bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Disco Elysium as Gothic fiction
Authors: Novitz Julian
Published: December 2021

Disco Elysium demonstrates many hallmarks of the Gothic through its storyline and representational elements, particularly its emphasis on the instability of its protagonist, the sense of decline and decay conveyed through its setting, and the interconnected secret histories that are revealed through exploration. Furthermore, many of the game’s stylistic and ludic features, such as its dense description and emotive language, and its overwhelming array of options, interactions, and responses, can be understood as engagements with the uncanny and disorienting excess of the Gothic tradition. These Gothic elements manifest most frequently through the game’s attempt to represent psychological complexity within its role playing system, its depictions of urban spaces, and its approach to questions of unresolved memory and history. The presence of these Gothic features in Disco Elysium work to contest the game’s categorisation as a ‘detective role playing game.’ While the genres are closely connected, detective fiction typically follows a trajectory in which the history of the central mystery becomes progressively clearer through the accumulation of information and detail, whereas the Gothic traditionally seeks to maintain and heighten a sense of disorientation. Exploring the tension between Disco Elysium’s Gothic elements and its status as a detective game allows for a richer appreciation of the political and social commentary that emerges from both its narrative and gameplay.
The Hanged Rhizome on the Tree: Arborescence and Multiplicity in Disco Elysium
Authors: Belmonte Juan Francisco
Published: December 2021

This paper looks at Disco Elysium as a model for a better understanding of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s concept of the rhizome when applied to video games. It analyses the use and implementation of the many forms of expressing multiplicity that are present in Disco Elysium and that are manifested through the configuration of the avatar, the use of the player’s choice, and representations of space and time in the game. Ultimately, this paper also serves as a coalescence of existing Game Studies scholarship on rhizomic relations, multiplicities and affect to create a common ground for future conversations on these topics.
“You Won’t Even Know Who You Are Anymore”: Bakthinian Polyphony and the Challenge to the Ludic Subject in Disco Elysium
Authors: Vella Daniel , Cielecka Magdalena
Published: December 2021

When approaches to the notion of the ‘self’ as it exists in the game have been discussed in game studies – for instance, through work in existential ludology or through discussions of agency – the ‘self’ in question, explicitly or implicitly, has tended to be the rational, stable, unified and coherent self of the humanist tradition.

By fracturing the ludic subject into a set of contrasting and conflicting voices, each with their own apparent motivations and goals, Disco Elysium presents a challenge to this singular and unified understanding of selfhood. That this challenge is situated within the representation of a figure who, at face value, seems to represent the very locus of the authoritative, self-possessed subjectivity of humanism – not only a straight, middle-aged white man, but also a figure of police and colonial authority – strengthens the game’s critical slant.

Drawing on theories of ludic and virtual subjectivity, this paper will approach Disco Elysium with a focus on this undermining of stable and unitary understanding of subjectivity. First, the game will be considered in relation to the tradition of film noir, and the way the genre both established and subverted the figure of the detective as the avatar of stable, rational, authoritative masculine selfhood. Next, its treatment of the theme of amnesia will be considered, drawing a parallel to Jayemanne’s (2017) reading of Planescape: Torment to examine how the loss of memory creates structures of discontinuity and rupture in the represented ludic self. Finally, Bakhtinian notions of polyphony will be invoked to address the game’s plurality of different voices not (as it is usually present) in a dialogue between individual subjects but within a single, fragmented subjectivity.
Ethics of vaccination prioritization and compulsory vaccination: An integrative approach
Authors: O’Malley Martin , Zerth Jürgen , Knoepffler Nikolaus
Published: December 2021

Vaccine scarcity and availability distinguish two central ethics questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. First, in situations of scarcity, which groups of persons should receive priority? Second, in situations where safe and effective vaccines are available, what circumstances and reasons can support mandatory vaccination? Regarding the first question, normative approaches converge in prioritizing most-vulnerable groups. Though there is room for prudential judgement regarding which groups are most vulnerable, the human dignity principle is most relevant for prioritization consideration of both medical and non-medical issues. The second question concerning mandates is distinct from considerations about persons’ individual moral duty to receive vaccines judged reasonably safe and critical for individual and public health. While there is consensus regarding the potential normative support for mandated vaccination, the paternalistic government intervention of vaccine mandates requires a high bar of demonstrated vaccine safety and public health risk. We discuss stronger and weaker forms of paternalism to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic from an “integrative” approach that integrates leading normative approaches. We argue against a population-wide compulsory vaccination and support prudential measures to 1) protect vulnerable groups; 2) focus upon incentivizing vaccine participation; 3) maintain maximum-possible individual freedoms, and 4) allow schools, organizations, and enterprises to implement vaccine requirements in local contexts.
Moral bioenhancements and the future of utilitarianism
Authors: Lara Francisco
Published: December 2021

Utilitarianism has been able to respond to many of the objections raised against it by undertaking a major revision of its theory. Basically, this consisted of recognising that its early normative propositions were only viable for agents very different from flesh-and-blood humans. They then deduced that, given human limitations, it was most useful for everyone if moral agents did not behave as utilitarians and habitually followed certain rules. Important recent advances in neurotechnology suggest that some of these human limitations can be overcome. In this article, after presenting some possible neuro-enhancements, we seek to answer the questions, first, of whether they should be accepted by a utilitarian ethic and, second, if accepted, to what extent they would invalidate the revision that allowed them to escape the objections.
The Role of Macroprudential Policy in Bank Housing Loans Portfolio Quality Assurance
Authors: Mitrašević Mirela
Published: December 2021

The subject of this paper is the contemporary trend in residential real estate markets in European countries and their impact on the quality of banks’ housing loan portfolios. Due to the fact that these are the markets that still have not fully recovered from the previous financial crisis, and at the time of writing were exposed to significant uncertainty related to the effects of specific business conditions caused by COVID-19, the research on the risks related to these markets and tools which can mitigate their consequences are of paramount importance. Given the fact that the importance of monitoring the emergence of systemic risks in the financial system and the design of macroprudential tools for Bosnia and Herzegovina is yet to come, one of the aims of the paper is to present the results of the research on the effectiveness of certain macroprudential policy measures for mitigating the impact of price fluctuations in residential real estate markets. A special attention is paid to the challenges that the real estate market and mortgage loans have been facing during the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper provides a basis for future researches examining to which extent the applied macroprudential policy measures in some countries have been effective in hitherto unprecedented business conditions
The Shift to a Queer Pedagogy in the Italian-Language Classroom
Authors: Formato Giuseppe
Published: December 2021

Instructors of Italian are tasked with teaching not only the language, but also the culture. However, critical matters such as sexual identity are frequently not addressed in the Italian-language classroom. Current Italian-language pedagogy solely focuses on language-acquisition proficiency via heteronormative discourses, ignoring the more-diverse reality of Italian culture. This article aims to showcase how using a queer pedagogy based on queer theory can affect learners’ language acquisition and understanding of Italian culture. I used memoing and personal experiences as an Italian instructor to analyse the related literature. I propose that current pedagogy and curricula silence the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgenderquestioning/queer-intersex-asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, causing exclusion, anxiety and sometimes harassment from others. Open discussion through queer pedagogy would create critical conversations, allowing for the inclusion of all learners and topics. Italian instructors should promote these conversations, question the standard Italian-language pedagogy and use materials that are inclusive of LGBTQIA+ members.
Teaching degree students´ experience of teaching practice
Authors: Wiegerová Adriana , Lukášová Hana
Published: December 2021

The study is focussed on perception of teaching practices by pre-service teachers in preschool and primary education university programmes. Further, the study analysed the reality shock that occurred in these students during teaching practice. The sample consisted of 41 students in preschool education programmes, while 54 students followed the primary-level education programme. The data collection methods were student portfolios and student diaries from teaching practice. In the portfolios it was possible to analyse the activities, opinions, attitudes and products of student practice. Diaries reported students’ feelings and everyday experience in the schools. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the data. Two significant findings were obtained, i.e., supervising teachers’ frequent unprofessional behaviour towards student teachers, and the somatic and emotional exhaustion of students.
Ergonomics Evaluation in Designed Maintainability: Case Study Using 3 DSSPP
Authors: Teymourian Kiumars , Tretten Phillip , Seneviratne Dammika , Galar Diego
Published: December 2021

Maintainability is one of the design parameters (reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS)) and maintenance is needed to keep the respective design in sustainable use. At the same time, the human is involved in the form of interface and interaction in an engineered product/system designed. Ergonomics is a multi-disciplinary science that considers human capabilities and limitations in a broader sense. The objective of this paper is to integrate ergonomics into the maintainability design process in order to facilitate maintenance operation in lesser; time, cost, easier operation as well as the well-being of human who is involved. In other words, good ergonomics lead to good economics and in a broader sense, sustainability. This investigation shows that designing comfortable workplaces and lesser workload for maintenance operators will be beneficial for the maintainability design process and also improve the meantime to repair MTTR. In order to evaluate the effect of designed work-place and workload on maintainers 3 D Static Strength Prediction Program (3D SSPP) that is commonly used as an ergonomics evaluation tool in scientific studies was applied.
Paul Ricœur: A Recusa do modelo dialogal na hermenêutica
Authors: Nogueira Luisa
Published: December 2021

Every philosophy has a conceptualisation which demarcares it and defines a net of signification, even in the field of filiation or proximity relations. Ricœur’s hermeneutics is admittedly close to Gadamer’s hermeneutics, due to the aim of integrating and rectifying it and to its identical or equivalent conceptualisation (in some cases). My topic concerns the difference between the two hermeneutics, which mainly emerges through the relevance attached to dialogue. The chief question I ask is whether that difference is insignificant and sporadic or, in contrast, is determinant to the description of Ricœur’s hermeneutics, which would mark it out against Gadamer’s. The former establishes a link between dialogue and oralism, which allow us a coherent understanding of not only his opposition to romantic hermeneutics, but also the development of his epistemological project. By analysing these matters we will, therefore, realise the consistency of the hermeneutic paradigm put forward by Ricœur, as well as the progressively clear cut between the two hermeneutical models.
É possível estudar os fenómenos mentais sem os destruir na sua essência? um debate entre fodor e husserl
Authors: Sidoncha Urbano Mestre
Published: December 2021

One of the most significant marks of this article is the attempt to establish the idea that a new phenomenological approach is needed for the study consciousness and all it’s features. The point is that the old demand for a scientific approach to consciousness shouldn’t be, as it has been, incompatible with de need to preserve the essential nature of consciousness. Unfortunately, that’s precisely the case in the majority of the proposals related with the study of consciousness. The debate with Fodor is thus quite important, since it brings to light precisely what one must avoid in order to save every single difficulty related with consciousness, and consciousness itself. A new methodology is therefore needed, one that is capable to observe the demands just acknowledged, but one that is capable to point new directions as well. Husserl, as we have seen, has much to say on the subject, but there is yet much to be done.
Severity of COVID-19: Causes and Consequences — From Obesity to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Authors: Arāja Diāna , Rovīte Vita , Murovska Modra , Terentjeva Anna , Vaidere Diāna , Vecvagare Katrīne , Vīksna Ludmila
Published: December 2021

In circumstances of COVID-19 epidemiological uncertainty, the causes and consequences of the disease remain important issues. The aim of this study was to investigate obesity as a potential predisposition and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as a possible consequence of COVID-19. The study was conducted in two parts: a theoretical part, in which a literature review was performed, and an empirical part, in which COVID-19 patient survey data were analysed. To identify the main findings regarding the relationship between obesity and COVID-19, the literature review was focused on the investigation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by three databases — Med-line (via PubMed), Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register, and PROSPERO (International prospective register of systematic reviews). The patient survey was performed to investigate the relationship between obesity and severity of the disease, as well as the presence of CFS symptoms in COVID-19 patients in Latvia. The main findings of the literature review showed that obesity increases the risk of hospitalisation, disease severity, clinical complications, poor outcomes, and mortality. The results of the patient survey showed that overweight and obesity were more critical factors for men (males) suffering with COVID-19 than for women (females) in Latvia. The patient group with obesity caused almost half of all hospitalisations. The research data assumed that CFS patients were not a high-risk group for COVID-19, but COVID-19 caused CFS-like symptoms in patients and potentially increased the number of undiagnosed patients. In the context of further epidemiological uncertainty and the possibility of severe post-viral consequences, preventive measures are becoming increasingly important.
Application of Hull-Less Barley Variety ‘Kornelija’ Grains for Yogurt Development
Authors: Dancīte Diāna , Zagorska Jeļena , Ķince Tatjana , Šterna Vita
Published: December 2021

Nowadays consumers are looking for new food products with added nutritional value. Therefore, producers and scientists develop new recipes and technologies with the aim to enrich products with fibres, vitamins, and probiotics. Since naked barley contains high concentration of soluble dietary fibre, including β-glucans, which have stabilising properties, it has a good potential for fermented dairy food development. The goal of the current study was to assess the application of hull-less barley grain ‘Kornelija’ for development of fibre-enriched yogurt. Milk was fermented with freeze-dried starter (Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus) by adding flour of ungerminated, 24 and 36 hours germinated barley grain (amount 2%, 3%, 4%) at 41 ± 1 oC up to pH 4.7 ± 1.0. pH of samples during fermentation, the colony forming units of lactic acid bacteria, viscosity, and concentration of fibres were determined. Results of the current study showed that flour from ungerminated, and 24 and 36 hours germinated barley grain, fortified yogurt with dietary fibre (from 0.89 to 1.77 g·100 kcal−1), promoted growth of lactic acid bacteria in the product, increased the viscosity and shortened fermentation time, but the significance of effects depended on the amount and type of added flour.
Role of Green Jobs in the Reduction of Waste and Waste Management
Authors: Vesere Rudite , Kalnins Silvija Nora , Blumberga Dagnija
Published: December 2021

The paper examines the role and place of green enterprises, green jobs and the environmentally sound activities of society in waste management, taking into account the waste management hierarchy with an emphasis on waste reduction and prevention. In the course of the work, a questionnaire was prepared on the role green enterprises, green jobs and the environmentally friendly activities of society play in the development of a waste management system. The TOPSIS method of multi-criteria analysis was used to assess these roles in the development of a circular economy, including in relation to a waste management system. Through the assessment of the roles of these green measures in the field of waste management, the results clearly show that the most effective of the selected alternatives in the circular economy model in the field of separate collection and recycling of waste can be achieved via measure exercised by green enterprises, followed by green jobs and finally – the role of environmentally sound activities taken by the public, which play an important role as well.
Mapping of New Business Models in Domains of Technologies and Energy for Modelling of Dynamics of Clean Energy Transition
Authors: Rieksta Madara , Bazbauers Gatis , Blumberga Andra , Blumberga Dagnija
Published: December 2021

The aim of presented study was to identify the most promising new business models which could help to reach climate and energy targets. ‘Business model’ means new opportunities (e.g. business for profit or non-profit community collaboration models) enabled by various technologies in energy domains, i.e., heat and power supply and demand as well as mobility. Based on scientific publications, nine most important technologies and 37 new business models, which could be among the most important for sustainable energy transition, were identified. Mapping of the new business models was done by looking at synergies between the technologies and the energy domains. Valuation of the business models is done by finding ‘expected impact’ with regards to reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which is obtained by multiplication of two factors: ‘potential’ and ‘feasibility’. The ’potential’ represents ability to reduce GHG emissions considering technical characteristics of technologies involved and scalability. The ‘feasibility’ indicates how realistic is implementation of the new business model in the near to mid-term. Experts in the field of energy and environmental engineering were interviewed to obtain scores for the ‘potential’ and the ‘feasibility’ for all business models. The results show that electric mobility is among the solutions with the largest expected impact for reduction of GHG emissions. Results of this valuation will be used to choose the most promising solutions for further analysis with system dynamic modelling.
Kendala masyarakat dalam mengembangkan objek wisata Embung Sungai Nanam di jorong aie sanam kecamatan lembah gumanti kabupaten solok
Authors: Febria Enika , Fitlayeni Rinel , . Hefni
Published: December 2021

ABSTRACT

 

Abstrak

Jorong Aie Sanam merupakan jorong yang terletak di Nagari Sungai Nanam Kecamatan Lembah Gumanti Kabupaten Solok. Jorong aie sanam memiliki pemandangan yang indah dan letaknya yang starategis yang dikelilingi perbukitan. Potensi wisata yang ada di jorongan Aie Sanam berupa Embung Sungai Nanam dan Bukik Cambai.Embung Sungai Nanam berdiri sejak tahun 2017, yang dibangun oleh PUPR yang kemudian dalam pengelolaannya diserahkan kepada masyarakat Aie Sanam. Dalam pengelolaannya ini masyarakat menjadikan Embung sebagai objek wisata. Namu dalam pengelolaannya, sejauh ini wisata tersebut belum begitu optimal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kendala yang dialami masyarakat dalam mengembangkan Objek Wisata Embung Sungai Nanam Di Aie Sanam Di Kecematan Lembah Gumanti Kabupaten Solok. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori fungsionalisme struktural dari paradigma fakta sosial mengenai disfungsional yang dikemukakan oleh Robert K. Merton. Penelitian ini termasuk jenis penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif.  Pemilihan informan menggunakan purposive sampling dengan jumlah informan 9 orang, jenis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu data primer dan sekunder. Metode pengunpulan data yang digunakan yaitu observasi non partisipan dan wawancara mendalam, unit analisis data yang digunakan yaitu kelompok. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah model Miles dan Huberman, Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa yang menjadi kendala masyarakat dalam mengembangakan wisata Embung Sungai Nanam di jorong Aie Sanam diakibatkan oleh 1) keterbatasan dana dan penyelewengan dana, 2) kurangnya kerjasama masyarakat yang diakibatkan karena sensitifitas masyarakat, serta adanya pro dan kontra masyarakat terhadap pemberian nama wisata Embung Sungai Nanam, 3) kurangnya sarana prasarana yang ada diwisata, yang diakibatkan keterbatasan dana yang terjadi.

 

Kata kunci: wisata Embung, kendala, pengembangan
Analisis kualitas pelayanan bartender/bartendres dalam meningkatkan kepuasan wisatawan pada sea fire salt bar di anantara uluwatu resort & spa bali
Authors: Z Azwar , Putra Agus Muriawan , Pertiwi Putu Ratih
Published: December 2021

This research is motivated by the quality of service bartenders / bartendres who must provide good service to tourists by providing good service. The purpose of this study was to find out about the quality of bartender / bartendres services and tourist satisfaction criteria for bartender / bartendres services at the Sea Fire Salt Bar at Anantara Uluwatu Resort & Spa Bali. Data collection techniques in this study used the method of observation, interviews, questionnaires and literature studies. Data were analyzed with Quantitative Descriptive Analysis, Likert Scale and Importance - Performance Analysis

The results of the study of 100 tourists from performance appraisal that affected the level of tourist satisfaction with the service quality of bartenders / bartendres at Sea Fire Salt in Anantara Uluwatu Resort & Spa Bali obtained an assessment of service quality performance categorized as good for tourist satisfaction. Of the five (5) indicators, all indicators get the same score that is said to be good, and no one answers very well. While the assessment of interests that affect the level of tourist satisfaction with the service quality of bartenders / bartendres at Sea Fire Salt in Anantara Uluwatu Resort & Spa Bali obtained an assessment of service quality performance categorized as important and very important to tourist satisfaction.Suggestions that can be given to the quality of service of the bartender / bartendres must continue to be improved so that tourists who visit get satisfaction and visitors are expected to return to visit the Sea Fire Salt Bar at Anantara Uluwatu Resort & Spa Bali
Digital innovation: Using chatbots in the economy
Authors: STRIZHAKOVA Ekaterina N. , STRIZHAKOV Dmitrii V.
Published: December 2021

Subject. The article considers the use of chatbots in company activities.
Objectives. We perform a retrospective analysis of the development of virtual assistants, determining the areas, in which chatbots can become an effective tool in business.
Methods. The study draws on general scientific research methods.
Results. We investigate the development of the phenomenon of chatbots, show the history of the most significant virtual assistants, highlight their features, advantages and disadvantages. We also present types of activities, in which companies actively use chatbots, analyze the key results from the use of this tool by enterprises and organizations, evaluate prospects for further development of the technology, establish that the use of advantages of digital marketing enables companies to become customer-oriented, personalize offers for customers and reduce costs.
Conclusions. The use of chatbots makes it possible to increase the competitiveness of the company and become the first step towards the introduction of more advanced digital marketing tools. The practical application of this study we see in the use of information in the development and implementation of chatbots in the business ecosystems of enterprises and organizations, which will avoid costs and significantly reduce the likelihood of errors.
On implementation of Russia's obligations under the Paris agreement: Institutional, legal, international, and methodological aspects, problems and prospects for Russia's economy development
Authors: MATKOVSKAYA Yana S.
Published: December 2021

Subject. The article investigates the problems related to the implementation of Russia's obligations under the Paris Agreement.
Objectives. The aim is to examine the possibilities of implementing Russia's obligations under the Paris Agreement, analyze institutional, legal, international, political and methodological aspects of fulfilling these obligations, identify problems and prospects for realizing the interests of Russian exporters in international markets, and opportunities for the development of economic and innovative potential, including the analysis of implementing the national climate doctrines in the field of greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Methods. The study employs methods of institutional, comparative, graphical, and statistical analysis, and methods of systematization and classification.
Results. I established the degree of development of the institutional and legal framework for implementing climate agreements, characterized their international and political aspects, classified methodological problems of decision-making and performance of decarbonization programs, proved the need to renew production assets, and demonstrated the nature of implementation of national climate doctrines stimulating the development of innovations.
Conclusions. The process of building the institutional and legal framework for regulating climate relations is not completed yet. A number of methodological problems hinder the achievement of fairness and objectivity of economic and political decision-making at the global and regional levels. The paper establishes a critical level of ageing the production capacities of Russian enterprises, and offers conditions and promising directions of the Russian economy development during energy transition.
Designing alternative scenarios for the provincial region development based on the scenario planning methodology
Authors: BELOKUR Ol’ga S. , MASLIKHINA Veronika Yu. , TSVETKOVA Galina S.
Published: December 2021

Subject. This article considers the issues of application of scenario planning techniques in the process of constructing alternative scenarios for the development of spatial socio-economic systems in the context of changes, complexity, and uncertainty.
Objectives. The article aims to form a scenario planning algorithm for spatial socio-economic systems and its implementation in relation to the Mari El Republic.
Methods. For the study, we used the systems approach and foresight techniques.
Results. The article presents four alternative scenarios for the development of the provincial region: intensive, technological, moderately technological and pessimistic. The article presents four alternative scenarios for the development of the provincial region, namely, the intensive, technological, moderate technological, and worst-case ones.
Conclusions and Relevance. The technological scenario for the provincial region’s development seems to be the most likely. It assumes moderately favorable prospects for attracting investment, which can stimulate the development of regional key industries. The proposed alternative scenarios can serve as a basis for the policy making by regional and municipal authorities.
A computational scheme to estimate the Leontief model matrix coefficients according to input-output table data for the southern regions of the Tyumen Oblast
Authors: GOVORKOV Denis A. , NOVIKOV Viktor P. , SOLOV'EV Il'ya G. , TSIBUL'SKII Vladimir R.
Published: December 2021

Subject. This article deals with the control and management aspects of regional development on the basis of Leontief’s balance model. Objectives. The article aims to develop schemes for stable estimation of aggregate parameters of region balance models based on a shortened sample of input-output statistical data and rules for their subsequent regularization. Methods. For the study, we used multiple forms of regional economic balance model transformation based on the aggregation of data of the selected regional subsystems. Results. The primary estimates of aggregate input-output matrix for the southern regions of the Tyumen Oblast were obtained from the statistical input-output data for 2014–2018. To comply with the productivity conditions, additional information was introduced into the estimation algorithm reflecting the balance dependence for the reference input-output matrix for the Russian Federation and for the southern regions of the Tyumen Oblast in retrospective (2004–2013). Conclusions. The result of regularization of aggregate input-output matrix for the southern regions of the Tyumen Oblast obtained from the statistical input-output data on the basis of the least squares method indicates that the backward estimation technique cannot act as a basic tool for the primary construction of balance models of regional economies. However, backward estimation algorithms with subsequent regularization are effective in correcting the reference input-output matrix using actual data of the region’s socio-economic development.
Challenging Black Box Technology Power Imbalances by Exposing Them: “Persuasive System” as a Prism for Decomposing Contemporary Surveillance
Authors: Di Salvo Philip , Vitale Salvatore
Published: December 2021

This article contributes to the discussion around surveillance invisibility by engaging with the existing literature and discussing Salvatore Vitale’s “Persuasive System” installation as a case study. Based on the conceptualization of surveillance as a “black box,” the article frames power imbalances involved in biometrics and video surveillance technologies and shows how Vitale’s installation aims at playing with and exposing these dynamics by reconfiguring them.
2020
Authors: Molitorisz Sacha
Published: December 2021

In this imagined future, a jaded and anxious history teacher takes her fourteen-year-old students on a virtual visit back to 2020. Along the way, 1984 keeps surfacing. The references are both explicit and implicit: the protagonist’s name is Win and her off-stage other half is Julia; the first and last lines are a play on Orwell’s oft-cited opening sentence; and Ari is a fan of David Bowie’s 1984-themed Diamond Dogs album. But whereas Orwell (and Bowie) saw a dystopian future devoid of privacy, Win, Ari, and Jay inhabit a world where Orwell’s vision isn’t an imagined future but a nightmarish past. As a result, however, they have to struggle with issues of trust and vulnerability.
El método comparativo en la investigación social y en el análisis histórico.
Authors: Torres Reina Danilo
Published: December 2021

Frente a los avances de las ciencias naturales y a su riguroso proceso de formalización, el enfoque comparativo se ha constituido en una vía con la que cuentan las ciencias humanas en su tarea de avanzar y aportar al entendimiento de los diversos temas de estudio. El mismo ha sido ampliamente utilizado desde los inicios de la ciencia social moderna y prueba de esto ha sido su incorporación en el análisis sociológico, antropológico, político, jurídico, lingüístico e histórico, entre otros. En el último caso con cierta intermitencia, luego del explicito rescate que hiciera del mismo la Escuela de Annales. Frente a los complejos problemas sociales desencadenados por la actual globalización, con profundas raíces en el pasado, el análisis histórico comparativo se erige como una herramienta para el historiador. En este sentido, el documento reflexiona en torno a la utilización del método comparativo en las ciencias sociales  y de, manera particular, en la historia.
Secuencias de una guerra: Representación de la violencia en los llanos orientales en el largometraje Canaguaro (1981)
Authors: Tamí Rincón Jairo Alberto , Figueroa Salamanca Helwar Hernando
Published: December 2021

Se analiza cinematográficamente el largometraje Canaguaro (1981), dirigida por el chileno Dunav Kuzmanich, por medio del uso de la historiografía especializada sobre el período histórico recreado en el filme, donde La Violencia en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia es el eje temático que soporta su narrativa fílmica.
Una tradición de larga duración: la Semana Santa en Tunja
Authors: Martínez Martin Abel Fernando , Otálora Cascante Andrés Ricardo
Published: December 2021

Este artículo ofrece una mirada histórica sobre la Semana Santa en la ciudad de Tunja (Colombia), manifestación de la religiosidad popular que ha permanecido por siglos (XVI-XXI) en el espacio urbano. A través de fuentes de archivo y crónicas poco estudiadas, este articulo tiene por objetivo evidenciar las continuidades y discontinuidades que ha tenido la representación de la Pasión de Cristo, tradición hispánica aparecida en la ciudad bajo las directrices del Concilio de Trento a finales del siglo XVI y puesta en escena por las cofradías tunjanas formadas para tal fin. Las representaciones de Semana Santa se modificaron en el siglo XIX, tras la desamortización de bienes de la Iglesia y en el siglo XX, se configuró su forma de representación actual luego de la Reforma Litúrgica de la Iglesia Católica promovida por el papa Pio XII. En el siglo XXI se reconoció a la Semana Santa en Tunja como Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Nación colombiana.
Dataset of Philippine Presidents’ Speeches from 1935 to 2016
Authors:   Mexico Campus, Don Honorio Ventura State University, Philippines, Miranda John Paul
Published: December 2021

Purpose–The dataset was collected to examine and identify possible key topicswithin these texts. Method–Data preparation such as data cleaning, transformation, tokenization, removal of stop wordsfrom both English and Filipino, and word stemmingwas employed in the datasetbefore feeding it to sentiment analysis and the LDA model.Results–The topmost occurring word within the dataset is "development" and there are three (3) likely topics from the speeches of Philippine presidents: economic development, enhancement of public services, and addressing challenges.Conclusion–The datasetwas ableto provide valuable insights contained among official documents. While the study showedthatpresidentshave used their annual address to express their visions for the country. It alsopresentedthat the presidents from 1935 to 2016 faced the same problems during their term.Recommendations–Future researchers may collect other speeches made by presidents during their term;combine them to the dataset used in this studyto furtherinvestigate these important textsby subjecting them to the same methodology used in this study.The dataset may be requested from the authors and it is recommended for further analysis. For example, determine how the speeches of the president reflect the preamble or foundations of the Philippine constitution.
Analyzing Public Concern Responsesfor Formulating Ordinances and Lawsusing Sentiment Analysis through VADER Application
Authors:   College of Computer Studies, Laguna State Polytechnic University –Santa Cruz Campus, Philippines, Cruz Charles Alfred , Balahadia Francis ,   College of Computer Studies, Laguna State Polytechnic University –Siniloan Campus, Philippines
Published: December 2021

Purpose–Thispaperaimed to develop a system that applies VADER Sentiment Analysis to tweets collected using adevelopedtwitter scraper toolto identify the insights of public responsesbased on their tweetson certain government servicesrendered to them thus providing legislators of the province of Laguna an additional tool in writing future legislations.Method–This study may serve as an additional tool tothe Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Laguna in identifying sentiments of the public in terms of government services that are rendered and lack thereof based on the collected tweets written in Tagalog, English or Taglish(Tagalog and English).Data collected through the Twitter scraper tool are preprocessed taking into consideration the special characters that also have impact on scoring sentiments, emojis,and emoticons. The compound score is computed by normalizing the sum of the polarityscores foreach tweet.Results–Aside from a tabular visualization of VADER’s results, the system also provides graphical representation of the evaluation result with the percentage of positive neutral and negative tweets. Based on the result of the testing and evaluation, the VADER model is 80.71% accurate and had an F-score of 84.33%.Conclusion–The reports generated from the system be utilized to serve as potentially additional basis for legislators of the province of Laguna in writing legislations such as resolutions and ordinances based on the sentiment or voice of the community. Recommendations–It is recommended to collaborate with linguists to develop a native language of VADER’s lexicon to improve the accuracy of the sentiment scores.
Blockchain and Smart-Contracts in terms of Economics
Authors: Nagornykh D. Yu.
Published: December 2021

In this paper the author’s interpretation of essence and applicability of smart-contracts in economics. Examples are given along with critical view on wrong statements, found in publications on examined topic. Repeating of certain theses from similar papers won’t be redundant, because it will help to observe the topic from different point of view. In general, author gives positive valuation of applicability of smart-contracts technology in economics (both, financial and real sector, despite of some obvious inherent disadvantages of current implementation in Ethereum. In author’s opinion, integration of smartcontracts and blockchain with IoT can give synergetic effect and consider real cyber-social interaction. Certain value to this paper is added by author’s practical experience of coding and adopting smart-contracts. Smart-contracts are mentioned by Bank of Russia with implementation of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) concept in the form of digital rubble and receive additional significance in current trend of dematerialization and virtualization of money. In paper essential terms and author’s point to ability to change contract terms after deploy are given.
Methodology for Assessing Synergy Effect of Inter-Organizational Interaction in a Tourist-Recreation Network
Authors: Rubtsova N. V. , Soloduhin K. S.
Published: December 2021

Interorganizational interaction is an intangible asset that ensures effective functioning and sustainable competitive advantage of enterprises in the long term, including the tourism and recreation industry. In the new business environment, the success of tourism and recreation enterprises is highly dependent on the effectiveness of interaction with business partners that form the value chain of the tourism product. This actualizes the importance and necessity of the appearance of relevant theoretical and espirical research.

The authors presented a literature review that allowed us to form a list of the advantages of interorganizational interaction as a result of collaboration in the tourist and recreational network. At the same time, the authors conclude that the assessment of real economic effects as a result of the collaboration of enterprises in the tourism industry currently remains an insufficiently developed area of knowledge of new economic sociology. In the article, the phenomenon of interorganizational interaction in the tourist and recreational network is investigated in the focus of the emerging synergistic effects. Based on the use of the cost-based approach, the authors have developed a method for assessing the synergistic effect of inter-organizational interaction in the tourist and recreational network. The proposed method was tested on the example of a large tourist and recreational network operating in the Irkutsk region. The approach presented by the authors to assessing the synergistic effect of interorganizational interaction in the tourist and recreational network of the territory can be used both when assessing the feasibility of creating a new tourist and recreational network as a result of combining autonomous tourist and recreational enterprises, and when expanding the existing alliances of the tourist and recreational sphere by increasing the number of new enterprises in its structure
Analysis of the Capital Structure of Commercial Banks
Authors: Perfilyev A. A. , Bufetova L. P. , Shen Binbin
Published: December 2021

The article presents a regression analysis of banking determinants and their impact on the capital structure of banks for the period 2011–2019 on an extensive statistical base of the countries of India, Russia, China, the USA and banks in the Eurozone. The study proceeds and is based on the empirical results of the analysis of the structure of bank capital, carried out for individual countries up to the specified period. These results turned out to be quite contradictory regarding the significance of different determinants of the structure of bank capital. Understanding the influence of the determinants on the stability of the banking system, the article attempts to explain the differences for the period 2011–2019, when the countries' banking systems adopted the Basel 3 capital adequacy requirements. It is shown that 1) the capital structure of banks is influenced not only by banking determinants, but also by development conditions, regulatory institutions, the state of the economy, which is evidence of the need to analyze the problems of forming the capital structure of banks by countries, types of banks, etc.; 2) banking determinants between 2011 and 2019 explain the variation in bank capital structure to a significant extent and regulatory action is relevant for all countries. From the point of view of the peculiarities of the formation of the structure of bank capital and the role of the regulator in this case, directions of modification of relevant theories of capital structure are proposed.
The Impact of Monetary Policy on the Investment Complex of Russia
Authors: Baranov A. O. , Ageeva E. V.
Published: December 2021

An active discussion continues in Russia regarding the monetary instruments used and the degree of their impact on economic dynamics. The article examines the impact of the monetary policy implemented by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the investment complex in the period from 2000 to 2021. For this period, an analysis of the dependence characterizing the investment complex of Russia on the monetary policy is carried out. In the paper, the investment complex is considered with a breakdown into mechanical engineering, residential and non-residential construction, investments in fixed assets. At the same time, mechanical engineering is studied in detail with a breakdown into subsections of Russian National Classifier of Economic Activities and, additionally, for five enlarged industries. Most of the constructed regression equations demonstrate a statistically significant effect of indicators that are influenced by monetary policy instruments on the dynamics of the main indicators of the investment complex. For example, the interest rate affects the overwhelming number of variables under consideration, and the money supply affects each type of investment in fixed assets, in contrast to other independent variables. For the predominant part of the equations, the value of the coefficient of determination is more than 80%, which indicates a good quality of the model and reliably selected explanatory variables. Based on the results of the calculations, it was concluded that monetary policy has an impact on the investment complex of Russia. This determines its importance for the formation of promising dynamics of the Russian economy.
Analysis of Features of Functioning and Assessment of Development of Mechanical Engineering Enterprises of the Irkutsk Region
Authors: Roy O. Yu.
Published: December 2021

The disparity between the contribution of the mechanical engineering industry to the formation and development of the national economy and its potential determines the need to study the specifics of the activity and develop a set of measures aimed at a breakthrough, the basis of which should be the modernization of the complex and, aimed at sustainable development, the improvement of management. Mechanical engineering enterprises in the Irkutsk region form one of the key sectors of the economy. The degree of their development directly affects the stable functioning of such industries as logging, woodworking, energy, petrochemicals, metallurgy, as well as the quality of life of the region's population. The article presents a research and assessment of the state, features, and trends in the development of enterprises of the national mechanical engineering complex located in Irkutsk region. The problems and factors hindering the development of regional mechanical engineering production are identified. The article presents the justified directions of its development prospects obtained using the monographic method, the method of expert assessments, analysis and synthesis. Possible ways to improve the efficiency of industrial enterprises are proposed. These studies can serve as a basis for developing a rational industrial policy in relation to the mechanical engineering industry of the Irkutsk region and improving the efficiency of the mechanical engineering complex. A purposeful policy for the development of the machine-building industry will make it possible to create conditions for solving issues of strategic innovative development.