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O ESTILO DOS JORNAIS PARANAENSES: UMA ABORDAGEM SEMIÓTICA
Authors: Silva Fernando Moreno da , Pinto Samantha Isabela
Published: March 2023

O presente artigo objetiva analisar o estilo do jornalismo impresso no estado do Paraná. Para isso, adotou como critério para constituição do corpus a escolha dos dois jornais impressos de maior circulação no estado. Com base na estatística de tiragem apresentada pela Associação Nacional de Jornais, foram tomados os seguintes veículos: Folha de Londrina e Gazeta do Povo. Como referencial teórico, tomou-se a semiótica francesa, focando a relação entre enunciador e enunciatário dos estudos enunciativos. A análise constatou que os referidos jornais apresentam estilos diferentes: de um lado, a Folha de Londrina se caracteriza por um jornal interiorano de caráter popular, de leitor simples e descolado; do outro, o Gazeta do Povo, um jornal refinado e de público crítico.
A HETEROGENEIDADE E AS FORMAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS NAS TIRINHAS DA TURMA DA MÔNICA
Authors: Da Silva Dalexon Sérgio , Pereira da Silva G. de Azevedo Nadia
Published: March 2023

O presente artigo busca investigar e tecer considerações acerca da presença da heterogeneidade e das Formações Discursivas (FDS) nas tirinhas de A Turma da Mônica. Para tal, assume os postulados teóricos e analíticos defendidos pela Análise do Discurso de linha francesa para proceder à análise de três tirinhas dessa produção em quadrinhos. Ainda se propõe a traçar um perfil histórico da representatividade social do gênero História em Quadrinhos e de como esse gênero se constituiu e se tornou emergente em território brasileiro, por meio das contribuições do sujeito-autor Maurício de Sousa.
Lo “sciopero dei bevitori” di fine Ottocento in provincia di Pesaro e Urbino
Authors: Balsamini Luigi
Published: March 2023

Negli anni Settanta e Ottanta dell’Ottocento la provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, al pari di altre zone del Paese, è attraversata da una serie di movimenti contro il caro viveri. Le agitazioni, nello specifico a Fano e Pesaro, assumono una piega particolare dando vita a ripetuti “scioperi dei bevitori” di vino. La popolazione protesta contro l’aumento del prezzo del vino (e la sua sempre peggiore qualità), sobillata dagli agitatori internazionalisti che proprio in quegli anni andavano organizzando le loro sezioni.
The impact of principals’ transformational leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment on teachers’ teaching effectiveness in ethnic areas of China: Taking gender as a moderator
Authors:   Krirk University, Thailand, Huang Hu
Published: March 2023

Guangxi is a border area where ethnic minorities are distributed, with poor economic development foundation, slow growth, relatively traditional, high turnover rate and outdated education. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact and to identify the path of principals’ transformational leadership on teachers’ teaching effectiveness in ethnic autonomous region of China. A regression analysis survey design was adopted to collect the data from the teachers of elementary schools. Based on 5-point Likert Scale of 771 questionnaires from Guangxi Province of China, the survey concluded: (1) principals’ transformational leadership, teachers’ organizational commitment, and teachers’ teaching effectiveness differed significantly by gender and age, (2) principals’ transformational leadership significantly influenced teachers’ teaching effectiveness, in addition, teachers’ organization commitment can partially mediate the effects, (3) gender can moderate the path of principals’ transformational leadership to teachers’ organization commitment, specifically, male teachers carry more weight. The study findings may serve as a guide for further research on management and leadership of leaders and members in educational organizations.
Belarusian Politics and Society Web Archive: Preserving the Belarusian Grassroots Protest
Authors: Rakityanskaya Anna
Published: March 2023

Belarusian Politics and Society (BPAS) is a curated web archive created under the auspices of the Ivy Plus Library Confederation to preserve online grassroots content created in, or related to, Belarus since 2020. The article describes the historical context of the creation of BPAS (focusing on the events in Belarus in 2020–2022 and particularly, the role of online media) and the web archiving context (by exploring Internet Archive’s coverage of Belarus) as well as demonstrates how both contexts guided the curatorial work on BPAS and the decision to focus the scope of collection on fragile grassroots content. Special attention is given to the issue of content loss and content shift in the Belarusian internet.
Wie Menschen zu Unternehmer_innen werden – Optimierungskalküle in der Berufsbildung
Authors: Hering Sabine
Published: March 2023

How People Become Entrepreneurs – Optimization Calculi in Vocational Education and Training

The aim of the paper is to examine the program of entrepreneurship education and, related to it, the tension between becoming and being of the subject from a social and educational science perspective. Especially in the discourse about the optimization of the self, critical contributions often predominate. In the context of this paper, both perspectives, the (system) proponents and critics, will be kept in view. The focus is on the question how people are (made) entrepreneurs under the influence of optimization calculations in vocational education and training.
Die Geschichte der Pädagogik als Herausforderung pädagogischen Handelns in der Gegenwart
Authors: Ladenthin Volker
Published: March 2023

The History of Pedagogy as Irritation

The past exerts a normative compulsion on the present that can never be completely resolved with arguments. Every systematic justification is subject to historical conditions, just as these conditions can only be recognized under systematic postulates. Action is the implementation of validity under historical conditions in the unity of principle and case.
IMPLEMENTASI STEGANOGRAFI FILE CITRA DIGITAL MENGGUNAKAN METODE LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT
Authors: Permana Angga Aditya , Amna Habib
Published: March 2023

Penggunaan steganografi bertujuan untuk menyamarkan data rahasia sehingga sulit untuk dideteksi, dengan menyisipkan pesan rahasia kedalam citra. Metode paling sederhana yang digunakan untuk menyembunyikan pesan rahasia pada aplikasi ini adalah dengan cara menyisipkan pesan kedalam bit rendah (LSB - Least Significant Bit) yaitu dengan cara mengganti tiap-tiap bit pixel pada file citra yang disisipkan. Banyaknya karakter dari pesan rahasia yang dapat ditampung tergantung pada besar kecilnya ukuran dari file citra sebagai tempat penampung. Python adalah bahasa pemrograman yang banyak digunakan oleh developer , Python juga dapat digunakan untuk komputasi dan visualisasi, yaitu dengan menggunakan desain antar muka (interface) yang biasa dikenal dengan nama GUI (Graphical User Interface).Tujuan yang di harapkan antara lain membangun perangkat lunak steganografi pada citra digital file gambar png dengan menggunakan Python dan menyembunyikan keberadaan dari sebuah pesan tersembunyi atau sebuah informasi dan menghasilkan file gambar yang mempunyai kualitas tidak jauh berbeda dengan citra digital file gambar aslinya.
Prediction of residual life of hydraulic motors of construction machines by results of simulation
Authors:   Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI), Zorin V. A. , Trong Minh Nguyen ,   Vietnam National University of Agriculture
Published: March 2023

Problems of determining the residual life of hydraulic motors, based on the results of simulation. In the course of the investigation, the methods of reliability theory, mathematical statistics and simulation have been used. Predicting the residual life of the hydraulic motors of construction machines is necessary to improve operational reliability, reduce downtime and costs for maintenance and repair of equipment.
Izvanredno stanje u kontekstu COVID-a 19
Authors: Blagojević Anita , Antunović Martina
Published: March 2023

Posljednja dva do tri desetljeća obilježile se mnoge i raznolike krize i izazovi, od terorizma, preko globalne financijske krize, do migracija, no ona koju je prouzročio COVID-19 svakako ulazi u red kriza koje po svom obuhvatu i karakteru ulaze među najozbiljnije i ujedno najneočekivanije. S jedne strane nepripremljene za borbu protiv nepoznatog neprijatelja, a s druge strane pod očekivanjima poduzimanja raznih zdravstvenih, ekonomskih i pravnih mjera, države su se snalazile kako god su mogle. Međutim, poduzete mjere, koje sasvim sigurno spadaju u najrestriktivnije mjere ne samo u recentnim vremenima, s razlogom su izazvale zabrinutost u pogledu izazova poštovanja standarda demokracije, ljudskih prava i vladavine prava. Bez ikakve sumnje, pandemija COVID-a testirala je posvećenost država vladavini prava, ljudskim pravima i demokraciji u uvjetima izvanrednih okolnosti. Neke države taj su test položile s visokom ocjenom, dok su druge prilično zakazale. Cilj je ovoga rada analizirati ustavnopravni okvir, ali i postupanja hrvatskih vlasti tijekom pandemije, te doći do zaključka s kakvom je ocjenom zemlja položila test ustavnosti i očuvanja vladavine prava i ljudskih prava u to krizno vrijeme. U tom kontekstu provest će se analiza odgovarajućih odredbi međunarodnih dokumenata i odredbi Ustava Republike Hrvatske o izvanrednom stanju, nakon čega će biti prikazan pregled antipandemijskih mjera, kao i relevantna praksa Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske vezano uz ustavnost pojedinih mjera.
Internet of Things (IoT): The IoT refers to the growing network of devices that are connected to the internet
Authors: jasmin nabeel
Published: March 2023

nternet of Things (IoT): The IoT refers to the growingnetwork of devices that are connected to the internet
Learning new songs in late Alzheimer’s disease: Do verbal and melodic feature recognition depend on encoding settings?
Authors: Coppalle Renaud , Platel Hervé , Mauger Caroline , Quernet Sophie , Letortu Odile , Groussard Mathilde
Published: March 2023

People with Alzheimer’s disease (PWAD) show preservation of remote memory for songs. However, our recent findings suggest that they may also be able to encode new musical stimuli, but only for non-verbal information. Here, we tried to assess whether verbal and musical features of unknown songs could be encoded after 8 days of exposures sessions with two presentation formats: only listening (Audio group) or listening with lyrics (Audio-Textual group). Subsequent to the test session, allowing to separately assess the recognition for songs, melodies alone, and lyrics alone (versus distractors) shows that both complete songs and melodies targets were better recognized than distractors, whereas lyrics alone do not give rise to significant recognition for the Audio group. Contrary to our expectations, the Audio-Textual group showed impaired performance compared to the Audio group both in learning and retrieving all type of information, as no recognition was possible regardless of the format (lyrics, melodies and songs). This lack of improvement in lyrics recognition of the Audio-textual group could be explain by a divided attention situation (between the reading task and the background audio stimuli), hence the very poor performance for PWAD at severe stage of the illness, even for the recognition for song or melodies alone.
How Big Five Personality Traits affect Information and Communication Technology Use: A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Joshi Arun , Das Saini , Sekar Srinivasan
Published: March 2023

This study performed a meta-analysis of forty-eight studies to synthesize existing literature examining the relationship between ‘Big Five’ personality traits and the use of various Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). We conducted sub-group analysis to investigate the potential moderators on the relationship between personality and ICT use. The results largely reveal that the ‘Big Five’ personality traits are significantly associated with the use of various ICTs. Specifically, ‘extroversion’ showed the strongest association with social networking, along with business and commerce-based ICTs, while ‘openness’ had the highest correlations with career and education, and information-based ICTs. The results also identified technology type, region of the country, and voluntariness as potential moderators. This paper offers theoretical and practical implications that researchers could embrace in enhancing understanding of traits-technology fit, and technology providers in improving crafting, marketing, and delivering technology at the individual, organizational, national, and global levels.
Productivity of new sainfoin varieties and promising lines in the conditions of the south of Russia
Authors: Regidin A. A. , Ignatiev S. A. , Kravchenko N. S. , Goryunov K. N.
Published: March 2023

The current paper has presented the study results of promising lines of sainfoin in the competitive variety testing. The purpose of the current study was to estimate the fodder, seed productivity and quality of the fodder mass of promising sainfoin lines for the introduction of the best of them into production and use in breeding. The study was carried out in the fields of the FSBSI “ARC “Donskoy”. The objects of study were nine sainfoin varieties and promising lines. The standard was a sainfoin variety ‘Veles’. According to the study results, green mass productivity of the lines ‘Sin 2/2010’, ‘Sin 4/2010’ and ‘Sin 8/95’ was 30.1 t/ha, 30.1 t/ha and 30.3 t/ha, or on 7.9 % and 8.6 % higher than that of the standard variety ‘Veles’ (27.9 t/ha). On average, for 2 cycles, the seed productivity of the studied lines varied from 0.93 t/ha to 1.02 t/ha and was significantly higher than that of the standard variety (0.85 t/ha). On average, during two cycles, the lines ‘Sin 3/2010’ and ‘Sin 3/2004’ produced the largest seed yield (1.02 t/ha). The lines ‘Sin 13/93’ and ‘Sin 4/2010’, respectively, exceeded dry matter yield of the standard variety ‘Veles’ on 9.8% and 10.0%, and feed units per 1 ha on 14.6% and 14.8%. The lines ‘Sin 3/2010’, ‘Sin 3/2004’ and ‘Sin 13/93’ are going to be propagated in isolated plots for further study under production conditions
New spring barley variety ‘Rafael’ adapted to the conditions of the Central region
Authors: Levakova O. V. , Gladysheva O. V. , Eroshenko L. M.
Published: March 2023

The purpose of the current study was to identify and present the most economically valuable features of the new spring barley variety ‘Rafael’ in the conditions of the Central region. There was developed a new spring barley variety ‘Rafael’ based on the Governmental task of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Research Center “Nemchinovka”, (FRC “Nemchinovka” (Moscow Region)) No. 0608-2019-0011 and the Institute of Seed Production and Agrotechnologies, a branch of the FSBSI “Federal Research Agro-engineering Center VIM” (ISPA, a branch of FSBSI FRAEC VIM (Ryazan region)) No. 0581-2019-0021. In 2020–2021 the variety was tested in the State Variety Testing. In 2022, the variety was included in the State List of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation and approved for use in the Central (3) and Volga-Vyatka (4) regions. The code of the variety is 8057530. There was received the patent No. 12254. Breeding number 35/1-09 h 662 was obtained when crossing the lodging-resistant variety ‘Ksanadu’ and the breeding lines 27/13-78 h 34 (‘Moskovsky 121 x Highproli’), identified from the genetic collection according to a complex resistance to helminthosporiasis of barley and soil drought. The analysis of long-term data (2014–2019) has shown that under various agrometeorological conditions of the environmental trials, the variety was characterized by improved productivity in comparison with the standard variety ‘Yaromir ‘and varieties of earlier breeding. In the experimental crop rotation FRC “Nemchinovka” exceeded the mean value of productivity on 0.44 t/ha, the productivity increase was on 0.68 t/ha more than that of the standard variety, and on 1.08 t/ha more than that of the parental variety ‘Ksanadu’. In the fields, the ISPA, a branch of FSBSI FRAEC VIM exceeded the standard variety on 0.09 t/ha, providing a mean productivity of 6.85 t/ha. The maximum value of the indicator of the variety stability level (PSSS = 141.6%) has characterized a high degree of variety adaptation to various environmental conditions. The economic efficiency calculation has shown an increased profitability of the new variety on 17.0–20.8% compared to the widespread varieties. The introduction of this variety into production can significantly improve and stabilize gross barley productivity in the Central and Volga-Vyatka regions of Russia, increase profitability of enterprises and provide the feed industry with domestic raw materials.
Study of the efficiency of direct (no-till) sowing of grain crops in the Republic of Chuvashia
Authors: Volkov A. I. , Prokhorova L. N. , Selyunin V. V.
Published: March 2023

The current study was carried out in order to identify the efficiency of direct (no-till) sowing of grain crops after potatoes on medium loamy gray forest soils with 2.33 % of humus, 210 mg/kg of mobile phosphorus, 162 mg/kg of exchangeable potassium and 6.6 units of acidity. The objects of study were winter and spring wheat, spring barley for brewing and fodder, maize for grain and silage. The sowing complex ‘Amazone Primera DMC’ has carried out direct (no-till) sowing of disease-treated seeds with the simultaneous application of mineral fertilizers. Grain crop treatment to control weeds, pests, and diseases, as well as top dressing with macro- and micro-fertilizers were aimed at obtaining the maximum productivity of each grain crop. The hydrothermal coefficient in the 2020 growing year was 1.04, in 2021 it was 0.60 and in 2022 it was 1.05. Harvesting was carried out in the phase of full ripening of grain and milky-wax ripeness of cobs when laying maize silage. On average, the largest (3.85 t/ha) grain productivity when using direct (no-till) sowing was produced by maize, and the least yields (2.00 t/ha) were given by brewing barley. In the production of these crops, there have been identified maximum (2.72) and minimum (1.99) energy efficiency coefficients. An economic estimation has shown the feasibility of direct (no-till) sowing of winter wheat, where the maximum (68.4 %) level of profitability was established. The minimum (14.8 %) level of profitability was found in the cultivation of brewing barley, which could be explained by the high degree of material and labor costs and low productivity. The profitability of the production of other crops was lower in 1.21-3.39 times. In general, agroeconomic and energy analysis has proved a high efficiency of direct (no-till) sowing in the cultivation of winter wheat and maize after potatoes in the agro-climatic conditions of the Republic Chuvashia.
Identifying potentially morally injurious events from the Veteran perspective: A qualitative descriptive study
Authors: King Heather A. , Perry Kathleen R. , Ferguson Stephanie , Hicken Bret L. , Jackson George L. , Lynch Chanee , Woolson Sandra L. , Wortmann Jennifer H. , Nieuwsma Jason A. , Parry Kimber J.
Published: March 2023

LAY SUMMARY

Current conceptualizations of potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) emphasize war atrocities (e.g., killing of children or civilians, witnessing abuse of prisoners of war). Additional research on PMIEs could inform provision of patient-centred care in pursuit of healing for those experiencing moral injury. The field would benefit from an operationalization of PMIEs that is not only grounded in empirical data and meaningful to clinicians but also accounts for the perspectives of the Veterans who experienced PMIEs. This study sought to gain a more in-depth understanding of and explore Veterans’ experiences surrounding PMIEs.
FORMATION OF A RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INNOVATIVE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
Authors: Khrystenko Halyna ,   Separated SubdivisionNational University of Life and Environmental Science of Ukraine «Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute», Fedunyak Ihor ,   Separated SubdivisionNational University of Life and Environmental Science of Ukraine «Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute»
Published: March 2023

The article examines the role of innovative and investment development of agricultural enterprises in modern conditions of globalization and integration of Ukraine into the world economic space. Systematized internal and external threats to innovation and investment development of agricultural enterprises. It is proven that the innovative activity of the enterprise depends on its innovative potential. The components of the innovative potential of the enterprise are determined. Factors influencing the activation of innovative and investment development of agriculture are analyzed. It is substantiated that a necessary condition for the implementation of effective innovative activity is the ability to manage innovative risks. Approaches to defining the essence of risk management are summarized. The main advantages of the implementation and effective functioning of the risk management system at agricultural enterprises have been established. The priority tools for reducing the level of risks at the agricultural enterprise have been determined.
El saldo de la elección 2021 en el sistema de partidos
Authors: Arellano Ríos Alberto
Published: March 2023

Este ensayo analiza la reconfiguración política del sistema de partidos en México. Se aboca al desplazamiento o movimiento de los partidos como resultado de la elección de 2021. El seguimiento se hace desde una perspectiva de mediano y largo plazo para observar y justipreciar la coyuntura. Se busca observar qué permanece y qué cambia. De tal modo que se describen las transformaciones del sistema de partido hegemónico, la llamada transición hacia la democracia y el actual proceso de redefinición.
20. MİLLÎ EĞİTİM ŞURA KARARLARININ OKUL ÖNCESİ EĞİTİM KADEMESİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: ÇUKUROVA Pelin , ÇAKMAKLI Tolga , PARİN Cemil , AYDIN Mehmet
Published: March 2023

Bu araştırmanın amacı 2021 yılının Aralık ayında gerçekleştirilen 20. Millî Eğitim Şurasında okul öncesi eğitim ile ilgili alınan kararların incelenmesi ve kararların uygulanmasına yönelik yapılan çalışmaların değerlendirilmesidir. Bu araştırmada nitel araştırma yönteminin veri toplama tekniklerinden olan doküman (belge) incelemesi tekniğinden yararlanmıştır. 20. Şura kararları içerisinde okul öncesi eğitim ile ilgili olan 11 tane karar olduğu tespit edilmiş, kararların kapsam ve içeriği analiz edilerek hangi konuların ele alındığı belirlenmiştir. İçerik ve kapsam bakımından incelenen okul öncesi eğitim ile ilgili kararlar “Okul Öncesi Eğitimin Yaygınlaştırılması”, “Okul-Aile İşbirliği ve Aile Eğitimleri”, “Değerler Eğitimi ve Din Eğitimi” olmak üzere 3 temel başlığa ayrılmıştır. “Okul Öncesi Eğitimin Yaygınlaştırılması” başlığı altında okul öncesi eğitimde okullaşma oranı ve okul öncesi eğitim hizmetlerinin çocuklara ulaştırılması konusunda Millî Eğitim Bakanlığının yaptığı çalışmalar incelenmiştir. “Okul-Aile İşbirliği ve Aile Eğitimleri” başlığı altında okul öncesi eğitimde okul aile-iş birliği ve aile eğitimleri ile ilgili Millî Eğitim Bakanlığının yaptığı çalışmalar ve özellikle 2022 yılında hayata geçirilen “Aile Okulu” projesi incelenmiştir. “Değerler Eğitimi ve Din Eğitimi” başlığı altında okul öncesi eğitim programı ve müfredatı taranmış ve konu ile alakalı Millî Eğitim Bakanlığına ait ders materyalleri incelenmiştir. Yapılan incelemeler ve araştırmalar sonucu 20. Millî Eğitim Şurasında alınan okul öncesi eğitim ile ilgili kararların uygulanması adına birtakım çalışmalara rastlanmıştır. Özellikle okul öncesi eğitimin yaygınlaştırılması kapsamında yapılan çalışmaların nicelik olarak hedeflenen noktaya yaklaştığı görülürken niteliksel anlamdaki hedeflere ulaşmak adına çalışmaların devam ettiği tespit edilmiştir.
Determinants of bank profitability in Georgian banking sector
Authors: Mercan Metin , Botsvadze Ilia , Dzagania Bachana , Khoshtaria Tornike , Rachvelishvili Ana
Published: March 2023

This study examines the impact of bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants on the profitability of commercial banks in Georgia, where banks tend to be the largest part of the financial system, with free market systems and liberalization policies similar to those in other transition economies, using panel data analysis and random forest method (RVI) is implemented as a robustness check.  The profitability indicators return on asset (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and net interest margin (NIM), all of which have been extensively utilized as indicators of profitability in previous research, were employed. The research indicates that the three most significant bank-specific factors are net loans, nonperforming loans, and capital adequacy ratios. Other bank-specific factors such as asset size and liquidity ratio have statistically minor effects on bank profitability. The other macroeconomic determinant, inflation rate, has no effect on the profitability performance levels of the banks studied.
Capital Adequacy and Risk Management Issues in Banking before, during and after 2007-2008 Financial Crisises
Authors: Botsvadze Ilia
Published: March 2023

The paper provides evidence about Basel II, as international banking regulations failure in recent global financial crisis. It describes old and new banking regulations main aspects on the base of before and during financial crisis periods. Banks’ holding of reasonable capital buffers in excess of minimum requirements could alleviate the procyclicality problem potentially exacerbated by the rating-sensitive capital charges of Basel II. Determining the sufficient buffer size is an important risk management task for banks. Actual bank capital is driven by bank income and default losses, whereas capital requirements within Basel II are driven by rating transitions. New regulatory approach to measuring capital adequacy appears consistent with banks’ own risk evaluations. The purpose of the paper is to show Basel II’s role in financial crisis based on qualitative inductive research. Also paper mentions some political aspects of modern banking regulations and future suggestions and recommendations for after crisis banking future.
Capturing Incarceration: A phenomenological study of Recidivism in Convicted Women
Authors: Shahid Shiza , Ashraf Mujeeba
Published: March 2023

The present study aimed to find out psychosocial determinants of recidivism in female convicts. Previous literature on recidivism suggested several psychosocial factors behind recidivism e.g. poverty, low self-esteem, personality, and familial factors (Bird, Hussain, & Joyce, 2004). However, the present study used a qualitative approach to find out psychosocial determinants of recidivism, specifically guided by the phenomenological approach. The data was collected from two women's prisons. Six (N=06) semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. The findings revealed two major themes; psychological factors (personality and social exclusion) and social factors (social demographic factors, familial factors, societal constituents, and judicial system) behind recidivism. This study is helpful for determining the underlying factors behind criminal acts and recidivism and it will help the prison department to consider these psychosocial determinants of recidivism and reentry to prisons and will also help in the psychological assessment of prisoners at their first entry to prison.
KOMPOZİT YAY ÇITALARINA KURUL KALESİ’NDEN YENİ BİR KATKI
Authors: ZOROĞLU Umut
Published: March 2023

Kurul Kalesi kazılarından elde edilen bulgular Hellenistik Dönem’in askerî teknolojisiyle ilgili önemli bilgiler içermektedir. Bu bulgulardan biri, menzilli silahların önemli bir aşamasını temsil eden kompozit yaylara aittir. Kompozit yaylar ağaç, boynuz ve tendon gibi farklı organik malzemeler bir araya getirilerek imal edilmiş uzun menzilde oldukça etkili olan silahlardır. Daha eski bir tip olan yekpare yaylardan ayrılan yönleri de ham madde ve menzildeki bu gelişimlerdir. Kompozit yayın etkili menzil özellikleri savaş tarihinin en uzun süre kullanılan silahlarından biri olmasını sağlamıştır. Fakat organik malzemelerden yapılması nedeniyle bu yay tipinin günümüze bir bütün olarak ulaşması oldukça zordur. Kemik ve geyik boynuzu gibi dirençli ham maddelerden yapılmış güçlendirme çıtaları, kompozit yayın kullanımını gösteren en önemli arkeolojik kanıtlardır. Bu çalışmada Kurul Kalesi’nde 2020 yılı kazılarında ele geçen kompozit yay çıtasının özellikleri, silahın tarihsel gelişimi göz önüne alınarak açıklanmaktadır. Ayrıca Kurul Kalesi verilerinden yola çıkarak kompozit yay çıtalarının üretim tekniklerine de değinilmektedir.
Sosialisasi Penerapan Teknologi Biopori Untuk Mencegah Terjadinya Banjir di Desa Parean Girang kabupaten Indramayu
Authors: Sugianto Sugianto , Rachman Dwi Fauzi , Yadi Agus
Published: March 2023

Buruknya drainase saluran air yang mengalami sendimentasi, kondisi laut yang sedang megalami rob, dan pembangunan perumahan yang tidak sesuai dengan standar konservasi bangunan, mengakibatkan terjadinya banjir di Desa Parean Girang kecamatan kandanghaur Kabupaten Indramayu. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut maka perlu teknologi resapan air yang dapat mencegah terjadinya banjir. Teknologi Biopori merupakan solusi yang tepat untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut, karena teknologi tersebut memiliki perangkat Paving block yang tahan benturan dan memiliki lubang resapan air dengan laju infiltrasi sebesar 2,02 mm/menit. Metode pelaksanaannya yaitu melakukan sosialisasi penerapan teknologi biopori serta mendemontrasikannya. Hasil sosialisai penerapan teknologi biopori untuk mencegah terjadinya banjir di Desa Parean Girang kabupaten Indramayu, sebagian besar masyarakat Parean Girang indramayu menjadi paham terhadap penyebab banjir yang terjadi di Desanya. Sikap masyarakat menjadi lebih peduli terhadap lingkungan hidup yang ada di wilayahnya. Masyarakan menjadi paham tentang teknologi biopori yang berfungsi untuk menyerap air sehingga mencegah terjadinya banjir. Masyarakat Parena Giran menjadi tergerak untuk melakukan gotong royong dalam membuat luabang resapan air biopori di semua wilayah Parean Girang yang terdampak banjir langganan.
Analisis Pengembangan Pariwisata di Kecamatan Binuang Kabupaten Polewali Mandar
Authors: Irwan Andi Lukman , Nawawi Juanda , Lia Ayu
Published: March 2023

This study aims to determine the role of the government in tourism development in the Binuang sub-district, Polewali Mandar Regency, seen from the arrangement and development of tourist objects, the development and development of tourism supporting facilities and infrastructure and the promotion of tourism. The method used in this research is to use a qualitative descriptive research type which aims to describe the problem solving of the research object based on visible facts or data in the field. Data collecting technique is done by interviewing and observing and documentation which includes archives, literature review or literature related to research problems.

The results showed: tourism development in Binuang Subdistrict, Polewali Mandar Regency, seen from the arrangement and development of tourist objects in accordance with the Regional Tourism Development Master Plan by identifying tourist objects that have the potential to focus on development. In addition, coaching activities for tourism managers are also carried out every few months in order to improve the quality and quality of tourism objects. Then, the development and development of tourism facilities and infrastructure carried out by the government can also be seen from the development and maintenance efforts of tourism supporting facilities and infrastructure. Tourism promotion by the Youth Sport and Tourism Agency which is considered quite effective is the Polewali Mandar Festival Fork & Art (PIFAF) which in addition to introducing culture also introduces tourism potentials in Polewali Mandar Regency.
CURRENCY INDEX AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEVEL OF COUNTRY’S DEVELOPME
Authors:   Alfred Nobel University, Zadoia Anatolii O. , Zadoia Oleksandr A. ,   Alfred Nobel University
Published: March 2023

The vast majority of foreign operations are serviced by currency. The exchange rate of the national currency has a significant impact on both the terms of foreign trade and the international movement of capital. For a more accurate assessment of the impact of the exchange rate on foreign economic activity, it is advisable to use the currency index as the ratio of the market (official) exchange rate to purchasing power parity. The aim of our study is to establish the relationship between the level of development of the country and the currency index (including quantitative), as well as the rationale for approaches to the choice of foreign trade partners based on the currency indices. As a factorial basis for the study, statistics in 130 countries of the world were used. In the analysis of the results, a hypothesis about the existence of the relationship between the level of development of the country (which was determined by GDP per capita) and the index of the currency index was put forward. The hypothesis test was conducted using correlation and regression analysis. The indicator of R2 was used as the criterion of connection density. The research was carried out both in the whole array of countries, and for individual groups. The analysis showed a fairly close relationship between the currency index and the level of country development (which is reflected in the high value of the coefficient of determination). Even the unification of countries into economic unions and the transition to duty-free trade does not eliminate the differentiation of the price level and, accordingly, differences in the currency index. This is confirmed by the analysis of the calculated in the article currency index for the EU. And even the use of a single currency in the euro area does not eliminate this problem.
Design the semi-automation shrimps tempura frying production line
Authors:   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Vo Trung Chanh , Vu Tran Thanh Cong ,   Bach Khoa Research Center for Manufacturing Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Vuong Tuan Quan ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Phan Quang Minh ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Nguyen Tan Dat ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Le Quang Long ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam, Vo Tuong Quan ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNUHCM, Viet Nam
Published: March 2023

Currently, Tempura shrimp consumption is very high in most Japanese restaurants all over the world. There are many companies that produce Tempura shrimp to provide for many restaurants as well as to sell in many supermarkets in many countries. In fact, the benefits of this product are enormous for the seafood industry in Vietnam as well as in other countries. However, most of the companies that produce the Tempura shrimps manually by workers. There are a lot of workers who fry shrimp manually to keep the company productive. The quality of this product also bases on the skill of the workers. And, to satisfy the condition of mass production, the enterprise also needs the very large area to set up the workplace for the workers. Secondly, this situation leads to the practical results that the quality of Tempura shrimp is not identical, unstable and the amount of waste is very high. Therefor, the requirement for the application of automatic control system in this tempura field can help the company to solve these difficult problems. This issue is the primary focus of this document. It is the situation of the Tempura fried shrimp companies which lead them to implement automated systems to replace unskilled workers. This paper presents the design of the whole semi automation single-side Tempura shrimp frying production line to propose some innovation about the shrimp tempura frying process. The entire Tempura semi automation production line consists of 3 main modules. Each module can operate as an independent machine. The workers just put the coated shrimp in the molds and then the frying process will perform the remaining steps automatically. The first module (Module 1) is the shaping module or the first time frying module. The powder solution also installed with this module. The second module (Module 2) is the finished frying module. Finally, the oil drainning module (Module 3) using the technique of the hot heating airflow system to drain the excess oil inside the Tempura shrimps.
Settling behaviour of irregular-shaped polystyrene microplastics
Authors:   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU-HCM, Nguyen Thu Ha
Published: March 2023

Microplastics are emerging pollutants that can pose threats to aquatic ecosystems by carrying toxic additives to the food web. Their abundance has been reported in many waterways globally, including the Sai Gon River, Vietnam. A good understanding of microplastic sinking behaviours can help predict the distribution and removal of these pollutants in water. Microplastic dynamics are still mostly assumed to be similar to that of suspended sediment. However, MPs possess many artificial properties that can make them move distinctly in the water from suspended sediment like densities, structures, shapes, and surface properties. This research, therefore, aims to investigate the correlation of the polystyrene microplastic size and irregular shapes with its vertical movement. The experiments employed the Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV) method and an automatic image processing algorithm to simultaneously measure MP geometrical properties and settling velocity while freely settling in a still water column. We found that the circumscribed diameter is the most appropriate geometrical parameter to represent MP size. The settling velocity of irregular-shaped polystyrene microplastics in size of 0.2 to 0.9 mm is mostly between 0.5 and 2 mm/s, half of the sediment but four-fold that of biological aggregates at the same size. The settling velocity increases two-fold when MP size enlarges from 0.2 to 0.9 mm. The shape irregularity can slow down the sinking of large microplastics but do not affect the vertical movement of microplastics smaller than 0.32 mm. The ratio between microplastic projected area and the area of the smallest circumscribed circle was found to be the two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional shapes in the correlation between size and settling velocity. Therefore, the fitting curve equations suggested herein can be used as a simple tool to estimate the settling velocity of irregular-shaped polystyrene microplastics found in many in-situ sampling campaigns.
Composite synthesized from nano layered double hydroxides (or oxides) and spherical biochar: Application for removing Congo red and methylene blue dyes from water
Authors:   Ho Chi Minh University of Techonology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Mai Triều Thuận , Nguyễn Đạt Duy ,   Ho Chi Minh University of Techonology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Nguyễn Đồng Thanh ,   Institute of Environmental Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Vũ Mai Thị ,   Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam, Nguyễn Hải Trần ,   Institute of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Duy Tan University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: March 2023

In this study, a new composite (LDH–SB) was synthesized from layer double hydroxides (LDH) and spherical biochar (SB) through hydrothermal carbonization. LDH–SB was then calcinated at 500 ◦C to generate another composite (LDO–SB). Under such a temperature, LDH in the surface of LDH–SB was converted to layer double oxides (LDO). Their properties were thoroughly investigated. SEM images confirmed that the nano particles (LDH or LDO) were successfully loaded in the surface of SB. XRD data validated the existence of LDH or LDO in the structure of the composites. The BET surface area of LDH–SB và LDO–SB was 81.7 m2/g and 192 m2/g. The pHPZC of LDH–SB and LDO–SB was 8.49 and 10.23. Leaching test demonstrated that two composites exhibited a strong chemical stability within solution pH from 2.0 to 10. The results of pH-dependent adsorption indicated that two composites well adsorbed methylene blue (MB) dye under basic condition (pH 10) and Congo red (CR) dye under acid (pH 3.0). Adsorption kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics were conducted under batch experiments. The maximum adsorption capacity of the MB+ cations and CR- anions by LDH–SB (92.2 and 266 mg/g) and LDO–SB (64.4 and 795 mg/g, respectively) was calculated from the Langmuir model. LDO–SB exhibited an excellent adsorption capacity towards CR dye in water compared to LDH–SB.
Development of a Laminar Air Flow System for Preventing Surgical Equipment Table Infections
Authors:   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Le Long Thanh ,   Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tran Trung Nghia ,   Faculty of Applied Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Mai Hoang Kim Son ,   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tran Thai Son ,   Faculty of Applied Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: March 2023

Nowadays, the infections cause the higher patient mortality and longer time in hospitals and clinical treatment units. It requires the good quality of healthcare services. This paper presents the research in an attempt to realize a mobile laminar airflow system for preventing the contamination of airborne pathogens by protecting the surgical site area as well as the instrument table as low-cost as possible. The portable laminar airflow system and centrifugal fan are modeled by using computer-aided design (CAD) software. This system concludes a blower, UVC lamp, standard filter, high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, and instrument table. Then, the proposed device was verified through numerical simulations. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was performed to optimize the system design by examining and evaluating the results, as well as computing the aerodynamic characteristics for the system's centrifugal blower and taking fan pressure variation into account while adjusting inlet flow. As a result, sterile conditions may be created instantaneously and anyplace using this proposed laminar airflow system. The innovative layered airflow sterilizer may achieve a local Biosafety Level II in a specific area, such as an isolation room, patient bedroom, or operating room. After modeling the system, the finer mesh of centrifugal fan was carried out to ensure the accuracy of numerical simulation. There are four domains discretized in a centrifugal fan such as impeller fluid domain, volute fluid domain, inlet, and outlet fluid domain. The inlet mass flow rate strongly affects the performance of the centrifugal fan. The numerical results show that the total pressure maintained inside the blower increase as the flow rate gets larger. The results of this study provide an essential basis for optimizing system design in future investigations.
Applying Simulink to solve the differential equation of rotational angle of a vibrating building resting on a viscous foundation
Authors:   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam, Duong Tham Hong
Published: March 2023

Dynamic effects on structures are complicated topics, both in theoretical and experimental aspects. This article aims to study more deeply the effects of the waves on the response of a receiver footing in the vicinity. This paper establishes the governing equation for the vibrating structure resting on a viscous soil foundation. By prescribing all the rotating motions happened to the footings, including the sliding moments, and the anti-sliding moments, a differential equation is established. The viscous characteristics that based on a laboratory test-based results is considered, and the dynamic equilibrium equation of all the moments is manipulated to an ordinary diffferential equation. Beside the analytical solution, solved by the conventional approach, a Matlab Simulink diagram is created to solve the equation. The result indicates there is a value of rotational angle at which the rocking structure would attain during the process of vibration in long enough time. This solution could explain the failure mode of buildings which are constructed nearby a road, are stirred and vibrated under the dynamic effects caused by traffic mobility. These dynamic effects are of low-frequency range, or between 0 to 100 Hz. A model of the finite element method, Plaxis 2D is used to validate the vibrational response of the receiver footing, concerning the effects on the far field. The soil foundation is very compressible, subjected to a vibration at different excitation frequencies. The movement of particles on the free domain of the soil surface at a distance of 50 m apart from the source of excitation results in a differential settlement for points within a receiver footing. And the displacement responses of the structure are analysed both in time domain and frequency domain. The beneficial application of Matlab Simulink for solving specific problems in Engineering Mechanics is suggested.