded randomized trial. Study Setting and Duration: Liaquat University of Health Science (LUMHS), Jamshoro between July 2018 to November 2020. Methodology: All patients who underwent Ilizarov external fixation as per indications were eligible for the study. Individuals with a previous history of osteomyelitis were excluded from the study. Pin sites were cleansed with normal saline using clean applicators. In the group chlorhexidine, the antiseptic was applied on the pin skin interphases (1% chlorhexidine). Similarly, 10% povidone iodine was applied to patients in group C. The control group was cleansed with normal saline. Pin sites were either dressed daily or weekly. The primary outcome was the rate of pin site infection days. Results: Chlorhexidine group had significantly lesser pin-site infections as compared to the povidone-iodine group with a frequency of 13 (39.39%) and 19 (63.33%), p=0.04, respectively. The mean pin tract infection rate days ± SD were significantly lower in the chlorhexidine group as compared to the povidone-iodine group (1.35 ± 2.26 vs 3.54 ± 4.30, p=0.041). Similarly, the mean duration to onset of pin site infection was also significantly higher in the chlorhexidine group compared to povidone-iodine and control groups. Conclusion: Patients who used Chlorhexidine as the cleansing agent had significantly fewer pin-site infections as compared to the povidone-iodine group. Keywords: Chlorhexidine, Ilizarov fixator, fracture, Povidone-iodine
Effect of Parenting Styles on Social Adjustment of Secondary School Students in Kebbi State, Nigeria
Authors: Muza Shehu , Ndagi Abubakar
Published: August 2021

This study aimed at investigating the effect of parenting styles on social adjustment of senior secondary school students in Kebbi State Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was employed to collect the data. The study was carried out on a sample of 291 senior secondary school students drawn from 1,252 SS II students of six (6) selected senior secondary schools, using stratified random sampling technique. Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ) was used to assess three (3) parenting styles, while Modified Social Adjustment Scale (MSAS) was used to assess the social adjustment level of the students. One (1) hypothesis was formulated and tested in the study. The results of data analysis using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicate that parenting styles (Democratic, Autocratic and Permissive) have significant effect on social adjustment of senior secondary school students. It is recommended that since parenting styles effect the social adjustment of students, parents should endeavour to adopt a style such as the democratic one that ensures or guarantees the development of some measure of positive self-concept, self-confidence, and self-esteem in the students.
Mouth and teeth infections in psychiatric setting at Hôpital du Point-G : Observations on 130 cases.
Authors: Ba B , Konate I , Goita D , Ba M , Kamaté D , Diawara O , Niang A , Maiga AS , Guèye S , Touré A , Al. Et
Published: August 2021

Objective The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of mental illness on the oral health status of psychiatric patients.Materials And MethodsWe performed a prospective, transverse and descriptive study based on the observation of the oral lesions in the patients received in psychiatric consultation. It took place in the department of Psychiatry of the Center Hospitalo Universitaire of Point G for one month (from June to July 2014). The target population was known psychiatric patients followed and / or hospitalized during the study period. The data were collected from the medical files and a questionnaire and entered and analyzed with the software Epi info fr 6.0. In 54.40% of patients, brushing of teeth was performed once daily and twice daily in 26.10% of cases.ResultsDuring the study period, 130 patients were selected according to our inclusion criteria, of which 70.0% were male with a sex ratio of 2.3. The age group 25-34 was the most represented, 31.50%. The majority of our patients had dental abrasion, or 90.80% of the cases. The CAD / D index of our population was 5.22. Halitosis and oral dryness were common in patients with chronic psychosis, respectively 63.5% and 56.90% of cases. Gingivorrhage was observed in 61.10% of patients with chronic psychosis.ConclusionThis study shows the high frequency of oral infection in a psychiatric setting, hence the interest of a partnership between mental health professionals and those in the oral cavity.Keywords : Oral infections ; psychiatry ; buccal dryness, CAD index ; Point G Hospital
A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DOS JOGOS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO INTEGRAL DAS CRIANÇAS NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL
Authors: CAROLINE DA SILVA LILIANE
Published: August 2021

Esse artigo pretende abordar reflexões a respeito das contribuições dos jogos para o desenvolvimento integral das crianças que estão no Ensino Fundamental I. Deve-se levar em conta que cada criança tem o seu tempo para aprender e que o desenvolvimento ocorra de forma natural e prazerosa e significativa. Tem-se como objetivo procurar trazer mais conhecimentos a respeito dos jogos na vida escolar das crianças, utilizando-se de pesquisa bibliográfica, por meio de autores que corroboram sobre o tema em questão. Como educadores, nossa missão é proporcionar um aprendizado lúdico e divertido, para que o retorno seja significativo. Avaliando esse desafio, pretendemos mostrar com o nosso Projeto Integrador que isso é possível. As crianças no Ensino Fundamental I estão à disposição, prontas para serem desafiadas, sedentas por aprender e cheias de curiosidade então, porque não aliar tudo isso a algo que é tão divertido como os jogos? Eles podem contribuir de forma significativa e alavancar as habilidades dos alunos utilizando o raciocínio, a lógica, o convívio social, a arte e tantas outras experiências positivas para que se dê o aprendizado.
DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: PERSPECTIVAS E DESAFIOS NO CONTEXTO URBANO
Authors: ANDRADE DA SILVA MARIA FERNANDA
Published: August 2021

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o desenvolvimento sustentável nas cidades. A relevância dessa discussão dá-se pelos desafios que as cidades apresentam ao mesmo tempo em que o espaço urbano expande-se cada vez mais em escala mundial. Para ampliarmos nosso entendimento sobre o assunto, buscou-se compreender como o conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável é traduzido pela ONU nas conferências internacionais, tratados e relatórios. Em seguida, foram considerados os desafios enfrentados no contexto urbano, tendo como principal aporte os dados emitidos pela ONU-Habitat no relatório mundial sobre as cidades. Por fim, foi apontado que os agentes econômicos constituem um dos elementos que dificultam o desenvolvimento sustentável na sua plenitude.
AUTISMO PROBLEMÁTICA PARA INTEGRAÇÃO ESCOLAR
Authors: LEITE VERA
Published: August 2021

Esse trabalho apresenta uma introdução sobre as dificuldades pelos portadores de Transtorno do Espectro Autista e os desafios encontrados no processo de inclusão no meio escolar. Esse é um tema que constantemente provoca polêmica devido à complexidade de fatores envolvidos. Assim, esse artigo busca compreender a realidade enfrentada no campo de atuação profissional e procura ajudar na reflexão sobre o processo inclusivo. Utilizou-se como metodologia, a pesquisa bibliográfica a fim de fornecer o embasamento teórico necessário para análise do assunto, com o apoio em pesquisas, obras, experiências e conteúdo fonográfico disponibilizado por autores renomados no assunto. Optou-se também por descrever a proposta de inclusão no Projeto Político Pedagógico e relatar a concepção de inclusão dos profissionais diretamente envolvidos no processo. Dessa forma, espera-se contribuir para a reflexão sobre o processo inclusivo, tendo-se em conta as limitações e possibilidades existentes na atualidade e também oferecer subsídios que contribuam para sua efetivação.
DIVERSIFICAÇÃO PRODUTIVA EM ÁREAS CULTIVADAS COM TABACO: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA NO MUNICÍPIO DE ARROIO DO PADRE/RS COM SEMENTES CRIOULAS E VARIETAIS
Authors: Pollnow Germano Ehlert , Bonow Roni Carlos , Morales Marcio Marcelo Garcia , Mayer Fábio André
Published: August 2021

Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a experiência que vem sendo desenvolvida no município gaúcho de Arroio do Padre, no âmbito do projeto de assistência técnica e extensão rural intitulado “O Terceiro passo na diversificação produtiva, econômica e sustentável em áreas cultivadas com tabaco na Zona Sul do Estado/RS”, contratado pela Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ANATER) e levado a cabo pelo Centro de Apoio e Promoção da Agroecologia (CAPA/Núcleo Pelotas), filial da Fundação Luterana de Diaconia (FLD). A ênfase do trabalho está na valorização da agrobiodiversidade local através da extensão rural. Na execução do projeto são realizadas atividades técnicas individuais e coletivas junto ao público beneficiário. Com as atividades já realizadas, foi possível distribuir, promover a troca e/ou comercialização de sementes e mudas crioulas e varietais de milho, feijão, cebola, batata-doce e abacaxi para cerca de 80 famílias. Assim, para a conservação da agrobiodiversidade, é importante mencionar o papel das entidades prestadoras de serviços de ATER e salientar a importância das pessoas, num contexto de valorização da sustentabilidade e da agroecologia.
PORTO ALEGRE – RS POSSUI ÁREAS PASSÍVEIS DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DA TRAMA VERDE AZUL?
Authors: Rubin Graziela Rossatto , Acunha Bianca Vargas
Published: August 2021

No Brasil, assim como muitos outros países, o processo de urbanização ocorreu de modo bastante intenso e a situação atual das cidades é reflexo desse processo. O crescimento desordenado, juntamente com o modelo de planejamento adotado, de cunho higienista, trouxe para as cidades brasileiras uma série de situações que interferiram em sua estrutura. Aos poucos, as soluções de planejamento adotadas passaram a ser questionadas quanto a sua funcionalidade e qualidade e muitos estudos surgiram dessa preocupação. Diante disso, o artigo apresenta o conceito de Trama Verde Azul, que enfatiza a importância de o planejamento urbano contemplar as áreas verdes e cursos d’água. O objetivo foi verificar a existência de áreas para a implantação da Trama Verde Azul na cidade de Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil, considerando aspectos físicos, de hidrografia e de uso do solo. Para isso, foi realizada uma análise, através do uso do geoprocessamento e de mapas da cidade de Porto Alegre – RS, sobre a possível aplicação deste conceito. O artigo concluiu, a partir dos dados analisados, que são existentes áreas para a implantação de uma Trama Verde Azul na cidade, porém, essa conclusão é preliminar, sendo necessário, ainda, novas análises e uma pesquisa de campo para a verificação de como será a implantação da Trama Verde Azul.
AS TRAJETÓRIAS DA COBERTURA E DO USO DO SOLO NAS UNIDADES DA FEDERAÇÃO DO BRASIL: UMA ANÁLISE DE CLUSTERING DE SÉRIES TEMPORAIS 1985-2018
Authors: Gonçalves Caio César Soares , Cortez Bruno Freitas
Published: August 2021

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo identificar as diferenciações espaço- temporais da cobertura e uso do solo no território brasileiro sob o recorte político-administrativo das Unidades da Federação entre os anos de 1985-2018. A metodologia utilizada envolveu duas abordagens para considerar o tempo e o espaço na análise. A primeira com a comparação das transições do uso e cobertura do solo entre um ponto inicial (1985) e um ponto final (2018), permitindo evidenciar o montante final das alterações do solo brasileiro utilizando a análise de clustering. A segunda considerou a dinâmica entre os anos de 1985 a 2018, permitindo verificar como ocorreram as trajetórias das mudanças utilizando análise de clustering de séries temporais. Os principais resultados encontrados apontaram que a transformação de floresta natural para pastagem representou a principal transição do solo brasileiro; os estados litorâneos da Bahia até o Rio Grande do Sul, e também Minas Gerais, apresentaram uma dinamicidade em termos dos tipos das transições ocorridas principalmente envolvendo atividades agropastoris; as trajetórias da transição de floresta natural para pastagem podem ser entendidas como um “cinturão” sudoeste-nordeste em relação ao centro do Brasil, sendo que reduz as magnitudes à medida que se caminha para direita e esquerda do “cinturão”; e todas as UFs apresentaram aumentos na transformação de floresta natural para pastagem nos últimos anos.
EDITORIAL
Authors: Menezes Elaine Cristina de Oliveira , Azevedo Natália Tavares de
Published: August 2021

Editorial
EXPEDIENTE
Authors: Guaju Revista
Published: August 2021

Expediente, v.7, n.1, jan./jun. 2021.
Civilisatie en emancipatie, maar van wie precies?
Authors: van Swaaningen René
Published: August 2021

Civilization and emancipation, but whose exactly? Twee eeuwen gevangen revisited after thirty years

In 1990, criminologist Herman Franke published a seminal book on 200 years detention in the Netherlands. For the occasion of the reissue of this book in 2020, the question is posed to what extent Franke’s vision of a gradual ‘emancipation’ of prisoners, in the realm of a societal ‘civilization process’, as it is put forward by Norbert Elias, still holds today. The author confronts the civilization perspective with the three main competing paradigms in penology, derived from the work of Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and Michel Foucault. After describing some recent developments in penal practices, he concludes that despite the fact that sanctioning is increasingly taking place within society, which can well be analyzed from an eliasian perspective, there is little reason to still adhere to the progress optimism, implicit in Franke’s book, and that today we rather witness an emancipation of the ‘angry citizen’, in which vulnerable groups in society, such as prisoners, are despised rather than ‘emancipated’.
Van zelfdwang naar zachte macht
Authors: Boone Miranda
Published: August 2021

From internal coercion to soft power. How civilization swallows emancipation

In his famous dissertation Twee eeuwen gevangen (Two centuries of imprisonment), Franke explains the history of imprisonment in the Netherlands as a development from external to internal coercion, based on the civilization theory of Norbert Elias. Central question of this contribution is in how far the pursuit of responsibilization of prisoners as described by modern penologists can be conceived as a continuation of this process and what the consequences of this pursuit are. It is concluded that the forces behind these two processes differ, but that both rehabilitation strategies are modelled on a new citizenship ideal. In so far the introduction of the responsibilization strategy illustrates Franke’s main thesis, namely that developments within the penitentiaries can only be understood in their social and historical context. It is argued that responsibilization can lead to the erosion of the legal position of prisoners, while emancipation was precisely described by Franke as an achievement of the Dutch prison system.
In de roman kun je iedereen zijn
Authors: Otten Christine
Published: August 2021

You can be anyone in a novel. On creative writing in a prison context

This article examines why literary fiction (based on extensive research and cooperation with inmates) allows us to understand the reality of being incarcerated sometimes better than non-fictional work or scientific research. Based on her long-term experiences as a creative writing coach in a Dutch prison the author explains why literature is such a great tool for empowerment and developing the talent of inmates, because it creates a ‘free space in prison’, where inmates are (aspired) writers instead of prisoners. She describes in detail how equivalent working relations between her as an ‘outsider’ and inmates have allowed her to create the novel Een van ons (One of us), an intimate story told from the perspective of a prisoner sentenced to life and a writing coach, and how she avoided the clichés of the questions of guilt and stigmatization. Otten explores the ‘unique power’ of fiction as a tool for opening up the closed world of incarceration.
De betekenis van Herman Frankes proefschrift in een internationaal vergelijkende context
Authors: Fijnaut Cyrille
Published: August 2021

The meaning of Herman Franke’s dissertation in an international and comparative context

One can only welcome the re-edition of Herman Franke’s impressive Ph.D. thesis on the history of the prison system in the Netherlands. Although a short English-language version of this book has been published, one still has to look out for a comparative assessment between his analysis and histories on the prison system in other Western countries. This contribution to the special issue of Justitiële verkenningen (Judicial explorations) does not make up an attempt to fabricate such an assessment. It only relates to the ways Franke has dealt with, on the one hand, international authors such as Cesare Beccaria, Edouard Ducpétiaux and Cesare Lombroso, who have played an important role in the development of the Western prison system. And it looks into Franke’s dealing with, on the other hand, international authors such as Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer, and Michel Foucault, whose interpretations of its development to a large extent still dominate the academic debate with regard to the history of the prison system. The conclusion is that Franke’s analysis of the first category of authors really is rather superficial and his analysis of the second category is a much more balanced one.
ON THE COMMUTATIVITY AND ANTICOMMUTATIVITY OF RINGS II
Authors: YEN CHEN-TE
Published: August 2021

It is shown that if $R$ is any associative ring such that for each $x,y\in R$, there exist an even natural number $m(x,y)$ and an odd natural number $n(x,y)$, depending on $x$ and $y$, with either $[x,y]^{m(x,y)} = [x,y]^{n(x,y)}$ or $(x\circ y)^{m(x, y)} = (x \circ y)^{n(x,y)}$, then either $[x,y]$ or $(x \circ y)$ is nilpotent for all $x, y$ in $R$. Moreover, $R$ is commutative if $R$ has no nonzero nil right ideals.
SUPER QUASI-ADEQUATE SEMIGROUPS
Authors: WARNE R. J.
Published: August 2021

SUPER QUASI-ADEQUATE SEMIGROUPS
IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
Authors: Pstrocka-Rak Małgorzata , Rak Grzegorz
Published: August 2021

It is the biggest museum of IT technologies in Poland: Museum of the History of Computers and IT in Katowice (MHKI) that the paper is dedicated to. The trend to create this kind of museums has been observed in technologically- advanced countries for over 20 years. It is connected with the shift in perceiving technological accessories of a daily life, which have been gradually incorporated into the circle of cultural heritage, and subsequently covered with institutional protection. Founders of such museums generally rank among private entities and private individuals motivated by their passion to preserve and popularize technological heritage among the present and future generations. What IT museums worldwide have in common is the rarely encountered in classical museology model of allowing visitors a direct interaction with the exhibits. At the same time, these museums are market operators, which, apart from culture- -forming activity, forces them to achieve their autonomy and financial stability first of all owing to the visitor turnout and partnership contracts with outside entities: companies and the media. All these issues were the topic of an extensive interview with MHKI’s Director which provides the material for the paper. The acquired information may serve as a source of knowledge and inspiration for potential founders of other IT heritage museums to be established in Poland.
Machine Learning in Automated Asset Management Processes 4.1
Authors: Becker Marcus , Beketov Mikhail , Wittke Manuel
Published: August 2021

The traditional (human driven) process of Asset Management has become automatized by algorithmic decision trading with so called Robo Advisors (RAs). With an increasing amount of publicly available financial data, the foundation for applying machine learning (ML) algorithms has been paved. We examine the question in which process steps of automated investment advice ML algorithms could be applied and investigate which implementations have already been placed on the market. As the following study shows, (surprisingly) ML is globally still under its development phase in Robo Advisory. German and Swiss FinTech companies thereby contribute about a third to the ML solutions in our sample. The most promising technique is the usage of Text Mining for sentiment analyses, which can be used for monitoring and rebalancing purposes or future performance forecasting. Furthermore, Text Mining algorithms can be helpful for reducing information asymmetries. Embedded into early warning systems, the derived sentiment scores can be used for hedging against future price losses. This approach would be inevitably linked to an increased access of highly sensible data. Furthermore, we try to provide an explanation for the lack of acceptance of the application of ML in RA distributions. Possible reasons for this can be found in the current MiFID II regulations, which are not specified for ML. Based on these insights, we formulate first recommendations for both the provider of RA solutions as well as for the regulator.
Politically Motivated Property Damage
Authors: Scheuerman William E. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2021

Can politically inspired property damage or destruction be justified? This question is hardly of mere academic interest, in light of recent political protests in Hong Kong, the USA, and elsewhere. Against some contemporary writers, I argue that placing property damage under an open-ended rubric of uncivil disobedience does not generate the necessary conceptual and normative distinctions. Drawing on Martin Luther King, Jr., I instead argue that property damage should not be equated or conflated with violence against persons; it also takes a variety of quite different forms. Anyone hoping to pursue politically motivated property damage should meet preconditions whose stringency will be determined by a key question: Do their acts generate or at least plausibly relate to violence against persons? Our answer to the question provide some space for legitimate, politically motivated property damage. Although some theories of property resist the strict delineation of violence to persons from property damage I defend, they fail to capture the realities of property ownership in existing societies, including the USA and, as such, do not undermine my defense, under existing conditions, of limited property damage.
Power, Intersectionality, and Radical Critique: A Response to Alcoff
Authors: Cahilll Ann J. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2021

In this response to Linda Alcoff, I argue that her theory of power, influenced strongly by Michel Foucault, is central to understanding more clearly the political potential of liberatory social movements, as well as the threats against them. I argue that conceptualizing power as diffuse and ubiquitous is necessary to challenging unjust social structures, and that those defending those structures are invested in a binary conceptualization of power. Refusing such a binary conceptualization allows for an understanding of institutions and movements as both embedded in and potentially challenging power dynamics; it is also a requirement for intersectional analyses such as Alcoff’s.
Examining Errors and Framing Feedback
Authors: Vanoli Lindsay , Luebeck Jennifer
Published: August 2021

Engaging mathematics students with peers in analyzing errors and formulating feedback improves disposition, increases understanding, and helps students uncover and correct misconceptions while informing opportunities for targeted instruction.
Integrating Machine Learning in Mathematics Classrooms
Authors: Jones Joshua
Published: August 2021

Explore a lesson in which students used conditional probability to conjecture a predictive text algorithm, which, if translated into a coding language, could teach a computer to predict what a user wants to type, given the previous words in a message.
Numerical and Experimental Study on Dynamic Response Mitigation of Tension Leg Platform Using Tuned Mass Damper
Authors: Tabeshpour Mohammad Reza , Nikmehr Latif
Published: August 2021

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Response amplitude mitigation of the offshore structures like tension leg platform(TLP) is important since these structures are always exposed to environmental loads such as waves, and in the case of TLP, reduction in response amplitude of platform causes reduction in stress range in tendons; this would increase the fatigue life of tendons, and therefore, increases the structural safety. Also providing stable conditions for machinery and crew increases the efficiency and functionality of the platform. This article thus aims to investigate the possibility and effectiveness of applying tuned mass damper (TMD) as a passive structural control system to suppress the surge motion of TLP that is exposed to wave load. Both numerical and experimental studies were carried out to assess the performance of the TMD. A close agreement is obtained between the numerical simulations and experimental results. The results of numerical and experimental investigations in this study indicate that applying the TMD, tuned to the surge natural frequency of the platform or frequencies close to the surge natural frequency of the platform, doesn’t have efficiency in reducing the surge responses of TLP in the range of probable waves in seas and oceans.

Introduction

Tension leg platform (TLP) is one type of the offshore structures used for exploitation of petroleum from deep seas and oceans. This is a type of positively buoyant floating platform, which means that the buoyancy caused by the hull of the TLP in operational draught is more than the total weight of the platform. This excess buoyancy is used to impose initial pretension in straight vertical mooring lines called tendons. TLP is moored to the seabed using the group of tendons at its every corner. One of the features of tendons is that this type of mooring lines have high axial stiffness. Because of that, tendons restrict the vertical motion (heave) and vertical in-plane rotations (pitch and roll) of the platform, but show flexibility in horizontal motions (surge and sway) and horizontal in-plane rotation (yaw), therefore, TLP can be considered laterally compliant because of significant range of displacements in these degrees of freedom.
Scheduling of Traffic Entities Under Reduced Traffic Flow by Means of Fuzzy Logic Control
Authors: Kljaić Zdenko , Pavković Danijel , Mlinarić Tomislav Josip , Nikšić Mladen
Published: August 2021

This paper presents the design of a fuzzy logic-based traffic scheduling algorithm aimed at reducing traffic congestion for the case of partial obstruction of a bidirectional traffic lane. Such a problem is typically encountered in rail traffic and personal rapid transportation systems with predefined and fixed traffic corridors. The proposed proportional-derivative (PD) fuzzy control algorithm, serving as a traffic control automaton, alternately assigns adaptive green light periods to traffic coming from each direction. The proposed fuzzy logic-based traffic controller has been compared with the conventional traffic control automaton featuring fixed-durations of green light intervals. The comparison has been carried out within a simulation environment for four different probability distributions of stochastic traffic flows at each end of the considered traffic corridor. Results have shown that the proposed fuzzy logic-based traffic controller performance is far superior to that of the conventional traffic control law in terms of achieving shorter vehicle queue lengths and less disparity in queue lengths for all considered simulation scenarios.
Correlation Between Freight Transport Industry and Economic Growth – Panel Analysis of CEE Countries
Authors: Vilke Siniša , Mance Davor , Debelić Borna , Maslarić Marinko
Published: August 2021

The paper tests for statistical association between employment and value added of freight transport industry and its component activities against overall economy in a ten-year panel ranging from 2008 to 2017 of the thirteen newest European Union member countries. In this paper, the nature of correlation between economic growth as the independent variable and freight transport industry as a dependent variable is examined. To achieve stationarity, and to lose autocorrelation and the idiosyncratic effects, the variables are first differenced. The results of the “Granger causality” tests show the null hypothesis of no-causation may be rejected for most conjectures with high F-Statistics as well as high statistical significance. The results of the Panel EGLS cross-section fixed effects do not reject the results gained by the Granger test, and the same may be said for the Panel Generalised Method of Moments First Differences test. The result of the Arellano-Bond test shows no serial correlation in the residuals. It has been concluded that changes in overall economy (value added and employment) have a significant and measurably strong impact on freight transportation and warehousing sector. This conclusion is useful in assessing future impacts on freight transport industry, especially as a consequence of contingent events.
Intersection Signal Timing Optimisation for an Urban Street Network to Minimise Traffic Delays
Authors: Terraza Manel , Zhang Ji , Li Zongzhi
Published: August 2021

The ever-increasing travel demand outpacing available transportation capacity especially in the U.S. urban areas has led to more severe traffic congestion and delays. This study proposes a methodology for intersection signal timing optimisation for an urban street network aimed to minimise intersection-related delays by dynamically adjusting green splits of signal timing plans designed for intersections in an urban street network in each hour of the day in response to varying traffic entering the intersections. Two options are considered in optimisation formulation, which are concerned with minimising vehicle delays per cycle, and minimising weighted vehicle and pedestrian delays per cycle calculated using the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) method. The hourly vehicular traffic is derived by progressively executing a regional travel demand forecasting model that could handle interactions between signal timing plans and predicted vehicular traffic entering intersections, coupled with pedestrian crossing counts. A computational study is conducted for methodology application to the central business district (CBD) street network in Chicago, USA. Relative weights for calculating weighted vehicle and pedestrian delays, and intersection degrees of saturation are revealed to be significant factors affecting the effectiveness of network-wide signal timing optimisation. For the current study, delay reductions are maximised using a weighting split of 78/22 between vehicle and pedestrian delays.
Twenty Years of Airport Efficiency – A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Cifuentes-Faura Javier , Faura-Martínez Ursula
Published: August 2021

This paper analyses the scientific study on airport efficiency in the WoS (Web of Science) database for the period 2000–2019. Productivity indicators have been obtained by author, years, journals, and institutions, and an analysis of visibility, impact, and scientific collaboration through co-citations was performed. The areas of greatest application are transport, engineering, and economics. This study reveals the existence of three research lines, one on airport safety and management, another on technical efficiency using mainly the DEA method, and the third associated with airport regularization issues. An important issue which is increasingly taken into account in efficiency studies is related to environmental aspects. In the ranking of journals publishing on airport efficiency, ordered by number of articles indexed in WoS, Journal of Air Transport Management is the one with the highest number of cited articles and publications, whereas Sustainability stands out as the first non-specific journal on transport. The University of Lisbon and the University of British Columbia are the ones that deal most with airport efficiency.