bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Análisis de los procesos históricos migratorios del área de Ventania a través de su patrimonio funerario
Authors: Panizza María Cecilia , Oliva Camila
Published: October 2023

La investigación en el campo funerario expone las costumbres, modos de vida y los procesos de cambio sociocultural de una comunidad a través del estudio del testimonio material e inmaterial de otros tiempos. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los procesos de migración y poblamiento del Sistema Serrano de Ventania y su llanura adyacente, en el sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires; mediante el análisis del patrimonio funerario de fines del siglo XIX desde una perspectiva de estudio de casos. El estudio de las prácticas mortuorias y su vinculación con los procesos migratorios regionales es desarrollado mediante el examen de las evidencias de los cementerios de las comunidades del área, que aportan información acerca de la ocupación militar en una primera etapa (e.g. Puan y Carhué), y luego proporciona datos en torno a la instalación de la población civil pertenecientes a diversos orígenes (criollos y europeos). Este recorrido histórico es necesario para valorizar el cementerio como fuente de información socio-cultural de la comunidad de pertenencia y de los procesos de poblamiento del área. Desde una perspectiva de la arqueología de la muerte y los estudios patrimonialistas, este trabajo reflexiona sobre los monumentos funerarios como espacios de memoria donde se construyen y re-actualizan las identidades, que permiten vislumbrar un momento histórico particular y contextualizar los procesos socio-culturales correspondientes a la sociedad de la época de fines del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX, a la par que posibilitan analizar los procesos migratorios implicados en la construcción identitaria actual.
Skeleting of Low-Contrast Noisy Halftone Images
Authors: Jun Ma , Tsviatkou V. Yu. , Boriskevich A. A.
Published: October 2023

The problem of forming the skeletons of halftone images with two-mode brightness histograms under conditions of changing contrast and noise is considered. On such histograms, one mode corresponds to the objects, and the other to the background. Thanks to this feature, images are relatively easy to binarize and then skeletonize. The skeleton of a region uniform in brightness is a set of thin (limited by one-pixel) connected lines enclosed within this region and compactly describing its structure. Under conditions of high contrast and low noise on the original halftone image, binary skeletonization algorithms are widely used. They are relatively simple and can be resistant to multiplicative noise that appears at the boundaries of the regions after binarization. However, when the contrast is reduced and the noise of the original halftone image is increased, the skeletons formed by such algorithms are destroyed under the influence of additive noise, which manifests itself in the depth of the regions of the skeletonized binary image. To reduce skeletonization errors in such cases, algorithms based on preliminary low-pass filtering of the original grayscale image are used. To increase the stability of the skeletons of halftone images with a two-mode brightness histogram to noise, the article proposes a skeletonization model that takes into account the presence of multiplicative and additive noise components in a binary skeletonized image. Taking this model into account, a skeletonization algorithm has been developed, which takes into account the distortions in the shapes of the areas of the skeletonized binary image as a result of low-frequency filtering of the original halftone image and allows to reduce errors in the skeletonization of halftone images.
Analysis of the Implementation of Marketing Communication Management MyValue Application Building Customer Relations Hotel Santika Radial Palembang
Authors: Darmawan Wawan , Caropeboka Ratu Mutialela , Isnawijayani  , Misnawati Desy
Published: October 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the application of marketing communication management for the MyValue application to build customer relations for Hotel Santika Radial Palembang. Done to maintain a more advanced competitiveness and the company tries to pay attention to relationships with customers. Efforts to build relationships with prospective customers and customers and companies are analyzed using marketing communication studies. The research method uses qualitative research methods. Sources of data using observation data and in-depth interviews with research informants related to research. The results of research on marketing communication management for the MyValue application to build hotel customer relations are carried out by optimizing marketing communications by implementing a promotional mix including advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations and direct marketing to achieve marketing success. And the implementation of the implementation of marketing communications indirectly forms a brand image that is attached to society.
The Effect of the Windah Basudara Youtube Channel on Fulfilling Game Information Needs
Authors: Kristiantoro Julian , Nuraeni Reni
Published: October 2023

Social media is currently widely used by internet users in Indonesia as a means to find information needs. The social media platform that is most in demand by the public today is Youtube. Youtube provides various types of content that are presented independently by content creators or referred to as YouTubers. One of the content on Youtube is entertainment content in the form of game content. Apart from being entertainment content, game content can also make many Youtube users obtain information about games. Currently, there are many Youtubers who create this content, one of the big Youtuber names that is well known to the public is Windah Basudara. This study aims to determine whether Windah Basudara's Youtube channel has an effect on fulfilling game information needs. The research method used in this research is quantitative descriptive, the sample used is Youtube subscribers Windah Basudara as many as 100 respondents by carrying out a normality test, simple linear regression analysis, correlation coefficient test, coefficient of determination test, and hypothesis testing. This study found that Windah Basudara's Youtube channel variable has a positive and significant influence on fulfilling game information needs. The Windah Basudara Youtube Channel has an influence on fulfilling the game information needs of its subscribers with a percentage of 78.7%, and the remaining 21.3% is influenced by other factors not examined in this study.
Application of a Collaborative Learning Model Accompanied by Quantum Learning Strategies in Improving Class VIII Science Biology Learning Outcomes at Junior High School 2 Satap Balla
Authors: Rasjid Yusniar , Bahar Irnayanti
Published: October 2023

This research is a Classroom Action Research (PTK) which aims to find out whether the application of a collaborative learning model accompanied by a quantum learning strategy can improve student learning outcomes in class VIII SMP Negeri 2 Satap Balla. The subjects of this study were class VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Satap Balla in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 school year with a total of 24 students, with details of 15 male students and 9 female students. Cycle I and cycle II were held in four meetings each including giving tests. Data collection was carried out using student learning outcomes tests at the end of each cycle, and observations at each meeting. Data were analyzed using quantitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that in the first cycle the average value was 68.33 with the completeness of class 9 students (37.5%), and the average in the second cycle was 86.66 with the completeness of the class of 21 students (87.5%) . It can be concluded that the application of a collaborative learning model accompanied by a quantum learning strategy can improve learning outcomes in class VIII Biology at SMP Negeri 2 Satap Balla.
Figurative Language Analysis of Melanie Martinez’s Lyrics Songs from Cry Baby Album Deluxe Edition
Authors: Wahyu Wahyu , Dwi Syaputri Komala
Published: October 2023

This research is focused on the figurative language used in Melanie Martinez’s Cry Baby Album Deluxe Edition. This research aims the types of figurative language, the implied meaning, and the most dominant type oof figurative language. Descriptive method is used in this research and used the documentation technique for obtained the data. The results from this research are expected to give the readers more knowledge about types of figurative language and the meaning from it. There are 10 types of figurative language being used in Melanie Martinez’s lyrics songs from Cry Baby Album Deluxe Edition which are dominated by Imagery 25%, Metaphor 21, 2%, Simile 13, 5%, Personification 11, 5%, Hyperbole 7, 7%, Irony 7, 7%, Allusion 5, 8 %, Symbol 3, 8%, Apostrophe 1, 9% and Paradox 1, 9%.
STATCOM APPLICATION TO INCREASE VOLTAGE STABILTY OF WIND FARMS
Authors: SHOBOLE Abdulfetah Abdela
Published: October 2023

The integration ratio of wind farms to the grid is increased tremendously derived by the need for cleaner and renewable energy. However, the stability of the grid is a major concern due to large wind and other renewable resource-based power plants. Thus, wind turbine generators must adhere to the regulations of other conventional forms of generation. To boost stability, especially voltage-based, Flexible AC Transmission Systems such as Static Var Compensators (SVC) or Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) are put in the vicinity of the wind farm's connection point to the grid. This study is intended to model and simulate dynamically a wind farm using the Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) turbine type and STATCOM under faulty conditions. The model is implemented inside the DigSILENT Power Factory simulation tool. The results show that STATCOM can improve the voltage stability of wind farms at the point of connection to the grid.
On the Performance of Uplink Power-Domain NOMA with Imperfect CSI and SIC in 6G Networks
Authors: Ozduran Volkan , Mohammadi Mohammadali , Nomikos Nikolaos , Ansari Imran Shafique , Trakadas Panagiotis
Published: October 2023

Sixth generation (6G) networks must adopt spectral-efficient
communication techniques to ensure massive connectivity for coexisting
humans and machines. However, the impact of various practical issues
must be analyzed and addressed, including imperfect channel state
information (CSI), stemming by the channel estimation error (CEE) and
feedback delay (F-D) with time-variant channels. This paper focuses on
these issues in the context of uplink networks, relying on power-domain
non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). Moreover, the degrading effect of
imperfect successive interference cancellation (SIC), when randomly
deployed multiple mobile terminals communicate with a single base
station (BS) is considered. The system performance is measured by means
of outage probability, error probability, ergodic rate, throughput,
energy efficiency, and spectral efficiency. Analytical, asymptotic, and
computer simulation results demonstrate that CEE causes system coding
gain losses for low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) while the disruptive
effects of CEE become negligible in the high SNR. Results also show that
F-D does not degrade the system performance in the low SNR but it causes
system coding gain losses for high SNR. Also, imperfect SIC does not
have any detrimental effect on the system performance for low SNR but
results in reduced coding gain for high SNR.Â
Confounder Balancing in Adversarial Domain Adaptation for Pre-Trained Large Models Fine-Tuning
Authors: Jiang Shuoran , Chen Qingcai , Xiang Yang , Pan Youcheng , Wu Xiangping
Published: October 2023

The excellent generalization, contextual learning, and emergence abilities in the pre-trained large models (PLMs) handle specific tasks without direct training data, making them the better foundation models in the adversarial domain adaptation (ADA) methods to transfer knowledge learned from the source domain to target domains. However, existing ADA methods fail to account for the confounder properly, which is the root cause of the source data distribution that differs from the target domains. This study proposes an adversarial domain adaptation with confounder balancing for PLMs fine-tuning (ADA-CBF). The ADA-CBF includes a PLM as the foundation model for a feature extractor, a domain classifier and a confounder classifier, and they are jointly trained with an adversarial loss. This loss is designed to improve the domain-invariant representation learning by diluting the discrimination in the domain classifier. At the same time, the adversarial loss also balances the confounder distribution among source and unmeasured domains in training. Compared to existing ADA methods, ADA-CBF can correctly identify confounders in domain-invariant features, thereby eliminating the confounder biases in the extracted features from PLMs. The confounder classifier in ADA-CBF is designed as a plug-and-play and can be applied in the confounder measurable, unmeasurable, or partially measurable environments. Empirical results on natural language processing and computer vision downstream tasks show that ADA-CBF outperforms the newest GPT-4, LLaMA2, ViT and ADA methods.
Pilotaje de la Percepción y Nivel de Satisfacción de la Atención Odontológica, Cuenca-Ecuador
Authors: Juca Juan , Sacoto-Figueroa Fernanda
Published: October 2023

Objetivo del estudio: Determinar la percepción y el nivel de satisfacción en la atención odontológica, del paciente que acude a la atención odontológica, Cuenca-Ecuador. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de carácter descriptivo, cuantitativo-cualitativo y transversal. La población fue de 100 usuarios quienes acudieron a la Clínica de Especialidades de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca, de los cuales se tomaron 30 usuarios al azar para la aplicación de las encuestas. El instrumento contiene en constructo 10 preguntas acerca de percepción y 10 preguntas sobre satisfacción. Para la parte cuantitativa de satisfacción se usó escala de Likert del 1 a 4 y para la parte cualitativa de percepción se usó la escala de adecuado a muy adecuado. Resultados: En cuanto a la encuesta se satisfacción se obtuvo un 86,7% refiriendo el puntaje de muy satisfecho con la atención odontológica, en cuanto al análisis de la encuesta de percepción se obtuvo un resultado de 86,67% de los usuarios manifiestan un trato muy adecuado de parte del odontólogo. Respecto a la evaluación realizada mediante Atlas Ti nos dio como resultado que los usuarios se encuentran satisfechos con los aspectos evaluados. Discusión: Tanto la percepción y satisfacción del usuario será desencadenado por la calidad de la atención en donde el usuario determinará si el profesional odontólogo ha cumplido con sus expectativas frente a su salud oral.
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Role of the Inflammatory Theory: A Case Report
Authors: Maataoui Z. El , Belhadga H. , Kisra H.
Published: October 2023

In this case study, an 8-year-old child from a consanguineous marriage with a complicated pregnancy due to maternal preeclampsia and a normal delivery experienced developmental delays, language problems, social challenges, and other autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms. The child underwent various diagnostic tests, including the M-CHAT, ADI, and ADOS, which all supported an ASD diagnosis. Despite receiving psychomotor, speech, and ABA therapy, the child showed gradual improvement in language skills but continued to exhibit behavioral issues such as irritability, anger outbursts, and sleep disturbances. After experiencing a febrile episode with tonsillitis, followed by knee pain, walking difficulties, chest pain, and shortness of breath, the child was diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever and received corticosteroid therapy, resulting in significant clinical improvement in language, facial expressions, social interactions, and a renewed ASD assessment. The discussion focuses on the potential environmental factors contributing to ASD, emphasizing the role of shared environmental factors in twin studies and genetic factors. The study explores the inflammatory response as a possible common pathway for ASD development, particularly in cases where preeclampsia during pregnancy and its associated inflammation affect the mother and, subsequently, the placenta or fetus. Abnormal angiogenesis and elevated levels of soluble tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) are discussed as potential factors contributing to fetal neurodevelopmental abnormalities. The text also highlights the role of corticosteroid therapy in improving ASD symptoms, with references to previous studies showing positive responses to corticosteroid treatment in ASD patients. The impact of medications like prednisone and pregnenolone on ASD symptoms and their mechanisms of action, including potential modulation of GABA A receptors, is mentioned. In conclusion, the case study suggests a potential link between ........
Urinary Retention a Rare Cause of Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
Authors: Boukhary A. El , Souad S. , Bouktib Y. , Elhajjami A. , Boutakioute B. , Idrissi M. Ouali , Ganouni N. Cherif Idrissi El
Published: October 2023

A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain without passing stool or gas since 4 days. The diagnostic work-up included a plain abdominal radiograph and an abdominal computed tomography scan that revealed small-bowel obstruction with a rare cause. The obstruction was secondary to external compression by a distended bladder. The immediate management was insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. We suggested re-evaluation, and after several hours the symptoms resolved. Although rare, pressure from the distended bladder due to urinary retention can cause complete bowel obstruction.
Elements of Fake News in the 2022 General Elections in Kenya
Authors: Kivandi Kioko , Khamadi Shitemi , Mutahi Patrick
Published: October 2023

This article discusses the manifestation of fake news in Kenya’s last general election based on a study of audio-visual content that was shared between June and December, 2022. It identifies the use of audio-visual content as fake news in the 2022 Kenyan general elections; identifies the themes of the audio-visual content used in Kenya’s 2022 general elections and analyzes the impact it had on the electoral discourse in the country. It is from this that it identifies gaps and gives recommendations including those on policy and hopes to contribute to scholarship on fake news whose interest among stakeholders keeps on growing. One of these recommendations is to teach fact-checking as a general course in institutions of higher learning. This should not be focused on journalists alone since everyone has the ability to create fake news content or to become its victim.
Analisis Faktor Determinan Wisatawan Domestik Menggunakan Digital Payment pada Sektor Pariwisata di Kota Yogyakarta
Authors: Lubis Armida Sari , Nurohman Yulfan Arif
Published: October 2023

Digital Payment (fintech) is a new variation of business innovation through a combination of financial services and digital-based information technology that changes the financial services business model from manual to automatic through digital technology. With the existence of fintech technology, transaction activities in the community are more practical and effective and assist the community in gaining access to financial products and increasing knowledge about finance. The aim is to find out the determinant factors that influence domestic tourists using digital payments in the Yogyakarta tourism sector. data collection was done by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents. Data analysis techniques were carried out in several stages, including: validity test, reliability test, and factor analysis. shows that the 4 factors that influence the intention of domestic tourists to use digital payment factors consist of ease of transaction, availability of payment, accessibility of transactions, and benefits. And based on the factor analysis, the dominant influencing variable is the ease of transaction variable.
Revitalisasi Peran Konselor: Arah Baru Konseling Berbasis Kipas Menuju Profesionalisasi Konselor
Authors: Rifai Rochiyatin , Utari Nita Aprilia , Annajih Moh Ziyadul Haq , Zahrial Sofian , Dwi Putri Handayani  , Windari
Published: October 2023

Bimbingan dan konseling di Indonesia telah resmi masuk sejak 1975. Namun, dalam praktiknya bimbingan konseling kerap mengalami kendala, sehingga eksistensinya cendrung bernada negatif. Hal tersebut disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor, yaitu keterbatasan kualitas sumber daya manusia dalam bidang bimbingan dan konseling. Karenanya, dalam implementasinya layanan konseling di sekolah kurang efektif. Model konseling KIPAS hadir menjadi tawaran alternatif terhadap problematik tersebut. Konsepsi KIPAS menawarkan posisi diri sebagai syarat kualitas upaya meminimalisir nada negatif terhadap bimbingan dan konseling. KIPAS yang merupakan akronim (posisi diri) dari (1) kawan, (2) inovator, (3) pamong, (4) abdi, dan (5) supporter. Dalam implementasinya, langkah model KIPAS yaitu, (1) kabar gembira; (2) integrasi dan internalisasi; (3) perencanaan tindakan; (4) aktualisasi; dan (5) sertifikasi. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa konsepsi konseling KIPAS memang dipersiapkan untuk menjadi tawaran mencerahkan bagi ketimpangan pelaksanan bimbingan konseling selama ini. Melalui konsepsi ini, diharapkan terciptanya suasana baru yang lebih menggembirakan dan mengubah stigma konseling ke arah yang lebih baik.
Imitacja, rekonstrukcja, propaganda. Zimnowojenne wędrówki europejskiego westernu
Authors: Bobrowski Michał
Published: October 2023

Artykuł został poświęcony zachodnio- i wschodnioniemieckim filmom o amerykańskim Dzikim Zachodzie realizowanym w latach 1962-1983. Filmy z obu stron muru berlińskiego, z których znakomita większość powstała w koprodukcji z Jugosławią, są omawiane w szerszej perspektywie zimnowojennej sytuacji geopolitycznej, a także w kontekście przemian, jakie stały się wówczas udziałem westernu amerykańskiego i europejskiego. RFN-owskie adaptacje powieści Karola Maya stanowią apoteozę konserwatywnej i proamerykańskiej ideologii westernu klasycznego, zaś stanowiące polemiczną na nie odpowiedź NRD-owskie Indianerfilme nawiązują do estetyki, a pod pewnymi względami również i do warstwy światopoglądowej formuł rewizjonistycznych – amerykańskiego antywesternu i włoskiego spaghetti-westernu. Istotnym wątkiem jest też kontekst kinematografii jugosłowiańskiej, a zwłaszcza charakterystyczna dla tamtejszego aparatu propagandowego tendencja do łączenia wzorców hollywoodzkich z ideologią socjalistyczną.
„Długie ujęcie naszego miasta z tamtego wzgórza”, czyli o władzy spojrzenia w brytyjskich filmach realizmu społecznego lat 60. i 80.
Authors: Kosińska Karolina
Published: October 2023

W 1984 r. Andrew Higson opublikował artykuł poświęcony przestrzeni, pejzażowi i spektaklowi w brytyjskich „filmach zlewu kuchennego” (kitchen sink cinema) lat 60. Analizując kwestię władzy spojrzenia w kontekście klasowości, Higson wskazał na pewien bardzo wyrazisty i emblematyczny typ ujęcia, które uporczywie powraca w tych niemal wszystkich nowofalowych filmach: „długie ujęcie naszego miasta z tamtego wzgórza”. Ten rodzaj ujęcia – ukazującego postaci spoglądające na swe miasto z pobliskiego wzgórza – wydaje się dość kontrowersyjny w kategoriach klasowych, jako że problematyzuje kwestię tego, kto spogląda na kogo, a zatem – kto jest kreatorem obrazu postaci i ich świata. Czy władza spojrzenia przynależy do postaci z klasy robotniczej, czy może do twórców filmowych (i najprawdopodobniej widzów) z klasy średniej? Kosińska kwestionuje ustalenia Higsona, proponując swój własny punkt widzenia i poddając analizie paralelne „długie ujęcia naszego miasta z tamtego wzgórza” z filmów Mike’a Leigh oraz Alana Clarke’a z lat 80.
Table des matières
Authors: Rutkowska Teresa
Published: October 2023

Spis treści w języku francuskim.
„Biała prawda myśli”. Elegia szpitalna
Authors: Czaja Dariusz
Published: October 2023

Wit (2001) Mike’a Nicholsa jest filmem radykalnie nieprzystającym do współczesnej produkcji kinematograficznej. Jego oryginalność (w najlepszym sensie tego słowa) polega głównie na tym, że samym swoim istnieniem narusza kulturowe tabu – jego najbardziej rzucającym się w oczy „tematem” jest bowiem terminalna choroba, umieranie, a także nieodłącznie im towarzyszące długotrwałe cierpienie – fizyczne i psychiczne – prowadzące finalnie do śmierci. To śmierć szpitalna, „zwyczajna”, pozbawiona jakiegokolwiek elementu heroicznego. Film śledzi krok po kroku historię choroby, rejestruje zmienne trajektorie umierania. Portretuje kolejne etapy wyniszczenia organizmu aż po ostatnią granicę – śmierć. Wit to film tanatologiczny, acz niemający nic wspólnego z filmową nekrofilią. Łącząc zaskakująco życie i poezję (John Donne), film Nicholsa otwiera horyzont na to, co nieskończone. Pokazuje życie, śmiertelne życie (a innego nie znamy) jako perspektywę otwartą na nicość i światło. Życie jako wieczne rozdarcie, większe od swojej skończoności.
„¿Es bonito, verdad?”. „Zawód: reporter” jako transcendencja pozioma
Authors: Masłoń Sławomir
Published: October 2023

Wbrew typowym egzystencjalistycznym i formalistycznym interpretacjom filmu Zawód: reporter autor argumentuje, że jądrem tego dzieła jest scena ukazująca czystą przemoc polityczną, która jest nierozerwalnie związana ze słynnym przedostatnim ujęciem. Celem Antonioniego w przedostatnim ujęciu było osiągnięcie takiego poziomu intensywności wizualnej, która dorównałaby „najokropniejszej” sekwencji filmu, egzekucji. Bezpośredni związek między najohydniejszym i najpiękniejszym momentem w filmie ustanawia konieczną stereoskopię – istnienie cierpienia w świecie jest niezaprzeczalne, jednak tylko intensywność widzenia pozwala spojrzeć na brzydotę z odpowiedniej perspektywy, ponieważ umożliwia zaangażowanie w świat dla niego samego, a nie dla narcystycznych celów. Wizualne doświadczenie, które przeżywamy w dwóch ostatnich ujęciach, uczy nas, że jedyną prawdziwą transcendencją nie jest transcendencja pionowa (apoteoza), lecz poziome wyjście z siebie w zintensyfikowane, niemal wizyjne doświadczenie świata.
The State of Gerontological and Geriatric Studies in Sub-saharan Africa and Ghanaian Studies: Literature Review
Authors: - Evans Ibn Samba , - George Benneh Mensah , - Prince Opuni Frimpong , - Alfred Addy , - Juliet Otoo
Published: October 2023

The field of gerontological and geriatric studies in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ghana, has gained significant attention in recent years. This literature review aimed to provide an overview on the state of research in this area. Several key themes emerge from the reviewed literature. Firstly, there is a growing recognition of the unique challenges faced by older adults in Sub-Saharan Africa, including poverty, limited access to healthcare, and social isolation. Researchers have highlighted the need for targeted interventions and policies to address these issues. Secondly, there is a dearth of empirical studies focusing specifically on gerontological and geriatric studies in Ghana. Most existing research tends to be qualitative or anecdotal in nature, highlighting the need for more rigorous scientific investigations. Lastly, there is a call for interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange between researchers from different disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and public health. This would help build a comprehensive understanding of aging-related issues and facilitate evidence-based interventions. In conclusion, while progress has been made in gerontological and geriatric studies in Sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana specifically, further research is needed to address the unique challenges faced by older adults in this region. Interdisciplinary collaboration can play a crucial role in advancing knowledge and improving the well-being of older adults.
Intrinsic Retention: Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, Affective Organizational Commitment, and Extrinsic Retention: Continuance Organizational Commitment, Pay Satisfaction; and, Knowledge Sharing Behavior.
Authors: - Millisa Saramosing Equit
Published: October 2023

This research evaluated the employee perspective of job retention strategy and its relationship with knowledge-sharing behavior. It has given insight pertaining to employee turnover reduction and securing the sharing of knowledge behavior. A research assessment form was used to collect data. The questions were adapted from previous related studies. Convergence validity and reliability tests were used for scale- items, discriminant validity, and correlation coefficients were used for scale’s linear relationship, and hierarchical regression to analyze significant predictors and relationships. The three hundred twenty-six (326) target employee respondents were surveyed. They were randomly selected from different types of agribusiness sectors. The research results showed that employees’ perspectives on variables such as intrinsic retention affective organizational commitment (IRAOC) and extrinsic retention pay satisfaction (ERPS) revealed the highest positive relationship and significant predictor to knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). Both intrinsic retention (IR) and extrinsic retention (ER), overall, had a positive impact and highly significant predictor of KSB outcome, ER was most observed to have a positive relationship and highly significant predictor of KSB in Agribusiness enterprises. The research only studied the Agribusiness sector of the Philippines registered MSMEs in the Northern Mindanao region specific to Bukidnon province. The data collected were solely quantitative. And it only focused on the employees. Further studies would be preferred to study the owner or employer perspective and expand the scope of the study. The enterprise could use the importance of incorporating extrinsic and intrinsic retention strategies and practices to avoid employee turnover in the agribusiness sector and secure knowledge to be shared among employees. This research incorporated job retention strategies as intrinsic or extrinsic. Each retention strategy has been defined according to its nature of retaining employees. This has been presented clearly and each has been assessed in its relationship to knowledge-sharing behavior. Keywords were Intrinsic Retention: Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, Affective Organizational Commitment, Extrinsic Retention: Continuance Organizational Commitment, Pay Satisfaction; and, Knowledge Sharing Behavior.
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques With XGBoost Feature Importance Analysis
Authors: - Nurzahan Akter Joly , - Zahrul Jannat Peya , - Romjan Munchi
Published: October 2023

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a type of illnesses in the cardiovascular system including coronary, rheumatic heart and cerebrovascular. The leading causes of disease burden and mortality worldwide are CVDs. CVD can cause a wide range of consequences, which can lower standard of life and sometimes cause death. This emphasizes the requirement for the establishment of a technique that can ensure an exact and prompt prediction of the risk of CVD in patients. This study investigates effective CVD prediction system using several Machine Learning (ML) classification models. Rigorous data analysis through several preprocessing techniques as well as feature importance analysis has been performed through Spearman Correlation Analysis and XGboost feature importance technique. Finally, classification has been accomplished through Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Logistic Regression (LR) using a standard benchmark dataset collected from IEEEDataPort. Highest accuracy of 95% has been achieved through Random Forest (RF). The findings of this study will assist professionals in the medical field in the early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in patients.
Job Enrichment And Employees’ Satisfaction In Nigeria: A Study of Nigerian Police Force And Nigerian Security Civil Defense
Authors: - ARUBAYI DAMARO OLUSOJI , - AYAMEH FABIAN
Published: October 2023

This study investigated the relationship between job enrichments and employees’ satisfaction of the Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Security Civil Defense Corps in the zonal command headquarters in Delta, Edo and Bayelsa States. Primary data (questionnaire) was the major instrument of data collection which was administered on three hundred and eight (308) officers in the Nigerian Police Force and three hundred and eighty (380) officers in the Nigerian Security Civil Defense Corps thus amounting to six hundred and eighty-eight (688) respondents. Out of the 688 administered questionnaires, four hundred and ninety-five (495) were fully completed and retrieved. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics (simple percentages, frequency counts, mean, median, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, skewness, kurtosis, Karl Pearson correlation), diagnostic statistics (variance inflation factor, Breusch-Pagan Cook Wiesberg, Ramsey regression specification-error and Cameron & Trivedi’s Decomposition tests) and inferential statistics (simple regression). The regression results revealed that while skills variety (F=0.48; Prob. F=0.4905>0.05) had insignificant effects on employees’ satisfaction, task identity (F=140.02; Prob. F=0.0000<0.05), task significance (F=185.65; Prob. F=0.0000<0.05), task autonomy (F=49.28; Prob. F=0.0000<0.05) and feedback from job (F=214.94; Prob. F=0.0000<0.05) had significant effects on employees’ satisfaction. Given the findings, it was recommended among others that Nigerian Police and Civil Defence Commissions should adopt these job enrichment strategies as it would accord personnel the opportunity to use the range of their abilities in promoting the Commissions’ goals and in turn, the their satisfaction levels. This study contributes to knowledge by using the enriched job characteristics model of Hackman and Oldham (1975) in describing the relationship between job enrichments (task identify, significance, autonomy, skill variety and job feedback) employees’ satisfaction in Nigeria.
ICT and Rehabilitation: A New Perspective for Education in Moroccan Prisons
Authors: - EL BROUZI Naoufel , - BELHAJ Laila , - EL GOUAR Najlaa
Published: October 2023

This article explores a novel perspective for education in Moroccan prisons by emphasizing the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It addresses the current state of prison education, underscoring its significance in the rehabilitation process of inmates. The article examines the potential benefits of ICT in terms of accessibility, interactivity, and effectiveness in prison learning. It highlights the challenges associated with this integration and offers recommendations for successful implementation. This inquiry aims to provide a fresh outlook on enhancing the Moroccan penitentiary system by utilizing ICT as an educational tool.
Profitability Analysis Of Selected IT Companies In India Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A Comprehensive Study
Authors: - Rathindra Nath Jana , - R. K. Patil , - Sunil Kumar Yadav
Published: October 2023

The IT sector in India plays a vital role in driving the country's economy, contributing significantly to its growth and employment landscape. As of 2023, it constitutes around 8% of India's total GDP, employing over 4.5 million professionals directly and supporting an estimated 10 million indirect jobs. With export revenue reaching approximately $194 billion, the IT sector stands as one of the largest contributors to India's foreign exchange reserves.
This sector has experienced robust growth, with a projected annual growth rate of 7-9%. This growth can be attributed to its relentless focus on digitalization, innovation, and technology-driven solutions, enabling it to foster economic development, attract investments, and drive digital transformation across various industries.
Conducting a profitability analysis of IT companies in India holds significant importance. It provides valuable insights into their financial performance and viability, assisting stakeholders in making informed decisions. Investors and policymakers can assess the efficiency and effectiveness of these companies in generating profits and maximizing returns on investments. Profitability analysis also aids in resource allocation, risk management, and policy formulation to create an enabling environment for IT sector growth.
Additionally, profitability analysis allows companies to benchmark their performance, identify areas for improvement, and enhance competitiveness. By evaluating financial indicators, stakeholders can make informed decisions regarding expansion, diversification, and strategic partnerships. Ultimately, profitability analysis serves as a crucial tool for decision-making, resource allocation, and sustainable growth within the IT sector.
Therefore, this study aims to analyze the profitability of six selected IT companies in India from 2008-09 to 2021-22 using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. By employing DEA, the study aims to provide valuable insights into the financial performance of these companies and contribute to the existing understanding of profitability dynamics within the Indian IT sector.
An Assisted Community Based Implementation of RA 9003 (ACBI RA 9003): The Baranggay Naisud, Experience.
Authors: - Janice H. Ching , - Perlita R. Israel , - Christine N. Acanto , - Grace R. Silverio , - Annabelle S. Simpao
Published: October 2023

In the Philippines, higher-education institutions like Aklan State University (ASU) are empowered to implement community programs that bring inclusive human and community development. The ASU, College of Hospitality and Rural Resources Management (CHARRM), Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES) implemented an extension program titled “Enhancement of Community-based Implementation of RA 9003: Ecological solid Waste Management of 2000.” Thus, this study examined the influence of the extension activity to the partner community. Specifically, the study seeks to: describe the perceived influence of the assisted community-based implementation of RA 9003 to the household-based waste management practices; ascertain the perceived influence of the extension activity to the school based waste management practices; identify the perceived influence of the extension activity to the community; and describe the recommendations of the partners to improve the delivery of the activity. Descriptive research design was employed in the study. The respondents of the study were 120 residents, selected through purposive sampling technique. The data were gathered using a validated questionnaire checklist at Naisud, Ibajay Aklan from August to October 2021. The results revealed that majority of the respondents claimed that the activity enabled the household to reduce waste generated and practice recycling. In terms of its influence to the school-based waste management practices, majority of the respondents agreed that school personnel and students were engaged in the implementation of RA 9003. Likewise, the community strictly prohibited the open burning of garbage. The LGU may sustain the good practices by strictly monitoring the compliance of the community to RA 9003. The BSES may duplicate the activity to other barangays that include the recommendations made by the community. Consequently, to better understand the implication of the activity, further study along this line is recommended.
Socio-economic Profile of Labour and Owners of Enterprises: A Case Study from Rural Non-farm Sector of Punjab
Authors: - Manjit Sharma
Published: October 2023

In the non-farm sector people are employed in two ways, either they work as laborers in rural enterprises or they have their own rural enterprises. Around 8.6% people are illiterate, 27% have completed primary education, 33.3% have completed Matriculation examination(10th), 17.9% have completed secondary education(S Sec) , 12.1% are graduates and 1.2% are above graduates. Majority of schedule caste workers are engaged in activities like Aaganwadi and Asha worker, Auto-mobile repair, Brick Kiln worker, casual worker, domestic worker, factory labour and religious work. On the other hand, general category workers are engaged in activities like Govt. Job Regular, Medicine, and shop labour. On the other hand either OBC workers are engaged in traditional activities like carpenter and workshop labour or as drivers and in shops As per our analysis, less than 2% people have dependency ratio of 1 person, 49.1% respondents have dependency ratio of between 1 to 3 persons, and 42.6%respondents have dependency ratio of 3 to 5 persons and 7% people have dependency ratio of above 5 persons.
The Impact of Eastern philosophy and Thought on American Poets
Authors: - Sakshi Tyagi
Published: October 2023

Many American poets of the 19th and 20th centuries were influenced by Eastern philosophy. Poets embraced oriental thought & spirituality. These themes are reflected in their poetry through symbolism, references and imagery. These poets find peace, solace and shelter in eastern philosophy. They searched immensely for the solution to their problems but found materialism and brokenness. T.S.Eliot, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau expressed their views which resonate with eastern philosophy and spirituality. T.S. Eliot found peace in the Upanishad and the teachings of the Bhagvad Gita. One should practice the triad Da Da Da as proposed by T.S. Eliot in his Magnum opus “The Waste Land”.

Walt Whitman was not a preacher of the Hindu religion but his poetry echoes oriental philosophy and ideas like non-dualism, transcendentalism, self-reliance interconnectedness, universal soul and rejection of materialism. Whitman integrated oriental and Western thought.

These writers weave above mentioned themes in their verses. Henry David Thoreau wants to lead the life of a recluse through his essay Walden. Walden is the product of Henry David Thoreau's life experiments. He chooses life in the woods over materialism and wants other Americans to follow the same path. Gandhi was greatly influenced by Walden. In Walden, Thoreau advocates a life of simplicity and self-reliance. Walden is made into many chapters, each part describing one or the other aspects of simple and common life. Thoreau’s ideas on life are divided into different chapters such as economy, life, reading, solitude, the village, the ponds and higher laws.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet and essayist and was one of the members of a group of New England idealists known as transcendentalists. He magically weaved God, nature and individuals into one whole. Emerson says that prayer is the disease of the soul as a creed is the disease of the intellect. He proposes that one should not pray to beg for worldly pleasures. He also puts forth that one should not travel as travel is not the food of the soul.
Al-yousofi: A Novel Benchmark For Multi-vehicle Detection And Tracking
Authors: - Ahmad Al-Omari
Published: October 2023

Vehicle detection in aerial imagery has been instrumental in a wide range of applications. Lately, as a result of the robust feature representations, convolutional neural networks (CNN) based detection methods have achieved prodigious performance in computer vision. The diversity of dataset sources that relate to vehicle images is numerous, but it is not sufficient in some cases due to the different types of vehicles from one country to another. In this paper, we propose a new dataset of vehicle images called AL-YOUSOFI taken in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Irbid city. The AL-YOUSOFI benchmark dataset consists of 40 challenging videos captured from real-world traffic scenes (over 158,000 frames with rich annotations, including vehicle type and vehicle bounding boxes) for multi-object detection and tracking. The state-of-the-art algorithms that have been previously trained on AL-YOUSOFI, has been evaluated. The results showed a variation in efficiency between the algorithms, and this is due to how each works. The full dataset is available at this URL.
An Analysis of Students’ Transition Rates, Drop-out Rates, and Retention Rate in Secondary Education in Odisha
Authors: - Mohammed Imran , - Alok Ranjan Behera , - Mitali Chinara
Published: October 2023

Education is an essential element in the holistic development of individuals, encompassing both material and spiritual growth. Throughout the course of human history, education has continuously evolved, shedding light on various aspects of human progress. This paper develops into the examination of secondary school education status in Odisha, focusing on critical indicators such as enrolment, dropout rates, retention rates, and transition rates. The data used for this analysis is gathered from the Odisha Directorate of Economics and Statistics, specifically from the Educational Statistics and UDISE (Unified District Information System for Education) under the government of Odisha. The analysis of secondary education in Odisha reveals a declining trend in dropout rates from 2009-10 to 2014-15, with some stabilization or slight increases in later years. A gender gap in dropout rates, favouring boys initially, gradually narrowed. The significant dropout rates between 2014-15 and 2015-16 suggest effective policy interventions. Transition rates fluctuated slightly higher for girls but generally followed a similar trend. The highest transition rates were noted in 2011-12. While Gross Enrolment Ratio fluctuated, the Retention Rate remained high or improved, indicating good retention once students enrolled. This analysis highlights the need for ongoing efforts to reduce dropouts, enhance access, and address gender disparities in Odisha's secondary education.
Options in Derivative Market: A Study on Working and Trends in Option Contracts
Authors: - ANJU BALA , - POOJA PANDEY
Published: October 2023

Indian derivative market is very vast market. Many assets,securities, products and services are offered in derivative market to the various traders and investors. In India derivative products are offered by both BSE (Bombay stock exchange) and NSE (national stock exchange). Derivatives are classified into two parts Commodity derivatives and financial derivatives. Commodity derivatives are dealt in commodities like soybean, turmeric, oats corns. Financial derivatives include securities, bonds, treasure, foreign exchange, stock index etc. All financial derivatives are performed with the help of futures; options .this paper manly concentrates option contracts. NSE and BSE are also dealt in futures and options. This paper only considers the trends and working of option contracts in BSE. Option contracts are a right to buy or sell security on or before expiry of period at a predetermined price which is called strike price. Options are not an obligation. Call option and put option are two basic positions which are used by trader to manage the risk of buying and selling of underlying asset or security. This paper shows the working and trends of options as indexed options and equity options in BSE.
Bio Friendly Dentistry: A Review
Authors: - Dr Amulya vanti
Published: October 2023

Dental health care enhance oral health and well-being of patients and to achieve such goals, dentists use a diversity of materials and instruments that has a definite impact on the planet’s eco-system.Green dentistry is a type of dental practice which is environment friendly, cost-efficient, saves time by reducing waste, decreasing pollution and conserving energy with the use of latest techniques and procedures.
The aim of this article is to increase awareness and practice of eco-friendly dentistry, conserve resources, curb environmental pollution and eco-friendly and cost-effective waste management