bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PANDEMIC TIMES. APPLIED PRACTICES
Authors: Caratas Maria Alina , Trandafir Raluca Andreea
Published: May 2023

This research aims to present the challenges that companies faced in pandemic times and the ways corporate governance influence their corporate behaviour and made the difference between companies that succeeded to adapt to their strategies to the new business environment and the one that failed. Data was collected from different scientific libraries, presenting the pandemic environment and continued with what corporate social responsibility means and its importance at companies� level. Noticing the global context, we could affirm that at present, any business in the world operates within different communities create a positive or a negative impact on them. Also, the importance of environment, social and governance aspects was highlighted and the difference between them. The pandemic encouraged a shift in corporate governance from shareholders supremacy to serious surveillance of sustainability, corporate responsibility, community commitment, corporate citizenship and ESG as standard. Finding the middle way in aligning business resources with CSR leads in discovering how the key skills of a company can be applied in a social cause, or better said determining a company�s competitive advantage in terms of doing good.
This study contributes to present literature on market reactions to COVID-19 outbreak in terms of corporate governance responses, emphasizes key guidelines of good sustainability practices while raising an alarm signer over corporate abuse hidden under corporate social responsibility initiatives. Corporate abuse refers to a certain behaviour of a corporation that is either unethical or the involvement in a scandal, fraud cases or negligence towards employees or the local community.
The importance of the research resides in the exposure of corporate abuse cases and the reasons behind the adoption of corporate social responsibility. The contribution on the subject comes from describing the difference between abusive corporate behaviour and the sustainable behaviour, highlighting some ways that companies can adopt to align their corporate social responsibility campaigns with their business strategies, to grow their return on investment and from the examples exposed.
ECOLOGICAL TOURISM ON THE SPECIAL PROTECTED AREAS AS THE PRIORITY FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD
Authors: Devadze Anzor , Devadze Lela , Chaganava Paata , Kordzaia Irakli , Gvarishvili Nani
Published: May 2023

Tourism in Georgia is one of the most important sectors of National Economy that severely damaged by COVID-19 pandemic. Adverse epidemiologic circumstances placed the development of tourism business under the threat. As the COVID-19 Pandemic had step-by-step reduced and came to the end the tourism begun to arise. For today the actors of tourism industry should discuss and elaborate the measures to solve the global problems could take place in the future. Today, in the conditions of weakening of COVID-19 pandemic propagation and eliminating some prohibitions for citizens� everyday life and lifestyle, there is a huge amount of delayed demand in tourism. At the same time the fear to the big volumes of people mass tourism, most likely, will become more and more individualized, the popularity of ecological tourism will rise, especially at special protected areas of the country, those also had a great potential of development for our country in pre-pandemic period. The article discusses some problems; those restrain further development of the ecological tourism at special protected areas in Georgia. The Scientific-methodological recommendations were elaborated based on analyze, to help the development the ecological tourism market and solve the problems constrain the development of this type of tourism in Georgia.
IS THERE ANY CAUSALITY BETWEEN FDI AND REMITTANCE IN CROATIA?
Authors: Niksic Radic Maja
Published: May 2023

Today, the inflow of foreign remittances is an important development factor associated with migration processes. At the same time, also a factor that has proven to be more resistant to global economic adversities than the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) or the inflow of overseas development aid (ODA). Foreign remittances in recent years have exceeded global amounts of FDI and become the prevalent basis of external financing in low- and middle-income countries. What is interesting to point out is that Croatia, as a developed country, continuously records a higher level of inflows of foreign remittances compared to the inflow of FDI. Both foreign remittances and FDI are today an important source of external financing for many countries.
The fact is that Croatia is the most dependent on remittances compared to other EU member states; the share of foreign remittances in GDP at the EU level is 0.8%, while at the Croatian level it is 6.6%. In this research, the author's goal is to determine whether there is a causal relationship between FDI and foreign remittances in Croatia. The direction of causality between the two observed variables will be examined using the Granger causality test. The research will cover the time period from 2000(1) to 2022(01). Considering the significance that both observed variables have in the Croatian economy, it is expected that the research results will have important political implications.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR OF ROMANIA
Authors: Busu Mihail , Rusu Ruxandra-Madalina
Published: May 2023

In this paper we are analysing the competition on the energy sector of Romania. The Energy Markets are divided into the market for the production and sale of electricity, electricity supply market, electricity transport market and electricity distribution market.
The analysis is based on three indicators used to measure the degree of competition: Concentration Ratio (CRk), which measures the combined market ratio of the top k companies in the sector, and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), which is the sum of the squares of all the market shares of the companies in the Energy Sector.
The data analysed was collected from the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) and from the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Hohlova Vera
Published: May 2023

The fundamental research question of this article is to examine the impact of the Covid- 19 crisis on the labour market and employment. In particular, the target groups of the study are the most vulnerable and those most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic: low paid workers, women and young people. The article analyses the impact of the Covid- 19 pandemic on the employment of selected groups of the population and offers solutions to promote and maintain this employment, taking into account the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic waves may recur or have to face another disease pandemic. Based on the findings and information in the scientific literature, official statistics, as well as open sources and documentary material on global and European employment stabilization policies, employment protection and social security measures, it has been possible to make politically important findings and suggest possible scenarios. The study found that more attention needs to be paid to improving the digital skills of the low-skilled, women and the unemployed, while assessing whether distance learning is useful in this case. Women should be identified as a separate target group for employment measures, for example, in Latvia, women are not singled out. Support measures for working parents with children under 12 should be established. All of these discoveries have important political implications.
TEACHING ERASMUS STUDENTS IN THE PERIOD AFTER COVID-19. CASE STUDY
Authors: Schuller David , Putnova Anna , Krizova Zuzana , Videcka Zdenka
Published: May 2023

Over the 30 years of its existence, the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM) at Brno University of Technology, has educated more than 17,000 graduates in economic and managerial fields. Paying great attention to internationalisation, FBM supports students in their studies abroad while accepting international students as well. It has concluded 58 bilateral agreements with universities abroad under the Erasmus+ programme supporting also student mobility outside the EU within the Erasmus Mundus programme.
Internationalization is among the criteria applied by the Ministry of Education in ranking the Czech universities. The funds received by each university are then given by the resulting ranking.
The past 3 years have brought significant challenges to the forms of teaching at universities. Generation Z, (people born around the year 2000) is characterized by its digital expertise and the proliferation of stimuli needed to gain and maintain attention.
As the COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need to change the form of teaching, FBM, like other universities, switched over to online teaching [1],[2]. All the advantages and disadvantages of this form of teaching were amplified in the teaching of international students. In 2021, they completed a foreign placement under the Erasmus programme from their homes. This paper describes the experience and the best practices of online teaching in an international environment. It summarizes FBM teachers' experience.
This experience is used not only in online teaching but also in contact learning. Generation Z welcomes the possibility of working in a virtual environment. However, teachers must ensure that social ties are maintained and supported in contact and even more in online teaching with the students' social competencies increased as well.
The case study analyses and presents these practices.
BURNOUT AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: PSYCHOLEGISLATIVE APPROACH
Authors: Rus Mihaela , Sandu Mihaela Luminita , Tasente Tanase , Cazanel Maria , Chirugu Geanina
Published: May 2023

In this study we aimed to highlight a possible association between the phenomenon of burnout and the self-esteem of medical personnel, as well as to identify some differences between assistants and doctors, as well as between men and women in terms of the phenomenon of burnout, but and identifying the same differences in selfacceptance. The research was carried out on a sample of 62 participants ,employees of the County Clinical Hospital "St. Andrei" Emergency Department from Constan?a.
The general objective of the research consisted in highlighting the association between the phenomenon of burnout and the self-esteem of medical personnel, as well as identifying some differences between assistants and doctors, as well as between men and women in terms of the phenomenon of burnout, but also identifying the same differences in self-acceptance.
Tools used in research are Burnout syndrome evaluation questionnaire (Maslach&Jackson,1981) [8] and The Self-Attitude Questionnaire was developed by Carver, Voie, Kuhl, and Ganellen (1988) [5]
The results of the research also highlighted the fact that men set higher standards for themselves compared to women, and women are more critical of themselves and generalize mistakes and failures more than men. They are also the ones who have a more unfavorable general attitude related to their own self compared to women who adopt a more favorable attitude.
As a limitation of this research, we consider the small number of doctors participating in the study compared to the number of medical assistants, their share being almost half of the total number of medical personnel.
DOES KNOWING EQUAL TO EXPERIENCING? THE IMPACT OF ART INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE ON INSPIRATION FREQUENCY
Authors: Tamas Borbala , Galfi Bernadette , Barta Andrea
Published: May 2023

Inspirations refers to an evoked state of creativity, which implies motivation, evocation, and transcendence. Traditionally in the literature inspiration is divided to two states such as being inspired by or inspired to. Inspiration is influenced by information and knowledge, nevertheless several studies indicate a positive association between academic major and inspiration occurrence frequency. Previous study results indicate that domain specific knowledge such as visual art has a major impact on visual stimuli processing, reasoning, and evaluation. Although inspiration is claimed to be a fundamental phenomenon on the artistic creativity, its psychological importance has been often neglected. In the current study we investigated the influence of visual art expertise on inspiration frequency, using the Vienna Art Interest and Art Knowledge Questionnaire (VAIAK) and Inspiration Scale (IS). We specified art expertise on the dimensions of art interest and art knowledge. Participants with different art experiences have been gathered (N = 77) and were distributed into three separate groups by their visual art experience acquisition (art experience in higher education, art experience in high school, and self-taught artists). Our main results indicate a significant effect of art knowledge on inspiration frequency, indicating that participants with higher art knowledge scores experience inspiration frequently compared to participants with scores under average. Neither art experience acquisition nor art interest have been found to have a significant effect on inspiration frequency. Our result show evidence for a significant interaction effect between art interest and art knowledge on inspiration frequency. Our results are in line with results from previous studies regarding art knowledge and inspiration state experience frequencies. Although inspiration frequency might be determined by art knowledge, we can conclude that art experience acquisition does not influence inspiration frequency.
THE HAND�S BRAIN: ITS ROLE IN ARCHITECTURAL IMAGERY
Authors: Leandri Gaia
Published: May 2023

This research concerns the relationship between hand movements, as they occur in the act of freehand drawing, and creativity. Since ancient times it was observed that hand movements were linked with intelligence. This issue has gained importance particularly in the field of architectural imagery because automated drawing techniques with computer aided design (CAD) have replaced the hand drawings. This has risen concerns about the impairment of creative ideas that may ensue. The working hypothesis of this research is that the complex, meaningful freehand movements are connected to a larger activity of the cortical neurons compared to the simple, rather meaningless movements of the CAD drawing. The research was aimed to provide electroencephalographic evidence supporting this hypothesis, with the preliminary assumption that creativity could be linked to recruitment of a larger neuronal population. In 10 subjects, we recorded the electroencephalogram (EEG) using the technique of movement related potentials (MRPs), and analysed the epoch spanning from 1000 ms before to 1000 ms after movements while freehand drawing or using the mouse for CAD drawing. A digitising tablet was used for freehand drawing. Latency, amplitude and area under signal of the recordings under the two conditions were assessed. The most relevant premotion components of the MRPs were the N-150 and P-40 (occurring 150 and 40 ms before movement), followed by the post-motion components N+30 and P+120 (30 and 120 ms after movement). Freehand drawing was linked to larger cortical activity, which suggests that a larger number of specialised cortical neurons were activated than with CAD drawing. The amount of neuronal activity could be a reflection of the cognitive process occurring in preparation for the skilled movements of the hand, and the results reported lead to the conclusion that freehand drawing is preceded by a strong cognitive activity bringing new ideas.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS AND SYMPTOMS OF CONDUCT DISORDER: A META-ANALYSIS
Authors: Galfi Bernadette , Kalcza-Janosi Kinga , Tamas Borbala , Barta Andrea , Szamoskozi Istvan
Published: May 2023

Several studies point to the relationship between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and symptoms of conduct disorder (CD) across different age groups. In case of young children and adolescents, it was found that in the presence of CU traits, externalizing behaviors are significantly more severe, as opposed to children who do not show CU traits. Integrating results from 11 studies, we analyzed data collected from n = 4381 participants from different age groups, ranging from toddlers to adolescents, to draw attention to the relationship between CU traits and symptoms of CD in this population. There was found a moderate, significant positive correlation (r = 0.37, 95 % CI [0.34, 0.44], p less than 0.001) between CU traits and symptoms of CD. Moderation analysis suggests that gender does not affect the strength of this relationship, as opposed to age and type of informant, which influence the relationship between CU traits and symptoms of CD, as moderator variables. Results support the idea that CU traits should be monitored and paid close attention to starting from a very young age, in order to prevent the development of clinical problems.
VISUAL ART, AS DOMAIN SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN VISUAL STIMULI COMPREHENSION: A META-ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF ART AND NON-ART EXPERTS' EYE FIXATION DURATION
Authors: Tamas Borbala , Fodor Liviu A. , Galfi Bernadette , Barta Andrea , Szamoskozi Istvan
Published: May 2023

Previously published studies show a clear difference between the eye movement patterns of artists and non-artists. However, the findings of some studies show that the duration of eye fixation increases as a result of artistic expertise, while other studies show the opposite. In this meta-analysis, we included the findings from 14 studies in which the effect of artistic expertise on the duration of eye fixation was examined. We also examined the potential moderating effect of task type, level of expertise, the type of stimulus presentation, the task time limit, the sampling rate and gender influence on the effect size.
Results from 14 studies were pooled, resulting in a medium effect size (ES) of g = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.24 to 1.03, meaning that eye fixation duration was longer for artists than nonartists. We identified substantial heterogeneity (I2 = 75%, 95% CI: 59 to 85) among studies, but very little evidence for publication bias. None of the investigated study variables were significant moderators of the effect size.
These findings suggest that artistic expertise has a significant effect on eye fixation duration. Although the differences are clear between artists and non-artists, other factors that may have influence on the duration of eye fixation remain unclear.
SUPPORTING AND HINDERING FACTORS FOR FAMILY SITUATIONS WHEN ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS
Authors: Pavelova Luba , Tomka Milan , Balaziova Petra
Published: May 2023

Background: The issue of violence in couple relationships is perceived from the perspective of integrative ecological model, while family situation is considered one of multilateral phenomena influencing women?s strategies when addressing violence in couple relationships. Methods: The objective of the paper is to describe a typical situation in a family where violence is present in couple relationships. As many as 44 women participated in the research, aged 22 � 65. Most of them reached secondary education and almost 60% of them were divorced. Most of them worked full-time, two of them were on retirement pension. Two of them were childless. The data was collected with help of a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview and further processed by the method of qualitative thematic analysis, based on the phenomenological approach. Results: The results show the supporting and hindering factors in family situations. The supporting factors are availability of one?s own housing, employment, good health, and good relationships beyond family. The hindering factors are unavailable and/or unstable housing, lack of finances, complicated access to shared finances, debt, execution, bad relationships in family and beyond, and bad health of family members. Conclusions: The results show that it is important to recognize the supporting and hindering factors in family situations not only when setting up the effective assistance provided by formal or informal helpers, but also when setting up effective strategies for public policies.
COVID-19 AND ONLINE ADULT EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Authors: Jekabsone Inga
Published: May 2023

Covid-19 had tremendously affected the way how people learn. As a general tendency, the sector of adult education has transformed towards digitization offering a wide range of online adult education programmes, including in geosciences. Due to the Covid-19 related restrictions, educational institutions offering adult education programmes were forced to develop their strategies on how to adapt to the new reality. Within this study, a comparative analysis of three adult education institutions representing Latvia, Poland and Sweden is conducted. All three case studies present different approaches to the implementation of online adult education.
The paper aims to analyse the approaches of three different adult education institutions to adapt to the pandemics focusing on the concept of online adult education.
Used research methods: scientific literature review, expert interviews, statistical analysis.
The main findings of the research show that all three adult education institutions used different strategies to adapt to the Covid-19-related restrictions. The digital skills of adult learners are the main factor that affected the strategies of analysed adult education institutions. Low digital skills are the main factor that hinders the development of online adult education. However, at the same time, the research has demonstrated the advantages of online learning and its growing role in the future of adult education.
VIDEOGAMES IMPACT AND SOCIAL LEARNING IN CHILDRENS� LIVES. FROM THE BOBO CLOWN EXPERIMENT TO MODERN VIRTUAL WORLDS
Authors: Batranu-Pintea Vlad , Coman Claudiu
Published: May 2023

This paper aims to discuss and analyze through content analysis and using the theoretical support available regarding social learning, about how many situations in a child�s life can impact his behavior, sometimes irreversibly. It is imperative to acknowledge how certain actions that we as adults conduct can affect children in general. We will discuss how Albert Bandura�s experiment involving the Bobo Clown doll revealed some troubling aspects that people should be aware of, how Jean Piaget assesses children�s behavior that acquire certain other behaviors that they see at their parents, especially regarding, for example, certain jobs, such as teacher, firefighter, doctor and so on. It is also important to analyze how modern times involving modern technologies that contain certain software such as violent videogames or non-violent videogames that contain a toxic player base that can propagate cyberbullying through chatting, either textually or verbally. All these behaviors can, unfortunately, irreversibly affect a child�s harmonious development, both psychologically as well as emotionally. This discrepancy can certainly perpetuate the future adult life of a present child and can go as far as spread this toxic behavior to other friends, acquaintances, family members and even future children and/or partners. Virtual liberty poses as a double edged sword, that can easily ,,cut� deeply in a person�s life, so unnoticed, but so dangerously. This article proposes to take a deeper look into these phenomena, constructing a base that starts early historically, and up until this day.
IMPEDIENCE OR A NECESSITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIABLE AND NECESSARY HEALTH SYSTEM FOR ROMANIA?
Authors: Toma Gilda
Published: May 2023

A healthy people live in a healthy country, regardless of conditions, policies or governments. Like any demographic state, Romania enters the health systems market, adapting the best projects, even if they are expected to be solvable in the medium or long term. upon us as a people, we are beginning to understand that the human health of a tried people is a priority in economic, political, geographical recovery. Although the population is aging, we have young specialists eager to restore the health system, even if some of them migrate to developed countries. We are able in conditions of epidemiological crisis, to cope either through the state or private health system. With a healthy heritage of stable, traditional people, we have the right to have a health system with quality and efficient medical services for the entire population. We chose to adapt and implement in the medical system a radical transformation of the health system with a thorough Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis, to avoid a possible negative impact or collapse in the health system in time and space. The COVID-19 epidemic must be analyzed in order to stop any economic, political crisis, with influences on the population. So, if the health system market is diversified, we can choose the best medical services, the basic condition being the sustainability of funding sources. There is a need for responsibility and loyalty in the health system, of medical and auxiliary staff, so that prevention becomes defining in the mitigation of diseases, at urban and regional level. Family medicine is and will remain a strong point of prevention of urgent cases in the health sy
QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES IN THE CONTEXT OF PRELIMINARY IMPLICATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN LARGE-SCALE AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Gukalova Iryna
Published: May 2023

Quality of life characteristics and priorities can change abruptly in response to any military aggression. Russia-Ukraine large-scale war is the most drastic shock not only for Ukrainian people. A qualitative literature review, comparative analysis and synthesis of studies were used to explore the questions about the role of the geographic perspective in measuring social and environmental effects of running war on different spatial levels.
A number of conclusions emerged from our study: (1) As a consequence of the war, the reassessment of the geopolitical potential of Ukraine and its neighbors� role in creation of extra risks or chances to improve the quality of life of the population at least in the Eastern and Central Europe became obvious; (2) Personal needs of people in wartime have been shifted to the nation level and proved an unprecedented strengthening of national cohesion of Ukrainians; (3) The breach in trading turnover and sanctions against Russia have the economic consequences in touristic, energy, agricultural markets, but also in economic geography of supplies which means shifting of the economic as well as social consequences of the war to a global scale; (4) Densely populated areas have been under the military actions or occupation, so the intensity of the impact on population becomes even greater in comparison to the influence on the territory; (5) The war has become a push-factor of migration of Ukrainians inside the country and abroad respectively which will result in the demographic situation in Ukraine and in the destination countries; (6) While urbanization was the main factor of spatial differences in quality of life in Ukraine before the war, the degree of destruction of urban and rural regions by Russian military and occupation actions which bring a range of ecological, supplying and other vital threats became much more important now.
There is a definite need in further research for more close monitoring of consequences of the war applying GIS-technologies and other methods which connect socialgeographical approaches (including questionnaire surveys) with the analysis of the direct changes in the environment and living conditions during the war and afterwards.
REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES: SPATIAL RESULTS (KHERSON REGION CASE, UKRAINE)
Authors: Pylypenko Ihor , Malchykova Daria
Published: May 2023

The article analyzes the possible individual aspects of the use of regression analysis in demographic research. The possibilities of analyzing the relationship between the parameters of the formation of the population and its constituent elements are shown. So, the highest correlation coefficient is demonstrated by the pair of signs �population formation (changes) - total migration balance�
The regression method is widely used in natural and social sciences, including geography. The purpose of the presented work is the approbation of models of the spatial regression method for the analysis of features of demographic processes at the regional level. The research region was the Kherson region of Ukraine. It was established that the Kherson region has the following spatial trend: with increasing distance to the regional center, there is a decrease in population formation indicators. Which, the negative balance of migrations, as well as the balance of internal migrations, mortality is also increasing sharply. The conducted regression analysis made it possible to draw conclusions that confirm the postulates of the �Core-Periphery� concept. This concept, in the aspect of demographic processes, emphasizes changes in population formation indicators with increasing distance from the Core to the Periphery. The proposed approach can be used to determine changes in process parameters in both temporal and spatial aspects.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE NON-EMPLOYED WITH DISABILITIES IN LATVIA
Authors: Hohlova Vera , Oborenko Zaiga , Rivza Peteris , Rivza Baiba
Published: May 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected persons with disabilities in the world; the number of deaths caused by the pandemic has largely affected persons with disabilities as reported by United Nations. However, people with disabilities not only faced greater health impacts, but were also affected by worsening economic situation. Many persons with disabilities were dismissed from work, but many unemployed persons with disabilities stopped looking for work. The pandemic has halted the progress that had been made in recent years in the employment of people with disabilities. The aim of this article is to identify the factors that contributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, which impaired the employability of people with disabilities. Two studies were conducted to compare the impact of the pandemic on the employment of people with disabilities in Latvia � one in November 2020 and the other in November 2022. As a result, the authors propose possible solutions to promote the return of persons with disabilities to the labour market.
ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOSYSTEM ASSETS OF THE NATURE PROTECTED AREAS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Patoka Iryna
Published: May 2023

Background. Assessing ecosystems in terms of their contribution to the human welfare is one of the ways to achieve goals of sustainable development, comprising an important task for the community planning and development. Therefore, the goals of sustainable development at the local level are achieved via employing all types of local resources in particular, in the nature protected areas taking into account the value of ecosystem assets and ecosystem services produced by them for the benefit of the local communities. Moreover, ecosystem assessment of the nature protected areas is a key issue while creating economic incentives to motivate communities to preserve the environment.
Methods. To assess the cost of ecosystem services and ecosystem assets in the nature protected area, a methodological approach to estimate the overall economic value of ecosystems was used. A combination of the relevant assessment methods of the ecosystem services and assets was employed.
Results. As a result of the study, an algorithm was developed for assessing ecosystem assets of the nature protected areas of communities. The principal structural components of assessment were defined including valuation of ecosystem services produced by assets of nature protected areas and that of the components of the local ecosystem asset of a particular territorial community. For the first time in Ukraine, the total value of the ecosystem assets of protected areas of communities was calculated using the basic data for the "Bug Guard" nature park in Blagodatnenskaya community of the Pervomaisky district of the Mykolayiv region.
Conclusions. The assessments are shown to allow to substantiate the economic efficiency of investments in the environmental complex in order to preserve biodiversity, compare the costs and benefits of the ecosystem services as well as to estimate amount of the compensation payments. The calculations are of great practical significance for community planning and development. Moreover, taking into consideration an enormous challenge facing Ukraine under military operations at present, the calculations carried out can be used to assess the damage caused to the ecosystems of the nature protected areas.
EVALUATION OF ELECTRICAL NETWORKS IN LAND PROPERTIES IN LATVIA
Authors: Luksa Jolanta , Pukite Vivita , Virkavs Maris
Published: May 2023

Electricity production takes place in facilities where the maximum technical, economic, and ecological effect can be obtained. Electricity is delivered to consumers using transmission and distribution electrical networks. In the territory of Latvia, the total length of electric network lines in 2021 was 98,032 km, ensuring safe electricity supply to 1.1 million objects. Electric networks cross land properties and occupy certain land areas. In 2021, 1,032,177 land units were registered in Latvia. So, on average, there are 0.09 km of electric network lines per unit of land. In the case of private property, construction must be coordinated with the landowner.
The article gives concentrated historical information about the dynamics of the construction of electrical networks in Latvia from the 20th century beginning to the present, linking it to land rights.
It is concluded that the intensive construction of electric networks in Latvia was started already during the first independent state of Latvia until 1940, but the existing distribution network drawing was created during the Soviet period until 1990. Over the past 30 years, the total length of electrical networks has not changed significantly, due to structural changes in the national economy. Currently, 1.8% of the total length of the distribution network is renewed on average every year. To balance the operation of electrical networks and the interests of landowners, a new institute of land rights - the protective belt - has been created.
Materials, literature and binding normative documents of the Latvian State Historical Archive, Energy Museum are used in the research.
Nematode Toxocara canis as a Probable Epidemic, Sanitary and Hygienic Threat
to Public Health in the Southern Region of the Russian Federation
Authors: Arkelova Marzhanat R. , Gogushev Zurab T. , Bittirov Ismail A. , Bolatchiev Kerim Kh. , Bittirov Anatoly M.
Published: May 2023

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization, Toxocara canis, a nematode in the order Ascarididia, is an epidemic and epizootic risk factor for humans and animals around the world and in the Russian Federation. Human toxocariasis is one of the commonest parasitic zoonoses with up to 900 million incident cases registered annually in different age and social groups of the population and a global public health problem of our time.
Objective: To study the nematode Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) as a health risk factor for the population of southern regions the Russian Federation.
Materials and methods: We estimated the incidence of larval toxocariasis in the population of 10 districts and two cities of Karachay-Cherkessia based on the results of enzyme immunoassay of blood samples of 6,000 people in 2019–2022. The Tiascar diagnostic test kit (2017) was applied showing toxocariasis for the antibody titer ≥ 1:800 and infestation with Toxocara larvae for those of 1:200 and 1:400. The stool ova and parasite test was used to study 600 dog stool samples from the study areas. In addition, 1,200 soil samples were tested for the presence of Toxocara canis eggs.
Results: We established that the incidence rate of larval toxocariasis in the population of 10 districts and two cities of Karachay-Cherkessia varied from 2.00 to 5.40 %. Toxocara canis larvae were not found in human feces, since humans are a biological dead end for this species of worms. Toxocara canis infestation rates in feces of dogs ranged from 2.7 ± 0.4 to 6.9 ± 0.8 eggs/g, potentially accounting for a high level of soil contamination with eggs. The current epidemic situation of human toxocariasis in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic is relatively favorable owing to planned preventive measures. Yet, this constituent entity is at risk of the disease in the future since the number of children, adults and migrants with larval toxocariasis shows a dynamic growth throughout the year.
Conclusion: Incidence rates of larval toxocariasis in the child population and migrants demonstrate a 2.74–2.78-fold increase during the year. Toxocara canis eggs contaminate 46 to 94 % of soils in different areas of the republic posing high risks of larval toxocariasis for the local population. In terms of canine toxocariasis, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
can be attributed to disadvantaged territories of the North Caucasian Federal District.
FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF INTER-PLANT WEED CONTROL DEVICE IN PADDY FIELD
Authors: JIN Wenting , ZHUANSUN Yuqi , ZHUANG Tengfei , LU Qi , LI Wenlong , MA Liuxuan
Published: May 2023

Mechanical weeding in paddy fields is a green and environmentally friendly way to control weeds, which has the advantages of reducing the amount of pesticides and improving the physical structure of the soil. This paper briefly describes the composition and relevant parameters of the mechanical weeding environment in
rice fields. Using Creo 5.0, HyperMesh 2017, and LS-PrePost and LS-DYNA software to jointly simulate the interaction process between inverted V-shaped inter-plant weeding component and the soil in the paddy field, the single-point ALE multi-material unit algorithm is used to couple the soil and water with multiple substances, and realize the material movement between the soil and the water layer. Using the penalty function method, a fluid-solid coupling finite element modelled on the interaction between inter-plant weeding components and soil-water was established. The dynamic behavior of the interactions shows that the coupling stress increases and then decreases periodically, and the teeth of the spring cross the soil with a "bending moon (fish scale)" scratch, which can effectively avoid rice seedlings and reduce the injury rate.
Evento científico como instrumento para justiça social e racial
Authors: Silva Franciéle Carneiro Garcês da , Alves Ana Paula Meneses , Silva Rubens Alves da
Published: May 2023

O presente artigo busca evidenciar a relação entre protagonismo negro na produção do conhecimento, justiça social e eventos científicos do campo biblioteconômico-informacional, a partir das edições do Encontro Nacional e Internacional de Bibliotecárias(os) Negras(os) e Antirracistas. Considerado um o primeiro evento do campo biblioteconômico-informacional relacionado à luta antirracista e às justiças racial e epistêmica, o evento protagoniza a intelectualidade e produção científica de pessoas negras bibliotecárias, mas inclui as pessoas bibliotecárias antirracistas, cujo pertencimento étnico-racial pode ser branco, indígena, negros e outros. No plano metodológico, trata-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa que analisou o conteúdo das conferências, palestras, oficinas e apresentações de trabalhos contidas nas edições do evento, disponíveis em forma digital e audiovisual nos sites e no facebook do evento, e no canal do Youtube da Escola de Ciência da Informação, da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Em sua estrutura teórico-descritiva, aborda sobre a presença negra em três eventos científicos da área: Congresso Brasileiro de Biblioteconomia, Documentação e Ciência da Informação (CBBD), Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação (ENANCIB) e Painel de Biblioteconomia em Santa Catarina. Descreve o histórico, temas e enfoques abordados em ambas edições do Encontro. Por fim, as considerações finais do estudo.
Desenvolvimento de coleções acessíveis e interseccionada com foco no autor com deficiência
Authors: Araújo Isabela Correia de , Machado Thamyle Vieira
Published: May 2023

O artigo discorre sobre a construção da Política de Formação e Desenvolvimento de Coleções (PFDC) da Biblioteca Pública Estadual do Ceará (BECE) levando em conta a presença de autores com deficiência. O estudo ganha contornos ao delinear rumos para seus objetivos: averiguar de que forma a PFDC está definindo e implementando critérios para esse desenvolvimento, buscando a sinergia entre suportes acessíveis e autores com deficiência; verificar no acervo quais livros foram escritos por autores com deficiência; traçar diretrizes para o crescimento racional e equilibrado do acervo focando no autor. A metodologia abordou a pesquisa exploratória sobre os temas em lide e levantamento de obras de autores com deficiência. Conclui-se que PFDC da BECE precisa ampliar seu escopo tanto de autores com deficiência como de obras acessíveis, porém se faz presente o desenvolvimento mais inclusivo, para que a biblioteca espelhe a pluralidade das formas de uso do seu acervo.
Contribuições de Ranganathan para evidenciação do pensamento decolonial
Authors: Morais Marilia Winkler de , Gracioso Luciana de Souza
Published: May 2023

A decolonialidade é um movimento dedicado à contínua reflexão acerca da realidade cultural, política e social latino-americana. No projeto acadêmico, ela se expressa através da constituição de linhas de pesquisas autênticas do Sul global, garantindo abertura necessária para que transgressões e insurgências possam se manifestar. A fim de melhor compreender este domínio, levantamos as contribuições que as chamadas Categorias Fundamentais de Ranganathan, ampliadas à luz das Categorias Literárias, podem ter enquanto método de raciocínio aplicado às práticas que se dedicam à identificação e sistematização do pensamento decolonial nas produções informacionais latino-americanas. Como resultado, foi elencado um conjunto de descritores que representam o pensamento decolonial para cada uma das Categorias: Personalidade, Matéria, Energia, Espaço, Tempo e Ponto de Vista. Concluímos que reconhecer e sistematizar os estudos decoloniais é uma forma de garantir-lhes visibilidade, acarretando no fortalecimento e construção de uma identidade decolonial na Ciência da Informação, sobretudo na Organização do Conhecimento.
Patrimônio cultural, memória e identidade negra
Authors: Garcez Dirnele Carneiro , Vanin Luís Fernando , Fevrier Priscila Rufino , Mascarenhas Raquel
Published: May 2023

O patrimônio cultural é responsável por desempenhar a função social e simbólica de mediação entre o passado, o presente e o futuro do grupo, de forma a assegurar sua continuidade no tempo e sua integridade no espaço. No presente escrito, buscou-se evidenciar as contribuições sobre os conceitos de patrimônio cultural, mediação e informação presentes nas obras do professor e antropólogo Rubens Alves da Silva. Para isso, esta pesquisa, caracterizada pelo recorte exploratório e descritivo, teve seu arcabouço bibliográfico baseado nas obras encontradas no Currículo Lattes do autor pesquisado e selecionadas pela presença do termo “patrimônio cultural” no título. Com isso, foi possível perceber os diferentes caminhos e contribuições do autor para a construção do campo, fazendo um intermédio entre os estudos do patrimônio e cultura com a ciência da informação. Além disso, ficou perceptível a preocupação de Rubens Alves da Silva em destacar seus estudos pela inserção de discussões sobre diversidade cultural de grupos historicamente apagados, com foco principal da cultura, memória e identidade negra.
Análise da produção científica da Universidade Federal de Goiás sobre saúde da população negra
Authors: Silva Ilaydiany Cristina Oliveira da , Valério Erinaldo Dias , Santos Ícaro Augusto , Campos Arthur Ferreira
Published: May 2023

Esta pesquisa afirma a importância de se discutir sobre saúde da população negra dentro de todas as áreas do conhecimento que engloba a Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) sob a perspectiva de que o direito à saúde da população negra é destinado à redução de riscos de doenças e de outros agravos. Com base nisso, este estudo objetiva identificar a produção de conhecimento na Universidade Federal de Goiás sobre a saúde da população negra. A metodologia é a pesquisa bibliográfica e exploratória, com abordagem quantitativa para mapear a produção científica sobre o tema no Portal de Periódicos e Repositório Institucional, na Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFG. Os resultados mostram que há poucos trabalhos que discutem sobre a saúde da população negra nessa Universidade. Infere-se, portanto, que esse baixo índice de publicações seja reflexo da não efetividade da inserção dos temas nos processos de formação de profissionais de todas as áreas do conhecimento e enfatiza-se a necessidade da realização de estudos e pesquisas que tratem das relações étnico-raciais no âmbito acadêmico-científico, com foco na saúde da população negra.
Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
Authors: Amorim Igor Soares , Alves Ueliton dos Santos
Published: May 2023

Discute os conceitos de colonialidade e decolonialidade no contexto epistemológico da Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação. É questionado em que se corporifica a colonialidade presente na epistemologia da Biblioteconomia e da Ciência da Informação, bem como é procurado meios de ruptura de tal discurso, na direção de uma perspectiva decolonial. Para tanto, o conceito de epistemologia é explorado. Então, é recuperado o histórico da Biblioteconomia e da Ciência da Informação, de modo a enfocar as evidências as condições coloniais que formaram ambas as áreas. Em seguida, discute o conceito de colonialidade e decolonialidade. Finalmente, o caráter dual da Biblioteconomia e da Ciência da Informação é constatado por ser um espaço de saber e poder que tanto pode reforçar como resistir ao poder da colonialidade.
LGPD e a atuação de arquivistas e cidadãos em relação à proteção de dados pessoais
Authors: Melo Suellen Alves de
Published: May 2023

A partir do capitalismo de vigilância, reflete sobre a importância do debate da proteção de dados pessoais por profissionais com formação em Arquivologia e pelos cidadãos, tendo em vista que a temática vigilância e privacidade impacta esses dois grupos. Com isso, apresenta parte dos dispositivos da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, além de discussões sobre a gestão e a elaboração de estudos de usuários de arquivo com base em dados pessoais e acerca de casos em que instituições agiram incorretamente em relação ao tratamento de dados. Considera que é necessário que arquivistas atuem respeitando princípios éticos e observando os dispositivos da Lei, que os cidadãos reflitam criticamente sobre a atuação de instituição públicas e privadas em relação ao tratamento de seus dados, assim como que políticas públicas que envolvam vigilância e privacidade sejam construídas pelo Estado em conjunto com a sociedade.