bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pemahaman Pelajar Terhadap Bahaya Sampah Plastik Lingkungan Rumah dan Sekolah
Authors: Amriwijaya Julian , Trirahardjo Sunggoro , Sodjakusumah Tutty I.
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the understanding of high school students about the dangers of plastic waste in the home and school environment. Some of the indicators used to measure it are students' access to information about the dangers of plastic waste in the home and school environment, adolescent knowledge about the dangers of plastic waste in the home and school environment, attitudes and behavioral control that are internalized. The method used in this study is qualitative with direct interview data collection techniques. The research location is in Bandung with consideration, the number of plastic waste in the city of Bandung is quite high. The results showed that the understanding of high school students about the dangers of plastic waste in the home and school environment. This low understanding is because teenagers do not have a level of concern for waste, especially plastic waste, lack of understanding of students about the harmful effects of plastic waste in the environment and in schools, one of the factors that can be used as suggestions for development is to make efforts to promote the dangers of waste. plastics aimed at high school students in the city of Bandung.
Los vínculos comerciales de América Latina y el Caribe ante los riesgos de fragmentación geopolítica global
Authors: Campos Rodolfo , Timini Jacopo
Published: February 2023

Motivación

Una fragmentación geopolítica del comercio mundial, caracterizada por el surgimiento de dos bloques de países que restringen el comercio a los países que no pertenecen al mismo bloque, es un escenario que se ha vuelto más probable en los últimos tiempos. ¿Cómo afecta este riesgo geopolítico a las perspectivas comerciales y económicas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe?

Ideas principales

•Los países de América Latina y el Caribe difieren tanto en su grado de apertura comercial como en la composición geográfica de sus flujos comerciales.

•Por lo tanto, presentan una exposición heterogénea al riesgo de una fragmentación del comercio por motivos geopolíticos.

•Se cuantifica esta exposición por países y se analiza cómo América Latina puede aprovechar una mayor integración comercial con la Unión Europea para reducir los costes derivados de una eventual fragmentación del comercio internacional.
Nuodinga viruso dovana, skiepo dovana ir žmonijos evoliucija: apie biopolitikos ir biofilosofijos konvergenciją
Authors:   Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Kardelis Naglis
Published: February 2023

The author of the article analyses the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of a possible dialogue between biopolitics and biophilosophy. It is argued that the pandemic, despite the horrific sufferings it has caused to humankind, had a certain positive side to it as it made us raise our ethical, social and political consciousness to a qualitatively new level. In this sense, the new coronavirus might be viewed as a pharmakon, that is, both as a poison (as the etymology of the Latin word virus suggests) and as a remedy – or as a gift. The author, drawing attention to the fact that viruses, strictly speaking, are neither alive nor dead, yet play a significant role in the evolution of living organisms, argues that the “poisonous” gift of the new coronavirus and the gift of COVID-19 vaccines interact – either by way of the initiation of the selection process or by way of its correction (limitation) – in the process of natural selection of the members of human population, thus affecting human evolution: the “poisonous” gift of the virus acts positively, presenting a biological challenge to humans, and the gift of vaccines acts negatively, by way of correcting this process, that is, selectively limiting the extent and intensity of the challenge posed by the virus. It is evident that individuals vaccinated against COVID-19, though they are not completely exempt from the dangers of coronaviral infection, participate in the process of natural selection, initiated by the action of coronavirus, to a significantly lesser extent and degree. Bearing in mind that personal decisions to accept or decline the gift of a COVID-19 vaccine are related to certain personal convictions, one might claim that, in the process of this particular case of natural selection, holding to certain specific convictions selects humans for certain cognitively, ethically and socially important personal traits that play a role in personal decision-making and are, as we might suggest, at least partially influenced by genes. Therefore, not only the urgency to act promptly – to act in a biopolitical sense – in the face of such challenges as COVID-19 pandemic (and, in the future, in the face of dangers posed by similar pandemic diseases), but also the necessity to reflect – to reflect in biophilosophical sense – on the interaction between humans and viruses that takes place on a global scale and in a common biological medium highlight the importance of a new trend – that of the convergence between biopolitics and biophilosophy.
Incidence of surgical site infections in clean and clean contaminated surgeries
Authors: Hussain Syed Aamer , Khan Sumta , Raza Abbas Ali , Durrani Saadia Nawaz , Jamil Tariq , Khan Ali Gohar
Published: February 2023

Background: Health care-associated infections (HAI) continue to be a significant global community health issue and a concern to patient safety despite significant progress in infection control strategies. Among the most often reported illnesses acquired in hospitals are surgical site infections (SSI) (HAI). Methods: This prospective observational study was held in the various Surgical departments of Bakhtawar Amin Trust Teaching Hospital Multan and Fauji foundation hospital Peshawar cantt.April, 2022 to September, 2022. The study comprised a total of 400 individuals who underwent clean and clean contaminated procedures. Data on comorbidities, post-operative stay, kind of surgery, length of operation, use of prosthesis, day of SSI event, demographics, and re-suturing were gathered and evaluated. Pus aspirate/swab from patients suspected of having SSI was sent for culture and sensitivity testing. Results: The study covered 400 clean contaminated and clean surgeries. 5 percent of cases developed SSI. There was a correlation between SSI and age group, gender and also depends on the procedure type as emergency or elective. The stay in hospital was prolonged post-operatively (>7 days) in 14 (70%) patients who acquired SSI. 13 (65%) of the patients with SSI had co-morbidities. E.
DjunkGo: A Mobile Application for Trash Classification with VGG16 Algorithm
Authors: Wulandari Sekar Ayu , Ma’ruf Muhammad , Priyatno Aditya Rachman , Halimun Naomi , Abdulah Zeni Malik , Amartiwi Utih
Published: February 2023

Garbage is one of the big problems in many countries including Indonesia. A bad waste management and low awareness of people participating in sorting the trash are 2 obstacles that we face in daily life. However, if we can ask them to sort the trash properly, they will not only help the waste collector, but also improve the waste management in the country. That encourages us to develop a mobile application that helps people to identify the type of the trash they have so that they can sort it by themselves. This application applies image processing and VGG16 algorithm to identify the trash with accuracy 90%. Furthermore, this application also links them to an appropriate agency that can recycle their trash based on its type. Therefore, the waste sorting process will be easier and recycling is also faster.
Curry Leaf Plant (
Murraya koenigii) a New Host Plant for Common Line Blue (
Prosotos Nora) Butterfly in Pune, Maharashtra, India
Authors: Date Sanjay
Published: February 2023

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng is a tropical to subtropical tree in the family Rutaceae. Its leaves are used as condiment in traditional cooking. The plant is also a host plant for swallowtail butterflies like
Papilio polytes and
Papilio demoleus. In this study we have observed and documented complete life cycle of Common Line Blue butterfly
Prosotos nora (C. Felder,1860) on this plant inflorescence and recorded six complete life cycles from egg laying to eclosing over a period of four years.
Literature Review and Novel Trends of Mobile Edge Computing for 5G and Beyond
Authors:   Department of Communications and Electronics Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Talkha 35111, Egypt., Sedhom Germien G. ,   Department of Communications and Electronics Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Talkha 35111, Egypt.,   Department of Communications and Electronics Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Talkha 35111, Egypt., Ismail Alshimaa H. , Yousef Basma M.
Published: February 2023

Because of the rapid evolution of communications technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and fifth generation (5G) systems and beyond, the latest developments have seen a fundamental change in mobile computing. Mobile computing is moved from central mobile cloud computing to mobile edge computing (MEC). Therefore, MEC is considered an essential technology for 5G technology and beyond. The MEC technology permits user equipment (UEs) to execute numerous high-computational operations by creating computing capabilities at the edge networks and inside access networks. Consequently, in this paper, we extensively address the role of MEC in 5G networks and beyond. Accordingly, we first investigate the MEC architecture, the characteristics of edge computing, and the MEC challenges. Then, the paper discusses the MEC use cases and service scenarios. Further, computations offloading is explored. Lastly, we propose upcoming research difficulties in incorporating MEC with the 5G system and beyond.
A Novel Intrusion Detection Framework (IDF) using Machine Learning Methods
Authors:   Department of Communication  Electronics Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering   Technology, Mansoura, Egypt, Ali Shereen H.
Published: February 2023

An intrusion detection system is a critical security feature that analyses network traffic in order to avoid serious unauthorized access to network resources. For securing networks against potential breaches, effective intrusion detection is critical. In this paper, a novel Intrusion Detection Framework (IDF) is proposed. The three modules that comprise the suggested IDF are: (i) Data Pre-processing Module (DPM), (ii) Feature Selection Module (FSM), and Classification Module (CM). DPM collects and processes network traffic in order to prepare data for training and testing. The FSM seeks to identify the key elements for recognizing DPM intrusion attempts. An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization is used (IPSO). IPSO is a hybrid method that uses both filter and wrapper approaches to generate accurate and relevant information for the classification step that follows. Primary Selection Phase (PSP) and Completed Selection Phase (CSP) are the two consecutive feature selection phases in IPSO. PSP employs a filtering approaches to quickly identify the most significant features for detecting intrusion threats while eliminating those that are redundant or ineffective. In CSP, the next level of IPSO, this behavior reduces the computing cost. For accurate feature selection, CSP uses Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (Bi-PSO) as a wrapper approach. Based on the most effective features identified by FSM, The CM aims to identify intrusion attempts with the minimal processing time. Therefore, a K-Nearest Neighbor KNN classifier has been deployed. As a result, based on the significant features identified by the IPSO technique, KNN can accurately detect intrusion attacks with the least amount of processing time. The experimental results have shown that the proposed IDF outperforms other recent techniques using UNSW_NB-15 dataset. The accuracy, precision, recall, F1score, and processing time of the experimental outcomes of our findings were assessed. Our results were competitive with an accuracy of 99.8%, precision of 99.94%, recall of 99.85%, F1-score of 99.89%, and excursion time of 59.15s when compared to the findings of the current works.
An Enhanced Hybrid Chaotic Technique for Protecting Medical Images
Authors:   Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Delta University, Eid Marwa M. ,   Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt, Hussien Shaimaa A.
Published: February 2023

Medical data has attracted much interest; a quick, lossless, and secure cryptosystem is required for saving and transferring images over open networks while maintaining the image's details. This paper shows how to protect medical images with an encryption method based on hybrid chaotic maps. The proposed hybrid method is constructed to deal with problems like confusion and diffusion with a large key space. The technique uses a mix of different chaos maps for a specific set of control settings. There is a complete explanation of how encryption and decryption operations work. The security analysis results showed that the suggested cryptosystem is safe from statistical, brute force, and differential attacks. Compared to already known methods, the estimated times for encryption and decryption make it likely that the proposed scheme can be applied in real-time applications.
Intermetallic PtTe metallene for formic acid oxidation assisted electrocatalytic nitrate reduction
Authors: Li Fu-Min , Chen Yu
Published: February 2023

Development of highly efficient electrocatalysts for selective electroreduction of nitrate is of great significance. In this work, the ultrathin intermetallic platinum-tellurium metallene (PtTe-ML) with atomic thickness is synthesized by simple liquid-phase chemical reduction. The introduction of Te atoms can sharply weaken the catalytic activity of Pt for the hydrogen evolution reaction. And, PtTe-ML exhibits superior catalytic activity for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3−-ERR) than Pt black. In 0.5 M H2SO4 solution, PtTe-ML achieves an effective ammonia (NH3) production rate of 2.32 mg h−1 mgcat−1 and a Faradic efficiency of 95.5% at −0.04 V potential for NO3−-ERR. Meanwhile, the entry of Te atom isolates the continuous Pt active site and increases the proportion of the direct dehydrogenation pathway of the formic acid oxidation reaction (FAOR). Therefore, PtTe-ML also exhibits excellent FAOR activity due to the optimization of FAOR pathway. Then, anodic FAOR with low anodic oxidation potential is used to replace the oxygen evolution reaction with slow kinetic, so that the total electrolytic voltage of conventional electrochemical NH3 production can be effectively reduced. Consequently, the bifunctional PtTe-ML electrocatalyst requires only 0.4 V total voltage for FAOR assisted NH3 electroproduction. This work demonstrates a reaction coupling strategy to significantly improve the utilization rate of electric energy in electrochemical synthesis.
Sustainability labels in the Spanish coffee market: A hedonic price approach
Authors: MERBAH Nesrine , BENITO-HERNÁNDEZ Sonia
Published: February 2023

Aim of study: Focused on the coffee sector, the purpose of this paper was to determine the implicit price paid for the main sustainability certifications (Fairtrade, Organic, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certifications) using the hedonic price approach.
Area of study: Spain.
Material and methods: The total sample included 645 coffees. The characteristics were collected between the months of September and October 2021 from coffee packs sold in the main five supermarkets of retail chains in Spain. A log-log price/attribute function was used to estimate the hedonic price function.
Main results: The attributes UTZ certification, origin, and coffee intensity received significant positive effects leading to higher premium prices of 28.51%, 25.50% and 26.50%, respectively. In contrast, Fairtrade certifications had a negative impact on the average price of coffee.
Research highlights: The proposed model could be considered as a first approximation of a hedonic pricing model estimation for sustainable coffee in Spain. The results provide useful information for the coffee sector in developing effective marketing strategies that support the sustainability of food.
Attitudes and Academic Performance of Engineering Students in both Prerequisite Courses to Final Year Project and Final Year Project
Authors: Dobela Joseph , Seboni Lone
Published: February 2023

The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of engineering students and their academic performance towards both prerequisite courses for and the final year project (FYP), given the need to increase our understanding of attitudes and performance in the context of engineering students, currently underexplored. Questionnaire surveys of 714 eligible students enrolled in the FYP across six engineering programs were conducted. The results show that students enrolled in Industrial, Mechanical and Civil engineering programs, have a negative attitude towards the FYP and its prerequisites, while students enrolled in Electrical, Electronic and Industrial Design and Technology programs have a positive attitude. A statistically strong positive correlation between project prerequisites and engineering FYP was found, confirmed by factor analysis. Majority of students struggle with project progress as compared to other stages of the FYP, due to inadequacy in fundamentals such as design. This study contributes to an understanding of existing knowledge by providing empirical evidence of not only challenges faced by engineering students (as opposed to other disciplines that have been widely covered) but also remedies to improve students’ academic performance. The findings also have implications on engineering education, in relation to informing policy decisions on engineering program structure.
Datainfrastruktur for urban nedsivning og lokal afledning af regnvand (LAR) til klimasikring og bæredygtig udvikling af byer
Authors: Bøgh Eva
Published: February 2023

Hvordan kan en samlet udstilling af anlæg til Lokal Afledning af Regnvand (LAR) forbedre kommunikationen og vedligeholdelsen af arealer omkring etablerede LAR-anlæg og hjælpe med nye innovative løsninger til klimasikring og bæredygtig udvikling? SDFI, Aarhus Kommune og Aarhus Vand har undersøgt behov herfor og på baggrund heraf udviklet en prototype for udstilling af LAR-data, der ses på SDFI Labs. I artiklen fortælles om projektet, og prototypen for udstilling af LAR-data præsenteres og diskuteres i forhold til perspektiver for videreudvikling. I 2023 vil vi arbejde videre med at afdække muligheder for national skalering af løsningen. Hjælp os ved at fortælle, hvad du synes om løsningen på SDFI Labs, og om du har gode forslag til forbedringer, som kan gøre den bedre at bruge for dig.
Outcomes of massage and acupressure therapy in taking care of patients with shoulder-neck strain syndrome at The Military institute of Traditional Medicine in 2022
Authors: Dinh Duy Dung , Nguyen Dinh Nhan , Hoang Thi Xuan Huong , Pham Thi Thu Huong , Nguyen Ba Tam , Cao Sy Trung
Published: February 2023

Objectives: To describe the outcomes of massage and acupressure therapy in taking care of patients with shoulder-neck strain syndrome at the Military Institute of Traditional medicine in 2022.
Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive design was performed on 170 patients. Treatment results were assessed by the following contents: pain level, cervical spine range of motion, and daily activity level.
Results: the rate of patients with muscle spasticity in the neck and back on the first day of treatment was 91.2% and 82.65%, respectively; after 20 days of treatment were 24.12% and 6.77%, respectively. The difference was statistically significant with p<0.05. After 20 days of treatment, most patients had mild pain 0 < VAS ≤ 2 (74.2%). The amplitude of the cervical spine increased, and the range of motion of the cervical spine was improved (the rate of limitation of motion decreased from 15.33% to 0%).
Conclusion: The therapy of massage and acupressure significantly affects patients with neck and shoulder pain.
Rifa’at Hoca’nın Ardından: Osmanlı Tarihçiliğinde Yazdıkları, Göster(eme)dikleri
Authors: KOKDAŞ İrfan
Published: February 2023

Osmanlı tarihçisi Profesör Rifa’at Ali Abou-El-Haj 13 Mart 2022’de bu dünyadan ayrıldı, huzur içinde yatsın! Vefatının ardından Blumi, Kopuz, Gutman ve Tezcan tarafından değişik mecralarda kaleme alınan vefeyâtların da gösterdiği üzere hocanın ürettiği metinler Osmanlı ve Ortadoğu çalışmalarının 1990’lardan sonraki çizgisine yön veren temel metinlerdendi. Yazıları kadar etki ettiği öğrenci ve tarihçi çevresiyle de Osmanlı tarihçiliğinde güzel bir iz bıraktı.
UTILIZAÇÃO DE IOT PARA AQUISIÇÃO DE DADOS E MONITORAMENTO NO PROCESSO DE ESTAMPAGEM INDUSTRIAL – UMA REVISÃO
Authors: de Morais Julietty Barreto Maia , Shaeffer Lirio , Marcelino Roderval
Published: February 2023

Com o aumento do consumo no mercado, ocorre uma crescente demanda de fabricação na indústria, onde faz-se necessário um aumento na velocidade produtiva e na confiabilidade das informações oriundas do processo de conformação. O processamento das informações viabiliza uma tomada de decisão rápida e possibilita intervenções mais assertivas para corrigir possíveis problemas do processo produtivo. Para ter acesso às informações dos processos produtivos de maneira mais rápida, temos a internet das coisas ( IoT) que possibilita auxiliar o processo gerando conexão entre os dispositivos e permitindo que as informações geradas em um determinado processo sejam gravadas e monitoradas para fins de controle, trazendo dados do estado e funcionamento do equipamento, de forma rápida tornando-os objetos inteligentes.
Modelos de gobernanza y continuidad en la empresa familiar
Authors: García Araoz Rodolfo , Lucero Bringas María de los Angeles
Published: February 2023

El propósito de este artículo es presentar los resultados de la primera etapa de una investigación sobre los factores que afectan  la continuidad de la empresa familiar. En esta etapa se realizó un estudio exploratorio, bajo un enfoque cualitativo, se hicieron lecturas y  se condujeron entrevistas personales semi-directivas. Para el análisis de la información extraída se aplicaron técnicas de análisis cualitativos, especialmente el “análisis de contenido”. Como resultado se presentan cuatro hipótesis y un modelo integrador sobre la gobernanza de la empresa familiar. Se concluye que el modelo permite aumentar la comprensión de los factores que afectan la continuidad de la empresa familiar y que es un aporte necesario, que llena un espacio vacío, dado que la mayor parte de los conocimientos existentes son producto de estudios realizados en países económicamente desarrollados y con diferencias institucionales significativas con relación a las naciones latinoamericanas.
Association between Internalized Stigma and Self Esteem among Chronic Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
Authors: Gupta Pramod R , Ranjan Lokesh Kumar , Panday Rishi , Kumar Nishant
Published: February 2023

Background: People with mental illnesses face societal stigma, which limits their social chances and meaningful interactions, lowering their self-esteem, life satisfaction and impeding recovery. Aim: The study focuses on exploring the prevalence and association between internalized stigma and self esteem among patients with psychiatric disorders. Methods: This hospital-based study consisted of 360 patients diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders using a purposive sampling selected from the outpatient department (OPD) of the CIIMHANS, Dewada, Chhattisgarh, India. Patients were assessed through the socio-demographic datasheet, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI) and the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Results: The result of this study indicates that internalized stigma was seen to be at a severe level in just under half (42.8%) and more than half low self-esteem (54.2%) among patients with psychiatric disorders. In regression analysis, overall internalized stigma strongly contributes 75.5% to the variance on self-esteem and duration of illness. Conclusion: People who have a psychiatric illness often feel stigmatized. These people are discriminated against, have restricted work opportunities, feel stigmatized at work around the world, which lowers their self-esteem and quality of life
Corporate Governance Characteristics and Financing Decisions of Listed Firms in Ghana
Authors: Doku James Ntiamoah , Ametorwobla Godsway Kofi , Boadi Isaac , Adzoh Francisca Adzoa
Published: February 2023

This study examined the relationship between corporate governance attributes, firm-specific characteristics, and financing decisions of listed firms in Ghana using panel data for a nine-year time frame spanning 2011 to 2019. The study adopted multivariate regression analysis using Prais-Winsten regression, correlated panels corrected standard errors (PCSEs). The findings show that corporate board structures in Ghana play a significant role in influencing the financing decisions of listed firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Specifically, corporate boards with bigger sizes and more female representation prefer more debt financing of their assets. Also, the findings provide support for the Pecking Order Theory and identifiable firm-specific determinants of financing decision of listed firms. The evidence provided by this study is robust to alternative estimators. The outcome of this study further provides strong policy support for enforcing proper corporate governance features and gender diversity dimensions for corporations in Ghana.
Stimulating University Student Entrepreneurship: Evidence from an African Developing Country
Authors: Ayiku Andrews , Grant E Stephen , Mensah Prince Kofi
Published: February 2023

Entrepreneurship education at the tertiary level is gaining ground within developing economies like Ghana. But empirical studies that assess the role of universities in stimulating and consolidating entrepreneurship traits are limited in emerging economies. This study is a quantitative study that adopts the structural equation model approach to examine the effect of four constructs (Attitude, Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavioral Control, and the Role of University) on the Entrepreneurship Intention of university students in Ghana. Results indicate a significant positive relationship between university entrepreneurial role and student entrepreneurial intention. Also, both attitude and subjective norm had a significant positive association with student entrepreneurial intention. The relationship between perceived behavioral control and student entrepreneurial intention was a significant negative relationship. These results provide an empirical basis for leveraging universities to stimulate students’ entrepreneurial intention within developing economies such as Ghana.
A Critical Analysis Of Robert Frost Poems
Authors: Thamarai Selvi M.D. , Arputha Malar Dr. Aruna
Published: February 2023

Many a Frostean poem poses a question and presents two points of view. In some, Frost slants the argument in favour of one viewpoint, by using an allusion. But the allusion is so implicit that it escapes the attention of the reader, leaving him with the feeling that the poem is ambivalent because the poet has not decided the argument one way of the other. Such is the case in “The Ax-Helve”. It is an argument about “natural” education and academic education between the narrator and his neighbor. Baptiste, the neighbor, argues that the knowledge his children gain naturally from experience is far more valuable than the bookish knowledge “laid-on” artificially in schools. To him, the ex-helve is a symbol of natural education, by virtue of its built-in curves “native to the grain”. After trimming it, he stands the helve “Erect but now without its waves, as when” the snake stood up for evil in the Garden”. The allusion is to that moment in Milton’s “Paradise Lost” when man, prompted by the Serpent, ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Because of man’s disobedience of God, this has been called “evil”, which Milton held to. It is good because it is what embarked man on the human process of acquiring knowledge for himself, through his own experience. The implication of the allusion is that nonacademic experience offers a better and more valid education because it is “natural” human activity. Thus the poem resolves the question. But the implication of this allusion is so covert that it escapes the reader, making him treat the poem ambivalent.
The Postcolonial Feminist Struggle of Nazneen in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane: An Intersectional Study
Authors: Arefin K.M. , Naz Tasnim
Published: February 2023

The paper is an intersectional case study of the character Nazneen, the protagonist of Brick Lane. In an intersectional approach, the paper identifies the oppression of Nazneen in relation to her gender and cultural identity. Firstly, it studies the trials and tribulations of Nazneen from a feminist viewpoint, in relation to the theories of Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Freidan. Secondly, the research under a postcolonial lens locates the position of Nazneen in the diasporic society of Brick Lane, in relation to the theories of Homi K. Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. Lastly, the paper in an intersectional lens, studies the character of Nazneen in relation to both the theories of Feminism and Postcolonialism. The paper identifies the double layers of oppression a female has to go through in a patriarchal diasporic society followed by her gender and her cultural identity. Finally, the research concludes that in order for a diasporic female to achieve emancipation, she needs to attain both economic independence and a hybridized identity.
A Modified Approach of I-LEACH Algorithm for Cluster-head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Bhardwaj Reeta , Saini Nidhi , Kumar Dinesh , Kumar Rajeev
Published: February 2023

Although Wireless Microsensor Networks have been widely employed for numerous security related applications, the lifespan of microsensor nodes and energy efficiency have always been a challenge. LEACH protocol has proved to be a milestone in this field by providing the methodology of forming clusters of the sensor nodes in the network. Moreover, each cluster has a cluster head (CH) node which needs to be selected strategically for desirable network performance. This paper presents a variant for LEACH protocol for CH selection by using an optimization technique called Simulated Raindrop algorithm that ameliorates lifespan of microsensor nodes, throughput and energy efficacy in the network. The CH nodes are well-dispersed in the network to reduce energy loss of microsensor nodes for data transmission as well as reception and successful data packet delivery to base station. The results are analyzed and compared to LEACH-C, LEACH-GA and I-LEACH protocol on the basis of network lifetime, throughput and remaining energy in the network have surpassed them.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND COVID-19: LEARNING, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THE USE OF YOUTUBE AS A TEACHING PLATFORM IN PANDEMIC
Authors: Sousa Brandão Ellen Kallyne , Ribeiro de Souza Maria Cristina Martins
Published: February 2023

Environmental education (EE) is an indispensable and urgent cross-cutting theme for society. Theisolation brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly changed social relationshipsand daily routines. In the teaching context, digital technology and e-learning have gainedemphasis in academic activities and events. The objective was to identify and discuss howYouTube™ supported the expansion of higher education. The qualitative study examined 283videos on YouTube™ posted between February 2020 to February 2021, which went throughexploratory, bibliographic, and thematic analysis. Watching online videos is one of the mostperformed activities in Brazil, according to data from PNAD (2017), and, in the learning process,YouTube™ presents the most effective resources in supporting the dissemination of e-learningby university students through web events. In general, YouTube™ videos have widely served tomeet the interests of various institutions that sought success, ease, democratization, anddissemination of audiovisual content but urgently need to expand the digital accessibility of theirevents to people with visual and hearing disabilities
Métodos de estudio durante el proceso de aprendizaje un estudio comparativo en estudiantes de educación superior
Authors: Sánchez Rivera Lilia , Espericueta Medina Marta Nieves , Muñoz López Temístocles
Published: February 2023

El objetivo de este artículo fue contrastar las diferencias de opinión de los estudiantes de educación superior respecto a sus métodos de estudio. La investigación fue cuantitativa, sincrónica, y transversal de tipo descriptivo y comparativo . Se aplicaron 1412 encuestas con 13 variables, la recopilación de la información se realizó de manera digital mediante la plataforma de Google forms. De acuerdo a los resultados se confirma la hipótesis de trabajo, H1= existen diferencias significativas entre los grupos de comparación. La contribución del estudio afirma que las mujeres son mas constantes con sus métodos de estudio para exámenes, realizan facilitadores visuales para poder comprender mejor la complejidad de los temas vistos en clase en contraste con los hombres.
Aprendizaje significativo y proceso pedagógico en niños de Educación Primaria
Authors: Muñoz López Temístocles , Sánchez Rivera Lilia , Espericueta Medina Marta Nieves , González Alfaro Alma Patricia
Published: February 2023

Con información inédita de la prepandemia, respecto a las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (que se traduce en el estudio como TAC, Tecnologías de Aprendizaje y conocimiento), además del Aprendizaje Significativo y el estudio de la Atención, se analiza la práctica docente mediante un instrumento de tres ejes de investigación, 9 variables complejas y 178 variables simples sobre estos tópicos, aplicado a una muestra de 201 docentes. Con el propósito de reducir el fenómeno en estudio a las variables más significativas seleccionadas por sus valores de Z mayor o igual a 1.96, se utilizó el análisis factorial en modalidad de Eje Principal que produjo 18 factores, el primero de los cuales concentró la mayor variabilidad correspondiendo a la práctica dominante de los sujetos. Se encontró que lo que desencadena el Aprendizaje Significativo (AS) es enriquecimiento, enseñanza, construcción y comprensión de conocimientos y transformación educativa, que estimule la capacidad de formular conceptos por descubrimiento y expresar emociones. Se denota que en estos datos prepandemia los docentes no asignaron valores significativos a las Tecnologías de información y comunicación, que por tanto no aparecen en el modelo de aprendizaje que se basó en el aprendizaje significativo. Esto marca la brecha existente entre la docencia pre y post pandemia que se vio presionada para reducirse.
Ideological and Value Impact of Turkey on Processes in Information Space of Republic of Crimea
Authors: Avatkov V. A. , Krylov D. S.
Published: February 2023

The article focused on the ideological and value impact of the Republic of Turkey on interethnic processes in the information space of the Republic of Crimea in the period 2021-2022. As part of the study, there were analyzed statements by official Turkish representatives, materials of Telegram channels, media, funds and agencies in Turkish and Russian dedicated to discrediting Russia’s policy on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, as well as updating issues of historical memory and distorting the facts of the common past of the peoples living on the territory of the modern Republic of Crimea. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic (complex) approach, event analysis, content analysis, analysis of data arrays, as well as an ideological and value approach. The considered cases of information impact demonstrate the focus of the Republic of Turkey and its current leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on promoting the ideologemes of «Pan-Turkism» within the ideological and value space of the Republic of Crimea, which is one of the Turkic-speaking regions of the Russian Federation. At the same time, both the applied ideologeme and its active support from the official authorities testify to the unrelenting ambitions of the current authorities in Turkey to secure the position of a supra-regional leader for the Republic of Turkey, including in the information space of a third state (the Russian Federation), which has no physical borders, in conditions of transformation of the modern system of international relations. Such a policy of Ankara poses a serious threat to official Moscow in the field of national security and can have a negative impact on the state of interethnic relations in Russia.
Keefektifan Pembelajaran Matematika SMP Transformasi Geometri dengan Alat Peraga KOLESI
Authors: Pinka  , Siska Susilawati
Published: February 2023

Artikel ini dibuat dengan tujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana keefektifan pembelajaran matematika SMP pada materi transformasi geometri dengan menggunakan alat peraga KOLESI. Kotak refleksi dan rotasi (KOLESI) merupakan alat peraga yang dapat digunakan sebagai media pembelajaran pada materi geometri transformasi. Alat peraga KOLESI ini berupa 2 kotak yang berbentuk koordinat kartesius, dengan satu kotak untuk refleksi dan kotak lainnya untuk rotasi. Tujuan pembuatan alat peraga ini yaitu untuk memberikan pemahaman konsep pada siswa SMP mengenai refleksi dan rotasi dan dapat memudahkan guru dalam menjelaskan konsep dasar dari transformasi geometri.
اختبار Fama-French Model خماسي الابعاد في تحليل عوائد الأسهم العادية باستخدام الربحية والاستثمار
Authors: محمود احمد
Published: February 2023

يستكشف البحث الى اختبار أنموذج Fama-French خماسي الابعاد في تحليل عوائد الأسهم العادية باستخدام الربحية والاستثمار مقياساً للأنموذج، وقد اشتمل البحث عينة مُختاره من الشركات العراقية الخدمية والمدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية والبالغة (6) شركات للفترة من 2012 الى 2020، والتي توفرت عنها البيانات المالية اللازمة للبحث. ولحل إشكالية البحث تم اعتماد بعض القوانين الرياضية والأساليب الإحصائية ذات العلاقة لتحليل بيانات الشركات التي شملها البحث. اشارت نتائج البحث الى ان عاملي الربحية والاستثمار على التوالي هما أبرز العوامل المؤثرة في عوائد أسهم الشركات عينة البحث وقيمتها السوقية هذا من جانب، ومن جانب اخر يتطلب استعمال أنموذج Fama-French خماسي الابعاد لتحليل عوائد الأسهم العادية من الشركات وضوح معلوماتها المالية وشفافيتها ليتسنى للمحلل المالي استخدام هذا الأنموذج والاعتماد عليه في تقدير عوائد الأسهم، فضلاً عن وجود سوق كفؤة تعمل بها الشركات عينة البحث، اضف الى ذلك قدرة نموذج F-F-5 على تفسير عوائد اسهم الشركات عينة البحث بنسبة (67%) وهذا يدل احتوائه بنسبة (67%) من عوامل المخاطرة التي ترافق استثمارها.
تحليل علاقة مخاطر(السيولة والائتمان) بمؤشرات السلامة المصرفية لعينة من المصارف التجارية الخاصة العراقية للمدة(2010-2020)
Authors: حنظل حنان , خلف وحيدة
Published: February 2023

المستخلص

      تعد المصارف التجارية البنية الأساسية في بناء الاقتصاد والأعمال لأي دولة , إذ أن المصارف التجارية تلعب دورا بارزا في عملية التطور الاقتصادي,وأن اغلب المصارف تتعرض إلى الكثير من المخاطر المصرفية التي قد تؤدي إلى عدم استقرار النظام المالي. ولعل من أهم هذه الأخطار هي مخاطر السيولة والائتمان التي تعد من المواضيع المهمة في المصارف التجارية كونها مصدر قلق لكل مصرف لأن الوظيفة التي وجدت المصارف من اجلها هي توفير السيولة النقدية ومنح الائتمان. ويهدف هذا البحث إلى بيان وتحليل علاقة مخاطر(السيولة والائتمان) بمؤشرات السلامة  الخاصة  لعينة من المصارف التجارية الخاصة  وقد تم اختيار ثلاث مصارف تجارية(المصرف التجاري العراقي,المصرف المتحد للاستثمار,مصرف الشرق الأوسط)  للمدة (2010-2020) واعتمد البحث على  الفرضية الآتي هو( يوجد ارتباط معنوي ذو دلال إحصائية بين مخاطر (السيولة والائتمان ) وبين مؤشرات السلامة المصرفية),وتوصل البحث إلى عدة نتائج من أهمها ان تحليل علاقة مؤشرات مخاطر السيولة والائتمان مع مؤشرات السلامة المصرفية ساعد صانعي السياسات  والمنظمين من تحديد نقاط القوة والضعف في المصارف التجارية بسهولة, لكي يتمكنوا من اتخاذ إجراءات وقائية لتجنب أي أزمات تعرقل عمل المصارف.فيما أوصى البحث على ضرورة حث المصارف التجارية العراقية على تطوير أدوات قياس  و مراقبة  ووضع خطط طوارئ فعالة , من اجل السيطرة على مخاطر السيولة والائتمان.
Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Pembayaran Service Kendaraan Pada CC Motor Kota Tangerang
Authors: Yoas Arnest Sutopo  , Dedy Prasetya Kristiadi  , Lukman Nulhakim
Published: February 2023

Penerapan sistem informasi pada perusahaan berfungsi untuk mengolah data dan menyajikannya menjadi informasi berupa tampilan laporan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna secara cepat, tepat dan akurat. Beberapa permasalahan yang masih sering terjadi adalah adanya sistem pembayaran service mobil yang masih bersifat manual dan belum terintegrasi kepada sistem yang lain sehingga keakuratan data, serta efisiensi yang diperoleh belum dapat memenuhi kebutuhan sistem secara optimal. Selain itu, pencatatan dan penyimpanan data di CC Motor masih dalam bentuk arsip sehingga tidak dapat dijamin keamanannya. Oleh karena itu, diharapkan dengan adanya pengembangan sistem akan memecahkan masalah-masalah yang ada dan dapat diselesaikan dengan cepat dan tepat. Metode analisa sistem yang berjalan bertujuan untuk memberikan usulan aplikasi berupa prototipe yang dapat membantu perusahaan guna sebagai usulan untuk dapat dikembangkan dan diimplementasi sebagaimana tujuan dari perancangan sistem informasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan hasil analisa sistem dan dapat memberikan arahan kepada pihak perusahaan untuk memecahkan masalah, sehingga data yang dihasilkan akurat dan tidak mudah hilang terutama yang terkait dengan data pembayaran service mobil dari pelanggan.
Acute management of ocular chemical burns: A review
Authors: Lorenzana-Blanco Natalia , Santander-García Diana , Güell José L , Alejandre-Alba Nicolás
Published: February 2023

Ocular chemical burns are produced by irritants, acids or alkalis. Their severity depends on the type of the causative chemical substance, its concentration, its physical form, the duration of contact, the ocular surface area affected and the delay in medical attention. Severe cases can be difficult to manage posing a challenge for general practitioners and ophthalmology specialists. This review aims to describe a protocol of action for their immediate management since they are ophthalmic emergencies which can lead to fatal ocular consequences without adequate medical treatment, impacting on the health, quality of life and labor productivity of the patient.
Application of Stochastic Frontier Model for Poultry Broiler Production: Evidence from Dhaka and Kishoreganj Districts, Bangladesh
Authors: HASSAN MD. MAHMUDUL
Published: February 2023

This paper analyses the technical efficiency of poultry broiler production in Bangladesh from a sample of 100 poultry farmers selected from Savar and Dhamrai upazilla under Dhaka district and Bajitpur and Kuliarchar upazilla under Kishoreganj district. Stochastic parametric technique was used to analyse the technical efficiency of poultry farmers. Results show that among different input factors, doc size and feed input play crucial role in broiler output. Estimated mean technical efficiencies were 43%, 52% and 68% for small, medium and large farms respectively. The difference in the level of technical efficiency postulates the existence of further opportunities for broiler farmers to escalate their meat productivity and income through enhancements in their technical efficiency. Different observed socioeconomic variables related to farming experience, age, education, family size, training, credit, extension contact and regular medication are found to be negative and significantly related to technical inefficiency.
The Movement to Destroy the Income Tax and the IRS: Who is Doing It and How They Are Succeeding
Authors: Fahey Diane L.
Published: February 2023

The passage of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 enabled the federal government to enact a progressive federal income tax, thereby acquiring a new source of funds, although the federal income tax initially was fairly limited in scope. From 1913 until 1941, when the United States entered World War II, only a small number of Americans paid the income tax. It was, in effect, a class tax only paid by those at the very top of the income brackets. When the United States entered World War II the federal income tax was expanded so that most citizens paid something towards it and, after the cessation of hostilities, the federal income tax remained in place as a mass tax. Not only did the general public pay the federal income tax, but taxpayers felt that the income tax system was fair. A Gallup poll taken during World War II revealed that eight out of ten Americans felt that their taxes were fair. Further, as the tax was expanded it became a major source of revenue for the federal government during and after World War II, thereby enabling the federal government to grow in size and power.
Accessible Bar Charts Through Textual Description Templates
Authors: Oliveira Cynthya Leticia Teles de , Silva Alan Trindade de Almeida , Morais Jefferson Magalhães de , Mota Marcelle Pereira
Published: February 2023

Data charts are very prevalent in everyday life in different contexts, from economics to politics. However, people with blindness and low vision do not have easy access to this information since they use screen reader software. This software does not extract the information available graphically, but only the chart legend and the text. Among the solutions proposed in the literature, there are crowdsourcing techniques when a person is responsible for interpreting the chart, which can cause bias in the chart’s interpretation. To solve this problem, we proposed textual description templates for simple and grouped bar charts to inform the chart data in a standardized way to users, excluding the interpretation bias. The methodology of this work was divided into three stages: a definition of templates for textual description and testing with 30 participants; the application of textual description templates in an assistive technology tool and testing with 45 participants; the validation of the results found through interviews and tests with 3 specialists. We have iteratively refined templates generated at each stage with users tests, and we carried out quantitative and qualitative analyses. An assistive technology tool, ChartVision, was developed to consume the templates. Finally, we interviewed a specialist about how he would explain chart materials to blind students at university, and we carried out a validation of the final templates with two other professionals from the health and education areas who deal with people with blind people in their daily lives. The main contributions are three textual description bar charts templates: simple bar for applications with sequential reading or reading on-demand, grouped bar for applications with sequential reading, and grouped bar for applications on-demand. The secondary contribution is ChartVision. Other findings include considerations about the synthetic voice used in the tests, expected characteristics for a better understanding of the chart, and interaction ways to access the information.