bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Approach to Frequency Selectivity in an Urban Environment by Means of Multi-Path Acoustic Channel Analysis
Authors: Bergadà Pau , Alsina-Pagès Rosa Ma
Published: June 2019

The improvement of quality of life in the framework of the smart city paradigm cannot be limited to a set of objective measures carried out over several critical parameters (e.g., noise or air pollution). Noise disturbances depend not only on the equivalent level LAeq measured, but also on the spectral distribution of the sounds perceived by people. Propagation modelling to conduct auralization can be done either with geometrical acoustics or with wave-based methods, given the fact that urban environments are acoustically complex scenarios. In this work, we present a first analysis of the acoustic spectral distribution of street noise, based on the frequency selectivity of the urban outdoor channel and its corresponding coherence bandwidth. The analysis was conducted in the framework of the data collected in the Milan pilotWASN of the DYNAMAP LIFE project, with the use of three simulated acoustic impulse responses. The results show the clear influence of the evaluated coherence bandwidth of each of the simulated channels over real-life acoustic samples, which leads us to the conclusion that all raw acoustic samples have to be considered as wide-band. The results also depict a dependence of accumulated energy at the receiver with the coherence bandwidth of the channel. We conclude that, the higher the delay spread of the channel, the narrower the coherence bandwidth and the higher the distortion suffered by acoustic signals. Moreover, the accumulated energy of the received signal along the frequency axis tends to differ from the accumulated energy of the transmitted signal when facing narrow coherence bandwidth channels; whereas the accumulated energy along the time axis diverges from the accumulated transmitted energy when facing wide coherence bandwidth channels.
Estimation of Ankle Joint Power during Walking Using Two Inertial Sensors
Authors: Jiang Xianta , Gholami Mohsen , Khoshnam Mahta , Eng Janice J. , Menon Carlo
Published: June 2019

(1) Background: Ankle joint power, as an indicator of the ability to control lower limbs, is of great relevance for clinical diagnosis of gait impairment and control of lower limb prosthesis. However, the majority of available techniques for estimating joint power are based on inverse dynamics methods, which require performing a biomechanical analysis of the foot and using a highly instrumented environment to tune the parameters of the resulting biomechanical model. Such techniques are not generally applicable to real-world scenarios in which gait monitoring outside of the clinical setting is desired. This paper proposes a viable alternative to such techniques by using machine learning algorithms to estimate ankle joint power from data collected by two miniature inertial measurement units (IMUs) on the foot and shank, (2) Methods: Nine participants walked on a force-plate-instrumented treadmill wearing two IMUs. The data from the IMUs were processed to train and test a random forest model to estimate ankle joint power. The performance of the model was then evaluated by comparing the estimated power values to the reference values provided by the motion tracking system and the force-plate-instrumented treadmill. (3) Results: The proposed method achieved a high accuracy with the correlation coefficient, root mean square error, and normalized root mean square error of 0.98, 0.06 w/kg, and 1.05% in the intra-subject test, and 0.92, 0.13 w/kg, and 2.37% in inter-subject test, respectively. The difference between the predicted and true peak power values was 0.01 w/kg and 0.14 w/kg with a delay of 0.4% and 0.4% of gait cycle duration for the intra- and inter-subject testing, respectively. (4) Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of using only two IMUs to estimate ankle joint power. The proposed technique provides a basis for developing a portable and compact gait monitoring system that can potentially offer monitoring and reporting on ankle joint power in real-time during activities of daily living.
Neighborhood Influence: A Qualitative Study in Cáceres, an Aspiring Age-Friendly City
Authors: Domínguez-Párraga Lidia
Published: June 2019

The aim of this study is to understand the perspective of elderly residents on their neighborhood and how the composition of the neighborhood influences their daily life. The study took place in the city of Cáceres (Spain) that aspires to become an age-friendly city. This study focused on the intangible elements of the neighborhood related to feelings of safety, well-being, loneliness, belonging to the community and development of trusting relationships. The research was based on the sociology of aging, specifically referencing the theory of the activity of aging, and also urban sociology, which assumes the environment as a conditioning agent of daily life. Using a qualitative approach, 32 in-depth interviews were conducted with individuals over 65. The interviews were analyzed according to grounded theory. The results show how social aspects are key factors for the elderly in their perception of the neighborhood. Therefore, psychological, social and emotional dimensions of the neighborhood influence elderly residents and could have a positive or negative effect on successful aging. These findings also suggest that a crucial aspect of the positive perceptions of the environment lies in the quality of social interactions that take place inside the neighborhood.
Ancient Greek Rhythms in Tristan and Nietzsche
Authors: CHEONG Wai Ling
Published: June 2019

It was Friedrich Nietzsche, appointed professor of classical philology in 1869 at the age of twenty-four and before he had completed his doctoral dissertation, who first postulated on the basis of rigorous textual studies that eminent classical philologists active in Central Europe in the nineteenth century had gone seriously off-track. Nietzsche’s teaching and research notes on ancient Greek rhythm, the four notebooks he composed during his short-lived professorship at Basel University, were not published until 1993. In them Nietzsche alluded to Wagner’s use of Greek rhythm in Tristan, though he did not give a straightforward account of how he understood it. This paper takes a cue from Nietzsche’s most extended analysis of a Tristan excerpt (act III scene 2) buried therein, which proves catalytic in leading to an analysis through which I argue how Wagner made covert use of ancient Greek rhythm in Tristan under the constraint of the modern notation and the metrical system.
Ovarian performance of Barbados Blackbelly and Dorper crossbred ewes in the mirror of body conditions
Authors: Gergely Gyimóthy  , Sándor Harangi  , András kovács
Published: June 2019

The aim of examination was to detect the puberty and to follow the ovarian cycle of Barbados Blackbelly×Dorper ewes in connection with their body conditions and the effects of meteorological parameters. The blood samples had been taken from 17th of November 2008 untill 08th of June 2009 for analyzing the progesteron concentrations, establishing whether they showed perpetual ovarian performance or not. The end of examinationwas timed due to releasing the ram in middle of May 2009.The daily avarage bodyweight-growth is well featured by the bodyweight tendence. The body conditions were evaluated by ultrasound tissue examination. During the full length of the examination the avarage daily temperature, the avarage humidity level and also the number of daily sunlighted hours were served by the Agrometeorological Observatory of the University of Debrecen.The bodyweight tendence and the meteorological parameters were correlated to the breeding season of ewes. In conclusion the bodyweights and their tendences at the young age and the body condition parameters measured at certain anatomical areas can influence the length of the breeding season of the ewes. However the number of daily avarage sunlighted hours, the daily avarage temperature and also the humidity did not effect the cyclic ovarian perfomance of the Barbados Blackbelly×Dorper ewes in Hungary.
Changes of chemical composition and nutritive values of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaroides arundinacea) in first growth
Authors: Péter Kovács  , János Lazányi  , Géza Nagy
Published: June 2019

Change in chemical composition and nutritive value of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaroides arundinacea) were investigated in springtime in 2004-2006. The nutritive value of Reed Canary Grass was observed between the end of April and the middle of June relating to the following parameters: crude protein, crude fibre, crude fat, ash, N-free extract, net-energy growth, net-energy maintenance, Metabolizable Protein Energy dependent,Metabolizable Protein N-dependent.It was also analysed whether a relationship between the climatic factors affecting the growing period as well the chemical composition of grasses and the annual weather were looked for. For the estimation of weather conditions the climate index was calculated. A correlation can be detected between the change of parameters of nutritive value and the quality of the current year. Between 2004 and 2006, the result of the analysis of nutritive value indicated a significant difference with respect to each chemical composition at the rate of P<0.01 depending on the time when the samples were taken. According to the outlined data it can be stated that the change of the value of crude protein and ash show decreasing  endency agreeing the research literature. In parallel with the change of nutritive value, the amount of crude fibre and N-free extract increased. However, the value of Net-Energy maintenance revealed an alteration only in the first half of the observed period. The same alteration tendency can be detectedin the Net-Energy growth.
GELES HIDRATANTES A BASE DE CARBOMER O DE SILICONAS: Un estudio comparativo propiedades farmacotécnicas
Authors: Ortega Oviedo Gustavo , Dobles Vindas Edgardo
Published: June 2019

La preparación de geles representa una de las formas farmacéuticas más recurrentes para tratamiento de afecciones tópicas. El mercado farmacéutico ofrece geles con distintos colores, olores, consistencias, características que varían según el tipo de base usada. Dos de las bases más comúnmente utilizadas en la industria son el Carbomer y la Silicona, compuestos con propiedades particulares que producen geles con aspectos estéticos y químicos únicos. Este artículo pretende determinar las diferencias entre un gel con base Carbomer y otro con base Silicona, con la intención de ofrecer un conocimiento básico al lector y permitirle reconocer las propiedades más importantes del producto.
Marcadores Tumorales
Authors: Mora Julio
Published: June 2019

Para discriminar si la elevación en un MT es debida o no a la presencia de un tumor se utilizan tres criterios: 

1) Concentración sérica del marcador, cuanto mayor es la concentración de un marcador tumoral detectado en un paciente, mayor es la probabilidad de que se trate de un tumor maligno, 

2) Descartar patología benigna y 

3) Control evolutivo (realizar dos o tres determinaciones seriadas con un intervalo superior a la semivida 

plasmática del marcador y estudiar estos resultados en conjunto)5.
Uso de lenguajes de programación para desarrollar el razonamiento lógico matemático en los niños
Authors: Aguilar Enríquez Franklin Daniel
Published: June 2019

La investigación se centra en el lenguaje de programación utilizado en Code.org para el desarrollo del razonamiento lógico matemático en los niños de nivel medio de educación básica en el Ecuador, el cual se considera como el más idóneo para que los niños trabajen en la programación informática, ya que cuenta con una interfaz gráfica amigable y se programa sobre objetos, todo lo cual ayuda además a mejorar su desempeño en otras áreas. La vinculación de los conceptos Code.org, del lenguaje de programación y de la lógica matemática constituye la guía primordial de la investigación que, en definitiva, tiene como finalidad comprobar, en el contexto ecuatoriano, si la programación ejerce o no alguna influencia sobre la capacidad lógica matemática del niño, y, de ejercerla, de qué forma lo hace, cuál es su metodología y cuáles son los fundamentos pedagógicos en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Los resultados finales reflejaron que la enseñanza del lenguaje de programación en Code.org estimula la capacidad lógico-matemática de los estudiantes, tanto de manera general como en cada uno de los indicadores estudiados.
Pengaruh Kapasitas Sumber Daya Manusia Dan Pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi Terhadap Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah (Studi pada Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton)
Authors: Mansur Mansur
Published: June 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) Untuk mengetahui pengaruh kapasitas sumberdaya manusia terhadap kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton (2) Untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemanfaatan teknologi informasi terhadap kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton (3) Untuk mengetahuai pengaruh kapasitas sumberdaya manusia dan pemanfaatan teknologi informasi terhadap  kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton.

Jenis Penelitian yang digunakan adalah analitik korelasional bertujuan untuk meneliti sejauh mana pengaruh variabel bebas terhadap variabel terikat melalui pengujian hipotesis. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah teknik deskriptif dan inferensial. Analisis deskriptif dimaksudkan untuk mendeskriptifkan karasteristik responden pada masing-masing responden pada masing-masing variabel, sedangkan analisis inferensial digunakan untuk menguji hipotesis penelitian yaitu teknik analisis regresi linear sederhana dengan regresi dan korelasi.

Hasil Penelitian diperoleh bahwa (1) Kapasitas sumber daya manusia berpengaruh terhadap kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton. (2) Pemanfaatan teknologi informasi berpengaruh terhadap kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton. (3) Kapasitas sumber daya manusia dan Pemanfaatan teknologi informasi berpengaruh terhadap kinerja Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten Buton.
Pelaksanaan Fungsi Legislasi Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah (DPRD) Kabupaten Buton Utara Terhadap Pembuatan Peraturan Daerah Tahun 2015-2018
Authors: Swari Sry Wulan Yunita , Mansur Mansur , Wijaya Andy Arya Maulana
Published: June 2019

Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengamati pelaksanaan Fungsi Legislasi oleh DPRD Kabupaten Buton Utara dalam pembuatan Peraturan Daerah pada tahun 2015. Serta, mengidentifikasi sejumlah factor yang dapat mempengaruhi fungsi legislasi DPRD tersebut. Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan purposive sampling dalam menentukan informan penelitian. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam (indepth interview), observasi langsung dan studi dokumen. Data kemudian dianalisis secara interaktif dan disajikan dalam bentuk deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan fungsi legislasi oleh DPRD Kabupaten Buton Utara berjalan optimal, dimana fungsi ini dijalankan sesuai dengan Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Buton Utara Nomor 7 Tahun 2015 tentang Pembentukan Produk Hukum Daerah, dimana tahapan pembentukan Peraturan Daerah ditingkat DPRD yaitu 1) Perencanaan, 2) Penyusunan, 3) Pembahasan yang melalui Pembicaraan tingkat I dan II, 4) Penetapan, dan 5) Pengundangan/penyebarluasan. Hanya saja dalam pembentukan PERDA tahun 2015 lebih banyak berasal dari inisiatif Pemerintah Daerah. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi dalam pembuatan PERDA adalah Dinamika Politik, Kapabilitas Anggota dan Ruang Aspirasi Masyarakat.
Usos académicos del chat y estrategias lingüísticas en la comunicación virtual sincrónica
Authors: Sánchez Ceballos Lina María , Sánchez Upegui Alexánder
Published: June 2019

Este artículo presenta los resultados de investigación del proyecto Manual de redacción y edición para ambientes digitales, que busca entre otros objetivos el fortalecimiento de habilidades lingüísticas implicadas en la comunicación virtual. El análisis del corpus y la discusión surgen de un trabajo de observación y análisis de dos sesiones dechat en las que participaron estudiantes de varios programas universitarios de la Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, en modalidad virtual. Con base en el análisis lingüístico delchat observado, se caracteriza este medio de comunicación en un contexto educativo y se formulan estrategias de fortalecimiento en las competencias comunicativas, especialmente la lectura y escritura. El marco conceptual y metodológico se centra en aspectos del análisis lingüístico de la comunicación mediatizada por computador (ALCMC), tales como: los actos de habla, laciberpragmática y la teoría de la cortesía verbal. Como una de las conclusiones centrales del trabajo, puede resaltarse el potencial pedagógico y comunicativo delchaten el contexto educativo, en tanto los usuarios de este medio acuden a una serie de estrategias lingüísticas que pretenden sacar el máximo provecho de la interacción virtual con propósitos académicos.
Condiciones para la generación de emprendimientos en Medellín y su área metropolitana
Authors: Arias Arciniegas Claudia Milena , Giraldo Bedoya Diana Patricia
Published: June 2019

El emprendimiento entendido como una actitud frente al cumplimiento de ciertas metas por parte de los individuos, necesita complementarse con políticas e iniciativas de carácter público y privado que potencien y dinamicen la acción emprendedora en un territorio.
TATA KELOLA ADMINISTRASI PENANGANAN PERKARA DAN KADERISASI PADA ORGANISASI BANTUAN HUKUM DIKAITKAN DENGAN ACCESS TO JUSTICE DI WILAYAH DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Harahap Zairin , Wulansari Retno
Published: June 2019

Research on administrative management of case handling and cadre forming on legal aid organization is related to access to justice in Yogyakarta Special Region aimed to know the system of cadre forming, management and inhibiting factor of free legal aid funding for the poor. This type of research is empirical juridical with qualitative descriptive analysis method The result of this research is pattern of cadre forming in legal aid organization in using system designed independently by each legal aid organization. The management of case handling in the legal aid organization uses internal rules that are prepared independently in each OBH. The inhibiting factor in the provision and legal aid services of legal aid organization is the inability of justice seekers in completing the administrative requirements that is required by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the lack of socialization to the community regarding free legal aid services. The formulated suggestion is the formation of cadre pattern standardization on legal aid organization. Case handling management of legal aid organization should be developed using standard operational procedure. In overcoming the inhibiting factors in the provision and legal assistance services of legal aid organization. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Regional Office should undertake more massive efforts in the socialization of legal aid and simplify the rules on administrative files of free legal aid services for the poor.
KUALIFIKASI POLITIK UANG DAN STRATEGI HUKUM DAN KULTURAL ATAS PENCEGAHAN POLITIK UANG DALAM PEMILIHAN UMUM
Authors: Nail Muhammad Hoiru
Published: June 2019

Pemilihan umum secara garis besar ialah tindakan yang dilakukan oleh negara yang sah untuk mendapatkan pemimpin dalam sebuah negara (jabatan politik), ketentuan mengenai penyelenggaran pemilu sudah diatur melalui peraturan perundang-undangan, namun tidak sedikit dalam penyelenggaran pemilu, peserta pemilihan umum melakukan politik uang untuk memenangkan kompetisi tersebut. Tindakan politik uang harus diformulasikan dengan baik agar tindakan politik uang dapat benar-benar sesuai dengan hakikat politik uang. Tindakan penggantian uang transportasi, uang lelah dan uang makan dalam mobilisasi pemilih dalam kampanye terbuka perlu penegasan dari kajian ilmu hukum. Instumen hukum terhadap pencegahan politik uang harus dikaji secara mendalam, penerapan hukum pidana sebagai ultimum remidium harus dikaji secara mendalam, beberapa cara lainnya dapat digunakan sebagai metode pencegahan politik uang selain mekanisme hukum yang ada.
The methodological aspects examination of regional programs of informatization
Authors: Bakal V.О. , Brusilovskyi V.B. , Burba O.I.
Published: June 2019

Important components of the national information program are regional programs of informatization (RPI) developed by local executive authorities. When forming the regional program of informatization, regional features of state-owned projects of informatization of state bodies, as well as regional aspects of branch programs of informatization are taken into account. The methodical approaches that are allowed to obtain a comprehensive and comprehensive evaluation of the program at the stages of its formation and execution are offered. In analyzing the formation and implementation of regional informatization programs, the following aspects should be investigated: compliance of the procedures for the formation and implementation of the RIP for regulatory requirements; systematic and complete RPI; consistency with priority state directions of development of informatization; evaluation of technical and economic indicators and efficiency of RPI implementation. Each of the above aspects is detailed to the level of specific provisions of the regional program of informatization, which should be analyzed by the expert during the examination. The presence of such detail enabled the formalization of the expert’s work during the preliminary and initial examination of the program through the use of expert evaluation cards. The article contains the cards of expert evaluation for carrying out of the primary and preliminary examination of the regional program of informatization. A separate approach is proposed to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of regional informatization programs, which is based on the use of quantitative indicators (indicators) of program execution
FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE OF 4G SERVICES: THE CASE OF VIETNAM
Authors: Duy Binh Tran , Ai Tran Huu
Published: June 2019

4G services open the door for conversation and data communications by means of high-speed mobile connection. However, the actual use of the 4G speeds is still below expectations. Therefore, it is important to understand the interaction of factors involved in the adoption of this technology. Previous studies have shown that such variables as convenience, efficient service quality and variety of services, perceived value and price are important factors in the course of 4G technology adoption. In this study, the authors examine the impact of these factors on own sample of the 4G service users. Our research results demonstrate that: 1) price, convenience and varied services are important predictors of value perception; 2) there is a relationship between diversity of services and the sense of value mediated by convenience and 3) perceived value has a strong relationship with the intention to buy.
ILLICIT CAPITAL FLOW IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIES’ DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Guzikova Lyudmila , Lukevich Igor
Published: June 2019

The paper looks into the issues of evaluation and forecast of illicit capital flows. Theoretical statements are analyzed to confirm or reject the reasonability of rigid foreign exchange controls and regulation. A multi-factor linear regression model has been built on the assumption that the volume of illicit capital export depends on the volume of its trans-border flow, which is reflected in the items of the balance of payments of Russia. The model helps to forecast the illicit capital export for the period not yet covered in the public sources of information. Conclusions are made concerning the areas of foreign exchange control which is an important issue for today.
HUMAN 4.0: NEXT ERA IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THAILAND
Authors: Onyusheva Irina , Naruenatdumrong Nopbhol
Published: June 2019

The next era or 4.0 age are frequent buzzwords today. Human potential and human skills are the key to invention of new things through new knowledge generation and having great impact on the whole society at the end. People are increasingly concerned with their living and working in the time of big changes that require appropriate change management skills and overall flexibility. It is not easy to adapt to all of the global upcoming changes. Exploring the issue of how people adapt to these quick changes and thus change themselves gives us an opportunity to understand and develop future HR competitive strategy. In this paper the authors discuss the specificity of the next-generation jobs and the variety of skills needed for them. Comparative analysis carried out among ASEAN countries is presented. It takes into consideration not only the proximity of these countries’ location in relation to each other but also the peculiar factors of their economic development.
MEDIA EXPOSURE BEHAVIOR ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ATTITUDE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Authors: Vongprasert Veerapon
Published: June 2019

Education is one of the main institutions for students’ development, while the latter is essential for the whole country’s political, social, cultural and economic development. Political development has its objective dimension, that is political regime, and it also has a subjective dimension which covers, inter alia, political socialization in universities. The latter could be an important tool for building democratic political attitude among students.

This research is aimed at studying the factors affecting democratic political attitude by analyzing the mass media in 3 categories: newspaper, television and radio. It considers the behavior of media exposure on political issues of university students in the context of 5 variables: sex, age, field study, academic level, and birth place.

The sample group for this study consists of the students from Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, College of Innovation and Management. The total number of respondents in the group is 126. The multi-stage random sampling was followed by the questionnaire used as a tool for data collection.
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Tsokhla Svetlana , Polishchuk Elena
Published: June 2019

The study is offering an improvement of organizational-economic mechanism to facilitate the process of effective youth employment with the aim of achieving sustainable socioeconomic development of the Republic of Crimea.

The methodological basis of the study is an integrated approach to studying the youth employment process, with its direct impact on professional expectations and fuller integration into society.

In order to study regional labor market we have conducted a questionnaire survey of organizations’ (enterprises’) managers and the youth of several age groups. The purpose of the survey was to collect information on the opinions and expectations of employers regarding the quality of training of young specialists under today’s conditions, as well as on the preferences of young people about the effectiveness of the employment process. Stemming from the results of this survey we have found significant imbalances that affect the efficiency of the employment process overall.
CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL STATUS OF VIETNAMESE ENTERPRISES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION
Authors: Thi Mai Huong Le , Van Hung Tran
Published: June 2019

The article is based on the secondary data sources collected from the agency departments in order to describe the current technological status of Vietnamese enterprises and their compliance with the requirements of international integration. The research results show that the technological level of Vietnamese enterprises is mostly low and it is much lower as compared with the selected members of the ASEAN. Against this background, the article proposes some recommendations that contribute to promoting the role of science and technologies in business operations.
MEASUREMENT DESIGN FOR SME’S BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN BANGKOK
Authors: Pranee Supattra
Published: June 2019

This research study is dedicated to measurement design for SMEs business performance in Bangkok. The objective was to create some sort of a metrics for assessing the performance of SMEs in Bangkok. This is a documentary research since it is using secondary data. Analysis and synthesis methods were used in relation to the obtained information so that to come up with a measurement of business performance for SMEs operating in the city of Bangkok. Our research results found that the innovation management model of SMEs is usually composed of 3 structural elements: 1. Finance, 2. Customers, and 3. Stakeholders. Further, 1. The structural element of Finance is composed of the following indicators: 1). Growth revealed through increased sales, market share, profit growth; 2) Return, namely 2.1) Return on assets, 2.2) Return rate for shareholders, 2.3). Average return on sale, and 3) Cash flow as 3.1) Net cash flow, 3.2) Cash flow from sales, 3.3) Inventory turnover. 2. The structural element called Customer is measured through the following indicators: 2.1) Satisfaction of customers with product delivery meeting Terms and Conditions of agreements, 2.2) Satisfaction of customers with a company as compared to competitors, 2.3) Satisfaction of customers with competitive position this company has already received. 3.The structural element of Stakeholder is measured through the following indicators and their parameters: 3.1) Employees and how they are satisfied with returns, 3.2) Return on investment and returns for shareholders when compared to the previous 3-year period, 3.3) Service quality in its dynamics, 3.4) Number of third parties (distributors) involved and how it increases with every new year, 3.5) Activities’ arrangements as responding to society’s or community’s needs, including company’s environmental responsibility.
ANALYSIS OF CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT INFLUENCE ON PURCHASE INTEREST: THE CASE STUDY OF A SKINCARE PRODUCT
Authors: Madiawati Putu Nina , Pradana Mahir , Alrasyid Luthfiany
Published: June 2019

Companies must have the right promotional strategy, one of them is using social media as a “container” for company’s promotion. In promotion through social media celebrity endorsers are often used as a means of attraction so that to get more attention from consumers. Many marketers use celebrity endorsers to promote their products and strenghten the related purchase intention. The purpose of this research is to know whether or not there is a significant influence between celebrity endorsement on the one hand and buying interest in the advertising appeal on the other. The research has been carried out on the example of MDGlowing skincare product. The research has been based on quantitative and descriptive methods. Sampling was carried out using probability sampling of the random sampling type, with the number of respondents as many as 100 people. The data analysis technique selected was path analysis. According to the results of our study, celebrity endorsers (selebgram) contribute with 78.06% (high category), advertising appeal contributes also with 78.06% (high category), purchase intention reached 73.2% with high category. Celebrity endorsement significant effects on advertising appeal with the contribution of 48,7%; advertising appeal has significant effect on purchase intention with the contribution of 28,3%; celebrity endorsement has effect on purchase intention with the contribution of merely 5,29%, and finally, celebrity endorsement influences purchase intentions through advertising appeal with the contribution equal to 37% sharp.
THE QUALITY AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR TRADITIONAL GROCERY STORES IN DUSIT DISTRICT, BANGKOK
Authors: Charoenpoom Suppara , Kilaso Sathapath , Chanda Kathaleeya
Published: June 2019

The objectives of this research were: 1) to survey the level of consumers’ awareness on traditional grocery stores in Dusit District, Bangkok, based on location, service quality , risk, shopping enjoyment, value for money, shopping satisfaction and future shopping intention;  2) to survey the influences of factors including: location, service quality, risk, shopping enjoyment, value for money and shopping satisfaction on  future shopping intention of the consumers of the traditional grocery stores in Dusit District, Bangkok. Quantitative and qualitative analyses are used in this research. The quantitative sample comprises of 400 consumers in Dusit District, Bangkok, to whom questionnaires were distributed. In-depth interviews were also conducted with five owners of traditional grocery stores in the same area. In analyzing data of this study, both multiple regression analysis and SPSS for windows were employed.

According to the results of this research, it was found that consumers have moderate level of awareness on location, service quality, risk, shopping enjoyment, value for money, shopping satisfaction and future shopping intention. The factors including value for money, shopping enjoyment and the risk strongly influence on shopping satisfaction and the shopping satisfaction influences on the future shopping intention. This research also indicates that the factor on shopping enjoyment mostly stems from the consumers organize activities together at traditional grocery stores.
INTERNET AS A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL POSITION IN EDUCATION
Authors: Phongpheng Preecha
Published: June 2019

Internet has become an everyday tool of people and organizations and, at the same time, indispensable to the proper functioning of business. With the growing increase in network infrastructures and mass popularization of the high-speed network, a breakthrough has emerged related to the use of the Internet, making it a global platform to allow intelligent machines and objects to communicate autonomously. This possibility allows content and services to be around people, always available, facilitating communication and opening the way for new applications; enabling new forms of work, interaction and entertainment; developing a new standard of living and work. This new standard is made possible by advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to a new concept defined as Internet of Things - IoT. This paper presents and discusses the main features that characterize the Internet of Things, its origin, theoretical visions and fields of application, exploring the possibilities of fomenting a discussion about the application of IoT.
Training Taxonomists for the Digital World: Are we prepared?
Authors: Georgiev Boyko , Casino Ana , Voreadou Catherina
Published: June 2019

Digital knowledge and skills are rapidly becoming integral part of the work of the modern taxonomist. Their importance is further increased with the recent recognition of DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections, https://dissco.eu). This new pan-European research infrastructure envisions placing European natural science collections at the centre of data-intensive scientific excellence and innovation for taxonomic and environmental research, food security, health and the bioeconomy. The mission of this ambitious project is to mobilise, unify and deliver bio- and geo-diversity information at the scale, form and precision required by scientific communities as well as to transform a fragmented landscape into a coherent and responsive research infrastructure.

An important step in improving the capacity of the research community underpinning DiSSCo is the COST Action MOBILISE (Mobilising Data, Policies and Experts in Scientific Collections, https://www.mobilise-action.eu). One of major capacity-building objectives is to facilitate implementation of common standards and newly-developed techniques by training and education. Its achievement is envisaged by standardised training modules such as training courses, workshops, webinars, online tutorials and short-term visits to other research units.

The first impression from surveying interests of candidates to be included into training events, demonstrates an uneven distribution of digital knowledge and skills across countries, institutions and generations. We advocate that a massive coordinated training programme may result in more efficient establishment of common standards and, consequently, better implementation of the forthcoming joint efforts in the development of the new pan-European research infrastricture.
Citizen (Science) Involvement in Data Digitization and Enrichment of the Insect Collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (Lisboa, Portugal)
Authors: Lopes Luis , Venceslau Leonor , da Costa Luís
Published: June 2019

The entomological collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC), Universidade de Lisboa, includes over 70,000 catalogued specimens, mostly from Portugal and some African countries (Lopes et al. 2016). However, many more remain uncatalogued and thus unavailable to the broader scientific community. To achieve our goal of full access, it is necessary to digitize and validate all data associated with these specimens.

Recently, a large private collection, comprised of several thousand specimens compiled by José Passos de Carvalho, was donated to the Museum. These specimens are prepared and labelled, however no catalogue is available. Therefore, the only available information about each specimen is on the respective label(s).

To acquire this information, specimens are being photographed along with their labels (Fig. 1). Since digitization of specimen labels is labor intensive, we decided to use the Zooniverse platform to involve the public in this task. To this end we have developed a project (currently being tested), entitled “MB07 - The Insects of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência”, with a test dataset of 130 specimens of moths from the Sphingidae family (Insecta, Lepidoptera). The objective is to evaluate the potential of involving the public in the tasks of label transcription and taxonomic determination to enrich and speed collection digitization.

We have developed two distinct workflows: i) one in which users are asked to transcribe information from specimen labels, therefore a pure digitization task; and ii) a second workflow in which volunteers are asked to contribute new taxonomic information based on the specimen images. Therefore, the first task should be accessible to the general user while the second is more directed towards taxonomic specialists and not intended for the general public.

Here we present a preliminary analysis of our experience with this platform and of the obtained data.
Finnish Citizen Science Based Bird Monitoring Schemes and User Interfaces in FinBIF
Authors: Piha Markus , Björklund Heidi , Lehikoinen Aleksi , Meller Kalle , Piirainen Esko , Valkama Jari
Published: June 2019

Monitoring of bird populations is based primarily on volunteer birdwatcher activity in Finland. Hence, development of online user interfaces and data availability have become a priority in order to encourage bird watchers to participate in monitoring schemes.

Most Finnish bird monitoring is managed by the Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS, which oversees a wide spectrum of long-running programs including: a bird ringing (banding) scheme running since 1913, a winter bird census established in 1956, a breeding bird census initiated in 1975, a raptor monitoring program started in 1982, and, a nest recording scheme ongoing since the 1940s. In 2018, more than 1,500 volunteer birdwatchers participated in LUOMUS bird monitoring schemes. Data gathered from these programs constitute our basis of knowledge on national bird populations and demographic trends and are actively incorporated in conservation, scientific, land-use planning, and administrative purposes in Finland. In principle, all data are open and freely accessible via the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF), however, the law prohibits authorities from distributing species occurrence data if this causes an increased threat to certain endangered species. Accordingly, sensitive data details are not available.

Reporting valuable fieldwork data can sometimes be demanding. As such, developing user-friendly interfaces for data portals is critical to facilitating volunteer activity. Essential tools for volunteers include a simple login, smooth and augmented data input, automated validation of data, and, perhaps most importantly, ease of access to up-to-date data. Crucial to administrators are system reliability, operability, and easy data management. Comprehensive data validation and visualization tools and extensive search functions aid in revealing errors and thereby increase data quality. Finally, simple query tools and easy access to data are of paramount importance for smooth abd flexible use of the data.

Keeping in mind these demands, we have developed the main FinBIF platform and project-specific user interfaces in order to facilitate participation in bird monitoring programs. We will introduce these user interfaces and our achievements and challenges in the development process.
Test bench for gas-dynamic studies in the furnace channel for nuclear fuel pellet sintering *
Authors: Kuzmin Ilya V. , Leshchenko Anton Yu. , Pavlov Sergey V. , Shamsutdinov Rinat N. , Mochalov Yuriy S.
Published: June 2019

Nuclear fuel pellets are sintered in high-temperature furnaces in an atmosphere with strictly defined requirements for the composition of the gas environments in the furnace’s different temperature zones. The preset process conditions in the mixed nitride uranium-plutonium (MNUP) fuel pellet sintering furnace is achieved through the respective gas supply arrangement and by the design of the barriers between the temperature zones and that of the gas supply and discharge units. A CFD model was created in the Ansys Fluent package and validated for testing the functionality of the design concepts used to develop the MNUP fuel sintering furnace channel. A mockup of the sintering furnace channel, which makes a part of the gas-dynamic test bench, was developed and fabricated for the analytical model validation.

The paper presents a description of the test bench design and performance for measuring the concentration of gases in the channel simulating the nitride nuclear fuel sintering furnace channel. The results of the test bench gas-dynamic studies were used for the computational and experimental justification of the approaches used to develop the sintering furnace channel. The functionality of the barriers for the sintering furnace channel division into zones with the preset composition of the gas environments and the gas supply and discharge units has been tested experimentally. The obtained experimental data on the distribution of the process gas concentration makes it possible to validate computational thermophysical and gas-dynamic CFD models of the MNUP fuel sintering furnace channel.
Du manuel de référence au cahier d’exigences pour le collégien : une mise en œuvre du socle commun par le Conseil national des programmes ?
Authors: Poucet Bruno
Published: June 2019

En 1996, le Conseil national des programmes, sous la présidence de Luc Ferry, se propose de mettre en œuvre la proposition 51 du Nouveau contrat pour l’école : publier un manuel de référence qui soit une mise en œuvre du socle commun de connaissances. L’article montre que cette volonté se heurte à de nombreuses difficultés : à qui ce manuel est-il destiné ? Qui va le rédiger ? S’agit-il d’un manuel ou d’un rapport ? Celui-ci fixerait ainsi les lignes directrices permettant de rédiger un manuel du socle commun des connaissances. Des projets ont été rédigés pour un manuel en deux volumes, l’un consacré aux sciences, l’autre aux humanités. En définitive, ce manuel ne vit pas le jour. Pour autant, le travail n’a pas été vain puisqu’au projet initial a été substitué la réalisation d’un cahier d’exigences à destination des collégiens. C’est en quelque sorte la première mise en œuvre du socle commun.
Les études curriculaires dans le monde anglo-saxon, analyse de leur évolution
Authors: Lessard Claude
Published: June 2019

Ce texte analyse l’évolution du champ anglo-saxon des études curriculaires, dominé par les États-Unis. Son interdisciplinarité, son hybridité, son académisation au sein des sciences de l’éducation, l’influence des «  cultural studies  » et l’internationalisation du champ sont mis en avant pour rendre compte à la fois de sa vitalité et de sa difficile régulation. Le texte propose de cerner la notion anglo-saxonne de curriculum et relate les grandes étapes de l’évolution historique du champ anglo-saxon des études curriculaires. Il décrit comment le champ, né aux États-Unis à la fin du xix e  siècle, a accompagné l’expansion de l’enseignement secondaire et la construction d’un système d’éducation de masse. En ce sens, il a d’abord été une pratique soumise à des impératifs sociétaux de transition vers une civilisation industrielle, urbaine et plurielle, davantage qu’une théorie. Puis, il s’est académisé en contexte universitaire dans l’après-guerre, pour plus récemment se déployer dans de multiples directions, dont celle des «  cultural studies  », et s’internationaliser. Aussi, nous nous interrogeons sur l’écart entre une « théorie » multidisciplinaire, riche en diversité, mais aussi à haut risque d’implosion, et une « pratique », notamment celle inspirée du mouvement des « standards », qui réduit le sens du curriculum à une course à la performance. En conclusion, des éléments d’interprétation de cette évolution sont discutés.
Partenariat enseignant / AESH et démarche d’investigation scientifique
Authors: Chauvot Nadeige , Mencacci Nicole
Published: June 2019

Peut-on parler de partenariat comme mode possible du « travailler ensemble » dans le cas du soutien d’un élève en situation de handicap (ESH) accompagné par un enseignant et par un accompagnant d’élève en situation de handicap (AESH), lors d’une séquence d’enseignement scientifique au cycle 3 ? Pour répondre à cette question nous avons construit un référentiel d’analyse de pratiques, composé de principes du partenariat mais aussi d’éléments de soutien cognitif et de soutien didactique. Nous avons ainsi postulé que le travail commun de soutien se colore selon la discipline enseignée et le type de besoins éducatif de l’ESH. L’outil a été mis à l’épreuve de pratiques existantes de trois AESH et de quatre enseignants. Les résultats montrent la complexité – mais aussi parfois les potentialités – des deux professionnels, à accompagner et à répondre sur le mode du partenariat aux besoins éducatifs particuliers d’un même élève en éducation scientifique. Le travail en partenariat ne va donc pas de soi : il nécessite une socialisation de son apprentissage par le biais de dispositifs spécifiques, intégrant des éléments partenariaux, cognitifs et didactiques dont quelques pistes sont proposées.
Réformes universitaires et relation formation-emploi en Algérie
Authors: Ghouati Ahmed
Published: June 2019

L’approche adéquationniste a toujours orienté la politique de formation et d’enseignement supérieur en Algérie. Pratiquement, depuis le début des années 1960, la planification a visé une équivalence quasi automatique entre la formation supérieure suivie et l’emploi à occuper. Cette approche a évolué dans deux contextes socioéconomiques très opposés : le premier se caractérisait par une pénurie de cadres et des plans socioéconomiques dans lesquels la formation supérieure était fortement couplée à l’emploi public. Le second, au contraire, est marqué par la libéralisation économique, commencée au milieu des années 1980, la désindustrialisation et un découplage entre la formation supérieure et l’emploi public. Mais si les diplômés du supérieur ne sont plus assurés d’occuper un emploi dans le secteur public, les responsables politiques et universitaires mettent toujours en avant l’objectif d’une « adéquation formation-emploi ». Autrement dit, malgré les difficultés avérées de la planification et même après sa disparition en tant que ministère, cet objectif occupe une bonne place, y compris dans la réforme LMD introduite en 2004.