bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ESIGNING OF ALKALINE ACTIVATED CEMENTING MATRIX OF ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES
Authors:   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Building Production, Marushchak Uliana , Sanytsky Myroslav ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Building Production, Sydor Nazar ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Building Production, Margal Ihor ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Building Production
Published: December 2021

The development of high-performance materials, which are characterized by high compressive and flexural strength, durability and performance properties, is an urgent problem of modern construction. Engineered cementitious composites are one such material. Improving of properties of composites is achieved by partial replacement of cement with supplementary cementitious materials. The ratio of binder and filler components and superplasticizer consumption were selected. The optimal ratio of cement:fly ash:sand is 1:1:1 and the dosage of polycarboxylate superplasticizer is 0.75% by weight of the binder. The reduction of the negative impact of the increased amount of fly ash, which is characterized by low reactivity, is provided by the introduction of metakaolin and alkaline hardening activator. Alkaline activated cement system is characterized by increasing of the early strength in 1.5 times comparison with equivalent mixture without alkaline activator. Strength of alkaline activated cementing matrix after 28 days is 66.1 MPa and specific strength Rc2/Rc28 is 0.61.
‘A Woman’, ‘as a Woman’, What Do You Mean?
Authors: Harju Otso
Published: December 2021

The article calls attention to a mismatch between the multiple and often seemingly incommensurable understandings of ‘gender’, circulating both within trans and non-trans gender scholarship. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which ‘gender’ is assumed and utilized in feminist ethnography. I argue that the pressing implications that transgender theory and experience have for epistemic habits and ethnographic praxis are yet to be properly acknowledged. Using personal experiences as a non-passing transfeminine ethnographer, I show how a masking of contradicting understandings of gender regularly takes place both in everyday research situations and on levels of academic writing. This, I argue, contributes to upholding cisnormativity in ethnography.Keywords: ethnography, transgender, methodology, feminism’Nainen’, ’naisena’, mitä sillä tarkoitat? Feministinen etnografia, transtutkimus ja läpimenemättömyyden käyttöArtikkeli käsittelee sekä trans- että ei-transsukupuolen tutkimuksessa kiertäviä ’sukupuolen’ määritelmien moninaisuuksia ja näiden keskinäisiä ristiriitoja. Tekstin painopiste on erityisesti tavoissa, joilla sukupuolta ymmärretään feministisessä etnografiassa. Artikkelissa väitän, että transteorian ja -kokemusten implikaatioita episteemisille ja etnografisille käytännöille ei ole tähän mennessä huomioitu kunnolla. Hyödynnän omia kokemuksiani transfeminiininä etnografina näyttääkseni, miten ristiriitaisten sukupuolikäsitysten häivyttäminen tapahtuu sekä kentätyötilanteissa että tieteellisessä kirjoittamisessa. Peittämisen käytännöt ylläpitävät osaltaan etnografian cisnormatiivisuutta.Avainsanat: etnografia, transsukupuolisuus, metodologia, feminismi
Implementasi Sistem Evaluasi Formatif Berbasis Game "Kahoot dan Quizizz" untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Mahasiswa di Masa Pandemi (Studi pada Mata Kuliah Ekonomi Islam)
Authors: Keumala Cut Muftia , Zainuddin Zamzami , Fauzan Fauzan
Published: December 2021

This study aims to implement an innovative and fun learning strategy, namely a formative evaluation based on the game "Kahoot and Quizizz" to increase student learning motivation during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The study was conducted for Islamic Economics courses at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Lhokseumawe. Mixed-method research was employed in collecting data on students during the teaching-learning process for one semester. Quantitative data were obtained and analyzed from students' tests or formative evaluations and through questionnaires. Meanwhile, the qualitative data were obtained from personal in-depth interviews with several students from the experimental class. The results of this study indicate that the employment of the Kahoot and Quizizz game platforms has a positive impact on student achievement and motivation. This can be recognized from the results of the formative assessment data analysis and the responses from the questionnaire. The qualitative data also confers a positive value from the use of the Kahoot and Quizizz game applications. Four positive values emerged from the results of interviews with students regarding the application of these two applications, namely: fun, nothing boring, innovative assessment methods, and active classes.
Ekonomi Kreatif di Masa Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru: Kajian Kreativitas dan Inovasi Pada UMKM Subsektor Kuliner
Authors: Hasan Muhammad , Hayati Annur Fitri , Miranda Miranda , Sasmita Fira Ayu , Shafar Muh. Rijal
Published: December 2021

This study aims to reveal the creativity and innovation of SMEs in the culinary sub-sector in Makassar City, when viewed from the perspective of the creative economy in the new adaptation period. This study is a study with a quantitative descriptive approach with survey techniques. There are four aspects measured in this study, namely the adaptation of new habits, the creativity of the culinary sub-sector MSME actors, the innovation of the culinary sub-sector MSME actors, and the marketing strategy carried out by the culinary sub-sector MSME actors. The data collection instrument used a questionnaire. Sampling used a purposive sampling technique by setting specific criteria as a condition for determining the sample so that a sample of 30 SMEs in the culinary sub-sector was obtained. The findings of this study show that even though they have faced a big storm that has shaken their economy, the culinary sub-sector MSME actors still maintain their business existence in order to be able to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is proven that the culinary sub-sector MSME actors have creativity and innovation by adapting to new habits through the use of technology in business management and marketing strategies, and complying with health protocols to local government regulations.
Analisis Pengaruh Pertumbuhan Ekonomi (PDRB), Rata-Rata Lama Sekolah Dan Pengangguran Dalam Disparitas Anggaran Pendidikan Di Indonesia Tahun 2015-2019
Authors: Azizah Luthfiah
Published: December 2021

In the field of education every human being will experience a process. The presses are made to improve science, ability, creativity and innovation. In addition, education is able to increase economic growth, with the education sector able to increase the quality of human resources on the other hand indirectly, the old school's average increase in the quality of human resources and labor productivity so that it can reduce unemployment. The study aims to find out the impact of economic growth, the average length of school and unemployment on Indonesia's provincial education budget 2015-2019. This kind of research uses a quantitative method with the fixed effect model. The results of variable economic growth has significant impact on the education budget with a probability of 0,0019 or less than 0,05, for the average variable old school has significant impact on the education budget with a probability of 0.0022 and unemployment variable have a staggering 0.0000 or less than 0,05, and a variables of economic growth, the average long school and unemployment have a significant impact on the education budget with a probability of 0.000009 or less than a 0.05.
Perbedaan Keterampilan Komunikasi Melalui Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Pair Check Dengan Berkirim Salam Dan Soal
Authors: Anggresta Vella , Vhalery Rendika
Published: December 2021

The changes of curriculum affect all learning aspects including students. It changes the students’ communication skill, and it can be a problem. To overcome that problem, cooperative learning model is considered to be a solution because this model has many types of strategies such as think pair share (TPS) and send greetings and questions (SGQ). The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of TPS and SGQ implementation toward students’ communicative skills, and to find out the differences of students’ communication skill after learning through TPS and SGQ. This study was a comparative and experimental research. The population was students of Indraprasta University into two classes:1st class consisted of 20 students and the 2nd class consisted of 24 students. The data were attained by using questionnaire for communication skills, observation sheet for the implementation of TPS and SGQ cooperative learning model, and documentation for mid and final test. The result showed that (1) there was a significant effect of TPS implementation toward students’ communication skills; (2) there was a significant effect of SGQ implementation toward students’ communication skills; and (3) there was no difference of students’ communication skills between the implementation of TPS and SGQ cooperative learning model.
Analisis Pengaruh Pendidikan, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi dan Pendapatan Perkapita Terhadap Chronic Poverty
Authors: Kurniawati Tri , Lestari Erien Yuan
Published: December 2021

This study objectives are to analyze: 1) the effect of education on chronic poverty in West Sumatra, 2) the effect of economic growth on chronic poverty in West Sumatra, 3) the effect of per capita income on chronic poverty in West Sumatra, 4) the effect of education, economic growth and per capita income on chronic poverty in West Sumatra. This is a quantitative research. This study used secondary data from 2010-2019, obtained from related institutions and agencies and then was analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis. Prerequisite analysis tests performed include normality test, heteroscedasticity test, multicollinearity test and autocorrelation test. The results shows that 1) education has a negative and significant effect on chronic poverty in West Sumatera, 2) economic growth has a negative and significant effect on chronic poverty in West Sumatera, 3) per capita income has negative and insignificant effect on chronic poverty in West Sumatera, 4) education, economic growth and per capita income have significant effect on chronic poverty in West Sumatera simultaneously.
Analisis Pengaruh Harga dan Brand Trust Terhadap Perilaku Peralihan Merk Lisptik Revlon Pada Mahasiswa
Authors: Hayati Annur Fitri , Saputri Ridha
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of price and brand trust on the brand switching behavior of Revlon lipstick on students of the Faculty of Economics, Padang State University. This type of research is causative. The population in this study were students of the Faculty of Economics, Padang State University. The number of research samples based on William Cochran's formula was 100 people and selected using the Purposive Sampling technique. The data used is the type of primary data obtained through distributing questionnaires to students of the Faculty of Economics, Padang State University with predetermined criteria. The analytical method used is multiple regression analysis using SPSS 22. The results show that (1) Price has a significant effect on brand switching of Revlon lipsticks to other brands of lipstick, (2) Brand trust has no significant effect on brand switching of Revlon lipsticks to other brands of lipstick. , (3) price has a significant effect on brand switching of Revlon lipstick to another brand of lipstick, while brand trust has no significant effect on brand switching of Revlon lipstick to another brand of lipstick.
Penggunaan Media Audio Visual dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Alquran
Authors: Sihombing Mhd. Ricky Fadil , Alfurqan Alfurqan
Published: December 2021

Kemampuan membaca Alquran siswa kelas IV, V dan VI belum mencapai KKM 75 dilihat dari nilai ulangan siswa yang lulus yaitu sebanyak 7 siswa dan yang tidak lulus sebanyak 15 siswa pada penggunaan media audio visual sebagai alat pendukung dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca Alquran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penggunaan media pembelajaran audio visual dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca Alquran di SDN 153028 Padang Masiang 1 Barus. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode Kualitatif dengan pendekatan Deskriptif. Informan penelitian berjumlah 22 siswa kelas IV, V dan VI. Teknik penelitian menggunakan teknik Purposive Sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan siswa kelas IV, V dan VI telah mengalami peningkatan dilihat dari kategori tajwid, makharijul huruf dan fasoha dalam membaca Alquran, nilai ulangan siswa meningkat atau lulus KKM 75 berjumlah 16 siswa dan 6 siswa tidak lulus. Penulis menyimpulkan penggunaan media audio visual dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca Alquran di SDN 153028 Padang Masiang 1 Barus terlaksana dengan baik dan mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan.
Motivasi Orang Tua Memilih Sekolah Berbasis Islam
Authors: Muliya Rasi , Rivauzi Ahmad
Published: December 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan motivasi intrinsic, mendeskripsikan motivasi ekstrinsik, dan mendeskripsikan harapan orang tua setelah menyekolahkan anaknya di Sekolah Dasar Islam Terpadu Albina Kecamatan Koto Baru Kabupaten Dharmasraya. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif. Sedangkan teknik yang digunakan yaitu wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data, ada tiga tahapan yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan menggunakan teori motivasi dari Abraham Maslow (Teori Kebutuhan), teori motivasi VROOM (Teori Harapan), teori motivasi Achievement Mc Clelland (Teori Kebutuhan Berprestasi), dan teori motivasi Herzberg (Teori Dua Faktor), motivasi dari orang tua yang menyekolahkan anaknya di SDIT Albina Kecamatan Koto Baru Kabupaten Dharmasraya. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa motivasi intrinsik yaitu pemenuhan rasa aman orang tua, rasa cinta dan kasih sayang, dan harapan agar anak mempunyai keterampilan dan pengetahuan keagamaan (berprestasi), serta harapan terwujudnya anak Saleh dan solehah serta berakhlak mulia. Motivasi ekstrinsik, yaitu visi, misi, dan tujuan sekolah, kurikulum sekolah, sistem pelayanan, dan sarana dan prasarana.
Problematic Internet Use and Marital Adjustment in Married Individuals
Authors: KOSE Fatma Kubra , BARUT Yaşar
Published: December 2021

Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to analyze the problematic Internet use and marital adjustment in marriedindividuals. For this purpose, 198 (55.8%) female and 157 (44.2%) male volunteers participated in the study.Design/Methodology/Approach: Research data was obtained by using Personal Information Form, Problematic Internet UseScale and Marital Adjustment Scale. Data were analyzed by non-parametric methods Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis Htests, in addition, Chi-square independence test was used to evaluate demographic variables.Findings: As a result of the analysis, positive between marital adjustment and problematic Internet use and education level; anegative relationship was found with the marriage duration. The total scores and subscales of marriage adjustment andproblematic Internet use scales have statistically significant relationships with each other.Highlights: Based on this study, couples' high problem-solving skills, satisfaction with the time spent together, and sense oftrust increase marital adjustment and significantly reduce problematic internet use. It can be said that couples' inability tohave fun with each other in marriage, lack of common interests and not being able to spare time for each other, causesincompatibility in marriage, as well as the development of problematic internet use behavior in couples, especially for thepurpose of providing social benefits.
Alat Musik Tradisional Di Masa Modern (Sape’ Dayak Kayaan Dalam Kajian Nilai Budaya)
Authors: Hartanto Cornelius Kiki , Darmawan Diaz Restu , Manalu Cristo Rodento , Lenny Ackenesiana
Published: December 2021

The unity of harmony which forms the strains leads people to consider music as a means to lead, enliven entertainment as well as certain ritual ceremonies. Music that is increasingly developing turns into a tool that regulates relations between human relationships, life and its environment. In Indonesia, music is categorized into two types, namely traditional music (archipelago music) and modern music. These to types of music have different types of genre. However, nowadays, they have been packed a lot in combined ways. Traditional music consists of rhythm adaptation and tools that develop in a particular culture, so that, in this case, the presence of traditional music is lifted from everyday life which forms a certain characteristic for a culture. One of them is traditional musical instrument. An ethnic group named Dayak Kayaan who is located in Datah Dian village, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, also has a traditional musical instrument.  The instrument is known as Sape'.  The method used in this study was qualitative research method with ethnographic approach. This approach was used to see how the people of Dayak Kayaan in Datah Dian village played and produced Sape’. In line with the development of modern music, Sape' music also flows with developments, its various functions divide the types of Sape'. These include the Kayaan Traditional Sape' music which functions as ritual and traditional ceremonies and Modern Sape' music which is played only for personal use.
The International Poetic and Cultural Manifestation “Ante Popovski – Ante’s quill” – a traditional event that is yet to become a synonym for the true values of the Macedonian literary reality
Authors:   Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Antonovski Ivan
Published: December 2021

The text raises the question of the significance of literary manifestations for literary reality. The thesis is that the significance of a specific literary manifestation in this digital age is not predominantly conditioned by its format and how conventional or modern it is, but by whether its mission is primarily based on aesthetic and literary criteria and consequently, by its content – how much new impulses it gives to the literary life. As a confirmation of this perception, the text highlights the international poetic and cultural manifestation “Ante Popovski – Ante’s Quill”, which has been part of the Macedonian literary reality for four years. Although it is quite new, with an aspiration to become traditional manifestation, and although it is organized in a conventional format and program, without pretentious efforts for non-standard program contents, it is already recognizable on the Macedonian cultural map, as an event that simultaneously seeks to invest in the valorization and affirmation of the lasting values of the Macedonian culture, to promote the Macedonian literary production, to enable less affirmed authors to emerge from the shadows of living literary monuments and to encourage literary science. Moreover, the text analyzes and valorizes the achievements of this year’s edition of the manifestation. Particular emphasis is placed on the international scientific symposium which posed key and hitherto unactualized questions about the creative work of one of the greatest Macedonian authors of the 20th century – Ante Popovski. At the same time, the concept of the manifestation is analyzed, which is constantly evolving, enabling it to be an event that leaves a mark and can lead to happenings that will one day have to be written down in literary history.
On Some Features of the Formation and Development of Literatures of the Peoples of Russia
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sheshken Alla
Published: December 2021

Literatures of the peoples of Russia represent an interliterary community that has historically arisen and maintained its dynamic enrichment. The formation and development of these literatures has a number of common features that show the consistent pattern of this process. Literatures on national languages are characterized by irregularity of its development. Moreover, the European literature history can explain the peculiarities of this phenomenon and show that this uneven and intermittent development is essentially a part of a standard growth. Literatures of peoples of Russia at a certain stage entered the period of enrichment assimilating freely the traditions of Russian Literature and World Literature. One of the most important roles for this process was played by literary translation. Numerous features were showed by national literatures, the formation of genres, distinctive national characters, expressive possibilities of national languages, writers, and their artwork which made a national fund of literature. Folklore and national culture made a huge impact in comprehending process as well.
Transpiration and water use efficiency of maize in different soil moisture conditions
Authors: Klimešová Jana , Středová Hana , Klimek-Kopyra Agnieszka , Středa Tomáš
Published: December 2021

Globally, agriculture accounts for 80–90% of the fresh water used by humans, and in many crop production systems; this water use is unsustainable. Irrigation of large areas of field and horticultural crops is impossible. Studies of the impact of drought on important field and horticultural crops are necessary to estimate dimensions of adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change. For this purpose, maize was monitored as a model crop in this study. In a three-year experiment (i) using the sap flow measurement method, the transpiration of maize was evaluated during flowering and grain filling, (ii) water use efficiency (WUE) was evaluated in four soil moisture conditions. The intensity of transpiration was closely correlated with the values of global radiation and vapor pressure deficit. However, soil water content was a major factor influencing transpiration under drought stress. The transpiration decreased when water content in the soil reached 28% of available water holding capacity (AWHC), but the yield of corn cobs decreased only under stress of 25% AWHC. Thus, the yield reacted less sensitively to lower water availability than transpiration. WUE increased with decreasing transpiration. Statistically significantly higher WUE was already observed at a water content of 42% AWHC, however, a higher WUE did not lead to a higher yield of corn cobs.
Sustainable food systems and healthy diets: the case of mediterranean diet
Authors: Petkoska Anka Trajkovska , Trajkovska-Broach Anita
Published: December 2021

Sustainability should be an imperative in everyone’s lifestyle in order to achieve an equilibrium between humans and ecosystem for the wellbeing of current and future generations. Sustainable food systems and healthy diets are main key-players to achieve sustainable planet and lifestyle and at the same time to be in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 to achieve better and sustainable future for all). Such food systems offer not only a way towards ending the hunger, but also enable healthy nations and less environmental pollution. A good representative of a sustainable food system is the Mediterranean diet that is affordable and accessible even in the regions far from the Mediterranean basin. Raw or minimally cooked plant-based food products flavoured by different herbs and spices are the foundation of this diet packed with powerful nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, enriched with healthy fats from extra virgin olive oil. The Mediterranean lifestyle provides many health and wellbeing benefits for humans. Authors believe that adhering to it leads to healthy nations and a sustainable world with less hunger.
How to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Learning Process during Distance Learning. Psychologist Recommendations
Authors: Kapanadze Tamar
Published: December 2021

Effective management of the learning/teaching process in distance learning is one of the major challenges facing education, especially now in the Covid-19 pandemic. The list of problems mainly combines social and interactive aspects. This article provides tips to help the student increase motivation, overcome feelings of social isolation, find alternative ways of communicating and, develop communication skills. The aim of the research is to identify the pros and cons of online learning, thus finding out how to improve the effectiveness of the learning process during distance learning. The research was obtained through a focus group, the research was conducted in Tbilisi public schools, students, teachers and parents participated in the focus groups. After analyzing the data, it was found that participants positively see such a form of teaching, which in turn would have a positive impact on students’ academic performance, but they also talk about small negative aspects.
The Genesis of the International Criminal Court
Authors: Huzik Oleksandra
Published: December 2021

This work analyzes the practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the most ambitious project aimed at combating and preventing mass violations of human rights in inter-and intrastate conflicts. Sure thing, such an institution has not emerged from anywhere, but it is the culmination in the progress of international criminal law evolution. That is why the progress that was made over the centuries and historical conditions forcing its establishment cannot be ignored. This article studies the formation of the International Criminal Court through the prism of the history of previous models of judicial bodies bringing to justice war criminals. Moreover, it analyses the historical conditions and international debates around the establishment of a permanent international criminal court. Conclusions focus on the problems that arose during the establishment of the ICC, and the ways in which they affect ICC activities nowadays.
Unenforceable Target Movable Property Under Enforcement
Authors: Elisabedashvili David
Published: December 2021

Nowadays, enforcement is one of the crucial elements of justice. Right to the property is guaranteed by the constitution and therefore exercising property rights is one of the key goals of justice, the latter is implemented through effective and efficient enforcement. The present study is mainly dedicated to the specifics of enforcing property rights. Methods used in the research involve qualitative study, the latter encompasses observation of rules and regulations in national and international practices based on primary and secondary legal and historical sources, including official legal documents, court decisions as first-hand material, as well as derived sources such as various articles, monographs, comments on laws and regulations, etc. The comparative method used in the study is aimed at demonstrating differences and similarities of enforcement rules and procedures in different legal systems, revealing their advantages and disadvantages, while practical examples focus on the identification of gaps to lay the path for better legal solutions. The complex scrutiny of the subject to the present research allows to review it from different angles and suggest legal recommendations to raise the efficiency of the enforcement system and subsequently provide a firm basis for justice.
Customers’ Patronage, Earnings of Deposit Money Banks and Nigeria’s Shrinking Economy
Authors: Inyiama Oliver Ikechukwu , Inyiama Ethel Chinakpude , Okwo Mary Ifeoma , Nwoha Ernest Chike
Published: December 2021

This study investigates the extent to which customers’ patronage has affected, caused and associated with the earnings of deposit money banks in Nigeria in the present Covid-19 era. An ex-post-facto design was adopted leading to data sourced from annual reports and accounts of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. A simple regression model was applied in gauging the effect of Customers’ patronage on Profit before Tax, Granger Causality Test determined whether Profit before Tax was caused by Customers’ Patronage while Correlational Analysis confirmed the relationship between the focal variables. Simple regression result reveals that an increase in Total Deposit will significantly increase Profit Before Tax (87%) in the banking industry. Correlation analysis, which is the anchor tool, shows that Total Deposit has a strong relationship with Profit Before Tax of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. Lastly, Granger Causality Test reveals that Total Deposit Granger Causes Profit Before Tax in Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. The findings imply that Total Deposit is a strong determinant of movements in the level of earnings of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. It was observed that a greater percentage of customers, even as the economy shrinks into recession after recession, prefer keeping their money with the bank as deposits expecting to earn interest on the investment. The study recommends that banks should strive, through enhanced packages, to mobilize deposits in order to enhance their earnings.
Pedagogy and Student Learning Outcomes in Elementary Schools in Rural India: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
Authors: Roy Atrayee Ghosh
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of effective teaching methods on learning outcomes in elementary schools in rural India. Particularly, this paper studies an innovative learning enhancement program called “Parrho Punjab” launched in 2007 in the Indian state of Punjab. Using cross-sectional data, the effect of the “Parrho Punjab” program on third to fifth grade children’s learning levels in basic mathematics is evaluated. This study develops combined research designs of propensity score matching technique and the difference-in-differences (DID) method. In a first step, propensity score matching technique is applied to create a synthetic control group that is as similar as possible to the treatment group in terms of pre- “Parrho Punjab” characteristics. The difference-in-differences approach is then used to estimate the effect of the program on third to fifth grade children’s learning outcomes in basic mathematics. The results indicate a positive and significant effect of the program on children’s learning outcomes in basic mathematics, underscoring the importance of effective pedagogy in enhancing learning outcomes. Combining propensity score matching with the difference-in-differences approach, this study addresses the problem of unmeasured confounding. The DID approach will produce misleading conclusions in the presence of bias due to unmeasured confounders. To the best of my knowledge, previous studies using a DID method for examining the impact of effective teaching strategies on student learning outcomes in India have not made such attempts to address the problem of confounding bias.
Becoming a Knowledge Management Consultant
Authors: Sayyadi Mostafa
Published: December 2021

The focus of this article is the critical role of management consultancy in providing a rich basis to understanding the mechanisms by which knowledge management and operations risk is influenced. This article raises vital questions as to how management consultants can successfully contribute to knowledge management and subsequently improve performance at all levels of the organization. I extended the literature by showing how management consultants can contribute to knowledge management, facilitating and fostering a firm’s capabilities. Insufficient consideration of the impact of management consultancy on the effectiveness of knowledge management has been exposed and I attempt to address this concern for the first time.
IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
Authors:   University of Timisoara, Mechanical Faculty, Department of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Timisoara 300222 , Romania, But Adrian , Canarache Radu ,   INICAD DESIGN, Bucharest , Romania, Gal Lucian ,   AUREL VLAICU, University of Arad, Romania
Published: December 2021

In the future the digitalization and "Industry 4.0” will be in every step of the product lifecycle from design to the manufacture, service, and maintenance. Through digitalization, the companies will be able to operate and program the complex CNC machine tools that will be ready to respond more flexibly to the market demands and at the same time to boost their productivity. Work preparation and production can be breaking down further into additional process steps, ranging from tendering to quality assurance. The demand for digitalization solution can be illustrated thru the following targets and questions what every production company must define and establish: 1. How long time will be the part on the machine to be manufacturi; 2. Is that CNC machine tools (what is able and have the technical characteristics) available; 3. Are necessary new cutting tools for this new job; 4.The CNC operator is familiar with the CNC control equipment; 5. Does the workpiece tolerance correspond with the customer specifications. Is not so easy to link up all this requests and to find the best solutions in time and to have high productivity. Digital manufacturing will give us the preliminary units costs and delivery deadline that must be determined to be able to tender for a job correctly. Today, the amount of time a workpiece will require for machining can be calculated quickly reliably and very important, without trial runs, using CNC simulation solutions. This recommendations from our paper can be an answer at the production companies and the advantage of this implementations is that can be made step by step. The solution of this implementation should be in concordance with the company’s requirements and resources.
Une «autre» introduction aux sciences sociales
Authors: Martuccelli Danilo
Published: December 2021

Un récit longtemps hégémonique a structuré les sciences sociales autour d’une modernité occidentale exceptionnelle surgissant et alimentée par la révolution industrielle. Adossée à une géopolitique de puissance, cette narration a été une façon généralisée de regarder le monde, partagée pendant deux siècles, peu ou prou, partout et par tous, et en premier lieu par les sociologues classiques. Depuis quelques décennies des perspectives critiques (post- et décoloniale, modernités multiples) s’élèvent contre cette vision, à la lumière notamment d’un monde soumis à de nouvelles dynamiques de pouvoir entre les civilisations.
En revenant sur le récit hégémonique occidental moderne, en le mettant à l’épreuve d’un nombre considérable de travaux et de transformations dans différentes aires géographiques (l’Afrique, les Amériques, l’Asie, l’Europe), ce livre, au-delà des regards modernes et antimodernes, propose une autre introduction aux sciences sociales en phase avec les réalités du XXIe siècle.
Nietzsche on Human Emotions
Authors: Tuncel Yunus
Published: December 2021

Much has been said on particular feelings that appear in Nietzsche’s works, such as pity, revenge, altruism, guilt, shame, and ressentiment. But there has not been a significant study on Nietzsche’s overall teachings on feeling and emotion. What does Nietzsche mean by feeling and the related phenomena? Out of such disparate types of feelings and disparate reflections by Nietzsche on them, can one make sense or can one speak of a theory of feelings in Nietzsche? If so, how does this theory fit with his philosophy of value? On the other hand, how do his teachings relate to some of the later concepts of his philosophy such as the overhuman, the will to power and the eternal return of the same? While the book will contextualize Nietzsche’s emotive theory in relation to other emotive theories in the history of ideas, it will also explore Nietzsche’s influence on later generations in this area.
 
“Although Nietzsche is a brilliant and original philosopher of the emotions and passions there has been to date no concerted attempt to present and examine him as such. This admirable study by Yunus Tuncel goes a long way towards meeting this need and is essential reading for all scholars and readers of Nietzsche.” Keith Ansell-Pearson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick
“It’s remarkable there hasn’t been a good book on Nietzsche and the emotions – until this remarkable work by Yunus Tuncel. His insightful discussions range from ressentiment and Schadenfreude to a crucial emotion in these sad times: the feeling of power.” Graham Parkes, University of Vienna
Una lesa majestad provisional: procesos de falsificación monetaria en la Real Audiencia de Nueva Galicia (1802-1820)
Authors: Cebreiro Ares Francisco
Published: December 2021

En este trabajo se parte del análisis de ocho procesos judiciales por falsificación monetaria que alcanzaron la Real Audiencia de Nueva Galicia, para avanzar en tres frentes historiográficos distintos. En primer lugar, la propia falsificación monetaria en Época Moderna. En segundo lugar, la mecánica judicial en relación a las reformas administrativas borbónicas. En tercer lugar, las circunstancias económicas de la Insurgencia y su correlato político. En último término se propone como explicación del fenómeno, el surgimiento de un concepto particular de lesa majestad provisionalque justifica la ausencia de aplicaciones de penas capitales y se encuadra en el cuestionamiento general de la autoridad regia al que se asiste durante el período.
Construcción simbólica y producción de sentido en la tradicionalidad de El Pueblito, Querétaro (México)
Authors: Pereda Gutiérrez Paulina , Muro Gonzalez Víctor Gabriel
Published: December 2021

Este artículo es producto de una investigación sobre la notable consistencia y reproducción de las festividades tradicionales desde hace más de 300 años en El Pueblito, Corregidora, Querétaro (México). Explica cómo se ha configurado la construcción simbólica y la producción de sentido de la acción social para conservar las tradiciones populares, en el contexto de un acentuado proceso de modernización. El planteamiento central es que la producción de sentido, en las festividades está acoplada en un círculo virtuoso: por la conexión de una rica y activa memoria colectiva, la promoción de una gran cantidad de eventos pletóricos de ritualidad durante el año, una intensa sociabilidad y el uso discrecional del territorio por parte de los actores sociales, lo cual deriva en una sólida construcción simbólica que hace posible la reproducción de sentido. El análisis cualitativo se ha realizado fundamentalmente considerando la articulación entre los discursos y la participación de los actores sociales.
Intereses en disputa. Pugnas internas en la campaña electoral obregonista, 1919-1920
Authors: Méndez Lara Francisco Iván
Published: December 2021

En la primavera de 1920 llegó al poder el grupo Sonora. El proceso para que esto sucediera fue complejo y tuvo como punta de lanza el impulso de la campaña presidencial del general Álvaro Obregón desde mediados de 1919. Una heterogénea red política consolidó al caudillo como el candidato opositor que se había de enfrentar contra el candidato oficial, el ingeniero Ignacio Bonillas, y el general Pablo González Garza. Lejos de que el grupo obregonista fuera unido, este artículo demuestra, con base en fuentes primarias, que desde su nacimiento estuvo lleno de enfrentamientos y disputas por el control de la campaña obregonista. Por un lado estuvieron los miembros del Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, liderados por el general Benjamín G. Hill; y por otro, aquellos que permanecieron en Sonora y se mostraban en contra de los peleceanos: Adolfo de la Huerta, Francisco R. Serrano y el general Plutarco Elías Calles, quien incluso formó parte del gabinete presidencial carrancista en esta coyuntura. A partir de lo anterior se reconstruye la primera campaña presidencial de Obregón vista desde su transformación interna y su consolidación mediante la conformación del primer Centro Director Electoral para llevar a un personaje al Ejecutivo federal.
Analysis of the Indigenous and Pathogenic Microbiota in Bone Sequestration due to Osteonecrosis of the jaws by Bisphosphonates (MRONJ)
Authors:   University Of Buenos Aires, Silvana N Picardo
Published: December 2021

The American Surgery of Bone Mineral Research (ASBMR) defined MRONJ as “necrotic bone area exposed to the oral environment with more than eight weeks of permanence, in the presence of chronic treatment with BPs, in the absence of radiation therapy to the head and neck in 2007.
ESJF Algorithm to Improve Cloud Environment
Authors: Younis Manal F.
Published: December 2021

Nowadays, after the technological development in societies, cloud computing has become one of the most important technologies. It provides users with software, hardware, and platform as remote services over the Internet. The increasing number of cloud users has caused a critical problem in how the clients receive cloud services when the cloud is in a state of instability, as it cannot provide required services and, thus, a delay occurs. Therefore, an algorithm was proposed to provide high efficiency and stability to work, because all existing tasks must operate without delay. The proposed system is an enhancement shortest job first algorithm (ESJF) using a time slice, which works by taking a task in the shortest time first and then the longest first from the queue. Through the experimental results in decreasing the waiting and completion time of the task, as well as taking into account reducing tasks starvation, the result of the proposed ESJF algorithm was compared with the traditional shortest job first (SJF) algorithm. These algorithms were applied when all tasks arrived at the same time, and it proved that the ESJF algorithm works more efficiently compared to SJF.
Temporal Video Segmentation Using Optical Flow Estimation
Authors: Hato Eman
Published: December 2021

Shot boundary detection is the process of segmenting a video into basic units known as shots by discovering transition frames between shots. Researches have been conducted to accurately detect the shot boundaries. However, the acceleration of the shot detection process with higher accuracy needs improvement. A new method was introduced in this paper to find out the boundaries of abrupt shots in the video with high accuracy and lower computational cost. The proposed method consists of two stages. First, projection features were used to distinguish non boundary transitions and candidate transitions that may contain abrupt boundary. Only candidate transitions were conserved for next stage. Thus, the speed of shot detection was improved by reducing the detection scope. In the second stage, the candidate segments were refined using motion feature derived from the optical flow to remove non boundary frames. The results manifest that the proposed method achieved excellent detection accuracy (0.98 according to F-Score) and effectively speeded up detection process. In addition, the comparative analysis results confirmed the superior performance of the proposed method versus other methods.
Modified Vegetation Detection Index Using Different-Spectral Signature
Authors: Hameed Reem Sh. , Georg Loay E. , Sayyid Baqer H.
Published: December 2021

The Normalization Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), for many years, was widely used in remote sensing for the detection of vegetation land cover. This index uses red channel radiances (i.e., 0.66 μm reflectance) and near-IR channel (i.e., 0.86 μm reflectance). In the heavy chlorophyll absorption area, the red channel is located, while in the high reflectance plateau of vegetation canopies, the Near-IR channel is situated. Senses of channels (Red & Near- IR) read variance depths over vegetation canopies. In the present study, a further index for vegetation identification is proposed. The normalized difference vegetation shortwave index (NDVSI) is defined as the difference between the cubic bands of Near- IR and Shortwave infrared radiation (SWIR) divided by their sums. The radiances or reflectances are included in this index from the Near-IR channel and WSIR2 channel (2.1 μm). The NDVSI is less sensitivite to atmospheric effects as compared to NDVI. By comparing the one NDVSI index with the two indexes (NDVI, SAVI) of vegetation cover, good correlations were found between NDVI  and NDVSI (R2=0.917) and between SAVI and NDVSI (R2=0.809. Accordingly, the proposed index can be taken into consideration as an independent vegetation index
Pengaruh Pasta Gigi yang Mengandung Katekin Gambir (Uncaria gambir Roxb) Terhadap Penurunan Indeks Plak Gigi
Authors: Ilmiawati Cimi , Nurhayati Nurhayati , Bambang Bambang
Published: December 2021

Background: Dental plaque is a soft, structured, calcified layer of bacteria that accumulates and attaches to the surface of the tooth. Efforts are made to eliminate and prevent plaque on the surface of the tooth by plaque control. Plaque control can be done mechanically, chemically, or a combination of both. Chemical control is done by using toothpaste. Catechin gambier toothpaste are polyphenolic compounds that have antibacterial activity which can prevent adhesion, inhibit the enzyme activity of glucosyltransferase and kills plaque forming bacteria. Objective: To determine the effect of catechin gambier on decreasing dental plaque index. Methods: This study is a true experimental study with pre-test and post-test control group design, conducted in March – April 2019. The subjects of this study were 44 students of Faculty of Dentistry, Andalas University. The subjects were divided into two groups, one group used catechin gambier toothpaste and an control group used placebo. Plaque index was calculated using an Turesky-Gilmore-Glickman of Quingley-Hein. Data was analyzed by t-test. Results: Average of dental plaque index in treatment group was higher than placebo group. Independent t-test showed that there was significant difference of dental plaque index beetwen two groups (p<0,001). Conclusion: Catechin gambier toothpaste can reduce dental plaque index.
Hubungan Stres dengan Temporomandibular Disorder Pada Narapidana di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Perempuan Kelas II B Padang
Authors: Triana Aisyah , Rahmi Eni , Fransiska Aria
Published: December 2021

Stress is known as a risk factor for temporomandibular disorder. Prisoners who live in Correctional Institutions have a high risk of experiencing stress because of the existing pressure. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between stress and temporomandibular disorder in prisoners at Class IIB Correctional Institutions in Padang. This study was  a cross-sectional study. The instrument that use to measured stress on inmates was the Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS-10), while to determine the diagnosis of TMD using RDC/TMD Axis I. The result showed that 7 respondents (23,3%) had mild stress, 20 respondents (66,7%) had moderate stress, and 3 respondents (10%) had severe stress. Respondents who experienced TMD were 19 respondents (63,3%). The most common type of TMD diagnosis is the disc displacement with reduction. Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical test results obtained p=0,164 (p>0,05) which means there is no significant relationship between stress and temporomandibular disorder in prisoners at Class IIB Women’s Penitentiary in Padang. This study concludes that stress is not related to the temporomandibular disorder in prisoners at Class IIB Women’s Penitentiary in Padang.