bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preliminary study on prevalence of hemoprotozoan parasites harbored by Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae) and tabanid flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in horse farms in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Southern Thailand
Authors: Phetkarl Tanakorn , Fungwithaya Punpichaya , Udompornprasith Supak , Amendt Jens , Sontigun Narin
Published: October 2023

Background and Aim: Stomoxys and tabanid flies are of medical and veterinary importance because they play crucial roles in disease transmission as mechanical vectors of various hemopathogens. However, its role as a hemoprotozoan parasite vector in horse farms has not been studied. Therefore, we investigated the occurrence of hemoprotozoan parasites belonging to the genera Babesia, Theileria, and Trypanosoma in Stomoxys and tabanid flies using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing.

Materials and Methods: All samples (Stomoxys and tabanid flies) were collected using an Nzi trap for three consecutive days each month from November 2022 to March 2023. The flies were morphologically identified to the species level and separated according to sex. Individual (for tabanid flies) or pooled samples (consisting of three specimens of Stomoxys flies of the same species and sex collected from the same site) were used for DNA extraction. Conventional PCR was used to screen for hemoprotozoan parasite DNA, followed by Sanger sequencing to identify the species.

Results: In total, 189 biting flies were collected, including four species of Stomoxys (Stomoxys bengalensis, Stomoxys calcitrans, Stomoxys indicus, and Stomoxys sitiens) and five species of tabanids (Atylotus cryptotaxis, Chrysops dispar, Tabanus megalops, Tabanus mesogaeus, and Tabanus rubidus). Stomoxys calcitrans was the most prevalent species, accounting for 58.7% (n = 111) of the collected flies. Ten (12.4%) of the 81 samples (individuals and pools) analyzed by PCR were positive for the 18S rRNA gene of the Theileria/Babesia species. Trypanosoma DNA was not detected in any sample. After performing Basic Local Alignment Search Tool searches and a phylogenetic analysis, only six samples (7.4%), including S. calcitrans (n = 2), S. sitiens (n = 2), T. megalops (n = 1), and A. cryptotaxis (n = 1), were found to be infected with Theileria sinensis. Furthermore, apicomplexan parasites, namely, Mattesia spp. and Colpodella spp., were found on S. indicus, the fungus Meira spp. was found on S. calcitrans, and the pathogenic green alga Helicosporidium spp. was found on A. cryptotaxis.

Conclusion: This study is the first to report a variety of Stomoxys and tabanid flies collected from horse farms in Thailand, which were found to be infected with Theileria and Colpodella species that affect mammals, suggesting that Stomoxys and tabanid flies can be used to confirm the presence of hemoprotozoan parasites in the study area. Understanding the presence of hemoprotozoa in flies could help design vector control programs and manage various diseases in the study area.

Keywords: hemoprotozoan parasites, Stomoxys flies, tabanid flies, Thailand, vector.
Call for papers, JOVACET 7(1), 2024
Authors: Robertson Catherine
Published: October 2023

You are invited to submit an article for the seventh volume of JOVACET to be published in October/November 2024. JOVACET is an accredited publication with the Department of Higher Education and Training.
Articles should be topical with regard to current debates/discourses and recent research in the TVET, Adult, and Continuing Education and Training domains. Submissions should be of high quality and follow academic research/writing conventions of journal articles in the social sciences. Specifications can be found on the JOVACET website (www.jovacet.ac.za) or obtained from Dr Catherine Robertson at cathy@tcrobertson.co.za.
Articles should comprise a maximum of 8 000 words, including the abstract of approximately 200 words and a list of references, and be submitted in MS Word format via the journal website at www.jovacet.ac.za or emailed to Dr Catherine Robertson at cathy@tcrobertson. co.za. Kindly follow the style guide which is provided on the website.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Due date for full paper submissions: 31 March 2024.
Investigation of the effect of HITT training applied to basketball players on sportive performance
Authors: Apaydın Murat Bekleyiş , Şengür Emrah , Turasan İzzet
Published: October 2023

Sprint and agility are recognized as important elements for development in basketball. In addition, the effect of anaerobic performance parameters on efficiency scores in basketball players is recognized by coaches and athletic performance trainers.  The aim of this study investigate the high-intensity interval training (HITT) effect on female basketball players in some of the performance parameters. The Research group (n=10) with is age mean of 15,74±,933year, body height of 169,95±5,22cm, and body weight of 63,63±9,25kg was applied a total of 16 HIIT training for eight weeks. Also, the control group was asked to continue field training and no training protocol was applied.  Measurements were made on different days before the study and at the end of the 8th week. G*Power (1.3.9.4 version) was used to determine the sample size and SPSS 22 program was used to analyze the findings obtained from the measurements. After the training protocol was applied in the study, it was found that there was a significant difference (p<0.05) not only agility test but also in the 10-20-meter sprint performance measurements and basketball shooting test accuracy rates of basketball players (experimental group). As a result, it was determined that high-intensity interval training had a positive effect on agility and vertical jump and shouting tests.
(Extended English summary is at the end of this document)
Özet
Basketbol branşında sürat ve çeviklik gelişim için önemli bir unsur olarak kabul edilmektedir. Ayrıca anaerobik performans parametrelerine basketbolcularda verimlilik puanlarına etkisi antrenörler ve atletik performans uzmanları ttarafından kabul edilmektedir.  Bu çalışmanın amacı kız basketbolculara uygulanan yüksek yoğunlukta aralıklı egzersizlerin (HITT) sportif performans üzerine etkisini tespit etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada yaş ortalaması 15,74±,933yıl olan boy ortalaması 169,95±5,22cm vücut ağırlığı ortalaması 63,63±9,25kg olan deney grubuna (n=10) 8 hafta boyunca saha antrenmanlarına ek farklı günlerde haftada 2 gün toplam 16 HIIT antrenman protokolü uygulanmıştır. Kontrol grubuna ise saha antrenmanlarına devam etmeleri istenmiş ve herhangi bir antrenman protokolü uygulanmamıştır.  Araştırma öncesi ve 8. haftanın bitiminde olmak üzere farklı günlerde ölçümler yapılmıştır. Örneklem büyüklüğü tespiti için G*Power (1.3.9.4) ölçümlerden elde edilen bulguların analizinde ise SPSS 22 programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada uygulanan antrenman protokolü sonrası basketbolcularda (deney grubu) 10,20 metre sürat performans ölçümlerinde, çeviklik testi ve basketbol şut testi isabet oranlarında anlamlı farklılaşma (p<0.05) olduğu bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır.   Araştırma sonunda HIIT antrenman metodunun kız basketbolcularda çeviklik, dikey sıçrama ve basketbol şut testlerine olumlu etki yaptığı bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır.
Examining the relatıonship between irrational performance beliefs and sport anxiety
Authors: Toy Ali Burak , Korkmaz Cihat
Published: October 2023

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and sports anxiety.
Method: A total of 365 young amateur athletes, 108 males (29.6%) and 257 females (70.4%), with an average age of 16±54, participated in the research. "Anxiety in Sports Scale", "Irrational Performance Beliefs Inventory-2" and "Personal Information Form" created by the researcher were used to collect data in the research. The research data were analyzed using a statistical analysis program. Percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation test were used to evaluate the obtained data.
Findings: According to the data obtained from the research results, it was determined that the scores obtained from the irrational performance beliefs inventory and anxiety in sports scale were above the average. It has been revealed that there is a significant relationship between the total score and sub-dimensions of the anxiety scale in sports and the total score and sub-dimensions of the irrational performance beliefs scale.
Conclusion: According to the results obtained in this study, it was observed that young amateur athletes with high irrational performance beliefs also had high sports anxiety levels.
(Extended English summary is at the end of this document)
Özet
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı akıldışı performans inançları ile sportif kaygı arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. 
Yöntem: Araştırmaya 108 erkek (%29.6), 257 kadın (%70.4) olmak üzere yaş ortalamaları 16±54 olan toplam 365 genç amatör sporcu katılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplamak amacıyla “Sporda Kaygı Ölçeği”,  “Akıldışı Performans İnançları Envanteri-2” ve araştırmacı tarafından oluşturulan “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin istatistik analiz programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilerin değerlendirilmesinde yüzdelik, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma ve Pearson korelasyon testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırma sonuçlarından elde edilen verilere göre akıldışı performans inançları envanteri ve Sporda kaygı ölçeğinden alınan puanların ortalamanın üstünde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sporda kaygı ölçeği toplam puanı ve alt boyutları ile akıldışı performans inançları ölçeği toplam puanı ve alt boyutları arasında anlamlı düzeyde bir ilişki olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada elde edilen sonuçlara göre yüksek akıldışı performans inançlarına sahip amatör genç sporcuların sportif kaygı düzeylerinin de yüksek olduğu görülmüştür.
Hybrid forecasting modelling of cost and time entities for planning and optimizing projects in the die-cast aluminium industry
Authors: Munoz-Ibanez C. , Chairez I. , Jimenez-Martinez M. , Molina A. , Alfaro-Ponce M.
Published: October 2023

The techniques employed to manage an industrial project are based on tools that aim to achieve the objectives set by an organization. Most of these techniques consider the development of operative and predictive models. The difficulty in developing project planning models relies on estimating large sets of parameters and the need to include model sections of poorly identifiable, that increase costs and time. This work develops a hybrid forecasting model for all the phases that make up die-casting projects through a series of parameters and sub-models that contemplate the particularities of each case, thereby achieving greater precision in the forecast. The model identifies the cost and time factors that affect project planning, specifically in the die-casting industry, and intends to predict their future behaviour when certain initially given conditions are modified. To estimate the parameters of the hybrid model, several factors in the processes were considered that interact in this industry, such as primary matter costs and activities associated to the process. The considered processes that have a substantial economic impact on the implementation of the project were selected. The criteria for this selection considered identifying the relevant parts of the design and manufacturing in the die-casting industry. Process factors such as the Cost of aluminium and its related activities, whose processes will be grouped into cost and time entities to build a set of metrics that allow better control over them. Finally, the proposed model is based on analytical, parametric, and analog methods that achieve accuracy greater than 85 % in predicting the time and Cost of the process.
Engineering-to-order manufacturing: A criticality analysis of key challenges and solutions based on literature review
Authors: Fortes C.S. , Tenera A.B. , Cunha P.F. , Teixeira J.P.
Published: October 2023

Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing companies involve customised production products based on specific customer requirements, and face a significant challenge. Some of those challenges are related with this type of company’s activities in production scheduling, planning and control, efficiency improvement and lead time reduction. The present study was conducted with a systematic literature review and a survey from ETO firms to identify the most frequent and critical problems. Among the most critical issues identified is the difficulty in optimising production performance (P3), with a GCI value of 16, implying that both time and cost share the same critical level. An analysis using a proposed Criticality Matrix was then performed enabling companies to prioritise decision-making and resource allocation. The results highlight the importance of adopting mass customisation strategies, innovative approaches and workflow optimisation. Continuous monitoring and analysis of criticality levels can also help ETO companies identify emerging issues and improve informed decisions. Effective communication and collaboration among stakeholders were also identified as vital. Future research could be done expanding further the study sample and developing decision-support tools for ETO manufacturing companies. This study contributes to the field by providing a new criticality matrix for ETO companies to understand better and address their production challenges, aiding in decision-making and resource allocation.
An improved discrete particle swarm optimization approach for a multi-objective optimization model of an urban logistics distribution network considering traffic congestion
Authors: Li K. , Li D. , Ma H.Q.
Published: October 2023

To optimize urban logistics networks, this paper proposes a multi-objective optimization model for urban logistics distribution networks (ULDN). The model optimizes vehicle usage costs, transportation costs, penalty costs for failing to meet time windows, and carbon emission costs, while also considering the impact of urban road traffic congestion on total costs. To solve the model, a DPSO (Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm based on the basic principle of PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) is proposed. The DPSO introduces multiple populations to handle multiple targets and uses a variable neighbourhood search strategy to improve the search ability of particles, which helps to improve the local search ability of the algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model in avoiding traffic congestion, reducing carbon emissions costs, and time penalty costs. The optimization comparison results between DPSO and PSO also verify the superiority of the DPSO algorithm. The proposed model can be applied to real-world urban logistics networks to improve their efficiency, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact.
Enhancing automated defect detection through sequential clustering and classification: An industrial case study using the Sine-Cosine Algorithm, Possibilistic Fuzzy c-means, and Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Nguyen T.P.Q.
Published: October 2023

Most existing inspection models solely classify defects as either good or bad, focusing primarily on separating flaws from perfect ones. The sequential clustering and classification technique (SCC) is used in this work to not only identify and categorize the defects but also investigate their root causes. Conventional clustering techniques like k-means, fuzzy c-means, and self-organizing map are employed in the first stage to find the defects in the finished products. Then, a novel clustering method, that combines a sine-cosine algorithm and possibilistic fuzzy c-means (SCA-PFCM), is proposed to classify the detected defects into multiple groups to identify the defect categories and analyze the root causes of failures. In the second stage, the ground truth labels taken from the clustering technique are used to construct an automated inspection system using back propagation neural networks (BPNN). The proposed approach is applicable for detecting and identifying the causes of errors in manufacturing industry. This study applies a case study in nipper manufacture. The SCA-PFCM algorithm can detect 97 % of defects and classify them into four types while BPNN shows a predicted accuracy of up to 96 %. Additionally, an automated inspection system is developed to reduce the time and cost of the inspection process.
Dynamical structures of wave front to the fractional generalized equal width-Burgers model via two analytic schemes: Effects of parameters and fractionality
Authors: Pervin Mst. Razia , Roshid Harun-Or- , Abdeljabbar Alrazi , Dey Pinakee , Shanta Shewli Shamim
Published: October 2023

This work focuses on the fractional general equal width-Burger model, which describes one-dimensional wave transmission in nonlinear Kerr media with combined dispersive and dissipative effects. The unified and a novel form of the modified Kudryashov approaches are employed in this study to investigate various analytical wave solutions of the model, considering different powers of nonlinearity in the Kerr media. As a result, a wide range of structural solutions, including trigonometric, hyperbolic, rational, and logarithmic functions, are formulated. The achieved solutions present a kink wave, a collision of kink and periodic peaked soliton, exponentially increasing wave profiles, and shock with a dark peaked wave. The obtained solutions are numerically demonstrated for specific parameter values and general parametric powers of nonlinearity. We analyzed the effect of existing parameters on the obtained wave solutions with numerical graphics. Moreover, the stability of the model is analyzed with a perturbed system. Furthermore, a comparison with published results in the literature is provided, highlighting the differences and similarities. The achieved results showcase the diversity of structural solutions obtained through the proposed approaches.
Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes by heteroatom-doped nickel tungstate nanoparticles
Authors: Alharthi Fahad A. , Albaeejan Mohammed Abdullah , Alshayiqi Alanoud Abdullah , Aldubeikl Hend Khalid , Hasan Imran
Published: October 2023

In this study, we conducted the hydrothermal synthesis of cobalt (Co)–doped NiWO4, resulting in the formation of Co–NiWO4 nanoparticles (NPs), followed by calcination at 550℃ for 12 h. Comprehensive analyses were performed to characterize the composition, structure, and morphology of the synthesized material. X-ray diffraction results confirmed the successful inclusion of Co in the NiWO4 lattice, with the presence of characteristic peaks of CoWO4. The crystallite size, determined using the Scherrer equation, was measured to be 22 nm. Using UV-Vis spectroscopy and Tauc’s equation, we calculated the band gap energy (E
g) to be 3.75 eV for NiWO4 and 1.75 eV for Co–NiWO4. The potential application of the synthesized material as a photocatalyst was investigated for the degradation of the diazo dye Congo red (CR). Under optimized reaction conditions, Co–NiWO4 NPs demonstrated outstanding efficiency, degrading a total of 95% of CR. The degradation kinetics were well-described by the Langmuir–Hinshelwood (L–H) kinetic model, indicating that photoabsorption played a crucial role in the rate-controlling step. These encouraging results suggest that Co–NiWO4 NPs hold promise as a viable option for addressing other pollutants in various applications.
The political stakes of regions
Authors: Blank Yishai , Rosen-Zvi Issi
Published: October 2023

Regionalism is experiencing a global resurgence as countries grapple with issues such as coordination problems, economic inequality, racial tensions, and environmental degradation. Nations are exploring various regional entities as potential solutions to these challenges. However, despite the growing prominence of regions, they remain undertheorized. While extensive research has been conducted on national and local governments, regions have often been treated as either state-like or locality-like, or as ad-hoc remedies for the limitations of both. This article seeks to complicate this perspective and present the initial stages of a theory of regions. By examining the case study of the Cities’ Union in Israel and tracing its historical origins and legal evolution into multipurpose regional clusters, the article uncovers valuable theoretical insights about regions. First, it argues that just as “the local” and “the national” mutually shape one another, “the local” and “the regional” too are interdependent concepts, each definition relying on the other. The existence of a third concept—the regional—is crucial, making this a conceptual triad rather than a dyad. Second, the article highlights that legal institutions such as interlocal cooperations and special-purpose governments (SPGs) are not inherently local or regional but can be perceived as either depending on historical and political contingencies. The conceptualization and concrete manifestations of local and regional forms are subject to political concerns and ideological commitments, extending beyond mere technical or functional considerations. Lastly, the article reflects on the unique characteristics of regional forms that make them legally, socially, geographically, and economically nimbler and more adaptable than their national and local counterparts.
Cities in a world of regions – Remarks from an international law perspective
Authors: Philipp Aust Helmut
Published: October 2023

The role of subnational regions is ill-conceived in international law scholarship, which has come to slowly accept the important role that cities can play as international actors. Opening up the academic debate for a perspective on regions promises to develop new insights on the divide of governance functions between international organizations and states, regions and cities. At the same time, the regional focus helps to unearth some of the shortcomings of overly enthusiastic approaches to what cities can do as global actors. International law scholarship has found it difficult, however, to engage with the concept of the region. This is owed, as this Article demonstrates, to difficult definitional issues as well as the informalizing bend of a focus on regional governance, which is hard to square with traditions of formalist thinking in international law. Ultimately, the Article argues that regions can function as a useful prism through which to analyze current governance challenges.
Megalopolis bound?
Authors: Davidson Nestor M.
Published: October 2023

Since ancient Greece’s “megalopolis,” the concept of vast cities has loomed in the urban discourse. A century ago, English planner Patrick Geddes warned about a growing imbalance between traditional society and ever-larger conurbations, an anxiety that Lewis Mumford later invoked to predict that urban hubris would inevitably collapse of its own weight. In 1961, by contrast, the geographer Jean Gottman surveyed the interconnected agglomeration stretching from Washington, D.C. up the east coast of the United States to the cities of southern New England, and more optimistically highlighted this new urban form’s governance potential.

Today, the question is not whether urbanism will arrive at the scale that so concerned Geddes and Mumford yet engaged Gottman—it already has. Commentators and scholars increasingly recognize that vast polycentric urban regions are displacing cities and metropolitan areas as the locus of modern growth and development. Eleven distinct urban-centered megaregions, for example, concentrate the bulk of the population and economic activity in the United States, and similar clusters are coalescing globally, from Greater Tokyo, Beijing, and the Pearl River Delta, to the arc from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, to the European urban spine running from London to Milan.

Grappling with the phenomenon’s legal-institutional dimensions—whether and how to formalize governance to match this scale—requires more than transposing the descriptive and normative discourse on metropolitanism. Crosscurrents around fragmentation, efficiency, inequality, and democratic legitimacy refract, but there are distinct arguments for fostering governance—and equally particular concerns to anticipate—with the rise of the megalopolis.
Can micropolitan areas bridge the urban-rural divide?
Authors: Foster Sheila R. , Gillette Clayton P.
Published: October 2023

In this Article, we explore a subset of the urban-rural divide and propose a mechanism for reducing its economic and political effects within that limited realm. Specifically, we focus on the subset of rural areas that lie within what the Office of Management and Budget defines as micropolitan areas. Micropolitan areas are characterized by an urban area with a population between 10,000 and 50,000, and adjacent rural counties. Data suggest that rural areas within micropolitan regions do better economically than rural areas unconnected to urban areas, though not as well as the principal city within the micropolitan area. If the objective is to reduce the economic, and perhaps also the political, divide between urban and rural areas, then micropolitan areas may represent low-hanging fruit for redress. This Article argues that micropolitan areas are an important window into understanding the relationship between urban and rural economies, explores the characteristics of those areas that are likely to generate economic success, and recommends policies that would capture those benefits. Additionally, we speculate that increased opportunities for economic interaction between the urban and rural parts of micropolitan areas could also address the political aspects of the urban-rural divide. Recognizing the complexity of the relationship between urban and rural economies, we identify various obstacles to realizing the kinds of interlocal cooperation that we believe are necessary to reduce the economic and political divide within micropolitan areas. We conclude with suggestions for a research agenda to remedy the underdeveloped study of micropolitan areas.
The science of urban regions: Public-science-community partnerships as a new mode of regional governance?
Authors: De Nictolis Elena , Iaione Christian
Published: October 2023

This article offers a discussion on the opportunity of collaborative, multi-actor (public, private, science, social, and civic actors) partnerships as experimental policymaking and governance solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation plans geographically localized at the urban, metropolitan, and regional level. It sets out considerations as regards the need to design newly conceived permanent or temporary institutional geographies by building on the analysis of examples of policies implementing this kind of partnerships in Italy (e.g., river contracts; river foundations; neighborhood agreements; pacts of collaboration; city science offices; urban sustainable development and innovation partnerships, etc.). Finally, the article draws attention to the challenges entailed by these partnerships including ethics, accountability, and climate justice concerns.
Communities of competitors: Toward leveraging the region’s contradictions
Authors: Smith Fred O.
Published: October 2023

Fragmented regions face a range of collective action problems on issues ranging from transportation to affordable housing. Specifically, within regions, free-rider and race-to-the-bottom problems both abound. This Article offers theoretical lenses to clarify the sources of, and barriers to solving, these problems. First, it introduces the concept of concentricity to better understand the region. The municipality and the region represent coexisting, concentric communities and nodes of competition. The geographically based identity that one espouses may toggle between the local and the regional across different contexts. Second, this Article describes a community-competitor feedback loop. Drawing on social science literature, the Article shows how encouraging deep identification with a community can inspire competition with other communities. And encouraging competition between communities can deepen community identity. The Article then applies these theories to practical considerations. Given the persistent nature of hyperlocal identity, intraregional competition, and the resultant feedback loop, mandatory regional solutions may often be politically unattainable, even when they are the optimal solution. Accordingly, this Article presents two voluntary, cooperative regionalist solutions that embrace and potentially exploit regions’ concentric identities, instead of doing the more costly work of dislodging local identity.
Regionalism as a mode of inclusive citizenship in divided societies
Authors: Totry-Jubran Manal
Published: October 2023

This Article presents a new mode of governance called “inclusive regionalism,” which aims at curing the fragmented citizenship of marginalized groups within multicultural-divided societies. It seeks to expand the theoretical work on the appropriate mode of local governance in multicultural-divided societies from a narrow resident-based to a broad citizen-based point of view. I argue that regionalism can play a dual role in curing social ills through the establishment of regional facilities that engage in civic activities and promote solidarity between citizens. As opposed to localism, a regionalist mode of governance that coordinate the facilities and practices of several localities within a region is more capable of confronting issues of discrimination, segregation, and inequality within and between localities. Moreover, such a mode of governance can connect the residents of separate localities within the region by providing regional facilities and institutions that serve as bridges between communities. Accordingly, applying a regional mode of governance might result in a much less fragmented society, which benefits from greater opportunities for cooperation between residents of the region in various fields. Promoting such a mode of governance requires a shift in the perception of regionalism as a means of control toward a mode of “community building” that advances social and environmental justice and inclusive citizenship.
National priority regions (1971–2022): Redistribution, development and settlement
Authors: Bloch Ofra
Published: October 2023

National Priority Regions (NPRs) are one of Israel’s most robust tools for redistribution: a resource allocation governmental plan that favors some regions over others, mostly according to their socioeconomic status and peripherality. Drawing on archival research, this article is the first to focus on this topic and provide a detailed description and analysis of this measure. It provides historical and theoretical accounts of NPRs, tracing their history, starting in the 1970s, over three periods and showing how they have been used and abused. This allows for some important observations about the stakes of using a "color-blind" place-based distributive mechanism, and about the complex relationship between redistribution, development, and settlement. At the national level, this article shows how NPRs changed over the years from a discriminatory tool that excluded almost all Palestinian-Arab localities into a more inclusionary mechanism, but one that also works to support and incentivize Jewish settlement in the Occupied West Bank. At the theoretical level, this article lends itself to and supports a ‘region-skeptic’ approach that sees the regional scale, much like other seemingly “race-neutral” criteria, mostly as an elusive exercise of power that often deepens inequality. However, drawing on Israel’s experience with NPRs, this article provides some more specific cautionary tales that can, I suggest, work to improve the regional scale rather than eliminate it altogether.
The challenge of regionalist institutions without regionalist politics
Authors: Hills Roderick M.
Published: October 2023

Scholarship on regionalist institutions lacks a theory of regionalist politics because we lack regional political parties, without which regional politics is difficult. Particularly in the United States, regional governments are the product of either intergovernmental agreements between governments controlled by ostensibly national parties or state statutes and federal grants administered by ostensibly nonpartisan bureaucrats.

The absence of truly regionalist politics and parties creates problems for governmental problem-solving at both the national and regional levels. First, politics abhors a vacuum: In the absence of truly regionalist parties, politics generates semi-regionalized parties that risk hindering national policymaking with the parochial outlook of the semi-regionalized politicians. Second, regional politics are important tools for organizing both legislators and voters to pursue regionally controversial ends requiring political compromise. National parties organized around national issues cannot perform this function at the regional level. Without regional parties organized around issues like overcoming NIMBY (“not-in-my-backyard”) resistance to housing, for instance, it is difficult to rally politicians to take politically costly positions on those issues. This Article aims to solve the problem of missing regionalist parties and politics in two steps—first, with a taxonomy of regional governments and regionalist and semi-regionalist parties along with their respective benefits and burdens, and second, with very modest suggestions for promoting regionalist and discouraging semi-regionalist, parties. None of these solutions is perfect. Genuinely regionalist democracy presents an unsolvable problem, resulting from the inevitable cognitive limits of voters and the organizational incentives of politicians at every level of government.
Seed dormancy-break and germination of Cynanchum forrestii (Asclepiadaceae), an endemic medicinal species of southwest China
Authors: Tang A.J. , Tian M.H.
Published: October 2023

Cynanchum forrestii is an over-harvested medicinal plant species in China. At present, wild resources of this species urgently need to be conserved and cultivated to meet the demand of the pharmaceutical industry. However, information on reproduction and propagation is not available.
Here, different treatments were assessed to develop an effective protocol for facilitating seed germination of this species. Once seeds were released from physiological dormancy, using 25/15°C with a 12-hour light period promoted germination. Seeds cold stratified at 4°C for 90 days
and 120 days germinated to 87 and 91%, respectively, and mean germination time was 11.53 and 10.52 days, respectively. The combination of 60 days cold stratification and 200 mg L-1 GA3 significantly increased germination from 11% (fresh seeds) to 87%. Among four concentrations
used, 200 mg L -1 GA3 was the most effective for promoting germination of 90-day dry-stored seeds. Taken together, cold stratification for 90 days or more is recommended as a practical measure to break innate dormancy of this species.
СOMPUTER SIMULATION OF MOVEMENT AND ACCURATE POSITIONINGOF MINING ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES TRAINS WHEN UNLOADING CARS
Authors: Sinchuk Oleg N. , Fedotoff Vladyslav A. , Somochkyn Albert B. , Kozakevich Igor A. , Somochkyna Svitlana V.
Published: October 2023

The article discusses one of the options for solving the problem of precise control over the 14KA mine electric locomotive when rearranging cars for unloading into a tipper. VG-4.5 cars are unloaded by turning around the axis of drawbars designed with gaps of up to 0.2 m. The gaps and elastic shock-absorbers make it possible to present a mining train as a model of a chain of connected oscillators with gaps. The system of equations of such a model is very difficult to solve analytically. The authors propose to automate the operation of precise positioning of cars in the tipper using a given diagram of the electric locomotive movement. If you prevent the wheels of an electric locomotive from slipping on the rails during skidding and slipping, then, knowing instantaneous speed of the electric locomotive and the basic laws of rectilinear movement, it is easy to stop the electric locomotive in the required place. The stop of each car in the right place can be ensured by forcibly removing all the gaps. The intensity of braking of the electric locomotive should be such that the cars catch up with each other, but do not bounce back. Therefore, the locomotive at the end of travel should have a sufficient amount of kinetic energy. High rigidity of rubber shock-absorbers contributes to accuracy of car positioning in this way. To determine the required diagram for a moving mining locomotive, consisting of eight cars, a computer model is developed and implemented in the MATLAB environment. Thus, the required schedule of the electric locomotive movement determined as a result of studies and carried out on a computer model under the conditions specified in the model, enables moving the entire mining locomotive with arbitrary loading and high accuracy for unloading into the tipper. Therefore, further research should be aimed at finding ways to obtain data on the position of an electric locomotive relative to loading and unloading devices of cars, which are reliable in operation under real environmental conditions.
The Influence Organizational Culture and Organizational Commitment on Performance With Organizational Citizenship Behaviour
Authors:   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Sitompul Agustina Sari , Syaifuddin Syaifuddin ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Rostina Cut Fitri ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Siregar Robert Tua ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia
Published: October 2023

Human resources are resources that have reason and feelings, desires, skills, knowledge, encouragement and work that can be produced for the company. This study aims to determine whether organizational culture and organizational commitment affect employee performance through OCB as an intervening variable at the Labuhanbatu Regency DPRD Secretariat. The study was conducted on 53 employees using a saturated sampling technique. The data collection technique used was primary data in the form of questionnaires and secondary data obtained through documentation studies. The data analysis technique used quantitative data which was processed using the SPSS version 25 program, namely the t test, Sobel test and path analysis.
Imperatives of the Development of Digital Education of Civil Servants in the Context of Ensuring the Effectiveness of Monitoring the Economic Mechanism of the State Management of Food Security
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Stetsiv Iryna
Published: October 2023

The article examines the imperatives of the development of digital education of civil servants in the context of ensuring the effectiveness of monitoring the economic mechanism of state management of food security. It has been proven that the use of digital tools and technologies, necessary for the effective implementation of monitoring in the field of food safety, requires digital competencies of civil servants. The growth of the need for advanced training in these areas and the positive connection of digital competences with the quality of education of civil servants have been revealed. The foreign experience of the development of digital education of civil servants in the field of food safety is analyzed. The key imperatives for the development of digital education were determined and the effects of the application of digital competences in the practical activities of civil servants in the field of food safety were characterized. The problems blocking the development of digital education in Ukraine have been studied. Measures to ensure the development of digital education of civil servants are proposed and the role of private education in the development of digital education is determined. The proposed algorithms will contribute to the effective interaction of state administration bodies and educational institutions to ensure the development of digital education of civil servants in the context of ensuring the effectiveness of monitoring the economic mechanism of state management of food security.
Automation of Accounting of Export Activity of IT-Enterprises in Ukraine
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Kurhan Natalia
Published: October 2023

In this article, the current software solutions for digitizing the information base of progressive IT enterprises that export software products and IT services to international markets are studied. The content and types of IT enterprises were specified, the peculiarities of their economic activity were indicated. The obligations of Ukrainian IT exporters regarding the keeping of stateregulated financial and tax accounting were explained, as well as the interest of their management apparatus in organizing the management accounting. The main requirements of IT-enterprise management to the functional capabilities of programs, based on which automated accounting and analytical work can be carried out, are systematized. A variety of actual software solutions for digitizing accounting, analysis and management of domestic companies have been studied. Groups of accounting software products have been distinguished by their functionality. The expediency of developing ERP-systems in IT-enterprises engaged in export activities is justified. The advantages of using and examples of ERP-systems recommended for various types of ITenterprises are explained.
The Influence of Work Facilities and Compensation On Performance With Job Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable (Case Study: District DPRD Secretariat Labuhan Batu)
Authors:   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Rusmansyah Rusmansyah , Toni Nagian ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Faris Salman ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia, Romy Elly ,   Universitas Prima Indonesia
Published: October 2023

Every company will try to improve and develop the organization by holding various activities to improve the performance of its employees. With these activities, it is hoped that the company will achieve organizational goals. Employees are the most important part in achieving organizational goals. This study aims to determine whether work facilities and compensation affect employee performance through job satisfaction as an intervening variable at the DPRD Secretariat of Labuhanbatu Regency. The study was conducted on 53 employees using a saturated sampling technique. The data collection technique used was primary data in the form of questionnaires and secondary data obtained through documentation studies. The data analysis technique used quantitative data which was processed using the SPSS version 25 program, namely the t test, Sobel test and path analysis.
Samostrol S.V. Internal Control of the Procedure for Estimating the Cost of Mobilized Wheeled Vehicles of an Enterprise
Authors:   Оdesa National Economic University, Volchek Ruslan , Bolshakov Sergey ,   Research Institute of Forensic Examination and Evaluation, Ivanov Viktor ,   Head of the Internal Control Department – Assistant of the Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Samostrol Svitlana ,   Оdesa National Economic University
Published: October 2023

The article identifies the issues related to compliance with the legislative requirements during the mobilization of wheeled vehicles for the benefit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The authors emphasize the need for ongoing monitoring of compliance with the mobilization procedure, and identifies its key areas and features, including the issues of documentation. The authors propose forms of working documents, that will allow documenting the procedures for controlling the mobilization of wheeled vehicles. The issue of conducting a proper assessment of the value of mobilized wheeled vehicles is separately highlighted. The article proves that the valuation of wheeled vehicles as of the date of its mobilization should be carried out at the liquidation value. This type of value, according to the legislation on valuation, should be interpreted as the cost of forced sale. The calculation of this valuation base should be based on the guidelines contained in clause 7.15 of the Order of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the State Property Fund of Ukraine dated 24.11.2003 № 142/5/2092 «About Approval of the Methodology for Commodity Expertise and Valuation of Wheeled Vehicles» as amended, dated 24.05.2022 No. 2060/5/496.
Institutional Innovations in the Development of City Parks in Ukraine
Authors:   State Organization ", Vernihorova Nataliia ,   Institute of Market and Economic & Ecological Researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"
Published: October 2023

The article examines modern global trends in the organizational support of city parks, which are based on an effective institutional system. The need for institutional innovations in park management of Ukraine is substantiated. The creation of the National Association of Parks of Ukraine, as well as the main conceptual principles of its activity, is proposed. The idea of the activity of the National Association of Parks of Ukraine in the system of establishing new connections between parks, the state and foreign institutions, as well as its structure, is substantiated. The results of its activities in the near and future perspective are substantiated.
Development of Ukraine's Customs Policy in European Integration Conditions Taking Into Account the Need to Confront Threats to Global Food Security
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Podolchak Nazar , Dziurakh Yuriy ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Halanets Volodymyr ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University
Published: October 2023

The functioning of the global trade system and customs policy in modern conditions becomes an effective mechanism for promoting the development of national economies and trade and economic relations. The customs and trade policy of Ukraine does not fully correspond to the modern conditions of the globalization of the economy. The political choice of the European integration direction of economic development and the prospects of membership in the EU contribute to the development of the customs policy of Ukraine in the appropriate direction, which involves the adaptation of the national legislation not only to the EU legislation of this country. Union, but also international norms and standards. When developing customs policy in Ukraine, due attention should be paid not only to the functional component, which should be based on the recommendations of the World Customs Organization and the best experience of European customs administrations, but also to the formation of an effective organizational structure. that can ensure good governance.
Directions of Improving the Efficiency of the Regional Market for Poultry Products
Authors:   Odesa National University of Technology, Savchenko Tetiana
Published: October 2023

This article is devoted to increasing the efficiency of the functioning of the regional market of poultry products. It is substantiated that poultry farming can become a greater source of income for agricultural enterprises and develop the territory as a whole, and achieving success in the regional market of poultry products can contribute to ensuring the stable economic development of regions and improving the social situation in them. It was noted that government programs and investments can contribute to the development of the industry, in particular through financial and technical support for producers, infrastructure development and animal welfare. The article emphasizes the importance of the development of poultry farming to provide the country's population with food products and improve their quality. Studying the experience of successful countries and enterprises can also become a component of the successful development of the regional poultry market.