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ARCTIC: Empowering Transdisciplinary Engineering Education Through Immersive Augmented Reality Experiences
Authors: Kastner Kevin , Wuehler Felix , Kolb Florian , Reichwald Julian , Raedle Matthias , Eiswirth René
Published: December 2024

In the pursuit of modern and future-thinking education, students must be more oriented towards research and the practice-oriented development of products and processes. Experts from various disciplines are currently forced to use complex measurement and equipment infrastructure but are unable to adequately combine and visualize the increasingly complex results from the various fields in a suitable form. To explain these complex phenomena to students as intuitively as possible, the augmented reality app ARCTIC (“Augmented Reality Comes To Interactive Campus”) was designed for practice-oriented lectures. This approach enables the projection of (simulation) data into physical spaces using smartphones and facilitates user interaction with 3D models. By using open-source principles, the app promotes collaboration and enables experts from different fields to provide cost-effective solutions for teaching individually. This approach not only improves the accessibility of the app but also promotes a community-oriented, sustainable development model. The app was tested under pedagogical supervision in real conditions with students from various disciplines of chemical and process engineering, as well as AEC companies. The evaluation showed that students and company representatives are extremely open to the developed AR solution. They would strongly support the further integration of the app into teaching. This was also evident from the surveys, in which students participated constructively and contributed further ideas. Augmented reality is a promising technology with the potential to revolutionize teaching. ARCTIC is a successful example of how AR can be integrated into the classroom to explain complex phenomena intuitively and interactively to students.
The Impact of Sustainable Design Strategies on User Experience Across Different Product Types
Authors: Kuo Ting-Yu , Kuo Jo-Yu , Mao Guan-Qiao
Published: December 2024

As environmental concerns continue to rise, the design industry is shifting its focus towards sustainable products and adopting circular economy principles. Design students are similarly incorporating this focus into their school projects. However, the selection of sustainable strategies often neglects or compromises user experience, as these strategies do not directly correlate with how users interact with and perceive the products. This oversight can lead to difficulties in the initial design stages and even potential market rejection if a product, while sustainable, fails to deliver a satisfactory user experience. Hence, this study aims to explore the link between product types, sustainable design strategies—biodegradability, longevity, servitization, and upcycling—and user experience, focusing on the degree of user body contact. Then, 31 participants underwent a one-week trial, experiencing various sustainable strategies applied to 16 intimate or non-intimate products. The user experience was assessed based on utility, attractiveness, and green awareness. Feedback was collected through online surveys and open-ended interviews. Both quantitative and qualitative data were used to summarize the relationship between product intimacy, sustainable design strategies, and user experience. Results revealed that no specific circular design strategy significantly influenced user experience for both intimate and non-intimate products. However, non-intimate products generally received better user feedback compared to intimate ones. Interviews suggested this preference may be due to users’ strong attachment to familiar products, emphasizing the need for new products to significantly outperform existing ones to garner positive reception. Overall, this study contributes to comprehension of user experience and developing of sustainable products.
What’s in a Number? Lesson Learning from Transdisciplinary Energy Interventions in Mexico
Authors: Cedano Villavicencio Karla G. , Ricalde Cedano Karla F. , Thomson Harriet , Balderas Álvarez Ana Silvia , Castro Domínguez Juan Carlos , García Bautista Kennya , Hernández Tamayo Francisco
Published: December 2024

There is a rich tradition within engineering of measuring the success of low(er) carbon technology interventions in terms of quantitative changes to variables such as air quality, energy consumption and costs. What is less well understood and integrated within engineering, however, is the equally important qualitative impacts to ways of living, and social relations. Moreover, emerging evidence suggests that top-down approaches are more likely to be rejected in the long term, due to failure in understanding the real needs of end users (typically households). In trying to improve the successful adoption of low(er) carbon technologies and address methodological gaps, we developed a transdisciplinary approach where physical and social dimensions interact and inform the selection and installation of technologies: which ultimately allowed us to capture both qualitative and quantitative impacts. In doing so, both the families who participated and the team of engineers, students and installers, saw significant transformations in their habits and practice. On the participants’ side, these transformations led to improvements in the family’s intra-familiar dynamics awareness and the distribution of energy-related burdens within the household. On the delivery side, transformations led to a more profound understanding of the possible impacts, the decision-making processes and prioritisation of the technologies, which fostered people-centred sustainable energy solutions, and more active and empathic communication strategies. The approach taken led to a slower delivery, but a more successful appropriation of the technologies. The learnings presented have the potential to transform the approaches taken when implementing low carbon technologies.
Model-Based Project Design for Green Transformation of the Maritime Industry
Authors: Wada Ryota , Moser Bryan , Nakashima Takuya
Published: December 2024

The maritime industry faces an urgent challenge in its transition to decarbonized international shipping. The dominant architecture of shipping in the future for a climate-compliant market remains unknown. In addition, previous studies emphasize performance and cost final outcomes, failing to explore the tensions between desirable architectures for these outcomes and feasible pathways to get there. These tensions are critical for real world implementation as action-oriented insights are inevitable to facilitate the investment of various stakeholders. In this paper, we propose a framework to facilitate maritime industry transformation based on three key strategies: project design, computational modeling, and engineering teamwork. Project design, a model-based generative approach for the design of action, explores the innumerable possible pathways of a project trading scope, cost, and schedule. Adequate representation of the project as a socio-technical system with computational models enables exploration of a realistic and broad tradespace. Above all, engaging stakeholders as teams in model building and exploration stimulates learning, flexibility and action. The framework is built by identifying key stakeholders, figure of merits, architectural decision of both solution and project, and the required fidelity of technical, organizational, and economic models. The framework is initially informed by extraction from available references and literature review and then embodied as a computational model available for co-creation and refinement given collective wisdom. A collaborative exploration by the stakeholders using the model yields prospective decisions with heightened attention to interdependency, topological significance, and thus insights to feasible pathways that might otherwise be hidden or surprising. The framework is evaluated in experiments which test engagement, usefulness and ecological validity during model-based multi-stakeholder workshops.
A Study on Modelling Urban Pedestrians’ Decision-Making Based on Time Series Prediction
Authors: Mizuno Yuri , Tanaka Kenji
Published: December 2024

In modern society, the demands of sustainable urban development and the diverse needs of the populace are increasing. One of the approaches gaining attention to realize such urban planning is simulations based on urban data. However, traditional approaches often treat inhabitants as homogeneous entities. While some research has attempted to take in the complexity of individual behaviors, traditional studies have primarily modeled consumer utility using linear polynomials, which presents mathematical limitations. This study introduces a transdisciplinary approach that combines social scientific efforts to replicate complex urban conditions with engineering methods, particularly time series prediction, for simulating the decision-making processes of agents within a simulation. Utilizing urban pedestrians’ data, the model constructs predictions for subsequent actions, adapting these predictions to enhance the decision-making models of agents in the simulation. The validation of this model, assessing its ability to replicate actual decision-making behaviors of individual users, indicates a promising level of reproducibility. This study provides significant insights for governmental agencies and urban developers, contributing to more efficient and effective urban planning and development strategies. Achieving sustainable urban development in this manner ensures the well-being of urban populations and the long-term viability of urban environments, demonstrating the model’s potential to inform and enhance urban planning efforts.
Simulation-Based Service Business Process Design Method for Different Types of Demand Fluctuations
Authors: Suzuki Yoichiro , Hiekata Kazuo , Jin Yan
Published: December 2024

In business process reengineering, engineering approaches to realize effective business processes have been studied in an interdisciplinary manner involving researchers in management, sociology, and other fields. Predicting design effectiveness, identifying effective design parameters and their settings, and selecting the optimal design are essential to realize effective business processes. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the method with agent-based models and simulation can assist designers’ decision-making and provide necessary knowledge through a case study of business process design for both cyclic and acyclic demand fluctuations. The case study was conducted on an IT systems department business process of a company that processes 50 demands with different demand fluctuation types. The simulation model described the demands and corresponding operations in a hierarchical manner to reduce the complexity of the design description. 16 design scenarios were prepared by combining 4 design parameters. The case study examined the problems of how the proposed method could provide knowledge regarding selection of optimal design scenarios, effective design parameters and their settings, and causal relationships of design parameter changes and effects. The case study results confirmed that our proposed method can provide useful knowledge. For example, that two specific design parameters have a synergistic effect, and that the effect of changing the design parameter of teaming is not caused by teaming itself, but the communication-work reduction that results from teaming, were provided. The results demonstrated that the proposed method could assist designers’ decision-making and provide them with necessary knowledge in designing business processes.
Towards a Digital Transformation and Human Factors Integrated Framework: Application of Structural Equation Modelling
Authors: Chrusciak Camilla Buttura , Szejka Anderson Luis , Schaefer Jones Luis , Canciglieri Junior Osiris
Published: December 2024

Digital transformation has generated profound structural changes in companies, impacting their products, processes, and services. It involves the integration of emergent technologies into all aspects of the companies, changing how work is done. From automating repetitive tasks to implementing data-driven decision-making processes, digital transformation optimizes workflows, fosters innovation, and drives competitive advantage. This research investigates the influences and correlations within four key domains: digital transformation, human factors, business process management, and emerging technologies. A literature review in the Scopus and Web of Science databases identified relevant articles aligning with our investigation’s scope. From these articles, criteria for each construct were extracted. The extraction process allowed us to determine elements and parameters that would serve to employ Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), a robust multivariate data analysis approach designed for exploring complex relationships. Theoretical aspects were then utilized to create the SEM model variable relationships. The contribution of this paper is the integration of four distinct study areas, facilitating a comprehensive exploration of their interrelationships and characterizing this research as transdisciplinary. This research addresses crucial aspects of contemporary organizational dynamics, particularly in the context of technological advancements and digital transformation. It contributes to discussions on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and managing digital transformation within organizations, emphasizing the interaction between human factors and emerging digital technologies. The focus on understanding the cognitive impacts these technologies may induce is of particular significance. Therefore, investigating the effect of cognitive factors (e.g., mental workload) on workers is crucial in improving production efficiency and ensuring the workers’ health.
Brazilian Digital Transformation Readiness: A Transdisciplinary Engineering Approach in the Automotive Sector
Authors: Costa Anderson Suzuki , Muniz Jr. Jorge , Munyon Timothy P. , Eriksson Kristina M.
Published: December 2024

Although widely adopted around the globe, emerging evidence suggests that digitalization investments often underperform. One potential reason is that firms lack organizational readiness to adopt these new technologies. Thus, in this paper, we evaluate both digitalization implementation and digital readiness in the Brazilian auto industry to ascertain how readiness potentially impacts the implementation of new digital technologies and processes. In reviewing the literature on digital transformation in the global automotive sector, a lack of studies was identified on the level of readiness and maturity of the automotive sector in relation to digitalization and innovation brought out by the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies. To address this gap, a digitalization protocol was drawn up with the aim of verifying the maturity of companies and understanding the degree of readiness for digital transformation. Subsequently, the research was applied to thirteen companies in the automotive sector, including vehicle and engine manufacturers, as well as automotive parts and systems subcontractors in the automotive supply chain. The contribution of this paper identified that the use of digital technologies increases the quality and results of work, facilitates the achievement of objectives, and offers a competitive advantage. Further’ advantages come from improving customer experience, increasing innovation through data analysis, improving manufacturing processes, and bringing greater employee engagement. Finally, it is highlighted that this study is aligned with the ninth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) proposed by the United Nations: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, which seeks to promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Empathy-Led Digital Adoption Towards Happy and Sustainable Workforce
Authors: Aftab Mersha , Goh Mey , Yeveseyeva Iryna , Nassiuma Isaiah , Sohret Uner Isabelle
Published: December 2024

This paper addresses why empathy, as a transdisciplinary engineering methodology, is key to understanding people’s readiness to adopt a new technology. The paper highlights the pilot study, which applied the transdisciplinary methodology to implement Building Information Modelling in Architecture and Construction firms. The paper highlights the usefulness, applicability, and impact of the empathy-led methodology in identifying individual psychological, emotional, and intrinsic variables that are usually difficult to capture through methods common in engineering and science. The paper concludes with the key emotional variables identified by this methodology paving the way towards a people-led approach to understanding digital adoption for organisations to create a ‘happy and sustainable workforce’. Funded by InterAct, the project comprises the disciplines of Design, Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering.
The Use of AI and Robotics in Armed Conflicts
Authors: Meslin Alexis , Ten Thij Esger , Novitzky Peter , Intahchomphoo Channarong
Published: December 2024

This systematic literature review (SLR) explores existing and newly emergent ethical and legal challenges associated with the use of AI and robotics in armed conflicts. We conducted an extensive review of relevant scholarly publications associated with (lethal) autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Besides the ethical and legal principles, we also explore emergent technical applications associated with these technologies in armed conflict(s). Our particular focus is to compare literature from the last 12 years with publications since the outbreaks of recent armed conflicts from the perspective of LAWS. We engage in exploring and identifying the shifts in ethical arguments and discourse, as well as shifts in policy subject themes, and standards setting around the use of emergent technology in relation with AI and robotics. Our contribution analyses emergent socio-technical themes and arguments relevant for engineers, policy-makers, and other interdisciplinary scholars across a variety of disciplines.
Foundations of Transdisciplinary Engineering Theory: Sustainable Airport Application
Authors: Curran Richard
Published: December 2024

A number of basic foundational concepts are presented in order to help develop a clearer idea of what Transdisciplinary Engineering is from a theoretical perspective, including: 1) a Transdisciplinary Architectural Framework (TAF), 2) founding Transdisciplinarity Principles (TPs), 3) a Transdisciplinary Knowledge Ontology (TKO), 4) Transdisciplinary Process Integration (TPI), and 5) analysis and the Transdisciplinarity Integration Rating (TIR). A case study is presented that addresses the sustainability analysis associated with the design and characterization of airports, this being highly transdisciplinary in nature. This involved a number of core elements in the valuation and allocation of associated Key Performance Indicators, including green marketing and carbon foot-printing, as well as action characteristics that present the basis for a ‘Strategic Action Selection process framework’. The relevance of the Transdisciplinary theory is therefore tested against a real-world case study/application in order to test both the consistency and usefulness of such a conceptualization of the tenements of Transdisciplinarity and ultimately, is used to determine a number innovative sustainable design actions and implementations.
Ensuring Student Active Engagement in Engineering Education
Authors: Hussadintorn Na Ayutthaya Duangthida , Koomsap Pisut , de Paor Cathal
Published: December 2024

Active learning has been widely promoted in recent decades in higher education in various disciplines, including applied science fields such as engineering. Greater student engagement is considered by instructors to result in improved student learning. Instructors have introduced various activities to their classes to reduce or replace long lecture hours in an attempt to promote active learning. This requires students to engage deeper with content, both theoretical and practical. However, student engagement amounts to more than just physical activity, even though many instructors may be inclined to think otherwise. Physical activity, as indicated by student behavior, does not necessarily mean that knowledge construction has occurred. This results in less than optimum achievement of desirable learning outcomes and raises questions about the need to consider other engagement dimensions, including emotional, cognitive, and agentic, given that all of these connect with, and influence how humans learn and how the brain functions. Multidimensional engagement is crucial in stimulating and sustaining student engagement for effective learning. Through the lens of Transdisciplinarity, this paper relates multidimensional engagement to effective knowledge construction. It explains the connection that can be made between multidimensional engagement and experiential learning theory. It reports on how this has been applied in the teaching of engineering. The paper offers suggestions for promoting and maintaining multidimensional engagement, which would benefit the successful implementation of easy-to-implement and complex active learning methods and strategies in engineering education and beyond.
Transdisciplinary Support for Digital Adoption: Exploring Legitimacy Cards
Authors: Carey Emily , Brown Will , da Silva Manoela , Lattanzio Susan , Newnes Linda
Published: December 2024

Digital technologies have the potential to deliver significant economic, environmental, and societal benefit, however, their adoption poses a significant transdisciplinary (TD) challenge for industry. Given the multiplicity of digital solutions the question is which better meets the needs of industry, its workforce, society and sustainability. Digital adoption decisions are complex and require participatory support to be TD, as digitalisation impacts societal groups comprised of different and divergent perspectives. In this paper we use the legitimacy of technology as a solution to support TD discussions and decisions. A legitimacy lens helps divergent questioning of the acceptance of norms and values for societies, public bodies, or organisations. We outline a set of discussion cards, drafted to structure conversations around a legitimacy evaluation of digital technologies in a workplace setting. Our preliminary study uses a workshop, with 9 students from differing disciplinary backgrounds, exploring topics related to the adoption of “Chat GPT” technology. Evidence collected from this workshop is used to re-evaluate the design and the usefulness of the discussion cards in enabling TD discussions. The results show that using the legitimacy cards supports holistic discussion and guides the topics considered, but the time needed to conduct a holistic discussion was vastly underestimated. Conclusions find the language on the cards needs to be simplified and use more examples for guidance, together with allowing more time to discuss only key topics. Future work looks to incorporate learning from this workshop to redesign the cards, then re-evaluate them with industry participants.
Training requirements and scope of practice in rehabilitation	psychology and neuropsychology
Authors: Warschausky Seth , Kaufman Jacqueline , Stiers William
Published: December 2024

The purpose of this article is to educate the reader regarding the training requirements and scope of practice for rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology. As discussed below, subspeciality training in pediatric rehabilitation psychology and pediatric neuropsychology is not yet formalized. While the clinical services of rehabilitation psychologists largely involve providing treatment, most clinical neuropsychologists primarily are involved in diagnostic assessment [19,20]. In rehabilitation settings, it is not unusual for psychologists to draw upon both rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology expertise.
Management of neurogenic bladder in patients with cerebral	palsy
Authors: Wang Ming-Hsien , Harvey Joyce , Baskin Laurence
Published: December 2024

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive injury of the brain that affects muscle movement and coordination secondary to anoxia that occurred during the perinatal period. Babies who are premature, low birth weight, and those who sustained perinatal infection, seizure, or intracranial hemorrhage are at an increase risk of being affected. The injury mainly involves the motor control center of the brain; therefore, presents clinically with variable physical impairments, ranging from delayed gross or fine motor development to altered muscle tone and gait. With public awareness and research, the full spectrum of intelligence and capabilities of these children is now being appreciated. Studies have shown that with supportive caretakers, many of these children go on to enjoy near-normal adult lives. Therefore, it is imperative that their physical disabilities are identified and managed properly. In this review, we will focus primarily on urologic evaluation and management of patients with CP, with a brief review of normal bladder physiology and voiding pattern.
Participation of the child with cerebral palsy in the home,	school, and community: A review of the literature
Authors: Pratt Brenda , Baker Karin W. , Gaebler-Spira Deborah J.
Published: December 2024

Improving participation of children with cerebral palsy is an important outcome in the practice of pediatric rehabilitation. Current knowledge of how a child's interactions with various environments influence participation can affect care provision to children with cerebral palsy. The literature was searched using electronic databases and reference lists from 1991 to 2008. Studies included reports on one or more factors influencing a child's participation. Using the International Classification of Function, Disability, and Health (ICF) as a framework, factors that influence participation are summarized.
Approaches to therapy for children in India with cerebral	palsy
Authors: Hamblin Tessa , Kaul Sudha , Dalvi Usha A.
Published: December 2024

This article describes the approach to intervention programs for children with cerebral palsy in India. It provides an overview of services available in particular in the fields of physiotherapy, speech therapy and AAC.
Factors Influencing Willingness to Participate in a Micro Health Insurance Program: A Study in Urban Karachi
Authors: Billoo Farhan Usman , Aleem Abdul Rehman
Published: December 2024

Background: In low- and middle-income countries, weak public health infrastructure and limited healthcare funding often lead to inadequate healthcare services. Private providers bridge this gap, resulting in high out-of-pocket expenses. Micro health insurance programs can enhance access to healthcare and offer financial protection to low-income populations. This study aimed to identify factors influencing the willingness to participate in micro health insurance programs and determine the optimal premium amount.
Methodology: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in Karachi with 245 participants, using a validated questionnaire. Multiple linear regression was applied to predict willingness to purchase healthcare insurance based on factors such as age, income, education, discretionary income, family employment, and existing health insurance coverage. The contingent valuation method was used to estimate willingness to pay and the premium amount. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. 
Results: Willingness to purchase health insurance was significantly influenced by income, household expenses, education, discretionary income, and health service preferences. Among participants, 36.3% expressed willingness to participate in a micro health insurance program, while 63.7% were unwilling.
Conclusion: Willingness to participate in micro health insurance is strongly associated with economic and educational factors, discretionary income, and household expenses. These findings highlight the need for targeted interventions to improve participation in micro health insurance programs, particularly among low-income groups.
Effectiveness of the One-Window Services Model (OWSM) in Enhancing Cancer Patients' Competence in Accessing and Using Immunotherapies: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Pakistan
Authors: Arshad Rizwan , Panza Alessio
Published: December 2024

Background: The global burden of cancer is rising, particularly in Asia, with significant challenges in accessing treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy in low- and middle-income countries. In Pakistan, the One Window Services Model (OWSM) aims to streamline access to public services, including healthcare. This study evaluated the impact of OWSM on cancer patients' competence in accessing and utilizing immunotherapies.
Methodology: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in two university hospitals in Pakistan from January 26 to April 26, 2023. A total of 152 cancer patients, equally divided into intervention (n=76) and comparison (n=76) groups, participated. Patients were aged 18 or older and eligible for immunotherapies, excluding those with a history of drug reactions or stage 4 cancer. Data were collected using a questionnaire based on Andersen's model, assessing demographics, social structure, health beliefs, enabling factors, and competence in accessing immunotherapies. The intervention group received educational sessions over three months, while the comparison group received standard care. Statistical analyses, including Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests, were conducted using SPSS version 26.
Results: Baseline assessments showed no significant differences between groups (P>0.05). Post-intervention, the intervention group demonstrated substantial improvements in "Knowledge of the import process," "Ability to fill and submit forms," and the "Competence index," with increases from 6.6% to 97.4% (P<0.0001). Immunotherapy usage rose to 96.1% in the intervention group compared to 2.6% in the comparison group (P<0.0001). Patient satisfaction in the intervention group was 90.8%.
Conclusion: The OWSM significantly enhanced cancer patients' competence in accessing and using immunotherapies, with high levels of patient satisfaction. The model holds promise for improving healthcare delivery in other areas, meriting further investigation into its broader and long-term impacts.
Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion in the Context of Contemporary Anti-Gender Politics
Authors: Korolczuk Elżbieta
Published: December 2024

In the contemporary world, the topic of women’s rights has often been employed and manipulated in debates on religious freedom. In her article Rola El-Husseini shows that whereas Western politicians have promoted liberal values, including religious freedom, internationally, they have rarely uphold these principles domestically. Often, these values have been applied selectively, leaving Muslim communities—especially Muslim women—without the protections usually afforded by liberal democracy. This contribution discusses how opposition to women’s rights unfolds in contemporary Poland, where the Catholic Church has been instrumental in opposing women’s and minority rights. In the conclusion, it poses the question of whether we truly need more freedom of religion, or whether maybe what we should strive for is more freedom from religion and a firmer division between the state and the church, indiscriminately of what type of church or religious belief this may be. Such a perspective is rooted in the recognition that so far every religion has contributed to infringing women’s rights, and establishing and reinforcing social hierarchies.
Juridical Analysis of the Constitutional Court Decision No. 29/PUU-XIV/2016 About the Attorney General's Authority to Allow Deponering in Indonesia
Authors: Wulandari Ni Kadek Jeany , Sadnyini Ida Ayu
Published: December 2024

The authority of the Attorney General to provide assistance in criminal cases or to exercise deponering is a form of discretionary power regulated under Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Indonesia. This authority underwent a significant procedural shift following the Constitutional Court Decision Number 29/PUU-XIV/2016. The decision addressed issues with Article 35(c), particularly the phrase requiring the Attorney General to consider the advice and opinions of state power bodies when evaluating the public interest. This study employs normative legal methods with conceptual, statute, case, and comparative approaches. Both primary and secondary legal texts are used. One important thing that makes this study stand out is that it looks closely at the Constitutional Court's decision. This decision is a turning point for making the deferring power process more fair and clear. Unlike other studies, this one focuses on how the decision combines the Attorney General's freedom of choice with ways to stop abuse by making the government more accountable and open. The findings reveal that the Constitutional Court's decision establishes that the advice of state power bodies is not binding but must still be objectively considered by the Attorney General. The decision underscores the importance of transparency in exercising deponering authority, emphasizing the need to base decisions on the public interest. As a result of this ruling, the mechanism for implementing deponering has become more structured and transparent, reducing the risk of abuse of authority by the Attorney General. This study concludes that the Constitutional Court's decision has positively influenced the regulation of criminal law regarding deponering authority in Indonesia and sets a new precedent for the discretionary powers of law enforcement officials.
SOC kialakítása projektmenedzsment segítségével és az üzemeltetés alapjai
Authors: Gubics Frigyes
Published: December 2024

A különböző típusú objektumok védelme más-más megközelítést igényel, függően attól, hogy milyen jellegű tevékenység folyik a védendő területen belül, illetve mekkora kockázatokkal dolgozunk, és esetleges bekövetkezés esetén milyen károkat szenvedhetünk el. Azok a szervezetek, amelyeknél van kultúrája az objektumvédelemnek és a biztonsági intézkedéseknek, egymással jól együttműködő, strukturált és egymást kiegészítő biztonsági rendszereket építenek ki, amelyek működését egy központi helyről koordinálják, ez a biztonsági központ. Ennek az objektumrésznek fontos szerepe van a megfelelő biztonsági szint fenntartásában, egyúttal támogatást biztosít a területen dolgozó operatív egységek részére. Prioritást élvez a biztonsági központ védelme, amelynek tervezése során felkészülünk a lehetséges támadásokra, illetve haváriahelyzetekre.
Examining the Application of Drone Forensics Methodology on Highly Automated Civil and Military Vehicles
Authors: Répás József
Published: December 2024

One of the aims of digital forensics investigations of modern civil and military vehicles traffic accidents or other crimes is to establish what kind of incident occurred, when, where, and under what circumstances. As the automation level of vehicles increases, connected solutions become more widespread (e.g. drone–vehicle cooperation), and an accurate timeline of events and credible evidence can be provided in vehicles and connected drones. The forensic examination of drones deals with the exploration, processing, interpretation, and analysis of data stored in drones and sent through the established communication channel, some of the examination steps of which may be applicable in the case of vehicle examination. This study aims to examine one of the areas of digital forensics, Drone forensics, to determine which of its steps or procedures can be applied in the expert examination of highly automated and increasingly autonomous vehicles (e.g. military vehicles).
Kitöltési mintázatok a 3D-nyomtatásban és azok hatása az alkatrész tulajdonságaira
Authors: Kovács Zoltán , Daruka Norbert , Dénes Kálmán , Ember István , Vég Róbert
Published: December 2024

A 3D-nyomtatás technológiája napjainkra széles körűvé vált, nagyon sok eljárás ismert, és az alapanyagok köre is bővül. Ez az additív gyártástechnológia már nemcsak a termékeket előállító vállalatok számára, hanem szinte mindenki számára elérhetővé vált. Egyre többen vásárolnak otthoni használatra, hobbicélokra valamilyen 3D-nyomtatót. A 3D-nyomtatás technológiája viszonylag egyszerűnek tűnik, egy megrajzolt vagy az internetről letöltött tárgy .stl formátumát kell feldolgozni egy szeletelőprogramban a nyomtató számára, majd elindítani a nyomtatást. Többféle szeletelőprogram ismert, viszont közös bennük, hogy számtalan paramétert lehet beállítani a megfelelő nyomtatás érdekében. Az egyik ilyen fontos paraméter a test belsejének kitöltési mintája, amely hatással van a nyomtatási időre, a felhasznált alapanyag mennyiségére és a nyomtatott tárgy felhasználhatóságára. A cikk bemutatja a különböző kitöltési mintázatokat, jellemzőiket, ismerteti főbb felhasználási területüket.
Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Neonates and Infants Younger Than 3 Months
Authors:   Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Varshoei Fatemeh , Sadegh Rezai Mohammad ,   Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Farhadi Roya ,   Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Hajialibeig Azin ,   Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Mohammadi Saeid ,   Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Moradi Masoud ,   Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Hosseinzadeh Fatemeh ,   Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Published: December 2024

Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory infection that was generated in 2019 as a pandemic affecting children and adults.
Objectives: To better understand COVID-19 in young children, we evaluated the epidemiological, clinical, and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates and 1-3 months old infants and compared the difference between the two groups.
Methods: This retrospective analysis included children admitted to Bouali and Imam Khomeini tertiary hospitals in Sari, between March 2019 and March 2022 with a COVID-19 diagnosis. Demographic data such as age, sex, comorbidity, clinical characteristics and symptoms, medications and laboratory test results were extracted from the patients' medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software, version 22.0, and p-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: This study evaluated 152 children including 34(22.4%) neonates and 118(77.6%) infants with a median age of 49.5 [33-66] days. The frequencies of mild, moderate, and severe/MIS-C cases were 96(63.2%), 29(19.1%), and 27(17.8%), respectively (p=0.879). Overall, 90(59.2%) patients were boys and 62(40.8%) were girls (p=0.695). COVID-19 RT-PCR test was positive in 65(42.8%) children (p= 0.022) and 3(2%) children expired. Fever was the most common symptom (75%), followed by cough (56.6%), poor feeding (46.1%), dyspnea (32.9%), and lethargy (32.2%). 29(19.1%) patients required ICU admission and 6(3.9%) patients underwent mechanical ventilation (p=0.463 and p=0.126, respectively). The median duration of hospital stay was 5 days [IQR= 4-7 days]. The median duration of antibiotic therapy did not differ among the groups (p= 0.786). Sepsis workup was performed in 82.9% of patients, and none had a positive CSF culture.
Muslim Tatars and rumors during World War I: gender and religious stereo-types
Authors:   Marjani Institute of History, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Gabdrafikova Liliya
Published: December 2024

The object of the study is rumors as a special phenomenon of Tatar every-day life. At the beginning of the 20th century the socio-political situation in the country was highly influenced by them. The study of the phenomenon of rumors in Tatar everyday life is focused on the documents of provincial gendarme departments on eve of and during the World War I. The article presents an overview of concepts of perceiving information by Tatars that come from different sources, the image of whisperer in Tatar literature and journalism. Author analyzed the role of informants of the gendarme authorities after the events of 1905-1907, as well as cases of specific rumors spread among Muslim Tatars during the World War I. In the documents of political investigation, they called as "letters from Mecca", due their religious content. These rumors were initiated by the German Information Service for the East to destabilize the situation in the Allies countries. The author concludes that external forces overestimated the religious fanaticism of Muslim Tatars and did not take into account the role of Tatar newspapers. In addition, in the Tatar culture of the early 20th century, rumors, along with negative connotations and gender stereotyping (female gossips), had a specific connection to interpersonal conflicts between men in the context of socio-political gendarme cases on “pan-Islamism”.
News, rumours and gossip in the communication network of an English noblewoman: the correspondence of Bess Hardwick
Authors:   Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Seregina Anna ,   St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

The article is focused on gender aspects of the circulation of news and rumours within female patronage and communication systems. The study presents an analysis of the largest and best-preserved epistolary archive of a 16th-century Englishwoman — the correspondence of Elizabeth talbot (born Bess of Hardwick), Countess of Shrewsbury (1522/1527-1608). The studies of the last two decades have shown that women, especially court ladies, were actively involved in the exchange of political information. However, a distance has been thought to separate news/rumours exchanged by men and related to politics and family’s public reputation, and women’s gossip, which belonged to family matters. The analysis of letters written and received by the Countess of Shrewsbury demonstrates that both elite men and women were equally active in exchanging new/rumours on the matters of family and marriage, court affairs, officeholding, and other political topics, domestic and foreign.
News hunters: on the genealogy of a seventeenth-century sociocultural type
Authors:   School of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Neklyudova Maria
Published: December 2024

In the second half of the 17th c. in France, a new type or ‘character’, the nouvelliste, often appears in the pages of good manners manuals and in satirical writings. He is both amateur and disseminator of news, but not a professional journalist. The introduction of a particular appellation (appar-ently, the word ‘nouvelliste’ came into circulation in the 17th c.) attests to the fact that the type was perceived as new, even if there is little doubt that the love of the news is not specific to any given era. The question is, why did it appear in the second half of the 17th century? Firstly, the emergence of the nouvelliste as an independent figure was facilitated by the publication of Latin translations of Theophrastus' Characters, in which the similar type was described. Secondly, the formation of the ‘court society’ and the increasing transformation of the nobility into an idle class meant that the dissemination of news replaced genuine participation in political life. Final-ly, as many observers point out, the existence of the nouvelleistes was di-rectly linked to the strict censorship of the French press. In his Traité de la paresse (1673), Antoine de Courtin was one of the first to note the charac-teristics of this type. His description, the translation of which is published below, is particularly interesting because it precedes the publication of La Bruyère’s Les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle which determined all subsequent characterology.
The Brides for the Russian rulers, 15th to 18th centuries: Russell Martin’s Contribution
Authors:   European University at St. Petersburg, Erusalimskii Konstantin ,   St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

The research of the American Slavist Russell E. Martin develops the Harvard School’s thesis about launching of the key symbolic and political mechanisms in Muscovy and Petrine Russia through Tsars’ weddings and matrimonial politics. These studies, and above all R.E. Martin’s two monographs (2012 and 2021), make possible to shed new light on numerous circumstances of the court struggle in Early-Modern Russia, to show the discontinuities and continuity with the Old Russian period and Revolutionary Russia of the 20th century. Innovative use of a wide range of sources, with the help of methods of cultural anthropology and historical source study, resulted in a detailed study of the development of marriage rites in the Moscow kingdom and later, up to the end of the 18th century. R.E. Martin’s works combine the “stock” method of total review of documentation with cultural-semiotic and historical analysis of the rites. The article attempts a step-by-step commentary on the works of the American historian and their critical reflection against the background of a number of historical disciplines — among them historical genealogy and dynastic history, historical chronology and political anthropology.
Segmentasi Kinerja Akademik Mahasiswa Menggunakan Algoritma K-Means
Authors: Harmaji Lilik , Asaury Akhmad Sufyan , Wijana Miki , Habiby Mohammad Erdda
Published: December 2024

With the abundance of universities scattered across various regions in the country, they should be able to shape human characteristics and improve the quality of education in Indonesia. Sapta Mandiri Institute of Technology is a private higher education institution Where in learning it is required to be more innovative and creative in producing graduates and responsive to workforce needs. In this study, a group of high- and low-achieving students was carried out with the aim of classifying student efficiency and performance. By combining two techniques, namely the k-means algorithm and elbow clustering, so that the performance results will be more accurate in analyzing and evaluating the progress of student performance. The results show that the application of the Elbow method in this study produces the best number of clusters into 3 clusters. The results of this cluster are useful for the program in analyzing student academic performance based on the cluster formed.