bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Maintenance Policy with Lifetime Reduction Based on Uncertain Renewal Process
Authors: Zhang Chunxiao , Liu Xiaona , Li Xinwang , Bai Yizhou
Published: December 2022

This paper focus on a (N, T) preventive maintenance (PM) policy with lifetime reduction discount rate. In our consideration, the lifetime of component is assumed to be an uncertain variable due to the absence of historical operational data, an uncertain (N, T) PM model with the lifetime reduction in a certain proportion is proposed based on uncertain renewal process. Accordingly, the uncertain model, which minimizes the expected maintenance cost rate, is formulated to find the optimal replacement cycle length T∗ and the number N∗ of preventive maintenance. Finally, a numerical example with sensitivity analysis of parameters is provided to illustrate the proposed model, the results imply that the parameters of cost and lifetime can significantly affect the optimal solutions N∗ and T∗, which can provide a useful reference and guidance for aircraft maintenance decision.
Valores cristianos y su relación con las variables de gestión en Ecuador
Authors: Armas Herrera Reinaldo , Ugando Peñate Mikel , Higuerey Gómez Ángel Alexander , Sabando García Ángel Ramón , Pilay Toala Félix Sixto
Published: December 2022

Los valores cristianos son ahora más relevantes debido a que las empresas no se preocupan solo del beneficio. mediante una muestra de 176 empresas de la zona 4 de Ecuador, se ha estudiado la aplicación de los valores de solidaridad, honestidad, humildad y responsabilidad en los procesos productivos y de contratación de personal. El objetivo es averiguar si estos valores son relevantes en la gestión. Como resultado se encontró que existen pocas empresas que tengan en cuenta estos valores declarados como tal. La ausencia de estos valores indica que las empresas deben incorporarlos para tener mayor sostenibilidad y responsabilidad social.
responsabilidad social en los hospitales de la red sanitaria de RS
Authors: Red Sanitaria de Responsabilidad Social
Published: December 2022

Se presentan los resultados de un estudio que explora la gestión de la responsabilidad social en trece hospitales de la Red Sanitaria de RS. Las conclusiones revelan que estos hospitales gestionan la RS profesionalmente y con criterios de calidad, orientados al cumplimiento de los ODS, en el marco del plan estratégico de cada hospital. Aunque, todavía se detectan déficits en su implantación departamental, su planificación, y la evaluación de sus impactos. Y debilidades como la falta de recursos y de liderazgo. Para superarlos, el apoyo directivo del hospital resulta determinante. La Red Sanitaria de RS constituye un modelo de colaboración.
Incremento de la Corrupción y su fragilidad institucional en tiempos de Covid-19, en el Estado Peruano
Authors: Mamani-Mamani Oscar Ivan , Villanueva Figueroa Rosa Elvira
Published: December 2022

Es presente artículo tiene como finalidad analizar los incrementos de corrupción y los avatares que sufrió la institucionalidad del gobierno en tiempos difíciles de la emergencia sanitaria por la propagación del Covid-19 en el Perú. El enfoque es cualitativo, la técnica empleada ha sido revisión documental, donde se ha registrado documentos de incremento de corrupción y la fragilidad institucional de fuentes primarias de la Procuraduría General y la Contraloría General de la República del Perú. Los resultados muestran un incremento de la corrupción institucional y un análisis comparativo entre los años 2020 y el 2019. Al final, se concluye que producto de esta evolución creciente de la corrupción se debe por la excepción de las normas de contratación y la discrecionalidad de los funcionarios y servidores que repercutieron en la corrupción institucional en los sectores del Gobierno Nacional y Subnacional (regionales y locales) del Perú.
Perforación esofágica post endoscopia, reporte de caso
Authors: Vinueza Aguay Galo Juvenal , Vinueza López Sergio Javier , Leguizamo Silva Klever Roberto , Campoverde Loor Carolina Alejandra , Zambrano Zambrano Michelle Lissette
Published: December 2022

La perforación esofágica es una patología rara, potencialmente mortal, por lo que requiere diagnóstico rápido, monitoreo y soporte hemodinámico apropiado, sin embargo su sintomatología va a depender del sitio de la lesión, las principales son las áreas estrechas del esófago, como el músculo cricofaríngeo, el arco aórtico, el bronquio principal izquierdo y el esfínter esofágico inferior, además se debe tomar en cuenta que uno de los factores de riesgo es la instrumentación como la endoscopia alta que es la principal causa de perforaciones, seguido por la perforación espontánea, ingesta de cuerpos extraños y traumatismos, estos se pueden conocer inmediatamente o permanecer ocultas por varios días. : Describir un caso clínico de paciente adulto mayor quien presenta perforación esofágica posterior a endoscopía.
Desempeño profesional educativo: Análisis sistemático
Authors: Camayo Avila Mariluz , Espino Balbín Lourdes Gisella , Maita Diaz David , Quispe Melgar Lider
Published: December 2022

El propósito de esta investigación consistió en revisar de forma crítica y reflexiva la relevancia de las principales publicaciones indizadas entorno al desempeño profesional educativo. Se fundamentó en un estudio cualitativo mediante un análisis sistemático de las bases de datos, Redalyc, Scielo, Google académico, Scopus y Dialnet, entre los años 2019 al 2022, por medio de las cuales se han analizado 20 publicaciones con el enfoque cualitativo, 25 con el enfoque cuantitativo y 10 publicaciones con el enfoque mixto, haciendo un total de 55 revistas indizadas, que garantizaron la confiabilidad y autenticidad de la información. Como resultados destacados se evidenció que las temáticas con mayor investigación correspondieron a la valoración del educador, al liderazgo directivo en el desempeño docente, la utilización de estrategias virtuales en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje, la planificación de actividades y capacitación del educador, en la mejora del desempeño profesional en el aula. Se concluyó que es necesario la implementación continua al educador para la optimización de su desempeño profesional en un entorno educacional adecuado para que puede ejercer su práctica docente tanto presencial como virtual, puesto que los procesos pedagógicos y las teorías implícitas sobre la enseñanza han cambiado en concordancia con el uso de las tecnologías de información.
Diseño de un modelo de innovación enfocado en la obtención de energías renovables
Authors: Méndez Díaz Juan Francisco , Muñoz Jarillo Carlos Rene , Rosano Ortega Genoveva , Vega Lebrún Carlos Arturo , Sánchez Ruiz Francisco Javier
Published: December 2022

En la actualidad existe una problemática relacionada con la falta de modelos de innovación enfocado a las energías renovables, que permitan generar nueva tecnología, lo cual es una solución a la demanda de energía creciente en las últimas décadas. Este articulo presenta el desarrollo de un modelo de innovación enfocado en la generación de tecnologías para la producción de energías renovables. Para ello se analizó el estado del arte de los modelos existentes, lo que permitió observar que no existían modelos aplicables a pequeñas empresas enfocados en este tipo de energías. Se creó un modelo de innovación flexible y de fácil aplicación, el cual integra características de los modelos de red e integrados de cuarta y quinta generación, el cual ya fue puesto a prueba. A diferencia de otros modelos diseñados para empresas de gran tamaño, el modelo propuesto es fácilmente entendible, pudiéndose desarrollar paso a paso, para una aplicación exitosa, y evitando sesgos, presentando una ventaja frente a otros modelos. Este modelo de innovación puede servir de guía para la implementación, creación y mejora de tecnologías para sistemas de generación de energía renovable, y abarca los campos necesarios para tener una gestión de la innovación exitosa.
The Pengembangan Data Warehouse untuk Mengetahui Tren Aktivitas Trouble Ticket
Authors: Simatupang Dwi Sartika
Published: December 2022

This research started from the need for XYZ company to be able to present reports or data quickly when needed. There are so many trouble tickets per month, so PT XYZ needs information from historical data that can be seen from various dimensions, especially regarding trends that occur in trouble tickets. With this research, it is possible to develop a data warehouse originating from the operational database from PT XYZ, perform data warehouse analysis with Tableau software to find out trends in trouble ticket activity transactions. The data warehouse development method is to use the nine step design methodology development method using pentaho software. Based on the obtained trends, an information analysis of the number of Trouble tickets was carried out based on two dimensions, namely location and time, and it was found that in the 2nd and 3rd week of each month they had the most trouble tickets. This is due to the influence of the weather in these locations. Then an evaluation was carried out through a questionnaire using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and the average rating from users was 3.83-4.22 which stated that this research could provide benefits and be accepted by PT XYZ.
Peringkasan teks otomatis (automated text summarization) pada artikel berbahasa indonesia menggunakan algoritma lexrank
Authors: Halimah  , Surya Agustian  , Siti Ramadhani
Published: December 2022

Artikel merupakan kumpulan teks atau kalimat yang panjang dan berisikan gagasan atau pendapat terhadap suatu topik tertentu. Artikel yang sangat panjang akan menghabiskan waktu cukup lama untuk membaca dan memahami poin-poin penting yang disampaikan. Penelitian ini mengusulkan algoritma Lexrank untuk meringkas teks otomatis pada artikel berbahasa indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan dataset berupa korpus yang tersusun atas 300 artikel dari berbagai topik. Kalimat yang dipilih menjadi ringkasan untuk gold standard dirata-ratakan dari dua orang annotator. Metode peringkas dokumen dikembangkan untuk menghasilkan ringkasan yang performanya dibandingkan dengan gold standard tersebut menggunakan ROUGE score. Metode bekerja dengan beberapa tahap, mulai dari text preprocessing yang meliputi segmentasi kalimat, case folding, tokenisasi, punctuation removal, stemming dan stopword removal. Kemudian menghitung bobot tf-idf, bobot similarity, pembentukan graf, pemeringkatan kalimat, dan tahap akhir adalah membentuk hasil ringkasan. Untuk pengembangan sistem, 150 dokumen diuji coba dengan variasi pemilihan ranking similarity, dan yang terbaik digunakan sebagai model untuk test document. Hasil pengujian dengan compression rate 50% menghasilkan nilai f-measure rata-rata untuk 150 test document, pada metrik ROUGE-1, ROUGE-2 dan ROUGE-L secara berturut-turut adalah 67,53%, 59,10%, dan 67,05%. Sedangkan untuk compression rate 30% menghasilkan rata-rata f-measure pada ROUGE-1, ROUGE-2 dan ROUGE-L secara berturut-turut adalah  55,82%, 45,51%, dan 54,76%. Penelitian ini menghasilkan akurasi  f-measure yang lebih baik dan kompetitif bila merujuk pada hasil-hasil penelitian sejenis.
Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeyinin Cinsiyet Özelliği Açısından İncelenmesi (Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması)
Authors: KAYANTAŞ İdris , ÖZDEMİR Mehmet , BUYRUKOĞLU Erhan
Published: December 2022

Araştırmamızda Türkiye’de yayımlamış lisansüstü tezlerden ve özgün makalelerden tarama usulüyle ‘’fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin cinsiyet özelliği açısından incelenmesi’’ araştırılarakkonu ile ilgili çalışmaların etki büyüklüklerinin birleştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin cinsiyet özelliği açısından değerlendirilmesi metaanaliz yöntemi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Bu araştırmaya dahil edilecek çalışmalar için belli kriterler kullanılmıştır. Bunlar lisansüstü tez olması veya özgün makale olması, çalışmaya dâhil edilen grupların cinsiyet özelliğinin belirtilmiş olması, standart sapma ve p puanları veya t puanlarını içeren çalışmalardır. Bu deneysel metaanaliz çalışması için Comprehensive Meta Analysis (CMA) programı kullanılmıştır. Heterojenlik testine göre; analiz rastgele etkiler modeli altında yapılmalıdır. Fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin cinsiyet özelliği açısından incelenmesiamacıyla yaptığımız bu çalışmanın metaanaliz sonuçlarına göre, fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin etki büyüklüğü erkekler lehine daha fazla etki büyüklüğüne sahiptir.
ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA TERHADAP MATERI MUNAKAHAT PADA PEMBELAJARAN FIKIH
Authors: Mafruhah Ane Zunnatul , Afifah Yanti Amalia , Hasbiyallah Hasbiyallah , Farida Ida
Published: December 2022

ABSTRACTFiqih is one of the essential subjects at the Madrasah Aliyah level because it provides an understanding of Islamic Shari'a law.Law is dynamic, therefore, to understand Islamic law, critical and creative thinking is needed. This is due to the growing era and the ever-changing problems of life. The industrial revolution 4.0 is a 21st century world development that demands changes in competence, which is marked by the use of information and communication technology in all aspects of life, including in the learning process. The ability to think critically, solve problems, and collaborate is an important competency in entering the life of the 21st century, requiring the government to improve human resources. Likewise in the world of education, students must be able to solve problems with their critical thinking skills. This study aims to analyze the critical thinking skills of class XI students in one of the madrasah aliyah in the city of Bandung. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative using a test as a research instrument. The results of processing and analysis of this study indicate that students' critical thinking skills are in the moderate category with an average score of 73. Therefore, in the learning process, teachers must always improve the quality of education by facilitating students to develop their critical thinking skills and abilities.Keyword: critical thinking skills, Fiqih
The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER with NICER Background Estimates
Authors: Salmi Tuomo , Vinciguerra Serena , Choudhury Devarshi , Riley Thomas E. , Watts Anna L. , Remillard Ronald A. , Ray Paul S. , Bogdanov Slavko , Guillot Sebastien , Arzoumanian Zaven , Chirenti Cecilia , Dittmann Alexander J. , Gendreau Keith C. , Ho Wynn C. G. , Miller M. Coleman , Morsink Sharon M. , Wadiasingh Zorawar , Wolff Michael T.
Published: December 2022

We report a revised analysis for the radius, mass, and hot surface regions of the massive millisecond pulsar PSR J0740+6620, studied previously with joint fits to NICER and XMM-Newton data by Riley et al. (2021) and Miller et al. (2021). We perform a similar Bayesian estimation for the pulse-profile model parameters, except that instead of fitting simultaneously the XMM-Newton data, we use the best available NICER background estimates to constrain the number of photons detected from the source. This approach eliminates any potential issues in the cross-calibration between these two instruments, providing thus an independent check of the robustness of the analysis. The obtained neutron star parameter constraints are compatible with the already published results, with a slight dependence on how conservative the imposed background limits are. A tighter lower limit causes the inferred radius to increase, and a tighter upper limit causes it to decrease. We also extend the study of the inferred emission geometry to examine the degree of deviation from antipodality of the hot regions. We show that there is a significant offset to an antipodal spot configuration, mainly due to the non-half-cycle azimuthal separation of the two emitting spots. The offset angle from the antipode is inferred to be above 25° with 84% probability. This seems to exclude a centered-dipolar magnetic field in PSR J0740+6620.
Evaluating Lyα Emission as a Tracer of the Largest Cosmic Structure at z ∼ 2.47
Authors: Huang Yun , Lee Kyoung-Soo , Cucciati Olga , Lemaux Brian C. , Sawicki Marcin , Malavasi Nicola , Ramakrishnan Vandana , Xue Rui , Cassara Letizia P. , Chiang Yi-Kuan , Dey Arjun , Gwyn Stephen D. J. , Hathi Nimish , Pentericci Laura , Prescott Moire K. M. , Zamorani Gianni
Published: December 2022

The discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of Hyperion, a protosupercluster at z ∼ 2.47, provides an unprecedented opportunity to study distant galaxies in the context of their large-scale environment. We carry out deep narrowband imaging of a ≈1° × 1° region around Hyperion and select 157 Lyα emitters (LAEs). The inferred LAE overdensity is δ

g
≈ 40 within an effective volume of 30 × 20 × 15 cMpc3, consistent with the fact that Hyperion is composed of multiple protoclusters and will evolve into a supercluster with a total mass of M
tot ≈ 1.4 × 1015
M
⊙ at z = 0. The distribution of LAEs closely mirrors that of known spectroscopic members, tracing the protocluster cores and extended filamentary arms connected to them, suggesting that they trace the same large-scale structure. By cross-correlating the LAE positions with H i tomography data, we find weak evidence that LAEs may be less abundant in the highest H i regions, perhaps because Lyα is suppressed in such regions. The Hyperion region hosts a large population of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) ≈ 12 times more abundant than that in the field. The prevalence of AGNs in protocluster regions hints at the possibility that they may be triggered by physical processes that occur more frequently in dense environments, such as galaxy mergers. Our study demonstrates LAEs as reliable markers of the largest cosmic structures. When combined with ongoing and upcoming imaging and spectroscopic surveys, wide-field narrowband imaging has the potential to advance our knowledge in the formation and evolution of cosmic structures and of their galaxy inhabitants.
Multifrequency VLBI Observations of the M84 Inner Jet/Counterjet
Authors: Wang Xuezheng , Jiang Wu , Shen Zhiqiang , Huang Lei , Hada Kazuhiro , Cui Yuzhu , Lu Ru-Sen
Published: December 2022

Observational studies of the innermost regions of the edge-on jets in nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) are crucial to understanding their kinematics and morphology. For the inner jet of the nearby low-luminosity AGN in M84, we present new high-sensitivity observations with very long baseline Interferometry since 2019, as well as archival Very Long Baseline Array observations in 2014. We find that the compact core in M84 has an inverted-to-flat spectrum from 1.5–88 GHz. Based on the turnover frequency of 4.2 ± 0.2 GHz in the spectrum, we estimated a magnetic field strength of 1 ∼ 10 mG and an electron number density of ∼105 cm−3 in the core region. Three inner jet components within ∼3 mas of the core are identified and traced in the images at 22 GHz, whose apparent speeds are 0.11 c, 0.27 c, and 0.32 c, respectively. We calculate the viewing angle of

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for the inner jet based on the proper motion and the flux ratio of jet to counterjet. A propagating sinusoidal model with a wavelength of ∼3.4 mas is used to fit the helical morphology of the jet extended to 20 mas (∼2.2 × 104 Schwarzschild radii).
Successive Interacting Coronal Mass Ejections: How to Create a Perfect Storm
Authors: Koehn G. J. , Desai R. T. , Davies E. E. , Forsyth R. J. , Eastwood J. P. , Poedts S.
Published: December 2022

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest type of eruptions on the Sun and the main driver of severe space weather at the Earth. In this study, we implement a force-free spheromak CME description within 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations to parametrically evaluate successive interacting CMEs within a representative heliosphere. We explore CME–CME interactions for a range of orientations, launch time variations, and CME handedness and quantify their geo-effectiveness via the primary solar wind variables and empirical measures of the disturbance storm time index and subsolar magnetopause standoff distance. We show how the interaction of two moderate CMEs between the Sun and the Earth can translate into extreme conditions at the Earth and how CME–CME interactions at different radial distances can maximize different solar wind variables that induce different geophysical impacts. In particular, we demonstrate how the orientation and handedness of a given CME can have a significant impact on the conservation and loss of magnetic flux, and consequently B

z
, due to magnetic reconnection with the interplanetary magnetic field. This study thus implicates the identification of CME chirality in the solar corona as an early diagnostic for forecasting geomagnetic storms involving multiple CMEs.
A new species of Lysiteles Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South China
Authors: Li Wenhui , Li Congzheng , Yao Yanbin , Liu Keke , Liao Xuqing
Published: December 2022

Lysiteles Simon, 1895 is one of the largest taxa with small body size among the Thomisidae and is mainly distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia. Most of them are recorded from southern provinces of China, such as Jiangxi Province, including three species. However, all of them are only discovered from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province. But there are still other species remaining unknown which need to be surveyed from other areas in this Province.

One Lysiteles species was collected from Nanfengmian National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province. Based on morphological characters, it was recognised as a new species and has been named as Lysiteles nanfengmian sp. n. It is described and illustrated with photographs and its distribution is also mapped.
Naître chacun autonome ou le devenir ensemble : deux conceptions pour une politique de santé mentale
Authors: Anröchte Cyprien , Frossard Matthieu
Published: December 2022

Les auteurs présentent l’articulation entre la désinstitutionnalisation, la montée de l’individualisme et le néolibéralisme. Ils croisent différentes perspectives des sciences humaines pour démontrer que les volontés politiques de réformes du champ de la santé mentale, qui dévoient l’idéal originaire de la réhabilitation psychosociale, ne peuvent être comprises que si elles sont replacées dans le contexte de l’évolution du concept d’autonomie dans la société contemporaine.
Pratique « freinetique » de l’équipe
Authors: Perrier Edmond
Published: December 2022

L’auteur témoigne de son expérience d’école primaire dans une classe « Freinet » Il décrit les pratiques de travail en équipe et les ateliers. Il met en rapport ces manières de faire avec les pratiques qu’il a découvertes, jeune interne, en assistant aux journées de psychothérapie institutionnelle à Saint-Alban. L’importance de l’équipe et du collectif est mise à mal aujourd’hui par l’idéologie gestionnaire. Ce discours dominant ne peut se déployer que dans une organisation hiérarchisée, quantifiée, pesée, évaluée qui brise les solidarités et pousse beaucoup au retrait de l’engagement. Malgré tout, des lieux subsistent où le travail en équipe résiste et s’avère toujours fécond
Emergent behavior of Cucker–Smale model with time-varying topological structures and reaction-type delays
Authors: Xu Qin , Wang Xiao , Liu Yicheng
Published: December 2022

This paper studies the continuous Cucker–Smale model with time-varying topological structures and reaction-type delay. The goal of this paper is to establish a sufficient framework for flocking behaviors. Our method combines strict Lyapunov design with the derivation of an appropriate persistence condition for multi-agent systems. First, to prove that position fluctuations are uniformly bounded, a strict and trajectory-dependent Lyapunov functional is constructed via reparametrization of the time variable. Then, by constructing a global Lyapunov functional and using a novel backward-forward estimate, it is deduced that velocity fluctuations converge to zero. Finally, flocking behaviors are analyzed separately in terms of time delays and communication failures.
Tuberculosis in India: Overview, Challenges, and Way Forward in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Authors: Majumdar Promita
Published: December 2022

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of India’s most pressing and challenging problems. Globally, India remains the highest TB burden country, infecting people of all age groups, mainly affecting the younger population. The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is highly infectious and spreads through droplet infection. Millions of people die due to TB annually, and India alone accounts for a significant portion of these fatalities. TB is a major barrier to social and economic development, and each day hundreds of workdays are lost because of the illness. TB mortality over the years has reduced, and India currently has revised its mission under the new program, that is, National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). The NTEP has a goal to end TB by 2025 under an ambitious “Detect-Treat-Prevent-Build” model. Tackling TB during the COVID-19 pandemic became more challenging, and the global community was compelled to rethink its operation and implementation. The present article recommends the feasibility and scope of telemedicine and the integration of social development approaches in policy planning to ensure social and health equity.
The Otherness and Structural Racism
Authors: Mohan Brij , Jani Nairruti
Published: December 2022

The political philosophy of “otherness” implies the dialectic of self and intersubjectivity, which refers to marginalization of the opposite of self, us, and the “same”. A failed society is a dysfunctional organization of broken institutions that breed extremist ideologies of racism, discrimination, carnage, and terror. This presentation unravels the structure of evil that thwarts freedom and justice. Structural barriers are embedded in conventional constitutionalism and “Poverty of Culture”, inclusive of archaic beliefs and practices.
Atividade de trabalho em cena: estratégias de pesquisa↔intervenção em saúde com trabalhadoras [1] de uma escola pública
Authors: Neves Mary Yale , Hyppolito Amanda Ornela , Brito Jussara , Masson Letícia Pessoa , Oliveira Simone Santos
Published: December 2022

O presente artigo tem como objetivo refletir acerca das estratégias metodológicas de uma pesquisa↔intervenção, com ênfase nas relações entre saúde e trabalho, desenvolvidas em conjunto com trabalhadoras de uma escola pública de ensino fundamental, localizada em um município do estado do Rio de Janeiro. O percurso investigativo está estruturado em duas etapas: i) realização de conversas sobre o trabalho com trabalhadoras e observações das atividades de trabalho; e ii) Encontros sobre o Trabalho, inicialmente, por segmento profissional, e, posteriormente, com o coletivo ampliado. A perspectiva era a construção de um observatório contínuo e permanente sobre as conexões entre saúde e trabalho, alimentado por uma comunidade ampliada de pesquisa↔intervenção – CAPI. O foco da análise empreendida são as potencialidades das estratégias metodológicas mobilizadas, bem como os obstáculos enfrentados. As transformações instauradas pelos processos concernentes à pesquisa↔intervenção abriram um campo permanente de negociação cotidiana, comprometido com melhores condições de vida, saúde e trabalho.
Uma análise sobre a saúde de trabalhadores que estão no enfrentamento à Pandemia
Authors: Máximo Thaís , Moura Erick Idalino , Torres Tatiana de Lucena , Araújo Anísio , Souza Paulo Zambroni de , Cruz Rian Pereira
Published: December 2022

Este estudo analisou a relação entre trabalho e saúde de pessoas que realizaram a sua atividade em serviços de saúde que atuaram no enfrentamento à COVID-19. Participaram 108 profissionais na Paraíba – Brasil. Um questionário foi utilizado a fim de caracterizar a saúde, a organização e condições de trabalho, o acesso a treinamentos e a Equipamentos de Proteção Individual (EPI). Os resultados produzidos, analisados com o aporte da Clínica da Atividade, apontam que havia pouca oferta de formações e treinamentos para atuar frente à pandemia e que eles vivenciaram condições e organizações do trabalho que não priorizaram sua saúde mental. Além disso, houve pouco reconhecimento social, baixa remuneração e problemas na gestão da pandemia pelo poder público e por instituições de saúde, o que impactou negativamente sua atividade de trabalho.
The Fierce Urgency of No
Authors: Smith Kerri-Ann M. , Lynch Timothy G.
Published: December 2022

The discussion in this chapter affirms the intentional and collaborative partnership built between the Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (FFDEI), a Black, middle-aged, immigrant woman, who is a tenured member of the faculty, and a senior executive, a White, middle-aged man at a community college. The chapter engages reflection as analysis, situating the experience of a Black woman in a quasi-administrative DEI role and that of a White male senior executive in the context of historical and contemporary allyship and accompliceship. Coupled with historical references to emphasize the significance of transformational leadership, the partnership leads to the development of a values-centered model for DEI work at an urban community college in one of the country's largest university systems.
Masks Off
Authors: Jones Tracie Denise
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the perceptions and experiences of Black female diversity practitioners during the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and the racial reckoning of 2020. Using portraiture as a methodology and Black feminist thought (BFT) as a framework, this chapter gives voice to two Black women who worked at Ivy League institutions as diversity practitioners from March 2020 through June 2021. This chapter places the portraits of Black female diversity practitioners at Ivy League institutions within the larger discourse about the impact that the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and the racial reckoning of 2020 had on higher education administrators.
Training in Diversity, Inclusion, and Equitable Mindfulness
Authors: Cash Tiara A. , Johnson Tristen Brenaé
Published: December 2022

This chapter explores how two Black women working as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) independent consultants teamed up to create the Training in Diversity, Inclusion, and Equitable Mindfulness (TDIEM) workshop series. TDIEM workshops are interactive educational sessions that teach DEI concepts through the lens of Equitable Mindfulness. Equitable Mindfulness utilizes the application of mindfulness (present moment experience) for everyone– removing personal and systematic barriers that work against inclusivity and transformative change within themselves and within the communities they work within (Cash et al., 2021). Here the authors discuss Black women's positions as DEI workers as well as the history of mindfulness, outline the TDIEM workshop series, present challenges to collaborating and facilitating this curriculum in White spaces, and offer recommendations for practice for other Black women DEI practitioners to use for future work in White spaces.
Footsteps
Authors: Jenkins Toby S. , Jenerette Coretta , Bryan Michelle L. , Carter Shirley S.
Published: December 2022

This chapter is a collaboration between four Black women (Toby, Coretta, Michelle, and Shirley) who currently serve as diversity officers in higher education. Each author has worked in higher education for over 20 years. The authors reflect on and critically assess this lived experience for essential strategies, perspectives, and practices that might be valuable to professionals who are new to the work. The purpose of this chapter is to curate a collection of reflective insights and wisdom derived from the field-from the authors' professional experiences as Black women diversity officers at predominantly White institutions. The chapter serves as a strategic map to help new Black women diversity officers navigate the challenging landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work in higher education. Each author shares a personal story along with key lessons learned. A list of suggested professional resources is also provided.
Untold Stories
Authors: Scriven Darryl
Published: December 2022

African Americans have been impacted by lack of access to quality health care as well as affordable health care for over 100 years in the United States. One of the most horrifying and public consequences of this was the U.S. Department of Public Health's Study of Untreated Syphilis in the African American Male conducted in rural Macon County, Alabama from 1933 to 1973. It is stories like this, when told, that have the power to impact institutional research board policies and institute standards like “informed consent” to protect human subjects. In this chapter, the author recounts three narratives as a heuristic device to personalize the modern health care history of African Americans, as well as argue for what can be done to ameliorate health care disparities and prevent excess black deaths.
Capital Structure of SMEs
Authors: Lisboa Ines , Costa Magali , Ferreira Adriana
Published: December 2022

This chapter aims to understand which determinants are more relevant to explain each source of financing for the Portuguese civil construction sector SMEs (small and medium enterprises). For this purpose, an unbalanced panel data sample of 407 firms from 2010 to 2018 is analyzed. Five capital structure proxies are used: total debt, short-term debt, medium and long-term debt, financial debt, and trade credit. Through the stepwise method, the most accurate determinants were selected and were then used in the estimation of five models using the panel data. Results show that the relevance of the determinants is different depending on the capital structure proxy. Profitability and age are the most relevant variables since impact all proxies of capital structure analyzed. Moreover, companies' size, liquidity and assets turnover, and inflation and interest rates are also relevant to explain companies' capital structure. The generality of the findings confirms the pecking order theory, but the trade-off theory also explains some results.
Determinants of Microcredit Access to SMEs From Abia State University Microfinance Bank
Authors: Onuwa Godfrey C.
Published: December 2022

Access to microcredit is very vital in raising firm profitability and productivity, particularly for SMEs; it is a strategy for improved financial inclusion. Thus, the determinants of microcredit access to SMEs from Abia State University (ABSU) Microfinance Bank (MfB) were analyzed. Data generated via snowballing and simple random sampling was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Probit regression model. The socio-economic factors affected access to microcredit. The average amount of microcredit disbursed by the MfB was ₦109,500. Most (75%) invested in agricultural production and retail/petty trading (60%), respectively. The regression coefficient was 0.779. The identified constraints affected access to microcredit from the MfB. This study recommends adoption of measures to facilitate quick approvals and disbursement; improved financial information and trade union activities; provision of checklists and financial advisory services; mitigation of financial bottlenecks; repayment tenure restructuring; low interest rates; and improved financial inclusion.
Corporate Sustainability in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of Brazil
Authors: Araújo Davi Jônatas Cunha , Gajadhar Araújo Sheila Alice , de Barros Câmara Renata Paes
Published: December 2022

Corporate sustainability explains how the performance of economic, social, and environmental practices ensures the long-term functioning of companies. Based on this, the objective of this chapter was to report the analysis of corporate sustainability practices performed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil, since these companies presented a high degree of bankruptcy before completing a year of life in the country. The analysis was performed through qualitative research with a questionnaire application to the managers of the participating SMEs. The responses to the items of standards 200, 300, and 400, which make up the GRI Global Standard, showed that SMEs are biased in performing economic, environmental, and social practices only when they reduce the impact on sales and their operational cost, or when determined by labour laws, which proves the lack of corporate sustainability among some SMEs in Brazil.
Accounting Planning for Acceleration in Small Companies
Authors: Ferreira Erika Borges , Segura Liliane Cristina , Vasconcelos Ana Lucia Fontes de Souza , Abreu Rute
Published: December 2022

To develop an interventionist proposal, a professional qualification program was developed, with a portfolio of management tools offered in a learning trail (or knowledge trail or development trail) where the learner can choose their contents according to their performance improvement priorities, through the application of a thermometer that identifies their greatest weaknesses, to mitigate accounting, financial, and tax risks. By generating knowledge in a direct and simplified way, the authors seek to consolidate a healthy and lasting management, improving the situation of Brazilian beauty salons. The proposal has interventionist methodology because it has as its principle the theoretical/practical relationship. In addition it adopts an approach based on the engaged scholarship, which is a participatory form of research developed by the main stakeholders (researchers, users, customers, sponsors, and professionals) to understand and solve a complex social problem.
Smartphone Habits and Behaviour
Authors: Zaqreen Ida Haizatultasha , Hong Sheirene Diana , Daud Nur Hayati Mohd
Published: December 2022

The number of smartphone users has steadily risen over the last few years and smartphones have apparently become an unavoidable part of daily life; and with that, concerns have progressively risen worldwide in regards to users' physical and psychological well-being when using smartphones for extended periods of time. This study looked at the relationship between smartphone use and physical well-being, as well as the role of emotion regulation in the relationship between smartphone usage and functional impairment. This research sheds light on the harmful relationship between excessive smartphone use and the user's physical and mental health. The findings show that smartphone usage plays an important role in individuals' everyday lives. As a result, the influence on physical and psychological well-being should be discussed further in order to prevent the negative consequences of smartphone usage.
Palynology of Heterotrigona itama
Authors: Aida Wan Noor , Mohammed Arifullah , Thevan Kumara
Published: December 2022

Meliponiculture is the practice of handling the stingless bee for a lot of beneficial products including honey, bee bread, and propolis. Heterotrigona itama is one of the most cultured species by bee keepers in Malaysia. This research objective was pollen identification from pollen pot of H. itama. Five colonies of H. itama were observed from September 2014 until August 2015 for the foraging and pollen collection. Meanwhile, for palynology studies, the pollen sampling was done for four periods, which are September 2014, December 2014, March 2015, and June 2015. from three districts: Jeli, Kota Bharu, and Tanah Merah. One Way ANOVA was conducted, and results showed significant difference, p<0.05 for pollen area, pollen height of pot, pollen diameter, honey area, honey, honey diameter pot, honey height of pot, honey number of pot, and amount of honey. A total of 17,097 pollen were counted based on 66 species of identified pollen within 37 families. There was significant difference between locations and sampling period. The different geographical ranges determine various types of pollen.
Propagation of Stingless Bees Using a Colony Split Technique for Sustainable Meliponiculture
Authors: Abd Razak Shamsul Bahri , Izzhan Muhammad , Hashim Nur Aida , Basari Norasmah
Published: December 2022

Stingless bee farming or meliponiculture is a flourishing industry in Malaysia. The common practice by local stingless bee keepers in order to get new colonies is to obtain feral stingless bees hive from their natural habitat. This practice includes cutting down whole trees to extract stingless bee colonies for domestication. This is not a sustainable way of meliponiculture. The more efficient, sustainable, economic, and eco-friendly method is to breed stingless bees in hives and propagate them for colony multiplication. The aim of this experiment is to provide a good propagation method for stingless bee (Heterotrigonaitama) by dividing brood and queen cells and transfer them into a new box (split method). This method requires a portion of brood with queen cells from original log hive to be transferredinto an empty box hive. From this experiment, 80% of new box hives become new colonies (with new queens).
Stingless Bees and Honey Bees of West Sumatra, Indonesia
Authors: Salmah Siti , Herwina Henny , Jasmi Jasmi , Abbas Idrus , Dahelmi Dahelmi , Janra Muhammad N. , Christy Buti Yohenda
Published: December 2022

This chapter summarizes the works on Sumatran bees from three research periods: between 1980-1987 on several locations in West Sumatra, 1990 at Kerinci Seblat National Park, and between 2019-2020 at some beekeepers in West Sumatra. In total, there were 27 stingless bee species, one stingless bee forma (Tetragonula minangkabau forma darek), and three honey bee species identified. Most of these stingless bee and honey bee species inhabit the Sumatran lowland primary forest. There were four patterns of species distribution observed in this study: rare species that were confined to primary forest, moderate or abundant species that were bound to primary forest, species that inhabited both primary and secondary forest, and species that adapt to disturbed areas. Apis andreniformis, A. dorsata, A. cerana indica, Heterotrigona itama, Sundatrigona moorei, Tetragonula fuscobaltealta, T. drescheri, T. laeviceps, and T. minangkabau were example of adaptive species.
Intelligent Broker Design for IoT Using a Multi-Cloud Environment
Authors: Balachandar S.  , Chinnaiyan R.
Published: December 2022

Data privacy is the common concern across different enterprises- applications deployed in multi-cloud environment will make it more challenging for the cyber security team to monitor the application traffic simultaneously to prevent any attacks or data leak or data privacy breaches. Handling different data privacy issues always demands for a complete visibility over data flow, which ensures to prevent vulnerability points, and best way to handle sensitive and personal data with right data retention policies and data protection schemes. Articulation of data privacy features from different cloud providers, particularly with their service and deployment model, help to plan cybersecurity teams and build the necessary security analytical models to predict and prevent the data privacy theft and attacks.
Using Digital Technology to Enhance Medical Education and Improve the Quality of Patient Care in a Changing Global Healthcare System
Authors: Kaplan Mitchell Alan
Published: December 2022

The use of digital technology as an effective method of educating the emerging generation of physicians and improving the quality of services that patients receive has become an expanding trend in recent decades. The application of alternative methods of instruction in higher education, such as online degree courses, learning apps on smartphones, and computer-generated virtual reality models that simulate actual clinical situations, combined with frequent use of digital assessment tools, have made diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions online more precise and less time-consuming. These technological breakthroughs have redefined the roles of providers and patients across the spectrum of care. This chapter will present a comprehensive analysis of the beneficial impact that digital technology is having on medical education and the delivery of healthcare services to patients. It will examine how incorporating technological advances such as telemedicine is changing the dynamic of patient care and transforming healthcare systems globally.
A Detailed Analysis of the Digital Divide and Its Impact on the Development of Countries
Authors: Yorulmaz Özlem
Published: December 2022

Information and communication technologies (ICT) lead to significant social and economic changes in the lives of individuals. In parallel with this change, new criteria are needed when evaluating nations' development levels. In this study, the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), the Women in Digital Index (WID), and Rural Digital Index (RDI) proposed by the European Commission were considered as the proxies of ICT. The effects of these indexes on human development and gender inequality were studied. Findings showed that there is a digital divide among EU countries. The effect of DESI on HDI is higher in developed countries than in developing countries. In addition, it was observed that the increase in the WID value affected countries with high gender inequality more, and the RDI has an impact on the development of countries.
Examining Cryptocurrencies Within the Framework of Sustainability
Authors: Tuglu Tolgahan , Çakan Canan Dağıdır , Ateş Mehmet Hanifi , Uca Aleyna
Published: December 2022

Cryptocurrencies have been attracting a significant amount of attention in the world since they were first launched in 2009. Pretending to be a decentralized finance solution, it brought out a new era in technology called blockchain. Even though the benefits did not come into action in daily routines for many to be aware of, the market and its variety kept growing. On the other hand, there are also a lot of concerns and unpredictability about the future of this technology. Especially the high energy consumption while generating blocks for mining cryptocurrencies and completing transactions is commonly being criticised. In this study, blockchain technology and the basics of mining and validation procedures such as proof of work (PoW) and proof of stake (PoS) processes will be explained, and the environmental effects of bitcoin mining will be investigated. In the perspective of environmental sustainability of cryptocurrencies, the improvement in usage of renewable energy and its side benefits will be overviewed for a better prediction on the blockchain technology future.
Business Transformation Projects
Authors: Trad Antoine Toni
Published: December 2022

The hyper evolution of technologies is a major problem for transformation projects because such projects take a long time to terminate. That is why there is a need to find transcendent technological artefacts for all technology generations. The role of a transcendent software engineering concept (RoTSEC) is central for implementation projects in general and is also especially crucial for business transformation projects (or simply projects) because transformation phases incur major changes in the existing sets of the archaically defined requirements, development, and platform models. Software engineering (SE) is probably the riskiest part of a project because it consists of many related complex factors and dependencies, for example, the need for SE's artefacts to interact between various actors like project management, business users, business architects, implementation developers, and other project actors.