bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Using Burst Modality Medium Frequency Alternating (Russian and Aussie) Currents with Isokinetic Training
Authors: Çankaya Musa , Çıtak Karakaya İlkim
Published: March 2024

Isokinetic exercises are a type of exercise that can be performed both concentrically and eccentrically at various angular velocities while applying resistance to the muscles at each point of the range of motion. These exercises are known to have many benefits compared to other exercises. Electrotherapy modalities are a popular treatment used by physiotherapists for a variety of purposes, such as muscle strengthening, endurance, spasticity management, pain control, circulation enhancement, and edema control. Kilohertz-frequency alternating currents were introduced in the pioneering work of Kots as a new form of neuromuscular electrical stimulation that was believed to solve some of the limitations of conventional electrical stimulation. Russian current is a medium-frequency alternating current that is delivered in bursts, with the carrier frequency ranging from 1000 to 10,000 Hz and any burst frequency being acceptable. Aussie currents are utilized in clinics at 1000 Hz, modulated in 50 Hz intervals with a pulse duration of 2 msec. Medium-frequency currents, particularly Russian and Aussie currents in isokinetic training, provide muscle strength contraction and endurance, increased blood circulation, and specific physiological effects. Considering the person’s health status, existing injuries, or other health problems, Russian and Aussie currents can be used effectively in isokinetic training at appropriate levels under the guidance of a physician and physiotherapist.
Exergy and Quantum Batteries
Authors: Hatami Kamin Farzaneh , Salimi Shahriar
Published: March 2024

The study of quantum thermodynamics has led to the development of quantum batteries. These devices use quantum advantages to store and extract useful energy from physical systems. Ergotropy is the maximum work that can be extracted from a quantum system by cyclic unitary operations. When external thermal baths couple with the quantum battery, there is energy loss due to thermal effects on the system. In some cases, a part of the total energy available in the system cannot be stored as ergotropy. Therefore, it is important to consider the amount of residual energy that cannot be extracted as useful work from quantum batteries by unitary processes. To better understand the amount of energy lost during work extraction, it is necessary to examine the constraint of unitary processes. The system exergy represents the maximum amount of work that can be extracted from the system while bringing it into equilibrium with a thermal bath. It can be separated into two parts: ergotropy and residual energy. Thus, the present chapter describes the relationship between exergy and its potential benefits and effects on the performance of quantum batteries.
The Dual Impact of Financial Development: Growth and Inequality in the Eurozone Countries
Authors: Kyriakopoulos Andreas , Kosteletou Nikolina
Published: March 2024

Financial development and deregulation have historically driven economic growth but have also exacerbated inequality. The relaxation of financial regulations preceding the 2008–2009 crisis is a prime example of this phenomenon. While initially promoting growth, it exacerbated both labor and profit inequalities. The crisis laid bare vulnerabilities in the financial systems of Eurozone EZ countries, resulting in economic recession and worsening inequality domestically and internationally. This chapter first reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the impact of financialization on growth and inequality, followed by an examination of the components of inequality, including factor, labor, profit, and unemployment indices. Central to our discussion is the imperative of reducing inequality, considered fundamental for fostering growth, welfare, and social cohesion. The empirical investigation is conducted to assess the determinants of total inequality before and after the 2008–2009 financial crisis, with EZ countries categorized into three groups: Northern EZ countries, Southern EZ countries, and Newcomers. Conclusions and policy implications underscore the necessity of regulating the financial system to prevent crises, maintaining low unemployment rates, and ensuring equitable increases in income for both skilled and unskilled workers as for capital owners.
Invasive Weeds Dynamics, Plant-Microbes Interactions, and Carbon-Nitrogen Cycles in Sino-Pakistan’s Grasslands Perspectives
Authors: Li Chunjia , Iqbal Saima , Kizil Aydemir Serap , Lin Xiuqin , Aamir Iqbal Muhammad
Published: March 2024

In China and Pakistan, grasslands serve as carbon sink, ecological barriers, watershed for low riparian regions, feedstock, and minerals extraction sites for drilling and mining and offer numerous associated benefits like wool, herbs for traditional medicines, tourism and leisure, and so forth. However, grassland ecosystems have been persistently degraded by anthropogenic disturbances (land use changes, tourism, intensive grazing, uncontrolled fire, vegetation clearance, invasive weeds, and climate change drivers (heat, drought, chilling, salinity, and shifting of rainfall patterns). To conserve and develop grasslands, soil nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) hold pertinence for maintaining the primary productivity of grass species. Hence, estimating the extent of numerous interventions on N and C cycling along with grass-microbe interactions has become imperative from socioeconomic and environmental perspectives. Thus, to achieve this goal, this chapter has been tailored to compile recent knowledge on the productivity status and persistent degradation of grasslands in China and Pakistan. Additionally, invasive weeds’ prevalence in grasslands, grass–microbe interactions and their influence on the growth of plant species, microclimate, and availability of nutrients have been objectively analyzed along with synthesizing the recent advances on C and N dynamics in grasslands ecosystems.
Farklılıkların yönetimi ve mobbing: Sosyal kimlik kuramı bağlamında nicel bir araştırma
Authors: Başaran Ahmet , Kırel Ayşe Çiğdem
Published: March 2024

Farklılıkların yönetimi oldukça bağlamsal bir yönetim paradigmasıdır ve ülkelere özgü bilimsel çalışmalara ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır. Diğer taraftan, çalışanların sahip oldukları farklılıklar, mobbinge uğramalarına neden olabilmektedir. Örgütlerin etkili farklılıkların yönetimi politika ve uygulamaları tasarlayarak mobbingi önlemeleri, çalışanların algılarının belirlenmesiyle mümkün olmaktadır. Dolayısıyla mevcut çalışma, çalışanların farklılıkların yönetimi ve mobbinge yönelik algılarının çeşitli demografik farklılıkları açısından incelenmesini amaçlamaktadır. Bir diğer amaç, farklılıkların yönetimi ve mobbing arasındaki ilişkinin keşfedilmesidir. Sosyal Kimlik Kuramı’nı kuramsal bir referans noktası olarak alan araştırmada, nicel bir araştırma yöntemi benimsenmiştir. Kütahya’da endüstri sektöründe faaliyet gösteren bir şirketin 351 çalışanı örneklemi meydana getirmiştir. Veriler, “Farklılıkların Yönetimi Ölçeği” ile “Mobbing Ölçeği” aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Tek yönlü ANOVA ve t-testi sonuçları, çalışanların farklılıkların yönetimi ve mobbinge yönelik algılarının, kimi faktörlerde anlamlı bir şekilde farklılaştığını ortaya koymuştur. Korelasyon analizi sonucunda ise, farklılıkların yönetimi ve mobbing arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ve negatif bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak çalışanların, örgütlerinde etkili bir farklılıkların yönetimi politika ve uygulamaları olduğuna ilişkin algılarının, mobbinge yönelik algılarını azaltabileceği belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte, kadın, beyaz yakalı, bekar ve lisans mezunu çalışanların mobbingi daha fazla algıladığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu, çalışanların cinsiyetleri, örgütsel pozisyonları, medeni durumları ve eğitim seviyeleri bakımından, örgüt içerisinde ilgili gruplar arasındaki bir kategorizasyon süreci sonucunda ortaya çıktığını düşündürmektedir.
Experiential Simulations of Ethical Dilemmas in Accounting: Overcoming Challenges to Stimulate Ethical Thinking
Authors: Picard Claire-France , Courtois Cynthia ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

Given the current business environment, business managers and accountants are more likely to encounter situations with ethical implications. Hence, business and accounting education should prioritize ethical skills such as critical thinking. However, significant pedagogical challenges await those who wish to venture down this path. Despite new educational tools in business and accounting ethics, we believe that new activities are needed to improve the acquisition of skills in professional ethics among students. Thus, we developed experiential simulations of ethical dilemmas inspired from what business managers and accountants typically encounter in their practice. More specifically, we created online simulations in the form of videos and interactive content. The purpose of these simulations is to help students experience the emotions that can be felt when faced with an ethical dilemma. They also provide a means of understanding the emotions of other characters and of thinking about how their actions affect others.
Identifying Ethical Challenges in the Marketing Mix: Experiential Exercise Themes and Variations
Authors: Abzug Rikki ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

To be effective ethical business leaders, students need experience identifying ethical dilemmas. Textbooks provide models and guidelines to categorize ethical challenges, yet students need practice applying these tools in the real world. The exercise described in this study is designed to do just that by helping students learn to identify ethical challenges in marketing. Using the marketing mix as a framework, this scavenger hunt-like exercise provides significant learning experiences by emphasizing teamwork, out of classroom learning, and meeting students where they are with technology. The exercise may be used at either an undergraduate or graduate level in business ethics classes. Learning themes tapped in this exercise can be realized in the on-site classroom or the virtual classroom. Further variations on these themes conclude the article.
Business and Local Government: Prevention of Unethical Conduct
Authors: Mueller Anna , Skorin-Kapov Jadranka ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

The case describes the developments of an ethics code observed in the local government of Suffolk County, New York, USA. In Suffolk County, there is now a dedicated Board of Ethics Agency (“Board”) within the local government to ensure that business operations and government operations run as ethically compliant as possible. This Board was created in 2012 in order to follow compliance with a law that established a replacement for the Ethics Commission (previously existing within Suffolk County) because this Ethics Commission had been involved in a serious controversy. The former County Executive, Steve Levy, was found guilty of compromising the “integrity of an ethics commission”. Suffolk County government prescribed various measures in order to ensure that the citizens of Suffolk County were protected from business ethical violations. The Board also preemptively created laws that discouraged businesses from acting unethically.
Par Funding: A Fabulous Fraud Founded in Philly
Authors: Schoen Edward J. ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

This case describes a recent iteration of the Ponzi scheme originated in 1920 by Charles Ponzi: creating a plausible investment, attracting investors, using the money from more recent investors to pay off earlier investors, and earning a substantial profit, estimated to be $15 million (worth $220 million today).1 While not as big as Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, as a result of which he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $170 billion to his victims,2 the Federal district court in Miami was asked to order Par Funding’s cofounders, Joseph W. LaForte and his wife, Lisa McElhone, to pay $337 million to Par Funding investors and to declare they engaged in a Ponzi scheme in defrauding those investors.3 Ultimately the Federal district court in Miami ordered Par cofounders to pay “$219 million in ‘ill-gotten gains,’ fines and interest so the funds can be used to help reimburse 1,200 investors who were duped into buying the risky, unregistered securities used to finance the high-fee loan company.”4 How LaForte and McElhone executed their scheme is an intriguing story which provides helpful insight into ethical and U.S. securities law principles.
McDonald’s in the Middle East: Navigating Political and Ethical Minefields
Authors: Benmamoun Mamoun ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

McDonald’s, the renowned American fast-food giant, views the Middle East as an immensely promising market, yet one that presents formidable challenges. McDonald’s experienced the complexity of this region firsthand when its Middle East franchises became embroiled in a public dispute over the divisive and emotionally charged Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This case study explores McDonald’s political and ethical predicaments in the Middle East, examining the underlying causes of the backlash, dissecting the dynamics between franchisees and franchisors, and providing some potential remedies.
Developing Dynamic Moral Capacities in Business Ethics Education: Extending the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) Framework
Authors: Borgen Cathrine , Supphellen Magne ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

Business ethics education aims to enable students to become conscious of their own values and develop the capacity to voice such values and make value-consistent decisions. However, a student’s personal values and the capacity to act on them tend to change after graduation. In this study, we discuss how moral learning is different in real work life compared to a business school setting, and we explain why graduates may downplay or abandon their values after graduation. We launch the concept of dynamic moral capacity (DMC), defined as the metacognitive routines for processing moral decision outcomes, motivated by humility goals. We suggest that future courses in business ethics develop DMC to avoid value drift and negative moral learning over time after graduation. Finally, we discuss how DMC can be included in the instructional framework of giving voice to values and thus increase its impact on moral learning after graduation.
Incorporating the Creative Arts into the Study of Business Ethics
Authors: Friedman Hershey H. , Kleiner Deborah S. , Lynch James A. ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

Many scholars believe that traditional courses in ethics (especially business ethics) have not been successful in making students ethical. The best that educators can hope is that these courses will help build ethical awareness. It is thus apparent that the apparatus used to teach ethics does not inspire the intellectual leap needed between the abstract awareness of ethical issues to the functional changes in behavior and decision-making. This paper posits that the creative arts, including literature, poetry, music, pictorial art, and film, may provide the tools to help bridge that gap. The creative arts can profoundly impact individuals and cause social change by gradually implanting values and changing beliefs. They can instill morals by using stories, sounds, and images and arouse the passion needed to change behaviors.
Lights, Camera, Action! Engaging Students on Ethics and Values Through Film
Authors: Till Brian D. ,   Neilson Journals Publishing
Published: March 2024

There is a long tradition of the value of using film as a pedagogical tool. Such use spans a variety of business disciplines including organizational behavior (Smith 2009), accounting (Bay & Felton 2012), business ethics (Fisher, Grant & Palmer 2015) and cultural competency (Greene, Barden, Richardson & Hall 2014). Presented here is a recently developed course, Business in Film, which engages students in deep reflection on business issues with an emphasis on ethics and values. The course is structured around a weekly film (mix of dramas and documentaries), 15 weeks, 15 films covering approximately 40 years. For each film, students prepare a 2-3 page reflection paper. Student feedback has been consistently positive, with comments along the themes of a greater appreciation of the intersection between business and the human experience, bringing to life ethical considerations, and a greater appreciation of the historical context of business events.
On Defence of Kripke
Authors: Hodjati Seyyed Mohammad Ali ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: March 2024

One of Kripke’s innovations concerning the philosophy of language is the doctrine that the truth of some metaphysically necessary propositions is only known a posteriori. The typical example he gives is the identity statement consists of two different proper names that refer to the same referent, like “Hesperus = Phosphorus”. By metaphysically necessary he means that the proposition is true in all possible worlds and by a posteriori knowledge he means that its truth is known by experiment or investigation. Some philosophers have given arguments against Kripke’s doctrine and claimed that such propositions can, also, be known a priori. In this paper, I will defend Kripke’s view by showing that his approach to the issue is linguistic not metaphysical, opposite to his critics.
Against Epistemic Akrasia
Authors: Telios Ioannis ,   Romanian Academy - Iasi Branch
Published: March 2024

Arguments against epistemic akrasia have been met with counterexamples from the higher-order evidence literature. Here, I present two counterarguments to address these challenges. Firstly, the attitude reclassification argument disentangles reason-responsiveness from the constraints of evidentialism and allows for the adoption of conflicting propositions by coherent doxastic attitudes. Secondly, the failure reclassification argument demystifies the loss of doxastic control in purported cases of epistemic akrasia by appealing to the more comprehensive and distinct phenomenon of self-deception.
Colonialism, Race, and the Concept of Energy
Authors: Brea Pedro ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

The following paper puts the history of race and colonialism in conversation with the history of the concept of energy. The objective is to understand what a critical decolonial perspective can teach us about the central role that energy plays in western culture, materially and epistemologically. I am interested in how this approach to political, epistemological, and ontological questions demands that we reconceptualize energy to account for the historical particularity of the concept and the phenomena of history and intersubjectivity, which are eschewed in a purely materialistic and quantitative conception of energy. We will see how energy has been complicit in the racialization of black and indigenous bodies, and how the privileged place that the concept of energy has occupied in the canon of western physics has served to obscure the theological, metaphysical, and cultural assumptions that constitute it.
Skepticism & Feminism
Authors: Vollbrecht Lucy Alsip ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

What is the value of Pyrrhonizing skepticism today? As an epistemologist, I am sympathetic to skepticism, but as a feminist, I am concerned by it. In this short paper, I’ll interrogate the troubled relationship between skepticism and feminism. More specifically, I’ll ask: Can feminists be skeptics? In the first half of the paper, I’ll articulate one feminist objection to skepticism. In the second half, I’ll suggest a pathway forward by which feminists can harness the power of the skeptical method to antiskeptical ends. Part 1 of my analysis engages Brian Ribeiro’s recent book Pyrrhonizers (2021), and Part 2 engages Jennifer Saul’s “Skepticism and Implicit Bias” (2013).
Aristotle’s Categorical Syllogistic and its Relation to Scientific Knowledge
Authors: Huang Minxing ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

Aristotle’s Prior Analytics is probably the earliest existing systematic philosophical writing on a syllogistic system and theory of logic. In this work, Aristotle introduces the categorical syllogistic, consisting of three figures and fourteen valid moods. This paper proposes that Aristotle distinguishes a general notion of syllogisms from a more technical notion of syllogisms. Syllogisms that belong to the categorical syllogistic fall under Aristotle’s technical notion of syllogisms that must satisfy two conditions: (1) a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises, and (2) the premises derive a conclusion that necessarily follows from them in regard to attributing the major extreme to the minor.
Am I Gaslighting Myself?
Authors: McGill Emily ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

The concept of self-gaslighting has recently become prevalent in popular discourse but has yet to be subjected to detailed philosophical analysis. In this paper, I examine one context in which self-gaslighting is often discussed: situations in which someone has experienced trauma. I argue that the phenomenon currently described as self-gaslighting fails to display core features of manipulative gaslighting and that therefore we should seek other conceptual resources for understanding such cases. I suggest that self-gaslighting, at least in some paradigmatic cases, amounts to either extremely successful interpersonal gaslighting or to internalized oppression. Utilizing these concepts instead of self-gaslighting avoids conceptual difficulties and also has a significant practical payoff. By moving away from the language of self-gaslighting we can move away from feelings of self-blame that so often accompany trauma.
Vaccines and Epistemic Trust
Authors: Marzec Matthew ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: March 2024

There is an enigma that plagues the modern world. On the one hand, access to information is more abundant than ever. On the other, knowledge seems all the more difficult to come by. The world is divided on numerous fact-based questions regarding nutrition, exercise, public policy impact, sickness prevention, mental wellness, and more. What accounts for this phenomenon? Likely, these disagreements and difficulties cannot be accounted for by a single factor, and the elements in play vary from question to question and subject to subject. This paper will focus on one possible factor: eroding trust in subject matter experts.
Pengaruh Perputaran Kas Dan Perputaran Persediaan Terhadap Return On Investment (Roi) Pada PT.Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode Tahun 2019 - 2022
Authors: Firdaus Susanti
Published: March 2024

Profitabilitas merupakan rasio untuk menilai kemampuan perusahaan dalam mencari keuntungan. Dalam memperoleh profitabilitas, perusahaan perlu kebijakan dan keputusan diantaranya mengenai perputaran kas dan perputaran persediaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perputaran perputaran kas dan perputaran persediaan terhadap Return On Investment pada PT.Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2019-2022. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah regresi linear berganda yaitu dengan pengujian hipotesis dan determinasi. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif, penelitian ini menggunakan jenis data sekunder yaitu berasal dari laporan keuangan yang dipublikasikan di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Subjek penelitian ini adalah perusahaan dagang sub sektor retail dan objek penelitian adalah perputaran kas dan perputaran persediaan serta Return On Investment. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perputaran kas berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Return On Investment, perputaran persediaan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Return On Investment, perputaran kas dan perputaran persediaan secara simultan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap Return On Investment. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa perputaran Kas memiliki pengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap Return On Investment (ROI) pada PT.ACE Hardware Indonesia Tbk yang terdaftar pada Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2019-2022.
Pendidikan Islam Berwawasan Nilai-nilai Toleransi di Pesantren Nazhatut Thullab
Authors: Wafa Ali , Thoyyib Madani Mohammad , Subairi Subairi
Published: March 2024

Artikel ini mengungkap pendidikan Islam berwawasan nilai-nilai toleransi di pesantren Nazhatut Thullab Prajjan Camplong Sampang. Penulis beragumen, pendidikan Islam pesantren apabila dirancang dan dilaksanakan dengan penuh pertimbangan, dapat menjadi alat yang ampuh, tidak hanya untuk menyebarkan pengetahuan tentang berbagai agama, namun juga meningkatkan empati, rasa hormat, dan kemanusiaan di antara individu-individu dari latar belakang agama dan budaya yang berbeda. Metode Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatitf dengan menggunakan observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Pendidikan Islam berwawasan nilai-nilai toleransi yang dikembangankan di pondok pesantren Nazhatut Thullab Prajjan Camplong Sampang, berdasarkan hasil Penelitian adalah: sikap belajar hidup dalam perbedaan; sikap saling menghargai perbedaan; sikap menghindari prasangka buruk; sikap solidaritas sosial; sikap keterbukaan (inklusif); kemanusiaan atau humanis; dan sikap rendah hati (tawadhu), keseimbangan (tawazun), moderat (tawasuth), keteladanan (uswah), pola hidup sehat, dan cinta tanah air.
Forecasting Financial Trends in the Zambian Banking Sector: Leveraging Historical Data for Informed Decision-Making
Authors: Kaluba Chresta C
Published: March 2024

This study examines the integration of historical data in forecasting future outcomes, focusing on the banking sector in Zambia. The study analyzes data for five banks in Zambia from January 2010 to December 2020 and examines the accuracy of forecasts for key financial variables such as total assets, loans and advances, deposits, revenue and profit after tax. Using regression analysis, the study develops forecast models that are calibrated with historical data from 2010 to 2017. The accuracy of these forecasts is assessed using normalized root mean square error (RMSE), which provides a standardized metric for evaluation. The study highlights that historical data serves as a reliable predictor of future outcomes and demonstrates the effectiveness of forecasting techniques in projecting past trends into the future. Consequently, decisions based on these forecasts can provide a sufficiently accurate indication of future scenarios in the Zambian banking sector.
SEEKING THE INNER FATHER: INTEGRATING GRIEF THROUGH GIM
Authors: Clarkson Ginger
Published: March 2024

How can the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) facilitate the process of grieving the loss of a parent? A qualitative case study reviews excerpts from 34 GIM sessions with a 55-year-old man who confronted his own mortality while integrating grief and ambivalence about his father’s death. During the GIM series, the client differentiated himself from his parent and, with new spiritual maturity, discovered a capacity to father his inner child compassionately.
«Black level»: About self-reflection in the socio-political discourse of russia (analysis of one publication)
Authors:   Volodymyr Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), BONDARUK Tetyana
Published: March 2024

The collective monograph «Russia as a state- civilization: higher goals and development alternatives» compiled based on the materials of the Jubilee International Panarinsky Readings (2016) is analyzed. In particular, the establishment of the concepts of the Russian «state-civilization», «Russian world», «Russian culture», «Russian Orthodoxy», their characteristic features and features, as well as the outline of the prospects for development and missions of Russia.A conclusion is made about the coherence of the corresponding constructions with the postulates of racism as an ideology and practice of national exclusivity and cultural superiority of Russians and Russia’s expansionist policy.
Concerning the need to implement the system of collection and use of biometric data of persons who represent the national security of Ukraine
Authors:   Center for Combating Problems with organized crime at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (Kyiv), SEMENYUK Oleksandr
Published: March 2024

The article examines new ways to search for and recognize persons who pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine, through the implementation of a system for collecting and using biometric data of such persons. It is noted that currently authorized state bodies report to the State Border Guard Service only such information about a person of certain operational interest that allows him to be identified only by a passport or other document certifying his identity. However, such control makes it impossible to identify a person in the event that he provides forged documents or documents that contain inaccurate information about him. This requires the introduction at the state level of a system of collecting and using biometric data of persons who pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine. Attention is drawn to the fact that law enforcement agencies of foreign countries have recently been actively using information and search systems for biometric identification of a person. Biometric identification is a means of identity verification; belongingness of the passport to its owner by recognizing and comparing biometric data (eye color, retina pattern, fingerprints, hand geometry, facial features, etc.) recorded by the carriers of these data with the owner’s personal data. The article provides a list of physiological and behavioral characteristics of a person, on the basis of which systems of biometric authentication are built. It is concluded that in order to ensure the procedure of identification of persons at checkpoints across the state border of Ukraine, it is necessary to introduce mechanisms for the collection and accumulation of information on the biological characteristics of persons who pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine at the legislative level. In particular, it is necessary to determine the list of biological signs that will be collected, to establish the subjects of the security sector responsible for their collection, to introduce a procedure for accumulating this information, to determine the subject responsible for the formation and maintenance of this data bank, as well as to provide this information to interested state institutions and departments.
Application of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for PR purposes (on the example of its article 110-2)
Authors:   National Service Academy Security of Ukraine (Kyiv), NOVYTSKYI Hryhoriy , STYRANKA Mychailo ,   Lawyers’ union «Standard» (Lviv)
Published: March 2024

The article is devoted to the study of the financing of actions committed for the purpose of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, change of territory or state border of Ukraine. The author substantiated that the implementation of economic activity by citizens of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation and the payment of taxes to the budget of the Russian Federation, as well as the implementation of economic activity by citizens of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine with the subsequent payment of taxes on the territory of the aggressor country, today, does not contain signs of the composition of the crime provided for in Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. On the basis of this, recommendations were made regarding changes and additions to the current legislation of Ukraine, in particular regarding additions to the current Criminal Code of Ukraine, Art. 111-3 «Financing or logistical support of activities of the aggressor state related to armed aggression against Ukraine or occupation/annexation of its territories.»
Ukrainian war of civilization with out-of-civilization forces
Authors:   Kyiv Military Institute national university named after Taras Shevchenko (Kyiv), LYUBOVETS Hryhoriy , KOROL Valery ,   Kyiv Military Institute national university named after Taras Shevchenko (Kyiv)
Published: March 2024

Putin’s Russian Federation carries on the legacy of the Soviet Union in terms of its aggressive policy of military intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The attack that Putin’s regime launched against Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has become the final testament to its imperialist barbaric nature, which for the longest time Kremlin tried to hide with an elaborate political and diplomatic ruse. It is clear now that Kremlin’s insatiable appetite will not be satisfied with Ukraine. Putin and his henchmen lay claim to geostrategic dominance and dream of bringing back the world, where all key decisions were made in conformity with Moscow’s wishes. Today the world has faced a civilizational challenge to de- mocracy that Ukraine is currently protecting in a non-metaphorical battle against a global hybrid terrorist – Putin’s Russia. Therefore, we perceive current situation in the world as a battle of civilization forces with extracivilizational evil, spawning from the territory of Putin’s federation. In our opinion, juxtaposing civilization with extracivilizational forces is the key factor to understanding the global envi- ronment of the 21st century. The fabric of governance manifested by an illusion of a state, which is currently internationally addressed as the Russian Federation, is a never-ending source of contemporary interna- tional crimes – wars, terrorist attacks, hybrid-messianic aggressions, etc. Moscow pursues an aggressive public policy using a multitude of technological communication-content capabilities to transmit Kremlin’s narratives and to shape desired public opinion in almost every country across the globe. Therefore, the in- ternational community faces a number of challenges, mainly finding ways to effectively neutralize the communication-content impact of Putin’s regime, developing joint vision of physical deterrence of the global hybrid aggressor and rendering it impossible for the Russian Federation to return to totalitarianism in years to come.
Sustainable Consumption And Digital Era: A Review And Research Agenda
Authors: Khan Muhammad Mohsin Ali , Mahmood Dr. Hamid
Published: March 2024

The transformation in the digital era has enabled marketers and scholars to understand how companies might facilitate sustainable consumption. Recognizing its significance, the current study provides a brief review of emerging concepts in sustainable consumption studies, aiming to emphasize crucial research themes that have not yet been extensively investigated. This study is anticipated to provide valuable insights into the future direction of sustainable consumption and identify topics that warrant further scholarly advancement, emphasizing its academic prominence. We further emphasize certain themes that need to be prioritized when implementing new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), in order to encourage sustainable consumption.
Keine Spielchen mehr mit den verdeckten Stimmzetteln
Authors: Decker Frank
Published: March 2024

Viele der Maßnahmen, die jetzt erwogen werden, um sich gegen das Szenario einer schrittweisen Machtübernahme der rechtsextremen AfD zu wappnen, betreffen das Parlamentsrecht. So wichtig und richtig es ist, den automatischen Zugriff der AfD auf diese Ämter zu beschränken oder Blockademöglichkeiten zu minimieren, so merkwürdig bleibt, dass in der Debatte ein Aspekt regelmäßig ausgeklammert bleibt, der die Durchführung der Wahlen betrifft. Die geheime Wahl des Regierungschefs ist aus demokratischer Sicht nur schwer zu rechtfertigen.
Converting Some Zero-One Neutrosophic Nonlinear Programming Problems into Zero-One Neutrosophic Linear Programming Problems
Authors: Jdid Maissam , Smarandache Florentin
Published: March 2024

The science of operations research is the applied aspect of mathematics and one of the most important modern sciences that is concerned with practical issues and meets the desire and request of decision makers to obtain ideal decisions through the methods it presents that are appropriate for all issues, such as linear programming, nonlinear programming, dynamic programming, integer programming, etc. The basic essence of this science is to build mathematical models consisting of an objective function and constraints. In these models, the objective function is a maximization function or a minimization function for a specific quantity. This quantity depends on a number of decision variables that may be independent of each other or related to each other. Through a set of constraints, we obtain values for these variables by solving the mathematical model that we obtain. Given the great importance of operations research methods, we have in previous research presented a neutrosophic vision for some of these methods, such as neutrosophic linear models, neutrosophic nonlinear models, dynamic programming, neutrosophic programming with binary integers, etc. In this research, we present a neutrosophical study of some of the procedures used to convert some zero-one neutrosophic nonlinear programming problems into zero-one neutrosophic linear programming problems.
Neutrosophic Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs for Resource Allocation
Authors: Concepción Iván Pimienta , Almendariz Karen Aracelly Tobar , Valdiviezo Walter Vayas
Published: March 2024

The efficient allocation of resources to health promotion and disease prevention programs in the field of healthcare is a multidimensional and highly sensitive challenge that requires the simultaneous consideration of multiple criteria and objectives. In this context, neutrosophic logic emerges as a promising tool capable of addressing the inherent uncertainty and imprecision in health decision-making. This article explores the application of neutrosophic logic in decision-making regarding the allocation of resources to health promotion and disease prevention programs, taking into account a wide range of criteria. The main objective of this research is to validate the importance of using neutrosophic logic in resource allocation for these programs, emphasizing its ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty effectively and equitably. The results obtained have demonstrated that neutrosophic logic is an effective tool in decision-making in the field of public health.
Assessing Students Performance Using Neutrosophic Tool
Authors: Adebisi Sunday Adesina , Broumi Said
Published: March 2024

Recently, a lot of educational as well as academic researchers have shown their ultimate interest in educational data mining techniques. Thus, several studies that can definitely contribute to the improvement of the educational process are conducted. The results of this lead to several issues that have to be addressed if the students general academic performances are to be improved. In this paper, we investigate the academic performance of a set of students in their core subjects. This we did by using the concept of the neutrosophic frequency, as well as the neutrosophic relative frequency distribution for the class of scores for the set of students. The results give some form of expectation for their general performance. This case serves as a means to enhance the educational process of the chosen set of students by identifying the students at risk of failure or dropping out and predicting the students' academic level at an early stage to provide the necessary support for the at-risk students.
Research on Nursing of Patients with Mild Respiratory Infectious Diseases
Authors:   Southwest Jiaotong University Hope College，China, Chen Jing , Yang Yaqi ,   Southwest Jiaotong University Hope College，China, Yin Hao ,   Southwest Jiaotong University Hope College，China, Lu Hainan ,   Southwest Jiaotong University Hope College，China
Published: March 2024

Objective: To explore the current home care programs and effects of patients with mild respiratory tract infections caused by influenza virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and novel coronavirus, so as to provide a reference for subsequent related research. Methods: PubMed, WebofScience core collection, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data and China Biology Medicine Database were searched by computer for literature screening, data extraction and summary on the existing home care programs and effects of patients with mild respiratory infectious diseases. Results: in 14 articles. Chinese researchers on defining the concept of mild and standard is a bit different, can be integrated to respiratory tract infection as the main performance, such as dry throat, sore throat, cough, fever, etc. Nursing programs generally included preventive nursing combined with health guidance intervention, personalized symptom nursing, cluster nursing, etc. Conclusion: the infection of respiratory tract infection caused by mild standard has not been unified, a direct impact on the late judge condition and formulate the related nursing operation timing, means and methods. At present, the commonly used nursing methods can effectively shorten the course of disease and relieve symptoms, but there is no specific mechanism research in the existing literature, and further exploration is needed to clarify its effect in the future.
Experiences of women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy: A qualitative study
Authors: Dural Gül
Published: March 2024

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the experiences of women with breast cancer who were receiving chemotherapy.
Methods: The study was conducted with 15 women with breast cancer who were receiving chemotheraphy treatment in eastern Türkiye between December 2022 and April 2023, by using a qualitative descriptive design. Two forms were created by the researcher according to the purpose of the research and the population. The first form contains information of the participants, and the second form includes semi-structured interview questions. Inductive thematic analysis was used to evaluate the data. Ethics committee approval was obtained.
Results: Mean age of the women in the study was 47.26 ± 10.21. It was found that 53% of the women were university graduates, 93% were married, 67% were unemployed, 73% had average level of income, 66% had no comorbid chronic disease and 53% had stage two cancer. As a result of the thematic analysis, five themes and sixteen sub-themes were determined: The themes were; (1) Receiving the first diagnosis (2) Emotional experiences, (3) Changes in life, (4) Symptom management, (5) Sources of information during treatment.
Conclusion: It was found that receiving chemotherapy treatment created many problems, especially physical and emotional, in women with breast cancer. However, the women continued their treatment without giving up. The steps to be taken to define and understand these problems well will play an active role in women’s coping with the disease effectively.
Estrategias didácticas innovadoras para química
Authors:   Esc. Sec. Téc. 2, Esquivel García de la Cadena Martha
Published: March 2024

Las estrategias mencionadas en el presente manual le darán al docente una gama de posibilidades para que el alumno de tercer grado de secundaria obtenga un aprendizaje significativo en ciencias con énfasis en Química. Con el empleo de técnicas y procedimientos se desarrollaron estrategias que establecerán el vínculo entre alumno, maestro, método y con-texto (elementos pedagógicos), relacionando las funciones de enseñar y aprender. La planeación, organización y obtención de los materiales necesarios para la implementación de las estrategias son de suma importancia para un buen desarrollo de las mismas, la realización previa de algunas de ellas dará al docente la seguridad de lograr la formación intelectual del alumno.
Estrategias didácticas, factibles y divertidas
Authors:   Telesecundaria Ricardo Flores Magón, Hernández Rojas Norma
Published: March 2024

La educación es uno de los elementos fundamentales del ser humano y cada vez requiere que sea impartida de manera atractiva, constructiva y significativa, dejando atrás prácticas monótonas de enseñanza. Es por ello, que el presente capítulo tiene como finalidad dar a conocer diferentes estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje que al ser aplicadas dentro de un proceso educativo han resultado favorables para la asimilación de los conocimientos por parte del educando, toda vez que, despertaron su interés, dado que en la mayoría de ellas el apropiarse y el reforzar el conocimiento se hace de manera lúdica, promoviendo la autonomía, la reflexión, el análisis, la resolución de problemas en situaciones dadas, orillando al educando a un aprendizaje significativo de los contenidos escolares. Cada una de las estrategias está caracterizada de manera específica, mencionando su procedimiento de aplicación, así como también la conclusión a la que se llega con la puesta en práctica de la misma.
Telerehabilitation model in operated individuals with upper limb and chest trauma due to road traffic accidents
Authors: Babii Myhailo
Published: March 2024

Implementing telerehabilitation methods for individuals injured in road traffic accidents with upper limb and chest trauma is critically essential for improving patients' functional recovery, ensuring effective interaction between the patient and the rehabilitation specialist, and reducing overall time and costs associated with rehabilitation. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of applying telemedicine monitoring tools and the developed rehabilitation model in the functional recovery of operated patients with upper limb and chest trauma. The study included patients who underwent surgery due to upper limb and chest trauma resulting from road traffic accidents. Patients were divided into two groups: retrospective (186 patients) underwent standard rehabilitation, while the main group (62 patients) was involved in the developed telerehabilitation model programme. Functional outcomes were analysed using the qDASH scale, including the average time spent by patients on rehabilitation per day, the number of patient visits to the medical facility within 3 weeks, and the total time spent by the rehabilitation specialist per patient over 3 weeks. After rehabilitation, over 80% of patients in both groups demonstrated positive and satisfactory results, with a slight advantage of excellent results in the main group (12.90% versus 9.14%). Patients in the main group spent more time on their rehabilitation (41+3 minutes per day) and had access to progress monitoring functions and communication with the doctor, which increased their motivation and involvement. Telerehabilitation remarkably reduced the number of required doctor visits (5±2 versus 11±3 visits) and the time spent by the rehabilitation specialist on each patient over 3 weeks (132±12 minutes versus 243±17 minutes). The average time per day spent by the injured individuals on rehabilitation exercises in the main group was 41±3 minutes, while in the retrospective group, it was 31±7 minutes. The telerehabilitation model is an equivalent alternative and complement to standard rehabilitation methods. Its advantages include increased motivation for performing rehabilitation exercises and the ability to conduct training in a distance-controlled environment
Mika Etchebéhère y Lini de Vries: desafiar los roles de género en la Guerra Civil Española
Authors: Burgos Cecilia
Published: March 2024

Este artículo parte del análisis de los relatos autobiográficos de la argentina Mika Etchebéhère y la estadounidense de origen holandés Lini M. de Vries, quienes se unieron al bando republicano durante la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939). Este texto tiene como eje las historias de Lini de Vries y Mika Etchebéhère en tanto su participación en la guerra civil desafió los roles de género predominantes en la década de 1930. La investigación se realiza desde la historia global, entendida como una perspectiva que permite analizar procesos históricos fuera de los límites del estado-nación para evidenciar tanto las conexiones entre actores y procesos, como apuntar su injerenciaen las transformaciones de estructuras de género.