bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A novel technique for implementing hybrid optimization technique for PV thermal images to categorize and localize the faults
Authors: Raorane Ashwini , Magare Dhiraj , Mistry Yogita
Published: February 2024

In order to identify and locate flaws in solar thermal images, this research suggests using an optimization-tuned CNN classifier. The input thermal images are initially pre-processed to remove the noise present in them. After pre-processing, features like LBP, LDP, and LOOP are extracted. The collected features are then combined to produce a feature vector, which is the input to the proposed CNN classifier. Single hotspots, multiple hotspots, and string hotspots are the three types of faults that are supposed to be classified. After the classification process, the defects are located using the VGG-16 model. The weights of the CNN and VGG-16 models are modified using the proposed AqWH algorithm, which includes the distinctive characteristics of the wild horse and the Aquila search agents, to enhance classification and localization accuracy. The suggested possesses accuracy levels of 90% for classification and 96.11% for localization tasks, showing its superiority over conventional methods.
Pericyte Control of Gene Expression in the Blood-Brain Barrier Endothelium: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Nelson Doug , Thompson Kevin J. , Wang Lushan , Wang Zengtao , Eberts Paulina , Azarin Samira M. , Kalari Krishna R. , Kandimalla Karunya K.
Published: February 2024

Background: A strong body of evidence suggests that cerebrovascular pathologies augment the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). One distinctive aspect of this cerebrovascular dysfunction is the degeneration of brain pericytes—often overlooked supporting cells of blood-brain barrier endothelium. Objective: The current study investigates the influence of pericytes on gene and protein expressions in the blood-brain barrier endothelium, which is expected to facilitate the identification of pathophysiological pathways that are triggered by pericyte loss and lead to blood-brain barrier dysfunction in AD. Methods: Bioinformatics analysis was conducted on the RNA-Seq expression counts matrix (GSE144474), which compared solo-cultured human blood-brain barrier endothelial cells against endothelial cells co-cultured with human brain pericytes in a non-contact model. We constructed a similar cell culture model to verify protein expression using western blots. Results: The insulin resistance and ferroptosis pathways were found to be enriched. Western blots of the insulin receptor and heme oxygenase expressions were consistent with those observed in RNA-Seq data. Additionally, we observed more than 5-fold upregulation of several genes associated with neuroprotection, including insulin-like growth factor 2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Conclusions: Results suggest that pericyte influence on blood-brain barrier endothelial gene expression confers protection from insulin resistance, iron accumulation, oxidative stress, and amyloid deposition. Since these are conditions associated with AD pathophysiology, they imply mechanisms by which pericyte degeneration could contribute to disease progression.
Alpha-, Beta-, and Gamma-Secretase, Amyloid Precursor Protein, and Tau Protein Genes in the Hippocampal CA3 Subfield in an Ischemic Model of Alzheimer’s Disease with Survival up to 2 Years
Authors: Czuczwar Stanisław J. , Kocki Janusz , Miziak Barbara , Bogucki Jacek , Bogucka-Kocka Anna , Pluta Ryszard
Published: February 2024

Background: Understanding the phenomena underlying the non-selective susceptibility to ischemia of pyramidal neurons in the CA3 is important from the point of view of elucidating the mechanisms of memory loss and the development of dementia. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate changes in genes expression of amyloid precursor protein, its cleaving enzymes and tau protein in CA3 post-ischemia with survival of 12–24 months. Methods: We used an ischemic model of Alzheimer’s disease to study the above genes using an RT-PCR protocol. Results: The expression of the amyloid precursor protein gene was above the control values at all times post-ischemia. The expression of the α-secretase gene also exceeded the control values post-ischemia. The expression of the β-secretase gene increased 12 and 24 months post-ischemia, and 18 months was below control values. Presenilin 1 and 2 genes expression was significantly elevated at all times post-ischemia. Also, tau protein gene expression was significantly elevated throughout the observation period, and peak gene expression was present 12 months post-ischemia. Conclusions: The study suggests that the genes studied are involved in the non-amyloidogenic processing of amyloid precursor protein. Additionally data indicate that brain ischemia with long-term survival causes damage and death of pyramidal neurons in the CA3 area of the hippocampus in a modified tau protein-dependent manner. Thus defining a new and important mechanism of pyramidal neuronal death in the CA3 area post-ischemia. In addition expression of tau protein gene modification after brain ischemia is useful in identifying ischemic mechanisms occurring in Alzheimer’s disease.
RETRACTED: Selection of appropriate location of turbines using score function in transversals of an intuitionistic fuzzy soft hypergraphs
Authors: Myithili K.K. , Beulah R.D.
Published: February 2024

This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433.
An optimal cooperative relay selection strategy for delay aware image transmission in large scale multi-radio multi-channel multimedia wireless sensor network
Authors: Devulapalli Praveen Kumar , Boppidi Srikanth , Sake Pothalaiah , Matta Jagadeesh Chandra Prasad , Gopal Dhanalakshmi , Maganti Sushanth Babu
Published: February 2024

High bit-error rates and high transmission rates are required for the Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSN) to transmit high-quality pictures through smart devices. To fully utilize the advantages of the technology known as Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MWSN heavily relies on cooperative communication. Large-scale wireless networks use multi-radio-multi-channel to improve performance by simultaneous broadcasts across symmetrical channels to reduce interference. Expanding cooperative communication in vast networks is subject to severe interference. And, as each node in the network is mobile, routing and transmission delay pose significant problems for cooperative multimedia wireless sensor networks. Mobility increases the MWSNs’ dynamic nature, which reflects in the overhead control traffic. To address above issues, a Cluster-based Delay Aware Cooperative Relay Selection (CDACRS) was proposed by employing mobility and distance metrics and channel assignment (CA) using dynamic Global Table (GT). To minimize the end-to-end transmission latency without compromising aggregate throughput, our approach chooses a relay-node depending on the mobility and the maximum available channel capacity. Further, to improve the end-to-end energy consumption, Power Aware Transmission (PAT) protocol is developed by calculating maximum transmission power required to meet target bit error rate (BER). The proposed method’s performance is evaluated against the Cluster-based Cooperative Multi-Hop Optimal Relay Selection (CCORS); energy efficient and quality aware multi-hop cooperative image transmission; and Energy Aware Cooperative Image Transmission (EACIT) algorithms and observed that our approach improves the transmission delay by 37.5% (approx.) and end-to-end energy consumption by 48.8%.
Boltzmann stacked classification data mining model for the student performance improvement in academic performance
Authors: Sugin Lal G. , Porkodi R.
Published: February 2024

The term “educational data mining” refers to a field of study where information from academic environments is predicted using data mining, machine learning, and statistics. Education is the act of giving or receiving knowledge to or from someone who is formally studying and developing a natural talent. Over time, scholars have used data mining techniques to uncover hidden information in educational statistics and other external elements. This study suggests a unique method for analysing academic student performance that is based on data mining and machine learning. Here, the input is gathered as a dataset of student academic performance and is processed for normalisation and noise reduction. Then, using the Boltzmann deep learning model coupled with linear kernel principal component analysis, this data’s characteristics were retrieved and chosen. Based on weights, information gain, and the Gini index, the characteristics are assessed and optimised. Following the selection of the pertinent data, conditional random field-based probabilistic clustering model is performed using RNN-based training, and the academic performance of the students is then examined using voting classifiers and sparse features. Experimental results are carried out for students academic performance dataset based on subjects in terms of training accuracy, validation accuracy, mean average precision, mean square error and correlation evaluation. Proposed technique attained accuracy of 96%, precision of 95%, Correlation Evaluation of 92% .
MASSIFICATION AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING LARGE CLASSES AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Authors: Nyagope Taurayi Stephen
Published: February 2024

The paper engages with the phenomenon of large classes in higher education institutions in South Africa and its challenges to the quality of teaching learning. Most public higher education institutions in South Africa, in response to historical conditions, have enrolled students more than their capacity, resulting in massification and negative consequences on educational quality. There has been a plethora of literature on the teaching of large classes, however, few studies offer a comprehensive engagement on the challenges presented by teaching larges and its impact on quality of education as well as innovative strategies that can be used to teach and different learning pedagogies that can be used. This essay identified the challenges of teaching large class in higher education institutions due to massification and large enrolments and their implications on sustaining and enhancing quality of teaching and learning. In addition, I suggested several strategies that can be used to overcome the challenges of teaching large classes as well as how to monitor and evaluate these strategies with the aim of improving quality of higher education in the era of massification. Accordingly, the human capital theory was adopted. Furthermore, a qualitative research approach was applied in this study and a systematic literature review was used to collect and review information according to the guiding principles of the hermeneutic framework. The essay contributes to literature with the strategies to enhance quality of teaching and learning, student engagements and teaching approaches aimed at reaching all students in large classes.
INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE APPROACH IN KINDERGARTEN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Authors: Olubola Adeyele Victoria
Published: February 2024

Inquiry-based learning is a pedagogical approach that empowers learners to actively construct knowledge by engaging in problem-solving, critical thinking, questioning, and hands-on experiences. The inquiry-based approach in science emphasizes learners' active role in creating their understanding of the natural world. This review critically examines the application and impact of inquiry-based science approaches in kindergarten education. Through a thorough analysis of 16 research articles, the study shed light on different aspects of inquiry-based learning, including subject areas, participants, methodologies, types of inquiry-based approaches, theoretical frameworks, and impacts on learning outcomes. Findings show a predominant focus on early years’ science, with kindergarten children being the primary participants. The use of qualitative research methods shows a trend toward a comprehensive understanding of the issue. The study underscore the significance of using inquiry-based learning approach in kindergarten education and offers helpful information for teachers, decision-makers, and researchers. It also emphasizes the need for further empirical studies, particularly those addressing instructional models, challenges faced in the classroom to execute inquiry-based learning, and longitudinal studies to evaluate the long-term impacts of inquiry-based science education on kindergarten children performance.
Enabling Factors of Deepening the Visegrád 4 Defence Cooperation
Authors: Csiki Varga Tamás
Published: February 2024

The Visegrád countries occasionally step up as a “political block” through highly visible political declarations and began to practically expand their cooperation to include defence after 2011. This has often been considered a breakthrough achievement, but the long-term strategic prospects, the “depth” of this new formation of sub-regional defence cooperation is scarcely analysed. Based on European lessons learnt, this study offers a novel qualitative analysis focusing on the V4, measuring their cooperation in the light of enabling conditions of successful defence cooperation in the period 1999–2019. Reflecting on significant shortcomings identified, the author argues that much remains to be done if the V4’s ambitious strategic plans on defence, outlined until 2032, are to be realised, particularly regarding political and technical conditions.
СУЧАСНІ ВИМОГИ ДО ЯКОСТІ КАДРОВОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ОРГАНІВ ПУБЛІЧНОЇ ВЛАДИ
Authors: Красников Євген Володимирович
Published: February 2024

В сучасних умовах запорукою надання якісних публічних послуг є ефективне кадрове забезпечення органів публічної влади. Саме тому кадрове забезпечення органів публічної влади в Україні має здійснюватися шляхом забезпечення їх висококваліфікованими та компетентними кадрами. Система кадрового забезпечення органів публічної влади в Україні не є ефективною і потребує змін. З іншого боку, кадрове забезпечення органів публічної влади потрапляє під постійні зміни, яких вимагає сучасний суспільний глобалізований світ. До головних чинників, які вливають на якість кадрового забезпечення органів публічної влади в Україні слід віднести високий рівень забюрократизованості та корупції, а також низький престиж служби в органах публічної влади, пов’язаний із низьким рівнем соціального захисту працівників і недосконалістю системи оплати праці. У статті проведений аналіз професійного рівня співробітників органів публічної влади Північно-Східного регіону України, їх здатність ефективно виконувати поставлені перед ними завдання, а також надавати якісні публічні послуги. Автором показано основні чинники, які протягом останніх років враховувалися при запрошенні людей на роботу до місцевих органів влади, шляхи формування кадрового резерву, основні мотиви, що зумовлюють бажання людей працювати в органах публічної влади, можливість до підвищення кваліфікації та кар’єрного зростання, а також наявність механізмів перевірки ефективності діяльності окремих працівників організації. Автором на прикладі високоефективних організацій доведено важливість відповідного рівня компетентності окремих працівників, їх здатності ефективно виконувати свої посадові обов’язки для функціонування органів влади та якісного надання публічних послуг. За результатами дослідження запропоновано напрямки для ефективного функціонування місцевих органів влади та подальших наукових досліджень.
Notas sobre la política de niños, niñas y estudiantes extranjeros en Chile (MINEDUC, 2024)
Authors: Mora Olate María Loreto
Published: February 2024

Este editorial examina la evolución y el impacto de las políticas educativas para niños y estudiantes extranjeros en Chile, destacando el contraste entre la Política Nacional de Estudiantes Extranjeros 2018-2022 y las actualizaciones de 2024. Inicialmente, se critica la política de 2018 por su insuficiencia práctica en el ámbito pedagógico y su limitada acción concreta hacia la educación intercultural. La política de 2024, en cambio, se presenta como una mejora significativa, ampliando el enfoque hacia una educación inclusiva que abarca desde la educación parvularia hasta la superior. Se subraya la importancia de una estrategia articulada que involucre coordinación interministerial y un compromiso más robusto con la inclusión y la interculturalidad, a través de prácticas pedagógicas y currículos pertinentes. La nueva política marca un avance hacia el reconocimiento y la integración efectiva de la diversidad cultural en el sistema educativo chileno e identifica áreas de mejora continua, como la necesidad de fortalecer la formación docente en enfoques educativos interculturales.
Imigração em tempos da Covid-19: a vida em uma ocupação na região metropolitana de Curitiba
Authors: Machado Juliana de Toledo , Chery Pierre Narcisse
Published: February 2024

A pandemia da COVID-19 se configurou como um evento abrupto e traumático que recaiu sobre toda a sociedade global e, dessa forma, modificou hábitos e costumes de maneira inesperada, o que fez com que os indivíduos fossem forçados a se adaptar aos múltiplos cenários que sofreram mutação. Diante dessa realidade, coloca-se a questão que indaga de que maneira a pandemia da COVID-19 alterou as dinâmicas individuais dentro do espaço urbano, com o objetivo de entender a dimensão e os impactos do fenômeno pandêmico para imigrantes. Para tanto, o presente artigo estuda os processos e mudanças de vida experienciados neste período por imigrantes haitianos e venezuelanos que residem em uma ocupação na Região Metropolitana de Curitiba. Para a coleta dos dados, foram feitas entrevistas semiestruturadas. Verificou-se que as dificuldades já existentes, bem como a demanda por componentes urbanos que garantem o direito à cidade, foram intensificados durante o momento pandêmico e que as realidades econômicas e sociais demonstradas em escala global foram amplamente reproduzidas dentro do microcosmo da ocupação, uma vez que seus moradores experienciaram os medos, o desemprego, a precariedade da mobilidade urbana, a dificuldade de acesso às aulas. Conclui-se que, apesar de o cenário e o estudo das dimensões abordadas nas entrevistas merecerem cada um os devidos aprofundamentos, uma vez que apresentam uma amostra local de um fenômeno global que precisa ser mais bem conhecido, as respostas fornecidas pelos entrevistados demonstraram que a pandemia da COVID-19 alterou as dinâmicas de suas vidas de forma flagrante.
АНАЛІЗ СТАНУ ФІНАНСОВО-ГОСПОДАРСЬКОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА ФАРМАЦЕВТИЧНОЇ ГАЛУЗІ
Authors: Колісник О.П. , Мазурок О.Р.
Published: February 2024

В статті розглянуто методику здійснення аналізу стану фінансово-господарської діяльності підприємства фармацевтичної галузі. Метою статті є визначення підходів та здійснення аналізу стану фінансово-господарської діяльності підприємства фармацевтичної галузі на прикладі Приватного акціонерного товариства «Київмедпрепарат». Для досягнення мети у статті проведено аналіз основних фінансових показників діяльності підприємства фармацевтичної галузі, визначено фінансову стійкість підприємства, проведено розрахунки та визначено запас фінансової стійкості, при якому не буде ні прибутку ні збитку. Проведено оцінку фінансової стійкості підприємства за абсолютними показниками. За допомогою даних фінансової звітності фармацевтичного підприємства розраховано відносні показники оцінки капіталу, поточних активів, результативності діяльності та ринкової стійкості. Аналіз показників підтвердив, що підприємство функціонує у нормальному режимі.
РОЛЬ ТА ЗНАЧЕННЯ МИТНОГО КОНТРОЛЮ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТУ ПРОТИДІЇ ТІНЬОВІЙ ЕКОНОМІЦІ
Authors: Рябчук О.Г. , Салямон-Міхєєва К.Д.
Published: February 2024

Стаття присвячена обґрунтуванню вирішальної ролі та значення митного контролю у боротьбі з тіньовою економікою та підтримці фінансового добробуту держави. Встановлено, що зростання рівня тіньової економіки свідчить про недостатню ефективність та результативність митного контролю, що пов’язано з низкою проблем української митниці, таких як корупція, тривалість митних процедур, підробка документів, значні транспортні та часові витрати на оформлення товарів у суміжних службах, залежність митної служби від політичного впливу, непрозорість у призначенні посадових осіб митних органів, недостатня кваліфікація митників. Для вирішення зазначених проблем та підвищення ефективності механізмів митного контролю запропоновано уніфікувати митний тариф, інтегрувати митну систему з системами інших державних органів, підприємств та установ, здійснити комплексну діджиталізацію, автоматизацію прийняття рішень, розвивати людські ресурси.
ОЦІНКА БЮДЖЕТНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ УКРАЇНИ ТА ЗАХОДИ БЮДЖЕТНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ ЩОДО ЇЇ ЗМІЦНЕННЯ
Authors: Скорик М.О. , Харченко І.О.
Published: February 2024

У статті представлено концептуальні засади та функціональні напрями методики оцінки рівня бюджетної безпеки України. Автором визначено місце бюджетної безпеки як складової фінансової та економічної безпеки держави. Попри наявність найбільшого вагового коефіцієнту у складі фінансової безпеки, бюджетній безпеці відведено найменшу кількість індикаторів для розрахунку. Встановлено, що за функціональною спрямованістю чинна методика оцінювання бюджетної безпеки орієнтована на управління дефіцитом/профіцитом бюджету, діяльність бюджетних та позабюджетних фондів сектору загальнодержавного управління, обслуговування і погашення державного боргу. Внаслідок цього розрахунок законодавчо встановленого інтегрального показника бюджетної безпеки є не завжди доцільним із-за його неповноти охоплення можливих факторів впливу. Запропоновано напрямки зміцнення бюджетної безпеки України засобами бюджетної політики.
MODERN THREATS TO THE FINANCIAL SECURITY OF THE ENTERPRISE
Authors: Butkevych Taras
Published: February 2024

Introduction. In recent years, the need to secure financial stability has become increasingly critical, spanning from the broader macroeconomic scale down to businesses and individual households. This concern remains a major and highly relevant issue, especially in the context of Ukraine's currently unstable economic climate.Purpose. The article aims at identifying the main threats to the financial security of enterprises and developing recommendations for their elimination. Methods. The article uses the methods of analysis and synthesis to determine the main parameters of external and internal threats to the financial security of enterprises, and abstract methods to make theoretical generalizations and conclusions of the study. Results. The article summarizes a research study on the primary threats to a business's financial security. It delves into the various components and structural elements that constitute an enterprise's financial security. The study also outlines strategies to mitigate these threats, focusing on the integration of key subsystems that collectively form a comprehensive approach to managing financial security. This integrated system encompasses strategic management of financial security, financial analysis and control, optimization of financial processes, investment policy, and the management of liquidity and risks. Conclusion. Analyzing and categorizing threats to financial security based on their functional components offers a pathway to develop targeted strategies that enhance both the specific components and the overall financial security of an enterprise. It's crucial to recognize that the array of threats can differ greatly between different enterprises. To safeguard a company's financial security in today's economic climate, it's essential to classify these threats based on various factors: their origin, area of impact, likelihood of occurrence, duration of effect, and severity. This detailed identification is a critical step in making informed decisions to mitigate the adverse effects on the financial health and ongoing economic stability of the business.
MODERN APPROACHES TO THE DEFINITION OF "FINANCIAL SECURITY ENTERPRISES"
Authors: Karbivskiy Viktor
Published: February 2024

The high turbulence of the external and internal environment, as well as the existing threats and risks that have an impact on the stability of the functioning of enterprises, together with the emergence of new factors, encourage enterprises to search for more effective tools and mechanisms to increase the level of their own financial security. The purpose of the article is the analysis of existing approaches to the definition of "financial security" and the study of the main tasks facing the company's financial security system. Methods. Abstract methods are used in the article - for the sake of theoretical generalizations and research conclusions, as well as analysis and synthesis - during the systematization of scientific approaches and the identification of the essential characteristics of the financial security of the enterprise. Results. The article analyzes and structures theoretical approaches related to the category "financial security of the enterprise". The main aspects of the theoretical study of the financial security of the enterprise and their essential features are considered. His own vision regarding the definition of "financial security" is proposed, under which the author understands a system of measures and tools aimed at ensuring the financial interests of the enterprise and the growth of its market value, timely identification and leveling of risks to protect against potential threats. Scientific approaches to the definition of "financial security of the enterprise" that were reflected in the works of domestic scientists are systematized. As a result, the essential characteristics of this concept were identified, which included: reduced possibility of misuse of financial resources; a component of economic security of the enterprise; a state that ensures protection of financial interests from real and potential threats and characterizes financial balance, stability, solvency and liquidity; the ability to effectively and stably carry out its activities or to effectively use the enterprise's potential and resources; the enterprise's ability to independently develop and implement a financial strategy; a system of balanced development at the enterprise; risk management activities of the enterprise. Conclusion. The need and expediency of implementing a financial security system at the enterprise as an effective tool to ensure its stability and stable functioning is argued. The practical significance of the article lies in the use of theoretical generalizations and conclusions to build a structurally coherent understanding of the mechanism of financial security at the enterprise.
МЕТОДИЧНІ РЕКОМЕНДАЦІЇ ЩОДО ПРОВЕДЕННЯ ЛАБОРАТОРНОЇ РОБОТИ З ДИНАМІКИ ЗАСОБАМИ ХМАРО ОРІЄНТОВАНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ
Authors: ПАНКЕВИЧ Сергій
Published: February 2024

В статті пропонується ознайомитися з можливістю проведення дистанційної демонстраційної та лабораторної роботи з фізики на прикладі роботи з дослідження руху зв’язаних тіл. Ця концепція може бути реалізована з допомогою доступних інтернет-ресурсів з можливостями подальшої обробки отриманих результатів. Цей проєкт може бути успішно використаний педагогами будь-яких навчальних закладів і рівнів освіти для проведення лабораторних робіт здобувачами освіти школи, коледжу або іншого навчального закладу. Лабораторна робота, яка є однією з форм навчання і яка є однією з точних і надійних методів оцінювання практичних знань, умінь та навиків, може бути використана в умовах дистанційного навчання або карантину, як наприклад при карантині, який введено 2020 року для запобігання поширенню COVID-19. Наведено приклад виконання експерименту з використанням інтернет-симуляції. Розроблено до 20 варіантів значень для виконання лабораторної роботи з перевіреними даними, які можуть успішно замінити аналогічну або подібну лабораторну роботу в будь-якому закладі освіти, від школи і до вищого навчального закладу. Варіанти не повторюються і виключають можливість списування при проведенні експерименту і оформленні роботи. Наочність і зрозумілість інтернет-симуляції значно розширює розуміння експерименту і значення самої роботи в контексті вивчення руху зв’язаних тіл. Можливість коригувати дані в ході експерименту дозволяють здобувачу освіти робити висновки, які стосуються розуміння та застосування сил тертя в житті. Робота успішно апробована в Луцькому ліцеї № 23 і отримала схвальні відгуки здобувачів освіти. Результати проведеного педагогічного експерименту переконливо доводять, що використання хмарних технологій є потужним інструментом та ефективним засобом навчання учнів та студентів.
Notificações de Violência: análise da situação de saúde de uma cidade litorânea do Paraná
Authors: Gonçalves Eduarda Cristina Poletto , Kaiser Agnes Mendes , Kligerman Debora Cynamon , Cohen Simone Cynamon , Loss Margio Cezar
Published: February 2024

A violência é um problema de saúde pública e um agravo de notificação compulsória. Este artigo teve como objetivo analisar as notificações de violência em um município do Paraná. Trata-se de uma pesquisa retrospectiva descritiva, com série temporal entre os anos de 2016 e 2020. Utilizou-se a metodologia de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, e os dados epidemiológicos foram coletados do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde. Os resultados demonstraram que a principal fonte notificadora é a urgência e emergência. O diagnóstico da situação de saúde no município apresentou-se crítico, pois, ao analisar os dados epidemiológicos, constatou-se que o território tem uma incidência de casos de violência acima da média nacional e estadual. Assim, o fortalecimento do combate às violências deve ser incluído na agenda de saúde local. Sugere-se a implantação do Núcleo de Prevenção da Violência e Promoção da Saúde no território, para ações conjuntas que vão além do setor de saúde.
Analysis of backyard agriculture and livestock production activities in the South Huasteca Region in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Authors: Gutiérrez-Fidencio Celia , Ramirez-Bribiesca Efren , García-Sánchez Roberto C. , López-Reyna Ma del Carmen , Cruz-Monterrosa Rosy G.
Published: February 2024

Objective: To carry out a diagnosis and assess the importance of backyard agriculture and livestock production in rural communities of the XV District in the South Huasteca Region of the State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on the social, economic and nutritional context of the population.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The study was carried out with two blocks of surveys, the first with the local government and the second with peasants, evaluating the socioeconomic status, importance of livestock and agriculture, nutritional status and culture. The method was deductive and descriptive; the information was with multivariate analysis of principal components.
Results: Government support does not reduce poverty. Families feel secure with their material goods. The nutritional status of the population is lacking. Raising chickens, turkeys and Creole pigs prioritizes livestock activity. Self-consumption and the commercialization of plant species is a traditional activity. There is a culinary culture.
Limitations on study/Implications: The restriction of information by the municipal government; the pandemic problems to generate more information from the surveys.
Conclusions: It is necessary to create efficient programs that improve agricultural and livestock production in the region, with the purpose of improving the nutritional status of the population and generating economic resources to reduce poverty.
Typology of sheep farmers benefited by the Program for the Improvement of indigenous Production and Productivity
Authors: Pérez Ponciano , Pérez Bautista Jo´se de Jesús , Candelaria Martínez Bernardino , López Ortiz Silvia , Chiquini  Medina Ricardo Antonio
Published: February 2024

Objective: To identify the typology and describe the sheep farmers benefited by the Programa para el Mejoramiento de la Producción y Productividad Indígena (PROIN: Program for the Improvement of Indigenous Production and Productivity) of the Instituto Nacional de Pueblos Indígenas (INPI: National Institute for Indigenous Peoples), in Campeche.
Design/Methodology/Approach: One-hundred ninety-nine sheep farmers registered as beneficiaries in the Program were interviewed. They belonged to 27 sheep farms (SF), located in seven municipalities. A questionnaire including socioeconomic and technical questions and 15 quantitative and qualitative variables was conducted. Variables were correlated and a principal components analysis was carried out to define types of farms. The variables that explained the highest variability in the data set were number of sheep, number of sheep sold per year, annual income from sheep sales, productive purpose of the sheep farming, and feeding system. These variables were then used to perform a cluster analysis in order to identify and cluster the sheep farms.
Results: Three groups of farmers were identified: Conventional (C, 74%) with 70 sheep and annual sales for $10,109.00; Transitional (T, 15%) with 169 sheep and annual sales for $36,680.00; and those in business (B, 11%) with 142 sheep and annual sales for $48,443.00. All the producers (100%) carry out extensive grazing. The breeds used by C and T are Pelibuey × Black Belly (78%), while B uses Pelibuey × Kathadin (21.7%).
Study Limitations/Implications: Implemented support strategies must differentiate according to the type of farm.
Findings/Conclusions: Three types of sheep farmers were identified: Conventional, Transitional, and Enterprise. Farmer types were differentiated by the number of sheep, sales, income, sheep production system, and feeding system they use.
The Implications of COVID-19 for Children and Youth: Global Perspectives
Authors: Charles Grant , Gharabaghi Kiaras , Hyder Shadan , Quinn Ashley
Published: February 2024

This book captures a unique moment in time, relatively early into the COVID-19 pandemic, when the implications and consequences of the pandemic remained unclear and largely unpredictable. The contributors to this volume contemplate the impact of the pandemic on our relationships with children and youth, child and youth serving systems, and broader issues in society that directly relate to childhood and youth. The essays collected in this volume cover a variety of perspectives that range from systemic racism in child-serving institutions to the politics of childhood during a pandemic, and the psychological and even neurological impacts of lockdowns, public restrictions and social isolation. Beyond capturing the moment in time, the contributors also focused on the long-term; they contemplated how the evolving situation might affect the way we think about child and youth services and our relationships to children, their families and their communities. From the very theoretical to the concrete and the practical, this volume provides current thinking and practice in relation to pandemic-impacted residential care settings, education and schools, hospital settings, communities, practitioners, and more. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Child & Youth Services.
Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic and evaporative water loss data
Authors: Wu Nicholas , Alton Lesley , Bovo Rafael , Carey Nicholas , Currie Shannon , Lighton John , McKechnie Andrew , Pottier Patrice , Rossi Giulia , White Craig , Levesque Danielle
Published: February 2024

Respirometry is an important procedure for understanding whole-animal energy and water balance. Consequently, the growing number of studies using respirometry over the last decade warrants reliable reporting and data sharing for effective research synthesis and dissemination. We provide a checklist guideline on five key areas to facilitate the transparency and reproducibly of respirometry studies: 1) materials, set up, plumbing, 2) subject conditions/maintenance, 3) measurement conditions, 4) data processing, and 5) data reporting and statistics, each with explanations and example studies. Transparency in reporting and data availability has benefits on multiple fronts. Authors can use this checklist in the designing and reporting their study, and reviewers and editors can use the checklist to assess reporting quality in the manuscripts they review. Improved standards for reporting will enhance the value of primary studies and will greatly facilitate the ability to carry out higher quality research syntheses to address ecological and evolutionary theories, and provide reliable evidence-based information for political actions in the face of global change.
Kísérlet a már egyszer népszavazással elutasított egészségügyi és egészségbiztosítási magánosítás újbóli bevezetésére az ezzel szemben álló szociális töltésű alternatíva tükrében
Authors: Prugberger Tamás
Published: February 2024

A tanulmány kritikai éllel elemzi a hazai neoliberális irányzat liberálissá és fizetésessé tenni akaró egészségügyi reformtervét, amely a 2022. évi tavaszi parlamenti tavaszi választások előtt fogalmazódott meg ellenzéki kampánytémaként és amely azóta is az ellenzék árnyékkormányának megvalósítandó programjaként szerepel. Ezzel összefüggésben kimutatja a szerző, hogy ez az egészségügyi és egészségbiztosítási koncepció több mint a 2007. és a 2008. évi akkori kormány által a magyar társadalomra bevezetni tervezett egészségügyi és egészségbiztosítási reformkoncepció, mert ebben már nyoma sincs a szociális szempontoknak. A szerző kimutatja a koncepció összes ellentmondását és hogy kivitelezése drasztikus élettartam-csökkenéshez vezetne, ami a gazdaságot is teljese tönkre tenné. A szerző állást foglal a szociális piacgazdaság időszakában kialakult egészségügyi és egészségbiztosítási rendszer mellett, amit részben a magyar állam is követ, de amit ennek alapján teljessé kellene tenni.
Strategy for Managing the Transparency of Enterprise Development in the Context of Convergence of Investment Processes
Authors:   Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academ, Zaitseva Anna S.
Published: February 2024

It is determined that the instability of the economic and financial environment, fierce competition, increasing consumer requirements for the products (goods and services) of industrial enterprises, reduction of the life cycle of goods to a dominant degree burden the process of strategic management of transparency of enterprise development in the context of convergence of investment processes, and development prospects are becoming less and less predictable. Decision-making by industrial enterprises on the implementation of the strategy for managing the transparency of enterprise development in the context of convergence of investment processes is a complex problem faced by the main management system. This is due to the preservation of outdated principles and methods of strategic management in the modern business environment, the caution of management agencies and/or the inability to accept new forms of strategic management (the human factor), etc. Resolution of these and other contradictions is possible only under the condition of a properly formed effective strategy for managing the transparency of enterprise development in the context of convergence of investment processes. When building a management strategy, a system of fuzzy derivation is used, consisting of several stages, the implementation of which is carried out using its main provisions. The input data for the strategy of managing the transparency of enterprise development in the context of convergence of investment processes are the input variables, which are measured in a certain way. These variables correspond to the real variables of the strategic management process. The information generated at the output of the system corresponds to the initial coherence, which is the leading variable of the control process. Systems of covariance functions in the formation of a strategy for managing the transparency of enterprise development in the context of convergence of investment processes are designed to convert the values of the input variables of the control process into the output co-spectral variables using phase generation with the variant identification of the parameters of the digital technology of blitz-scaling in the construction of strategic architectonics to achieve transparency in the development of industrial enterprises.
Development of Staff of Innovative Enterprises in the Context of Digitalization
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Mazhnyk Lidiia O. , Lytovchenko Iryna V. ,   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Shevchenko Stanislav О. ,   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
Published: February 2024

The aim of the article is to study the aspects of staff development of innovative enterprises in the context of digitalization. The analysis and generalization, together with the systematization of current trends and scientific works taking place in the digital economy, made it possible to consider the global features of digitalization of the economy and the specifics of domestic trends in the context of a hybrid war and to identify important components of the staff development system that can have a significant impact on the development of staff of innovative enterprises. As a result of the study, new directions of staff development of innovative enterprises have been allocated, which can be used in practice by a proactive worker of an innovative enterprise, as well as employees of the staff management system of enterprises, scientists and other interested persons. The vectors for the development of staff of innovative enterprises in the context of expanding the capabilities of artificial intelligence and the spread of technologies, as well as in accordance with the known conceptions of the world, are determined. It is substantiated that the development of staff of an innovative enterprise will allow more active dissemination of technologies, contribute to their improvement in the process of use, provide advantages to enterprises that will be the first to apply them in practice in a new competitive field of goods and services. Further improvement and deepening of knowledge on the development of staff of innovative enterprises can contribute to the formation and improvement of its competitive advantages, as well as lead to the creation of a new categorical norm for the characteristics of staff of enterprises and organizations in the digital economy. Directions for further research on this topic are quantitative analysis of components and indices of digital development by categories: knowledge, technology and readiness for the future, also allocation of significant factors influencing the qualitative indicators of the results of the staff of innovative enterprises of Ukraine on the basis of building a model of interconnection of the key components of the staff development system of an innovative enterprise and the results of its activities.
Genesis of the Concept and Process of Strategizing at Enterprises
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Iastremska Olesia A.
Published: February 2024

The aim of the article is to summarize theoretical proposals on the definition of the concept of strategizing, to study its genesis and the need to use it in the complex modern conditions of life of enterprises, to clarify the components and stages of the strategizing process and their features, to determine the purpose of strategizing in the conditions of the experience economy as the most progressive model of economic relations, which ensures the growth of added value and profit of enterprises. The object of the research is a complex socioeconomic phenomenon of strategizing and the process of its implementation; the subject is theoretical provisions, conceptions, methodology of enterprise strategizing and their application in the conditions of the experience economy. The following main methods were used in the research process: system approach, method of structural-logical analysis, theoretical generalization, scientific abstraction, concretization and comparative analysis, historical and logical analysis, process approach, theoretical generalization. The article presents the modern features of the internal environment and the external environment of enterprises, which determine the development of the concept of strategizing and the process of its implementation. The main stages of development of strategic management of enterprises with identification of strategizing have been proposed. In chronological order, the definition of the concept of strategizing and its stages and components from its origin to the present (2023) in the scientific works of foreign and domestic scholars is examined and systematized, taking into account the latest trends in changes in economic relations and the feasibility of using in the model of the experience economy. On the basis of generalization of the proposals of scholars and the existing economic realities, an understanding of the concept of strategizing enterprises as the main way of strategic thinking about the future of enterprise is proposed, the main components and stages of the process of its course include the definition of the mission, vision, goals of the enterprise’s life, analysis of factors of the internal and external environment in accordance with the set goals, determination of the strategic instruments (system of strategies) of the enterprise’s life, substantiation of criteria for the selection of strategies, which in the conditions of the experience economy are aimed at highlighting the attractiveness of the enterprise, the strength and value of its brand and the level of reputation, making decisions on the final composition of the set of strategies, forecasting the trajectories of the enterprise in accordance with the adopted strategies and taking into account possible scenarios of the course of events, the implementation of organizational and communication foresightings, the implementation of adopted strategies in accordance with the approved strategic plan of the enterprise.