bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ways to Increase the Durability and Reliability of Functional Units of Automotive Equipment
Authors:   Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow State Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev, Parlyuk Ekaterina P.
Published: February 2022

The operation of the engine in optimal temperature conditions provides the possibility of obtaining the highest indicators of its efficiency, namely, maximum output power; minimum fuel mixture consumption; increase in effective service life; increase in the reliability coefficient. (Research purpose) The research purpose is to substantiate the indicators for evaluating the efficiency of cooling systems of functional units used on automotive equipment. (Materials and methods) The introduction of surfactants with a fluorocarbon radical into the engine oil leads to an improvement in the operational characteristics of the functional units of machinery and power plants (power, specific fuel consumption and others), which is due to a decrease in hydrodynamic friction. (Results and discussion) When adding an antifriction additive to the engine oil, there is an increase in engine power and torque by 2.5-3.0 percent; reduction of specific fuel consumption by up to 6.9 percent, hourly fuel consumption by 3-4 percent; reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, improvement of fuel efficiency in the urban cycle by 2.6 percent, in rural by 2.8 percent, in mixed by 2.7 percent, reduction of acceleration time in the speed range of 80-130 kilometers per hour by 2.8 percent. (Conclusions) The organization of cooling processes of working units and heat carriers of their systems should be carried out taking into account the mutual influence of these components. This approach allows for the reconstruction of cooling systems both at the final stages of design and during operation. For the functioning of auxiliary cooling systems and the improvement of heat exchange, a detailed study and analysis of the operational processes of agricultural machinery are necessary. The creation of the most efficient cooling systems and conducting research using various lubricants requires consideration of the temperature- dynamic properties of cooling systems, taking into account the patterns of changes in their temperature modes and lubrication of functional systems depending on operating conditions and the environment, which will allow to identify the parameters of reliability of operability.
Device for Remote and Mobile Monitoring of Electrical Grids of Agricultural Facilities
Authors:   Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, Bukreev Aleksey V.
Published: February 2022

The main methods that are used in the process of energy inspection of agricultural facilities include instrumental inspection of both the electrical grid of the enterprise as a whole and individual technological processes, electrical devices and electrical equipment. The instrumental survey allows you to get diagrams of the electrical load, record the consumption of electrical energy and investigate the main parameters of the electric grid on the enterprise at its different points. It is desirable to carry out such measurements without disconnecting the electrical devices, as this can lead to losses for the enterprise. The available instruments and complexes do not allow remote monitoring of the operating parameters of the electrical grid, are not adapted for long-term measurements in the conditions of agricultural facilities. Permanently installed metering devices, monitoring devices do not provide the necessary mobility during the energy audit. It is required to develop devices for remote and mobile measurement of operating parameters electrical grid of agricultural facilities. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in developing a device for remote and mobile measurement of operating parameters of electric grid of agricultural facilities. (Materials and methods) The article presents the analysis of literature sources, the analysis of existing means for measuring electrical energy parameters. (Results and discussion) The existing methods and technical means that allow for the study of the parameters of the operating modes of electric networks are not adapted to long-term measurements in the conditions of agricultural facilities, since they have low protection from the environment and a high cost. The article presents the developed device schematics and an experimental sample. Its tests were conducted verifying the accuracy of measurements and the correctness of the specified functions. (Conclusions) A device has been developed for remote and mobile measurement of operating parameters of electrical grid of agricultural facilities. Based on the test results, the operability of the developed device was confirmed.
System of the Autonomous Lighting of Railway Objects
Authors:   Russian University of Transport, Gusarova Elena V. , Kharchenko Valeriy V. , Gusarov Valentin A. ,   Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM
Published: February 2022

Railways run throughout Russia. There are sections of roads where centralized power supply lines are located far away or absent. It is difficult to regulate and ensure traffic safety at the sufficient level on such sections at the intersection of roads and railways at the same level. (Research purpose) The research purpose is to analyze the equipment available on the Russian market, powered by renewable energy sources, to solve the problem of guaranteed power supply to remote railway infrastructure objects and to select the most promising types, the effectiveness of which depends on natural and climatic conditions. (Materials and methods) The article presents a power supply system that can be applied to various artificial and engineering structures of general-purpose railway transport, such as crossings, bridges, tunnels, crossings in front of bridges and tunnels, sidings and others, for emergency or on-duty lighting. Such a system allows you to save electricity coming from a centralized power supply system, and in the case of an emergency shutdown, to provide power supply to the facility for a long time, and perform the function of backup power supply, but it takes on special importance in places where there are no centralized networks, when using it as an autonomous power supply system. (Results and discussion) The article presents a classification according to the categories of autonomous power supply systems, criteria of importance and power consumption of the objects, and gives the conditions for their use. The article describes a block diagram of the power supply system of a pedestrian crossing over a single track with energy reservation for up to three days. The daily energy consumption of a railway pedestrian crossing with lighting and railway traffic lights, installed the energy capacity of batteries with redundancy for up to three days, the power and number of photovoltaic converters are calculated. (Conclusions) An example of an autonomous lighting system for a railway pedestrian crossing with established technical parameters of equipment showed the social and economic efficiency of its application.
Application of Polymer Materials and Additive Technologies in Electrical Equipment of the Agro-Industrial Complex
Authors:   Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, Kazberov Roman Ya.
Published: February 2022

Additive polymer technologies are widely used in the agro-industrial complex. Modeling by the method of layer-by-layer deposition is in demand today. The most popular polymer materials for FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) / FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) printing are acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polycarbonate, polymethylmethacrylate, polyamide PA-6 and polymer composites based on them. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in studying the prospects of using additive polymer technologies in agriculture, taking real cases as a basis. (Materials and methods). The article presents the analyze of open information sources. Author used methods of collecting, studying and comparative analysis of information, considered real cases carried out with the use of the material and technical base of the FNAC VIM. (Results and discussion) The domestic market of polymer materials and composites based on them for 3D printing using FDM/FFF technology is not as diverse as similar for traditional methods of processing plastics and composite materials (injection molding, extrusion, pressing and others). The reason for this is the lack of knowledge of 3D printing technologies, in particular, FDM/FFF technology, as a method of plastics processing. The main factor in the development of additive polymer technologies in the agro- industrial complex is the growing demand for the use of 3D printing. The article proves the effectiveness of the application with real cases made as a result of the close work of several research laboratories of FNAC VIM. (Conclusions) Additive manufacturing has great potential for further development, including within the agro-industrial complex. FDM/FFF technology and additive polymer technologies in general perfectly complement traditional production technologies.
Material Selection for Prototyping a Heat Exchanger Cover Using Additive Technology
Authors:   Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, Slavkina Viktoriya E.
Published: February 2022

The development of new designs involves repeated tests confirming their operability. One of the promising methods of producing prototypes for testing their working capacity is additive manufacturing. To date, the most widespread 3D printing technology is Fused deposition modeling. The advantages of this method over other 3D printing technologies are the simplicity of the process and the availability of equipment and materials, their wide range, which allows you to vary the properties of the product. The article describes the application of the technology for the manufacture of a prototype of a heat exchanger cover and the influence of the working fluid of the heat exchanger on the properties of the material from which it is made. (Research purpose) The research purpose is to select a 3D printing material that would retain its properties under the specified operating conditions, as well as meet all the basic criteria for the selection of materials established by materials science practice. (Materials and methods) The materials considered for 3D printing by Fused deposition modeling: general-purpose plastics; engineering plastics; high-temperature or superconstructive plastics. SBS, PETG and PC plastics used in 3D printing. The samples were printed on a Picaso Designer X Pro 3D printer with 50 and 100 percent filling in the grid with an angle in the crosshair of 90 degrees. (Results and discussion) The article describes the dependence of volumetric shrinkage on the percentage of filling. The results of experimental studies of the retention of samples in the working fluid were presented. The indicators of swelling of the studied plastics were described. (Conclusions) The greater the internal percentage of filling, the smaller the change in the mass of the sample. For the manufacture of the heat exchanger cover by 3D printing, it is recommended to use PETG plastic with one hundred percent filling.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA DIMENSI-DIMENSI SCHOOL WELL-BEING DENGAN MOTIVASI BERPRESTASI PADA SISWA KELAS X DI SMA UNGGULAN
Authors: Irmawan Dhani
Published: February 2022

The aim of this study is to find out the correlation between School Well-Being with Achievement Motivation at year X student in Senior High School Plus. The type of this study is ex post facto field study. Achievement Motivation consist of 65 item which measured with achievement motivation scale. School Well-Being, divided by four dimensions having, loving, being and health which measured with school well-being scale consist of 96 item. The result with partial correlation of this study shows that there is no significant correlation between having with achievement motivation (r= .0708, p> .01), also at loving with achiement motivation (r= .0161, p> .01) and health with achievement motivation    (r= .5176, p< .01). At dimension of being, the result shows correlation between being and achievement motivation (r= .5176, p< .01). Therefore the dimensions of school well-being has correlation with achievement motivation only at being dimension. Base on the result of study, the discussion inform practical implication and suggestions for the next research and practical suggestion for school.
Penilaian Kinerja Usaha Mikro dan Kecil, Perlukah?
Authors: Winbaktianur Winbaktianur , Harding Diana , Hinduan Zahrotur Rusyda , Kadiyono Anissa Lestari
Published: February 2022

UMK merupakan salah satu bentuk usaha yang dasar pendiriannya berasal dari individu atau sekelompok orang. Dalam prakteknya sudah banyak dukungan yang diberikan bagi unit usaha skala ini walaupun hasil produksi atau jasanya masih berskala kecil dan dalam bersaing dengan usaha menengah dan besar belum mampu bersaing. Perencanaan dan pengendalian perlu dilakukan yang mana tujuan utamanya adalah untuk mencapai tujuan. Perencanaan dibuat untuk mempermudah dilakukannya penilaian atau evaluasi terhadap aktivitas usaha. Penilaian kinerja penting dilakukan untuk melihat sejauh mana usaha yang dijalankan telah mencapai tujuan, secara finansial mengukur seberapa besar profit yang diperoleh dalam suatu periode. Tujuan tulisan ini adalah membahas mengenai pentingnya dilakukan penilaian kinerja wirausaha skala usaha mikro dan kecil. Metode dalam tulisan adalah riset pustaka. Dalam pembahasannya akan diuraikan mengenai apa itu penilaian kinerja, faktor-faktor penilaian kinerja dan indikatornya serta diakhiri dengan manfaat dilakukannya penilaian kinerja.
Burnout in terms of work stress and workload
Authors: Friska Ruth Hawani , Hamidah Tjitjik
Published: February 2022

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of work stress and workload on burnout on hospital physiotherapy health workers. Cipto Mangunkusumo. The population in this study was the health care of physiotherapy hospitals. Cipto Mangunkusumo, which numbered 50 respondents using the sampling method, is a saturated sampling technique. The data retrieval method in this study used 3 scales of measuring tools, namely: work stress, workload and burnout. The burnout scale validity test data collection consists of 27 items declared valid and 5 items declared dead, the burnout scale rehabilitation of 0.879.  The work stress scale validity test consisted of 20 items declared valid and 4 items declared dead, the work stress scale rehabilitation test by 0.807. And the workload scale validity test consisted of 18 items declared valid and 6 items declared dead, the workload scale rehabilitation test of 0.822. So that the results of data retrieval methods there is an effect of work stress on burnout in hospital physiotherapy health workers. Cipto Mangunkusumo, there is an effect of workload on burnout in hospital physiotherapy health workers. Cipto Mangunkusumo and there is an effect of work stress and workload on burnout on hospital physiotherapy health workers. Cipto Mangunkusumo.
RELATIONSHIP IN MOTHER’S PERSONALITY WITH HEALTHY BEHAVIOR IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN WITH CARERING MEDIATION IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Harsiwi Eny Dwi , Widyorini Endang , Roswita Maria Yang
Published: February 2022

Healthy behavior implementation is a main priority during this Covid-19 pandemic, especially for children with autistic disorder. Children with autistic disorder have a high risk of transmission if there is no help associated with health problems accompaniment. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an effect of personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness) on health behavior for children with autism, mediated by parenting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The study participants included 31 mothers who have children with ASD aged 6-12 years with the Mild - Moderately category who live in the Central Java region and are cared for by their mothers. The research method used is a quantitative method using path analysis as a data analysis technique. The research measurement tools used a scale of health behavior, parenting scale, and Big Five Inventory (BFI) scale. The Results of the study found that there was an effect of personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness) on health behavior in children with autism, mediated by parenting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
KEADILAN ORGANISASI UNTUK MENUNJANG KINERJA KARYAWAN: SUATU TINJAUAN
Authors: Sutono Sutono , Handayani Ririn , Siregar Liesma Maywarni
Published: February 2022

Tujuan artikel ini adalah untuk mengkaji keadilan organisasional untuk menunjang kinerja karyawan secara teoritis. Ahli manajemen beranggapan bahwa persepsi mengenai keadilan organisasi yang dirasakan oleh karyawan dapat meningkatkan kinerja karyawan. Artikel ini menggunakan studi literatur yang dengan jenis penelitian library research, karena dalam mengumpulkan, menganalisis, dan mengolah data pada artikel ini diambil dari studi literatur yang tertulis dan juga relevan. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder yaitu berupa data-data yang bersumber dari data yang tersedia, berupa dokumen, catatan-catatan, publikasi terbitan pemerintah, dan sumber lainnya. Berbagai data yang diperooleh dirangkum kemudian dipaparkan secara deskriptif dan disimpulkan. Hasilnya adalah bahwa kajian-kajian terdahulu menemukan terdapat hubungan yang siginifikan antara keadilan organisasi dengan kinerja karyawan.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Analysis to Minimize Six Big Losses in Continuous Blanking Machine
Authors: Marfinov Bintang Fadhilah Putri Aulia , Pratama Ahmad Juang
Published: February 2022

This paper describes the high downtime on continuous blanking machines. The result is that companies suffer losses in cost, human resources, and time. Therefore, companies need to implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). TPM aims to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing companies. Then the TPM itself needs to be evaluated. One of the methods used is the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as an indicator of the machine's effectiveness by calculating the six big losses to determine the factors that influence the six factors of the six big losses. Based on research that has been done, the machine availability ratio is 99%, performance efficiency is 84%, product rate of quality is 83%. While the value obtained on the OEE calculation is 71%, the value is below the world's ideal OEE standard value of > 85%. The highest loss values for six big losses are idle and minor stoppage losses with a percentage of 62.73%, setup and adjustment losses of 14.38%.
Poka-Yoke Method Implementation in Industries: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Prabowo Rommy Febri , Aisyah Siti
Published: February 2022

The use of this poka-yoke approach is influential in preventing human error and can increase machine utilization and efficiency levels, to reduce breakdowns and product defects. The fundamental principle of the successful implementation of Poka Yoke is when everyone in the organization places quality attributes as important. This study aimed to determine the level of success of the Poka-Yoke method in improving quality in the manufacturing and service industries. The technique used is to conduct a review of research papers. The only 33 journals (around 69%) use the implementation of Poka-Yoke. And 15 journals (31%)  as a review of the method. The method used is to review research papers that consistently apply Poka-Yoke. The obtained six similarities in the function and purpose of improvisation from the application of the poka-yoke method, namely reducing defects, improving the design, saving costs, increasing productivity, reducing losses, and saving time. Poka-Yoke method can improve the quality of the manufacturing and service industry in future research.
Implementation of the Balanced Scorecard Approach in Industries: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Irawati Dias Sukma
Published: February 2022

A systematic review is a method used by researchers to identify, assess, and interpret all findings on research topics to be understood from various research perspectives before the researcher conducted the primary research. This article aims to determine which areas the Balanced Scorecard has used and applied using a systematic review method. The Balanced Scorecard is a concept for measuring the performance of an organization with four different perspectives. The preliminary article screening technique used is to review research papers with the keyword "Balanced Scorecard." 30 articles apply the balanced scorecard in various fields, including health, industry, transportation, finance, business, and management. From the financial and customer perspectives, there are 11 journals each. There are eight journals and 11 journals from internal business processes. The balanced scorecard theory, which is presented in 4 different perspectives, makes the balanced scorecard a balance between measuring an organization's performance in various fields.
Metode Value Stream Mapping dan Six Sigma untuk Perbaikan Kualitas Layanan Industri di Automotive Services Indonesia
Authors: Trimarjoko Aris , Fathurohman Dimas Mukhlis Hidayat , Suwandi Suwandi
Published: February 2022

Kepuasan pelanggan merupakan kunci sukses dalam industri. Kualitas pelayanan merupakan atribut penting dan merupakan faktor kunci industri jasa. Peningkatan kualitas pelayanan dalam industri penjualan mobil di Indonesia merupakan fokus dari penelitian ini. Value Stream Mapping berhasil mengidentifikasi permasalahan yang sedang terjadi dalam penelitian ini yang diakibatkan 3 sub proses, yaitu: waiting service, washing proses dan service proses yang lama, metode Six Sigma  berhasil menganalisis dan merekomendasikan tindakan perbaikan dan  berhasil mengurangi total waktu pelayanan dari 141,02 menit menjadi 64,00 menit atau naik 55% per satu siklus pelayanan, dan berhasil meningkatkan kapabilitas proses pelayanan dari -1,56 sigma menjadi 3,81 sigma.
A Systematic Literature Review of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Implementation in Industries
Authors: Zuniawan Akhyar
Published: February 2022

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a risk assessment tool that mitigates potential failures in systems, processes, designs, or services and has been used in a wide range of industries. The conventional risk priority number (RPN) method has been criticized for having many shortcomings. Various risk priority models have been proposed in various literature to improve the performance of the FMEA itself. However, there has been no literature review on this topic. This study reviewed 50 FMEA papers published between 1998 and 2019 in international journals and categorized them according to various industry and industry output. The automotive and manufacturing industries dominated the implementation of FMEA. For the industry's production: goods and services, mostly dominated by interests in implementing FMEA in their industries. Hopefully, this finding will be useful for goods and services industries willing to implement FMEA, especially the services industry.
PDCA Cycle Method implementation in Industries: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Taufik Deni Ahmad
Published: February 2022

The industry's development increasingly makes businesses competitive by increasing technical knowledge and improving systems, both internally and externally. The PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Action) cycle is a quality management system used as a continuous improvement tool widely used in industries. The PDCA is a continuous improvement tool that is widely used in industries. The PDCA cycle begins with small to check possible effects on systems and eventually progresses to larger and more specific improvements. The implementation of the PDCA method results in solving the problems of qualitative and quantitative data problems that have been widely applied in industries for continuous improvement and as a work pattern in improving a process or system in an organization and increasing productivity. The methodology used in this research is the literature review research paper was published in 2010-2020. The literature review describes the relationship between thinking and gaps in theoretical and practical thinking about applying the PDCA method and the successful implementation in industries as a contribution to further research.
A Systematic Literature Review of Benchmarking Implementation in various Industries
Authors: Purmala Yulio Agefa , Debora Fransisca
Published: February 2022

This paper aims to explore benchmarking in various industries beyond Indonesia to find the gap between each industry and what makes it different from Indonesia. Benchmarking is recognized as an essential instrument for continuous quality enhancement. In this paper, the author has reviewed 60 articles distributed from 2015 to 2020 in a variety of journal research and journal review. Systematic literature reviews are the approaches used in this study since a precise, consistent, and clear methodology, with a variety of steps, guarantees sufficient rigor and clarity in the literature review process. Authors have a review in multi-perspective to help researchers, academics, and practitioners more deeply understand and take a closer look at the growth, development, and applicability of this technique. Authors have classification the various paper-based on goals and scope of achievement from benchmarking applicable. In Addition, this paper also needs to find a better solution from each gap of benchmarking in the pandemic situation with the industry 4.0 approach
Implementation of Benchmarking Method for Higher Education Institution: A Literature Review
Authors: Nugroho Bayu Hari , Jaqin Choesnul
Published: February 2022

Benchmarking is a systematic and continuous process by comparing the products, processes, and results of an organization with other similar organizations. Benchmarking is generally done by comparing it to an organization that has a better level because it aims to provide input for internal improvement in the organization so that it becomes better than the position before the benchmarking was done. Educational institutions also need to carry out a benchmarking process as this can contribute to determining learning and promotion strategies, improving the learning process and curriculum development, improving physical infrastructure facilities, improving operations, performance. In this study, the method used is a literature review of 35 journals, then the classification is done based on the country and the type of benchmark performed. The results show that until 2020 the benchmarking process is still being carried out and continues to be carried out in various countries, both in developed countries to developing countries. However, from the literature that has been reviewed, there are still gaps to examine the strengths and weaknesses of higher education in terms of implementing the digitalization of educational systems, the quality of graduates with a digital education system, and implementing digital libraries in universities. Types of benchmarking processes and benchmarking strategies can be carried out to research the implementation of digital education, this is because it is a type of benchmarking process and strategy that can determine global competition.
The Effect of Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility, Managerial Ownership, and Institutional Ownership on Company Value (Study on Consumer Goods Industry Sector Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2015-2019 Period)
Authors: Merliana Winda
Published: February 2022

This study aimed to investigate the influence of managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and corporate social responsibility to firm value. Firm value in this study as a proxy for the Price Book Value. Collecting data using a purposive sampling method for consumer goods industry sector companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015 until 2019. A total of 65 consumer goods industry sector companies used as a sample. The method of analysis of this study used multiple regression. The result of this study indicates that corporate social responsibility and institutional ownership have an effect on firm value. While managerial ownership has no effect on firm value.
CONCEITOS E O DEBATE HISTORIOGRÁFICO A PARTIR DA AUTOBIOGRAFIA DE OLAUDAH EQUIANO (1745-1797)
Authors: Vitorino Artur José Renda , Beloto Gisele Maria
Published: February 2022

O texto busca debater conceitos fundamentais no que diz a respeito do tema História da África “pré-colonial”, sobretudo, o debate em torno do conceito de escravidão e suas possíveis transformações diante das influências externas e conexões com outras culturas, tais como o islamismo árabe e o cristianismo europeu. Esse texto foi desenvolvido a partir da fonte histórica autobiográfica de Olaudah Equiano e por meio da metodologia de Adalberto Marson (1984). O objetivo concentra-se no avanço do debate conceitual por meio da historiografia africanista e justifica-se pela importância do avanço das pesquisas referente ao recorte regional de Igbo, uma vez que foi uma das regiões que mais exportou escravos para o continente americano, tendo como grande contribuição para a formação da identidade cultural americana.
The impact on bank profitability: Testing for capital adequacy ratio, cost-income ratio and non-performing loans in emerging markets
Authors: Al-Sharkas Adel A. , Al-Sharkas Tamara A.
Published: February 2022

Following the methodology applied by Nguyen (2020), this paper tests for the potential impact of capital adequacy ratios on bank profitability in a Jordanian context by using static panel data for a sample of 24 banks covering the period 2008–2018. Furthermore, the study examines the viability of various potential determinants of profitability led by primary bank-specific variables: cost-income ratio, bank size, debt ratio, and non-performing loans. The main objective is to assess if and how capital adequacy ratios have had any measurable effects along with other bank-specific variables on bank profitability that is determined by the return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). The study’s main takeaway is that ROA is negatively correlated with the four capital adequacy ratios. However, mixed results are observed when ROE is used as a proxy for bank profitability. ROE is positively affected by both core capital to risk-weighted assets ratio and total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio. On the contrary, ROE is negatively affected by the core capital to total assets ratio and total equity capital to total assets ratio. It can be argued that the most significant finding in this paper is that the impact on bank profitability differs according to the proxy used for capital adequacy. Furthermore, the cost-income ratio is inversely related to both bank profitability measures and both bank profitability measures are inversely affected by the non-performing loan ratio.
The fate of the Dead Sea: total disappearance or a hypersaline lagoon
Authors: Oroud Ibrahim
Published: February 2022

An energy balance model run on a monthly time step was developed to
predict the future fate of the Dead Sea under several environmental
conditions and anthropogenic activities. The model takes into account
energy, water and salt balances into consideration. The bathymetry of
the Dead Sea was derived using kriging technique on a projected raster
map derived from high spatial resolution digitized level points. The
present model was verified against measured lake level data for the
period 1928 through 2021. Predicted levels are very close to observed
values as demonstrated by three statistical measures. The monthly
temperatures of the mixed layer as predicted by the model were also
commensurate with atmospherically corrected monthly surface temperatures
data retrieved from Landsat 8. Results show that the time span needed
for the Dead Sea to reach a state of equilibrium is in the range 100-200
years, depending on freshwater input and industrial activities. For
instance, under freshwater input of 408 million m
annually and assuming that industrial activities are halted, the Dead
Sea reaches a quasi-state of equilibrium after around
~200 years with a level of 474 m below mean sea level
(bmsl), an area of 544 km and activity of 0.48.
corresponding values for freshwater input of 300 million m
annually, the lake reaches a state of equilibrium at
a level of 486 mbmsl, an area of 532 and activity of 0.42. Maintaining
the industrial activities for the next 50 to 60 years will cause a sharp
drop in the Dead Sea level, and then the lake will approach a state of
equilibrium after ~ 100 years. The Dead Sea achieves an
equilibrium under a 2 C after 2050- along with
freshwater input of 300 million m annually and no
industrial activities- after ~200 years, with a level of
494 mbmsl, an area of 524 km and an activity of
0.38. The future level of the Dead Sea is contingent on the prevailing
natural forcings and anthropogenic activities. Under all scenarios, the
lake will end up as a highly hypersaline lagoon with far reaching
deleterious consequences on sinkhole development, infrastructure,
industry, agriculture and tourism.
Early Bookkeeping Handbooks from Central Europe: A Case Study of the Czech Lands
Authors: Slavíčková Pavla
Published: February 2022

This article examines two bookkeeping handbooks from the Czech Lands written by Jan Brtvín of Ploskovice and Mikuláš Artemisius Černobýl, both published in the sixteenth century. The main principles of the bookkeeping process are described, and the relationship between the handbooks and contemporary accounting practices in the Czech Lands is explained. These handbooks are also compared with similar handbooks written by Heinrich Schreiber (Grammateus), Johann Gottlieb, and Anzelm Gostomski from Leżenic that were issued in neighboring countries with close economic and political connections to the area under research. The results demonstrate a different character from the early bookkeeping handbooks published at the time in Germany, while there are a great deal of similarities with the handbooks from Poland. This article argues that the style of bookkeeping presented in the Czech and Polish handbooks was designed to organize internal estate affairs and its purpose was primarily to control, not to measure.

Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.

JEL Classifications: M41; B11; N23.
Responsiveness of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability And Health (ICF) Clinical Functioning Information Tool (ClinFIT) in Routine Clinical Practice in an Australian Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting
Authors: Amatya Bhasker , Elmalik Alaeldin , Song Krystal , Lee Su Yi , Galea Mary P , Khan Fary
Published: February 2022

Objective: To examine the responsiveness of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Clinical Functioning Information Tool (ClinFIT) in routine clinical practice in an Australian context.Methods: A prospective observational study with consecutive recruitment of inpatients at a tertiary rehabilitation facility. The assessments were at admission (T0), discharge (T1) and 3-month postdischarge (T2), using the following questionnaires: ClinFIT, Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and European Quality of Life (EQ-5D-5L). Extension Indices (EI) were calculated for the ClinFIT set, and responsiveness measured as a change in scores over time. The association between FIM and ClinFIT scores was explored.Results: Participants (n = 91, mean age 66.8±13.0 years, 52% male, 48% following stroke) reported ≥ 1 issue related to ClinFIT categories. ClinFIT total raw scores improved significantly across all health conditions compared with T0 (median (interquartile range):196 (110, 228)) at both T1: 69 (37, 110); p < 0.001 and T2: 46.5 (20.8, 77); p < 0.001, with a medium effect size (r = 0.61 for both). There were significant changes in EI in the entire ClinFIT set from T0 to T1, and from T0 to T2 (p < 0.001 for both), with small to mediumeffect sizes. Analyses confirmed significant correlation in improvements between ClinFIT and FIM scores.Conclusion: ClinFIT is useful in evaluating patient functioning and can detect changes in functioning over time and across different health conditions.
LAY ABSTRACTRegular patient evaluation and clinical assessment is needed to maximize positive outcomes from rehabilitation intervention. This prospective study assessed the responsiveness of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – Clinical Functioning Information Tool (ClinFIT) for the assessment of functioning in an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Australia. Overall,91 patients with different health conditions (majority with stroke) were assessed at admission, discharge, and at 3 months after discharge, using the ClinFIT set, and compared with another routinely used instruments, the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). The findings showed that the ClinFIT set is useful in evaluating patients’ functioning over time across different health conditions.
Properties of RBD specific IgG from COVID-19 patients and Sputnik V vaccinated individuals
Authors: Generalova LV , Grigoriev IV , Vasina DV , Tkachuk AP , Kruzhkova IS , Kolobukhina LV , Burgasova OA , Guschin VA
Published: February 2022

SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody response is a generally accepted measure of postinfection and vaccination-induced immunity assessment. The dynamics of avidity maturation and neutralizing activity of virus-specific immunoglobulins G during the SARS-CoV-2–associated coronavirus infection was studied in cohorts of vaccinated volunteers and COVID-19 patients. 4–6 months after vaccination, neutralization activity was low compared to hospitalized patients (medians 57.4% vs 86.4%). On the opposite, the avidity indices in vaccinated volunteers were significantly higher (median 76.7%) than among hospitalized patients (median 61.4%). During the acute phase of the disease (14–16 days PI), post-vaccination patients have also higher avidity indices than primary patients (medians 43.5% vs 20.4%). Our results suggest that in long-term perspective antibody affinity maturation rate is higher after vaccination than after a natural infection. We demonstrated that Sputnik V vaccination leads to formation of high-avidity IgG, which persists for at least 6 months of observation. These results also indicate the presence of protective efficacy markers for at least 4–6 months after the vaccination or a previous illness and gives grounds for the half-year time period chosen for booster immunization with Sputnik V in Russia.
The same as It ever was ….? A Chance for Creating New Qualities in our Exchanges
Authors:   University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Lang Holger
Published: February 2022

(...) Since then, the academic world has undergone some radical changes, and the process is not near its conclusion. Academia is a very close-knit environment, proud of its conditions and requirements, methods, and procedures. Still, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is providing unexpected possibilities to develop, question and reform central elements of it.
Shades of Invisibility
Authors:   Wolverhampton University, Pearce Sally
Published: February 2022

Shades of Invisibility is an ongoing experimental artist’s documentation of my practice in making Chernobyl Journey, an activist film that I have been working on for twelve years. In Chernobyl Journey live action tells the story of my four trips to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone between 2009 and 2015 in search of rare Przewalski Horses, while animation is used to subversively unravel this apparently straightforward and chronological story backwards, tracing my fascination for the Exclusion Zone back to memories of an acute and life-changing illness in my own timeline from May to August 1986. In the film, animation is used not only to portray my inner private world of sensations, emotions and memories, but also to trace the slow process of arriving at self-knowledge through unravelling invisibilities of a very external and political nature. However, it is not the animation itself that makes the film experimental and subversive, but the way in which the animation is intimately woven into the live action footage. Through methods of compositing and blending, a counter historical narrative is inscribed into the fabric and the forbidden spaces of the two landscapes my auto-ethnographic story inhabits. As well as providing an outlet for my counter historical auto-ethnographic story, Chernobyl Journey also debunks the myth that nature will spring back like a lightly trodden on blade of grass, even after the worst excesses of human exploitation, extraction and environmental disaster. Shades of Invisibility is informed and inspired by my reading of New Materialist texts, in particular Jane Bennett’s ‘Vibrant Matter’. In the text I attempt to explore the efficacy of agencies other than my own will upon my art, using invisibility as a linking theme to create a network of interlocking pathways into subject matter that is dense, multi-layered, interdisciplinary, complex and sometimes politically taboo. My approach to documentation is activist in itself, as it questions the hylomorphic and anthropocentric world view that underpins auteur theory. I argue that this model of creativity based on the unrestrained and unaccountable power of the human individual’s will mirrors the neo-liberal model of unrestrained extractive capitalism that is contributing so much to our present reality of climate crisis, loss of species diversity and global injustice.
Improving efficiency of manufacturing pipelines of ship systems based on design information
Authors: Vo Trung Quang , Sakhno Konstantin , Nguyen Thi Sen
Published: February 2022

The article highlights the method of the ship systems pipelines manufacturing according to the drawings, regardless of the readiness of the object under construction. There has been emphasized the effectiveness of the method, which resulted in the reduced construction time of the vessel without additional operations, except for design work. The study aimed to eliminate the reasons limiting the application of the manufacturing method based on the design information, regardless of the readiness of the object under construction has been carried out. A scientific approach to determining the clearances sufficient for mounting pipelines, where the pipes are manufactured according to design dimensions, is presented. The sizes of tolerances and the reasons for setting them are analyzed and the measures on reducing or eliminating them are proposed. There is given the estimation of gaps big enough to fit any pipeline canal under consideration into the allocated corridors. The analysis of route deviations under mounting the ship pipeline systems at the design stage makes it possible to reduce the assigned clearances and to manufacture the pipes into the reserve later. The calculation and methodological base used in the design of pipeline routes for ship systems has been developed. The software AST-SUDOTRUB was developed to calculate the pipeline deviations that occur due to the errors in pipe manufacturing. The software automatically checks the sufficiency of controlled gaps in a particular point of the route studying the pipe deviation in the gap area. The study results prove the need to indicate the date of the start of routing in calculations and give the designer a tool for rational assigning the gaps
City Government Intervention in Gampong Budgeting: Case Study in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Authors: Ruzan Muhammad Geubrika , Abdullah Syukriy , Darwanis Darwanis
Published: February 2022

Objective – This study aims to explain the intervention of City Government in budgeting in Gampong1 by using agency theory in Banda Aceh.Design/methodology – This study is qualitative approach, by collecting data through interviews officials and members of the Gampong’s People Representative Council in 5 gam-pongs in Banda Aceh City, Head of sub-district, City Inspectorate, and representatives from the Gampong Community Empowerment Office. Questionnaires were distributed with a total of 363 respondents.Results – The results showed that there was an intervention from City Government in the budgeting process in Gampong as a result of the existence of City Government authority as a coach and supervisor of the Gampong government. In addition, the results of the inspec-torate's examination also greatly influenced budgeting in the village the following year.Research Limitation/Implications – The lack of literature and previous research on agency problems that occur in the village, the limited competence and lack of cooperation be-tween Keuchik and Tuha Peut Gampong (TPG) when asked for information through inter-views and questionnaires, and The lack of literature on the influence of personal conflict fac-tors (interpersonal) on agency problems.Novelty/Originality – The results of this study are expected to be a reference material for academics to examine agency problems in the gampong.
Awareness and Perception of Customers on Islamic Banking Products and Services: A Meta-Synthesis
Authors: Jibril Binta Tijjani , Hamid Kabiru Tahir , Muhammad Aliyu Dahiru , Rabi’u Warshu Tijjani
Published: February 2022

Objective – Islamic banking has emerged as a robust and sound banking system across the globe. Despite its increasing popularity, there is a dearth of awareness in both Muslim and Non-Muslim countries which slows the pace of development of the system. This paper, there-fore, reviews critically some empirical studies on awareness and perception of Islamic bank-ing products and services.Design/methodology – The research involves review and synthesis of prior studies on customers’ awareness and perception of Islamic baking.Results – The result of the review reveals that good awareness and perception of the public on Islamic banking products and services are critical to the development of Islamic banking and finance. The study concludes that significant progress has been made in Muslim and Non-Muslim countries with the potentials to dominate conventional banking shortly in some jurisdictions.Limitation/Suggestion – Thus, the study recommends that operators and regulators of Islamic banks need to pay due attention to public awareness and perception with a view to enhancing patronage of the Islamic banking products and services and enabling the sector to effectively compete with its already well-established conventional counterpart.
Work from Home during Pandemic of Covid-19: Effects on Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Suryani Irma , Megawati Megawati , Rahmani Sari
Published: February 2022

Objective– This study is intended to see the relationship among three variables namely work from home, work life balance, and job satisfaction particularly during COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology– The research is a descriptive research method. Using online ques-tionnaire, a total of 150 higher education lecturers in Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh, Indonesia participated in the survey. The survey was conducted in December 2020. The data was ana-lyzed using SPSS.Results – This research revealed that there is a significant relationship between work from home and job satisfaction during COVID-19 outbreak in higher education lecturers, with the intervening variable of Work-Life balance also shows a significant impact toward job satisfac-tion.Research limitations/implications – This study has some limitation namely the small amount of data sample and focus only in one sector of sample participants (higher edu-cation lecturers), also this study only exercise three variables, meanwhile it is important to seek both personal and social factors such as person personality, behavior tendency, etc.Novelty/Originality – This study covers the impact of COVID-19 pandemic towards job related issues in the university context with participants mainly the lectures.