bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
LEGAL PROTECTION AGAINST CONSUMERS IN E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION
Authors: MULJONO BAMBANG EKO , SASTRADINATA DHEVI NAYASARI , NAHDLIYAH HADZIQOTUN
Published: April 2022

AbstractionWith the characteristics of e-commerce like this, consumers will face various legal problems and the current legal protection regulations for consumers have not been able to protect consumer rights in cross-border e-commerce transactions in Indonesia. In e-commerce transactions, there are no more country boundaries, so the consumer protection laws of each country like Indonesia's will not be enough to help, because e-commerce operates across borders. In this connection, legal protection for consumer rights must be carried out with an international approach through harmonization of law and cooperation with law enforcement institutions. In 2008, the Indonesian government issued Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions. In this Law on Information and Electronic Transactions, it is regulated regarding electronic transactions, one of which is activities regarding buying and selling in this internet media.
ABUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES AS A CAUSE OF THE AVOIDATION OF CONTACT IN THE CIVIL COURT AND ISLAMIC LAW
Authors: SHODIQ JA'FAR
Published: April 2022

AbstractionThis research is library research. Regarding the termination of an engagement in the KUHper, Article 1381 explicitly mentions ten ways to terminate an engagement. These methods are: Payment, offer of cash payment followed by deposit or safekeeping (consignment), debt renewal (novation), debt settlement or compensation, debt mixing (confucio), debt relief, obliteration of outstanding goods, cancellation/cancellation, entry into force a condition is void, and the lapse of time (expiration).Indeed, freedom of contract stems from the position of both parties being equally strong, having the same bargaining position, so that each party is domiciled as a contract partner. . The reality is not so, in making a contract each party, especially the party who is in a strong economic position, tries to seize dominance over the other party and face each other as opponents of the contract. The party whose position is stronger can impose his will on the other party for his own benefit, resulting in the content and terms of the contract being one-sided or unfair.
Von Einfachheit zu Komplexität: Die Entwicklung meines Denkens über Psychotherapie
Authors: Sachse Rainer
Published: April 2022

Es wird aufgrund persönlicher Erfahrungen in Psychotherapie und Supervision und in Hinblick auf Forschungsarbeiten die These vertreten, dass Psychotherapie von der Theorie und Praxiskonzeption ein komplexeres Niveau erreichen muss, um Klienten optimal gerecht zu werden. Um psychologisch komplexe Probleme wie Persönlichkeitsstörungen effektiv zu behandeln und Klientinnen und Klienten bei hochkomplexen, existenziell relevanten Problemen abzuholen, sollten elaboriertere Modelle und Strategien entwickelt werden, die auch die Bandbreite der psychologischen Forschung berücksichtigen. Psychotherapie sollte einerseits valide übergreifende Modelle entwickeln, andererseits jedoch auch hochdifferenziert sein, um die Heterogenität von Klienten berücksichtigen zu können. Dazu reichen »Diagnosen« nicht aus, sondern Therapeutinnen und Therapeuten sollten auf der Basis hoher Expertise elaborierte Modelle (Fallkonzepte) erstellen und daraus therapeutische Strategien ableiten. Die Psychotherapie-Prozesse sollten stärker berücksichtigt werden und es ergibt sich die Frage, ob chaosund systemtheoretische Überlegungen nicht systematisch einbezogen werden sollten.
Mein Leben als Ärztin und Psychotherapeutin
Authors: Reddemann Luise
Published: April 2022

In diesem Beitrag schildere ich meine Entwicklung zur Psychoanalytikerin und zur Expertin für die Behandlung von traumatisierten PatientInnen. Einige kritische Bemerkungen zur Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber sozialen Fragen und zu sozialer Ungerechtigkeit sowie zur Notwendigkeit, als Psychotherapeutin historische Gegebenheiten zu berücksichtigen, werden diskutiert.
COVID-19: A Selective Short Literature Review
Authors: Boutsioli Zoe , Bigelow Victoria , Gkounta Olga
Published: April 2022

This paper is an introduction to the book publication “Essays on COVID-19 Research” and presents a survey of thirty-one selected articles that have been published in various ATINER academic journals since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of these essays have undergone a double-blind peer review process and have been accepted for publication. The aim of this survey is to summarize the main research findings of these papers and highlight their major conclusions. These papers cover research related to COVID-19 from a variety of research fields that include Health; Mass Media and Communication; Sociοlogy; Business and Economics; Tourism; Education; and Law. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, deaths, lockdowns, vaccinations, well-being, recovery plan, distance education
Effects of a Low-Intensity Walking Intervention on Walking Performance Measures in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Authors: Brenner Ingrid K. M. , Brown C. Ann , Hains Sylvia M. J. , Tranmer Joan , Zelt David , Brown Peter
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a low-intensity (pain-free) walking intervention on walking performance and self-report measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Thirty-three participants who experienced intermittent claudication were assigned to either a walking group (n = 18) or a comparison group (n = 15). The walking group performed a structured walking program (pain-free walking, 5 days per week for 12 weeks). The comparison group maintained their usual daily activities. Tests of walking performance included a treadmill test (pain-free, functional and maximal walking distances were measured) and the 6-minute walk test. Self-perception of walking ability was determined using the walking impairment questionnaire. Circulatory measures were obtained from the ankle-brachial index, (ABI). Participants were assessed at the beginning (Week 1) and end of the study (Week 12). Members of the walking group significantly increased their walking performance and self-perception of walking ability, whereas the ABI remained the same. These results show that participation in a 12-week, low-intensity (pain-free) exercise program can enhance physical performance, perception of walking ability and maintain the ABI suggesting that a home-based exercise program is a viable alternative to traditional exercise programs prescribed for patients with symptomatic PAD. Keywords: peripheral artery disease, exercise, walking performance, ankle-brachial index, walking impairment questionnaire
Kemampuan Koneksi Matematis Siswa dalam Memecahkan Masalah Matematika Materi Trigonometri
Authors: Tama Dwiki Adi , Setyadi Danang
Published: April 2022

Kemampuan untuk menghubungkan konsep dari beberapa konsep dapat disebut dengan kemampuan koneksi matematis. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan koneksi matematis yang dimiliki oleh siswa dalam pemecahan masalah matematika materi trigonometri. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang dilaksanakan di SMA N 1 Ambarawa tingkat kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa dalam masing-masing aspek yaitu kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa pada satu topik berada di tingkat rendah (44,17%), kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa pada topik berbeda berada di tingkat cukup (62,5%), kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa pada kehidupan keseharian berada di tingkat cukup (69,17%). Maka disimpulkan kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa berada di tingkat cukup (58,61%).
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Digital Book Berbasis Ayat-Ayat Al-Qur’an Menggunakan Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pada Materi Bilangan
Authors: Sriyanti A
Published: April 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kualitas digital book yang telah dikembangkan dari perspektif kevalidan, kepraktisan, dan keefektifan.pada materi bilangan. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Development dengan model pengembangan. ADDIE (Analisis, Perancangan, Pengembangan, Penerapan dan Evaluasi). Subjek uji coba dalam penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas VII Mts. Madani Alauddin. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah .lembar validasi, lembar observasi .keterlaksanaan media pembelajaran, angket.respon peserta didik, angket respon guru, lembar observasi aktivitas peserta didik, lembar observasi kemampuan guru mengelola pembelajaran, dan tes hasil belajar. Hasil penelitian mengungkap bahwa media pembelajan yang dikembangkan valid, praktis dan efektif. Rata-rata kevalidan media pembelajaran digital book dan instrumen penelitian berada pada kategori sangat valid dengan nilai 3,55. Dari segi kepraktisan, diperoleh rata-rata lembar observasi keterlaksanaan media pembelajaran 193, rata-rata persentase angket respon peserta didik 88,35%, dan rata-rata persentase angket respon guru adalah 90,63%. Dari segi keefektifan, diperoleh rata-rata persentase aktivitas peserta didik adalah 81,49%, rata-rata persentase kemampuan guru mengelola pembelajaran adalah 3,66, dan persentase ketuntasan belajar peserta didik adalah 86,11%.
Analisis Meta: Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning (PBL) Terhadap Kemampuan Penalaran Matematis Siswa
Authors: Rohmatulloh Rohmatulloh , Syamsuri Syamsuri , Nindiasari Hepsi , Fatah Abdul
Published: April 2022

Penalaran matematis sebagai bagian dari kemampuan penting milik siswa. Contoh model pembelajaran yang tepat untuk menambah kemampuan siswa menalar sistematis dengan model pembelajaran Problem Based Learning (PBL). Dari google cendekia, portal garuda, dan sintaristekbrin, penulis memperoleh 72 artikel yang membahas pengaruh penerapan Model PBL. Penelitian berikut menggunakan desain analisis meta sehingga untuk mengetahui besar pengaruhnya dari penerapan Model PBL terhadap kemampuan penalaran matematis. Dari semua artikel yang didapatkan, ada 11 artikel masuk pada kriteria inklusi untuk dianalisis dengan website meta-mar hingga didapatkan besar ukuran efek gabungan. Dari interpretasi ukuran efek gabungan ini, maka dapat diambil kesimpulannya jika keseluruhan penerapan Model PBL memberi pengaruh kuat pada kemampuan penalaran matematis siswa. Karakteristik studi dipenelitian berupa jenjang pendidikan serta tahun penelitiannya. Dari statistik, jika diterapkannya Model PBL untuk meningkatkan kemampuan penalaran matematis siswa dipengaruhi oleh jenjang pendidikan dan tahun penelitian.
The Restrictive Concepts of Teacher Evaluation and their Discourse Communities
Authors: Hazi Helen M.
Published: April 2022

Teacher evaluation is a personnel practice in education and a field of study with multiple discourse communities, including a community in supervision. Many concepts from these discourse communities have influenced practice over time. In this article, I place teacher evaluation as a practice originating in the intersection of supervision and administration, describe its tumultuous relationship with supervision, and identify the many concepts that restrict its practice with examples of scholarship. This article is important “fieldwork” that scholars must periodically conduct on their niche to better understand its audiences, scope, and influences.2 Examples of fieldwork include: analyses of scholarship, collections on a theme, handbooks, histories, interviews of scholars, memoirs, and genealogies of scholars. This article is a type of analysis of scholarship for the field of teacher evaluation, as Bolin (1988), Blumberg (1990), Garman (2020), Glanz (2018), Gordon (2019), Mette (2019), and Glanz and Hazi (2019) have done for the field of supervision. I am often asked, “Is there anything left to study about teacher evaluation?” This article may help scholars broaden their thinking about the many discourses of teacher evaluation as well as their own niche. Understanding the nature of the discourses helps a scholar navigate its writings and research, situate his/her contribution, and interpret the results of emerging research.
Virtual Nature and Psychological Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Authors: Spano Giuseppina , Theodorou Annalisa , Reese Gerhard , Carrus Giuseppe , Sanesi Giovanni , Panno Angelo
Published: April 2022

Evidence on the benefits of virtual nature for individuals is steadily increasing. In this contribution, report a systematic review summarizing studies that examined the implications of virtual nature on psychological and psychophysiological outcomes up to 2021. We used Scopus, Web of Science, and PsycINFO to identify the studies of interest. We found 160 records, of which 38 met the eligibility criteria. Results from quality assessment showed that most studies (thirty) were of medium or high quality and only eight were evaluated as low-quality studies. Studies addressed three main outcomes: mood, stress, and restorativeness. Other outcomes such as environmental preference, nature connectedness, cognitive performance received less attention, whilst others such as creativity, perceived safety, subjective vitality, and behavioral intentions were hardly investigated at all. Findings generally demonstrate a positive effect of virtual nature for its users, often comparable to outdoor nature exposure. Studies adopted experimental or quasi-experimental designs, used heterogeneous measures and often sample sizes of unknown power. Future research directions could consider uninvestigated outcomes using larger studies with adequate power and identified best practices.
Resume Teori Produksi dan Kegiatan Perusahaan
Authors: Najjar Nadilah Anisah
Published: April 2022

Dalam teori ekonomi, berbagai jenis perusahaan dipandang sebagai unit badan usaha yang memiliki tujuan yang sama, yaitu mencapai keuntungan yang maksimum. Untuk tujuan tersebut, maka dijalankan usaha yang bersamaan, yaitu mengatur penggunaan faktor-faktor produksi dengan cara yang seefisien mungkin sehingga usaha memaksimumkan keuntungan dapat dicapai dengan cara yang dari sudut ekonomi dipandang sebagai cara yang paling efisien.
Developing Intentional Relationships with Technologies: An Exploratory Study of Players’ Experiences with Built-in Interventions in Games
Authors: Zhu Zicheng , Mitchell Alex , Zhang Renwen
Published: April 2022

There has been growing concern about digital well-being, especially given the emerging adverse impact of technology overuse. While prior studies have developed a variety of stand-alone techniques to combat technology overuse, little work has been done to build interventions directly into technologies to regulate usage. In this study, we designed three interventions that remind players to take a break in a casual mobile game. We explored players' experiences with these interventions through a 4-day deployment study and follow-up interviews (N=16). Findings suggest that while some players had a positive experience with the game that had built-in interventions, others experienced unintended outcomes such as disrupted immersion or longer play sessions. We also found that interventions seemed to be more likely to succeed when players experienced a sense of accomplishment or negative emotions. We discuss the implications of the study and provide preliminary suggestions for designing built-in interventions.
Menelusuri Literatur, Mengecek Keakuratan
Authors: Wekke Ismail Suardi
Published: April 2022

Catatan ujian disertasi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia.
Daily affect intensity and variability of adolescents and their parents before and during the second COVID-19 lockdown in the Netherlands
Authors: de Vries Lianne , Bülow Anne , Pelt Dirk , Boele Savannah , Bartels Meike , Keijsers Loes
Published: April 2022

In this 100-daily diary study, we examined how affect intensity and variability of adolescents (N=159, Mage=13.3) and parents (N=159, Mage=45.3) changed after the onset and during (>50 days) the second COVID-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. Using preregistered piecewise growth models, we found only an unexpected increase in parents’ positive affect intensity after the lockdown onset (difference=1.75, p=.005), but no changes in negative affect intensity or variability. Both adolescents and parents reported gradual increases in negative affect intensity and variability as the lockdown prolonged (Mslope=0.44-0.67, p<.008). Yet, we found individual differences, which were partly explained by life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, and self-reported lockdown impact. Overall, our findings suggest that a lockdown might trigger changes in affective well-being, especially as it prolongs.
Individual differences in working memory impact the trajectory of non-native speech category learning
Authors: Roark Casey L , Paulon Giorgio , Rebaudo Giovanni , McHaney Jacie R. , Sarkar Abhra , Chandrasekaran Bharath
Published: April 2022

What is the role of working memory over the course of non-native speech category learning? Prior work is mixed with respect to the role of working memory in speech learning and has focused on how this important cognitive skill might influence learning accuracy assessed at a single timepoint. Here, we substantially extend this prior work by examining the role of working memory on learning performance over time (i.e., over several months) and leverage a multifaceted approach that provides key insights into how working memory influences learning accuracy, generalization ability, and decision processes. We find that in the initial and intermediate stages of learning, working memory is associated with higher accuracy, better generalization, and more efficient and cautious decision making. During a later stage of learning when learners approached stable performance, working memory was associated with better generalization and more efficient and cautious decision making, but no longer was related to accuracy. Working memory may enhance learning by facilitating rapid category acquisition in initial stages, enabling efficient and careful decision-making strategies that may reduce the effort needed to learn, and promoting flexible generalization to novel contexts. These results have important implications for developing interventions to improve learning in naturalistic language contexts.
The influence of category representativeness on the low prevalence effect in visual search
Authors: O'Donnell Ryan Edward , Wyble Brad
Published: April 2022

Visual search is greatly affected by the appearance rate of given target types, such that low prevalence items are harder to detect, which has consequences for real-world search tasks where target frequency cannot be balanced. However, targets that are highly-representative of a categorically-defined task set are also easier to find. We hypothesized that targets which are highly-representative are less vulnerable to low prevalence effects because an observer’s attentional set prioritizes guidance toward them even when they are rare. We assessed this hypothesis by first determining the categorical structure of “prohibited carry-ons,” via an exemplar naming task and used this structure to assess how category representativeness interacted with prevalence. Specifically, from the exemplar naming task we selected a commonly named (knives) and rarely named (gas cans) target for a search task in which one of the targets was shown infrequently. As predicted, highly-representative targets were found more easily than their less representative counterparts, but they also were less affected by prevalence manipulations. Experiment 1b replicated the results with targets matched for emotional valence (water bottles and fireworks). These findings demonstrate the powerful explanatory power of theories of attentional guidance that incorporate the dynamic influence of recent experience with the knowledge that comes from life experience to better predict behavioral outcomes associated with high-stakes search environments.
I Am More than Who I Am Here and Now: The Representational Structure of Social, Temporal and Spatial Selves via modified redundancy gain paradigms
Authors: Kim Hyunji , Florack Arnd
Published: April 2022

The ability to project oneself into an alternative situation is an essential capacity. While research showing that such abilities base human decision making is abundant, the cognitive organization of the self across social, temporal, and spatial domains constituting the basic materials for self-projection is not clear. The current study introduces a new paradigm to gauge the representational overlaps among social (me myself), temporal (me now) and spatial (me here) selves by utilizing a shape-label matching task. Based on the level of redundancy gain effects, we infer a representational structure of social, temporal and spatial selves as systematically organized constructs. Our results showed that the spatial self resides at the core of the self-representation which conceptually extends to the temporal and ultimately, to the social domain, echoing the human developmental stages of self-representation. This novel finding advances the understanding and theorizing of the self-concept as an orderly structured mental construct.
Can a simple plan change a complex behaviour? Implementation intentions in the context of water drinking
Authors: Rodger Amy , Vezevicius Ariel , Papies Esther K.
Published: April 2022

Underhydration has significant adverse physical and mental health effects, yet many people drink too little water. Implementation intentions have been found to effectively promote many health behaviors, but little is known about the processes underlying their effects in naturalistic settings, and whether they could improve water drinking. This mixed-methods study assessed the impact and potential underlying processes of using implementation intentions to increase self-reported water intake over a five-day follow-up. Ninety-five participants (Mage = 39, SD = 12) received an educational quiz to increase their water drinking motivation before being randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. Participants also completed a qualitative survey that assessed the processes underlying their attempts to increase water intake. Quantitative results suggested that most participants increased their average daily water intake regardless of group. Qualitative results indicated that implementation intention participants struggled with remembering and the perceived effort of preparation and drinking behaviors, which reduced the effect of planning on behavior. This study provides essential theoretical and methodological considerations for researchers studying implementation intentions, as the effects and mechanisms of implementation intentions in real-life situations may be more complex than previously assumed. For example, the results suggest that implementation intentions did not automatize remembering and performing the behavior in ways the current literature theorizes. Other kinds of interventions may be needed to improve the complex daily-life behaviour of water drinking.
Assessing the perceived indoor acoustic environment quality across building occupants in a tertiary-care public hospital in Singapore
Authors: Lam Bhan , Peijin Esther Monica Fan , Ooi Kenneth , Ting Ong Zhen , Hong Joo Young , Gan Woon-Seng , Ang Shin Yuh
Published: April 2022

Although hospitals are notorious for poor acoustics, the acoustic environment is usually evaluated in silos, without considering other indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors. In the absence of qualitative evidence, it is important to first establish a holistic baseline perception of the hospital acoustic environment before commissioning costly measurement campaigns. A psychometric questionnaire based on the industry-standard IEQ survey and ISO 12913-2 soundscape standard was administered to examine the perceived indoor acoustic environment quality across major occupant groups (i.e. staff, patients, visitors) in an acute hospital in Singapore. Of the 16 IEQ factors examined, all occupant groups expressed the greatest dissatisfaction with noise levels and sound privacy. Notably, the staff were significantly more dissatisfied than the other groups in terms of sound privacy and overall IEQ. When assessing the overall quality (OQ) and appropriateness (OA) of the acoustic environment, OQ was similarly neutral across all groups, whereas the staff expressed significantly lower OA than both patients and visitors. The dissatisfaction in the acoustic environment could be attributed to the perceived dominance and annoyance of vocal and operational sounds across all occupant groups, as well as the environment set-up with most being housed in cohort rooms. Particularly, the staff were significantly more annoyed with vocal and operational sounds than patients and visitors. This study also yielded evidence that challenges the validity of the 5-item Weinstein noise sensitivity scale when used in an Asian context, as well as the applicability of the perceived affective quality circumplex model in ISO 12913-3 for indoor environments.
Effects of sex and appearance on trust and trustworthiness
Authors: Rostovtseva Victoria V. , Butovskaya Marina L. , Mezentseva Anna A. , Weissing Franz J.
Published: April 2022

The ability to trust other individuals, including strangers, is a prerequisite for human cooperation. Economically it is not rational to trust others, as trust can be easily exploited. Still, generally the level of trust toward strangers is relatively high. Trust is closely related to trustworthiness: when trusting others, one expects them to reciprocate. Some individuals elicit more trust than others. Apparently, humans use subtle cues for judging the trustworthiness of their interaction partners. Here we report on an experiment that investigates trust and trustworthiness in a population of 176 mainly Dutch students. We address the following questions: What is the degree of trust and trustworthiness towards anonymous interaction partners? How do trust and trustworthiness change in a personalised setting (after seeing a silent video of a partner)? How does the sex and the facial features of the interaction partner affect trust and trustworthiness? The subjects in our experiment played a Trust Game that was shaped into a real-life story. The trustor was in the role of a farmer, who had to decide whether to entrust goods to a trustee, who in turn was in the role of a market seller. Trusting others could bring some extra profit to a trustor, but could also lead to loss of everything. The features of facial appearance were investigated with geometric morphometrics based on full-face photographs. Our results revealed that already under anonymous conditions the level of trust and trustworthiness was very high (70% of individuals trusted anonymous strangers). No sex differences between males and females were found in the anonymous setting. Under personalized conditions females elicited more trust than males in partners of the both sexes. Interestingly, females with more feminine facial shape elicited less trust in both male and female partners, while males with more masculine facial shape were more trusted by females, but less trusted by males. Neither gender nor facial femininity predicted actual trustworthiness of participants. Our results demonstrate that sex and appearance of interaction partners have a clear effect on eliciting trust in strangers. However, these cues do not seem to be reliable predictors of actual trustworthiness.
How do valence and meaning interact? The contribution of semantic control
Authors: Souter Nicholas Edward , Reddy Ariyana , Walker Jake , Marino Davolos Julian , Jefferies Beth
Published: April 2022

The hub-and-spoke model of semantic cognition proposes that conceptual representations in a heteromodal ‘hub’ interact with and emerge from modality-specific features or ‘spokes’, including valence (whether a concept is positive or negative), along with visual and auditory features. As a result, valence congruency might facilitate our ability to link words conceptually. Semantic relatedness may similarly affect explicit judgements about valence. Moreover, conflict between meaning and valence may recruit semantic control processes. Here we tested these predictions using two-alternative forced-choice tasks, in which participants matched a probe word to one of two possible target words, based on either global meaning or valence. Experiment 1 examined timed responses in healthy young adults, while Experiment 2 examined decision accuracy in semantic aphasia patients with impaired controlled semantic retrieval following left hemisphere stroke. Across both experiments, semantically-related targets facilitated valence matching, while related distractors impaired performance. Valence congruency was also found to facilitate semantic decision-making. People with semantic aphasia showed impaired valence matching and had particular difficulty when semantically-related distractors were presented, suggesting that the selective retrieval of valence information relies on semantic control processes. Taken together, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that automatic access to the global meaning of written words affects the processing of valence, and that the valence of words is also retrieved even when this feature is task-irrelevant, affecting the efficiency of global semantic judgements.
Pros and Cons of using the Oculus Quest as a virtual reality rehabilitation tool in professional soccer
Authors: Stafford James , Williams Nathan , Johnson Adam , White David , Craig Cathy
Published: April 2022

Injuries in professional football (soccer) come at a significant financial, performance and personal cost to both the team and its players. Although recent research has supported the use of virtual reality (VR) as an effective rehabilitation tool (Gumaa & Rehan Youssef, 2019), there is a lack of information available on how clinical staff in elite sporting organisations can use this technology effectively. The aim of this study was to analyse rehabilitation specialists’ perceptions of the barriers and benefits of using VR technology to understand and improve the recovery journey of professional football players. Perceptions regarding the key barriers to VR’s widespread adoption were the following: lack of foot tracking from the VR hardware used (Oculus Quest) and specificity of software to rehabilitate certain injuries (e.g. groin). Key benefits included better engagement from players, particularly in the early stages of rehabilitation following the prognosis of a long-term injury. In these cases, the VR technology presented an opportunity for players to start their rehabilitation journey in a more fun, gamified manner where the movements the players make to play the games are customised through the game settings to suit the current movement capabilities of each player. Additionally, the VR games employed a competitive scoring system where in-built algorithms calculated a score that reflected the quality of movements performed in the game. These VR game scores were presented on a leader board, not only allowing players to track their own progress and recovery but also compete against their team-mates. One to one mapping between movement in the real world and movement in the virtual world allowed players, and the rehabilitation specialists to measure performance improvements which further enhanced the rehabilitation experience. In conclusion, VR games that analyse the quality of movement during game play to provide a meaningful score, have the potential to become a valuable supplement to current rehabilitation methods.
Constructing a Four-Item Left-Wing Authoritarianism Scale
Authors: Conway Lucian Gideon , Zubrod Alivia , Leslie Jesse D.
Published: April 2022

Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA) is an increasingly popular psychological construct, and yet to date the shortest general questionnaire available to measure it is thirteen items. In the present project, we develop a four-item LWA scale that is available for free academic use. We evaluated items for the scale using two broad criteria: (1) Item-level ratings of authoritarian content and (2) expected validity relationships. The final four-item LWA-Short scale showed excellent properties across eight samples (total n = 4240): The scale showed good internal reliability (average alpha = .83), correlated highly with both Conway et al.’s LWA scale (r = .78) and Costello et al’s LWA scale (r = .78), negatively correlated with political conservatism (r = -.37), and showed similar effects to the full LWA scale across eleven additional validity criteria (average full LWA scale effect size = .42; average short-form LWA effect size = .39). We further show that a parallel four-item RWA scale using the same base items performs well in validity tests. In summary, not only do participants rate our new four-item LWA scale as measuring authoritarianism, the new short scale has good internal reliability, good validity, a readily-available parallel RWA scale, and is highly correlated with (and shows similar effects to) both of the major LWA measures currently available. Thus, for researchers interested in measuring LWA but who do not have space in their research projects for a longer scale, the LWA-short scale is a viable alternative.
Testimony and Meaning: A Qualitative Study of Black Women with Cancer Diagnoses
Authors: Hall M. Elizabeth Lewis , Lee Grace Eun , McMartin Jason , Abernethy Alexis , Shannonhouse Laura , Park Crystal L. , Aten Jamie Dean , Kapic Kelly , Silverman Eric
Published: April 2022

Objectives: Research has established religion and spirituality as important resources for Black people in the US coping with adversity. Most research has been from an etic perspective, examining religious variables that are valid across multiple religions. In the present study, we asked what emic aspects of the Black church’s practices and theological emphases women with cancer drew on in constructing meaning-making narratives from their cancer experience. Methods: In this consensual qualitative research study, we interviewed 30 Black women with cancer histories with an average age of 64.5. Results: The religious practice of testimony emerged as the predominant theme. Testimony (a) provided a meaningful purpose to the cancer experience; (b) had a specific content of describing what God had done in their lives as well as some common theological emphases; (c) had dual desired outcomes of helping others and bringing glory to God; and (d) had an associated practice of giving testimony. Conclusions: We discuss testimony as a narrative structure and highlight its importance in informing culturally-sensitive interventions aimed at supporting Black women with cancer.
International Political Economy (IPE) and Major Agenda of Least Developed Countries(LDCs) in World Trade Organization(WTO)
Authors: Gyawali Toya Narayan
Published: April 2022

International trade is one of the major discourses of international political economy. Under the WTO framework, issues of LDCs are under the regular negotiation process. These days, trade, investment and economic development are getting much attention in the scope of international political economy. The WTO recognizes the least-developed countries, as per the designation by the United Nations. There are currently forty six least-developed countries as per the UN list, in which thirty five are WTO members and eight countries are in negotiation process for the accession. LDCs have exclusive access to certain international support measures particularly in the areas of development assistance and trade. The benefit of joining the WTO differs from country to country and mostly depends on the role of political economy. The common perception is that, the agenda of LDCs in the WTO are not getting proper attention in the negotiation of multilateral trading system. Some of the decisions and agreements are still in the process of implementation. This paper deals with the major agenda of LDCs in WTO in the context of Nepal. Since the government of Nepal has already decided for the LDC graduation, the review and analysis of the agendas are instrumental in order to analyze the possible impact of multilateral trade in our development endeavor.
Quality of Health Service: Issues and Measures to Improve
Authors: Nepal Dhruba , Nepal Yugal Jyoty
Published: April 2022

Health service is considered fundamental right of every citizen in the Constitution of Nepal, so it obviously becomes obligation of the State. Service quality has many dimensions, among them responsiveness towards patients is an indispensable one. Service quality and health service quality are defined differently by different writers. To improve health service quality, some measures are deemed necessary to be taken immediately. Among them, ingraining a culture of quality and use of technology are primary ones. This article focuses on the problems in health quality and some measures to be adopted in order to improve the service quality.
What Lies Beyond
Authors: Johnson Gareth J
Published: April 2022

In this introductory editorial, the journal’s Editor-in-Chief looks forward towards the forthcoming tenth journal anniversary year. As part of the celebrations for this coming milestone, two new initiatives are launched, with the first comprising a reader survey and the second a call for papers on the theme of authentic interdisciplinarity. Alongside this, the editorial provides an overview of the articles in the latest issue, which tackle topics including: life in the Italian Alps, schizoanalytic cartography, factual communications, ‘cripping up’, ethical AI frameworks and two extended conversations with noted scholars. It also highlights the inclusion of an updated indexing article covering the past three years included in this issue. The editorial concludes by refreshing readers’ memories on the journal’s general call for papers alongside the various routes to interacting with the title outside of the issues.
On The Ethical Challenge of the Predicament of AI and the Perspectives Offered by Buddhism
Authors: Richard Theodoor , Hershock Peter
Published: April 2022

In this article, I will explore the debate on the ethical challenges posed by AI. I will do so by engaging in conversation with Dr. Peter Hershock who is expert in Modern Buddhism and Ethics. Dr. Hershock has recently published a landmark study on the matter called Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future (2021). He argues that the main challenge that AI poses, is not technological, but ethical. And that we need to establish an ethics that will foster a shared flourishing for all on this planet if we want to resolve the predicament of value conflicts embedded in the technologically driven advancement of AI. This could be done through development of what Dr. Hershock calls virtuosic relational dynamics, a relational way of organizing our society that goes beyond individualism. To reach there, the perspectives offered by Buddhist philosophy will be discussed and explained. In conclusion, we will propose that Buddhist philosophy can offer insights and practices that may enrich our pursuit of sustainable AI ethics.
Connecting the Space between Us: An Interview with Multisensory Artist Salima Punjani
Authors: Watkin Jessica , Punjani Salima
Published: April 2022

This interview between co-editor Jessica Watkin and Disability artist Salima Punjani delves deeply into Punjani’s multi-sensory art practice, what it was like to create art that structures care during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, ultimately, her vision for centring slowness and rest as a method for gathering people in art spaces.
Main directions of the system of formation of students 'orientations on the development of physical culture
Authors: Abramov S. , Shishatska V.
Published: April 2022

The article reveals the main directions of the system of formation of students' orientations on the development of physical culture. The study identified the reasons for the widespread negative attitude of students to physical education, explain and identify the main ways of forming physical culture of student youth, as well as reveal contradictions, which are based on both misunderstanding of the basic content of physical culture and inattention to its value and knowledge components. as the basis for managing your body and health. Accordingly, according to the results of the study, the filling of these components will significantly affect the increase of interest in improving the health and formation of physical culture in students.

A feature of modern research is its focus on solving pressing problems, as well as providing reliable information for the adoption of medium-term and long-term development strategies in various fields of human activity. Modern market relations focus on the development of innovative strategies for the formation of social technologies in the field of physical culture and sports. Particular attention is paid to solving the problem of involving young people in physical culture. Research is being conducted to study the resources of school and university education in solving this problem, the content of the needs of schoolchildren and students in the development of values, norms of modern physical culture. Technologies created to increase the effectiveness of the formation and development of physical culture of students are being developed. Currently, the system of physical education in educational institutions is deprived of the principle of continuity.
Theoretical analysis of the organization of special physical training of future officers of military education institutions
Authors: Kurishko E.A. , Korchagin M.V. , Zolochevsky V.V. , Danilishin I.M. , Yizhakivskyi V.O.
Published: April 2022

The key to high combat readiness and combat capability of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the required level of professional knowledge, sufficient motivation, excellent physical development and high functional status of the basic body systems of servicemen [1].Radical changes in views on the country's national security, the protracted hybrid war in eastern Ukraine, and the reform of the higher education system in line with the Bologna Process are factors in the need to reform the training of officers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Scholars believe that in order for the level of a future officer of a military educational institution to fully meet the requirements of a NATO-style professional army, it is necessary to significantly strengthen the professional component of the future officer's training and ensure its specialization [2].On the other hand, the experience of combat operations in the Joint Forces Operation (anti-terrorist operation) in eastern Ukraine has proved the need to develop and improve the military-applied physical skills of servicemen. Modern specialists in physical training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine insist on the need to focus on training servicemen to develop skills on the battlefield, overcoming obstacles in full gear and ballistic protection, throwing grenades, firing small arms from different positions, swimming and swimming. with weapons [3]. Authors of scientific works O. Lavrut, T. Lavrut, 2009; O. Olkhoviy, 2014; V. Klimovich, O. Olkhoviy, S. Romanchuk, 2016, argue that the success of the military-professional activity and the results of the professional training of the future officers lie in the old physical camp [4, 5]. Foreign experts I. Mikkola, S. Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, J. Jokelainen, A. Peitso, P. Härkönen, M. Timonen, 2012; K. Friedl, J. Knapik, K. Häkkinen, N. Baumgartner, H. Groeller, N. Taylor, 2015 in their studies confirm that the physical development and functional state of the body’s systems is a guarantee of effective combat training of military service personnel [6, 7].
جيش المهدي والتيار الصدري: الصراع على الهوية والتحوّل
Authors: سعيد حيدر
Published: April 2022

موضوع هذه الدراسة هو الشيعية المسلحة في العراق، وتجسدها الأبرز، جيش المهدي. وهي تتناول طبيعة العلاقة بينه وبين التيار الصدري، في إطار دراسة العلاقة بين التنظيمات السياسية وأذرعها المسلحة، وخصوصية هذه العلاقة، التي تتمثل في أن جيش المهدي نشأ في إطار المؤسسة الدينية الشيعية في النجف، وأنه كان يمثل إطارًا واسعًا من الوظائف. من هنا، لم يكن جيش المهدي فصيلًا مسلحًا، بالمعنى التقليدي، وكان أشبه بحالة تعبئة عامة للمجموعة الشيعية في العراق. وبقدر ما كان جيش المهدي الخطوةَ التنظيمية الأولى للتيار، ظل وجود الذراع المسلحة ركنًا جوهريًا، يتحكم ويحدّد تطورَ التيار. وتحاجج الدراسة بأن السجال على حجم العمل المسلح أفضى إلى صراع على هوية التيار، بين جناحين: جناح مع أن يبقى التيار تنظيمًا مسلحًا، وآخر مع أن يتحول إلى العمل السياسي. ولذلك، كان مسعى قيادة التيار ضبط جيش المهدي، يتداخل بالصراع السياسي بين أجنحته.
Development and Validation of HPTLC Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Berberine, Gallic Acid and Ursolic Acid in a Polyherbal Blend
Authors:   Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Chitlange S.S. , Chandani S.R. ,   Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Gandhi S.P. ,   Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Thorat P.A. ,   Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Lad H.B. ,   Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
Published: April 2022

A sensitive high-performance thin-layer chromatography method was developed for simultaneous estimation of berberine, gallic acid and ursolic acid in a polyherbal blend and validated as per ICH guidelines. Polyherb-al blend was prepared using widely recommended herbal plants for platelet augmentation activity viz. Carica papaya, Berberis aristata, Ocimum Sanctum, and Tinospora Cordifolia. The optimized separation was ob-tained with TLC aluminum plates pre-coated with silica gel G60 F254 as a stationary phase and a solvent sys-tem containing Toluene : Ethyl acetate : Methanol : Formic acid (3:3:0.2:0.1 v/v/v/v). Berberine and gallic ac-id were found to demonstrate linearity in the range of 1μg/band – 6μg/band and ursolic acid in the range of 20 μg/band – 100 μg/band with the regression coefficient in acceptable limits. The method was also found to be specific and precise one. The accuracy of the developed method at 80 %, 100 % and 120 % levels was found to be within limits and % RSD was found to be less than 2. LOD and LOQ of all three standards were also determined. Blend was also quantified for the amount of berberine, gallic acid and ursolic acid presence and was found to be 37.8 μg, 46.1 μg and 108 μg per mg, respectively.
Porcine circovirus 2: Status atual e seus desafios
Authors: DA SILVA ROSECLEER , MARNIE MARTINS GOMES DE CASTRO ALESSANDRA
Published: April 2022

Porcine circoviruses (Porcine circovirus - PCV), first described in the 70s, are the smallest viruses belonging to the Circoviridae family. Currently, there are four species of swine circoviruses (PCV1 to PCV4), with PCV2 being the most economically important in swine herd as it is associated with several pathological syndromes and represents a ubiquitous distribution. In recent years, eight PCV2 genotypes (2a-2h) have been discovered, with PCV2a, PCV2b and PCV2d being the three most prevalent in swine herds worldwide. The factors that contributed to the emergence of these new genotypes are unknown, but one of them is related to the high mutation rate observed in PCVs. The available vaccines include PCV2a and PCV2b and despite the emergence of new genotypes, field and experimental studies indicated cross-protection between the mains PCV2 genotypes by PCV2 genotypes by commercial PCV2a/PCV2b based vaccines. Thus, in Brazil and other swine-producing countries, PCV2 related diseases are controlled, but the virus has a rapid evolution, requiring constant monitoring.
ما خالف فيه أبو شجاع معتمد المذهب الشافعي
Authors: هاروش أيمن محمد
Published: April 2022

هذا البحث دراسة للمسائل الفقهية التي وردت في متن (الغاية والتقريب) للقاضي أبي شجاع من متون الفقه الشافعي، وذكر فيها أبو شجاع القول المخالف للمعتمد في المذهب. قمت بالتعريف بالقاضي أبي شجاع وبكتابه متن الغاية والتقريب، ثم بينت معنى القول المعتمد ومعنى الضعيف، وما مدار معرفة الضعيف من المعتمد في المذهب، ثم ذكرت كل المسائل التي خالف فيها أبو شجاع المعتمد مع بيان من ضعفه وأشار لذلك من فقهاء الشافعية، ثم بينت القول المعتمد في المذهب لكل مسألة من الكتب المعتمد في فقه الشافعية.