bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigation of the Effect of Physical Development of Students on Water Therapy Education Training Program which is Applied to Mentally Retarded
Authors: Sirinkan Ahmet
Published: January 2023

The aim of this research is, the effect of physical and emotional development of students on the water therapy training program which is applied to mentally retarded. 24 students (16 male, 8 female) who study in the special education and rehabilitation center have participated to this research. These students are between 10 and 18 years of age. The special movement education program has been made for therapeutic reaction in the pool by special education experts and physical education sport faculty for the students. This special movement education program has been developed considering the exercises of force, flexibility, ability and balance. Permissions were obtained from parents of students and corporate executives for this program. This program was performed for two months, two days in each week and 60-90 minutes each day. The observations of workouts were saved from beginning to the end with the permission of the parents. According to the research observations, it was observed that before the studies students hesitated getting into the water, they were afraid and hesitant to do the exercises, failed to do the movements and did not want to leave their parents. After the research process, it was observed that students wanted to get into the water immediately, they did the exercises with fun, managed all the exercises which were shown after 2-3 times and they wanted from their parents to go out of the pool during the studies. In interviews with parents, they expressed that their children woke up early for coming to the special education and rehabilitation center in the day of pool studies, they wanted to prepare their pool stuff, they came to the center happily and they were much calmer and were obedient after they went home and they had better sleep. According to the research it has been reached that water therapy training program of children who take special education contributed positively to the physical, social and psychological development of the students.Keywords: mentally retarded; water therapy; therapeutic recreation; exercise;
Analysis of Physical Fitness Norms of Students Aged 10-15 With Learning Disabilities Using Euro fit Tests (Erzurum City Sample)
Authors: Ercis Sertac
Published: January 2023

The objective of this study is to research the physical fitness norms of female and male students aged 7-15 with learning difficulties in Erzurum using Euro fit tests. The research was conducted on the students studying in private education and vocational schools in Erzurum. The research population consisted of 26 students randomly selected among 80 students studying at schools. Students were aged 10-15. These students were subjected to height and weight, flamingo balance, plate tapping, sit-and-reach, standing broad jump, handgrip, sit-ups in 30 seconds, bent arm hang and 10x5 meter shuttle run tests. After the first measurements were performed on the students as preliminary tests, they were subjected to a 4-month (16 weeks) specially designed exercise training program. Exercises were performed for 50-60 minutes twice a week. At the end of program, the last test measurements were taken and their improvements were compared. SPSS 16.00 packaged software was used for the statistical analysis of the data obtained from the research. Minimum and maximum values of children, their arithmetic mean and standard deviation and Z-scores were evaluated as a statistical method. As a result of the research, a significant improvement was detected in flamingo balance test, sit-and-reach, standing broad jump, handgrip, bent arm hang test results of the students. No significant improvement was observed in plate tapping, sit-ups in 30 seconds and 10x5 meter shuttle run tests. In conclusion, it was found out that regular physical exercise positively contributed in the physical features in students with learning disabilities.Keywords: learning disability; disabled; Euro Fit Tests; fitness;
Investigating Faculty Membersâ€™ Awareness on Social Media Usage in Teaching and Learning
Authors: Cavus Nadire , Mohammed Ayaz Khalid
Published: January 2023

In modern classrooms, lecturers are faced with numerous issues as they compete for studentsâ€™ attention among a diversity of communication stimuli. This review aimed to review various social media benefits to educational institutions, faculties and students. In the review various social media benefits were discussed range from its benefits to educational institutions, to faculties and to students and also the various means and types of social media via social networking sites were listed, such as Facebook, YouTube, Bloggs, MySpace, Twitter etc. To conclude, the social networking sites have gained huge momentum and popularity among college and school-going students in this ever growing internet era. Itâ€™s evolving as a real-time, two-way communication platform and marketing, promotional vehicle for institutions to raise its online brand, share experiences, knowledge and information within its major key players. Without doubt, in the upcoming age, social media will definitely act as a major role in higher education establishments in diverse configurations.Keywords: social media; faculty; student; educational institutions; social networking sites;
On the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Feature Selection in Sports Science Education and Research: A Case Study
Authors: Akay Mehmet Fatih , Ozciloglu Mustafa Mikail , Heil Dan
Published: January 2023

In sports science education and research, the use of artificial intelligence methods along with feature selection algorithms can be of great help for developing prediction models where experimental studies based on measurements are not feasible. In this paper, we present a case study in regards to how sports science can benefit from the use of artificial intelligence methods combined with a feature selection algorithm. More specifically, the purpose of our study is to develop prediction models for upper body power (UBP), which is one of the most important factors affecting the performance of cross-country skiers during races. The dataset, which includes 75 subjects, was obtained from the College of Education, Health and Development of Montana State University. Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Single Decision Tree (SDT) along with the minimum-redundancy maximum-relevance (mRMR) feature selection algorithm were used to produce prediction models for predicting the 10-second UBP (UBP10) and 60-second UBP (UBP60). The predictor variables in the dataset are protocol, gender, age, body mass index (BMI), maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), maximum heart rate (HRmax), time and heart rate at lactate threshold (HRLT) whereas UBP10 and UBP60 are the target variables. Based on the ranking scores of predictor variables assigned by the mRMR, 16 different prediction models have been developed. By using 10-fold cross-validation, the efficiency of the prediction models has been calculated with their multiple correlation coefficients (Râ€™s) and standard error of estimates (SEEâ€™s). The results show that using less amount of predictor variables than the full set of predictor variables can be useful for prediction of UBP10 and UBP60 with comparable error rates. The model consisting of the predictor variables gender, BMI, VO2max, HRLT and time yields the lowest SEEâ€™s for prediction of UBP10, while the model including the predictor variables gender, age, BMI and VO2max gives the lowest SEEâ€™s for prediction of UBP60, whichever regression method is used. Using these two models instead of the full set of predictor variables yields up to 4.95% and 6.83% decrement rates in SEEâ€™s for MLP and SDT based UBP prediction models, respectively.Keywords: multilayer perceptron; single decision tree; sports science education;
Performance-Based Budgeting on Strategic Planning: The Case Study in Turkish Higher Education System
Authors: Gungor Goksu Gonca , Altundemir Mehmet Emin
Published: January 2023

Many important changes such as institutional autonomy, performance highlighting, a high level of responsibility or quality assurance etc. have occurred since the implementation of new public management in corporate governance area around the World. So notion of performance has become significant in public sector, and performance success levels of public institutions and corporations have started to play important roles while allocating treasure grants to them. Thus Performance-based budgeting method is preferred in many developed and developing countries. To ensure compliance with global changes, Performance-based Budgeting Based on Strategic Planning has been applied to Turkish public institutions and corporations since the adoption of Public Financial Management and Control Act No. 5018. Performance tables with indicators, strategic plans or activity reports have become to be taken into consideration while providing treasury grants to Turkish public institutions and corporations. In the context of higher education, similar implementation is valid, and performance goal tables, strategic plans or activity reports etc. are prepared regularly every year by higher education institutions. However, there are serious problems in Turkish higher education system, when it is compared to higher education systems in developed countries. This study reviews the literature comprehensively. This paper presents an overview of the current state of performance-based budgeting in Turkish higher education system and emphasizes its deficiencies. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to examine Performance-based Budgeting Based on Strategic Planning in Turkish higher education system, and to perform a comprehensive analysis.Keywords: performance-based budgeting; strategic planning; performance indicators; higher education;
Monitoring model for universal design in educational facilities
Authors: Amin Alavi Tabrizi Seyed Mohammad , Sungur Ergenoglu Asli
Published: January 2023

Universal design in architecture aims to achieve environments equal to all users. The philosophy offers solutions that are not mandatory to comply. In this study, a monitoring model for universal design is offered by analyzing universal design concept and; different standards and guidelines for accessibility in architecture, in this case focused on educational facilities. Additionally, it offers better environments for all the users in terms of access, security and health. Last but not least, the aim of the system is; to offer more than physical access by providing social inclusion. Two elementary schools are chosen as case studies for the trial of the monitoring system and to demonstrate the access levels of the schools together with the way to overcome the weaknesses to improve both the accessibility and education features.Keywords: accessibility; universal design; monitoring model; educational facilities
Literary Education: Christian Values and Confucian Concepts in Upbringing of Students
Authors: Voronchenko Tatiana
Published: January 2023

The purpose of the study is to reveal fundamental Christian values and Confucian concepts in the texts of the writers, to investigate using of these values and concepts in literary teaching and learning process and their contribution to moral upbringing of todayâ€™s students. Methodology includes axiological approach. The authors examine literary works of Chinese American writer Amy Tan (USA) and Chinese writer Yu Hua (PRC) that are included in higher education courses in USA and Russia and present special interest for education. Literary education creates conditions for the implementation of Christian values and Confucian concepts that form moral potential of students. The study concludes that humanistic potential of a studentâ€™s personality expands by means of appropriation of basic spiritual values.Keywords: literary education; axiological approach; Christian values; Confucian concepts
Management of Self-Studies during Assignment Hours in Multigrade Classes
Authors: Sahan Gulsun
Published: January 2023

One of the study types that is particular to multigrade classes is self-study of students. This study style offers a comfortable work environment for teachers who teach all grades together. The method of study that distinguishes multigrade classes from others is that assignment and teacher hours are planned. Assignment hours are the times when students study by themselves. These times should not be considered as the times when students study without purpose, excursively and freely. On the contrary, it is needed to plan and practice learning and teaching process, and then make evaluation through the studies. The purpose of this study is to establish recommendations and practical examples on how the planning, application and evaluation of self-study of students during assignment hours in multigrade classes can be managed.Keywords: multigrade classes; self-study; practice hours;
Analyzing Research about Resilience
Authors: Bozkur Binaz , Gunduz Ozlem
Published: January 2023

The aim of this study is to explain the characteristics and the direction of resilience studies. In this study, documental survey technique is used. Working groups are English and Turkish studies about resilience that are published and accessible, and National Thesis Center. About 128 studies about resilience published between the years 2005-2015 have been accessed. These studies are analyzed according to the type of the study, method, publishing date, sample group and the other variables. Descriptive analysis is used while analyzing the data. As a result of the research, it was found out that 53 of the studies about resilience were master's theses, 18 of them were doctorate theses and 57 of them were articles. 2 of the studies analyzed were carried out in the experimental method, and 110 of them were carried out in the descriptive method. Besides, it is found out that 11 of the studies are developing and adapting scale, 5 of them are review studies. As a result of the literature review, we see that studies about resilience are mostly carried with descriptive analysis and variables about personality, interpersonal interactions, positive/negative psychological variables and job satisfactions are studied.Keywords: resilience
The Effects Of Educational Games, Feedback And Correction On The Learning Level And The Retention Of Knowledge
Authors: Yildirim Bekir
Published: January 2023

The effects of educational games and feedback-correction on the success of 6th grade students and the retention of the knowledge were investigated in this study. 6th grade students in a secondary school in Meram district of Konya comprise the study sample. Two classes of 6th grade with equal probability in this secondary school were determined as the experimental group while another class of 6th grade was determined as the control group. The electricity and systems unit was taught for 4 hours per week for 10 weeks by means of educational games in the experimental group 1, by means of educational games and feedback-correction in the experimental group 2 and according to the current MNE (Ministry of National Education) curriculum in the control group. The learning level test developed by the Yildirim (2015) was used in the study to measure the learning levels of the students and the retention of the knowledge. T-test and one way ANOVA were applied for independent and dependent groups. According to the findings obtained in the study, it was statistically determined that the educational games and feedback-correction applied in the experimental group 2 and educational games applied in the experimental group 1 were more effective in terms of retention of knowledge and learning levels compared to the current curriculum applied in the control group. On the other hand, it was also statistically determined that teaching by means of educational games, which was the method used for the experimental group 1, increased the learning level compared to the control group, on which the current curriculum was applied; however, there was no difference in terms of retention of the knowledge.Keywords: Games, Educational Games, Feedback-Correction, Learning Level, Retention
Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. with a note on the “Alpiscorpius croaticus group” (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Croatia
Authors:   Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Podnar Martina , Tvrtković Nikola ,   Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Vuković Marijana ,   Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Rebrina Fran ,   Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Grbac Irena ,   Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Hörweg Christoph ,   Natural History Museum Vienna, 3. Zoology (Invertebrates), Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Published: January 2023

Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. is described from Krk Island, Croatia, as the first cave dwelling scorpion species in the genus. Clear differences from the genetically closest epigean species were found in metasomal morphometry. Its delineation is supported phylogenetically based on mitochondrial (COI and 16S rRNA) and nuclear (ITS1) markers. In the barcode fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene (COI), the uncorrected pairwise genetic distances to other known taxa in “Alpiscorpius croaticus group” range between 4.2 and 4.8 %. The first molecular evidence of the species’ presence on the coastal part of Mt. Velebit implies its potential distribution in the whole of the eastern Adriatic coastal area, roughly from Rijeka City area to the source of the Zrmanja River. The new species is sympatric with common epigean taxa of the “Euscorpius tergestinus group” and with the synanthropic E. italicus in Mediterranean habitats. The phylogenetic relationships within the “A. croaticus group” are estimated. Localities of epigean A. croaticus are restricted to the continental side of southern and southeastern parts of Mt. Velebit. There it is sympatric and syntopic with the smaller A. omega in karst beech forests, with an extrazonal enclave in the Velika Paklenica canyon area on the southern slopes of the mountain. The third taxon in the group is known at the moment from a single locality in the middle part of Mt. Velebit, where it is also syntopic with A. omega in a beech forest near limestone cliffs.
A contribution to the knowledge of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) of springs in the Dinaric karst of Croatia
Authors:   ZSC ˝Dr. Ivo Pevalek˝, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Josipa Jovića 19, 53231 Plitvička Jezera, Croatia, Žalac Sanja , Kučinić Mladen ,   Department of Biology (Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Published: January 2023

In this research 55 species of caddisflies belonging to 33 genera and 13 families were identified in 23 springs in the Dinaric area of Croatia. The Dinaric karst region is recognized as an area of exceptional biodiversity and endemism. The species Crunoecia irrorata (Curtis, 1834) was found in the spring in Kamensko, in the area of Lička Plješevica, and that is the first finding of this species in Croatia. The largest number of species was determined at the spring Keljevac (14 species) and the spring in Rudanovac village (14 species). The species Drusus croaticus Marinkovic-Gospodnetic, 1971 was found in most of the locations.
Two additional sites and first evidence of wintering of the greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) in Croatia
Authors:   Fokus Ecology d.o.o., Lanište 1F, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Đaković Maja , Pavlinić Igor ,   Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Published: January 2023

This paper presents information about two additional sites of the Greater Noctule Bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus, in Croatia. The first site is the first wintering record of this species in Croatia. It is the first record in the continental part of Croatia. The second site refers to an animal that was found dead on a windfarm in the Mediterranean region of Croatia.
Szövegbányászati változók előrejelzési lehetőségei gazdasági idősorokon és paneladatokon
Authors: Fellner Ákos
Published: January 2023

Tanulmányomban kísérletet teszek az online gazdasági szövegbányászat legfontosabb kérdéseinek összefoglaló bemutatására, különös tekintettel a gazdasági előrejelzésekre. Ismertetem a szófelhők és a szövegprofilok előállításának módjait, illetve az elmúlt évtized legfontosabb kutatási irányait. A tanulmány során egy egyszerű szófelhős vizsgálat (Google Trend) és egy endogén gazdasági mutató (GDP) kapcsolatával illusztrálva bemutatom az idősoros és a panelregressziós forecast lehetőségeit.
Az 1945–1946-os hiperinfláció mértékének kritikai újraszámítása
Authors: Danyi Pál
Published: January 2023

Az 1945–1946-os magyar hiperinflációs korszak lezárultával nem történt meg a fogyasztói árak inflációjának pontos kiszámítása, mert a forint bevezetése kötötte le a figyelmet és az erőforrásokat. Rengeteg nyers adat áll ugyan rendelkezésre a korabeli forrásokból, de ezekben számos pontatlanság és ellentmondás van a naponkénti mérések követelménye és a korabeli számítási korlátok miatt. 76 éves adósságot ró le a jelen tanulmány, amikor megpróbálja hitelesen rekonstruálni a tényleges infláció mértékét adattisztítással, számítógépes feldolgozással és pontossággal, új eredményeket bemutatva, és egyúttal számos tévhitet eloszlatva. Az eredmények alapján arra következtethetünk, hogy az 1946-os hiperinfláció mértéke nem a legmagasabb a történelemben, a 2008-as zimbabwei infláció túlszárnyalta.
FEATURES OF COMPONENT COMPOSITION OF THE BODY MASS OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG MEN OF ALTAI DISTRICT
Authors: Mershalova Anastasiya A. , Borodina Galina N. , Mashak Aleksandr N. , Golubeva Irina A. , Litvinova Tamara A.
Published: January 2023

Physical development is one of the leading components of the health of each individual and people in general. In modern literary sources, there is more and more information about the deterioration of physical health and the decrease of this indicator of the young population of modern Russia, therefore, when assessing it, it is necessary to consider the body as a whole, taking into account its somatotype and component composition. In the Altai District there are practically no data on somatotyping of various age groups of the population. The purpose of this study is the component composition of the body of adolescents and young men living in the Altai District, to determine the frequency of their constitution types. The study involved 1086 males of a homogeneous ethno-territorial group, permanently residing in the Altai District, aged 13 to 20 years. The subjects were divided into three age groups: 13-14 years old, 15-17 years old and 18-20 years old. In each age group standard anthropometric measurements and a quantitative study of the main components of body mass were carried out. Body type (somatotype) was determined on the basis of the percentage of longitudinal and transverse body dimensions to standing height according by the Chernorutsky method using the Pinier index. It has been established that starting from the age of 15 there is a decrease in the average value of the proportion of the fat component of body mass with a simultaneous increase in muscle. According to constitutional features, the majority of 13–16-year-old examined adolescents ang young men have a normosthenic body type. By the age of 17, there is a predominance of asthenics over hypersthenics. At this age, fat mass decreases, which is probably associated with possible social stresses. In parallel with a decrease in fat mass, an increase in muscle mass is noted, up to the age of 20, however, at the age of 20, an increase in the fat component was detected. It is concluded that the majority of adolescents and young men in the Altay District have a normosthenic body type, which is characterized by average anthropometric indicators.
Emotions Experienced by Instructors Delivering Written Feedback and Dialogic Feed-Forward
Authors: Hill Jennifer , Berlin Kathy , Choate Julia , Cravens-Brown Lisa , McKendrick-Calder Lisa , Smith Susan
Published: January 2023

Understanding the emotions experienced by higher education instructors related to assessment feedback, how instructors understand student emotions, and how instructors might manage these emotions positively, can help to secure the educational benefits of feedback. In this research, we aimed to explore the emotional responses that instructors experienced through the giving and receiving of assessment feedback. We undertook qualitative data collection, carrying out individual semi-structured interviews with instructors from three universities who had administered a dialogic feed-forward intervention on one of their teaching units. The full interview transcripts were analysed inductively using thematic analysis. Five main themes emerged from the interview data: 1. Summative written feedback aroused largely negative emotions in instructors because they felt distanced from their students; 2. Instructors experienced a broad range of emotions related to dialogic feed-forward encounters, emerging from their proximity to students; 3. Dialogic feed-forward, as an affective encounter, was emotionally challenging for instructors; 4. Dialogic feed-forward built strong learning relationships between students and instructors, strengthening students’ sense of belonging; 5. Dialogic feed-forward was transformational for instructors as educators. We consider the implications of our findings for instructors and wider assessment and feedback practices, including emotional labour, promotional reward, and instructor professional development.
PESCO and NATO Defence Projects: Coordination or Competition?
Authors: Aleshin A.
Published: January 2023

The EU’s PESCO projects and NATO’s High Visibility Projects are aimed at strengthening the defence capabilities of the member states of these two structures, creating new military technologies, jointly purchasing equipment and weapons, optimizing countries' defence spending and coordinating the transformation of their armed forces structures in accordance with collective interests. At the same time, the projects of the EU and NATO have different tasks that align with the foreign policy goals of these different in nature structures. Due to the participation of various states in each of them, primarily the United States in NATO, a number of contradictions between them remain. However, most of them are offset by the EU–NATO cooperation. The latter has significantly intensified since 2016. Two bilateral declarations were signed and two packages of measures for their implementation were adopted. The parties have strengthened political cooperation, interaction during operations, coordination of defence planning, they jointly develop projects for the formation of military infrastructure, develop deepen military-technical cooperation in areas of common interest. The article analyzes the PESCO and High Visibility Projects projects, compares them and identifies the links and differences between them. It is substantiated that, despite the various tasks, in the conditions of the modern transformation of the world order and the evolution of threats to their member states, the EU and NATO are expanding coordination in defence planning and developing a division of responsibilities between the two. The PESCO and High Visibility Projects are being implemented in full synchronization with each other, with the participation of a number of EU member states, but not-NATO members, in NATO projects and vice versa. Rather, the projects complement each other, although the scope of PESCO is much broader due to the peculiarities of the nature of the European Union as a regional integration association. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is a spatial approach. It is substantiated that the EU and NATO, both being already transnational political spaces, form a superstructure space of EU-NATO cooperation, in which the actors of the first level – these two structures themselves – and the second level – the states – interact more intensively than with external actors, participate in the struggle for power, redistribution of resources, form the identity of this transnational space. It is concluded that in the future, coordination between the PESCO and High Visibility Projects, as well as between the EU and NATO in general, will expand.
Fine-Tuning the Methodology of Sleep and Memory Research From a Human Behavioral Perspective
Authors: Nemeth Dezso , Gerbier Emilie , Born Jan , Rickard Timothy , Albouy Genevieve , Diekelman Susanne , Fogel Stuart , Genzel Lisa , Prehn-Kristensen Alexander , Payne Jessica , Dresler Martin , Simor Peter , Mazza Stephanie , Hoedlmoser Kerstin , Ruby Perrine , Spencer Rebecca , Schabus Manuel , Janacsek Karolina
Published: January 2023

Understanding the complex relationship between sleep and memory is a major challenge in neuroscience. Many studies on memory consolidation in humans suggest that sleep triggers offline memory processes, resulting in less forgetting of declarative memory and performance stabilization in non-declarative memory. However, an increasing number of contradictory findings reveal potential issues with how research is conducted in this field and call into question the reliability and interpretation of the results. All scientific disciplines face similar challenges. In this regard, research on the relationship between sleep and memory is still very fortunate. Yet, there is a constant need to fine-tune the methodology. In this article, we describe four behavioral methodological issues in human sleep and memory research that should be improved: non-optimal experimental designs, task complexity, fatigue effects in repetitive tasks, and inappropriate data analysis practices. We then offer solutions to each of these issues. We believe that implementing these solutions in future sleep and memory research will lead to more reliable results and significantly advance our understanding in this field.
About Adaptive Identification of Bouc-Wen Hysteresis
Authors: Karabutov Nikolay
Published: January 2023

The adaptive identification method developed to evaluate the parameters of the Bouc-Wen hysteresis (BWH). The adaptive approach based on the use of adaptive observers. We synthesize adaptive identification algorithms using the second Lyapunov method. The boundedness of adaptive system processes shown in coordinate and parametric spaces. We prove exponential dissipativity of processes in an adaptive system. Estimating method proposed for signaling uncertainty in the system.
Young People and Carers’ Experience of a Rural Mobile Mental Health Support Service: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Allan Julaine , Thompson Anna
Published: January 2023

Background: Mental health difficulties during teenage years e are common and are a risk factor for later mental and physical health problems. Rural young people are at greater risk for mental health difficulties and have less access to services than their urban counterparts. The purpose of this study was to explore young people and their carers’ experiences of mental health support provided by a rural mobile service, and to identify access enablers from the service users’ perspective. Methods: A qualitative descriptive approach was used to analyse twelve interviews with current service users and eight interviews with family members of young people who had accessed the service.Results: Three main themes were identified: (a) Access and flexibility, (b) Clinicians’ qualities and strategies, and (c) Experiences of change. The mobile service was perceived to be effective in producing positive change in mental health, relationships and attainment of life goals. Key enablers to access included the flexibility of the mobile service, the variety of service delivery modes and therapeutic methods offered, the ease of access facilitated by location in schools, and young people’s autonomy in how they chose to utilise the service. Conclusion: This study provides information about what is important to rural young people and their families in mental health service provision. The findings have implications for changing the way services are organized and operated. Healthcare policy and services could support user-led model design that incorporates the access and use enablers and removes the barriers to rural mental health support.
The Nerve Growth Factor Receptor (NGFR/P75ntr): A Major Player in Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Bruno Francesco , Abondio Paolo , Montesanto Alberto , Luiselli Donata , Bruni Amalia Cecilia , Maletta Raffaele
Published: January 2023

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) represents the most prevalent type of dementia in elderly people, primarily characterized by brain accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, derived from Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), in the extracellular space (amyloid plaques) and intracellular deposits of the hyperphosphorylated form of the protein tau (p-tau; tangles or neurofibrillary aggregates). The Nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR/p75NTR) represents a low-affinity receptor for all known mammalians neurotrophins (i.e., pro-NGF, NGF, BDNF, NT-3 e NT-4/5) and it is involved in pathways that determine both survival and death of neurons. Interestingly, also Aβ peptides can blind to NGFR/p75NTR making it the “ideal” candidate in mediating Aβ-induced neuropathology. Besides pathogenesis and neuropathology, several data indicated that NGFR/p75NTR could play a key role in AD also from a genetic perspective. Other studies suggested that NGFR/p75NTR could represent a good diagnostic tool, as well as a promising therapeutic target for AD. Here, we comprehensively summarize and review the current experimental evidence on this topic.
Making Impact on Common Financial Factors Affecting Liquidity Ratio Based on Greedy Approach through Price Movement in Stock Market
Authors: P Prakash , S Krishnaprabha , S Sundararajan
Published: January 2023

This research article focused on discovering appropriate liquidity risk concerns in the financial Sector. Primarily, it deals with the appropriate liquidity factors that affect financial performance services pertained to several liquidity crises and the respective liquidity measures. Liquidity is considered the primary constraint. The Liquidity Ratios are the defective condition of calculating the financial performance services and their respective status. For fulfilling this performance service status prediction, this research use calculation for consistency index procedure. Liquidity index-based predictions have collaborated concerning the price movement in the stock market. The Liquidity will affect the trading and market transparency whenever the price moment varies. To control this trading and not market transparency of liquidity index be employed the greedy approach for estimating the most factor affected by the liquid index. Hence, this research elaborates on the greedy approach today with 25 essential financial factors. Each Panther will have combined with the tractor-confirmed liquidity crisis whenever the factors of liquidity crisis are combined with the actual financial factor, the minimum and maximum Degree of matching are calculated. This calculation determines the factors that affected the Liquidity concerning their exact, Plugin, subsume, and fail condition. Eventually, the search concludes the determination of factors affecting Liquidity concerning the actual finance factor and liquidity crisis. Finally, the result was concluded with the Degree of matching and their efficiency of finding liquidity factors with a successful reasonable result. Based on the Degree of matching result, this research found the actual reason for Liquidity with the help of various financial factors
Quickening Data-Aware Conformance Checking through Temporal Algebras
Authors: Bergami Giacomo , Appleby Samuel , Morgan Graham
Published: January 2023

This paper extends our seminal paper on KnoBAB for efficient Conformance Checking
computations performed on top of a customised relational model. After defining our proposed
temporal algebra for temporal queries (xtLTLf ), we show that this can express existing temporal
languages over finite and non-empty traces such as LTLf . This paper also proposes a parallelisation
strategy for such queries thus reducing conformance checking into an embarrassingly parallel
problem leading to super-linear speed up. This paper also presents how a single xtLTLf operator (or
even entire sub-expressions) might be efficiently implemented via different algorithms thus paving
the way to future algorithmic improvements. Finally, our benchmarks remark that our proposed
implementation of xtLTLf (KnoBAB) outperforms state-of-the-art conformance checking software
running on LTLf logic, be it data or dateless.
Caffeine Supplementation does not Increase Performance on Professional Soccer Official Matches
Authors: Silva Ronaldo Angelo Dias da , Idelfonso Rafael de Oliveira , Couto Bruno Pena , Drummond Marcos Daniel Motta
Published: January 2023

The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effect of caffeine supplementation on performance in official soccer matches. In double-blind, randomized crossover design, 13 professional soccer players performed two complete matches, with Caffeine (CAF) (6 mg/kg) and placebo (PLA) supplementation. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA showed that there was no effect of supplementation on the total distance covered (p = 0.536; ŋp² =0.033) or the total distance covered at different speeds (p = 0.453; ŋp² = 0.048), acceleration or deceleration (p = 0.387; ŋp² = 0.063) number of sprints (p = 0.521; µ² = 0.035) Heart Rate mean (p = 0.484; ŋp² = 0.042) Heart Rate maximum (p = 0.110; ŋp² = 0.199), Rate Perceived Effort (p = 0.151) or efficiency index (p = 0.480). Therefore, acute caffeine supplementation not effective to increase the performance of soccer players in official matches.
Magneto-encephalography Scan under Color-tailored Illumination
Authors: Weerasuriya Charitha , Ng Soon Hock , Woods Will , Johnstone Tom , Vitta Pranciskus , Hugrass Laila , Juodkazis Saulius
Published: January 2023

Color plays an important part in human activities, affects circadian cycle and decision making process. Therefore, it is important to investigate human judgment under different color of illumination, especially, because color perception is subjective. In this study, we developed required instrumentation to control the red (R), green (G), Blue (B) and Amber (A) colored light emitting diode (LED) lamp for carrying out Magneto Encephalography (MEG) brain scan. We developed a software to generate all the colors in the visual spectrum, predefined white light combinations and saturation of an illuminated objects by using RGBA color pallet. The lamp is required to control from outside of the MEG electromagnetically shielded room with the LED lamp located inside the MEG room. Hence, USB is used for the communication mode. The feasibility of using LED lamp with MEG brain scanner has been validated for bio-medical and psychological MEG experiments.
Interreligious Violent Conflict Resolution: Discoursing Communal Violence between Christians and Moslems in Poso City, Indonesia
Authors: Ristanti Destin Nurafiati
Published: January 2023

After the reformation occurred in 1998, the political situation in Indonesia became unstable. Military forces had been concentrated in the central government to maintain stability. Thus, the situation in Indonesia became vulnerable and easy to be provoked. During that period, various conflicts happened and escalated, such as ethnic and interreligious group conflicts. One of those conflicts occurred in Poso, considered one of the most violent conflicts in Indonesia after the reformation. It was an interreligious conflict between the Christian and Muslim groups in Poso, a city in Central Sulawesi. In this city, the interreligious conflict between these two groups took place a few times through some phases, involving both militant and violent groups. The conflict was eventually settled through the dialogue between two conflicting groups, each led by respected religious local figures. The government mediated the dialogue through one of the public officials who was respected in the country. In the last stage of Poso conflict resolution, Malino Declaration was set to end the conflict, and the military was sent to the city to keep the peace process, and the conflict perpetrators were sent to trial.
K-Pop and Contemporary Cultural Diplomacy: The Influence of K-Pop Idol Neo Culture Technology (NCT) on Indonesia’s Cultural Diplomacy in the Digital Age
Authors: Zulkarnain Astrid Risa Miranti , Suharyono Karisma Nurul Izzah
Published: January 2023

Globalization has influenced the polarization of international relations activities, especially towards implementing cultural diplomacy. Referring to transnationalism theory, non-state actors have dominated international relations activities by using popular culture and social media as a means of international communication. The implication of the role of non-state actors from among K-Pop idol groups is no exception to spreading a country's local culture as a form of cultural diplomacy. Therefore, this article sees the implications of NCT's transnational activities as a K-Pop idol group influencing the strategy and implementation of Indonesia's cultural diplomacy in the digital era. By using qualitative research methods with library research techniques and observing activities using social media, this article analyzes the role of NCT in spreading Indonesian culture globally through three approaches to cultural diplomacy, according to Cynthia Schneider, namely values, audience, and environmental approaches. Through these three approaches, this article underlines that the role of NCT in spreading Indonesian cultural values has an impact on the formation of the basis of trust and the image of Indonesia internationally. Then the use of social media carried out by NCT has succeeded in expanding the target of Indonesian cultural diplomacy, which can be seen through the achievement of a considerable number of audiences and enhanced regional reach. In addition, the role of NCT in spreading Indonesian culture also influences the strategy and policy of Indonesia's cultural diplomacy. It is shown through the recognition and use of NCT in one of the Ministry of Creative Economy and Tourism projects. Thus, these article findings show the role of NCT in Indonesia's cultural diplomacy as a form of popular culture utilization, the K- Pop, and extend the effectiveness of using social media as a means of cross-country communication in the digital age.
MODIFIED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION GIVEN BY A REDUNDANT DESCRIPTION
Authors: Pavlov Alexander , Holovchenko Maxim
Published: January 2023

A number of scientific works of Prof. O. A. Pavlov and his disciples is devoted to the development of an original method of efficient estimation of coefficients at nonlinear terms of multivariate polynomial regression given by a redundant description under the conditions of an active experiment. The solution of the formulated problem is reduced to the sequential construction of univariate polynomial regressions (finding efficient estimates for the coefficients at nonlinear terms) and solving the corresponding systems of linear nondegenerate equations, the variables of which are the estimates for coefficients at nonlinear terms of the multivariate polynomial regression given by the redundant description. Thus, the problem was reduced to the estimation of the coefficients at linear terms of a multivariate linear regression given by a redundant description in the conditions of an active experiment. We have proposed an original method of its solution that uses a cluster analysis algorithm. The algorithm’s implementation significantly reduces the enumeration of partial descriptions of multivariate linear regression followed by the finding of the residual sum of squares for each of them. This allows using the chi-squared criterion to build a linguistic variable which value gives a qualitative assessment (high reliability, acceptable reliability, low reliability, unreliability) to the obtained result. The analysis of the computational experiments made it possible to modify the proposed method, which significantly increased its efficiency, first of all, of finding a reliable structure of the sought multivariate linear regression given by the redundant description. The method modification, in particular, has reduced the enumeration of partial descriptions and has led to a more efficient use of the general procedure of the least squares method.
STUDY OF NEURAL NETWORKS FOR FORECASTING THE VALUE OF COMPANY SHARES IN AN UNSTABLE ECONOMY
Authors: Moskalenko Valentyna , Santalova Anastasija , Fonta Nataliia
Published: January 2023

These studies deal with analysis and selection of neural networks with various architectures and hybrid models, which include neural networks, to predict the market value of shares in the stock market of a country that is in the process of unstable development. Analysis and forecasting of such stock markets cannot be carried out using classical methods. The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to develop software systems that implement algorithmic support for predicting the market value of shares in Ukraine. The introduction of such software systems in the circuit of investment decisionmaking in companies that are interested in increasing the information transparency of the Ukrainian stock market will improve the forecasts of the market value of shares. This, in turn, will help improve the investment climate and ensure the growth of investment in the Ukrainian economy. The analysis of the results of existing studies on the use of neural networks and other methods of computational intelligence for modeling the behavior of stock market participants and market forecasting has been carried out. The article presents the results of a study for the using of neural networks with various architectures for predicting the market value of shares in the stock markets of Ukraine. Four shares of the Ukrainian Stock Exchange were chosen for forecasting: Centrenergo (CEEN); Ukrtelecom (UTLM); Kriukivs’kyi Vahonobudivnyi Zavod PAT (KVBZ); Raiffeisen Bank Aval (BAVL). The following models were chosen for the experimental study: long short-term memory LSTM; convolutional neural network CNN; a hybrid model combining two neural networks CNN and LSTM; a hybrid model consisting of a variational mode decomposition algorithm and a long-term memory neural network (VMD-LSTM); hybrid VMD-CNN-LSTM deep learning model based on variational mode (VMD) and two neural networks. Estimates of forecast quality based on various metrics were calculated. It is concluded that the use of the hybrid model VMD-CNN-LSTM gives the minimum error in predicting the market value of the shares of Ukrainian enterprises. It is also advisable to use the VMD-LSTM model to predict the stock exchanges of countries with an unstable economy.