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Vertical Jump in National Volleyball-Basketball Team’s Women's in Albania
Authors: Lleshi Enkeleida , Nuriu Denis
Published: October 2021

Volleyball and Basketball women’s have different performances from each other due to their special specifics of the game. From the specificity of their training, there are differences in the physical qualities of individual and team sports performance, where one of the elements is vertical jumping. This study is concentrated on two teams: Women’s Volleyball Team (V) and Women’s Basketball Team (B) 15 members each, focusing on 30 subjects. Players were measured in physical parameters; Age (V-24: B-27), Body Height (V-180.4cm; B-173.4cm), Body Weight (V-70.37kg; B-63.88kg), BMI (V-21.67 percent; B-20.93 percent). The players performed the test DJ60cm in the platform Leonardo® Ground Force Reaction Plate (GRFP) which expresses Force max (kN), Power max (w/kg), Time Contact (TCs), Air Time (TAs), TA/TCs. The results obtained by GRFP showed different team values of the two sports in the parameters of Fmax V65.19-B74.07n/kg, Pmax V31.26-B23.06w/kg, TCs V0.231-B0.198, TAs V0.436-B0.34 and TA/TCѕec V1.96ѕ-B1.71ѕec. Results revealed that V players jumped higher (p, 0.001) than B players. Finally, the Drop Jump60cm test has different performance between individual players, despite the fact that in the team average it turned out that Volleyball players is higher in this test. Drop Jump is the typical plyometric test. Furthermore, tests such as DJ can be a useful method for assessing differences and monitoring vertical jump training programs from collective sports.
Epitome of Media Education with the Educational Process and its Impact on Developing Students’overall Knowledge
Authors: Hasani Nazyktere , Rexhepi Zija
Published: October 2021

The work itself embodies a conceptual highlight of the new approach of the global education, which is the epitome of media education with the educational process. Media education is an indispensable need and an inevitable requirement of global education with a particular role in the development of students' overall knowledge and skills, in particular the creation of a new educational culture and the creation of shared values. The media education at the time of the rapid changes in the field of global education, occupies a special place in achieving qualitative and effective education. The purpose of this paper is to get acquainted with the basic concepts of media education, the possibility of the epitome of media education with educational content during the educational process, the role and effects of this education with the aim of informing relevant school stakeholders on the importance of integrating this education towards the improvement of quality in education.
Exploitative Innovation and the Impact of Realized Absorptive Capability and Technology Orientation
Authors: Busho Nertila , Lena Daniela
Published: October 2021

This paper aims to identify the impact of Technology Orientation on the relationship of Realized Absorptive Capability and Exploitative Innovation. Using a sample of 194 firms located in Albania, we empirically test the mediating role of Technology Orientation. Nowadays, Innovation is not anymore a new phenomenon. In the literature a lot of studies have seen it with a close connection to technology. In some other study, in case of a dynamic environment, firms with realized absorptive capability are more predisposed to absorb technology and to be able to be update with it. Since technology is considered as an auxiliary tool to innovation, we considered it specifically for exploitative innovation which can increase even the efficiency of firms. The focus of this study is placed on knowledge-intensive sector in order to better capture the effect of these variables. The results demonstrate that the Technology Orientation has a full mediating role on this relationship. The Realized Absorptive Capability has not any impact on Exploitative Innovation in case of the lack of Technology Orientation.
Performance of Female Volleyball Players in VO2max
Authors: Lleshi Enkeleida
Published: October 2021

Aims: In volleyball the main achievement is winning the match so the tools and methods used during the training sessions are very important to achieve this goal. Purpose of the study is the identification of volleyball players in the development performance of i VO2max. Method: Test Astrand was used to evaluate VO2max in 75 female volleyball players in the average age of 17.1 years of the Albanian championship in two different periods _Pre and _Post mini phase of their training in the respective teams. Anthropometric measurements BH, BW, BMI and Astrand test were developed. Results; showed a positive value of progress from Pre-test to Post-test of volleyball players. There was a correlation between the maximum heart rate per minute and the maximum intake 021 / min, Maximum heart rate per minute and MaxV02 intake ml / kg / min in the post test, which showed a negative correlation, but the results are not significant at p≤0.05. The comparison of the test before and after did not mark a significant. Conclusion: It was noted that the training of volleyball players was aimed at strength. Strength training has made the only positive contribution to this type of improvement. Our study shows that the correlation between strength training and performance improvement of maximum VO2max results of laboratory values compared to the good part of them were significant. The impact of strength training can not be said to be a primary indicator but a secondary indicator in VO2max performance.
Mental Images and Postpartum Depression: Case Study
Authors: Bedhia Dorina
Published: October 2021

Imagination and images refer jointly ability to imagine. Imaginative therapies operate all within an almost real context. In therapeutical experience, the individual goes through almost real experiences before going through the events in reality, acts before acting in reality and this provokes changes in somatic level. The almost real dimension, namely the imaginative dimension, influences the individual, or rather the individual, starting from the imagination changes himself, his beliefs and perceptions. Imagination as therapeutic intervention is sometimes more efficient and more valuable than other therapies. It is also effective in treating a range of psychological symptoms such as insomnia, depression, obesity, cronich pain, various phobias, anxiety and panic , somatic problems. Given the fact that the images are effective in treating a range of psychological symptoms, including depression we want to see if imaginative techniques help improve symptoms of postpartum depression. This case was treated at University Hospital for Obstetric and Gynecology "Koco Gliozheni" Tirane (Albania). A 35 years young mother showed depressive symptoms associated with post-partum condition, as determined by semi-structured interviews and relevant test EDPS, also by psychiatric consultations. Besides the daily psychological support I proposed some imaginative techniques like self-watching, flooding, guided imagery. Imaginative activity in general, in the case in question, was a valid instrument of the difficulties in everyday life. The patient learned to visualize problematic elements of each situation and this resulted an efficient approach. Imagination helped identify schematic components that have contributed to the formation of inappropriate thoughts and exaggerated ideas. It helped in recognition of the patient's emotional reality and modifying this emotional reality. The patient uses images to manage situations different daily life even by telephone follow up. This case study shows that imagery techniques, elaborated through images, facilitate recovery and provide us with a functional interpretation of the event and its consequences. Working with images intended to make the patient able to withstand and manage the pain that bring different situations and to integrate it in the history of personal life.
Teaching 1st Year Students by Using Inquiry Method: A Case Study at Memorial International School of Tirana
Authors: Erbas Isa , Hysa Vjollca
Published: October 2021

This study reveals the impact of Inquiry-based learning method with the 1st year students at MIST (Memorial International School of Tirana) and shows how this method of teaching can improve their learning. The aim of the study is to show the importance of Inquiry and present the main activities of teaching.  To have a wider understanding about the topic, a survey was conducted about three months in one of the 1st classes of this school. The study was completed using primary data which were the questionnaires, book analysis, observations, and the secondary data which were books, articles and different websites. The study is focused on 1st year students and shows the impact of Inquiry based-learning on teaching English language. This study provides important information about teaching English. This method makes students more active, positive and independent in their learning.
Motivations and Self-Perceived Career Prospects of Undergraduate Sociology Students
Authors: Sándor Alexandra Valéria
Published: October 2021

Sociology undoubtedly plays an important role in the world of sciences, as it provides an opportunity to examine the society in which we live and our social relationships using widely accepted means with real scientific value. As Giddings has noted, 'sociology tells us how to become what we want to be' (Giddings, 2011). However, discussions of the social sciences can be controversial, as they are sometimes perceived as ‘inferior’ to natural sciences. To alleviate this discrepancy, it is essential to supply professionals with useful knowledge in the field of sociology, understand their motivations and ensure the best career prospects for them. In this pilot study, 18 sociology B.A. students answered seven open-ended questions in the form of a short essay regarding their motivations in terms of faculty choices, initial expectations and the fulfilment thereof, their aims in the study of sociology, preferred areas of employment, willingness to undergo further training, five-year plans and their opinions about the prospects of newly graduated sociologists in Hungary compared to graduates from other areas in terms of the usefulness of knowledge gained, perceptions of their professions and earning opportunities. According to the results of this study, the future plans of the participants were very different, but all of them believe that an undergraduate sociology degree provides extensive knowledge about the functioning of society and has helped them to form attitudes that they consider to be extremely valuable on the labour market.
The Psychosocial Reactions to COVID-19 Pandemic among Individuals in the Arab World
Authors: Bakhet Souad Mousa Ahmed , Alanazi Rasis Abdullah , Nori Rehab Abdullahmeed
Published: October 2021

This current study aimed at investigating the psycho social reaction to covid19 among individual in the Arab world. In addition, to discover the relationship between these reactions with various variables like age, gender, educational level, occupation and place of origin and place of residence. An open-end questions set by the researchers distributed via the internet. Five hundred and twenty eight (528) respondents answer the questions, 398 females and 130 males. The result showed that the majority of the respondent never or rarely feel negative psychosocial reactions in the entire question except feeling anxious and Suspicions of any person sneeze and this sound logic because the majority of the respondents have no experience of covid19. Thus, they are not under the pressure of suffering from this dangerous and threating disease. The majority of participants from Saudi and Sudan, and other United Emirate country, simply because the researchers from these two countries. Covid19 major concern are physical aspect of the disease, no one can doubt the importance of the psychosocial issues, which are the concern of this study. Other aspect the religious background of the Arabic country especially Sudan and Saudi are conservative and culture restricted communities, thus their psychosocial reaction colored with these background. This study cannot be generalized to the completely Arabic world but it can give an indicator on how individual in the Arabic world think, feel, and react. The study end with conclusion and some recommendations.
Pandemics and the Adaption of Social Perception in Cohabitation with Viruses
Authors: Celcima Denis , Goga Lito
Published: October 2021

Pandemics have become a common word among us; all we have to do is to adapt our lifestyle in contradiction to our former. The famous expression “life is a rat race” has already gotten its replacements of rats into bats as it seems, but that is not all. It is still a race but in this case, is a race of patience, persistence in quarantine conditions due to physical and psychological viruses. There are a lot of questions that circles around us making visions for the future neither optimistic nor pessimistic ones. What is happening around the world and us? Are we ready to face such major changes that we do not even know whether they are to be called changes? However, one thing is for sure that our perceptions are undergoing into fundamental new ways of repairing their style or maybe ours or both. If the world is getting ready for the big leap in an unplanned future, so do our social perceptions. Men have gone to the moon, explored space, have given thoughts about the universe, have also ruined nature, polluted air but all these were included in the men’s social perceptions. Now it seems that our fear of the unknown have risen along with the fear of unplanned risen of the new upcoming perceptions.
Pre-Negotiation Activities: A Study of the Main Activities Undertaken by the Negotiators as Preparation for Negotiation
Authors: Balliu Teuta , Spahiu Artan
Published: October 2021

The most part of the researches has largely been focused on what happens at the negotiation table, rather than in its preparation and planning. Through this paper we will try to underline the importance of the preparation and planning activities which are necessarily undertaken in a business negotiation. For this purpose, we have reviewed the negotiation literature regarding these pre-negotiation processes and the necessary activities for each of them. One of the most important concerns is the extent to which the negotiators follow the literature recommendations about pre-negotiation processes. This is a quantitative research design which tries to collect data, through interviews and a questioner designed for it and makes analyzes and logical deductions on the results achieved. The results of this study derive from a questioner with 68 respondents, who provide an understanding of the preparation and planning activities they conduct as part of their negotiations. This study finds out that the negotiators follow the most important activities which are suggested by the negotiation literature. It is literally understandable that the preparation and planning processes precede the negotiation, which means that they are conducted generally before the meeting between the negotiating parties. In fact, even this study shows that these activities occur not only before a meeting but also after it, as the first step in preparing for the next meeting. In this regard we suggest seeing the preparation and planning not as a single event, but as cyclical processes. These findings can be used by business negotiators and by different companies.
Diagnosing the Problems in Teaching Courses of English for Specific Purposes at the University of Prishtina and Private Colleges in Kosovo
Authors: Husaj Shqipe
Published: October 2021

A number of academic units at the University of Prishtina (UP) offer English for specific purposes in order to address the needs of students to communicate effectively in their chosen field of study. Recent developments and the changing landscape of teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes around the world lead to the decision of analyzing a complex of factors that affect or hinder the effectiveness of the process of teaching and learning ESP courses at the University of Prishtina as well as at the private colleges in Kosovo. The research questions include: What are the problems faced by students learning ESP at the University of Prishtina and at the private colleges in Kosovo? What are the ways of solving these problems? etc. The data has been collected by conducting a survey in six academic units of the University of Prishtina including both teaching staff and student population. The selection of academic units is done on the bases of their specificity of the study field. That means the faculties that need a more specific vocabulary of English Language. There has also been conducted a survey in three private colleges considered as more successful colleges; “Dukagjini“ College, AAB College and the College “Biznesi”. Theoretical part is based on outstanding scholars and researchers of the English for Specific Purposes .Research findings have confirmed our research hypothesis displaying expected pattern of obstacles faced by the teaching staff and students in the process of teaching and learning ESP courses. Status of the course, large number of students in groups, lack of equipped laboratories and lack of qualified staff, present a hindrance in achieving the objectives of ESP courses at the University of Prishtina. While in private colleges it is students’ low knowledge of English language that prevents the teaching of English for Specific Purposes thus concentrating more on General English (GE).
The Importance of Leadership on Business Ethics at Organizations
Authors: Dervishi Aferdita
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this paper is to board the issues dealing with the ethics code of behave, and the role of leadership on motivation of staff to lead up the effectiveness and quality work at organization. The paper presents ethic standards and their importance for the success and competitive priorities for organizations and institutions. The elaboration of paper is carried using normative and comparative method attended by secondary source of data in the form of papers, journals, books, web-pages and manuals of organizations. There are studied principles of the Code of Ethics in two organizations, Bus Eirenann of Ireland and Kosovo Privatization Agency of the Republic of Kosovo, handling the practical implementation of ethic codes in both cases. Next to written policies for ethics there exist failures and mistakes on the ethics at working place that is present in everyday life as a result of improper behave of someone. Ethic behaves have had the positive impact at organizations, while non-ethic behaves have serious impact on the development of staff and it keeps away incitement of tacit knowledge, obstructs innovations and creative work. Development and approval of ethic code and ethic practices at organization will not stop non-ethic behaves, but will give to people a kind of measurement versus which behave may be measured. Executive leaders at organizations and institutions should assess if the written or unwritten code is not respected so that the employees to feel safe for their integrity and appreciated.
Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Virtual Teaching
Authors: Krystalli Pinelopi
Published: October 2021

Following the first Covid-19 cases in Greece, the Ministry of Education decided to close all educational institutions on 10 March 2020. On 12 March, the Chancellor of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where the author currently teaches, urged the academic community to create virtual classrooms and begin distance learning. The purpose of this contribution is to investigate undergraduate students’ perceptions of virtual classrooms and distance learning. To this end, a qualitative research was conducted, including 50, third year undergraduate students of the Department of French Language and Literature. Students’ perceptions, were investigated through a mini-interview. Responses were recorded, transcribed and categorised according to specific criteria. Students compared in-person and distance lessons, referred to the pros and cons of both types of teaching to support their arguments focusing on the content of the lecture or seminar, the type of activities as well as the lecturers’ ability to use technology. Finally, in this paper a section of lessons learned from the teacher’s point of view are included.
Public health strategies to combat opioid crisis in the United States?
Authors: Balidemaj Festina
Published: October 2021

Background: The opioid epidemic in the United States is a national public health crisis. Driven by an increase in availability of pharmaceutical opioids and by an increase in their consumption, specifically, for pain treatment, more so in the past twenty years, it has led to an economic cost of prescription opioid abuse, overdose, and dependence in the United States estimated to be 78.5 billion USD. Methods: A thorough evaluation of the relevant extracted literature has been used to answer the question of the most effective ways to regulate health markets to decrease the opioid crisis in the United States, using keywords and phrases such as opioid epidemic in the US, prescription drug abuse, prescription medication abuse in US, medication misuse, cost-effective ways to health market regulation, drug monitoring programs, prescriber continuing education, provider continuing education, and pain management optimization. Results: Overcoming this epidemic nationwide requires improvement in patient utilization of and access to safe and effective treatment options for opioid abuse and overdose, addressing the stigma correlated with opioid use, considering appropriate use of abuse deterrent formulations (ADF) along with patient education, and improving prescribing practices via utilization of drug monitoring programs, CDC opioid prescribing guidelines and provider continuing education. Conclusion: Utilizing and implementing the aforementioned steps has shown to be a challenge. Further and repeated attempts are needed, while at the same time considering possible new steps that could help reinforce their utilization further.
Financial Management Role for NGOs
Authors: Mikeladze Aleksandre
Published: October 2021

The main purpose of NGOs is to carry out public activities and not financial management - this is an idea that one may have often heard. However, as long as the NGO's finances and funds are unorganized, NGOs will not be able to achieve their goals with maximum effectiveness. For NGOs, the key importance of financial planning and management is determined by the achievement of organizational goals. They work on communities, suffer from a lack of staff, and this role is assigned to an employee who does not have a financial education and puts the successful operation of the organization at high risk. With limited funding, rational and planned cash management is important for the organization. The financial condition of any type of organization determines its future and long-term stability. Accordingly, NGOs should opt for sustainable use of finance. This means that NGOs have to spend today considering future expenses. Therefore, it is important to develop financial plans and their further implementation in order to maintain sustainability. Most NGOs rely on external funding and therefore having a proper financial management system is quite important. The NGO is accountable to donors and those who support the organization. An NGO with a sound financial management system is able to track its own expenses, plan future expenses, and submit timely financial statements to the donor upon request, which will help strengthen the organization's trust and long-term support. All NGOs are guided by pre-defined policies and procedures that are based on the overall goals of the organization. Each decision made by the competent authority is aimed at the successful achievement of the goals and objectives. Without organizing finances, it will be difficult for both the individual employee and the organization as a whole to achieve the set goal. We cannot ignore the fact that some NGOs are characterized by illegal activities such as excessive use of resources, fraud, theft, etc. With full financial planning, coordination and control, the issues mentioned above can be easily addressed. Through sound financial management, NGOs can make effective decisions on resource allocation, fundraising and mobilization. Financial management is a set of skills and approaches that can be changed from time to time. With financial management, NGOs improve their profile, which enhances donor trust. With well-defined financial plan and policy frameworks, NGOs also gain a good reputation in the community. Most NGOs operate on their own funds, and well-organized financial management facilitates fundraising. Information on available finances, in turn, makes it possible to determine the exact amount of money that needs to be accumulated.
Beveridge, Bismarck and Southern European Health Care Systems: Can We Decide Which is the Best in EU-15? A Statistical Analysis
Authors: Moisidou Angeliki
Published: October 2021

A statistical analysis has been conducted with the aim to elucidate the effect of health care systems (HSs) on health inequalities assessed in terms of (a) differential access to health care services and (b) varying health outcomes among different models of HSs in EU-15 ((Beveridge: UK, IE, SE, FI, DK), (Bismarck: DE, FR, BE, LU, AT, NL), (Southern European model: GR, IT, ES, PT)). In the effort to interpret the results of the empirical analysis, we have ascertained systematic differences among the HSs in EU-15. Specifically, it is concluded that countries with Beveridge HS can be characterized more efficient (than average) in the most examined correlations, showing particularly high performance in the health sector. Similarly, countries with Bismarck HS record fairly satisfactory performance, but simultaneously they display more structural weaknesses compared with the Beveridge model. In addition, our empirical analysis has shown that adopting Bismarck model requires higher economic cost, compared with the Beveridge model, which is directly financed by taxation. On the contrary, in the countries with Southern European HS, the lowest performances are generally identified, which can be attributed to the residual social protection that characterizes these countries. The paper concludes with a synthesis of the empirical findings of our research. It proposes some directions for further research and presents a set of implications for policymakers regarding the planning and implementation of appropriate policies in order to tackle health inequality within HSs.
Relationship Between Exchange Rate and Trade Balance: "the Case of Albania"
Authors: Korbi Alan , Banushaj Benarda
Published: October 2021

This paper analyzes the relationship that exists between the trade balance and the exchange rate. For a clearer picture of the results, other macroeconomic factors that are thought to have an impact on the trade balance, such as economic growth, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and remittances are analyzed. The main objective of this paper is to empirically identify the impact that exchange rate volatility has on the trade balance, specifically Albania. The study uses data obtained from the World Bank and INSTAT for the period 2000-2018. The method used is the empirical method in presenting the facts and the performance of macroeconomic factors and the econometric method in analyzing the relationship between the exchange rate and the trade opening. The VAR model was used to estimate the regression results and the evaluation procedure for the parameters is time series, using data on trade as a percentage of GDP, Euro / ALL exchange rate, foreign direct investment, economic growth, and remittances. The results of this study show that in the case of the Republic of Albania according to the VAR model there is no stable relationship between the exchange rate and trade.
The Multiplier Effect of European Union Funds in the Alentejo Region, Portugal, Between 2014-2020
Authors: Ribeiro Diamantino , Jesus-Silva Natacha , Ribeiro João
Published: October 2021

The Partnership Agreement established between the European Union and the Member States for the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds for the period 2014-2020 has come to an end. It is, therefore, important to understand what impact the Partnership Agreement had on public and private investments in the different Portuguese regions. Support for regional investment has allowed the construction or modernization of collective infrastructures, such as schools, promotion of cultural and natural heritage, investment in energy efficiency, investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for public services, develop research and development initiatives, as well as urban rehabilitation and mobility. This also includes investments of intermunicipal and business nature. This paper is part of an extended study that analyses the multiplier impact of the application of European Union funds in public and private investment in the 7 Portuguese regions: Porto and North of Portugal, Centro, Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Alentejo, Algarve, Azores and Madeira. In this article we analyse the multiplier impact of the investment of the European funds allocated to the Alentejo Region, in Portugal, under the H2020 Program until the month of March 2020.
Gilles Deleuze and Education
Authors: Baranova Jūratė
Published: October 2021

This article raises the question of the possibility to use some theoretical insights of Deleuze and Guattari for solving particular problems arising in education. The author discusses the concept of bodymind education formulated by Semetsky from the Deleze’s example of learning as swimming. The author doubts if learning as representation is not valuable in some unexpected situations. She also describes the real example of the successful bodymind learner who experienced failure in university studies in order to involve the Deleuzian/Guattarian opposition to vertical learning and the idea of transversality as the possible solution for unsuccessful learning in university situation.
Comparative Study on the Impact of Mobile Communication System on Social Life
Authors: Rahman Atiqur , Islam Ashraful
Published: October 2021

Mobile technology has a tremendous capacity to connect people. It also brought a revolutionary change in day-to-day activities and in various sectors such as entertainment, health, agriculture, employment, revenue earning and social change. It has also some negative impacts like cellphone addiction, wasting time, distraction and radiation-related health issues. This paper focuses on the impacts of mobile technology in Bangladesh perspective. Both secondary and primary data have been used to conduct this survey. The result shows that mobile phone technology and their providers make a significant contribution to GDP and directly and indirectly generated 0.80 million jobs in Bangladesh. The most important finding is young people prefer internet or social sites to television, and the duration of spending leisure in mobile phone is increased significantly whether spending time with family, reading newspaper-books decreased remarkably. Result also shows that the internet has more negative impacts on younger people than on older ones. The effect of radiation from mobile device and mobile tower, and ways to reduce its risk have been discussed in this paper.
Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching Practical Skills at Higher Education Institutions under the conditions of COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Kasradze Tea , Gulua Ekaterine
Published: October 2021

The lack of practical skills of graduates of higher education institutions is one of the main challenges of the modern education system of Georgia, which has become even more urgent in the face of the COVID -19 pandemic. Within the framework of the research, we studied the latest scientific literature, researches and reports of various state and international organizations on the experience and current state of practical skills' teaching in Georgia; on the new requirements for the workforce under the pandemic and post-pandemic; and on the future directions of providing students with practical knowledge. The paper also presents an analysis of the results of our research on the attitude of students towards the internship and the approaches of higher education institutions in the evaluation of practical knowledge and skills acquired by the students within the framework of the educational program. Based on the best practice and challenges identified as a result of the research, we have developed appropriate recommendations that we think will facilitate the production of professional graduates equipped with practical skills.
Influence of Coronary Artery Disease over Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure in Men with Hypertension
Authors: Indrit Temali , Ahmet Kamberi
Published: October 2021

Aim: Disclosing coronary artery disease by analyzing the rates of systolic blood pressure response to workload during exercise stress test.

Methods: 53 males with hypertension underwent exercise stress test on bicycle ergometer and coronary angiography within one month. rates of systolic blood pressure to workloads in the first stage peak exercise, second, fourth and sixth minute of recovery were analyzed and compared. Also basic characteristics of patients involved in the study were also analyzed.

Results: All systolic blood pressure to workload rates during exercise and recovery resulted higher in males with coronary artery disease and hypertension compared with hypertension but no coronary artery disease.

Conclusion: High levels of systolic blood pressure to workloads rates in males with hypertension reveal the diagnosis of coronary artery disease despite the ECG variations during exercise stress test and this are not influenced by other basic characteristics of the patients.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Pandemic Times
Authors: Taci Joana
Published: October 2021

In general, teaching, as a multidimensional process, has always been considered as a crucial element for the society to progress. Recently, it has become the talk of the town as it is facing a challenging reality, that of virtual teaching introduced due to the pandemic precautions taken by the education bodies worldwide. It is quite obvious that extreme situations bring flashes that may blind or inspire us and this is the case in present days. We teachers, professors, and educators have spent many hours within the classroom or teaching environments and outside ruminating, pondering, discussing the best teaching methodology that inspires, draws students’ attention and enhances their involvement during teaching/learning activities; we have invested our knowledge and experience on quite a considerable number of elaborated articles, but all these years it has never crossed our mind that we as teachers will be ever faced with such crashing reality. We have always considered the introduction of technology (computers, interactive boards, etc) as an assisting tool and not as the only and most important mean of disseminating and acquiring knowledge. So, the aim of this article is to reconsider the methodology of teaching English as a foreign language and the moribund and distressed situation it has fallen into lately. How we ought to motivate students if we have to overcome the mask and computer screen obstacle?
Fighting Infodemic Becomes Must After Covid-19 Pandemic's Onslaught on Truth, Knowledge
Authors: Erdem Bora
Published: October 2021

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of infected cases, the international community has been confronted with one of the most urgent health crises in recent decades. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we confronted a new phenomenon known as an "Infodemic" or "epidemic of misleading information" regarding COVID-19. Presently, a large amount of unsubstantiated material on various elements of the COVID-19 disease, disease control and prevention techniques and its effects is being distributed via social media, news agencies and television networks. Due to their accessibility, social networks are increasingly becoming an integral part of our lives. They provide avenues where anybody can convey their ideas and post information without impeding or regulating their publishing validation. As a consequence, it facilitates the spread of "Fake News," material that is deliberately false. Because of the amount of social media users and the volume of followers, fake social media news could have major adverse social repercussions. Misinformation and disinformation can have detrimental effects on people's mental and physical health, increase stigma, jeopardize valuable health gains, and result in poor adherence to public health measures, hence reducing their efficiency and jeopardizing their ability to manage the pandemic. Misinformation can result in death. Without trust and accurate information, diagnostic tests go unutilized, immunization campaigns (or initiatives to enhance effectiveness of vaccines) fall short of their goals, and the virus thrives. What's more, disinformation is creating a rift in public debate on COVID-19-related issues, intensifying hate speech, increasing the chances of conflict, violent acts, and violations of human rights, and jeopardizing long-term prospects for advancing social cohesion, human rights, and democracy.
Civic Participation and Demonstrations in Portugal (2011–2012)
Authors: Silva Célia Taborda
Published: October 2021

In recent years, a little over the world, emerged social protest, from the Arab Spring to the Indignados, resulting from the dissatisfaction of the citizens and fruit of the speed with which the information circulates and is shared. In Portugal, the tendency to protest was in the same direction as in Europe and the world, as demonstrated by the movements of March 12, 2011 (Scratch Generation), and of September 15, 2012 (Screw the Troika). These movements brought together thousands of people in protest against government policies and in defense of a new political, economic and social model. In several cities of the country, the Portuguese, as citizens, intervened in the public sphere and expressed themselves on issues related to them, such as the crisis, unemployment, exploitation, as persons belonging to a community. The novelty was the use of communication technologies and social networks to appear, acquire visibility, then existence, as Hannah Arendt (2005) would say. Through the use of digital communication, they ignored the traditional leaderships to call out the protests and demonstrate on the streets, causing these phenomena not to be geographically or culturally limited nor institutionally framed. The internet has brought tools that foster sharing, facilitate civic participation and collective action. Thus, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, social movements have come to play a key role in the democratic state, through the representation of the claims of different sectors of civil society, but are these manifestations indicative of a new civic consciousness?
Education and the Economy of Attention in Times of (Post-) Pandemic
Authors: Bakhtiar Siavash
Published: October 2021

With the Coronavirus crisis, online teaching seems to have become a norm in Higher Education. The essay argues that, although this new pedagogical practice is totally acceptable in times of social distancing, it can lead to something more radical, especially with the strong will of HE institutions to continue this mode of teaching beyond the period of crisis. The normalisation of dematerialised teaching comes as a challenge to academics: it is imbedded in a new form of economy, where attention is a key source of value and labour. The omnipresence of virtual interfaces questions the very fabric of their practice as teachers, especially in humanities, where it can lead to an intensification of the pauperization of teaching staffs, due to forced redundancy. To understand how the normalisation of online teaching after the crisis can be potentially noxious, the essay proceeds by looking at the change of agency of digital tools in teaching contexts, through the concept of pharmakon, developed by Bernard Stiegler, that offers the chance for a critique of this new pedagogical strategy which can be positive during the crisis, but potentially destructive after. This concept leads to a new criteria of judgment of the digital (mode of teaching), which has to be understood as a third way between the optimism of managerial perspectives, always keen to consider information technologies as the perfect catalyst for neo-liberal reforms in education; and the traditional technophobia, proper to a philosophical tradition that, from the Frankfurt School to Giorgio Agamben, apprehends the mediation of technology essentially as a critical regression and a modern form of rationalisation that engenders an immense social and psychic alienation.
The Societal Value of Art and Music in the Bapedi Culture and the Implications for Music in Healing as a Cultural Phenomenon
Authors: Lebaka Morakeng Edward Kenneth
Published: October 2021

Bapedi people’s art and music are a functional and necessary part of everyday life and it would be impossible to understand Bapedi culture without an understanding of their art and music. Within Bapedi people’s cultural context, art and music give life to the values, emotions and daily customs of the Bapedi people. The purpose of this article was to investigate the social, cultural and religious functions of art and music within Bapedi people’s cultural context, and to place Bapedi people’s indigenous art in its social context rather than to discuss aesthetic appeal, stylistic zones, and the formal qualities of art objects. Further, it seeks to discover a) the implications for music in healing as a cultural phenomenon; and how art and music are a functional and a necessary part of the daily lives of Bapedi people. The study used a naturalistic approach and the methods of data collection were video recordings of cultural and religious rituals, social ceremonies and celebrations, interviews and observations. The results have shown that in the Bapedi culture, art and music play a pivotal role in many spheres of the Bapedi people’s lives. The results have also demonstrated that Bapedi people express their emotions through music, and use music for regulating their emotions.
The Moderating Role of Leadership in the Talent Management and Employee Retention of Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge
Authors: Hammadi Hasan Abdulla Al , Noor Mohd Asri Bin Mohd , Rosdi Siti Asma’ binti Mohd
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this study to examine the moderating role of Leadership on the relationship between Talent Management (TM) and Employee Retention (ER) in Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi. This research is deductive approach and quantitative methods. This quantitative study used 57 items structured questionnaires which were distributed to 354 teachers in Abu Dhabi schools using strata random sampling techniques. A total of 354 usable surveys were collected from 256 schools in Abu Dhabi. And analysis using (Smart-PLS-SEM 3.2.6) path modelling. The findings of this study positive relationship between (P-value 0.002) career development and employee retention, (P-value 0.026) competency mapping and employee retention, (P-value 0.007) employee engagement and employee retention, (P-value 0.015) performance management and employee retention. Furthermore, regarding the moderation effect of leadership between the variables, the bootstrapping procedure by using Smart-PLS was used and the findings revealed that, out of four hypotheses, two hypotheses were found the significant moderation effect between employee engagement and employee retention (β=0.213, t=2.445, p-0.015), performance management and employee retention (β= -0.242, t=3.178, p-0.002). While, the moderation effect of leadership with career development (p=0.408) and competency mapping (p=0.792) was found insignificant. Therefore, it can be concluded that the leadership moderating thus impeding the contribution of talent management towards employee retention. The result implied that the Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi should adopt talent management to enhance their employee retention in future. Recommendations for further research were discussed at the end of the thesis.
Challenges in Decoding Consumer Behavior with Data Science
Authors: Chkoniya Valentina
Published: October 2021

Decoding the ever-evolving consumer behavior is one of the biggest challenges faced by marketers around the world. The future of consumer behavior research is put into question by the advances in data science. Today, when consumers are all the time exposed to new technologies, trends such as facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and voice technology did not advance as rapidly as predicted, marketing intelligence gained a significant share of the spotlight. This paper gives an overview of possible ways to anticipate consumer data intelligence development from the perspectives of a robust data set and deep artificial intelligence expertise for better understanding, modeling, and predicting consumer behavior. Showing that marketing cannot happen in isolation in the era of digital overexposure, it requires a deeper understanding of consumer behavior. Data scientists, analysts, and marketers around the world have to work together to increase consumer loyalty, grow revenue, and improve the predictiveness of their models and effectiveness of their marketing spend. Efficiently integrating consumer behavior data into marketing strategies can help companies improve their approach towards attracting and winning the diverse and dynamic consumer segments and retaining them. This synthesis of current research will be helpful to both researchers and practitioners that work on the use of data science to understand and predict consumer behavior, as well as those making long-range planning marketing decisions.
Communication as the Center of Teaching/Learning Process of Foreign Languages (the Case of French Language)
Authors: Myslihaka Leonarda
Published: October 2021

Knowing at least one foreign language has become almost a necessity. However, in learning a foreign language, communication definitely plays a crucial role. Moreover, without communication there is no interaction, language teaching or learning. Communication is considered as very important and more and more is used as a useful tool to organize a pupil – centered lesson. In this article is treated the need to strengthen and highlight the communicative aspects in teaching foreign language, in our case French language, for a better learning of the language. The objective of learning a foreign language is to develop at pupils the communicative competences in this language. More and more we are going towards a method where communication is the one that realizes successfully the process of teaching and learning. The hypothesis that is set in the article is: Is communication the core element in teaching and learning a foreign language? Other research questions and cases that will be treated are: Communication methods of the foreign languages. What communicative skills are required to develop at pupils/students who learn a foreign language and the strategies of their lessons?; Linguistic competences and their communication role; Communication and the importance of interaction; Oral communication in teaching / learning French language, in the French and Italian language department, in “Aleksandër Xhuvani” university, Elbasan.