bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Theatre-making in the age of #MeToo: Working cross-culturally toward a framework for making safer creative spaces
Authors:   , Park Younghee
Published: November 2022

This study describes a framework for creating safer, more inclusive environments for theatre-making in the age of #MeToo. The research involved cross-cultural qualitative analysis of interviews conducted with authors of theatre codes and standards from the US, Australia, the UK, and South Korea. It involved analysis of these documents and a bilingual online questionnaire targeting individual artists who have worked on their development. This research shows the positive impact that safer, more inclusive creative environments have on artists and on theatre-making processes, illustrating how cultural change might be achieved by building these spaces around a strong intersectional core.
Creative insights: Senior school teachers' experience of creativity in Queensland across the curriculum
Authors:   , Schroder Megan J.
Published: November 2022

Creativity is promoted as a crucial tool for young peoples’ successful engagement in a 21st century world. Education has a responsibility for instilling creative attributes in students, empowering them as agentic citizens and lifelong learners. Utilising Craft’s (2013) Wise Humanising Creativity framework, the study examines how creative capacities are understood and activated by Queensland senior school teachers in the implementation of the QCAA 2019 Senior school syllabus suite. Findings arising from the study are applicable to the implementation of creativity in education settings locally and globally.
Statistical support vector machines with optimizations
Authors:   , Wu Jinran
Published: November 2022

This thesis combines support vector machines with statistical models for analyzing data generated by complex processes. The key contribution of the thesis is to propose five regression frameworks aiming for hyperparameter estimation, support vector selection, data modelling with unequal variances, temporal patterns, and cost benefit analysis. A new optimizer is also proposed for high-dimensional optimization.
Implementation of Academic Supervision At The Rajamandala Islamic Foundation MTs
Authors: Aryani Asih , Nurjanah Sya'adah Aisyah
Published: November 2022

The head of the madrasah as a supervisor in the education unit has a very important role in providing professional and accountable services to teachers, in particular providing motivation and support towards the development of a better learning process. The paradigm of teachers towards the implementation of supervision tends to be less good and many assume that supervision is an activity to supervise teachers in carrying out their learning by suppressing the freedom of teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of academic supervision at MTs Islamic Foundation Rajamandala. The research method uses descriptive qualitative research and the analysis used is descriptive phenomenological. The results showed that the implementation of academic supervision in the planning aspect was still hampered by the presence of several teachers who had not completed the learning tools, in the aspect of the supervision implementation there were still some teachers who had not applied media and learning strategies/models, limited use of IT and authentic assessments that had not been able to fully implemented, while in the aspect of follow-up supervision, several teachers have been rewarded for their good performance by making them supervivors of colleagues and the Teacher Performance Assessment team.

Keyword: Supervision, Principal, Teacher
Classroom Interaction In English Class For Hearing Impairment Students In Smp-Lb (B) Negeri Tuban
Authors: Kurniawa Dyah - , Kalimah Siti
Published: November 2022

English subject is taught not only for the regular students but also to students who have physical disorder especially to hearing impairment students. In Indonesia, there is a special school for these students called SLB (Sekolah Luar Biasa). In the teaching and learning proccess at SMP-LB (B), the teacher usually faces some difficulties dealing with the students because they have lack of their hearing system. the writer tried to dig up and find out the  teacher and students interaction in English Class for  Hearing Impairment Students in SMP-LB (B) Negeri Tuban and the students responses after the teacher apply certain interaction in the class at SMP-LB (B) Negeri Tuban. This study applied the qualitative case study research approach to answer the research questions. The study as conducted at SMP-(LB) Negeri Tuban which used three instruments such as observation, interview and documentation. The finding of the research showed that the teacher used Total Communication Technique which combines the oral and manual technique. Teacher not only used oral but also used sign language such as finger spelling, gestures, and facial expression. The writer also found one response after the teacher interaction in English class for Hearing Impairment Students such as Oral communication. Total communication Technique is expected to help them in teaching and learning of  interaction in English to hearing impairment students in the right way appropiately. The teacher always gives good treatment to the students in order to able to reduce the problems in communication especially in listening and speaking.
بلاد الديلم في العصر الساساني
Authors: محمد هاجر , الزبيدي عباس
Published: November 2022

The land of Daylam was the focus of the attention of the powers because of its prohibition on the one hand and because of the qualities of the Daylam people, and one of these powers was the Sassanid state , But the Daylams, because of their nature, refused to be submissive, but rather took comfort in the profession of fighting, as they used to go as infantry in the armies as mercenaries. The research was divided into three sections, as it came in the first topic (the country of Daylam until the era of Ardashir I), in the second topic (the country of Daylam until the era of Bahram II) and in the third topic (the country of Daylam until the era of Bahram Gubin).
WORLD AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS (WAGC) AS A DEVELOPMENT PILLAR FOR TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS: ANALYSING NATIONAL FEDERATIONS’ RESULTS BETWEEN 1999 AND 2019
Authors: Vicente-Mariño Miguel
Published: November 2022

Trampoline Gymnastics is a consolidated sport within the gymnastics family. Since the International Trampoline Federation (FIT) and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) merged in 1999, the growth and expansion of Trampoline Gymnastics have remained constant. In this process, the role played by the World Age Group Competitions (WAGC) is worth to be mentioned, as this event has been established as the main entrance pathway to any gymnast or national federation willing to reach the international elite level. The first edition of these competitions dates back to 1973 in London, and the 27th took place in Tokyo in November 2019. This article aims to explain the key role played by WAGC in the evolution and consolidation of this Olympic sport, by conducting an in-depth analysis of the participation data and medal distribution during the last fourteen editions, all the ones taking place under the FIG umbrella. In order to complete a broader picture of these competitions, a detailed analysis in terms of editions, gender and disciplines is presented. Results return a clear dominance of the Russian Federation national team and a group of international contenders that built up their strong presence at the international scene on top of a constant and well-planned strategy in WAGC. These events have achieved to become part of the sports’ internal culture and the education system has incorporated them into all the recommended procedures at the international level.
The Grey Relation Comparison of Brand Value and Business Ranking for L’Oréal and Dior
Authors: Wang Wan-Ting
Published: November 2022

As the only luxury company in the Fortune Global 500 list, Dior is far behind the FMCG company L’Oréal in the world’s most famous brand value appraisal agency Interbrand. However, Dior is far superior to L’Oréal in the Fortune Global 500 ranking. The difference between which is due to the calculation basis. This paper analyzes the calculation basis of Interbrand and Fortune Global 500 ranking by Gray Relation Analysis, and finds that the impact of profits, assets, shareholders’ equity and number of employees on the ranking of Fortune Global 500 and Interbrand models is significantly different. The analysis shows that both Dior and L’Oréal have the strongest correlation between shareholders’ equity and its ranking results in both Fortune Global 500 results. This is true for L’Oréal in the Interbrand valuation model. For Dior, however, profits has the strongest impact on its ranking in the Interbrand valuation model. The two companies need to start from the two factors of shareholders’ equity and profits respectively if they want to improve their corporate rankings and brand value.
La thèse des deux mondes et la théorie des communs en appui à la solidarité numérique en éducation au Québec
Authors: Bernatchez Jean , Alexandre Marie , Fournier-Dubé Naomie
Published: November 2022

La solidarité numérique est à la fois un concept en construction et une culture en émergence. Qu’en est-il de la solidarité numérique en éducation au Québec en 2022? La thèse des deux mondes (Aigrain, 2005) permet de camper le dilemme. D’un côté, de grandes entreprises commerciales visent le profit, contrôlent les marchés et manipulent les comportements. De l’autre, des stratégies de solidarité numérique se déploient localement : logiciels libres, science ouverte, culture de réseau et de partage. Au Québec, de nombreux enseignants optent pour la forme commerciale. Ils pourraient s’inspirer plutôt de la théorie des communs (Ostrom, 1990) en appui au numérique à l’école.
ASYMMETRIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TERMS OF TRADE VOLATILITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Authors:   Department of Economics, International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan, Ihsan Hajra , Rashid Abdul ,   International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan, Shehzadi Komal ,   Department of Economics, International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan
Published: November 2022

This article intends to investigate the non-linear relationship between government spending and terms of trade volatility in the selected East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. According to the Rodrik's compensation hypothesis, government spending and trade shocks are positively correlated. On the other hand, conventional hypothesis contends that trade shocks and government spending are inversely related. Applying the Threshold Autoregressive Error Correction Model (TARECM) to annual time series data spanning the years 1980 through 2019 allows us to evaluate the veracity of these hypotheses. For six of the 9 countries we chose, we discover an asymmetric relationship between volatility in terms of trade and government spending. This suggests that the findings support the compensation hypothesis. However, for the other 3 countries, the association between terms of trade volatility and government spending seems to be in line with conventional theory. JEL Classification: C23; C33; F15; H5; H11 Keywords: Government spending, Terms of trade Volatility, Asymmetric relationship, TARECM, East Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
SELF-ESTEEM AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT PHYSICAL DISABILITY
Authors:   Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan, Murtaza Humaira , Kausar Noreena ,   Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan, Mazhar Maria ,   Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
Published: November 2022

The study was conducted to determine the relationship between self-esteem (SE) and quality of life (QOL) among students with and without physical disabilities. Further, it also explored the gender differences in the level of self-esteem and quality of life in participants. Through purposive sampling 200 participants (100 physically disabled & 100 normal) were selected from 4 universities of Gujrat and Islamabad. The WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL Group, 1998) and State Self-esteem Scale (Heatherton & Polivy, 1991) were used for data collection. Results revealed that self-esteem has a significant positive relationship with quality of life (r=.89, p=.00). Results indicate that there was a significant difference in the scores of self-esteems and quality of life among normal and disabled students. It was also highlighted that normal and physically disabled female student had a low level of self-esteem and quality of life than normal and physically disabled male students. The findings also indicated that self-esteem is a significant predictor of quality of life among students. This study concluded that the physical disability of participants has not significantly affected the individual’s self-perceptions but it also plays role in determining the quality of life. Keywords: Self-esteem, quality of life, physical disability, students, gender difference, University.
URDU TRANSLATION AND VALIDATION OF EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE IN PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS
Authors:   Government Girls Post Graduate College No. 1 Abbottabad & Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abbasi Sadia Bano , Kazmi Syeda Farhana ,   Department of Psychology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Published: November 2022

The current study aims to translate and cross language validate the emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ) from English to Urdu. The process of study was divided into two phases: Phase one employed the forward-back translation (Brislin, 1976) approach, while phase two described the psychometric properties of the translated version of the ERQ into Urdu. On a sample of 503 students, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed to verify the factor structure of the Urdu translated version. The alpha reliability value of the ERQ was good (α=.81). EFA and CFA confirmed two-factor model with good model fit indices (CRS, GFI, AGFI, and CFI) all the values fell in the acceptable range of .95 to.97, p >.05 and RMSEA <.06, χ²/df < 3.The estimated composite reliability, convergent validity, construct validity and criterion-related validity for both factors was satisfactory. A final model of ERQ with two dimensions in the Urdu language is the best fit for Pakistani culture in Urdu and to evaluate how people emotionally regulate different situations. A statistically significant gender difference in the adaptation of emotion regulation techniques was also revealed by the results of the current study. Keywords: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Cognitive Reappraisal, Expressive Suppression, Urdu, Pakistan
FISCAL EFFECTIVENESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN PAKISTAN
Authors:   Department of Economics, Gomal University, D. I. Khan, Suleman Muhammad , Babar Muhammad Niamatullah ,   Institute of Social Sciences, Gomal University, D. I. Khan
Published: November 2022

The current study examines the impact of various fiscal policy variables on the economic growth rate of Pakistan by utilizing a time series data of the country from 1990 to 2019.In order to evaluate fiscal policy effectiveness in case of Pakistan, the study at hand performs a disaggregate analysis by constructing a system of 5endogenous variables in a k dimensional vector. The implementation of Cholesky ordering to generate the VAR output, in the study it is revealed that growth rate of the country can be influentially accelerated by allocating more budget for development expenditure as compared to current expenditures. This phenomenon illustrates the effectiveness of expansionary fiscal mechanism to enhance the economic evolvement of the country’s study also indicates that successful tax revenue collection by the government is also an essential component for augmented economic output. Keywords: GDP, Development, expenditures, Current, expenditures, Tax revenue, on-tax revenue, VAR
UNDERSTANDING GENDERED POWER RELATIONS THROUGH TRANSECT WALK AND SPATIAL MAPPING
Authors:   Department of Gender Studies Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Pakistan Pakistan, Ajaz Nashia , Zakir Wardah ,   Department of Gender Studies Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan
Published: November 2022

This paper discusses the utility of spatial mapping in combination with transect walks as a part of ethnographic research on gender and family relations in Punjab, Pakistan. Transect walks refer to the practice whereby the researcher walks on defined walkways, such as existing mud trails, with local research participants to gain a deeper understanding of a locality and allowing for detailed charting of the shared resources. Building on feminist geographers, and deploying spatial data collection methods, this research explores the patterning of gendered power in the research community and specifically, within families from different castes. The findings emerging from initial spatial mapping exercises were confirmed during transect walks with different villagers. The paper analyses the benefits of using this combination of methods to build rapport and generate nuanced data on the gendered politics of community and family life, providing insight into, for example, who owns and controls what in the community, who works for whom, who has restricted access to certain resources and how these dynamics shape gender relations within families. The paper highlights the important contributions that spatial methods can make to feminist scholarship and specifically, more layered understandings of inclusive development. Keywords: Spatial Mapping; Transect Walk; Gender Relations; Power Relations; Feminist Research; Caste System.
COVERAGE OF PAKISTANI PRINT MEDIA ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OF JUSTICE: A CASE OF PAKISTANI JUSTICE SYSTEM REGARDING CORRUPTION
Authors:   Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Pakistan, Bajwa Aamir Mehmood , Maqsood Madiha ,   School of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan, Iqbal Ayesha ,   Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Pakistan
Published: November 2022

This research explores how leading English newspapers “Dawn”, and the Urdu newspaper “Jang” covered the judicial proceedings of political corruption cases in the light of Agenda Setting and Framing theories. News stories on the front and back pages and editorials of these two newspapers for two years (December 1, 206 to December 1, 2018) were selected. Corruption Cases (Panama gate case, Ephedrine case, Al- Azizia steel mill, Ashiana Iqbal Scam, Saaf Pani Case, Paragon housing society case, Fake Bank Accounts, and Nandipur case) were taken for data collection. The researcher used the Content Analysis method for gathering data. The Result indicates that Daily Dawn and Daily Jung covered judicial proceedings of mega political corruption cases differently. The findings reveal that Daily Dawn blamed all sides for corruption while Daily Jung blamed state institutions. The view of Daily Dawn in this regard is Objective, while the idea of Daily Jung is Subjective. The researcher suggested that the dailies should play a neutral role, and the content of dailies should be critical despite being absurd or baseless. Moreover, Dailies should convey reality to the public. Keywords: Political Corruption cases, Newspapers Coverage, Judicial Proceedings, Media Activism, Judicial Activism
Lipomatose em apêndice cecal: relato de caso
Authors: Pulgatti Mariana Bobato , Matos Gabriel Cheles Nascimento , Lugtenburg Isadora Bertoni Schock , Shibayama Thamy Yamahita
Published: November 2022

Introdução: As neoplasias dos adipócitos são um grupo histologicamente diverso, sendo os lipomas, tumores benignos, uma entidade de difícil diagnóstico. Nesse sentido, a lipomatose intestinal se constitui como uma rara apresentação dos lipomas, o qual é diagnosticado por meios tomográficos ou endoscópicos quando cursam com complicações, dentre elas: obstruções, intussuscepção ou vólvulo. Objetivo: Devido à raridade de sua apresentação, pretende-se relatar o caso de lipomatose em apêndice cecal diagnosticada por intermédio de exame anatomopatológico após apendicectomia. Relato de caso: Paciente de 27 anos, masculino, teve biópsia colhida e enviada ao setor de patologia cirúrgica do Hospital de Base Ary Pinheiro. Apresentava-se com o apêndice cecal íntegro, em recipiente de formalina, revestido por serosa congesta. À microscopia, foi observado tecido adiposo maduro, bem diferenciado, com infiltrado neutrofílico, o que caracteriza uma serosite fibrinoleucocitária. Discussão: O diagnóstico de lipomatose, geralmente, se faz por uso de métodos imagiológicos e, muitas vezes, de forma acidental. Entretanto, o caso analisado dispunha de uma serosite fibrinoleucocitária, a qual caracteriza uma periapendicite, ou seja, uma inflamação com infiltrado da serosa sem envolvimento da mucosa do apêndice. Tal situação clínica mimetiza a apendicite convencional, a qual é tratada com ressecção do órgão. Desta forma, o exame anatomopatológico se fez essencial para a diferenciação da patologia da amostra, a qual pode fornecer subsídios para um tratamento diferenciado, visto que a periapendicite, em grande maioria dos casos, é manifestaçaõ de outra patologia de base.  Conclusão: Evidencia-se, portanto, que os lipomas intestinais são tumores incomuns e pouco descritos na literatura, sendo que a lipomatose em apêndice cecal analisada pode ser fonte de informações para melhor acolher e tratar quadros similares. Logo, a sua histologia e investigação patológica permitiu o diagnóstico de uma lipomatose em apêndice cecal com uma serosite fibrinoleucocitária, a última com provável origem de uma periapendicite.
Candida parapsilosis culture extracts: in vitro, antagonistic action against Candida albicans, Candida auris and Candida parapsilosis
Authors: Lemes Thiago Henrique , Nascentes Julyanna Andrade Silva , Regasini Luis Octávio , Maschio-Lima Taiza , De Almeida Bianca Gottardo , Domiciano Ribeiro Mariela , Pattini Veridianna Camilo , Mozaner Leticia de Queiroz , Siqueira João Paulo Zen , De Almeida Margarete Teresa Gottardo
Published: November 2022

Fungal infections caused by Candida species has increased significantly in recent years. Additionally, resistance to conventional therapy is an aggravating factor causing high morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients or those undergoing treatment with another antimicrobials. During the infection process, Candida species produces metabolites which can self-regulate population density, in addition to controlling several virulence factors and exerting action on other microorganisms. In view of this fact, the present study evaluated the in vitro antifungal activity of the pure culture extract of Candida parapsilosis against Candida albicans, Candida auris and Candida parapsilosis. Fungal culture extracts of C. parapsilosis were prepared in Sabouraud Dextrose Broth, extracted with ethyl acetate and dried in a rotary evaporator. Subsequently, tests were performed to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC). The antifungal activity of the extracts against Candida species showed values of MIC ranging between 500 - 2000 µg/mL and a MFC range of 1414 µg/mL - 2000 µg/mL. Future investigations for the identification and composition of this fungal culture extract will provide insights about metabolites are present and involved in the antifungal activity shown here, contributing for the future to new therapeutic approaches in the control of infections caused by Candida.
Caregivers’ Quality of Life: Comparative Analysis of Psychiatric ward and General Caregivers Quality of Life
Authors: N Venkateswaramurthy , Munavvar VT Syed , M Sudha , R Sambathkumar.
Published: November 2022

Mental illness affects at least one in four people, either directly or indirectly. Caregivers play a significant role in fulfilling the vital physical needs and psychological wellbeing of mentally ill patients. Caregiving for mentally ill persons causes a burden to the caregivers. This burden reflects in the physical and mental health of the caregiver. This study was designed to explore the Quality of Life (QOL) of caregivers of mentally ill inpatients. In this descriptive, comparative cross-sectional study, the quality of life of caregivers of the psychiatric ward and general wards was studied by inpatients settings using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) Scale. Caregivers of mentally ill patients have lower QOL levels, and it was observed that the WHOQOL-BREF score of the general ward was significantly higher than that of the psychiatric ward caregivers in all domains. This study would help manage, intervene, and identify the physical and mental health caregivers.
Comparison of Herbal formulation and Herbal extracts of seeds and fruits of selected medicinal plants for Antidiabetic Enzyme Inhibitory Studies
Authors: Ashwini L. , Nidhya G. , Latha S. , Chamundeeswari D.
Published: November 2022

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic non-communicable disease, marked by disturbances of carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism. Drugs having the ability to delay the production or absorption of glucose by inhibiting the action of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes such as α-amylase and α-glucosidase is considered to reduce the postprandial hyperglycemia. Acarbose is the drug of choice which inhibits carbohydrate digesting enzyme in the gastrointestinal tract but causes various side effects such as diarrhoea and many intestinal disturbances like bloating, flatulence, muscular cramps, and abdominal pain. Hence a novel formulation comprising of coarsely powdered dried seeds of Trigonella foenum graecum L. (Fabaceae) and dried fruits of Coriandrum sativum L. (Apiaceae) mixed in the ratio 1:1 was prepared as a concoction and hydroalcoholic extract of the powder was prepared by maceration with ethanol: water (70:30) solvent. The extractive values of concoction and hydroalcoholic extract were 18.6% w/w and 9.48% w/w respectively. The IC50 values were calculated by linear regression analysis method. The ability to quench 50% of DPPH and nitric oxide radical by concoction was found to be 167.39µg/ml and 207.81µg/ml respectively and the hydroalcoholic extract was found to be 233.72 µg/ml and 274.6µg/ml respectively. The IC50 values for α-amylase inhibition of concoction, hydroalcoholic extract, and acarbose was calculated as 113.98, 597.41, and 65.05µg/ml while α-glucosidase activity was found to be 20.65, 606.70, and 11.95µg/ml respectively thereby showing that the concoction showed a significant effect compared to acarbose in reducing postprandial glucose level due to its α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzyme inhibitory activity substantiated by its free radical scavenging activity.
Copper content in Areca nut as an emerging etiology for liver disease – A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Dangore Khasbage Suwarna , R. Bhowate Rahul
Published: November 2022

Areca nut (AN) is the fourth most widely used addictive substance and chewed regularly by at least 10% of the world population. AN cause many harmful effects on the human body in general as well as in the oral cavity. Amongst this one of the vital organs being damaged due to AN consumption is liver for which a number of mechanisms are reported to be responsible. Frequently alkaloids in AN are considered as the main culprit. But, other components like copper (Cu) content in AN is also believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. It is stated that an adult Indian chewing AN daily consumes over 5 mg of Cu per day, of which the substantial amount is absorbed. However, the recommended intake per day is 0.9 mg. Excess Cu acts by upregulating lysyl oxidase activity, which enhances collagen synthesis and inhibits collagen degradation leading to fibrosis of tissues. Another reason for liver toxicity could be reactive oxygen species generated by Cu content in AN. Thus, it may be stated that Cu in AN can be one of the risk factors inducing liver damage. The present review highlights the role of Cu content of AN in the development of liver fibrosis.
Circular Economy as a platform for impactful and cross-disciplinary research
Authors: Pascucci Stefano , Webster Ken , Husted Kenneth , Jonker Jan
Published: November 2022

Over the last few decades, the debate on enhancing sustainability in global industrial systems has gained momentum in the practitioners, policymakers and scientists’ arenas. There are at least three dominant themes within this discourse that directly involve business strategies:
First, evidence-based sustainability research has progressively informed practitioners’ decisions, moving from a peripheral and reactive to a central and pro-active sustainability approaches. Sustainability is now viewed as a ‘science-led’ strategic approach in many of the large corporates with global or international scope.
Second, sustainability has become more subject to different worldviews, de facto influenced by the interaction of multiple stakeholders jointly interested in, or in need of, tackling socio-ecological crises.
Third, sustainability has become one of the pillars of the discussion around the emergence of the Anthropocene, a geological era starting with the industrial revolution of the 18th century and conditioned by anthropic activities, most notably, a massive emission of greenhouse gases and pollutants able to alter Planetary ecosystems and cycles.
These themes have stimulated the emergence of the academic debate on the relationship between businesses and planetary boundaries and, in parallel, increased interest in the idea of the Circular Economy (CE) as an ideal state of a zero-waste economy.
Principles of the CE include the use of renewable energies, eliminating toxic chemicals and eradicating waste by maximising reuse, repair, remake and recycling. While there are some critical voices in the academic community that question the feasibility of the CE model and point to its contested nature (see for instance, Corvellec et al., 2021; Korhonen et al. 2018), there is also a major increase in CE publications across disciplines from engineering to environmental science to innovation and business model research (Bocken et al. 2013; Kirchherr et al. 2017) and an increasing push from organizations and governments to adopt the circular imperative (European Commission, 2020).
In this research workshop, we will discuss and ideate how the Circular Economy concept can inform business research at the University of Auckland Business School. We will hear from Stefano Pascucci, Ken Webster and Jan Jonker about their approaches to and visions of the Circular Economy. Then, Ken Webster and Kenneth Husted will guide us through a research ideation workshop.
First lecture on micropolar chiral elasticity
Authors: Chen Yi
Published: November 2022

In this lecture, I will introduce some basics of micropolar continuum elastic theory and its applications to the continuum modeling of chiral elastic metamaterials. Due to mirror symmetry breaking, chiral elastic metamaterials can exhibit interesting properties impossible within achiral ones, such as static push-to-twisting coupling and dynamic chiral phonons or acoustical activity. With the examples, one can see micropolar continuum theory can correctly describe the above behavior as well as related size effects.
In traditional chiral metamaterials, mostly with cubic symmetry, chiral phonons and acoustical activity are allowed only along several phonon propagation directions. Chiral elastic metamaterials that support isotropic chiral phonons are preferred in practical applications. Here, chiral elastic metamaterials with isotropic properties are designed based on quasicrystalline lattice and periodic cubic lattice. Both designs are verified numerically by phonon band structure calculations.
INTERVAL QUALITY INDICATORS OF THE DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION OF INFRARED IMAGES ON THE BASIS OF A TONE MAPPING MATRIX
Authors: RUDIKOV S. , TSVIATKOU V. , SHKADAREVICH A.
Published: November 2022

The article proposes a dynamic range compression model for infrared (IR) images based on a tone mapping

matrix, the elements of which relate the brightness levels of the original image with a wide dynamic range and

the brightness levels of a non-linearly transformed image with a narrow dynamic range, and also indicate, depending

on the variant of formation of this matrices on: a) loss of discrimination between adjacent pixels due

to compression of the dynamic range; b) the level of non-linear compression distortions; c) ambiguity of tone

mapping. Based on this model, interval indicators of the quality of compression of the dynamic range of infrared

images are proposed, which allow estimating the potential distinguishing power, the real loss of discrimination

between adjacent pixels after transformation, the magnitude of nonlinear compression distortions, the uniformity

of the use of the dynamic range, and the ambiguity of tone mapping for the selected interval of the dynamic range.

The proposed indicators improve the accuracy of assessing the quality of compression of the dynamic range of IR

images by expanding the system of known indicators that evaluate the contrast, entropy, statistical naturalness

of the converted images, and the structural accuracy of tone mapping.
LOCALIZATION OF NITROGEN ATOMS IN Si–SiO2 STRUCTURES
Authors: ODZAEV V. , PRASALOVICH U. , PYATLITSKI A. , KOVALCHUK N. , SOLOVIEV Ya. , ZHIGULIN D. , SHESTOVSKI D.
Published: November 2022

Studies have been carried out by time-of-flight mass spectroscopy of secondary ions of subcutaneous silicon

oxides, nitridation by ion implantation (II) or nitrided by high-temperature annealing in an atmosphere of N2. Nitrogen

AI was produced with an energy of 40 keV, implantation doses of 2,5×1014 and 1×1015 cm-2. High-temperature

annealing was carried out at a temperature of 1200 C for 2 hours or at 1100 C for 30 minutes. It is established

that at the Si–SiO2 interface, after nitriding by II or high-temperature annealing, a maximum with a high concentration

of nitrogen atoms is observed. It is shown that after conducting nitrogen AI with a dose of 2,5 ×1014 cm-2

through a protective SiO2 with a thickness of 23 nm and RTA at 1000 C for 15 seconds, the main maximum

of nitrogen distribution (1×1019 cm-3) is observed at the Si–SiO2 interface, which indicates the presence of a saturation

concentration of the Si–SiO2 interface.

A charge-based one-dimensional Fermi model is proposed to describe the accelerated diffusion of nitrogen

atoms. The main mechanism is the diffusion of interstitial atoms, which can occur with the preliminary displacement

of nodal nitrogen atoms by their own embedding atoms. It is shown that nitrogen atoms can act as annihilation

centers of point defects in the silicon crystal lattice.
Review of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Financial Tools for Achieving Net-zero Emission Hospitals
Authors: Vourdoubas John
Published: November 2022

Mitigation of climate change, which is a severe global environmental problem, requires the sharp decrease of greenhouse gas emissions. Hospitals and healthcare facilities consume large amounts of energy compared with other organizations while they mainly use conventional fuels and grid electricity. The aims of the current study are: a) to review the sustainable energy technologies which can be used in hospitals minimizing their carbon emissions due to energy use, and b) to review the existing financial tools which can support the investments of clean energy technologies in hospitals. Published literature indicates that several benign energy technologies have been used in hospitals in developed and less-developed countries. These include: a) energy saving technologies, b) renewable energy technologies, c) low carbon emission technologies, and d) technologies related with green transportation. The most of them are reliable, mature and cost-efficient. Their combined use results in lower carbon emissions in hospitals. Any remaining emissions can be offset with the existing carbon offsetting schemes. Various financial mechanisms can facilitate investments of clean energy technologies in hospitals. It is concluded that several benign energy technologies combined with carbon offsetting schemes can assist hospitals to zero their net carbon emissions due to energy use while the existing financial mechanisms can facilitate and support the required energy investments. The present study is useful to policy makers and hospital’s authorities who are looking forward to minimize the carbon footprint in these organizations complying with current policies for achieving net zero carbon emission societies in the coming decades.
Az intrauterin kötődés, a várandósság-specifikus stressz és a depresszió közötti kapcsolat vizsgálata várandós nők körében
Authors: Tanyi Zsuzsanna , Salamon Szilvia , Kövi Zsuzsanna
Published: November 2022

Elméleti háttér és célkitűzés: Jelen kutatás célja, hogy feltárja az anya-magzat intrauterin kötődés, a várandósság-specifikus stressz és depresszió mértékének változását a második és a harmadik trimeszterben járó kismamák között. Ugyanakkor összefüggést keressen az anya-magzat intrauterin kötődés, a várandósság-specifikus stressz és a depresszió mértéke között a terhesség 2. és 3. trimeszterében. Módszer: A vizsgálatban 157 kismama vett részt, akik terhességük 12. hetét betöltötték (átlag=26,13 ± 8,51 hét), illetve 18. éven felüliek voltak (átlagéletkor= 28,55 ± 4,82 év). A résztvevők kérdőívek kitöltésével, demográfiai jellemzők, biológiai tényezők és várandósságukra jellemző adatok megadásával járultak hozzá a kutatáshoz. A mérőeszközök közül három kérdőív került jelen kutatásban felhasználásra (Várandósság-Specifikus Stressz Skála;Intrauterin Kapcsolati Kérdőív rövidített változata – IUKK-R; Edinburgh Szülés Utáni Depresszió Skála – EPDS). Eredmények: A kutatás nem talált szignifikáns eltérést az intrauterin kötődés mértékében a második és a harmadik trimeszterben lévő kismamák között. A várandósság-specifikus stressz mértékben a második és a harmadik trimeszterben lévő kismamák között szignifikáns eltérés figyelhető meg, ugyanakkor a legmagasabb várandósság-specifikus stresszt a 2. trimeszter elején, a 12. és 19. hét között figyelhetjük meg. A kutatás a várandósság alatti depresszió mértékében a második és harmadik trimeszterben lévő kismamák között nem talált jelentős eltérést. Az anya-magzat intrauterin kötődés és a várandósság-specifikus stressz között szignifikáns negatív kapcsolatot találtunk, de csak a harmadik trimeszter ideje alatt mutatható ki ez az összefüggés. Az anya-magzat intrauterin kötődés és a várandósság alatti depresszió pedig szignifikáns negatív, közepes erősségű kapcsolatban van egymással a második és a harmadik trimeszter ideje alatt egyaránt. Következtetések: Az intrauterin kötődés és a várandósság alatti depresszió mértéke független a terhesség idejétől, valószínűleg más tényezők befolyásolják azok intenzitását. A várandósság-specifikus stressz szempontjából különösen érzékeny a terhesség 12.-19. hete, vagyis a második trimeszter eleje, amelynek lehetséges oka a magzat elvesztésétől való félelem, illetve a kellemetlen orvosi vizsgálatokból származó szorongás és azok negatív eredményeitől való félelem. Végül, a magasabb anya-magzat intrauterin kötődés védőfaktorként szolgálhat a terhesség sérülékeny időszakában, alacsonyabb várandóssággal összefüggő stressz-szintet és depressziós szintet eredményezve.
Rhetoric and Chastity: Gower’s Depiction of Rhetorical Practice in the Lucrece Myth
Authors: Sharp Joseph
Published: November 2022

Modern scholarship on deliberative rhetoric in medieval England often examines traditions of counsel that emerged out of classical democratic norms. However, John Gower’s definition of rhetoric in book 7 of the Confessio amantis describes a deliberative rhetorical practice specifically adapted for use by an authoritative monarch. Drawing on his inherited Aristotelian tradition, Gower depicts an embodied theory of deliberative rhetoric that depends on a sovereign’s reasoned capacity for deliberation and dissemination of truth in plain language. He illustrates the political possibilities that accompany this rhetorical practice through his extended discussion of the Lucrece myth. By examining his English-language Fürstenspiegel, we can better understand the close relationship between symbolic interpretation, rhetorical practice, and virtue.
Recanonizing Rhetoric: The SecretinandofDiscourse
Authors: Hallsby Atilla
Published: November 2022

Challenges to rhetoric’s canon often occur under the rubric of revising that canon and its foundational, shared meaning. Read through the strategies of deconstruction, the secret offers a common ground for recanonizing approaches by centering either a concealed quantity in ancient rhetoric’s granular archive (the secret in discourse) or an unfolding idea whose transformation has rendered it unrecognizable to its original version (the secret of discourse). This article draws on Jacques Derrida’s “White Mythology” (1974) and A Taste for the Secret (2001) before addressing how the secret’s registers in and of discourse animate de- and recanonizing readings of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoric. Its implications address scholars distressed by the durable forms of oppression ensconced in rhetoric’s ancient canon.
A Macroeconomic Model of Federal and Commercial Spectrum Usage
Authors: Kahn Carolyn , Brown Dan , Hanson Susan , Hussein Zekarias , McQueston Jack , Nam Haeme
Published: November 2022

A Macroeconomic Model of Federal and Commercial Spectrum Usage introduces a methodology to assess the macroeconomic impact of electromagnetic spectrum decisions and provides general results on a case study of the economic impact of shifting from fourth generation (4G) to fifth generation (5G) wireless technology. This article provides a summary introduction to this new research tool.
The Problem of Free Will
Authors: Fagiano Mark
Published: November 2022

In this article, the author dissolves the problem of free will and reconstructs it for pragmatic purposes. The article begins by locating the historical ruptures that have given rise to three different formulations of the problem itself throughout the history of philosophy, then turns to the insights of American Pragmatism for the purposes of rejecting the free will/determinism dualism, reconstructing the problem of free will as the social problem of obstruction, and illustrating why metaphysics as a discipline ought to serve ethics.
Buddhist Anattā, Dependent Arising, and the Problem of Free Will
Authors: Wahman Jessica
Published: November 2022

The article analyzes recent Western interpretations of the Theravāda Buddhist position on free will in order to reveal how differences in worldview and methodology impact claims about agency—exposing assumptions about the meaning of will, cause, and self—and how commonalities across traditions enable us to discover what may be at stake, more generally, in the philosophical problem of free will. Embedded in different ontologies and expressed by disparate means are similar intuitions about consciousness, coercion, and the transformative power of wisdom as well as deeply human concerns about what we can and cannot change and with whom we should or should not find fault. Ultimately, this study of cross-cultural conversations aims to demonstrate how careful attention to assumptions underlying the concepts of will, causation, selfhood, and desert can prove both edifying and liberating.
The French Poe: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” and Villers de L’lsle Adams’ “A Torture by Hope”
Authors: Knott Kevin
Published: November 2022

Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s “A Torture by Hope” occupied a unique place in the imagination of late nineteenth and early twentieth century literary critics curious about the conte cruel and Edgar Allan Poe’s alleged influence on this French author. In such comparisons Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” was frequently named a literary antecedent to Villier’s “A Torture by Hope,” and though both stories relate horrifying details of protagonists tortured by Spanish inquisitors, a formal analysis of them reveals distinct differences in the respective aesthetic and moral effects, namely the ironic reversals in plot that were distinctive of Villiers’ conte cruel. This essay contextualizes the early twentieth-century debate among literary scholars before offering a comparison of the two stories ending with a review of contemporary scholarship on the conte cruel and its historical significance to horror fiction.
Controle de Tensão e Reativos em Subestação de Distribuição com o uso do Gerenciador de Manobras em Supervisório Elipse
Authors: Anselmini Felipe José , Sperandio Mauricio
Published: November 2022

The electricity distribution model in the country has driven distributors to increasingly seek improvements in product quality indicators and the quality of electricity service. Distributors invest in automation to reduce network interventions, with field teams working. Many distributors choose to buy completely ready-made supervisory systems at a high cost or develop and implement their own systems. The literature is very diverse in terms of methodologies for automation of feeders, substation, lines, and equipment, allowing the control of numerous equipment within the distribution system. For voltage and reactive controls in substations, there are several ways to implement the control, where this work presents a methodology evaluating the existing own resources in a distributor in the country that proposes the implementation of a system using tap of transformers, capacitor banks, supervisory system and a maneuver manager, defining optimal points for network operation and switching equipment.
Realidade e perspectivas da energia solar fotovoltaica em residências: revisão de literatura
Authors: Veloso Juliana Freire
Published: November 2022

O estudo teve como objetivo descrever as características atuais e o potencial de uso da energia solar fotovoltaica nas residências brasileiras. A alta disponibilidade de irradiação solar no país favorece a geração de energia elétrica de forma limpa e sustentável por meio do efeito fotovoltaico. Realizou-se uma pesquisa do tipo Revisão de Literatura, considerando prioritariamente produções da biblioteca virtual SCIELO. A energia solar fotovoltaica ainda é insignificante na matriz energética brasileira, entretanto, as projeções apontam o país como destaque entre os maiores produtores de energia solar.
Especificação de para-raios em sistema de distribuição rural trifásico a dois fios
Authors: Oliveira Murilo Neumann , Santos Leonardo F. S. dos , Marchesan Gustavo , Oliveira Aécio de Lima , Cardoso Ghendy , Ramos Diego Berlezi
Published: November 2022

Nos últimos anos, a zona rural brasileira, vem se industrializando e se automatizando com extrema rapidez. Portanto, necessita-se com maior frequência de uma maior potência, no entanto é inviável economicamente substituir a rede monofásica MRT, por um sistema trifásico que entregue o suficiente para as máquinas atuais operarem corretamente. Este documento visa abordar o dimensionamento de para-raios para uma topologia trifásica alternativa ao MRT que é de baixo custo. A metodologia utilizada neste artigo baseou-se em estudos de dimensionamentos para sistema trifásicos e a inserção dele na realidade do sistema de distribuição trifásico a dois fios.