bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The identification of officers’ leadership competencies in the face of current threats – an educational aspect
Authors: Taurogińska-Stich Agnieszka , Michaluk Andrzej , Martusewicz Joanna
Published: September 2024

This paper describes the results of a study on identifying and shaping the leadership competencies of cadets, taking into account current military challenges and crises that measurably affect how commanding officer cadres operate and how their subordinates perceive them. The authors highlight the need to shift the focus of cadet education in higher military education from activities oriented towards shaping the competencies of the platoon-company commander towards proposals that take into account the latest trends and lessons learned from the current armed conflict in Ukraine. This approach mainly addresses the challenges of “new generation warfare”, where the boundaries between war and peace are difficult to identify. The evolution of warfare we are seeing includes and will continue to include non-military activities extensively supported by sensors and reconnaissance systems, with the apparent dominance of information, but also the sowing of confusion and fear and the building of narratives focused on undermining the opponent’s morale. The requirements of modern warfare necessitate faster diagnosis of candidates’ leadership aptitude, even before recruitment to military universities, and then intensive improvement of their competencies, especially at the initial (adaptive) stage of training. This should result in improved matching of cadres to the real challenges of “new generation warfare”. In this article, the authors present multifaceted exploratory research on diagnosing and shaping leadership competencies in one of Poland’s military universities.
SECURITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Walasik Sylwia , Chmielecki Marek
Published: September 2024

Security determines many possibilities for clarifying its positive character, which is associated withthe possibility of achieving goals that favour the development of an entity. They express securitywith values such as: survival, persistence and certainty of existence, homeostatic nature of relationswith the environment as maintaining one’s own identity, pursuing common social interests,conflict prevention and protection against threats and development. Security in this approach isemphasized by its properties, which last and develop regardless of the occurrence of threats.In the social structure, the local community is distinguished by ties associated with living ina specific area, arising from the very perspective of related needs and values derived from thelocal community. In addition, the local community shapes its own universal values, which includethe rights and civil rights and freedom expressed in the second chapter of the Constitution of theRepublic of Poland. From the authors’ point of view, local governments are currently looking forsolutions that would allow them to keep young people in the region and, if necessary, educate thelocal community to an acceptable level. It should be emphasised that the projects carried out bythe central government limit the simplicity of activities undertaken by local governments, whichfeel obliged to ensure security in the region.The aim of the article is to identify and analyse evolving foundations in the context of shapingsecurity, relevant needs and values, as well as educating the local community, which cansignificantly affect the contemporary local security environment.The presented results of pilot studies constitute a sufficient database to identify and diagnoseconditions for the development of local communities with specific educational needs in theregion, which may contribute to their staying in the place of residence and taking up studies ata university. The results emphasized the organizational and financial needs, as well as those relatedto educational disproportions between rural and urban areas, which constitute important safetyfactors for the local community.
MANAGING EMPLOYEES IN CRISIS SITUATIONS – A CASE STUDY OF AQUA S.A.
Authors: Krawczyk Jolanta , Michalski Krzysztof
Published: September 2024

The article provides a discussion on a strategy of personnel management in crisis situations on theexample of AQUA S.A. – a water and sewerage company. The authors have made an attempt toanalyse various aspects of personnel management against the context of crises such as a pandemic,a natural disaster or a technical failure. They have stressed the importance of an adequate responseof persons in charge of personnel management to such situations and the necessity of rapiddecision making.The main problems addressed in the article include contingency planning, communication with thepersonnel, flexible employment strategies, and psychological support for employees. The authorsfurther emphasise that effective personnel management in a crisis situation requires cooperationof different divisions within a company and having clear emergency procedures in place.The article also provides a case study of the company AQUA, showcased as a model of good practiceand a business that manages its staff effectively under difficult circumstances. The conclusionsarising from these analyses can provide valuable guidance for enterprises preparing to handlepotential crises in the future and/or to implement crisis situation management strategies.The authors have highlighted that investing in appropriate emergency personnel managementstrategies can yield benefits of improved organisational resilience to unexpected events andimproved employee retention. They further imply that research on this subject should continueto reach even better understanding of effective personnel management practices applicable undercrisis conditions.
The institution of the authorised CBAM declarant and thedeclarant in the EU customs turnover of goods
Authors: Gwardzińska Ewa
Published: September 2024

ingfrom 2026 in the import of high-emission goods, i.e. cement, electricity, fertilisers, cast iron and steel, aluminiumand chemicals (hydrogen). Only a person with this status will be able to declare high-emission goods forthe procedure of admission to circulation or inward processing. The author analyzes this institution in connectionwith the institution of the declarant existing under customs law, together with their legal status. The institution ofthe authorized CBAM declarant, although introduced by climate regulations, will also become an institution ofcustoms law because it concerns the person of the declarant and his obligations in the scope of import of goodsinto the EU customs territory.
PENGARUH PERBEDAAN LEVEL PEMBERIAN TEPUNG KENCUR (Kaemferia galanga L) SEBAGAI FEED ADDITIVE TERHADAP PERFORMA AYAM BROILER
Authors: Wulandari Putri , Indrayanti T. , Zakariya A.Z. , Nawangsari D. N.
Published: September 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perbedaan level pemberian tepung kencur (Kaemferia galanga L) sebagai feed additive terhadap konsumsi pakan, Pertambahan Bobot Badan (PBB), Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), dan IOFCC ayam broiler. Penelitian ini menggunakan 100 ekor ayam broiler. Percobaan menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) terdiri atas 4 perlakuan 5 ulangan yaitu P0 = 0% tepung kencur; P1 = 1% tepung kencur, P2 = 2% tepung kencur, P3 = 3% tepung kencur. Variabel yang diamati yaitu konsumsi pakan, Pertambahan Bobot Badan (PBB), Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), dan IOFCC. Metode analisis data menggunakan metode Analisis Of Varians (ANOVA) dan selanjutnya apabila ada perbedaan nyata pengaruh perlakuan tersebut, maka diuji lanjut memakai Uji Duncan Muttiple Ring Test (DMRT). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemberian tepung kencur) sebagai feed additive tidak berpengaruh nyata (P>0,05) terhadap konsumsi pakan, Pertambahan Bobot Badan (PBB), Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), sedangkan berpengaruh nyata (P<0,05) terhadap IOFCC ayam broiler, IOFCC tertinggi didapatkan pada perlakuan P0 (0% tepung kencur) yaitu sebesar Rp. 5.137,48/ ekor
Prevalencia de vulvovaginitis en mujeres sintomáticas en centros de salud de Curuça, Mutucal y Abade, estado de Pará, Brasil
Authors: Herrera Melina Elizabeth , Do Nascimento Rebeca Lima
Published: September 2024

Introducción. El término vulvovaginitis es definido como el proceso inflamatorio de vulva y vagina, y es considerado en la actualidad el diagnóstico ginecológico más común en la atención primaria. Este estudio tiene como objetivo determinar la prevalencia de vulvovaginitis en mujeres sintomáticas que concurrieron a los centros de salud de Curuçá, Abade y Mutucal en el estado de Pará, Brasil, y que se sometieron a un análisis de secreción vaginal.Metodología. El estudio fue de tipo observacional, descriptivo y transversal, realizado en mujeres (15-85 años) atendidas en los centros de salud de Curuçá, Abade y Mutucal durante el período de octubre de 2022 a febrero de 2023. Se consultaron 216 historias clínicas. Se utilizó como instrumento la base de datos del Sistema Único de Salud del Gobierno federal. Las variables principales fueron las siguientes: edad (15-85 años), sexo (mujer), nivel educacional (analfabetismo, primario, secundario, terciario, superior), estación del año (verano/invierno), embarazo, menopausia y resultado del papanicolau. La asociación entre variables fue evaluada por medio de pruebas chi-cuadrado y T de Student, con nivel de significancia de 95 %.Resultados. El 92,3 % de las mujeres estudiadas presentaban vulvovaginitis. Del grupo de embarazadas, el 100 % presentaban vulvovaginitis; en las mujeres con menopausia el valor fue de 87,9 %. Los patógenos más comunes de las muestras fueron las bacterias, correspondiendo al 67,8 % de los casos, con predominancia del tipo microbiológico cocos y bacilos en un 37 %. Se observó que el tipo de patógeno es una variable dependiente de la estación del año evaluada y que la variable mujeres embarazadas es independiente de la variable tipo de organismo patógeno.Conclusión. Se encontraron altas la frecuencia y la prevalencia de vulvovaginitis en el grupo estudiado, y se corroboraron también los datos a nivel mundial de esta enfermedad. Con alta prevalencia en embarazadas, todos los grupos presentaron alto índice de infección bacteriana.
APKAnalyzer: Ferramenta de Classificação de Malwares Android Baseada em Multi-view e Seleção de Características Multiobjetivo
Authors: Fransozi Philipe , Geremias Jhonatan , Viegas Eduardo K. , Santin Altair O.
Published: September 2024

Com a popularização do sistema operacional Android, tornou-se um desafio desenvolver novas técnicas para enfrentar o crescente número de aplicações maliciosas para essa plataforma. Este artigo propõe uma ferramenta de classificação de malwares para Android, chamada APKAnalyzer, que tem como motor de classificação três modelos de classificação de aprendizagem de máquina. A construção do vetor de características comportamentais do aplicativo a ser analisado é aprimorado com técnicas de multi-view, cuja viabilização é possível com o uso de seleção de características multiobjetivo à medida que apenas características que melhorem a acurácia e reduzam o tempo de inferência serão utilizadas no treinamento dos modelos.
Border Crossing: Raising Ethical Questions about Care Through the Failure of the Psychologist
Authors: Boileau Nicolas Pierre
Published: September 2024

This article focuses on how Pat Barker explores the ethical stance of her main character, Tom, a psychologist, who is as confused by the conundrum of the distinction between facts and truths as the readers who are tempted to read the story of Border Crossing as a thriller revisiting a real-life case may be. This enables me to show that instead of simply criticizing the way mental health experts are used in the British judiciary system, Barker’s novel suggests that failure to critically engage with one’s practice defeats alleged scientifically-based methods. Tom’s motivations are debatable from the point of view of the therapist’s ethics, and ultimately no longer oriented by Danny, his patient. The novel’s tension mainly stems from a therapeutic situation that unsettles all ethical principles: Tom is chosen for what Danny thinks was Tom’s role in his being sentenced, almost forced to account for the report he then wrote. I wish to argue that by questioning the guarantee of trial expertise and diagnoses, especially in the biopolitical context of the promotion of DSM as more ‘scientific’ than other methods, Barker challenges the association of care and cure that has somehow become central to literary analyses of mental health: she shows that caring for/ about a patient may have nothing to do with their cure, encouraging a reflection on mental health therapists’ ethics, in particular their well-meaning objectives. As this is a question that has been central in defining the breach between psychoanalysis and psychiatry, especially in the teaching of Lacan, this will be the main framework for the definition of the ethics of the cure in this article.
Diagnostic frauduleux et choix cornélien : éthique et ethos du chirurgien dans une fiction sérielle
Authors: Corroy Laurence , Roche Émilie
Published: September 2024

Demain nous appartient, une série diffusée quotidiennement sur TF1 depuis 2017 met régulièrement en intrigue des praticiens hospitaliers. Les représentations positives et négatives du personnel soignant, le statut du patient, de sa parole et du choix de soins, tout comme l’urgence médicale s’incarnent ici, au sein d’une intrigue où la responsable d’un service hospitalier fait face à un choix cornélien. En raison d’un diagnostic frauduleux, éthique et ethos vont se disputer le choix du médecin, tandis que le personnel médical et institutionnel prend progressivement position, tout comme les patients concernés et leurs familles.L’arc narratif d’une trentaine d’épisodes étudié ici, permet, de mieux cerner les représentations de l’univers hospitalier au sein d’une fiction, notamment du rôle du médecin face à son patient, de son éthique, et des solidarités médicales et institutionnelles exprimées ainsi que l’impact sur le statut du médecin d’un geste interprétatif qui confronte ses valeurs, son éthique, ses affects et son ethos. Le personnage et ses collègues interagissent et définissent un ethos catégoriel collectif de la figure du médecin : soigner, sauver des vies, être à l’écoute de ses patients et surtout incarner une figure rassurante. Au fil des épisodes ces caractéristiques incarnées par les personnages de manière positive rappellent l’essence du rôle du médecin en tant que figure sociale. La dimension idéologique de l’ethos est mise en scène par le rappel des protocoles à suivre à l’hôpital ainsi que par une conduite dictée par un sens du devoir irréprochable. Une conduite éthique nécessite de ne pas céder à ses passions ou à ses émotions ou encore de ne pas se comporter de manière obsessionnelle vis-à-vis des patients. Entre idéal éthique et comportement empreint d’humanité, c’est aussi le pragmatisme situationnel qui est ici questionné : soigner et sauver des vies justifie-t-il l’emploi de tous les moyens ?
Poétique de l’entre-deux dans l’édifice romanesque de Maryam Madjidi
Authors: Soto Ana Belén
Published: September 2024

Située à la lisière entre la biographie et la fiction, entre la littérature et la sociologie, la production littéraire madjidienne pose la question des origines et de la perte des origines, de la construction identitaire en contextes biculturels, ainsi que de la place que l’individu occupe dans le socle sociétal. Il s’agit, par conséquent, d’un parcours scriptural qui s’interroge sur la manière dont la culture modifie notre conceptualisation du monde, notre manière de traduire les interactions transculturelles et les relations interpersonnelles dans la France d’aujourd’hui. C’est dans ce contexte que Madjidi explore le questionnement inhérent aux processus migratoires, transnationaux et transclasses. De ce fait, l’analyse de la poétique de l’entre-deux dans le parcours romanesque madjidien revêt un intérêt, aussi bien du point de vue esthétique qu’éthique.
« À mi-chemin entre littérature et sciences humaines ». L’adaptation du modèle autosociobiographique d’Annie Ernaux dans Comme nous existons (2021) de Kaoutar Harchi
Authors: Henk Lars
Published: September 2024

Grâce aux travaux pionniers du sociologue Pierre Bourdieu et de l’écrivaine Annie Ernaux, le genre de l’autosociobiographie, entre autobiographie, socioanalyse et réflexion sociologique, s’est imposé avec succès dans le champ littéraire français. Dans cette contribution sont examinés les liens entre le récit intersectionnel de Kaoutar Harchi Comme nous existons (2021), entre littérature et sociologie, et le modèle autosociobiographique ernausien, entre littérature et sciences humaines. Si Harchi reprend le programme d’Annie Ernaux, notamment pour fournir le même rapport entre ascension sociale, honte, éloignement familial et écriture, elle s’en distingue tant sur le plan du contenu que sur celui de la poétique. À la différence d’Ernaux, ascension sociale ne signifie pas rupture familiale pour Harchi qui a un habitus lié, tandis qu’Ernaux souffre d’un habitus clivé. Harchi le met en scène par une composition originale, laquelle, en ce qui concerne les aspects narratifs, joue beaucoup plus sur le pacte autobiographique qu’Ernaux.
The elusive middle path. A comparative analysis of the colonial past of Cyprus and Ireland
Authors: Gkotzaridis Evi
Published: September 2024

This article proposes a comparative and longue durée analysis of Ireland and Cyprus; two predominantly white and Christian nations, but with some of the most intractable ethnopolitical conflicts of the 20th century to have erupted on European soil. Its objective is twofold. First, it highlights similarities and differences in their colonial history, that is both in the ways they were ruled by Imperial Britain and the ways they responded to her rule, particularly after the emergence of nationalism and the outbreak of insurgency campaigns calling into question the legitimacy of British presence there. Second, it illustrates the challenges of overcoming the rigid boundary dictated by colonialism and nationalism and defending a credible 'middle path' on either side of the colonial divide.
“Strange Meeting”: Representing Traumatic Memory in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem (1962) and Derek Jarman’s Film Adaptation (1989)
Authors: Strowman James
Published: September 2024

This article offers a comparative reading of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962) and Derek Jarman’s eponymously titled cinematographic adaptation (1989). It examines how both of these works represent personal and collective memory by conflating the traumas of the First and Second World War through their inclusion of Wilfred Owen’s war poetry as a literary intertext. I show how the musical composition and the film both function as multi-layered intermedial structures, which not only denounce the carnage of warfare, but also evoke the complex ways in which art, and official commemoration in particular, can mediate traumatic memory. I analyse the tension between commemoration and subversion in Britten’s and Jarman’s artistic strategies through the lens of the sublime, in particular what Kiene Brillenburg Wurth terms an “(an)aesthetics of shock.”
Musical reminiscence and structure in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939)
Authors: Du Verger Jean
Published: September 2024

James Joyce’s enthusiasm for music is proverbial, not to mention the long-acknowledged importance of music that is at the core of his creative process. His works are replete with references to Opera, classical music and song. The way Joyce deploys language denotes the temporal dissonance of modernity while evoking a disjunction with the past. James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939) could well be viewed as a musical composition in its own right. In Finnegans Wake, nostalgia expresses the impossibility of a mythical return to the prelapsarian unity of time and space. The dissonant clatter in Joyce’s Wake signals the break with that previous state of harmony. Joyce’s last novel oozes with an awareness in every word and phrase, in every rhythm and pause. The aural dimension of the words questions the status of language itself as the written text makes audible the dissonance that is at the core of a once harmonious cultural landscape. Furthermore, Joyce was deeply concerned with the musicality of the word that enabled him to play on the non-lexical properties of music. Following Ezra Pound—who believed that the poet’s duty was to learn music—and Ludwig Wittgenstein for whom reading was like listening to music, the present paper will first attempt to tease out some of the musical fragments, allusions, references and structures in Joyce’s novel, before pointing to music as both a modality of self-reflexivity and a mirror of the historical moment in which he produced his work of art.
Filming the Cultural Work of Americana Music: Inside Llewyn Davis and the Disruptive Potential of Nostalgic Sound
Authors: Abshire Kreg
Published: September 2024

The Coen Brothers’ exploration of the cinematic and musical past is more than mere nostalgia. The looping narrative structure of Inside Llewyn Davis defies simple assumptions about chronology, moving simultaneously back in time and forward to a different version of the present. Similarly, Americana music points back to a dynamic past that can be the source of various potential futures. The temporal paradox that defines Inside Llewyn Davis allows the Coens to scrutinize the structures and discourses inherent in our understanding of our shared, imaginary musical past. One of these structures is class. By untangling the relationships between the past, class, and the South, the film represents and explores the disruptive cultural work of the type of nostalgia central to Americana music. Thus, the film’s disruption of cinematic time serves to trouble class lines, distinctions, and assumptions, exposing the processes and discourses that make class a structure that seems natural, inevitable.
The Fiery Furnaces: Memory-Based Rock Music as Literature
Authors: Britt Thomas
Published: September 2024

This article addresses the topic of “sound-based recollection” through the work of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, musicians best known as brother-sister rock duo The Fiery Furnaces. Though the Friedbergers work primarily within music and not literature or film, I argue that their music is literature, especially in the way Matthew's lyrics and Eleanor's performances of those lyrics engage with their personal memories, including their creative recollection of objects and traditions they refer to in their songs. After exploring how the music industry's indie rock category parallels the book publishing industry's literary fiction category, I illustrate how the Fiery Furnaces' allusions to history and popular culture connect the listener's memory of cultural objects to the songs' newly adapted versions. Narrative components like temporality, order, and character, customarily associated with literature or film, are central to the Fiery Furnaces' musical reminiscence. The article concludes by tracing the evolution of those elements in the songs to the endpoint (indeed the “moral") of the Friedbergers' attention to memory, biography, and fiction: that neither music nor text is sufficient to replicate the past, but that a literary approach to music and memory can playfully embrace that reality.
Factors that have a positive influence on students' learning activity
Authors: Khudiyeva Farida
Published: September 2024

At the center of significant changes taking place in society is education and attitude towards it. It is motivation that prompts a person to achieve the goal he has set for himself. Furthermore, the reason for any success of a person depends not only on his knowledge and skills, but also on his motives. An unmotivated person is idle in doing something and often fails to achieve the goal he has set for himself. From our standpoint, the stronger a person's motivation is, the more successful his activity will be. All kinds of teacher-student relationships are more successful because of motivation. If the teacher doesn't influence the students, they won't be nimble in training, positive motives will not arise, and the student won't be able to set a successful learning target. The issue of learning motives is a rather difficult experimental task. If we want to improve the quality of education and training, then solving this problem is principal. Analysis shows that, the number of students who do not want to acquire knowledge is constantly increasing. Even among primary school pupils, it shows itself. It is worth noting that, motivation is not congenital, it is an acquired quality. The teacher's professionalism and proficiency are the main means of developing motivation. Achieving high motivation in the learning process is important for success in training and future life. Motivation may not always be high, it depends on the student's feelings, circumstances, the specific subject being studied and the personality of the teacher. A pupil's desire to learn does not depend on only one motive, it consists of a system of motives that are related to each other and complement each other. Learning motivation is an important issue that characterizes the child's mental development. A student who has a passion for learning will definitely have success in learning. The dynamics of learning motivation show itself in practically all aspects of the student's activity and behavior.
Individual and psychological peculiarities of professional’s self-actualization
Authors: Sannikova Olga , Sannikov Oleksandr
Published: September 2024

The article highlights the current state of the problem of individual’s self-actualization in the context of decision-making. The research of domestic and foreign scientists on the essence of the concept of individual’s self-actualization and approaches to its study are summarized. The issue of professional self-actualization was the matter of research; the focus of choice and decision-making was analyzed as a factor in the development of self-actualization in the process of professional development. It has been found out that the structural elements of the model of self-actualization of the individual are traditionally are seen as characteristics that can be grouped into four classes: those that reflect the internal attitude to the world (orientation in time, value orientations, the need for knowledge), attitude to oneself (self-understanding, autosympathy), to others (view of human nature) and own personality properties that characterize a self-actualized personality (contact, flexibility in communication, creative attitude to life, autonomy, spontaneity). The concept of determination is analyzed as an integral property of the individual, which encompasses different-level qualities of the individual that function in the process of choice and decision-making, and determination decisiveness, which is a property of the will and at the same time a component of determination at the stage of implementation of the decision. The results of the correlation analysis are presented, which demonstrate the presence of significant positive and negative relationships between indicators of self-actualization and decisiveness of the individual. With the help of qualitative data analysis (the method of aces and profiles), three types of decision-making were determined, which are characterized by a monomodal (clear advantage of only one of the indicators) type of decisiveness. It was revealed that the representatives of each group of persons (in this case, in our sample: the dominance of only one indicator, or dogmatism, or adventurousness, or assertiveness) are characterized by a certain set of indicators of self-actualization peculiar only to them, which made it possible to reveal their similarities and differences. Attention was focused on the individual psychological characteristics of the representatives of each group, which differ in the type of decisiveness; their psychological portraits of self-actualization are defined and described. It has been proven that one of the important factors of self-actualization can be considered the peculiarities of decisiveness as a leading characteristic of a person’s decision-making.
Analysis of the topics of dissertation research with the keyword "family": (a classification attempt)
Authors: Bevz Halyna , Demydenko Yevheniia
Published: September 2024

This article was initiated by the processes of identifying Ukrainian science during the development of Ukraine's sovereignty. The article presents the results of the analysis and classification of dissertation topics related to the keyword "family", defended in Ukraine from 1991 to 2024. Two methods were chosen for the classification analysis: the first method (expert assessment) resulted in 14 categories, and the second method (neural network analysis) in 9 classification categories. Common to both methods was the identification of three thematic categories of scientific research: identity, family assistance, and medical aspects of working with families It has been established that the use of neural networks in the creation of classification systems can be effective provided that the evaluation criteria and subsequent expert evaluation are clearly defined. It is shown that the topics of defended dissertations are mainly represented in the categories of deficit with an emphasis on support and correction, and their hypotheses are mainly formulated in terms of impact. The research topics are mainly aimed at solving social problems, mostly in the area of secondary prevention, to a lesser extent – tertiary prevention and minimally – primary prevention. The topics related to development, rest and recreation, as well as issues of combining work, family functions and family leisure are underrepresented. Additionally, little attention was given to studying family functioning from the perspective of evolutionary development and dynamic aspects of systemic family changes. Prospects for further research include continuing the development of classification systems for studying the social institution of the family, as well as focusing on the evolution of the family in terms of its development, well-being, and sense of happiness.
The relevance of researching the psychological foundations of forming bank customer attachment in the context of digital transformation and growing competition
Authors: Kiiko Yurii
Published: September 2024

The article analyzes how the rapid development of technology and growing competition affect the needs of banking services consumers for quality of service, individual approach to service and speed of response. The authors emphasize the importance of studying the socio-psychological mechanisms of commitment formation to better meet the needs, increase loyalty and attachment of bank customers. The theories and practical achievements of psychologists and economists such as D. Kahneman, O. Dixon, F. Reichheld, F. Zimbardo, K. Keller, R. Cialdini, and others have been analyzed. The fundamental works of researchers of the attachment phenomenon have been considered: J. Bowlby, K. Bartholomew & L. Horowitz, L. Guerrero & G. Bachman, M. Credé & S. Niehorster, C. Hesse & S. Trask, L. Holt & J. Fifer, Z. Temiz, J. Jones, E. Sagone and others. Four primary areas have been identified that banks should develop to enhance customer attachment: changes in consumer behavior and the financial market, customer experience and financial stability, social responsibility and trust, and personalization of service. The development of mobile app technologies and online services aimed at improving the quality of banking services is changing the paradigm of banking service, creating new methods and ways for banks to interact with their customers. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to generate personalized offers. In such circumstances, customer expectations are also changing, and this has an impact on the development strategy of banks. The article addresses how individuals choose a bank, with a focus on social responsibility and trust. It examines the impact of ethical practices, investments in local communities, and the implementation of social projects on customer attachment by enhancing banks' reputation. The authors highlight the importance and necessity of further empirical research on forming bank customer attachment, focusing on the structure of this phenomenon and the key factors contributing to its formation. They emphasize the significance of incorporating psychological aspects into customer service processes in the banking sector to enhance bank competitiveness and foster mutually beneficial cooperation with clients. Attention is focused on conducting targeted education and training, which will allow bank employees to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to improve the quality of customer service and increase customer loyalty to the bank.
Carbonated Beverage, Fruit Drink, and Water Consumption and Risk of Acute Stroke: the INTERSTROKE Case-Control Study
Authors: Smyth Andrew , Hankey Graeme J. , Damasceno Albertino , Iversen Helle Klingenberg , Oveisgharan Shahram , Alhussain Fawaz , Langhorne Peter , Xavier Dennis , Jaramillo Patricio Lopez , Oguz Aytekin , McDermott Clodagh , Czlonkowska Anna , Lanas Fernando , Ryglewicz Danuta , Reddin Catriona , Wang Xingyu , Rosengren Annika , Yusuf Salim , O’Donnell Martin
Published: September 2024

Background and Purpose Cold beverage intake (carbonated drinks, fruit juice/drinks, and water) may be important population-level exposures relevant to stroke risk and prevention. We sought to explore the association between intake of these beverages and stroke.Methods INTERSTROKE is an international matched case-control study of first stroke. Participants reported beverage intake using food frequency questionnaires or were asked “How many cups do you drink each day of water?” Multivariable conditional logistic regression estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations with stroke.Results We include 13,462 cases and 13,488 controls; mean age was 61.7±13.4 years and 59.6% (n=16,010) were male. After multivariable adjustment, carbonated beverages were linearly associated with ischemic stroke (OR 2.39 [95% CI 1.64–3.49]); only consumption once/day was associated with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) (OR 1.58 [95% CI 1.23–2.03]). There was no association between fruit juice/drinks and ischemic stroke, but increased odds of ICH for once/day (OR 1.37 [95% CI 1.08–1.75)] or twice/day (OR 3.18 [95% CI 1.69–5.97]). High water intake (>7 cups/day) was associated ischemic stroke (OR 0.82 [95% CI 0.68–0.99]) but not ICH. Associations differed by Eugeographical region—increased odds for carbonated beverages in some regions only; opposing directions of association of fruit juices/drinks with stroke in selected regions.Conclusion Carbonated beverages were associated with increased odds of ischemic stroke and ICH, fruit juice/drinks were associated with increased odds of ICH, and high water consumption was associated with reduced odds of ischemic stroke, with important regional differences. Our findings suggest optimizing water intake, minimizing fruit juice/drinks, and avoiding carbonated beverages.
Evaluation of Educational Reforms at Primary Level Schools in Tehsil Rahim Yar Khan
Authors: Muhammad Athar Hussain  , Raheela Maqbool
Published: September 2024

This study evaluated educational reforms at the primary-level schools in Tehsil RYK. The objectives of the study are: 1) To determine the effectiveness of Literacy and Numeracy Drive (LND) on Primary students learning outcomes, 2) To investigate how Classroom Observation Tool (COT) improves Teachers’ methodology, 3) To enhance teachers' ability to deliver English fluently and effectively as EaSTE, 4) To explore students’ outcomes, promote collaboration, build capacity, and increase accountability in Primary Schools according to SIF reform, 5) To investigate the effectiveness of SNC (Single National Curriculum) 6) To explore a student's physical, Cognitive, Social, emotional, and Creative growth, 7 )To analyze the effectiveness of (ITSP) reform in promoting Teachers' Professional development and updating their teaching methodology. 504 teachers (225 males and 279 females) from primary-level schools were selected. A 60-item self-structured questionnaire was used to evaluate educational reforms. The simple random technique was used for data collection. The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS. 87.9% agreed that LND had improved the attendance of Teachers and Students at government schools. 75.0% agreed that COT improves Teachers' lesson delivery. As per findings, 70.4% agreed that EaSTE Training allows teachers to strengthen their English vocabulary and grammar. 69.5% agreed that SIF reform improves the overall structure of Govt. Schools. 80.9% agreed that SNC reform provides an equality-based learning environment for all students. 82.4% agreed that ECCE in government schools is a good step for innovative learning. 80.8% agreed that ITSP reform improves teachers' methodology and enhances their self-confidence.
Human Capital Turnover in the Construction Industry: A Review with Focus on Archies Construction Pvt. Ltd
Authors: Durr e Shahwar Khan  , Muhammad Abuzar Wajidi
Published: September 2024

This present research focuses on identifying the reasons behind the high rates of turnover among staff at Archies Construction Pvt Ltd and how the problem can be solved. Retirement, voluntary or forced termination is equally costly within the construction business as it heavily affects schedule, cost and organizational performance. This research also studies the internal factors referring to human capital theory, namely job satisfaction, reward, and promotion, management support, and the coercive factors including market trends and fluctuations, competition, and regulation. Employing survey and qualitative interviewing methods, the study combines the closed, quantitative survey data collected from employees and qualitative data obtained from the interviews with current and former employees of the company. The study brings out several internal factors that are important drivers of turnover such as lack of satisfaction with leaders, absence of career development in organizations, and poor employee remuneration. The problem is further compounded by external forces like the competition witnessed when seeking for the qualified personnel and the volatility of the market forces. The assessment points out that high turnover rates raise costs of hiring and training, impact project duration and employees’ morale thereby diminishing a firm’s stability. In response to these challenges, it is suggested that the following retention strategies should be adopted: it is proposed that leadership should communicate more effectively with employees; organizations should provide enhanced career progression plans for staff; and organizations should ensure that rewards and remuneration given to employees are competitive. Moreover, an enhancement of the degrees of employee engagement and supportiveness of workplace climate could enhance employee turnover. In other words, by managing both internal and external sources of turnover, it is possible for Archies Construction to maintain a stable workforce, exhibit sound labor productivity and, therefore, improve its performance on projects in general and its financial performance in specific.
The study enhances the existing knowledge on HCM in industries that rely on projects and offers best practices for addressing turnover. Further research could focus on changes in economic or technological factors pertaining to workforce retention in the construction industry.
Analisis akuntabilitas dan transparansi APBDes Desa Suluan Kecamatan Tombulu Kabupaten Minahasa berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 20 Tahun 2018
Authors: Mokoagouw Reyyansi Wicen , Tinangon Jantje J. , Kapojos Peter M.
Published: September 2024

The Village Budget and Revenue (APBDes) is an annual budget plan of the village government and is the basis for the management of village funds. Village governments are required to manage community funds in a transparent and accountable manner so that the government can record and report on the accounts. The purpose of this study is to determine the accountability and transparency of APBDes of Suluan Village, Tombulu District, Minahasa Regency, based on the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 20 of 2018. The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive, which aims to collect data to analyse and describe the systems and procedures of the APBDes. The resource persons in this study are the village head, village secretary, village treasurer and head of government. The results of the study show that the management of APBDes in Suluan Village is based on the Regulation of the Minister of Interior No. 20 of 2018 and the indicators and principles of accountability, transparency and participation. Suluan Village provides good, accountable, transparent, and participatory information such as information through village deliberations and the installation of billboards that make information on village development financing in the APBDes and involve the community, community involvement in the planning process and implementation of the APBDes.
THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLE ADOPTION
Authors: Mohamed Radwa , El Badawy Tarek A. , Magdy Mariam M.
Published: September 2024

This study investigated the influences of different levels of emotional intelligence on the choice of conflict management styles. A sample of employees working in multinational organizations located in Egypt completed the questionnaires. Results demonstrated that individuals with high levels of emotional intelligence prefer the competing style of conflict resolution more frequently than the other styles. Participants reported near averages of using the other styles of conflict management, however, no significant associations were found between these styles and levels of emotional intelligence. These results contradict the argument that Arab and Middle Eastern employees prefer the avoiding conflict resolution style in handling interpersonal conflicts in the workplace.
BANK RESILIENCE OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE IN A DUAL BANKING SYSTEM
Authors: Zaid Zaid , Rehman Ajid Ur
Published: September 2024

The study aims to analyze the stability and resilience of conventional and Islamic banks over a complete business cycle in a dual banking system, Pakistan, with the objective to investigate whether Islamic and conventional banks maintain high level of performance in terms of profit and cost efficiency, in times of economic distress. It gathers bank level and macroeconomic quarterly unbalanced panel data for the period 2006 to 2016. The study is based on a dynamic panel data model and applies dynamic System GMM estimators as suggested by Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998) for analysis purpose. Further, in order to add credence to the outcomes, a robustness check in the form of a two-stage least squares (2SLS) is performed. Findings of the study affirm the procyclical behavior of the dual banking system in Pakistan. However, Islamic banks are found to be more procyclical as compared to the conventional ones, which implies the former to be relatively less resilient to economic disruptions, and would suffer from intense decline in performance as the economy tends to shrink.
THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF URBANIZATION AND URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
Authors: Chen Yueyun (Bill) , Li Xingong , Lin Lianlian
Published: September 2024

Urbanization has been increasing rapidly world-wide in the past many decades. This paper discusses important factors that affect the successful development of urbanization and urban agglomerations and examines their relationships. Based on Chen (2019)’s findings, this study included sixteen factors. Through surveys of three different groups from China - college faculty, business executives, and government officers on the importance and relevance of these sixteen factors, this paper explores how a city and an urban agglomeration can be successful. It concludes that a city’s ability to influence its adjoining areas is the essential function of its existence and that the innovation and sustainability are commonly agreed factors that will lead to the cities’ success. Then this paper further discusses how China can learn from other countries’ experiences and lessons to better plan its future urban development.
From Corporate Social Responsibility to Consumer Social Responsibility: Evolution, Implications and Future Directions
Authors: Shamma Hamed M.
Published: September 2024

This paper reviews the concepts, elements and development of the concepts of corporate social responsibility and of consumer social responsibility. Throughout the paper, we present several international and local cases for companies that apply corporate social responsibility. We also present examples of consumer social responsibility throughout the paper. Our interest was in analyzing corporate social responsibility and consumer social responsibility in Egypt. We analyzed the Egyptian case in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we examine how the pandemic affected corporate social responsibility and consumer social responsibility practices in Egypt.
Analysis of Drainage Depth for Pond Water Disposal in Sicanang Village, Medan Belawan
Authors: Noorsheha Noorsheha
Published: September 2024

Medan Belawan, especially Sicanang Village, is a coastal area suitable for ponds. To replace pond water, the existing water must be drained first, so it's important to assess the land's drainage capability when selecting pond locations. This study aims to predict drainage ability by measuring the drainage depth (D) in pond channels at five observation stations. Using field surveys and both primary and secondary data, the study compares the results with criteria for aquaculture ponds. The findings show that Stations I (D = 55 cm), II (D = 46 cm), IV (D = 51 cm), and V (D = 39 cm) fall under Class 2 (D 30-60 cm), indicating they can be used for ponds since they can drain water by gravity, though not completely dry. Station III (D = 26 cm), classified as Class 3 (D < 30 cm), is unsuitable for ponds due to poor drainage and is better used as conservation land.
Contribuição para a avaliação de performance de faixas reversíveis
Authors: Gomes Furtado Igor , Debatin Neto Arnoldo
Published: September 2024

A ocorrência de congestionamentos recorrentes em centros urbanos demanda, aos gestores de tráfego, a adoção de estratégias de caráter temporário ou complementar, como a implantação de faixas reversíveis. O seu princípio advém da ampliação temporária da capacidade viária pelo aproveitamento da capacidade subutilizada da via no sentido oposto. Apesar de ser historicamente associada a uma medida simples (em comparação a intervenções definitivas), existem diretrizes técnicas que norteiam o seu processo de implantação, desde etapas iniciais (planejamento, estudos prévios e projeto), até etapas posteriores (monitoramento e avaliação de performance) e que caso não consideradas, de forma adequada, tendem a prejudicar os benefícios da operação. Por outro lado, a prática nacional tende a respaldar-se no conhecimento empírico e em decisões pessoais. Considerando a crescente popularização da técnica no país, o processo de avaliação torna-se essencial não apenas quanto à mensuração dos benefícios obtidos nas operações existentes, mas também como benchmarking em novas operações. Assim, a presente pesquisa tem o objetivo de contribuir com a prática de faixas reversíveis, identificando, através de uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática, as principais informações-chaves (abordagens, indicadores, forma de coleta de dados e métodos) utilizadas em estudos de avaliação de performance de reversíveis. Tais informações subsidiaram a elaboração de fluxograma para guiar o processo de avaliação em operações existentes.