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Dressing Masculinity in the Nineteenth-Century, or Feeling Tight Around the Collar
Authors: Lezama Nigel
Published: June 2023

By examining a cache of mid-nineteenth-century daguerreotypes, it becomes evident that, for the middle-class young men who sat for these portraits, masculine vestimentary self-representation was not a simple task. This article sheds light on the crisis in the regime of masculine domination and white supremacy, twin forces deployed in France with and for the development of the modern capitalist system. Stemming from a perceived physical degeneracy in men's bodies, this feeling of crisis was alleviated by scaffolding these bodies with normative and pseudo-scientific tailoring practices. In these daguerreotypes, the young men photographed used various accessories and embellishments to push against the dark uniformity of men's clothing and demonstrate their own idiosyncratic singularity. By reading this vestimentary play alongside Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity, the true decentering power of fashion accessories, particularly in men's fashion in the nineteenth century, is revealed.
Design and Development of Robot for Industrial Pipe Cleaning and Inspection
Authors: Kumar S Chethan , Anilkumar P R  , kumar S Chethan , Kumar H Pramod , Ankush G  , Kumar B Yeshwanth
Published: June 2023

Nowadays many industries used different diameter pipes for different applications like carrying chemicals, high-pressure steam, and gasses hence there may be chances of problems like corrosion, and leakages. The proposed system suggests the robot will be built to clean the residues that are built up inside the pipe. This is done through a brushing mechanism. Not only this robot will also be able to relay live video feedback from the ground to the controller that the user has. By this, the users can verify the cleaning that is done by the robot.
Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Enhance HDR Images
Authors: Hasan khanjar Ahmed
Published: June 2023

In recent days, photography becomesmain in our daily life style. Everyonelike to upload imageson facebook, instagram,or any social media site, or maybe want to photograph some personal images or for memory.In other hand, the development of technology, especiallyin cell phones, let these mobilesequipped with cameras with a specific resolution. We define cameras with two parameters. First oneis the width and the highof the image which can define the number of pixels inside the image, the bigger these pixels can be the accuracy and true scene can get. The second in the resolution of the pixel which means how many bits are used to define the colors of the image.All natural images havea wide dynamic range because of containinga large range ofintensity values. This high range cannotbe collected using non-HDR cameras. So, mobile cameras might give very bad resolutions.This search aims to use conventional neural networks to createan HDR images using a programmed manner so we can solve the problem of poor cameras problems, firstof all we will createa map for an image using adataset of static images hasa different light intensityfor the same scene (using differently exposed LDR images), and in the next task we will use the trained model to get the optimal tuningfor the image to result the right color space. Here we could select a group of main parameters which are the number of learning tasks, the learning strategies, sensor data used, number of input exposures
COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DENTAL CARIES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN OF POLTAVA REGION
Authors: Maksymenko A.I. , Mosiienko A.S. , Sheshukova O.V. , Kuz I.O. , Polishchuk T.V. , Kazakova K.S.
Published: June 2023

Despite the high level of development of dental technologies, caries, and its complications occupy a leading place in the structure of dental pathology in children nowadays. This is a difficult social, scientific, and practical problem, which determines the relevance of this research.

The aim of the study was to carry out a comparative analysis of caries and complicated caries indices of children in Poltava and the suburb.

Materials and methods. A dental examination was carried out on 905 children 8-10 years old who studied in schools of Poltava and the suburbs. We determined the following indicators in children: the intensity of caries according to decay-missing-filled (DMF) indices in permanent, temporary, and deciduous teeth, the intensity and prevalence of complicated caries, and the need for treating.

Research results and their discussion. Our epidemiological research work evidence that there is no statistically significant difference in the intensity of caries according to the DMF index between children in Poltava and in the suburb (p≥0.05). They were statistically significant in the comparison between the indicators of the gymnasium in the village Rozsoshentsy and schools in villages Shcherbany and V. Trostyanets and educational establishments of Poltava (р≤0.05).

At the same time, the intensity and prevalence of complicated caries is statistically higher (p≤0.05) in children from suburbs, than in children from Poltava. The difference was statistically significant when comparing all groups, except indicators between the gymnasium in the village Rozsoshentsy and school № 10 in Poltava (р≤0.05).

Conclusions. We can explain it by the low level of dental awareness of the Ukrainian population, and the closure of dental offices in schools. It leads to the impossibility of constant monitoring of dental health in children.
EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENT TRAINING OF EDUCATORS IN MODERN CONDITIONS
Authors: Pavlenko S.A. , Pavlenkova O.V. , Sydorova A.I. , Tkachenko I.M.
Published: June 2023

The emotional states we experience during a war are a normal reaction to abnormal events. Given the circumstances and realities of today, constant monitoring of news on social media gives a person the illusion of control and confidence that as long as you follow the latest news, bad events cannot take you by surprise. Thought-scrolling is the tendency to watch and read bad news, despite the fact that it depresses, upsets and demoralizes a person. They cannot influence events, but they can realize them, accept them, but react to the circumstances in their own way and get out of the stressful state in different ways.

Trying to adapt to new realities and living conditions, our body goes through certain stages of stress, which depend on the level of body resistance; duration of stressor exposure; personal perception of the stressor; and adaptive flexibility.

There are three stages of stress development: anxiety, increased general resistance (resilience) and exhaustion, which have their own manifestations and characteristics. A threatening situation, or even the expectation of such a situation, causes negative emotions, and awareness of the threat requires a person to mobilize all his or her strength to overcome the stress factor provoked by thought scrolling.

Given the above, one would like to draw the attention of academic staff to the emotional state of students during martial law, as well as the role of instructors in the process of teaching and communicating with students in modern realities, in the context of war.

Research and teaching staff of higher education institutions should take into account the fact that students, adapting to the new social and political realities of today, may feel emotionally unstable. The teacher should give hope and talk about values: their own, family, and life values. Communicate with the student from the point of view that hope is about the Light that conquers the darkness, despite pain and loss. And understanding this should be a motivation for the student to learn, move forward and overcome their fears, worries and troubles.
Community Policing as a Panacea for Gender Based Violence Impasse
Authors: Dlamini Siyanda , Makhaye Mandisa
Published: June 2023

Abstract Among the many other crimes that flood South Africa, gender-based violence (GBV) is increasingly becoming a major problem facing the country. Studies have revealed that women and girls are much more likely to be victims, and, in most instances, the perpetrator is known to the victim. This crime has irrepressibly posed great threats to the human rights of women and girls, both locally and internationally, laying serious foundations for engrained progress on women`s rights. This study adopts a qualitative document analysis to examine the phenomenon and suggest a community policing approach—among other preventive policy recommendations—as a paradigm shift in strategy to resolve the crisis in South Africa as well as prevent the future occurrence of such a menace in the country. The findings highlight that the preponderance of criminal justice interventions has resulted in gender-based violence being framed as a problem of criminal law and procedure, police investigation, and appropriate counselling programmes for both victims and perpetrators. However, this approach emphasises amelioration rather than prevention. Hence, the need for community policing as a prevention strategy against gender-based violence. Moreover, this paper recommends the establishment of a stronger partnership and the continuation of seeking ways for closer cooperation between law enforcement agencies and communities for a better prevention of gender-based violence in societies.
Mapping Evidence of Gender and HIV-Related Health Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review
Authors: Chibango Vimbai , Muraraneza Claudine , Shumba Kemist
Published: June 2023

In sub-Saharan Africa, monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of health literacy are critical to the response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). As guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, this scoping review explores the nexus between gender and HIV-related health literacy. PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Taylor and Francis Group constituted the sources of literature. The study analysed emerging themes using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) chart. From 2048 articles, the final analysis focused on 37 articles. Generally, women had lower education levels than men. Low HIV-related health literacy manifested among women residing in rural and under-served settings. A dearth of research addressing HIV from a gender perspective was identified. Future studies on HIV-related health literacy should consider gender mainstreaming in their endeavours.
Psychoanalytic Rationality: A Critique of the Improper Feminist Approach to Teenage Pregnancy
Authors: Xolile Ntshangase Mohammed , Cydna Ntshangase Shonisani
Published: June 2023

Teenage pregnancy is one of the common problems that is indiscriminately present in all schools. With teenage pregnancy manifesting in all schools, a lot of focus and support regarding this issue is given to female students (girls), while none is given to male students. Literature will be reviewed during this study as a methodological approach. It is an underlying assumption of this research that the spirit of feminism could be blamed as a motivation for this one-sided focus and support. However, this paper argues that in a proper approach to parenting at any level, it makes no sense to support one victim of teenage pregnancy while there are two victims. Since scholars like Scott and Salvi have scratched the surface of this issue of teenage pregnancy, it is worth taking the discussion further because they tackle the issue from a more feminist perspective. Their feminist approach to this issue makes them focus more on the impact it has on females than males. It is the major aim of this paper to focus on the ignored perspective of teenage pregnancy. The psychoanalytic rationality approach adopts an analytic theoretical framework to critically argue that it is not enough to use a narrow feministic approach that envisages only female students as the only victims of teenage pregnancy. Perhaps the bias in analysing and understanding this crucial issue that has affected many lives comes from the fact that only women physically bear the baby in their wombs while men remain with no physical manifestation of pregnancy. As Ntshangase argued that feminism should be properly conceptualised as a rational framework to cater for both existential coordinates known as male and female, this paper argues for a proper feministic approach to be adequately applied to this issue of teenage pregnancy.
Troubling the Education = Employment = Empowerment Narrative: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Women in Uganda
Authors: Jones Shelley , Ahimbisibwe Daniel
Published: June 2023

This paper reports on stage four of a longitudinal study (2004) with women in Uganda, exploring the long-term relationship between post-primary education and empowerment. 13 of the 15 participants from the original study participated in this Feminist Participatory Action Research project and shared their understandings of how they understood the intersections of education and employment to be empowering, disempowering, and what stood in the way of their economic empowerment. Methods included semi-structured questionnaires and interviews, a two-day workshop, and a focus group discussion. A triangulation design (Cresswell 2008) and constructivist grounded theory approach were used for data analysis. Findings indicate the scope of economic empowerment was severely constrained by historic and extant economic, social, and cultural factors that continue to discriminate against and disempower girls and women. Historic and extant global and national systems and practises that are rooted in, and perpetuate gender-based inequalities, disempowerment, and exploitation need to undergo transformative change to provide women with authentic opportunities and freedom to achieve real empowerment (Cornwall & Rivas, 2015).
The Perspectives of Male and Female Professional Staff on Employees Thriving in Polokwane Local Municipality
Authors: Letsoalo ME , Mmako MM
Published: June 2023

This quantitative cross-sectional comparative exploratory study was aimed at exploring participants’ perspectives on employees thriving at the Polokwane Local Municipality (PLM). It compared the overall male and female professional staff’s perceptions of employees thriving. The sample size comprised 149 male and 133 female professionals. The measuring instrument was reliable at 0.8063 Cronbach’s alpha. The study reported that male and female participants had similar perceptions of employee thriving. It also reported that growth and development were significantly associated, while liveliness and devitalisation were insignificantly associated. Also, it revealed that liveliness and growth are significantly related to development, and devitalisation is inversely related to growth. The study recommended that the organisational climate be designed to empower the employees and enhance their thriving attitude towards work. Also, stakeholders and motivational speakers on employees’ thriving strategic efforts are buffed to adjust for factors that are important when intervening in the career counseling and career choices of municipal employees. Future studies may need to pay attention to different municipalities in the province and beyond.
The Integrated Development Planning Process's Impact as a Tool for Increasing Community Participation in South Africa
Authors: Mamokhere John , Francois Meyer Daniel
Published: June 2023

The South African Municipal Systems Act of 2003 and the 1996 Constitution encourage community-based organisations (CBOs) and communities to actively participate in the municipal planning process. It is significant for CBOs and communities to be engaged in drafting the Integrated Development Plan (hereafter IDP) to guarantee that the municipality considers their expectations and needs in the final IDP document. Thus, this article intends to determine the impact of the IDP process on increasing community participation using the Tzaneen municipal areas under the jurisdiction of GTM as a case study. It is argued that the design and implementation of the IDP process are confronted with many contemporary challenges. To comprehend the challenges, the study has adopted a mixed-method research approach. Using probability and non-probability selection approaches, 410 participants were selected from the Tzaneen municipal areas in South Africa. The data was collected and analysed until saturation was reached. The researchers used an online structured questionnaire and face-to-face semi-structured interviews to collect empirical data and review the existing literature. The study found a continuous lack of community participation in municipal affairs. The service delivery backlog is still challenging despite constitutional mandates and democratic principles. The participants indicated that they are unable to hold municipal officials accountable. Lastly, there needs to be more political will to partake in the IDP process. Based on the above, this study recommends that municipal policies should be influenced by community involvement. The study also recommends that the Greater Tzaneen Municipality's officials and politicians should at all times uphold democratic principles by ensuring active public participation, transparency, and accountable governance.
South African State Capture: A Political Maneuvering or an Economic Contestation?
Authors: Abel Semosa , Legodi Lebogang T.
Published: June 2023

This article does not defend any corruption or nepotism acts by the actors in the process of state capture but argues that the state capture report and exposure of corruption related to the Gupta family and former President Jacob Zuma were less motivated by arresting corruption. Instead, it was more about monopolisation and competition in State-Owned Entities (SOEs). President Zuma’s tenure was marked by the advent of Radical Economic Transformation (RET) policies. The RET policies meant replacing white-owned businesses in the SOEs with historically disadvantaged black entrepreneurs. Hence, the authors argue that the narrative around state capture was exaggerated by mainstream media, and this article explores various events that led to the exaggeration between the Guptas and white monopoly capital in SOEs. The article employs a Marxist perspective of the state to unpack the relationship between government officials and businesses that sought to exaggerate the state capture narrative in South Africa. Three SOEs, namely South African Airways (SAA), Eskom, and the mining industry, are utilised as test cases to showcase the exaggeration by those in competition to monopolise the economy.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Budget Control in Public Hospitals in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Authors: Mathobo Nkhumeleni , Herbert Maserumule Mashupye , Boikhutso Moeti Kabelo
Published: June 2023

Effective budget controls are crucial for the provision of affordable healthcare at public hospitals. There has been a problem of overspending or underspending budgets in public hospitals. This has negatively impacted the delivery of health services. The study aimed to improve the effectiveness of budget control in public hospitals. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of budget control in public hospitals in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study used quantitative research method. A sample size of 120 participants was drawn from a population of 240 participants. Survey questionnaire was used to collect data from participants in the public hospitals. The results of the study showed that budget control is a management challenge in public hospitals in Limpopo Province. The study recommends that all hospital executives and responsibility managers within the hospital be developed through a work-based learning programme on the effectiveness of budget control in public hospitals.
Revisiting Entrepreneurship Development Policy Framework for Africa
Authors: Kuada John
Published: June 2023

Most development economists agree that entrepreneurship provides a greater promise for lowering the levels of youth unemployment in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). It can also strengthen the capacity of young people to care for themselves and their families (Kuada, 2015a). For this reason, entrepreneurial attitude development among the youth has featured prominently on the policy agenda of many African countries. Since past research has used innovation and creativity as useful constructs by which entrepreneurs can be identified, these two defining characteristics have guided most entrepreneurship development policies. Building on them, the entrepreneurship literature has identified two complementary sets of policy initiatives. The first group of policies encourage African higher educational institutions (AHEIs) to design entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes that serve to bridge entrepreneurial skill gaps among the youth (Sorensen & Kuada, 2022). The second, encourages general entrepreneurial learning within informal structures and relational networks. The results of these initiatives have been limited and policymakers have become keenly aware that creating an entrepreneurial culture in a country is a complex undertaking and the predictive validity of any single approach is nearly impossible to establish (Rae, 2017). For example, past empirical research has shown that factors other than “school attainment” contribute to an individual’s preparedness to start a business, and AHEIs may lack the capabilities to provide all the required preparations (Sorensen & Kuada, 2022). Similarly, African entrepreneurs’ learning process is often messy, as they acquire skills and competencies from widely diverse sources. Consequently, no single policy can adequately address their learning needs. For these reasons, the search for the most suitable modalities for facilitating youth-based entrepreneurship in Africa remains a vigorously debated topic within SSA policy and academic circles.
Entrepreneurial Competencies and Business Start-up Intentions among Technical Graduates in Tanzania: The Mediating Effect of Antecedents of Theory of Planned Behaviour
Authors: Luka Nzilano Kelvin , Wilson Ndyetabula Daniel , Petro Tundui Hawa
Published: June 2023

Despite institutional efforts to integrate entrepreneurship courses into the mainstream education system in most developing countries, empirical evidence of whether and how they influence business start-up intentions through entrepreneurial competencies remains scarce. Against this perception, this paper explores the influence of entrepreneurial competencies on business start-up intentions. Partial Least Squares Path Modelling (PLS-PM) was used to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and business start-up intentions and how the antecedents of Theory of Planned Behaviour mediate their relationships using empirical data collected from 391 graduates who graduated between 2012 and 2017 from technical universities in the commercial city of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam). The findings reveal that entrepreneurial competencies influence attitudes toward start-ups and perceived behavioural control, jointly predicting business start-up intentions. However, their influence was more significant when mediated by attitudes toward start-ups and perceived behavioural control. Curriculum designers should design entrepreneurship programs using experiential pedagogies to facilitate learners’ acquisition of entrepreneurial competencies, attitudes towards start-ups, and perceived behavioural control.
Entrepreneurship Education and Graduate Employability of Private Tertiary Students in Ghana
Authors: Bans-Akutey Anita , Sassah Mary , Akey-Torku Benedicta , Ohene Afriyie Emelia
Published: June 2023

PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to assess the role of entrepreneurship education in graduate employability. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH:To achieve this purpose, the perceptions of 91 tertiary students were sampled in a survey through a convenience sampling technique. A questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection which was then analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24. FINDINGS:Results of the multiple regression analysis revealed a direct relationship between entrepreneurship education and graduate employability. Having a forceful personality is essential just as instruction in self-efficacy and competency is necessary for fostering a sense of autonomy and initiative in students. ORIGINALITY:The study focused on tertiary students in a private university in Ghana. RESEARCH LIMITATION:The study did not account for whether the student had already taken up any course in entrepreneurship. PRACTICAL IMPLICATION:This study recommends that educational programs for the tertiary level should emphasize entrepreneurship education which can develop the self-efficacy and employability of students after their graduation. Thus, educators in the field of entrepreneurship must emphasize educating students on how an entrepreneur's personality traits can impact talents, which in turn can serve as precursors to the entrepreneur's sense of self-efficacy.
The Influence of the Capital Structure on the Profitability: Evidence from the Romanian Retail Industry
Authors: Maxim Lucian Gabriel
Published: June 2023

The aim of the paper is to study the influence of capital structure on the profitability of retail companies within the Romanian market. The study examined the capital structure situation for 597 companies, the financial data being subjected to an analysis using the correlation matrix as well as multiple regression for panel data. The analyzed period is 10 years from 2013 to 2021 and it involved the collection of financial data with the help of the tpsoft.ro website. The research results showed that between the dependent variable ROA and the independent variables (RSG - total debt to total assets, RSP - equity/total capital) that represent the capital structure, there is a significant positive correlation, while between ROA and RDCP (debt to equity) there is an insignificant correlation.
The Impact of Political Decisions on Oil and Gas Companies
Authors: Boldeanu F.-T. , Tache I.
Published: June 2023

The energy sector has seen many changes in the past years after the coronavirus pandemic and high volatility as Russia invaded Ukraine, with oil and gas stocks having highs and lows. Using the event study approach, we analyze the effect of the announcement of the partial mobilization of the Russian army on 21 September 2022 for listed energy companies in Russia. We find that the announcement had a negative effect on Russian oil and gas companies. Moreover, this negative effect was larger one day before the announcement, which can be correlated with a possible insider trading event. Our results show the riskier profile of the energy sector in relation to possible events like political decisions or declarations. Our findings have important implications for policymakers, who have to take into account the fact that words have meaning in the financial market.
An Impact Analysis of Conversational AI on Marketing Processes
Authors: Manic Marius
Published: June 2023

New tools and technologies are continuously being developed, and the field of the market is in permanent change. Yet conversational AI represents a breakthrough, a ground-breaking technology that provides unmatched speed, price, and breadth of features, providing users a quick advantage over rivals. More than simply a tool, it's also a means of considering how to strike a balance between technological data-driven innovation and human creativity. Marketing specialists should consider employing AI tools as part of a well-rounded strategy that blends technological innovation with creative human inventiveness.
Communication as an Influencing Factor for the Absorption Rate of European Funds in Romania
Authors: Musa (Piuaru) Brenda-Andreea
Published: June 2023

Communication in European funding foresees detailed obligations for implementing bodies and beneficiaries. However, beneficiaries claim a significant difference in communication between the projects managed by authorities in Romania, as compared to those managed by European authorities. This paper aims to highlight some of the challenges that beneficiaries face when implementing projects, in terms of communication with the authorities, emphasizing its effects on the absorption rate of European funds. By conducting qualitative research, the author unveiled a link between communication and the absorption rate, along with some aspects of the communication with the authorities.
The Role of Augmented Reality in Digital Marketing Strategy
Authors: Prodea B.M. , Constantin C.P.
Published: June 2023

The online business environment is constantly changing and companies have to adapt and find new ways in which they can reach and understand their customers. The increased penetration of the Internet, extensive use of social media, and the development of new technologies can present both opportunities and threats. This paper aims at presenting how the current status of the digital business environment impacts marketing strategy and how the implementation of Augmented Reality (AR) can help companies overcome the current challenges and gain a competitive advantage.
Maximizing The Value of Linkedln for Employer Branding and Reputation Management of Small Businesses
Authors: Tulbure A. , Popescu A.
Published: June 2023

This paper explores the importance of employer branding and reputation management for businesses. It focuses on small business owners perceptions of LinkedIn as a tool for building and managing their employer brand and reputation. To highlight this, the authors conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews to identify the challenges small business owners face in using LinkedIn effectively for employer branding and reputation management, to explore best practices and strategies for leveraging LinkedIn, to enhance employer brand and reputation and last but not least, to identify the benefits of employee advocacy on LinkedIn for small businesses.
Experimental and numerical inspection of cracks in ferrule cracking of BK1 cement crusher
Authors: Chorfi Sofiane , Kamel Fedaoui , Brahim Necib
Published: June 2023

This article defines the main actions planned in the procedure of non-destructive testing and analysis of defects in the BK1 industrial mill of the cement plant of the GICA group. One of the subjects attracting the attention of researchers and engineers was the propagation of cracks in the shell of the BK1 mill, which behaves like perforated plates. This inspection technique makes it possible to position and size defects (cracks) in the plates. The objective of this work is the detection of cracks in the shell of the BK1 cement mill. In order to avoid bursting of the crusher, the preventive technique of ultrasonic inspection using a multi-element translator is used, while minimizing downtime and increasing production. Found Results allow us to determine and analyze the different types of defects, which will be repaired. It was concluded that the stress concentration at the assembly holes, the vibration effects and gradient of the temperature due to the effect of welding were the causes great residual stresses at the level of the weld. We note the addition of a mass of weld during the repair of the cracks is one causes of the stress concentration.
Fatigue life investigation of notched TC4 specimens subjected to different patterns of laser shock peening
Authors: Iziumova Anastasia , Maxim Zhelnin Maxim Zhelnin , Anastasia Kostina Anastasia Kostina , Aleksei Vshivkov Aleksei Vshivkov , Elena Gachegova Elena Gachegova , Oleg Plekhov Oleg Plekhov , Swaroop S.
Published: June 2023

The exhaustion of constructive ways for increasing the service life of parts has led to the development of new methods which can improve their material properties during operation under various loading conditions. Laser shock peening (LSP) induces compressive residual stress field which prevents fatigue crack initiation and propagation in components. Characteristics of laser impact and treatment patterns play an important role in efficiency of LSP application for improvement of fatigue properties. This work is devoted to the experimental examination of two LSP patterns to reveal the most optimal scheme from fatigue live improvement point of view. Proposed LSP pattern allowed one to increase the fatigue life of specimens with semi-circular notch by an order of magnitude. The numerical simulation of the LSP was performed to visualize the residual stress field of treated specimen after loading and to give the interpretation of the experimentally observed improvement of fatigue life.
Damage assessment in beam-like structures by correlation of spectrum using machine learning
Authors: Pham Bao Toan , Le-Ngoc Vien , Vuong Cong Luan , Ngo Kieu Nhi
Published: June 2023

Damage assessment in the actual operating process of the structure is a modern and exciting problem of construction engineering due to several practical knowledge about the current condition of the inspected structures. However, the problem faced is the difficulty in controlling the excitation in structures. Therefore, the output-based structural damage identification method is becoming attractive because of its potential to be applied to an actual application without being constrained by the collection of the information excitation source. An approach of damage assessment based on supervised Machine Learning is introduced in this study by using the correlation of spectral signal as an input feature for artificial neural network (ANN) and decision tree. The output of machine learning algorithms consists of the appearance of new cuts, the level of cutting and the cutting position. A supported beam model was constructed as an experiment to determine if the method is reasonable for engineering structures. Two machine learning algorithms have been applied to check the relevance of the proposed feature from vibration data. This study contributes a standard in the damage identification problem based on spectral correlation.
Advertisements myth: commercialization of queer identity
Authors: Koch Anna-Lea
Published: June 2023

The ever more frequent appearance of queer folk in advertisements may suggest a social recognition for queerness. Especially during the Pride months – international celebrations of queer life including protest, parades, and parties – queer ads fill western screens and billboards. This paper wants to explore the impact of queer visibility in advertising on the (re)construction of queer identities in consumer societies by bringing together Jean Baudrillard’s theory of consumption, Robert Goldman’s and Anne Cronin’s analysis of advertisements and Rosemary Hennessy’s findings about queerness in capitalisms. I will argue that the commodification of queers in western mainstream advertising, framed through the concept that consumption is closely tied to citizenship, is often mistaken as recognition. Furthermore, queerness is mystified in advertising through an attempt to maintain the fiction of a coherent queer identity that contributes to the construction of either an ‘abnormal’ queerness or aims to soothe derivations from the heterosexual norm. These findings will be put into perspective by a critical examination of an American advertising clip and reflection on the viewer’s position.
Heimatromantik und rechter Lifestyle. Die rechte Influencerin zwischen Self-Branding und ideologischem Traditionalismus
Authors: Rösch Viktoria
Published: June 2023

Die Populärkultur des 21. Jahrhunderts hat neue Protagonist*innen: Influencer*innen. Auch Akteur*innen der Neuen Rechten nutzen die medialen Praktiken des Influencer-Marketings mit dem Ziel, kulturelle Hegemonie zu erlangen, indem sie apokalyptische Zeitdiagnosen propagieren und sich gleichzeitig als hoffnungsvollen Gegenentwurf stilisieren. Der Beitrag gibt Einblick in die medialen Praktiken rechter Influencerinnen. Anhand des rechten Typus der Tradwife wird herausgearbeitet, wie die Integration des ideologischen Traditionalismus in die moderne Plattformkultur vonstattengeht. Die Analyse zeigt, dass ‚Sinn für Ästhetik‘ zentrales Element im Branding von ‚traditioneller‘ Weiblichkeit ist und gleichzeitig als Scharnier zwischen den Logiken der Sozialen Medien und (neu)rechter Ideologie dient.
Die Neue Frau – Gender Politics in Fernsehserien über die Weimarer Republik
Authors: Nuy Sandra
Published: June 2023

Der Beitrag untersucht, wie weiblich gelesene Geschlechterrollen als Doing Gender in die Narrationen der beiden deutschen Fernsehserien Babylon Berlin (Sky/ARD 2017) und Eldorado KaDeWe – Jetzt ist unsere Zeit (ARD 2021) eingehen und diese dadurch politisieren. Zunächst wird das Verhältnis von Erzählen und Gender skizziert. Die dann folgende Analyse der beiden Serien zeigt Erzählmuster auf und beschäftigt sich mit den Kernelementen Zeit, Ort und (Erzähl-)Perspektive. Gezeigt wird, dass Babylon Berlin Fragen nationaler Identitätsbildung in den Fokus stellt und Weiblichkeitskonzepte reformuliert, ohne die Geschlechterhierarchie aufzulösen. Eldorado KaDeWe – Jetzt ist unsere Zeit hingegen reflektiert Genderidentitäten als kontingent und wandelbar. Die Serie schafft mit ihrer Erzählung über die Weimarer Republik einen Gründungsmythos für eine genderfluide Politik der Diversität.
Scheitern im Paradies. Die filmische Repräsentationsfigur der Sextouristin in Paradies: Liebe und Vers le sud
Authors: Weichselbaumer Doris , Kapfer Leonie , Fitz-Klausner Sebastian
Published: June 2023

Wir diskutieren die Darstellung von Sextouristinnen anhand der in diesem Kontext zentralen Filme Vers le sud (FR/CA/BE 2005) und Paradies: Liebe (AT/DE/FR 2012). Trotz formaler Unterschiede werden in beiden Filmen zahlreiche Differenzen zwischen Touristinnen und lokalen Männern (u. a. hinsichtlich race, age, economic background) eingesetzt, um zu suggerieren, dass die dargestellten Beziehungen ausschließlich monetär und zum Scheitern verurteilt wären. Statt auf die sexuelle und geschlechtliche Transgression der Touristinnen zu fokussieren, rekurrieren die Filme so auf vergeschlechtlichte Narrative des Scheiterns. Damit werden im Bestreben, globale Beziehungen als ambivalentes Machtgefüge kritisch auszustellen, konventionelle Geschlechterbilder einmal mehr affirmiert.
Does Involving Clinicians in Decision Support Development Facilitate System Use Over Time? A Systematic Review
Authors: Newton Nicki , Bamgboje-Ayodele Adeola , Forsyth Rowena , Tariq Amina , Baysari Melissa T.
Published: June 2023

Involving clinician users in the design and development of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) systems is touted to improve the fit between system and user needs. However, the impact of clinician involvement on CDS acceptance and use in practice has not been systematically studied. This review aimed to identify the approaches taken to involve clinicians in CDS development and understand the impact of these approaches on barriers and facilitators to acceptance and use in hospital settings over time. Twenty-three studies met full inclusion criteria. Clinician involvement was rarely described in depth and no comparative studies were identified. Despite frequently reporting perceived ease of use, included studies still reported barriers to acceptance and use shortly after CDS implementation and years later. Future studies should report clinician involvement in adequate detail to enable understanding of its impact on CDS acceptance and use over time. Additional recommendations for future research, including conducting comparative studies and maintaining clinician involvement beyond implementation, are described.
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) During COVID-19: Eyes and Ears on the AMS Team
Authors: Van Dort Bethany A. , Penm Jonathan , Ritchie Angus , Gray Timothy J. , Ronnachit Amrita , Baysari Melissa T.
Published: June 2023

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in hospitals comprise coordinated strategies to optimise antimicrobial use. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the healthcare system, including AMS. This study aimed to understand the work processes of AMS teams during COVID-19 hospital restrictions and the role technology played in supporting AMS. Observations and interviews were conducted with AMS teams at two hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Participants reported an increase in antimicrobial use, a loss of resources for AMS activities, and reduced in-person interactions. Meetings were performed through videoconferencing, which resulted in greater access to information but led to poorer communication and impacted interdisciplinary relationships. As COVID-19 restrictions recede, AMS program changes should be evaluated to understand the most effective strategies to facilitate evidence-based AMS practices.
Identifying Diagnostic Stewardship Mechanisms in the Electronic Test Result Management Process – Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review
Authors: Li Julie , Prgomet Mirela , Baysari Melissa , Georgiou Andrew
Published: June 2023

Digital health can play a key role in diagnostic stewardship, which refers to the coordinated guidance and interventions to ensure the appropriate utilisation of diagnostic tests for therapeutic decision-making. Outcomes of test result management and the impacts of digital health are a result of the interaction between dimensions of a complex environment. This poster will present preliminary findings from a scoping review which identifies the stewardship mechanisms that facilitate safe and effective electronic management of test results.
Applying Logic to the Healthcare Journey
Authors: Joseph Amanda L. , Costello Jean , Monkman Helen , Quintana Yuri
Published: June 2023

Cross-disciplinary approaches to remediate complex healthcare service delivery issues may have merit. This study aims to establish the potential benefits of applying service design and evaluative research concepts in healthcare. Specifically, this study aims to demonstrate how a Customer Journey Map and a Logic Model could be used in unison to identify and remedy service delivery gaps to reduce barriers to care. This study provides systems thinking approach to solving operational issues in healthcare.
User Experience Co-Design of a Mobile Application to Support Childrearing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Authors: Poulsen Adam , Hickie Ian B. , Alam Mafruha , LaMonica Haley M.
Published: June 2023

The widespread adoption of mobile phones and increasing mobile connectivity globally create opportunities to access remote and disadvantaged populations. Mobile health interventions in low- and middle-income countries have substantial reach and potential to promote the socio-emotional and cognitive development of children. This study presents co-design workshop findings relating to the user experience of a mobile application – Thrive by Five – which intends to promote healthy early childhood development globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Here, findings from workshops conducted in 11 countries in Asia, Africa, and Oceania are presented. Key feedback on the mobile application user experience indicated several necessary changes, such as simplifying and localising the language, incorporating short videos or animations, adding more bright colours and illustrations, and making numerous improvements and additions to the app features and functionality. The findings contribute to advancing mobile health, context-sensitive technologies, user experience design, and low-resource setting technology co-design.
Funding and Provision Models for Mobile Technology for Persons with Disabilities
Authors: Giannoumis Anthony
Published: June 2023

Research has yet to full investigate the multidimensional factors and mechanisms that contribute to access and adoption of Assistive Technology (AT). This mini-session aims to explore this gap by providing initial indicators for the social return on investment (SRoI) for including mainstream consumer technology in AT provision schemes and report on an analysis of key stakeholder perspectives and documents funded by the Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative (GARI).
Every Museum Label for All? Reflection on Inclusive and Communicative Writing
Authors: Molinier Muriel
Published: June 2023

Since our PhD, we aim to rethink the transposition of universal design (UD) in museums for narratives, specifically on labels. We have conceptualised a model of universal label, adding inclusive and communicative writing: inclusive, by using universal design merging on the same device several forms of communication (sign language, Braille, easy to read); communicative, because it explains and learns how citizens perceived as disabled communicate. UD writing could initiate and encourage communication. In this paper, we applied our reflections on UD writing to the label of The Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum.
ICT for All: Where Do We Stand?
Authors: Chiarelli Barbara , Cacciaguerra Elisa
Published: June 2023

Although its importance is undeniable, designing in a more inclusive way is not yet fully adopted in the field of design and planning, whose reference continues to be the standard man. An approach which not only excludes people with disabilities, but also other categories that diverge from the physical and cognitive characteristics of the standard human model, such as women, the elderly, and children. This problem affects different contexts and can be observed especially in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), which are often designed without taking into account the peculiarities that distinguish these categories of users. Referring to the categories affected by the digital divide, the article reflects on the need to promote specific methodologies, such as Universal Design and User-centered Design, so that attitudinal and psychological issues related to different categories of users are considered.
Comparative Study of Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Teachers of Private and Public Secondary Schools in Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Iqbal Farzana , Muzamil Maham , Shiraz Maria
Published: June 2023

Job satisfaction is a favourable feeling toward one’s job. However, job dissatisfaction is a negative feeling about a job. The purpose of the current study was to investigate and analyze the levels of job satisfaction of female and male teachers in private and public secondary schools in Lahore, Pakistan. The targeted population selected for this cross-sectional quantitative study was teachers of the private and public schools of Lahore, Pakistan. The study sample was selected through a convenience sampling design. The final sample comprised 500 male and female secondary school teachers. The survey was self-administered, based on a structured questionnaire consisting of 36 items. For data analyses, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the gathered data. One-way ANOVA and an independent sample t-test were used to find the difference in job satisfactions by categorizing them according to their, experience, qualification, age, gender, and type of institution (public vs. private). The results indicated that female teachers were more satisfied than the male teachers. A significant difference was found between the job satisfactions in terms of salaries (F =2.610, p < 0.075), supervision (F = 3.534, p < 0.030), fringe benefits (F =5.761, p < 0.003), promotion (F =2.396, p < 0.092), and nature of work (F =4.400, p < 0.013). Furthermore, public secondary schools have more facilities and benefits as compared to private schools. It is suggested that the Executive District Officers (EDO) must include some strategies and teachers’ welfare packages for public or private secondary school teachers. However, future studies can indicate their research towards other factors, which might be considered as a prime predictor for teachers' job satisfaction.