bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Problems of Quality Assurance for Socio-Economic Data at Local Level
Authors: Ogay М. Yu.
Published: January 2021

The process of decentralization involves the enhanced interest of local power bodies in carrying out an effective benchmarking at local level, along with the increasing demand on relevant and reliable information on the development of territorial communities. Today, the local self-government faces financial and technical limitations in creating effective local systems for information support. It follows that the only way of producing a unified statistical support as a tool for performance analysis at local level is developing a centralized information system.  
The article contains an analysis of the quality of the existing centralized information system, which viability is supported by the Association of Ukrainian Cities. The computerized system of municipal statistics, developed in Ukraine, is an online system for collection, storage and processing of information on the core areas of life activities of territorial communities and self-government bodies. The system is based on the advanced principles of creation and operation of information products, whereas its organization, structure and technological tooling on the whole is compliant with analogous systems used in other spheres and in some other countries. However, most part of the indicators for which the data are collected and processed by the system does not comply with the core dimensions of quality, namely: relevance (topicality) / compliance with user needs; accuracy/reliability of estimated figures; timeliness and punctuality of production and publishing of processed data; accessibility and comprehensibility/clearness of metadata; comparability; consistency/coherence of indicators in space and time.   
The author’s study laid the basis for the elaborated recommendations on quality enhancement for the data collected at municipal level. A reliable information system must meet the following requirements: compliance of the system’s purpose and functions with user needs; coverage of the maximal number of administrative-territorial units; free access for users by hierarchical approach; availability of computerized data conversion; optimization of the set of primary, secondary and summary indicators and metadata that are developed by standard forms; use of advanced methods for data analysis and presentation given well-developed monitoring capabilities; viability and provision of appropriate professional support. If implemented, these recommendations will enable to form the solid information basis for comprehensive monitoring of life activities of cities and local communities in Ukraine.
Statistical Modeling of the Ecological Risks as a Factor of the Ecological Safety
Authors: Cherenkevych O. S.
Published: January 2021

In modern conditions, the priority of Ukraine’s national interests is to ensure environmentally safe living conditions of society, as well as the preservation and restoration of the natural environment, increasing requirements for environmental safety. The purpose of this article is the statistical modelling of environmental risks to determine the direction of justification of management decisions on environmental safety. This necessitates the implementation of the effective methods of environmental safety regulation, assessment and monitoring of environmental risk. The author clarifies the definition of environmental safety as a set of conditions and processes that provide all vital human needs and do not provide for the deterioration of the future generations living conditions in terms of economic and environmental balance to achieve sustainable economic development. As an object of statistical research, environmental safety is a component of national security, which reflects the quantitative parameters of the environmental pollution risks.
The environmental risks’ modelling is performed by using trend models in the article. The difference between the real levels of air and water resources pollution, as well as the generation of hazardous waste of I-III classes and their theoretical values calculated by the model, assesses the pollution risk of the corresponding environmental resource. The specific cost of air pollution, water bodies, and hazardous waste is defined as the ratio of the amount of environmental payments of the last year to the amount of actual pollution of the same year, that is environmental payments per 1 unit of pollution. Further assessment of the risk cost is proposed to be defined as the product of the calculated deviations excess proportion and the specific cost of pollution by types. For Ukraine today the most acute problems are pollution of water resources, as well as the formation of hazardous waste, much lower than air pollution. The obtained results allow drawing a conclusion about the inefficiency of the current payment system for environmental pollution and compensation for damage, which requires an increase in capital investment in environmental equipment, increasing fines for non-compliance with pollution standards.
The Mortality Due to External Causes in Ukraine: Lives That Could Be Saved
Authors: Ryngach N. О.
Published: January 2021

The article’s objective is to assess the losses of human lives in Ukraine, resulting from the mortality due to external causes (by absolute number, rate and structure), reveal the patterns by gender and age, with distribution by main cause. A comparative analysis of the mortality due to external causes in Ukraine and other countries is made by data on the distribution of deaths by gender, age and cause of death, taken from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, international and national databases. It is shown that the major share of deaths were due to four main causes accounted for more than 68% of all the cases: intentional self-harm (suicides); harm of undetermined intent; accidental poisonings caused by noxious substances; and transport accidents.
An essential gender disproportion due to external causes is revealed: the mortality rate of males is 4.7 times higher than females. In Ukraine males account for 80.2% of the total deaths due to external causes (against two thirds, or 64.2%, in EU). The excess of males is the most significant in the causes such as drowning, suicides and accidental poisonings (with more than eight times to six times excess of the respective figure over females). In view of this, the share of deaths due to external causes in the overall structure of mortality was higher for Ukrainian males (8.4%) than for females (2.0%).
The rate of sudden mortality (in the age younger than 65) due to external causes of death in Ukraine is 2.5 time higher than in Sweden chosen as a reference country, and thrice higher than in EU until 2004. The majority of deaths due to external causes in Ukraine are concentrated in this age group: nearly 80% in 2019 (against 49% in EU countries).
A pressing social problem for modern Ukraine is the excessive mortality due to accidental poisoning and alcohol effects: from the age of 30 years and on, such cases exceed the poisonings caused by noxious substances (the gap being 1.75 times for the total population and more than trice (3.25 times) for the middle age of 45–49 years.
Special attention is given to the problem of the increasing rate of deaths classified as “harm with undetermined intent” (which rate in Ukraine is seven times higher than in EU). It raises the need for analysis of the veracity of determined causes of death and quality enhancement of the official statistics for this class of causes in Ukraine, to have better understanding of the real situation and tendencies of change in the epidemiological situation with respect to external causes of mortality.
ARTEFATOS DE CONTROLADORIA E CONTABILIDADE GERENCIAL: ANÁLISE DOS ARTIGOS PUBLICADOS EM PERIÓDICOS BRASILEIROS DE CONTABILIDADE ENTRE OS ANOS 2009-2018
Authors: Mayk Jonhon de Carvalho Souza  , Kelly Aparecida Silva Jacques  , Lara Cristina Francisco de Almeida Fehr  , Vanessa Ferreira da Silva
Published: January 2021

o objetivo deste estudo é identificar o perfil bibliométrico dos artigos sobre artefatos deControladoria e Contabilidade Gerencial publicados entre 2009 e 2018 nos periódicosbrasileiros mais relevantes da área de contabilidade. Para o atendimento do objetivo proposto,foram coletados na plataforma de cada periódico os artigos cuja palavras-chavecorrespondessem ao foco desta pesquisa. Após a obtenção de uma amostra de 28 artigos, osdados obtidos foram tabulados e analisados sob a perspectiva de três leis bibliométricas: Lotka,Bradford e Zipt com o auxílio do Microsoft Excel e Microsoft Power BI. Os resultados dapesquisa demonstraram que o periódico ‘Enfoque – Reflexão Contábil’ foi o mais receptivo aosestudos ligados à temática. Além disso, destaca-se as autoras Beuren e Bortolucci Espejo comoas mais profícuas com estudos focados em artefatos gerenciais, além da forte participação depesquisadores na região Sul do país, em especial, vinculados à Universidade Regional deBlumenau (FURB). Os artefatos mais investigados ao longo do recorte temporal foramrespectivamente: Orçamento, Custeio por Absorção, Custeio ABC, Custeio Variável, Preços deTransferência e Benchmarking.
MODELANDO O PROCESSO GERADOR DA INFLAÇÃO NO BRASIL
Authors: Cayo Rômulo Queiroz de França  , Fábio Lúcio Rodrigues
Published: January 2021

O presente trabalho buscou identificar o processo gerador da série temporal do Índice Nacionalde Preços do Consumidor Amplo (IPCA) no Brasil, no período que compreende entre janeirode 1999 a julho de 2018 e posteriormente realizar a previsão dos valores percentuais da inflaçãopara 6 (seis) períodos a frente. A série mostrou possuir características sazonais e, portanto, foiajustado um modelo SARIMA. Após alguns testes foi identificado que a série era estacionária,e, portanto, na checagem de estimação dos modelos, o que mais se ajustou a previsão segundoos testes foi o modelo SARIMA (1,0,0) X (1,0,1)
CARACTERÍSTICAS CORPORATIVAS SOBRE A DIVULGAÇÃO VOLUNTÁRIA DO EBITDA PELAS COMPANHIAS NA B3 EM 2018
Authors: Shaiane Pisa Kistner  , Orion Augusto Platt Neto
Published: January 2021

O objetivo do artigo é identificar as relações entre a divulgação do EBITDA pelas companhiaslistadas na B3, referente a 2018, e os setores de atuação, o tempo em bolsa, o nível degovernança e o total do ativo. O universo é composto por todas as companhias listadas na B3que estavam ativas e aptas à divulgação do EBITDA referente a 2018. A amostra inclui as 274companhias (97,5% do universo) que publicaram seus relatórios anuais. A pesquisa se baseounas observações de documentos corporativos e bases de dados derivadas de publicaçõesobrigatórias e voluntárias das sociedades abertas. Para a análise de dados, foram empregadastécnicas de estatística descritiva de associação e de correlação. A partir das análises estatísticasempregadas, abrangendo testes de hipóteses para um nível de confiança de 95%, concluiu-seque a divulgação de EBITDA pelas companhias: possui associação moderada com o tamanho(medido pelo ativo) e com a adesão a um nível de governança mais sofisticado (acima doTradicional); e não possui relação aparente com o tempo que as companhias estão listadas embolsa ou com os setores de atuação. Destaca-se, todavia, que estes resultados estão limitadosapenas ao ano de 2018, mesmo tendo grande abrangência do universo delimitado.
PROGRAMAS DE QUALIDADE EM ESCRITÓRIOS CONTÁBEIS E SUA RELAÇÃO COM A SATISFAÇÃO DOS CLIENTES
Authors: Eduardo Israel Milioli Tondin  , Alex Eckert  , Gobinda Roy  , Marlei Salete Mecca  , Diego Luis Bertollo
Published: January 2021

Devido a busca contínua pela qualidade e visto que esta promove os seus usuários para ummercado de sucesso, cada vez mais se torna necessário investir em aperfeiçoamentos equalificações. Acompanhando o desenvolvimento do mercado de trabalho, pode-se observarque as organizações prezam pela excelência na qualidade dos serviços prestados. Por estemotivo, os escritórios de contabilidade também demonstram uma incessante busca pelaqualidade, com o objetivo de aperfeiçoar os serviços, de forma a alcançar a satisfação dosclientes. Diante disso, um programa de gestão auxilia o profissional contábil na organização eno controle da qualidade, fornecendo as ferramentas necessárias para tais controles internos,pois tem como principal propósito assegurar a qualidade dos serviços prestados ao cliente. Comisso, o objetivo deste presente estudo é avaliar o nível de satisfação dos empresários caxienses,em relação à qualidade dos serviços prestados por um escritório contábil, o qual possuiimplantado um programa de qualidade. Em termos metodológicos a presente pesquisa secaracteriza como uma Survey, de cunho descritivo e quantitativo. Através da pesquisa, concluise que, a utilização de um programa de qualidade no escritório contábil traz resultados benéficos, alcançando a excelência e proporcionando um aumento na qualidade do serviço prestado. Além disso, ficou evidenciado que oferecendo um serviço eficiente e confiável,resulta em um aumento no nível de satisfação dos clientes.
OS REFLEXOS NA ROTINA DO PROFISSIONAL CONTÁBIL EM MEIO A ERA DA CONTABILIDADE DIGITAL: um estudo acerca da implantação do eSocial e SPED Fiscal
Authors: Ana Paula de Brito Aires  , Sanderson Quixabeira da Silva  , Kennedy Paiva da Silva  , Mateus Silva Batista  , Italo Carlos Soares do Nascimento
Published: January 2021

O Sistema Público de Escrituração Digital – SPED foi instituído pelo Governo com o propósitode simplificar a entrega das obrigações acessórias. Unificado ao SPED, surge o Sistema deEscrituração Digital das Obrigações Fiscais, Previdenciárias e Trabalhistas – eSocial, agoracom o foco em obter êxito nas informações que abrangem a natureza previdenciária etrabalhista. O estudo teve como objetivo identificar as mudanças na rotina contábil no âmbitofiscal e trabalhista ocasionada pela implantação do SPED fiscal e eSocial. A pesquisa secaracteriza como descritiva, e para obtenção dos resultados foi realizada uma entrevistasemiestruturada com 14 questões, sendo 3 fechadas e 11 abertas. A entrevista foi executadacom 7 contadores de 7 escritórios de contabilidade da cidade de Mossoró-RN. Os resultadosdemonstraram que o SPED fiscal é um ponto positivo pois a entrega das obrigações acessóriasforam simplificadas. As principais mudanças com relação ao eSocial é a tempestividade no envio das informações trabalhistas, maior demanda de trabalhos, atualização trabalhista, gastode recursos.
METODOLOGIA DA APRENDIZAGEM BASEADA EM PROJETOS COMO FERRAMENTA PARA IDENTIFICAR PROBLEMAS DE GESTÃO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO
Authors: Pablo Eduardo Nikolais T. Bonifácio da Silva  , Marcos Aurélio Sales Filho
Published: January 2021

Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar se é possível identificar problemas de gestãoempresarial com a metodologia Aprendizagem Baseada em Projetos (ABPj). A pesquisaenquadra-se como descritiva e qualitativa, em que a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio dosrelatórios elaborados pelos 20 alunos da turma do mestrado do Programa de Pós-Graduação emCiências Contábeis da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte no decorrer do projeto.Através dos resultados foi possível identificar que os principais problemas da empresa refletema falta de conhecimentos gerenciais por parte dos seus gestores e que é necessário enxergar osdepartamentos da empresa como um todo. Sendo assim, conclui-se que caso a metodologia daABPj seja bem empregada pode realmente ajudar a identificar os problemas de uma empresa eajudar ao gestor a solucionar tais adversidades para alcançar o sucesso organizacional.
SYNTACTIC AND LEXICAL ASPECTS OF STUDENTS’ LEGAL TRANSLATIONS AT THE POSTGRADUATE LEVEL
Authors: Lakić Igor
Published: January 2021

Teaching translation of legal texts into English at the postgraduate level at the Faculty of Philology (formerly at the Institute of Foreign Languages), University of Montenegro, started in 2004. At this study programme, students face for the first time challenges of translating legal texts. Although they occasionally translate some legal texts at the undergraduate level, this is the first time that they study legal translation in a systematic way. This certainly produces some challenges, that may be mainly observed on two levels: (1) syntactic level, where some students produce English sentences that are literal translations of Montenegrin sentences; bearing in mind syntactic differences in the languages, this sometimes leads to a loss of meaning or distorted meaning in translations; and (2) lexical level, where there are differences in the English and Montenegrin legal systems, which certainly requires caution in translation; it is possible to identify some inconsistencies in using legal terminology because some Montenegrin concepts cannot be always simply transferred into English without looking more deeply into the legal systems. The paper discusses the notions of formal fidelity vs. fidelity to the “uniform intent” of the text (Šarčević, 1997) or what Hatim and Munday (2004) refer to as literal and free translation. These notions are crucial for my discussion of causes of errors in my students’ translations.
THE SEXIST DIMENSION OF OBSCENE WORDS IN ITALIAN CINEPANETTONE COMEDIES
Authors: Vučenović Nataša
Published: January 2021

This paper examines sexist connotations of obscene terms used by men in order to depict women in a negative way, but also the terms whose pragmatic function is not to offend but to give a praise or a compliment, which in a sexist perception ascribes them a positive value. The analysis is based on a corpus composed of four italian cinepanettone comedies. Offensive terms will be classified and observed in accordance with the divison into sexist derogatory slurs and sexist objectifying slurs proposed in the study Social acceptability of derogatory sexist and objectifying sexist slurs across contexts from 2015. Besides the analysis of sexist terms, the paper will try to confront the terms that men and women use to descibe sexual act. In reference to the theoretical basis of the feminist linguistics, the results will confirm that women and men use different terms to describe sexual act and that this language difference can be interpreted as a result of a socially imposed divison of gender roles.
DA SISTEMA A SIMBOLO. LA LINGUA SLOVENA IN ITALIA TRA LINGUISTICA, SOCIOLOGIA E PSICOLOGIA DI MATEJKA GRGIČ, MARIANNA KOSIC E SUSANNA PERTOT
Authors: Matticchio Isabella
Published: January 2021

Il volume Da sistema a simbolo. La lingua slovena in Italia tra linguistica, sociologia e psicologia delle autrici Matejka Grgič, Marianna Kosic e Susanna Pertot con prefazione di Fabiana Fusco è stato realizzato in collaborazione con lo SLORI (Istituto sloveno di ricerche) di Trieste. Edito da Aracne editrice di Roma
IGBO NAMING COSMOLOGY AND NAMESYMBOLIZATION IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S TETRALOGY
Authors: Salami Ali , Tabari Bamshad Hekmatshoar
Published: January 2021

Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God and A Man of the People, the first four novels by Chinua Achebe, the contemporary Nigerian novelist, are among the most outstanding works of African postcolonial literature. As a matter of fact, each of these four novels focuses on a different colonial or postcolonial phase of history in Nigeria and through them Achebe intends to provide an authentic record of the negative and positive impacts of ‘hybridity’ on different aspects of the life of native subjects. Briefly stated, Achebe is largely successful in taking advantages of variable discursive tools he structures based on the potentials of the hybrid, Igbo-English he adopts. Thus, it might be deduced that reading these four novels in line with each other, and as chains or sequels of Tetralogy, might result in providing a more vivid picture of the Nigerian (African) subjects and the identity crises emerging in them as a result of colonization. To provide an account of the matter, the present study seeks to focus on one of the discursive strategies Achebe relies on in those four novels: Igbo Naming Cosmology and Name-symbolization.
VINEGAR TOM: A PLAY ABOUT WITCHES WITH NO WITCHES IN IT
Authors: Ognjenović Svjetlana
Published: January 2021

Although it focuses on the 17th century witch hunt, the play Vinegar Tom actually dramatises historical degradation of women and their ultimate demonization in the form of witches. Challenging the official version of the story of ‘witches’, Caryl Churchill reveals the truth about them as “old, poor, single, or sexually unconventional” women (Churchill, 1985). Following her lead, our intention was to reveal and elaborate on how female sexuality, transgressive imagination and healing skills became a threat to the Church and its dogma, and how this triple threat actually represents a set of three most common accusations against the witches. Furthermore, in the style of new historicist literary approach, we will try to relate this horrendous attack on women with the rise of capitalism and Protestantism, two repressive ideologies that not only legitimized this misogynist campaign but planned it and organized it on the state level. What makes this play significant even today is its contemporariness which is underlined, among other things, by the direct address to audience and the use of modern dresses on stage. Thus, our concluding point would be that every historical period has its own “witches” – be it entire races, groups or individual dissidents.
REMEMBERING (AND) THE SELF IN A WOMAN WRITER’S MEMOIR SLEEPING WITH CATS BY MARGE PIERCY
Authors: Shatro Bavjola
Published: January 2021

This article aims to explore the concept of the self in Marge Piercy's memoir Sleeping with Cats. This memoir occupies a very important place in the literary ouvre of Marge Piercy as one of the representative writers in contemporary American literature. It embodies her own personal journey through the years, experience and memories of her life in search of a deeper understanding and remembering of the self. Her memoir is written as a combination of prose and poems, which is an essential feature of the text and as such it will be a primary object of analysis in this paper. The blending of these two literary genres contributes to Piercy’s original approach toward the self and to the way she relates to memory. It represents Piercy’s original finding to reveal her deep commitment to poetry as a vital component of her being and of the way she situates the self in the world. The paper will focus also on another element which is critical in understanding the way Piercy remembers herself in time and the process of becoming the person she is today. This element is Piercy’s very strong bond to her mother and grandmother, as they had an enormous influence on her as a woman, and a writer. The paper will employ the methods of text analysis and the biographical approach.
TRANSLATORS’ TEXT PRE-CODING ON THE EXAMPLE OF M. A. BULGAKOV’S MASTER AND MARGARITA
Authors: Andrić Neda
Published: January 2021

In our work, we were examining the quality of the translation of Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita into Serbian language. We did it selectively, by using comparative analysis, on certain examples from this novel. Our opinion was that, while translating, an original code as a result of translating process had to be kept, i.e., potential material errors should be avoided. We agreed that a translator, apart from knowing original and target languages, has to be competent for textual analysis of the original, literature competence for interpreting of artistic texts, as well as being familiar with non-linguistic situation to which it is directed in the original. Wider knowledge of Bulgakov’s work helped the translators in successful pre-coding and stylistic compensation in examined cases. While analyzing two translations of Bulgakov’s novel (by Milan Čolic and Zlata Kocić), we indicated where the translators failed to avoid material errors, but also where they managed to accomplish creative type of translating.
Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility
Authors: Alexander Serena , Agrawal Asha Weinstein , Clark Benjamin Y.
Published: January 2021

This report focuses on how cities can use climate action plans (CAPs) to ensure that on-demand mobility and autonomous vehicles (AVs) help reduce, rather than increase, green-house gas (GHG) emissions and inequitable impacts from the transportation system. We employed a three-pronged research strategy involving: (1) an analysis of the current literature on on-demand mobility and AVs; (2) a systematic content analysis of 23 CAPs and general plans developed by municipalities in California; and (3) a comparison of findings from the literature and content analysis of plans to identify opportunities for GHG emissions reduction and mobility equity. Findings indicate that maximizing the environmental and social benefits of AVs and on-demand mobility requires proactive and progressive planning; yet, most cities are lagging behind in this area. Although municipal CAPs and general plans in California have adopted a few strategies and programs relevant to AVs and on-demand mobility, many untapped opportunities exist to harness the GHG emissions reduction and social benefits potential of AVs and on-demand mobility. Policy and planning discussions should consider the synergies between AVs and on-demand mobility as two emerging mobility trends, as well as the key factors (e.g., vehicle electrification, fuel efficiency, use and ownership, access and distribution, etc.) that determine whether deployment of AVs would help reduce GHG emissions from transportation. Additionally, AVs and on-demand mobility can potentially contribute to a more equitable transportation system by improving independence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities and the elderly, enhancing access to transit, and helping alleviate the geographic gap in public transportation services.
The Circular Economy of the Islamic Group Lending Model:‎ Lending Money for Garbage in Return
Authors: Amboningtyas Dheasey
Published: January 2021

This paper is a study on the financing model for batik MSMEs in Central Java, which is oriented towards the value of CSR's cost and benefit (Corporate Social Responsibility).  It aims to see how to implement the cost and benefit value of CSR on batik MSMEs in Central Java, especially on three research objects. Among others: Laweyan batik, Lasem batik, and Pekalongan batik. It is based on, maybe if we look at an industry or large-scale companies, of course, the cost and benefits they usually appear in every financial report at the end of each year. Meanwhile, for MSMEs to determine the cost and benefit value's implementation, it has a tremendous impact on MSMEs' survival. This research was conducted to determine that this research was conducted on a financial financing model for batik MSMEs, which is oriented to the value of CSR's cost and benefit. Data were collected using purposive sampling according to the criteria for determining the sample in 3 research objects:  the batik area of ​​Laweyan, Lasem, and Pekalongan MSMEs. The analysis technique used is Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis to test the hypothesis with a quantitative approach. The study results show more efforts to increase the construction of financial funding at the UMKM Kampung Batik Laweyan Solo, Kampoeng Batik LasemRembang, and Kampoeng Batik KaumanPekalongan.The finding suggests implementing cost and benefits CSR through social activities such as processing waste products, reducing harmful chemicals in the process, and participating in environmental protection activities.
Adaptation studies in Europe
Authors: Kennedy-Karpat Colleen
Published: January 2021

Adaptation is a creative process that crosses and blurs boundaries: from page to stage, from small screen to big screen – and then, sometimes, back again. Beyond questions of form and medium, many adaptations also cross national borders and language barriers, making them important tools for intercultural communication and identity formation. This paper calls for a more intensive, transnational study of adaptation across print, stage, and screens in EU member and affiliate countries. For the highest possible effectiveness, interdisciplinarity is key; as a cultural phenomenon, adaptation benefits from perspectives rooted in a variety of fields and research methods. Its influence over transnational media flows, with patterns in production and reception across European culture industries, offers scholars a better understanding of how narratives are transformed into cultural exports and how these exchanges affect transnational relationships. The following questions are proposed to shape this avenue for research: (1) How do adaptations track narrative and media flows within and across national, linguistic, and regional boundaries? (2) To what extent do adapted narratives reflect transnational relationships, and how might they help construct Europeanness? (3) How do audiences in the EU respond to transnational adaptation, and how are European adaptations circulated and received outside Europe? (4) What impact does adaptation have in the culture industries, and what industrial practices might facilitate adaptation across media platforms and/or national boundaries? The future of adaptation studies and of adaptation as a cultural practice in Europe depends on the development of innovative, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to adaptation. The outcomes of future research can hold significant value for European media industries seeking to expand their market reach, as well as for scholars of adaptation, theater, literature, translation, and screen media.
Family life satisfaction – Perception of the youth and their parents
Authors: Zloković Jasminka , Gregorović Belaić Zlatka , Čekolj Nadja
Published: January 2021

Family satisfaction is significant and complex concept that includes personal satisfaction and relationship satisfaction among family members. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the preliminary young people’s and their parents’ perception family satisfaction analysis. The research was conducted on a convenient sample of students/young people (N=50) and their parents (N=84). For the purposes of this research The Family Satisfaction Scale from FACES IV instrument (Olson, 2010) was used. The mentioned scale measures the positive aspects of relationship among the family members. The results indicate that young people and their parents are generally satisfied with their family life. On some items of the scale there is statistically significant difference among young people and their parents. Parents are more satisfied with their family life than their children. These results are encouraging especially in the context of COVID 19 pandemics and increasing numbers of undesirable family relationships.
Word formative structure of words with the root lěp- in Old Russian written records
Authors: Galochkina Tatiana
Published: January 2021

System of derivational morphology of the Old Russian language has its own characteristics based on the origin of the book vocabulary, which consisted mainly of Proto-Slavic words and calques from Greek words. The main morphological way of word formation was the heritage of the Proto-Slavic language, which developed together with the formation of morphemes as a language unit. Active derivation took place during the formation of the Old Russian book vocabulary. During this period an uninterrupted process began the creation of book translations from the Greek into Church Slavonic. The ancient scribes made extensive use of Greek words calquing, which especially intensified the creation of compound words. Compound words were formed according to the models of Greek composites, but using Russian morphemes. As a result of this process, the lexical fund of the literary language was created, which included words with the root *lěp-. Such words are contained in ancient Russian written records (“Life of St. Sava the Sanctified”, composed by St. Cyril Skifopolsky, “The Life of St. Andrew the Fool”, “The Chronicle” by John Malalas, “The Chronicle” by George Amartol, “History of the Jewish War” by Josephus Flavius, Christianopolis (Acts and Epistles of the Apostles), Uspensky Сollection of XII–XIII centuries etc.). In the article will be considered the word formative structure of words with the root lěp-.
The studying of Russian phraseological units and paroemias in English speaking audience
Authors: Baskakova Anna
Published: January 2021

A working mechanism during the comparative analysis of phraseological units and paroemias (proverbs and aphorisms) at the classes of Russian as foreign language with English speaking learners is presented in the article. While working in the audience, the attention is being paid to the comparative analysis of phraseological units and paroemias in Russian and foreign students’ native language from a semantical point of view. Such concepts and ideas as family, homeland, work / service / profession, studying, friendship, human flaws and virtues, represented in the proverbs and paroemias, are being analyzed. The similarities and differences in semantic field of phraseological units and paroemias of different cultures’ speakers are found. A parallel attitude to the main categories as family, home and friendship among Russian and English speakers is shown up. During a comparative analysis, it is being observed that in definite cases similar meanings can be expressed by different lexis typical for the concrete nation. Studying of this topic promotes the dialogue of cultures.
Carbon Lock-In and Sustainable Growth Challenges : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Pofoura Aminatou Kemajou , Sun Huaping , Antwi Maxwell Opuni , Antwi Charles Kwarteng
Published: January 2021

This research seeks to investigate the risks of carbon lock-in by examining the potential factors influencing carbon dioxide emissions levels in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given this, we employed a panel Sub-Saharan Africa comprised of 35 countries in the sub-region, from 2000 to 2014 with cross-sectional dependence among variables. We used the Two-step robust System Generalized Method of Moments to estimate the influencing factors of carbon emissions level that create path dependency. The main findings are: (1) income per capita, urbanization, and financial resources contribute to the increase of carbon emissions level in the Sub-Saharan Africa countries, in the short-run; (2) we noticed that in the short-run, the impacts of fossil fuels per capita, energy intensity and total energy consumption are insignificant; (3) in the long-run, income per capita, urbanization and financial resources increase carbon emissions level; (4) from various factors that increase carbon emissions level, these factors form a path dependency that slow the introduction of low-carbon systems, thus, creating carbon lock-in in the Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Considering this, policymakers and governments should ensure the strict compliance of environmental regulations by financial institutions and organizations, promote low-carbon cities during economic transformation, and encourage investments in low-carbon projects. The government should also educate and build awareness on the effects of environmental pollution on population health, provide incentives for energy conservation and promote the use of clean products to avoid future risks of lock-in in the sub-region.
Responses of Cowpea to Phosphorous Application Rates and Row Spacing in the Sudan Savanna Zone of Nigeria
Authors: Makinta Baba Gana , K. M Yakaka , Mustapha Ibrahim , Aisha S Kaka
Published: January 2021

Field trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of rates of Phosphorus fertilizer and intra-row spacings on growth and yield of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) in the Sudan Savana zone of Nigeria, during 2018 cropping season at Mohammet Lawan college of Agriculture, Maiduguri (110 50’ N, 130 10’ E, altitude 354 above sea level, altitude 354 above sea level. The experiment consisted of five (5) Phosphorus rates (0, 20, 40, 50 and 60 kg Pha-1) and five (5) intra-row spacings (15, 20, 25 30 and 35cm). The treatments were arranged in a split plot design and replicated three times at each site. Phosphorus rates were assigned to the main plot and intra-row spacings in the sub-plot. The objective was to determine the optimum rate of phosphorus fertilizer that will increase yield performance of cowpea in Sudan savanna zone of Nigeria and determine the most suitable intra-row spacing that will increase yield of cowpea in Sudan Savanna of Nigeria. Data were collected on plant height, number of leaves per plant, days to 50% flowering, number of grain per pod, 100 grain weight, grain yield per hectare and fodder yield per plant respectively.
Application of P fertilizer significantly influenced most of the growth and yield characters as well as the yield. Grain yield per hectare were optimum at 50kg Pha-1 Contrary to above finding, number of grain per pod and 1000-grain were all not influenced by the application of P fertilizer and intra-row spacing.
Diversity of Angiospermic Plants in estuarine and Adjoining Riparian Areas of Sabarmati and Mahi Rivers, Gujarat, India
Authors: Patel Raj B. , Tatu Ketan , Kamboj R. D.
Published: January 2021

The present study was conducted with an aim of documenting the diversity of flowering plants in selected localities in the estuarine and adjoining riparian zones of Sabarmati and Mahi rivers of Gujarat, India. The Sabarmati and Mahi rivers are west-flowing perennial rivers having considerable ecological and religious importance. A total of 40 species of flowering plants belonging to 26 different families were recorded in the study area which were dominated by herbaceous plants. Among the 40 species recorded 2 species were trees, 8 species were shrubs, 28 species were herbs and 2 species were grasses. Moreover, as far as ecological groups are concerned, 6 species were halophytes, 13 species were hydrophytes, 17 species were mesophytes and 4 species were xerophytes. In the study area of Sabarmati river, 28 species were recorded that included 2 tree species, 6 shrub species, 18 herb species and 2 grass species. From the view point of ecological groups 5 species were halophytes, 3 species were hydrophytes, 16 species were mesophytes and 4 species were xerophytes. In the study area of Mahi river, 24 species were recorded that included 2 tree species, 6 shrub species, 14 herb species and 2 grass species. From the view point of ecological groups 5 species were halophytes, 12 species were hydrophytes, 5 species were mesophytes and 2 species were xerophytes.
A Study of Frontal Signals in Brain Computer Interfaces: Interpretation of EEG & FNIRS
Authors: Srilekha S. , Vanathi B.
Published: January 2021

This paper focuses on electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) comparison to help the rehabilitation patients. Both methods have unique techniques and placement of electrodes. Usage of signals are different in application based on the economic conditions. This study helps in choosing the signal for the betterment of analysis. Ten healthy subject datasets of EEG & FNIRS are taken and applied to plot topography separately. Accuracy, Sensitivity, peaks, integral areas, etc are compared and plotted. The main advantages of this study are to prompt their necessities in the analysis of rehabilitation devices to manage their life as a typical individual.
The Effectiveness of Moringa oleifera Leaf Extracts on The Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon)
Authors: Kyari Zannah , Bunu Ahmed , Dauda Idris , Shehu Ibrahim Baba
Published: January 2021

The experiment was conducted at the Department of Agricultural Technology Research and Teaching Farm in Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri to determine the effect of Moringa olifera leaf extract on the growth and yield of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in the semi-arid environment of Maiduguri, Borno State. Parameters measure include, leaf number, plant height, number of fruit and weight of fruits. The result obtained shows that there was significant difference in plant height per plant among the treatment at 4 and 8 WAT, while number of plant leaves per plant was recorded highest in Treatment three (T3) between other treatment. This study suggests the application of Moringa olifera leaf extract at critical growth stages for better growth and yield of performance of tomatoes production in Maiduguri is the best as it gives highest yield and highly profitable when compared to other source of plant extract.
The Effect of Calcium Chloride on Drought Tolerance of Mulberry
Authors: JinMyong Cha , CholUk Ri , Min Kim Chol , Huang Gi Ri , Qin  Bo Ri Do Hun
Published: January 2021

Drought stress greatly affects the quality and yield of mulberry leaves, which eventually influences the production of silkworm cocoon. In this study, the effect of calcium chloride on drought tolerance of mulberry was investigated. Different concentrations of CaCl2 solutions were sprayed on the leaves of mulberry under drought condition, and the physiological and biochemical responses were measured. As a result, the spray of CaCl2 on leaves (CaCl2-spray-on-leaves) was proved to have gradual increases in measure parameters as compared to CaCl2-untreated case under the same drought condition; furthermore, 20mM CaCl2-treated group showed a significant increase (P<0.05), which indicates the optimal CaCl2 concentration for improving the drought tolerance of mulberry. This study demonstrated that CaCl2-spray-on-leaves can be an effective measure to ameliorate the drought tolerance of mulberry in the severe-drought areas.
Effects of Poultry Manure and NPK Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Okra Plant
Authors: K. A. Sadiq , Mustapha  , B. A. , B Makinta
Published: January 2021

Okara has gained more importance in every community on the globe due to its nutritional value. This study examined the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth and yield and of okra on the on farm level. Organic form of fertilizer used was poultry manure and while the inorganic was NPK fertilizer. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design during the raining seasons of 2019. Four treatments with three replications were used. Treatments are arranged as control T1 (Without fertilizer + No Poultry Manure + No compost), T2 (NPK full dose (150 kg ha-1N, 75 kg ha-1P and 60 kg ha-1K), T3 (full dose of poultry manure (PM) 30 ton ha-1), T4 (50% NPK+50% Poultry Manure). Plants growth and yield parameters were determined like the total number of leaves per plant, plant height, the total number of fruits per plant, fruit yield and total yield increase. No significant increase was observed in the yield and growth of okra under control and full NPK fertilizer treatment. Application of poultry manure as well as its mixture with full NPK considerably increased the growth and total yield attributes of Okra. The joint use of 50% NPK+50% PM also showed the most significant effect on okra growth and yield of the crop.
Performance Evaluation of Support Vector Machine Algorithm for Human Gesture Recognition
Authors: Ayumi Vina
Published: January 2021

Research on human motion gesture recognition has been widely used for several technological devices to support monitoring of human-computer interaction, elderly people and so forth. This research area can be observed by conducting experiments for several body movements, such as hand movements, or body movements as a whole. Many methods have been used for human motion gesture recognition in previous studies. This paper attempted to collect data of performance evaluation of support vector machine algorithms for human motion recognition. We developed research methodology that is adapted PRISMA. This methodology is consisted of four main steps for reviewing scientific articles, including identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion criteria. After we obtained result of systematic literature review. We also conducted pilot study of SVM implementation for human gesture recognition. Based on the previous study result, the accuracy performance of vector machine algorithms for body gesture dataset is between 82.88% - 99.92% and hand gesture dataset 88.24% - 95.42%. Based on our pilot experiment, recognition accuracy with the SVM algorithm for human gesture recognition achieved 94,50% (average) accuracy.
Effect of EUS on Some haematological Paramaters of channa Straitus
Authors: Kumari Nirmal
Published: January 2021

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) is such type of epidemic disease from which a number of fishes have been found to suffer since a long period. A great loss in fish farming is seen also. The paper deals about effect of such EUS disease on some haematological parameters of selected fish C. Straitus.
The Role of Principal in Improvement of School Performance: A Qualitative Study in Community School of Nepal
Authors: Bahadur Bhujel Chandra
Published: January 2021

This study aims to explore the role of the principal’s leadership in the improvement of school performance in community schools and to identify the major challenges faced by principals of community schools while improving school performance. A qualitative approach and phenomenology research design was used in this study. Interview and Focus Group Discussions schedule were used to collect data from the field, 5 principals were the respondents for interview and 20 principals of different community schools were involved in focused group. The data were analyzed using qualitative data management software Atlas ti. The determination and taking self-initiative is a crucial role for community school principals to maintain school enrollments, education quality, and collecting funds for school performance. Principals have adopted several noticeable strategies to increase education quality. Some of the ways and means adopted by the successful schools are maintaining constant discipline in school encouraging students and teachers by rewards and appreciation, consistent observing and supervision of class conduction, student attendance and teacher’s consistency, coaching classes for feeble and interested students, parent-teacher communication, contests and competitions between the cluster and individual. Every principal faces some of the biggest frustrations to control student behavior, recruiting teachers and cooperation between staff, promote personalized learning, improve the teaching and learning environment, student retention, and parents’ support in the improvement of the school. The study further recommended that principals and teachers should be given sufficient training to improve the school’s performance.