bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Skills for Success? Supporting transition into higher education for students from diverse backgrounds.
Authors: Davison Ellie , Sanderson Rebecca , Hobson Thomas , Hopkins Jayne
Published: May 2022

Effective support during transition into higher education (HE) can be crucial, especially for traditionally under-represented student groups. Student feedback that the traditional 'welcome week' can be overwhelming due to the quantity and speed of information imparted, coupled with
the request for increased support for non-academic skills, led to the development of the 'Skills for Success' (SfS) extended transition support unit. Co-devised with the student body and delivered by a range of academic, clinical and professional support staff, SfS was highly regarded by students,
with particular impact reported on mental health and motivation to achieve. Following the introduction of SfS, attainment differences were closed or reversed, in the academic module within which the unit was embedded, for students who were mature, reported a mental health condition, or were
from Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Independent evaluation revealed the initiative had raised awareness of how to access support services and almost half the participants had shared aspects of the learning with peers outside of the cohort. Overall, the success of SfS suggests
that an extended package of integrated, holistic support can ease transition into HE and may improve the attainment of students from under-represented groups.
Using stories to tell curriculum or using curriculum to tell stories
Authors: Daly Dermot
Published: May 2022

Curriculum development is at the heart of progressive education and is key to the success of learners, but is often difficult to conceptualise. In this paper, elements of storytelling – specifically that of character, setting and the 'problem' – are mapped across curriculum
development with clear regard to equality, diversity and inclusion, which are at the heart of modern curriculum developmental investigation. Although written with an arts educational focus in mind, the conceptual ideas are applicable to all areas of education. It is argued that by using this
model, which gives integral regard to equality, diversity and inclusion, the experience of the learner(s) and the pace of change, improvement and faculty goodwill is enhanced.
Responding with resilience: the impact of the pandemic on the educational experiences and ambitions on FE students
Authors: Raven Neil
Published: May 2022

Concerns have been expressed about the impact of Covid-19 on the educational ambitions and progression prospects of those from disadvantaged backgrounds. While the pandemic has limited opportunities to conduct research in this area, approaches can be developed that overcome the barriers
of conducting fieldwork in person. This article reports on the interim findings from one such study. This sought the views of students on advanced (Level 3) programmes at a further education college with a catchment area comprising a number of low higher education (HE) participation neighbourhoods.
While lockdown had presented challenges for participants in engaging with their education and in planning for their next steps, all expressed a determination to succeed and achieve their ambitions. The article concludes by suggesting a key role for outreach in helping these students realise
their post-college goals.
Comparison of Sonographic-Based TI-RADS Classification and Cytological-Based Bethesda Scoring: 6-Month Experience in Somalia
Authors: Adam Osman Ahmed , Gedi Ibrahim Ismail , Tahtabaşı Mehmet , Kaya Veysel , Shermatova Saime
Published: May 2022

The aim of this study is to investigate the agreement between ‎the thyroid image reporting and data systems (TI-RADS) ‎classification and the Bethesda scoring in adults with thyroid ‎nodules and to evaluate the effectiveness of our clinic in the ‎management of thyroid nodules. In this prospective study, in ‎which the analyzes of the patients who applied to the ‎Interventional Radiology Department of our hospital for fine ‎needle aspiration biopsy due to thyroid nodule were analyzed, ‎‎59 patients were included between January 1, 2020 and June ‎‎1, 2020. Sonographic features (composition, echogenicity, ‎shape, margin, and echogenic foci) of all nodules were recorded ‎for TI-RADS scoring before biopsy and TI-RADS scoring was ‎performed by the radiologist. It was then the results compared ‎with the Bethesda scoring, which is the cytological ‎classification. A total of 59 patients (n=43; 72.9% female and, ‎n=16; 27.1% male) were analyzed. Of the biopsied nodules, 31 ‎‎(52.5%) were localized in the right lobe and 28 (47.5%) in the ‎left lobe. The mean longest diameter of the nodules was ‎‎35.9±13.9 mm (range, 13-70 mm). The TI-RADS category was ‎also significantly higher in those with larger nodule diameters ‎‎(p=0.026). There was moderate agreement between both ‎scorings (kappa value=0.406 and p<0.001). There were 7 ‎‎(11.9%) patients with TI-RADS ≥ 4 and 10 (16.9%) patients ‎classified as Bethesda ≥ 4. Thyroid nodules reported as highly ‎suspected of malignancy (TIRADS ≥ 4) had good agreement ‎with Bethesda scoring (Kappa value= 0.658 and p<0.001). ‎According to the findings of our study, there is a moderate ‎agreement between TI-RADS scoring and Bethesda. However, ‎the rate of compliance was increasing in nodules classified as ‎malignant nodules (TI-RADS ≥4).‎
INVESTMENT PATTERN OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN KERALA
Authors: K. N RATHI
Published: May 2022

The present study has selected the investment pattern of Government employees, a unique group of individuals who has respectful behaviour in society. The investment pattern included the objectives, perceived factors, Risk associated and the avenues selected by the employees. The employees' Personality was also taken for the study, and the relationship between the investment pattern and Personality has established using statistical inference. The demographic factors are partially affecting the investment pattern. Keywords: Investment pattern, Government employees, Personality
A Review on Conversion of Existing Building into Green Building
Authors: Balapgol Basavaraj. S.
Published: May 2022

Green building construction has resulted in a slew of inventive solutions to lower energy usage. The requirement to develop a unified dimensional model for resource-saving, and environmentally friendly is a problem for assessments of green renovation (GR) of existing structures. India has three mechanisms viz. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) GRIHA (The Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) are in place to help its fast-rising urban population to achieve ecologically sustainable growth. An attempt has been made here to review the conversion of existing structures into green buildings to save natural resources. It will be beneficial for the people who renovate their buildings or want to change to the green building concept. Green building implementation has become a need to optimize the scarce resources and to eliminate the negative impact of early cost surcharges on the green building idea should be eliminated. This review paper aims to find the solutions for existing buildings to convert them into green buildings and how life cycle cost analysis is important for the building. Keywords: green building, green building rating system, LEED, GRIHA, IGBC, Life cycle Cost
ANALISIS KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK BERDASARKAN REALISASI PENERIMAAN PBB PADA BPPKAD KABUPATEN PURWOREJO
Authors: Puspita Inge Hasna , Setyawan Supanji
Published: May 2022

Land and Building Tax (PBB) is a Regional Tax as one of the key sources of regional income to pay local government administration in order to establish a realistic and accountable regional autonomy. Therefore, tax payer compliance in meeting their tax collection obligations is required. The achievement of revenue targets and Building Tax (PBB) demonstrates tax compliance. This research was conducted in the BPPKAD Purworejo Regency. In this study, the author investigates the Taxpayer Compliance Analysis Based on PBB Revenue. The aim of this research is to determine what proportion of PBB tax income is collected depending on tax compliance (PBB). This study employs descriptive method, and data is collected from BPPKAD Purworejo Regency and processed by examining the proportion of realized land and building tax collections (PBB). The result reveal that the number of Land and Building Tax payers increases annually from 2016 to 2019. The rise in the number of tax payers means that the potential for PBB revenue will increase every year. For the realization of PBB revenue level Land Tax payer compliance and buildings (PBB) of Purworejo Regency, namely paying taxes as considered necessary.
RECURSOS EDUCATIVOS DIGITALES EN EL PROCESO ENSEÑANZA APRENDIZAJE DE LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Authors: Saltos Bajaña Marco Vinicio , Salazar Muñoz Ingrid Eloísa , Correa Vélez Víctor Hugo , Toala Zambrano Jeomar Duber
Published: May 2022

Esta investigación pretende resaltar la importancia del uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC)aplicadas a la educación en la modalidad virtualde aprendizaje establecida en Ecuador por la emergencia sanitariapor el COVID-2019, por medio del estudio bibliográfico y la aplicación de lametodología de la investigación-acción (I-A) se compruebaque el uso de Herramientas Educativas Digitales (HED) y los Recursos Educativos Digitales (RED) desarrollanla motivación, participación y conexión del alumnado en las sesiones áulicas sincrónicas mejorando los proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje (PEA), además el potencial uso de las redes sociales como canal interactivo de aprendizaje con el alumnado. Al mismo tiempo resalta el uso del paradigma conectivista e influencia de las TIC en el desarrollo de habilidades y competencias digitales para llegar a los aprendizajes significativos
XÁC ĐỊNH MÔI TRƯỜNG NHÂN GIỐNG VÀ NUÔI TẠO QUẢ THỂ NẤM ĐÔNG TRÙNG HẠ THẢO (Cordycep militaris) THEO HƯỚNG HỮU CƠ
Authors: Châu Mai Hải , Ngọc Đặng Thị
Published: May 2022

Nghiên cứu nhằm xác định môi trường nhân giống và nuôi tạo quả thể nấm đông trùng hạ thảo (Cordyceps militaris) theo hướng hữu cơ. Kết quả cho thấy nguồn mẫu được khử trùng bằng ethanol 70% trong 30 giây cho kết quả tốt nhất, với hệ sợi tơ nấm phát triển dày, nhanh chuyển sang màu cam đậm, chiều dài tơ nấm trung bình đạt 1,475cm sau 9 ngày sau cấy. Đối với môi trường nhân giống nấm đông trùng hạ thảo (Cordyceps militaris) dịch thể gồm glucose 30g/L + 5g/L cao nấm men + 10g/L pepton + 0,2g/L B1 + 0,2g/L B8 + 200mL dịch chiết (5g/L cao hà thủ ô + 12g/L hành tây + 7g/L cà rốt + 7g/L súp lơ + 160g/L khoai tây) + 200g/L dịch chiết giá đậu xanh cho kết quả phù hợp nhất, kích thước cầu nấm lớn nhất đạt 1,1cm, trị số mật độ quang đạt 0,91. Sử dụng giống dịch thể nuôi cấy tạo quả thể cho kết quả chiều cao đạt 5,0 (cm) sau 33 ngày. Trong thí nghiệm nuôi tạo quả thể nấm C. militaris, công thức chứa glucose 30g/L + 5g/L cao nấm men + 10g/L pepton + 0,2g/L B1 + 0,2g/L B8 + 200mL dịch chiết như môi trường nhân giống + 200g/L giá + 7g/L yến mạch + 5g/L bột tảo spirulina + 30g gạo lứt : gạo trắng (1:1)) cho kết quả tốt nhất, quả thể nấm xuất hiện rất sớm chỉ sau 3 ngày chuyển pha sáng, tổng số quả thể thu được đạt 168 quả thể/hộp, khối lượng tươi/hộp đạt 32,58g .
ỨNG DỤNG CÔNG NGHỆ THÔNG TIN XÂY DỰNG CƠ SỞ DỮ LIỆU QUY HOẠCH SỬ DỤNG ĐẤT HUYỆN GIAO THỦY, TỈNH NAM ĐỊNH
Authors: Hạnh Nguyễn Thị Hồng , Hiệp Đỗ Như , Long Nguyễn Bá
Published: May 2022

Nghiên cứu này với mục tiêu giúp các nhà quản lý có thể nắm bắt các thông tin Quy hoạch, kế hoạch sử dụng đất (QH, KHSDĐ) một cách nhanh chóng, đồng thời giúp hoàn thiện hệ thống thông tin QH, KHSDĐ phục vụ cho xây dựng CSDL đất đai đa mục tiêu tại huyện Giao Thủy. Kết quả phân tích cho thấy so với yêu cầu thông tin đất đai phục vụ cho công tác QH, KHSDĐ, các dữ liệu, tài liệu thu thập được ở huyện bước đầu đã đáp ứng được yêu cầu để xây dựng cơ sở dữ liệu QH, KHSDĐ. Tuy nhiên, một số tài liệu thu thập được vẫn cần phải tiến hành chuẩn hóa theo quy định. Trên cơ sở dữ liệu đã được chuẩn hóa tiến hành xây dựng CSDL quy hoạch sử dụng đất huyện Giao Thủy gồm 10 bước với các nhóm lớp thông tin được đề xuất theo quy định tại thông tư 75/2015/BTNMT. Để nâng cao hiệu quả công tác quản lý và khai thác dữ liệu thông tin QH, KHSDĐ huyện Giao Thủy, nhóm nghiên cứu đã đề xuất nhóm giải pháp về chính sách và giải pháp xây dựng Webgis về hiện trạng thông tin QH, KHSDĐ.
LỢI THẾ THƯƠNG MẠI XUẤT KHẨU CÀ PHÊ VIỆT NAM SANG EU
Authors: Quyết Trần Nho , Tong Guang Ji , Hiền Nguyễn Thị Thanh
Published: May 2022

Cà phê Việt Nam từ xưa đến nay được coi là sản phẩm có chất lượng được bạn bè thế giới ưa chuộng, nhất là thị trường khó tính như EU, hiện nay cà phê Việt Nam thuộc top một hai trên thế giới, nhưng bất kể sản phẩm nào thì việc có thể cạnh tranh đứng vững trên thị trường của họ không hề đơn giản và phụ thuộc rất nhiều yếu tố. Trong nghiên cứu này chúng tôi đi xem xét so sánh chỉ số cạnh tranh trong xuất khẩu cà phê Việt Nam và EU, từ đó tìm ra lợi thế thương mại và tìm hướng đi cho xuất khẩu cà phê tăng cao vào thị trường này, đây là một vấn đề rất quan trọng và cần thiết. Nghiên cứu sử dụng phương pháp so sánh RCA (Revealed Comparative Advantage), với dữ liệu nghiên cứu lấy từ bộ số liệu của WITS đối với Việt Nam và 28 nước thành viên EU năm 2019. Kết quả đã cho thấy xuất khẩu cà phê Việt Nam có lợi thế thương mại lớn so với các nước EU. Dựa vào chỉ số RCA, nghiên cứu đã đề xuất một số đối sách với chính phủ Việt Nam, doanh nghiệp kinh doanh cà phê góp phần tận dụng các lợi thế để thúc đẩy xuất khẩu cà phê Việt Nam sang EU. Các đối sách như tập trung vào nâng cao chất lượng cà phê đáp ứng các tiêu chuẩn kỹ thuật cao của EU, tăng đầu tư chế biến sâu, sản xuất theo chuỗi, đảm bảo các điều kiện về truy xuất nguồn gốc, xây dựng và phát triển thương hiệu riêng cho cà phê Việt Nam tại EU.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Remittance Inflows in Bangladesh: An ARDL Approach
Authors: Akter Jasmin , Islam Md Jahedul , Bhattacharjee Puja , Chakraborty Shampa
Published: May 2022

The key concern of this paper is to bring forth a contemporary estimation of the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on remittance inflows in Bangladesh as well as to find out the scenario of whether the migration and exchange rate have impacted on the remittance inflows in Bangladesh based on the monthly data from January 2008 to December 2021. By introducing dummy variable in the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound testing approach, it is found that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has a strong positive impact on the remittance inflows in Bangladesh in the long-run. Besides, there is a positive impact of exchange rate on remittance inflows in the long-run while a negative relationship between the remittance inflows and migration in the long-run in Bangladesh. For the healthiness of the model, various diagnostic tests along with normality and stability test were performed over the period.
Integration of Ideological and Political Education into Comprehensive Experiment of C Programming Language
Authors: Wang Bi-qing
Published: May 2022

Implementing ideological and political education is a priority strategy for China's higher education development in the new era. Aiming at the comprehensive experiment of C programming language, this paper discusses the ideas and methods of integrating ideological and political education in each teaching link, and makes a useful exploration and practice for the future mode and approach of ideological and political education for college students.
Age-structured Delayed SIPCV Epidemic Model of HPV and Cervical Cancer Cells Dynamics II. Convergence of Numerical Solution
Authors: Akimenko Vitalii V. , Adi-Kusumo Fajar
Published: May 2022

The numerical method for simulation of age-structured SIPCV epidemic model with age-structured sub-classes of susceptible, infectious, precancerous and cancer cells and unstructured population of human papilloma virus (HPV) dynamics with incubation period is developed. Convergence of the numerical approximations is studied both theoretically and numerically. We prove the stability and second rate of convergence of the approximate solutions to the exact solution of the SIPCV epidemic nonlinear system. The numerical experiments based on the grid refined method confirm and illustrate the second order of accuracy of the obtained numerical method and show the various dynamical regimes of population dynamics. Simulations for model parameters of the system reveal two unstable dynamical regimes of SIPCV population which correspond to the cancer tumor growth and formation of metastases in organism.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ МЕТОДУ ЦІЛЬОВОГО КАЛЬКУЛЮВАННЯ СОБІВАРТОСТІ ПРОДУКЦІЇ У ПРОЦЕСНООРІЄНТОВАНОМУ ВИРОБНИЦТВІ
Authors: Куцик Петро , Бачинський Василь , Кузьмінська Катерина , Чабанюк Одарка
Published: May 2022

Основною метою статті є дослідження наявних підходів до калькулювання собівартості продукції гірничозбагачувального підприємства в розрізі виробничих процесів і вдосконалення його методики на основі використання методу цільового калькулювання та принципів процесноорієнтованого управління.Як один із ефективних шляхів удосконалення методики калькулювання собівартості продукції гірничозбагачувальних підприємств, авторами передбачається поєднання чинних вітчизняних систем калькулювання (нормативний та попроцесний методи обліку витрат і калькулювання собівартості продукції) і зарубіжних систем обліку і калькулювання (кайзен-костинг і діяльність за процесами). Механізм зниження собівартості продукції (робіт, послуг) охоплює стадії планування (бюджетування, нормування) безпосереднього виробництва, обліку та калькулювання собівартості продукції, ухвалення рішень і контролю їх виконання.У науковому дослідженні з комбінованої методики цільового калькулювання та процесної організації виробництва виділено такі етапи: розрахунок цільової собівартості продукції гірничозбагачувального підприємства на стадії розроблення проєктного завдання. На цьому етапі важливим є розподіл планової (нормативної) собівартості продукції за окремими статями калькуляції кожного виробничого процесу; визначення нормативної собівартості продукції, враховуючи кайзен-завдання, шляхом послідовного зменшення можливих витрат до базового рівня.Базовою величиною собівартості є цільова собівартість продукції, розрахована як різниця між вартістю випуску продукції за ринковими цінами та очікуваним розміром прибутку. Цільова собівартість продукції за кожною статтею витрат розраховуються як добуток коефіцієнта зниження собівартості продукції та нормативної величини витрат цієї ж статті. При цьому коефіцієнт цільового зниження витрат розраховують як відношення цільової собівартості продукції до нормативного показника.Наукова новизна одержаних результатів полягає в розробленні та теоретичному обґрунтуванні вдосконаленої методики цільового калькулювання собівартості продукції гірничозбагачувальних підприємств за виробничими процесами в контексті застосування концепції процесноорієнтованого управління.Практичне значення отриманих результатів полягає в розробленні пропозицій щодо вдосконалення методики цільового калькулювання собівартості продукції за процесами гірничозбагачувальних підприємств.
MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION POTENTIAL CONSIDERING FACTORS OF FIXED ASSETS RENEWAL ON THE BASIS OF MODELING
Authors: Voytsekhovska Yulia , Kucher Lesia , Morozova Anna
Published: May 2022

The article considers the approaches to the analysis and management of dynamics of the production potential, in particular fixed assets (FA) dynamics, on the basis of modeling this process. The need for such research arises due to the fact that in economic theory, in general, there are not enough works that would analytically link the rates of production growth, as a result, with the factors that determine it: service life and profitability of FA, depreciation rate, share of capitalized profit. According to the adopted approach, the study is performed in two stages. First of all, the scheme of FA renewal, taking into account constant of their growth rates and the service life is being constructed. In the second stage, an appropriate economic-mathematical dependence is developed and solved. In general, the article uses indicators that are generally accepted in the economic analysis of enterprises. However, both in theory and in practice, this is not related to the results achieved in relation to such a criterion as the growth rate of production. The study allowed to obtain the appropriate analytical apparatus to solve this problem. The use of a developed equation allowed to build an important quantitative dependence between resource parameters and the growth rate of fixed assets. The results are also presented in tabular form and allow to compare the options for the production potential renewal and take them into account when making appropriate managerial decisions. For the first time, a number of economic conclusions are obtained in the article with the help of modeling, which are important and cannot be detected by other methods of analysis. Also, for the first time by approximating the nonlinear rather complex dependence a simple dependence is obtained to calculate FA' renewal and disposal coefficients. That consequently allows determining the components of investment structure, which are used for FA' renewal.
ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE MARITIME TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OF UKRAINE AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Stepanenko Vladyslav , Lokhman Natalia
Published: May 2022

The article provides an assessment of the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure of Ukraine and European countries. Methods for assessing competitiveness are considered and identified as the most relevant method for assessing the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure of Ukraine and European countries. The main indicators of the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure have been determined for the main factors of ensuring the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure. Highlighted a group of European countries, such as the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, France, Belgium, as they are leaders in the field of maritime transport infrastructure. Several stages were implemented to calculate the integral indicator of the maritime transport infrastructure’s competitiveness. At the first stage, the indicators were standardized, at the second, the weight coefficient of the selected indicators was calculated, at the third stage, the total rank of indicators was calculated, at the fourth stage, the weighting coefficient was calculated for each group of indicators, and at the fifth stage, the integral indicator of the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure was determined. It was determined that the leaders in assessing the integral indicator of the competitiveness of the maritime transport infrastructure are Great Britain (8.13), Germany (7.78), and Belgium (7.07).Ukraine has the lowest rate (4.7).Also, it was found that the most influential are external factors, such as economic, legal, political, social, technological, environmental, integration, institutional (Ukraine — 2.65; Netherlands — 2.87; Germany — 2.07; Spain — 2,19; Great Britain — 1.87; France — 2.16; Belgium — 3.22).The main directions of increasing the competitiveness of the Ukrainian maritime transport infrastructure are proposed, taking into account the experience of the leading countries.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY: FINANCIAL DETERMINANTS
Authors: Pimonenko Tetyana , Lyulyov Oleksii , Samusevych Iaryna , Us Yana
Published: May 2022

The snowballing economic growth has reached the level where the energy industry has a crucial impact on the future pace of development. National energy security influences the adequate performance of all economic spheres and stable government processes. Systematization of the relevant scientific treatises showed that comprehensive national energy security assessment involves institutional, ecological, and behavioral determinants as crucial pillars of national energy security. Besides, the financial conditions play a pivotal role in ensuring national energy security since the undisturbed operations in the energy industry require investing in equipment modernization, implementing modern technologies and innovations, research and development, etc. Under the above mentioned, the scholars worldwide consider the financial determinants under elaborating on the improvements of national energy security. This study aims to interpret and visualize the bibliometric data of the scientific background related to exploring the role of financial determinants in national energy security. The bibliometric data for analysis were retrieved from the Scopus, and Web of Science interdisciplinary bibliographic databases. The collected data cover 770 publications indexed by the keywords: 'energy', 'security, and 'finance' in the titles, keywords, and abstracts of publications. The publication period covers 2000-2021. The VOSviewer software, Scopus and Web of Science toolkits for search results analysis were applied. The procedures of bibliographic analysis employed evaluative and relational techniques. The obtained results revealed publication activity's annual and relative growth rates, the main research directions by term co-occurrence, co-authorship, citation network, the most productive authors, journals, affiliations, and the geographical distribution of analyzed papers. The findings of this study give the theoretical contributions to the further development of the comprehensive assessment model of national energy security toward the carbon-free economy.
Risk Prevention And Control And Construction Path Of Criminal Compliance Of Construction Engineering Corporates
Authors: Sun Heyuan , Liu Zhiyuan
Published: May 2022

The corporate compliance system, an internal control mechanism to prevent, detect and stop illegal and criminal offences within a corporate, can serve to effectively solve potential criminal compliance risks in construction projects. The construction projects are characterized by their long-term, continuous and concealed nature. In addition, the system design of construction projects is limited by many factors, including the limitation of traditional centralized administrative mode, the absence of process supervision mechanism and reciprocal motivation mechanism, the complicated setting of supervision matters, the lack of reciprocity of the motivation mechanism and the dislocation of the main body in regulatory responsibilities. Such that, numerous violations of rules and regulations, including quality-centred disputes and safety accidents, keep coming up in the construction industry in China. Under the context of the co-development of economic and legal globalization, in order to prevent and control the potential criminal compliance risks of construction engineering corporates, it is necessary to construct compliance rules centred on supervision activities, form a corporate criminal offence and compliance identification mechanism, improve the corporate criminal liability system, establish corporate obligation and rules of criminal compliance, formulate measures for the dual models of punishment and incentive, and promote the construction and implementation of the corporate compliance system of the construction industry.
Measures to Ensure Better Performance of Duties by Directors under the OHADA Uniform Act on Commercial Companies: Prospects and Challenges
Authors: Mua Anang Elvis
Published: May 2022

The OHADA Uniform Act on Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups, like other corporate laws in the world seeks to ensuring and enhancing brilliant corporate performance within the OHADA zone. To achieve this, the OHADA Legislator has included in the Uniform Act on Commercial companies provisions that are obligations or duties imposed on corporate directors. To ensure that corporate directors perform their duties better, the Uniform Act contains measures aimed at controlling and supervising directors while performing their duties. However, global events concerning high profile corporate failures such as Enron, Fat Cat, and AT&T have not only put to question the effectiveness of directors duties but equally the effectiveness of the supervision and control mechanism put in place to ensure better performance of duties. This work therefore looks at how the OHADA legislator responds to these issues, by examining the effectiveness of the measures adopted to keep directors under control when performing their duties, bring out the potentials and limitations of these measures and make proposals that will guarantee it effectiveness. To do this, we used the analytical approach where we analyzed those Provisions of the Uniform Act on commercial companies that are concerned with control and supervision of directors, other legal texts, court decisions and textbooks relating to directors duties. We found that the supervision and control techniques under the Uniform Act are effective but can only be guaranteed if directors are not allowed to accumulate offices and functions, ensure proper separation of management and control, improving the audit process and including other external measures such as banks and insurance companies to enforce the performance of duties by directors.
The Online Customer Decision-Making Styles as Marketing Innovation Strategies for the New Normal
Authors: Mejía-Trejo Juan , Espinoza-Mercado Oscar Alejandro
Published: May 2022

Purpose. This research contributed to the customer decision-making style (CDMS) theory in the online framework (eCDMS) to unravel new orientations and segmentation to generate marketing innovation strategies for the new normal firms.
Methodology. It is based on a literature review designing a model and questionnaire applied to 400 Mexican online customers (May-Aug, 2021). The dataset is analyzed under Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling (CB-SEM), Cluster Analysis, and one-way-ANOVA multivariate methods.
Findings and Originality. The obtention of an empirical model with 9 factors, 24 indicators as new online customer decision-making styles orientations (eCDMS orientation), being quality, brand, and customer experience the most relevant. Besides, we obtained four new online customer groups (eCDMS Segmentation) that we called: marketing followers, price searchers, convenience shoppers, ethics& reputation keepers. The originality is based on a framework proposal about the discussion of new online consumers after the COVID-19 pandemic as the first insights to conform to an online customer decision-making style (eCDMS) theory.
Social Media Information Literacy vs. Fake News: Probing the Business Decisions under COVID-19 times as Innovation skills with fsQCA
Authors: Mejía-Trejo Juan , Loza-Vega Ismael
Published: May 2022

Purpose. This research aims to probe a framework explaining how the social media user professionals in digital marketing and e-business can use social media information literacy (SMIL) for business decisions under COVID-19 times as innovation skills to combat fake news narratives (FKN) to the next normal.

Methodology. A literature review was done with Delphi-Focus Group and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) under academics and professionals' supervision as SMIL experts. The survey was on 400 young Mexican SMEs' digital marketing and e-business from Jul-Sep 2021.

Findings and Originality. The original findings confirm a framework with five factors, nineteen variables, 71 items, and five paths as innovation skills.
Analysis of the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Growth of Non-Performing Loans in Indonesian Banking
Authors: Khairani Rafida , Stephan Kevin , Wijaya Jerico Prince , Charolina Charolina , Putri Anggita
Published: May 2022

This paper aims to clarify the determinants of the movement of inon-performing loans in the Indonesian banking sector and the impact of the iCOVID i19 pandemic on them. iTo this end, secondary data is obtained from the ministry of iHealth and the financial services authority I (OJK), each consisting of i47 data samples that have undergone different most it analyzes. iThe analysis used the inon-performing loan variable and the iCOVID19 pandemic variable. the results of the data analysis are how that iCOVID19 has is a significant impact on inon-performing loans, and the iCOVID19 variable can be used as an external indicator of the increase in inon-performing loans by Indonesian banks. It has been shown that there is a significant positive correlation between non-performing loans and the country's economic situation.
Implementation of The Family Hope Program in Poverty Reduction in Cilimus Village Teluk Pandan District Pesawaran Regency
Authors: Dewi Lies Kumara , Rauf Eka Ubaya Taruna , Purnama Husna , Pramana Adi
Published: May 2022

The issue of poverty in Indonesia is a social problem that is consistently applicable to be concentrated without stopping and demands the interests of all parties jointly and facilitated. The Family Hope Program or Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) provides non-cash assistance to The Very Poor Family or Rumah Tangga Sangat Miskin to meet mandatory needs. However, the implementation of PKH still has many shortcomings. This study aims to find and analyze the reality of the extent of the Implementation of the Family Hope Program in Poverty Reduction in Teluk Pandan, Pesawaran Regency. The strategy used is an expressive technique with a subjective methodology, with strategies for gathering information on perceptions, meetings and documentation. The results show that the implementation of PKH has not been effective, there are still many poor people who have not received PKH benefits, and PKH recipients do not have the awareness not to accept PKH for people who are already prosperous. Thus, the implementation of the Peraturan Menteri Sosial Republik Indonesia Nomor 1 Tahun 2018 tentang Program Keluarga Harapan is considered not yet ideal in assisting the government for all residents in Cilimus Village.
The role of virtual home visits with the use of coaching in early support for the development of children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Twardowski Andrzej
Published: May 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual home visits have become an essential tool in the provision of early support of development of children with disabilities. Thanks to such visits, support can be provided in the natural environment of the child's development and can be focused on the family. Virtual visits forces professionals to apply more coaching strategies to parents and requires parents to engage in a direct relationship with the child. In the first part of the article, the author presents the conditions that must be met for a virtual home visit to take place. Next, he characterizes the course of a virtual visit in accordance with the coaching method. In the third part of the article, the author highlights the most important advantages and disadvantages of virtual home visits.
The INPP School Intervention programme in work with a student with specific learning difficulties by Sally Goddard Blythe
Authors: Zielińska Maja
Published: May 2022

Changing the lifestyle to a more passive, less active one increases the threat to the development of the young generation. The phenomenon of physical inactivity is deteriorated by the ubiquitous computer, the Internet, and in the last two years by the pandemic and all kinds of restrictions. Numerous studies show that children diagnosed with impaired body coordination, balance and general mobility also experience failures in the learning process. It has been proven that methods based on physical activity support the education process with great success.
The aim of the article is to present the general assumptions of the INPP School Intervention Programme by Sally Goddard Blythe as an effective form of supporting a student with specific school difficulties. The School Intervention Programme is successfully implemented in mainstream primary schools around the world.
Repeated-dose 90-day oral toxicity study of GST in Sprague-Dawley rats
Authors: Kim Sang Ho , Park Myeong Kyu , Seol Ja Kyung , Im Jae Min , Seo Heung Sik , Park Hee Ju , Nah Sung Soon
Published: May 2022

TiO2 have been studied on inhalation and skin exposure due to the properties of the materials’ use (cosmetics, paints and other products) and the additional safety information on other intake routes for the potential risk assessment is limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to obtain safety data for new TiO2 powder, GST produced through sludge recycling of the sewage treatment plant through repeated-dose toxicity in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats in according to the OECD test guideline (TG 408). Based on the results of the dose-range finding study (28-day repeated toxicity), GST was orally administered to rats at doses of 0, 500, 1000, and 2000 mg/kg B.W/day for 90-day and reversibility of effects of 2000 mg/kg bw/day was assessed after 4 weeks. In clinical signs, compound-colored stool was observed in all animals of treatment group (low: day 14 or 15, middle: day 8, high: day 8) and continuously observed up to the end of administration or day 1 of recovery period (high dose group). Also, the test substance retention in gastro-intestinal tract was observed in all animals of treatment group in gross finding at necropsy and foreign materials in lumen of these organs (stomach, duodenum, ileum, cecum, colon, rectum) likely indicative for the presence of test material in histopathological examination. In addition, no test substance-related adverse effects were noted in the detailed clinical observations, sensory reactivity/ functional assessments, body weight, food consumption, urinary analysis, ophthalmological examination, hematological / biochemical parameters, organ weights, histopathological findings. Therefore, the present results show that the NOAEL (no observed adverse effect level) of new TiO2 powder, GST was considered to be 2000 mg/kg B.W/day in rats after repeated oral administration for 90-day under the present study conditions and no target organs were identified.
Patients’ Attendance to The Virtual Compared to The In-person Complimentary Outpatient Clinics at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Altaf Mohammed Z. , Altaf Lina Z. , Farahat Fayssal M , AlThaqafi Abdulhakeem O.
Published: May 2022

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient clinics in National Guard-Health Affairs Hospitals, Saudi Arabia, have shifted their healthcare services towards virtual clinics to keep up with patient appointments while maintaining infection control precautions. This study aimed to determine if patient attendance compliance has changed by implementing virtual “phone call” appointments compared to the conventional physical appointments in outpatient clinics. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted by comparing patients’ demographic information, and compliance to virtual calls and physician recommendations during 2020 with the regular physical attendance clinics in 2019. Patient data was collected from the electronic medical records after randomly selecting the sample for each year from 6 main outpatient clinics. Results: During the 4-month period of 2020 (March-June), in which virtual clinics were implemented, there was a significant decrease in the attendance compliance when compared to the same period in 2019 conventional clinics. Data were analyzed for 404 and 407 patients’ medical records from each year, respectively. The drop in the clinic attendance compliance was the highest in the pediatric oncology clinic. Moreover, physician orders of investigations and medications were significantly reduced. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic had a significant negative impact on patient care. Although that impact was seen greatest among those with chronic conditions and oncology patients, it was an essential step towards infection control during this difficult period. However, the pandemic is an opportunity to establish a comprehensive virtual care system that will ensure easy access and continuity of patient care. Key words: virtual clinic; patient attendance; telemedicine; telehealth
Patterns and determinants of Z score of Height for Age, Weight for Age and Weight for Height among Preschool children in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia
Authors: El-Gamal Fathi M. , Alsubhi Nuha , Badr Shahd , Althaqafi Nada , Al-Qadasi Fatima , Hammed Mariyam
Published: May 2022

Background: Stunted growth could lead to increased morbidity and mortality during childhood. Objectives: To identify the major socio-demographic, and health risk factors of stunting in 2–6 years old Saudi children. Design: Cross sectional study. Sampling and setting: It was a convenient sampling method, and was conducted at the outpatient clinics of two general hospitals in Jeddah city. Patients and methods: Total sample size was 748 preschool children. Data was collected on the children via personal questionnaire, ISAAC questionnaire on asthma and allergy in children, and anthropometric measurements. Indices for stunting (Height for age), underweight (weight for age), and wasting (weight for height) were compared to WHO reference values for normal children and Z scores for the indices were calculated. Multi-nominal Logistic regression and linear multiple regression were used. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. The level of significance for this study was 0.05. Results: Wasting was encountered among 3.11% of the children, while stunting was found among 22.91%, and underweight among 20.32% of the children. On the other hand overweight/obesity was found among 19.7% of the children. An obese child is 8 times more likely to be stunted (OR: 7.845; 95%CI: 4.103, 15.001), and child with under-weight was 17 times more likely to be stunted (OR: 16.782; 95%CI: 7.517, 37.470). Female child was less likely to be stunted compared to male (OR: 0.607; 95% CI: 0.374; 0.985, P < .043). Stunting was more common in early years of life (b=0.015). Short stature of the mother (b = 0.021), and decreased her BMI (b= 0.043) were significantly associated with stunting in their children (P < .05). Conclusions: Male gender and very young age are significant risk factors of stunting. Double malnutrition was common among children with stunting. Hereditary may be an important determinant factor of stunting in children. Key words: Malnutrition, Stunting, Children, Saudi Arabia.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Non-Psychiatric Physicians about Addiction
Authors: Al-Ahmari Saeed M. , Almusa Ali A. , Alshomrani Ali A. , Al Ahmary Waleed S.H. , Assiry Zahra S.A. , Alqahtany Suad M.S. , Asiri Ahmed Yahya , Alqahtani Turki Hassan , Alassiri Nasser Saeed , Mostafa Ossama A.
Published: May 2022

Objective: To evaluate non-psychiatric physicians’ knowledge, attitude and practices regarding management of cases with addiction. Subjects and Methods: Following a cross-sectional study, 126 non-psychiatric physicians in Aseer Region were interviewed. A study questionnaire was used for data collection. It included socio-demographic data; general attitudes and interest toward addictions, addiction psychiatry; knowledge about addictions, addictive disorders, including treatment, and practice about addictions, addictive disorders, and treatment. The survey was anonymously self-administered and participant physicians were asked to provide their written informed consent to participate in this study. Data were collected through direct interviews with physicians. Results: Age of participants ranged from 26 to 66 years (Mean±SD: 37.1±9.1 years). Most participants (81%) were males. Only 9.5% attended a training course or a conference on management of addiction, while 12.7% attended training or a course on palliative care. Generally, participants had very low knowledge regarding management of addiction, especially maintenance daily doses of Buprenorphine and Methadone and their overdose (4.8%, 12.7% and 7.9%, respectively). Regarding positive attitude statements, the least agreed upon were “illicit drugs addicts are easy patients”; and “being at ease in working with persons with heroin addiction” (11.1%, and 14.3%, respectively), while the highest agreed upon negative statements were “deficient resources to treat drug-dependent patients”; and “need to have more training on addiction management” (82.5% and 69.8%, respectively). Acute or chronic pain crises were the most common addiction-related conditions managed by participant physicians (39.7% and 31.7%, respectively). Cases of substance-induced psychosis were managed by 12.7% of participant physicians. The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with addiction-related conditions were morphine, fentanyl, tramadol and pregabalin (44.4%, 19% 19%, and 17.5% respectively). Conclusions: Non-psychiatric physicians in Aseer Region have insufficient knowledge, negative attitude and poor practice about psychoactive substance use disorders. Continuing medical education and training is necessary to promote physicians’ knowledge and practices related to prevention and treatment strategies for addiction diseases. Key Words: Addiction, psychoactive substance use disorders, knowledge, attitude, practice, non-psychiatric physicians
Nutrition and puberty
Authors: Naddeh Dima , AlSharei Alaa Salah AG
Published: May 2022

Nutrition plays an important role in the growth, development and puberty of children. Adequate nutrition is very important for the normal development of the child during the various stages of childhood and into puberty. Unfortunately, we note the spread of fast food and the adoption of wrong methods in feeding the child, such as making them watch TV to motivate them to eat a larger amount of food etc. This has led to the spread of obesity and overweight among children. Overweight or obese children are more likely to enter puberty early. Some evidence suggests that obesity can accelerate the onset of puberty in girls and this is a major reason why girls begin puberty at an earlier age compared to past decades while overweight or obesity may delay the onset of puberty in boys. On the other hand, severe primary or secondary malnutrition also can delay the onset and progression of puberty. The aim of our article is to shed light on the relation between nutrition and puberty and to focus on the importance of adequate nutrition to create a healthy child with a normal development. Key words: Nutrition, children, puberty