bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The cicada Tautoneura polymitusa (Oh & Jung, 2016) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) – new adventive species for the fauna of the Republic of Moldova
Authors:   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Gargalik Svetlana
Published: December 2022

The leafhopper Tautoneura polymitusa (Oh & Jung, 2016) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), which has been described very recently in South Korea, is reported as a new adventive species for the fauna of the Republic of Moldova. This species had already been detected in Europe in 2010-2012 in northern Italy, Spain, western Slovenia and Hungary, and in 2019 it was also observed on the territory of Ukraine and Russia. T. polymitusa has a limited distribution in the Republic of Moldova and was collected on the light traps in the north of the country.
Evolution of the common pochard (Aythya ferina, Linnaeus, 1758) population in the aquatic ecosystems of the Dniester-Prut interfluve over the last 60 years
Authors:   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Munteanu Andrei , Savin Anatolie ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Zubcov Nicolai ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Paladi Viorica ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2022

The ecological and behavioral peculiarities of the common pochard, a diving species, with specific preferences for the aquatic habitat, are described in the article. It was noticed that only fish ponds, provided with combined food for fish, create optimal conditions for the reproduction and development of the offspring of the species. In fish habitats, where the ducks are provided with food and the energy effort is directed to reproduction, some clutches number up to 11-12 eggs and the offspring constitute an average of 7 ducklings per female. At the age of 4-5 weeks, an average of 5.3 ducklings per female survive, compared to 4.2 ducklings per female in the Prut wet habitats. The presence of food somehow reduces the competition between individuals and allows the colonization of small and shallow waters.
Bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Saharna limestone mines, Republic of Moldova
Authors:   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Nistreanu Victoria , Caldari Vladislav ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Larion Alina ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova, Dibolscaia Natalia ,   Institute of Zoology, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2022

The study was conducted between 2013 and 2022 in Saharna limestone mines. 9 bat species from two families (Rhinolophidae and Vespertilionidae) were registered. The highest number of individuals was recorded at the end of September, as well as in the middle of hibernation period, and the lowest number was registered in April, after the end of hibernation period. The diversity of species was rather high, being registered 7-9 species in various periods. The structure of bat community was different depending on the season and year of study. Between 2013-2020 the dominant species was Eptesicus serotinus, while in 2021-2022 – Rhinolophus hipposideros. For the whole study period, the most numerous bats were E. serotinus and R. hipposideros that constituted more than 73% of bat community, followed by Myotis daubentonii with about 10% and M. blythii with 7%, other species registered a lower percent, including the critically endangered species Barbastella barbastellus (4%). The dynamics of endangered species Myotis dasycneme showed a negative trend. At the end of June 2022 for the first time, a maternity colony of about 200 pregnant R. hipposideros females was registered. All species recorded in Saharna mines are protected at national and European level. The abandoned stone mines from Saharna represent one of the most important roost for bat hibernation and reproduction.
Soil as a source of polyethylene degrading microorganisms
Authors:   Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Republic of Moldova, Corcimaru Serghei , Mereniuc Lilia ,   Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Republic of Moldova, Sitnic Feodora ,   Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2022

The presence of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) degrading microorganisms was found in the soils of the Republic of Moldova. Under standard soil conditions the LDPE biodegradation was relatively slow, implying the possibility of long-term negative environmental impacts from soil pollution by LDPE. It was observed that the biodegradation rates could be substantially improved by adding glucose into the soil (0,5%). LDPE biodegradation rates depended on the soil type and on the presence or absence of increased environmental stress for the soil microbial biomass. The highest biodegradation rate was observed in the case of a virgin forest soil sampled from the Orhei region: on day 41 after adding glucose into the soil with introduced LDPE the soil microbial biomass was 6.1% higher than in the control without LDPE, while the extent of LDPE degradation reached 2.3%.
IMPLEMENTASI DMAIC UNTUK MENYELESAIKAN MASALAH PENUMPUKAN KERETA PRODUK REJECT PADA PROSES CRUSHING DI PT XYZ
Authors: Kaswadi Agung , Aris Fransiskus , Arief Hidayat Dimas
Published: December 2022

Proses penanganan produk reject atau cacat hasil cetak injeksi plastik di PT XYZ merupakan bagian yang penting untuk menjaga siklus produksi di mesin cetak injeksi plastik berjalan lancar. Salah satu bagian tersebut adalah proses crushing produk menggunakan mesin crusher yang mempunyai daya 75 HP. Proses crusher diawali dengan produk not good (NG) yang masuk ke dalam good receipt (GR) atau not good (NG) yang didata dan dipilah oleh operator, kemudian disusun ke dalam antrian kereta NG dan selanjutnya akan diproses ke dalam mesin. Pada saat dalam antrian, waktu tunggu dari kereta terlalu lama yang menyebabkan penumpukan antrian karena tidak sesuai waktu proses crusher dengan waktu masuk produk NG. Pendekatan penyelesaian masalah tersebut untuk mendapatkan solusi menggunakan metode DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve dan Control). Dari hal tersebut, ditemukan bahwa penyebab proses crusher yang lama adalah tidak adanya alat angkut sehingga operator diharuskan naik turun tangga dan tidak adanya penyesuaian tempat pengambilan antrian kereta. Maka dari itu diperlukan suatu alat angkut yang dapat memasukkan produk NG ke dalam input mesin dan penyesuaian tempat pengambilan antrian kereta agar tidak terlalu jauh. Alat angkut yang akan digunakan ialah bucket conveyor yang dapat menampung produk-produk NG masuk ke dalam input mesin sejauh 3 meter. Alat angkut dituntut untuk dapat memasukkan produk NG ke dalam input mesin dimana mendapatkan 3 solusi awal yaitu penggunaan dari belt, belt & cleat, dan belt & bucket. Dengan adanya solusi tersebut dilakukan perbandingan dan mendapat solusi untuk penggunaan belt & bucket yang akan digerakkan oleh motor yang melalui gearbox reducer. Penambahan unit conveyor ini mampu memangkas waktu siklus proses crushing dari 1621,5 detik menjadi 832,5 detik.
ANALISIS FAKTOR PENYEBAB SISA MATERIAL PEKERJAAN STRUKTUR PADA PROYEK KONSTRUKSI
Authors: PUTRI CINTRI ANJANI RAHMADA
Published: December 2022

Penelitian ini membahas analisis faktor penyebab sisa material pekerjaan struktur pada proyek konstruksi menggunakan program SPSS. Sebelum melakukan analisis, dilakukan pengujian uji normalitas, validitas, dan hasil uji reliabilitas. Dari hasil uji normalitas didapatkan bahwa Sig. < 0,05 sehingga penelitian ini menggunakan statistika non parametrik yang metodenya adalah Rank Spearman dan Kendall. Pada uji validitas, didapatkan bahwa semua variabel yang ditinjau lebih besar daripada 0,316 dan pada uji reliabilitas, nilai Cronbach Alpha dari semua variabel lebih besar daripada 0,6. Hal ini menunjukkan variabel-variabel yang digunakan valid dan reliable. Kemudian, untuk korelasi penyebab dan persentase material digunakan Uji Korelasi Rank Spearman dan didapatkan bahwa metode pekerjaan kayu bekisting adalah cukup berpengaruh terhadap sisa material karena nilai korelasi sebesar 0,406. Selanjutnya untuk persentase pekerjaan bekisting, material sisa dengan persentase terbesar adalah paku senilai 41%, pekerjaan pembesian, sisa material kawat bendrat senilai 58%, dan pekerjaan pengecoran, sisa material pasir dan split adalah sebesar 27%. Adapun faktor utama dari sisa material konstruksi adalah sisa pemotongan yang tidak dapat digunakan kembali, perubahan desain, dan metode pelaksanaan konstruksi. Bentuk pencegahan yang dapat meminimalisir sisa material pekerjaan struktur adalah melakukan pengecekan berkala (monitoring) dan meningkatkan koordinasi antara personil pelaksana proyek.

Kata Kunci : sisa material, pekerjaan struktur, program SPSS, Kendall, Spearman
DESIGN OF WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS ON THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AT HEAVY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Authors: Suprapto Heru , Fauzi Iqbal Nur , Ardi Syahril , Putro Agus Ponco
Published: December 2022

Abstract - In this paper, the research development of the Autonomous Vehicle Prototype project has been carried out. The research was carried out on a golf cart (buggy) by designing wireless control and navigation systems. Designing a wireless control system on a golf cart aims to control the drive systems, steer systems, and brake systems. Furthermore, this system can be controlled electrically wirelessly through a Joystick Radio Controller, so that the golf cart can move forward, reverse, turn right and turn left. The navigation system aims to enable golf carts to track from point A to point B by using several sensors, including the GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor. GPS is used for tracking position on the golf cart, IMU (Inertia Measurement Unit) as a measure of the golf cart heading degree, LIDAR (Light Distance and Ranging) is used to detect distance and avoid obstacles, and Hall Effect Sensor as a speed sensor. The integration of the sensor and actuator systems is carried out using an Arduino Mega 2560 type microcontroller. Next, the movement from point A to point B is carried out autonomously. The final result of this research is that the GPS sensor can detect a track distance of 68.8 m with a minimum accuracy of 3 m and a resolution of 1 m. The IMU sensor can detect headings of 90o with 2o accuracy and 1o resolution. The LIDAR sensor can detect obstacles at a distance of 0 m – 4 m, and the Hall Effect sensor can detect the RPM of the car at a speed of 5 km/h. Golf cart control can be done wirelessly and automatically on the navigation system from point A to point B by avoiding obstacles.

Keywords: GPS, IMU, LIDAR, Wireless Control system, Navigation System, autonomous vehicle
Figures of Reality: Vision and Imagery in Niyi Osundare’s Poetry
Authors: Ndifon Etta Julius
Published: December 2022

The international stature and renown of Niyi Osundare as a poet is due in part to the fact that his restless creative impetus is engaged with the existential predicament of the common man, and partly also because of his reliance on imagery as a veritable artistic form for the definition and exploration of his themes. This paper examines Osundare’s poetic imagery from the standpoint of its imaginative and thematic values. It argues that Osundare’s imagery not only embodies the poet’s vision of his society, but is also central to his technique. The paper also examines the themes that have generally exercised Osundare’s image-making faculty, and how he uses imagery to amplify or illustrate those themes.
Patterns of Management of Malaria in Pregnancy among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Facilities at Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
Authors: J.O. Ogungbesan , O.F. Ogungbesan , N.A. Okafor , J.O. Maitanmi , O.P. Akinsanmi
Published: December 2022

Malaria in pregnancy is a treatable infectious disease and remains a major cause of maternal, in-utero morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women are often vulnerable and treat malaria using different patterns of measures. However, this study was conducted to identify patterns of management of malaria in pregnancy among pregnant women in Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. A cross-sectional design study was used, and a sample of 271 consented pregnant women were purposely selected at ante-natal care (ANC) facilities in Ilishan-Remo. A self-administered questionnaire obtained information on 35 items. The data were analyzed for descriptive (frequency and percentages) and hypothesis was tested using chi-square at p-value ≤ 0.05. For the socio-demographic features of the respondents, 38.4% age ranges from 25 to 40, one-third (38.4%) were traders. 80.8% of the population were Christians and nearly half (49.1%) had tertiary education. Less than a quarter (16.6%) of the pregnant women often and always used artemisinin combined therapy (ACT) for malaria in pregnancy management. Majority (76.8%) rarely used faith homes measures including holy water, soap and oil. Facilities and resources were statistically significant to Patterns of management used (p < 0.005). Conventional pattern of management used by majority and influenced by health facilities. There is still a need to encourage pregnant women to follow the standard FMOH/WHO pattern of malaria management.
Exploring the changing status of six Slavic languages: a historical and contemporary overview
Authors:   Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, HOYTE-WEST Antony
Published: December 2022

The current study provides an exploratory historical and contemporary overview of the status and development of six major Slavic languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian. In terms of scope, it is noteworthy that all six of these languages are now official languages of the European Union, as well as of their specific nation-states. However, the status of these languages has not been constant over time, and on occasion these languages have been repressed and pushed underground. Accordingly, by presenting the relevant individual linguistic case studies, this literature-based contribution outlines the historical and socio-political trajectory of each of these six languages, with a particular focus on events from the nineteenth century onwards. As a consequence, the preliminary analysis undertaken in this study indicates a number of common features between the six case studies. In addition, this is apparent even regarding those languages which were spoken in areas that were part of different kingdoms, empires, and republics and where drastically different language policies were pursued. Hence, points for further expansion of this research study are posited, including the incorporation of a wider range of case studies to include those Slavic languages spoken as national languages outside of the EU context, as well as possible comparative work with those Slavic languages which are minority languages or are minoritized at present.
Traditional Housing in the Image of the Gagauz World
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, SOROCEANU Evdochia
Published: December 2022

In the article an attempt was made to analyze the symbolic meaning of the traditional home of the Gagauz people, which has reached us in a transformed form. Fragments of the realization of the symbolic image of separate parts of the house (walls, roof, oven, doors, threshold, windows, chimney were presented in the image of the Gagauz world. The semiotics of these significant parts of the home is related to their boundary function. According to popular beliefs, the boundary of the house is designed for isolation and protecting its inhabitants from the outside world. Being at the boundary between the external world (“foreign”) and internal (“his”), doors, thresholds and windows become carriers of protective functions, representing the boundary between worlds, the connection and separation of spaces, as well as the connection between them. The symbolic meaning of the house and its parts are revealed in the daily life of the Gagauz people, in calendar and family customs and rituals. The article is written in the ethnolinguistic key, the semiotic analysis of the elements of the house was carried out on the basis of family and calendrical customs and rituals, popular beliefs, folklore and mythological texts, recorded by the author and available in the Gagauz ethnographic literature, as well as based on cultural terminology on this topic.
Christmas Еve ritual rounds Носіння вечері in traditional culture of the Ukrainians of the Republic of Moldova (ethnolinguistic aspect)
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Kozhukhar Yekaterina
Published: December 2022

The article considers for the first time the ritual rounds of bringing dinner (носіння вечері) on the Holy Evening by the Ukrainians of the Republic of Moldova from an ethnolinguistic point of view in the semantic unity of verbal and non-verbal units, compositionally united (according to V. Konobrodskaya) by a common thematic and cultural origin. Relying on the field materials collected personally in 53 settlements of compact and dispersed residence of Ukrainians on the territory of the republic, literature and sources, the author analyzed the dictum content of the pagan-Christian by their origin rounds with the dinner (вечеря), their semantics and motives, including such unique ones as rounds with a ritual tree (деревце́ м/крачко́ м), decorated with anthropomorphic pastries in the form of a doll (ля́ лька). Investigated in the unity of the verbal, temporal, local, actional and substantive aspects, the rounds with the dinner, within the specified geographical coordinates, demonstrate: 1) their deep rootedness in Ukrainian traditional culture; 2) a high degree of their preservation and viability; 3) continuity of traditions; 4) the desire to preserve their linguistic, cultural identity, and Ukrainian identity on the borderland. The partially analyzed names of Proto-Slavic, Old Russian and Ukrainian origin with a noticeable layer of Romance borrowings reflect the original cultural heritage of Ukrainians in Moldova and centuries-old contacts with Eastern Romans.
Transformation of the ethnic consciousness of the Italian Basso dynasty in Bessarabia: case study
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Procop Svetlana
Published: December 2022

This article has attempted, using the example of one Italian dynasty that settled in Bessarabia, to show the transformation of the ethnic consciousness of its descendants. In the second half of the 19th century, the emigration of Italians to Bessarabia was not as active as it was in Romania, for example, or in the Crimea. Nevertheless, Italian citizens who decided to emigrate to Bessarabia in search of a better life, and in our case, this is about the Basso family, stayed here forever, linking their lives with this region. Even if they were not deported, as, for example, the Italians of the Crimea, social upheavals, two world wars could not but affect their destinies, ethnic and religious identity. Many of Basso’s descendants continue to keep in touch with their Italian relatives. Periodically, scholars, journalists, entrepreneurs come from Italy to meet with the Moldavian descendants of Basso within the framework of the ethno-cultural Italian community. Today, many of Basso’s descendants have not retained their Italian citizenship, registering themselves as Romanians, Moldavians, Ukrainians, Russians. However, there are exceptions, when several descendants of Basso managed to regain Italian citizenship, move to the historical homeland of their ancestors and integrate into the modern Italian community
Jewish epigraphy: new discoveries in the Republic of Moldova
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Shikhova Irina , Palihovici Iulii ,   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2022

Jewish ethnology of modern post-Soviet Republic of Moldova is a young science. Over the past thirty years, it has had to catch up with world ethnological science, filling gaps in the study of Jewish history, including the Pogrom and the Holocaust, and in Jewish education, and in Jewish philosophy, and in archivism, etc. Field research practically remained outside of scientific interests and opportunities. And only in recent years this line of research has become more active, primarily in projects for mapping and studying Jewish cemeteries held by the authors. During the period 2019–2022, findings that significantly clarify the history of the Jews in Moldova were made in Chisinau, Soroca, Onițcani (Criuleni), Iagorlâc, Gherșunovka (both – the left bank of Dniester River), and others. Each of these finds, most of which are dated back to the 18th century – a period, much less studied from a Jewish point of view – opens a new page in the Jewish history of Moldova and gives impetus to new research, both historical and field, epigraphic.
Nutrition practices and health: perspectives of an interdisciplinary research
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Ivanova Nina , Nikoglo Diana ,   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova
Published: December 2022

It is well known that worsening of economic situation leads to pauperization of the population and deterioration in food quality, what in turn negatively affects the physical and mental health of people. In this regard, it is particularly relevant to study the problems of correlation between traditional nutrition together with the modern food practices and the standards of healthy nutrition. The aim of the study is to determine the role of traditional nutrition and modern food practices with regard to the health of the population of the Republic of Moldova. One of the main tasks is to define the scale of maintaining traditional nutrition by different ethnic communities of Moldova. The essence of the interdisciplinary approach is that, along with the approaches and methods customary for ethnology, it is planned to use some elements from the field of medicine, dietology and nutritiology in the future study. For example, the list of tasks includes identification of the new products and the new food practices in daily nutrition of the population, as well as calculation of calories consumed and their further comparison with the standards of healthy eating. This study will demonstrate the fact that the subject field of ethnology continues to expand and provides opportunities for new interdisciplinary research.
The world of family values in women’s prose of Soviet Moldavia: social narrative and author’s intention
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Ijboldina Irina
Published: December 2022

In this article, using the methodology of ethnological research of literary texts, the significance and specificity of artistic prose in the study of the axiological features of the institution of the Russian family in Soviet Moldova is substantiated. The artistic prose of Soviet Moldavia is presented for the first time as a source of ethnological discourse, reflecting the picture of the traditional system of values (both Russian and Moldavian), consistently formed on the basis of Christian morality by previous generations. The specifics of the historical and demographic features of the development of the family institution in the MSSR are analyzed, where the concepts of the Russian and Soviet families in this period converge and become interconnected; the concept of “Soviet family” is stipulated. Separate axiological features of the development of the institution of the Soviet family in the MSSR (family values and the nature of relations in the family) are considered on the basis of the novels of Russian writers L. Mishchenko “Wormwood – Widow’s Grass”, L. Latyeva “Divorce” and the story of the Moldavian prose writer A. Lupan “Valencha”. An important aspect of the work highlights the world of family values in the women’s prose of Soviet Moldova: through the confrontation of the social narrative and the author’s intention.
Historical-ethnographic elements of the Church “The Nativity of the Mother of God” in Brănești, Orhei District
Authors:   Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, Suvac Sergiu
Published: December 2022

The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Brănești, Orhei district, built between 1911–1928, is located not far from the center of the village. There is a cemetery around it, where very old Moldovan families can be found, but also a place where Germans were buried after a bloody battle during the Second World War. The church is built of stone extracted from the limestone mines on the outskirts of the village. It represents a Russian architectural style, combined with traditional Moldovan motifs and ornaments. The axial-longitudinal plan of the church is composed of three parts: the square vestibule (narthex), the central rectangular nave and the faceted altar. A two-tiered belfry rises above the pronaus of the Church, which is the main compositional focus of the ecclesiastical complex. The sides of the belfry are enriched with arched openings, and the crowning part of the belfry is represented by a tetrahedral geometric element with a spacious dome. The laconic, even dry interpretation of the volume of the building is enriched with decorative elements, and attention is paid to the entrance to the Church yard. At the entrance to the Church, a profiled arch and a triangular pediment are carved in stone above the door.
Kathy Wilkes at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik
Authors: Bruer Ljubišić Nada
Published: December 2022

The text presents the activities of Dr. Kathleen Vaughan Wilkes, a philosopher from the University of Oxford in the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC) from the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the millennium. Dr. Wilkes was co-directing the longest standing IUC course Philosophy of Science, but she also initiated other IUC academic programmes. As a member of the IUC governing bodies, she was highly engaged in securing scholarships for participants from Central and East Europe in IUC programmes, mostly through the Open Society Foundation. Dr. Wilkes played a crucial role in spreading information from the city of Dubrovnik during the attacks of the Yugoslav People's Army in 1991 and during Croatian’s struggle for independence, for which she was awarded honorary citizenship and posthumously one of the squares was named after her.
Memories of Dubrovnik’s Global Citizen—Kathy Wilkes
Authors: Flather Paul
Published: December 2022

This is a personal memoir about the life, work and courage of Professor Kathleen Wilkes, a Fellow in Philosophy for 30 years at St Hilda’s College, Oxford University. The article traces—and sets out to explain— particularly her links to Dubrovnik and Croatia and the Inter–University Centre since 1981, and supported strongly through the 1980s and even during the 1990s, remaining on-site during the cruel siege of the city when the IUC suffered a devastating fi re. Three key aspects of her life are explored—her work as a significant philosopher of science, her outstanding courage and work in defending academic freedom widely over the East Central European region, and her warm personality and generous friendship. This is why she can be regarded as Dubrovnik’s Global Citizen, the IUC was only too ready and willing to host this conference in her honour.
Kathy Wilkes, Teleology, and the Explanation of Behaviour
Authors: Noble Denis
Published: December 2022

Kathy Wilkes contributed to two books on Goal-directed Behaviour and Modelling the Mind based on interdisciplinary graduate classes at Oxford during the 1980s. In this article, I assess her contributions to those discussions. She championed the school of philosophers who prefer problem dissolution to problem-solution. She also addressed the problem of realism in psychology. But the contribution that has turned out to be most relevant to subsequent work was her idea that in modelling the mind, we might need to “use as structural elements synthetic cells, or things that behaved very like neurones.” I show how this idea has been developed in my own recent work with zoologist and neuroscientist, Raymond Noble, to become a possible physiological basis for the ability of organisms to choose between alternative actions, and so become active agents. I consider that this insight became her seminal contribution in this field.
Ascribing Proto-Intentions
Authors: Brozzo Chiara
Published: December 2022

How do we understand other individuals’ actions? Answers to this question cluster around two extremes: either by ascribing to the observed individual mental states such as intentions, or without ascribing any mental states. Thus, action understanding is either full-blown mindreading, or not mindreading. An intermediate option is lacking, but would be desirable for interpreting some experimental findings. I provide this intermediate option: actions may be understood by ascribing to the observed individual proto-intentions. Unlike intentions, proto-intentions are subject to context-bound normative constraints, therefore being more widely available across development. Action understanding, when it consists in proto-intention ascription, can be a minimal form of mindreading.
Kamudaki İsrafın Azaltılması İçin DEMATEL Yöntemi Yardımıyla Strateji Önerilerinin Sunulması
Authors: YÜKSEL Serhat , DİNÇER Hasan , VATANDAŞ Esma
Published: December 2022

Öz: Kamu israfı ülkelerin ekonomisini zora sokan en önemli problemlerden biridir. Bu problem yüzünden ülkeler önemli miktarda bütçe açığı vermektedirler. Yaşanan bütçe açığı da ekonominin daha da kırılgan olmasına sebebiyet vermektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı kamu israfına neden olan en önemli faktörlerin belirlenmesidir. Bu doğrultuda, öncelikli olarak kapsamlı bir literatür analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu bağlamda, kamu israfı üzerinde etkili olan temel dört faktör belirlenmiştir. Personelin kapasitesinden yeterli miktarda faydalanılmaması, gerekli denetimlerin yapılmaması, prosedürlerin net olarak belirlenmemesi ve satın alınan ekipmanların verimli olarak kullanılmaması bu süreçte dikkate alınan dört farklı değişkendir. Daha sonra, bu değişkenler arasından hangisinin en önemli olduğunun belirlenmesi hedeflenmiştir. Bu süreçte ise DEMATEL yönteminden faydalanılmıştır. Elde edilen analiz sonuçlarına göre, prosedürlerin net olarak belirlenmemesi durumunun kamu israfındaki en önemli neden olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu problemin minimize edilebilmesi için öncelikle prosedürlerin net olarak belirlenmesi gerektiği sonucuna varılmıştır. Net olarak belirlenen prosedürler sayesinde kamu personelinin iş tanımları doğru bir şekilde anlaşılmış olacaktır. Bu sayede, herkes sorumluluklarını daha etkin bir şekilde yürütebilecektir. Belirtilen hususa ek olarak, prosedürlerin net olarak belirlenmesi sayesinde kamu binalarında bulunan ekipmanların da daha doğru bir şekilde kullanılabilmesi mümkün olabilecektir.
Machine learning approach for classification of prostate cancer based on clinical biomarkers
Authors: ÖZHAN Onural , YAĞIN Fatma Hilal
Published: December 2022

In this study, it is aimed to classify cancer based on machine learning (ML) and to determine the most important risk factors by using risk factors for prostate cancer patients. Clinical data of 100 patients with prostate cancer were used. A prediction model was created with the random forest (RF) algorithm to classify prostate cancer. The performance of the model was obtained by Monte-Carlo cross validation (MCCV) using balanced subsampling. In each MCCV, two-thirds (2/3) of the samples were used to assess the significance of the feature. In order to evaluate the performance of the model, graph, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, F1-score and Area under the ROC Curve (AUC) criteria including prediction class probabilities and confusion matrix were calculated. When the results were examined, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy, F1-score, and AUC values obtained from the RF model were 0.89, 0.84, 0.77, 0.93, 0.86, 0.83, and 0.88, respectively. Area, perimeter, and texture were the three most important risk factors for differentiating prostate cancer. In conclusion, when the RF algorithm can be successfully predicted prostate cancer. The important risk factors determined by the RF model may contribute to diagnosis, follow-up and treatment researches in prostate cancer patients.
BIONIC APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
Authors:   Belarusian National Technical University, Kapski Denis V. , Bogdanovich Sergey V. ,   Belarusian National Technical University
Published: December 2022

The modern city is an extremely complex, self-developing organism, trying to make its transport system more sustainable. This becomes even more urgent in a pandemic. Therefore, especially in the largest cities, it is necessary to implement a policy on the bionic development of transport systems and the use of natural approaches to regulating transport demand, increasing the attractiveness of route passenger transport and its design, developing means of individual mobility and non-motorized transport. It should be noted that the problems of the urban transport system are very multifaceted and complex, they require coordination of the efforts of the public and private sectors of the economy, which is very fragmented, with different and conflicting views and goals, reacts sharply to changes in the urban (transport) environment and should be built on the basis of bionic approaches, obvious and understandable, aimed at the sustainable development of the urban transport system and the city as a whole.
TRANSFORMATION OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SCHEMES OF ARCTIC CITIES AND THE PRIORITIES OF THE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ARKHANGELSK AGGLOMERATION)
Authors:   N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nosyrev Nikolay S. , Urykov Vladislav A. ,   N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chizhova Lyudmila A. ,   N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2022

The article considers the Arkhangelsk region as part of the Arctic macro-region of Russia, highlights the features of the socio-economic development of the region and the Arkhangelsk agglomeration, represented by three cities – Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk, Novodvinsk. Attention is focused on the pronounced industrial specialization of both the economy of the Arkhangelsk agglomeration and the economy of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation as a whole. Among the existing priorities of the industrial policy of the Arkhangelsk agglomeration, the authors highlight the development of the timber industry and the need to develop the activities of the Arkhangelsk seaport. Further, the authors, based on a comparative analysis, delve into the periodization and chronology of the transformation of the transport and logistics schemes of the Arkhangelsk agglomeration for enterprises of the timber industry, highlighting four stages of changes (Soviet period; period 1992–2002; period 2002–2021; the current period under economic sanctions). In conclusion, it is concluded that in the case of timber cargo, a new stage in the transformation of logistics schemes may be their transportation through the waters of the Northern Sea Route using existing state support mechanisms and taking into account the reorientation of the Arkhangelsk seaport to import containers from Southeast Asian countries.
TRANSPORT TARIFFS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE PREFERENCES OF ROAD USERS WHEN CHOOSING A ROUTE VARIANT
Authors:   Institute for Regional Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Lisenenkov Aleksandr I.
Published: December 2022

The article describes the possibility of the impact of changes in transport fares and other monetary costs of passengers and drivers on the formation of preferences when choosing the options of transport movements around the city (agglomeration) by traffic participants. Different types of tariffs are considered in terms of their suitability as levers of influence on this choice, provided the socio-economic requirements are met. Mathematical models are presented that can be used to predict demand for and influence transport services, as well as to make up for insufficient empirical data on the characteristics of the transport system.
THE GROWTH OF AGGLOMERATIONS AND THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ECONOMY
Authors:   Institute of Economics of Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences, Druzhinin Pavel V.
Published: December 2022

The article examines the impact of population migration to the capital of the region on the development of the region’s economy as a whole. It is shown that a higher concentration of the population in the capital of the region and the rate of migration of the population to the capital do not lead to an acceleration of economic growth in the region. If more than 40% of the region’s population lives in the capital of the region, then the growth rate of labor productivity in the region is noticeably lower than the average for the Russian Federation. Data analysis shows that labor productivity is growing faster in regions that are losing population, and slower in regions where the population is growing or decreasing slightly. It should be noted that regions with lower labor productivity are losing population faster
THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSPORT FACTORS ON THE TOURIST POTENTIAL OF THE DESTINATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE UDMURT REPUBLIC)
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Radushinskaya Alexandra I. , Chernomorets Anna B. ,   Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, North-West Institute of Management branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Kurilkina Anna V. ,   Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the article is to study the tourism potential of the Udmurt Republic. The goal is achieved by solving the following tasks: studying the main attractions of the republic, conducting a SWOT analysis of tourism, analyzing potential groups of tourists and their preferences, analyzing tourist and recreational resources of the destination, conducting an assessment using expert assessments, comparing indicators with the accounts of potential guests, identifying the main relationships and proposing to optimize the tourist potential of the region.Research hypothesis: transport factors become crucial for the tourist potential of a destination if tourism becomes widespread. Research methods: analysis and synthesis, comparison, expert evaluation method.In addition, the article uses data from the Federal Agency for Tourism, Rosstat, Federal and local tourism development Strategies. The result of this study is the conclusion about the impact of the transport component on the tourism potential of the Udmurt Republic.
PECULIARITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES OF THE NORTH-WESTERN FEDERAL DISTRICT AND THE PROBLEMS OF ENSURING THE INTEGRATION OF THE MACRO-REGION SPACE
Authors:   Vologda Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences, Kozhevnikov Sergei A.
Published: December 2022

One of the key features of the development of the economic space of Russia at the present stage is the coexistence of integration and disintegration processes in it. This is especially acute at the level of such large territorial entities as federal districts. In particular, as part of the North-Western Federal District (NWFD), one can single out its northern and southern zones, on the balanced and mutually agreed development of which the stability of the entire macro-region depends. At the same time, the market transformations of the last decades have had a particularly negative impact on the development of the northern territories. In this regard, the purpose of the work is to study the features and problems of the development of the northern territories of the Northwestern Federal District in the context of ensuring the integration of the space of the macroregion. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, as well as using the tools of economic statistics (σ- and β-convergence), the prerequisites and direction of the development of integration / disintegration processes in the space of the macroregion in 2000–2020 were identified. The conceptual directions for improving the federal and regional socio-economic policy aimed at consolidating the potential of the subjects of the Northwestern Federal District in order to ensure sustainability and integration of the macroregion space are substantiated.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN THE NORTHWEST REGION
Authors:   Baltic State Technical University «Voenmeh» D. F. Ustinov, Miroslavskaya Marianna V.
Published: December 2022

An analysis of existing approaches to building a knowledge management system in an organization allows us to identify the following basic knowledge management technologies: research of organizational data and texts; document management systems; tools for organizing collaboration; corporate knowledge portal; means supporting managerial decisionmaking. A feature of the modern corporate knowledge management system is the focus on solving an integral task – achieving efficiency, creating and stimulating innovations. The importance of this article lies in the fact that in the digital economy there are a number of transformations that have led to an increase in interest in the problems and prospects of knowledge management, as a set of effective tools, methods and procedures that contribute to the high-quality automation of systems, the main value of which is information. The article discusses the goals and objectives of knowledge management. The digital transformation of knowledge management processes is considered on the example of the North-West region of the Russian Federation and the results obtained are analyzed.
MODELING OF QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS: ENVIRONMENT QUALITY
Authors:   Institute for Regional Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Gagulina Natalya L.
Published: December 2022

Quality of life assessment is a component of quality of life assessment in general. The quality of life assessment and assessment of its components is essential not only due to the conducting a comparative analysis which results are in demand among population and business-structures. The main reason of conducting such assessment is a strategic validity of decisions made by the authorities. The article shows the place of a chosen approach to the modeling and assessing the quality of environment among wellknown methodical approaches to the gaining quality of life assessment. The environment includes such vital aspects of quality of life of regional economy as the quality of natural and climatic conditions and quality of living conditions. The features of the regional economy that are directly taken into account in the medical and demographic conditions of the quality of life. The results of modeling of the quality of environment indicators, represented in the article, show reliability and applicability of the constructed models for solving regional management problems.
ASSESSMENT OF THE SUBWAY’S ROLE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF A LARGE CITY
Authors:   Institute for Regional Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Bulycheva Nelya V. , Losin Leonid A. ,   Institute for Regional Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2022

. In this study the model of the formation of passenger flows on a conditional network is based on an iteration process of changes in the passenger flows and velocities. This model allows one to distinguish the arcs according to the load rates for different types of transport. The model makes it possible to estimate the necessity of high-speed transport routes in the city and to determine their directions.
Implementasi K-Means Clustering dengan Menggunakan Data Transaksi Penjualan untuk Penentuan Reward pada Agen Aqua dan Gas LPG FF Tirta
Authors: Sari Refika Ayuna , Seta Henki Bayu , Diyasa I Gede Susrama Mas
Published: December 2022

Target pelanggan bagi Agen Aqua dan Gas LPG sangatlah penting karena persaingan antar perusahaan sejenis mungkin terjadi dan mengakibatkan hilangnya kepuasan pelanggan. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan yaitu membangun sistem yang dapat mengelompokkan dan mengetahui tingkat target pelanggan berdasarkan transaksi pembelian agar pihak agen dapat mempertahankan pelanggan yang potensial tersebut dengan cara memberikan memberikan hadiah berupa promo spesial (reward). Hasil penelitian ini ada pengelompokan pelanggan yang mendapatkan reward dan tidak dapat dilihat perbulannya, yaitu pada bulan Januari ada 75 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 100 tidak mendapatkan reward, Februari ada 70 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 106 tidak mendapatkan reward, Maret ada 80 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 96 tidak mendapatkan reward, April ada 35 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 141 tidak mendapatkan reward, Mei ada 65 pelanggan yang mendapatkan reward dan 111 tidak yang mendapatkan reward, Juni ada 43 pelanggan yang mendapatkan reward dan 133 tidak mendapatkan reward l, Juli ada 77 pelanggan yang mendapatkan reward dan 99 tidak mendapatkan reward, Agustus ada 48 pelanggan yang mendapatkan reward dan 128 tidak mendapatkan reward, September ada 94 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 82 tidak mendapatkan reward, dan Oktober ada 94 pelanggan mendapatkan reward dan 82 tidak mendapatkan reward.Kata Kunci: Clustering, K-Means Clustering, Reward, Davies-Bouldin Index
Analisis Sentimen Ulasan Pengguna Pada Aplikasi Google Classroom Menggunakan Metode SVM Dan Seleksi Fitur PSO
Authors: Mursianto Ghaitsa Amany , Widiyanto Didit , Wahyono Bambang Tri
Published: December 2022

Kebijakan PSBB mengharuskan penerapan kegiatan pembelajaran jarak jauh secara online menggunakan aplikasi berbasis daring seperti Google Classroom. Dengan menggunakan Google Classroom memfasilitasi penggunanya untuk mendistribusikan, mengumpulkan, dan memberikan penilaian terhadap tugas-tugas yang diberikan kepada mahasiswa maupun siswa di seluruh negeri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk  mengetahui sentimen opini publik  terhadap aplikasi Google Classroom. Dalam melakukan analisis sentimen penelitian ini menggunakan metode Support Vector Machine serta Particle Swarm Optimization sebagai seleksi fitur. Data yang sudah didapatkan akan dilakukan pelabelan data, dilanjut dengan pre-processing data, lalu data yg sudah melewati proses itu akan diberikan bobot kata dengan TF-IDF, kemudian akan masuk seleksi fitur dengan PSO, kemudian dilakukan pembagian data sebesar 80:20, lalu pengklasifikasian dengan metode SVM. Hasil rata-rata evaluasi menggunakan confussion matrix dimana accuracy sebesar 79%, precision sebesar 78%, recall sebesar 67% dengan menggunakan metode SVM  dan dengan menggunakan seleksi fitur PSO mendapatkan hasil accuracy sebesar 83%, precision sebesar 86%, recall sebesar 67%.