bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Politikaelmélet és szépirodalom határvidékén : Három esettanulmány
Authors:   , Tóth Miklós Bálint
Published: February 2023

Az értekezés egy, a főáramú politikatudományon kívül eső terület, a politika és irodalom aldiszciplínája jegyében született. A politológia ezen növekvő presztízsű, ám még mindig kevésbé ismert leágazása azon a premisszán alapul, hogy a modern tudományosság mellett háttérbe szorult és leértékelődött szépirodalmi gondolkodásmód nemegyszer hatásosabban és érzékletesebben képes hozzájárulni a politikai jelenségek megértéséhez, mint a természettudományokhoz mindinkább hasonulni szándékozó társadalomtudományok. A dolgozat a fenti elgondolást követve kíván rámutatni arra, hogy Szophoklész Antigonéjához vagy Orwell 1984-éhez hasonlóan a magyar irodalomban is találhatunk olyan alkotásokat, melyek sajátos látásmódjuknak köszönhetően jelentősen hozzá tudnak járulni a politikaelméleti tudásanyag bővítéséhez. Az első fejezetben kerül sor a szépirodalmi textusok politikaelméleti szempontú olvasásához kapcsolódó elméleti-módszertani kérdések tárgyalására. A gondolatmenet kiindulópontját az amerikai újkritika irodalomelméleti irányzatának meglátásai és különösen a René Wellek – Austin Warren szerzőpáros elgondolásai adják, melyeket a politikatudomány területére adaptálva felvázolom az irodalmi alkotásokban rejlő politikai mozzanatok tisztán politikaelméleti perspektívájú értelmezési módját. Ezután következnek az értekezés gerincét adó esettanulmányok, melyek középpontjában három, a tág értelemben vett politikai rendhez kötődő jelenséget veszek górcső alá egy-egy magyar szépirodalmi mű segítségével. Az elsőben az ideologikus észjárás problémáját vizsgálom a Budapesten született író, Arthur Koestler Sötétség délben című regényén keresztül. A másodikban Márai Sándor Ítélet Canudosban című szövegét elemezve arra keresem a választ, hogy a jólét, a béke és a kulturális pezsgés korában milyen indokai lehetnek a társadalmi elégedetlenségnek. Egyszóval: mik az indokolatlan lázadás lehetséges indokai? A harmadik esettanulmányban a Krúdy-parafrázisként is olvasható Márai-regény, a Szindbád hazamegy című alkotást fókuszba állítva kívánom megérteni az eddig politikaelméleti perspektívából alig-alig vizsgált nosztalgikus attitűd legfőbb jellemzőit. A dolgozat záró részeként összegzem, hogy az irodalmi látásmód és a vele járó perspektívaváltás a politikum, az irodalmi mű szerkezete, a morál, a vallás, valamint a nyelv közti összefüggések felvillantásával miként képes gazdagítani a politikaelméleti szakirodalmat.
Bizonytalanság, kiszolgáltatottság és önbecsülés a haknigazdaságban – Egy dinamikus megbízó-ügynök modell
Authors:   , Kerényi Péter
Published: February 2023

A rövid távú szerződésalapú foglalkoztatás, az ösztönző teljesítménybér és a munkahelyi bizonytalanság egyre többek mindennapi tapasztalata. Ebben a dolgozatban három tanulmányon keresztül ezt, a haknigazdaságnak nevezett munkaszervezési módot járjuk körül az olvasóval. A haknigazdaság jelszava a rugalmasság, azonban nem mindegy, hogy ez a rugalmasság milyen következményekkel jár. A dolgozatban a munkások szempontjait helyezzük előtérbe és értelmezésünk során főleg a haknigazdaság negatív aspektusait hangsúlyozzuk. Az igazsághoz természetesen az is hozzátartozik, hogy a sok negatívum ellenére a haknigazdaságnak számtalan pozitívuma is van, még ha ez ebben a dolgozatban kevéssé is jelenik meg. A dolgozat három különálló tanulmányból áll, azonban ezek erősen összefüggnek. Mindegyik részben arra vagyunk elsősorban kíváncsiak, hogy a rövid távú ösztönző szerződések és az ezzel együtt járó bizonytalanság milyen kapcsolatban áll a munkások alkuerejével és kiszolgáltatottságával. Az ösztönzés következményei a haknigazdaságban című I. rész a haknigazdaság hátterét és jellemzőit mutatja be. Leírásunk és elemzésünk középpontjába a szakirodalomban eddig kevésbé tárgyalt ösztönzést és teljesítménybért állítjuk. Ez az esszé teremti meg azt az elméleti alapot, ami segíthet az olvasónak jobban eligazodni a szakirodalomban használt különböző kifejezések között és ami motiválja a dolgozat II. és III. részét. Az önbecsülés szerepe a haknigazdaságban című II. részben a haknigazdaságot a megbízó-ügynök modellen keresztül vizsgáljuk. Újdonságként bevezetjük a munkás (mint ügynök) önbecsülését, amivel egyben dinamikussá is tesszük a modellt. A modellben az önbecsülés mögötti gondolat az a heurisztikus viselkedés, hogy a munkás nem hajlandó egy adott referenciaértéknél kevesebb bérért elvállalni a számára felkínált haknimunkát, még akkor sem, ha tudja, hogy ezzel teljesen pénz nélkül marad. Azzal, hogy nem vállalja el a munkát nem csak ő marad bér nélkül, de kárt okoz a munkáltatónak is, aki a termelés kiesése miatt a profitjától kell, hogy elbúcsúzzon. A modellben a munkás bérelvárása – amit a referenciaérték testesít meg – a múltbeli tapasztalatain alapul, vagyis az elvárása attól függ, hogy mennyit keresett korábban. Ez persze azt is jelenti, hogy amikor a munkás az önbecsülése miatt nem dolgozik, akkor a munkabér hiányában folyamatosan csökken az elvárása is. A két ellentétes hatás egy nemtriviális kontrollproblémát és egy érdekes dinamikát eredményez, aminek segítségével jól megragadható a munkás és a munkáltató viszonya és alkuereje. A Bérszínvonal, munkamentesség és kizsákmányolás a haknigazdaságban című III. részben az előzőekben bevezetett dinamikus megbízó-ügynök modell stacionárius állapotát vizsgáljuk, így meghatározva azt, hogy hosszú-távon, átlagos értelemben hogyan teljesít és osztozik egymás között a termelés eredményén a munkáltató és a munkás.
Musik, Körper und Bewegung
Authors: Schroedter Stephanie
Published: February 2023

Wesentliche Impulse, sich dem Verhältnis von Musik und Körper künstlerisch-kreativ zu nähern, kamen in jüngerer Zeit aus dem Bereich der Neuen Musik bzw. einer Musik-spezifisch Performance Szene. Dabei gewinnt der Sachverhalt, dass Musik nicht nur unmittelbar an Körper gebunden ist, sondern auch selbst über eine Körperlichkeit verfügt, zunehmend an Bedeutung. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint es umso dringlicher, einer Komponente, die gerne (allzu selbstverständlich) unter das (scheinbar) allumfassende Körper-Paradigma subsummiert wird, eigens Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken: Gemeint ist Bewegung - nicht nur in ihrer sichtbaren, sondern auch nicht mehr sichtbaren bzw. unsichtbaren, stattdessen vor allem hörbaren Gestalt, die auch Emotionen und Imaginationen umfasst.
My Voice is My Absent Body
Authors: Choi Misty
Published: February 2023

This paper examines how silence and the patchwork of sounds make up the protagonist's absent body in Berio's music theater Un re in ascolto, which further deconstruct sound and the textualized self that traditionally form the core of a musical discourse. It will then discuss how the idea of »body« functions as the »listening space« which transfers the protagonist's act of listening to the audience's mind in order to invite them to listen to their un conscious. The paper concludes that the act of listening in Un re in ascolto echoes Berio and Calvino's idea of »dream theater«.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Choreographies to Steve Reich's Music, the Re-creation of Musical Principles through Dance
Authors: Bräuninger Renate
Published: February 2023

The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker has numerous times used the music by Steve Reich as a source for her choreographies. In her dance pieces she has transmitted the compositional principles of Reich's music into movement. She is not simply visualising or translating different musical parameters into motion, rather she is re-creating compositional principals in a different medium. De Keersmaeker used less complex pieces by Reich at the beginning of her career, for example, in her choreography Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich (1982), she uses the following compositions by Steve Reich: Piano Phase (1967), Come Out (1966), Violin Phase (1967), Clapping Music (1972). Later she creates more complex choreography like Drumming (1998) to Drumming (1970-1971) and Rain (2001) to Music for 18 Musician (1974-76). De Keersmaeker, like Reich is influenced by the radical transformations which took place in the arts in the 1960s. Traditional strategies of composition were questioned which resulted in new approaches such as, for example, minimalism. Here the endless repetition of small cells and phrases creates an emotional potential through intensity, which replaces the representation through gesture and tone painting, but nevertheless affects us at the interface between the visual and the acoustic. The examples chosen from Drumming shall demonstrate which physical equivalents for the compositional principles of the music are found by de Keersmaeker, how are principles like phase shifting, pattern layering, and accumulation re-created in movement and made visually transparent? How close is the choreography to the music and when does the choreographer decide to allow smaller or larger discrepancies between music and movement? How does the interdependence between music and movement influence the intensities emerging through repetition?
Death is Served
Authors: Castelli Stella
Published: February 2023

The American cultural imaginary is hungry for death, and thus representations of death are prominently repeated and serialized in US literature and media. Stella Castelli shows how American culture fetishizes death as part of a repetition compulsion which stems from the inability of language to satisfactorily grasp death. Taking an intermedial approach, she investigates the forms and tropes born from this preoccupation with death and conceptualizes its imagination alongside an appetite which manifests as repetitive encoding. These metaphors of food consumption provide a hermeneutic framing for analyzing representations of death across American literature and media.
Development of Fikih Learning Module at Madrasah Tsanawiyah: An Inclusive Approach
Authors: Nur Cholid  , Suariyati Suariyati , Putri Linda Indiyarti
Published: February 2023

The development of learning modules is a solution to the problems faced by teachers when delivering material to students in class. This study aims to develop Fikih learning tools with an inclusive approach that can be applied in Madrasah Tsanawiyah. In addition, this study also aims to determine whether the learning module product developed is commercially feasible or not. This research is a research and development (Research and Development). In the design validation stage, the class VII Fikih learning tools with the inclusion approach were validated by two material experts and two media experts. The data collection technique is in the form of a questionnaire instrument. The data from the validation results were then converted to a Likert scale. The results showed that Fikih learning tools with an inclusive approach validated by material and media experts had very good quality content of the material (with a value of 4.35), the quality of presentation of the material was very good (with a value of 4.52), these results were obtained after testing second stage, while the quality of media graphics is very good (with a score of 4.53) and the quality of media language is very good (with a value of 4.33). And the results of the trial there was an increase in the average post-test to the pre-test by 17.5 or 29.02%. These results indicate that the Fikih learning tool with the inclusion approach that was developed is feasible to use as a reference for learning tools.
Effective Teaching in Psychological Perspective: PAI Teacher Knowledge and Skills
Authors: Eva Latipah
Published: February 2023

Effective teaching is one of psychology's greatest contributions to education. This study aims to examine effective teaching in religious learning (PAI-Islamic Education). For this purpose, this research was conducted using a library approach, namely by collecting a number of data from various sources such as scientific journals, books, and other documents related to effective teaching and learning PAI. The results of the study found that PAI teaching was effectively carried out by having the following knowledge and skills: mastery of PAI science (professional dimension); the use of attitude learning strategies, design of attitude learning plans, skills in using technology for learning aspects of attitudes, skills in assessing aspects of attitudes (pedagogic dimensions); developmentally appropriate teaching practices, teaching effectively with students from various cultural backgrounds, paying attention to individual variation, communication skills, motivating skills, classroom management skills, and commitment and motivation (psychological dimensions). The psychological dimension has the most content compared to the professional and pedagogical dimensions, which shows that effective PAI teaching should be carried out by having a certain amount of psychological knowledge and skills.
Tiktok as a Generation-Z Islamic Religious Learning Media During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Putri Angelica Maylani , Astutik Anita Puji
Published: February 2023

Islamic religious education (PAI) is very much needed for the moral and religious development of Generation Z. Today's teenagers prefer to spend their time playing gadgets rather than listening to lectures in a place of worship. So that many content creators innovate to attract the interest of Generation Z by conveying Islamic religious knowledge online through social media. One of the social media that attracts Generation-Z's interest is the TikTok application. This study aims to determine the use of the features of the TikTok application in creating a method of delivering PAI material to Generation-Z during the covid-19 pandemic. The PAI material presented included fiqh, moral creed, Al-Qur'an Hadith, and the history of Islamic culture. This study uses a qualitative approach with virtual ethnographic methods. Data is obtained by researchers through the process of observation and documentation. The data analysis used includes the stages of data reduction, data display, and concluding. The results of the study show that: 1) The use of the TikTok social network as a medium for delivering PAI teaching materials is considered quite effective and brings a lot of new things in the form of experiences, innovations, knowledge, and methods that are different from before. 2) The most interesting and interesting features and methods for Generation Z in learning PAI on the TikTok social network are the feature "Add Text & Add Sound" and the method "Impersonate or Role Play”.
Models of Policy Implementation in Islamic School Learning Systems During Covid-19
Authors: Muslim Moh , Hasan Nur , Ratih Ika
Published: February 2023

Covid-19 has had an impact on the management of learning. Principals must establish the right policies in dealing with COVID-19. The head of MTs Maarif NU Blitar City established an In-Out Learning System policy. The purpose of this study was to find out and elaborate on how the policy implementation model set by the head of MTs Maarif NU Blitar City in dealing with COVID-19. This research uses a qualitative approach with the type of case study research. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation methods, data analysis was carried out using interactive methods which included the stages of data collection, condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the research on the in-out learning system policy implementation model conducted by the head of MTs Maar NU Blitar City showed that there were five factors, namely, Oral and Written Communication (OCW), Tangible and Intangible Resources (TIR), Disposition process based on communication, positioning and incentives, Camouflage Bureaucratic Structure (CBS) and Leader and team commitment (LTC).
Disaster Emergency Response Management to Anticipate the Spread of Covid-19 at the Islamic Boarding School
Authors: Ifendi Mahfud
Published: February 2023

Islamic boarding schools, known as Islamic educational institutions, that are characterized by their Indonesian identity, must continue to exist, and survive all forms of change and challenges of the times. Covid-19, which has come to destroy all aspects of life, has created and forced Islamic boarding schools to survive in carrying out their education. Through a qualitative approach, this research was carried out. The data collection was taken by interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis used data condensation, data display, and drawing and verifying conclusions. The results of the research in this article are that what Daarul Ikhlas Sangatta Selatan Islamic boarding school does to anticipate the spread of covid-19 is implemented in planning, organizing, implementing, and supervising. To overcome the spread of covid-19 in Islamic boarding schools, what is being done is to implement health protocols in a disciplined and strict manner according to what is recommended by the central government or by the Indonesian Rabithah Ma'hadiyah Nahdlatul Ulama (RMI NU) in every activity in the Islamic boarding school environment.
The Role of Fiqh Teachers to Improve Students' Learning Motivation and Discipline of Worship through Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Layyina Charisma , Radino Radino
Published: February 2023

Purpose – This study aims to explain the role and methods of Fiqh teachers in increasing learning motivation and worship discipline during online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic and the supporting and inhibiting factors.

Design/methods/approach – This is a field study using a qualitative, descriptive method. Data were gathered through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis is carried out by reducing data, presenting data, and finally generating conclusions.

Findings – The results showed that: 1) The role of the Fiqh teacher in increasing the learning motivation and discipline of worship at MTs N 9 Bantul during online learning was carried out by encouraging students, warm greetings, giving motivation, advice, attention, and Islamic activities so that children carried away in a happy state before undergoing online lessons. Teachers also provide incentives in the form of points, grades, and praise, provide guidance, direct, remind in conducting religious habituation and online learning, as well as evaluating students, and collaborating between schools, teachers, and parents. 2) The inhibiting factors for teachers in implementing their roles are the lack of gadgets, problems with internet data packages, signal networks, lack of assistance and supervision, and student boredom.

Research limitation– This study has limitations on the cases observed in MTs N 9 Bantul.

Originality/value – The findings of this study provide an overview of how the role of religious teachers in increasing students' learning motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preliminary Study on the Development of Infographic-Based Islamic Education Teaching Materials to Improve Soft Skills for High School Students in Surakarta
Authors: Wulandari Pramesti , Asrowi Asrowi , Djono Djono
Published: February 2023

Purpose – This research aims to conduct an initial assessment of students' attitudes in high school, with a focus on Islamic education, which is one of the benchmarks in soft skills development activities.

Design/methods/approach – This study uses research and development (R&D) with the ADDIE development model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) with three stages in it, namely the preliminary, development, and testing stages. To increase students' soft skills, an infographic-based Islamic Religious Education teaching material was designed in this study.

Findings – According to preliminary research conducted at senior high schools in Surakarta with class XI subjects, Islamic learning does not provide opportunities for students to improve their soft skills. This is requiring the development of learning tools, one of which is infographic-based teaching materials, to assist in achieving the expected competencies.

Research limitations – This study focuses on acquiring Islamic education in high school, with a focus on the limitations of development in teaching materials that affect students' ability to obtain competencies in the form of soft skills.

Originality/value – A preliminary investigation into the development of teaching materials in Islamic education courses, namely for senior secondary school, was studied further in this study. The development of soft skills is one of the things that is actively supported in the development of character education in Indonesian schools.
The Comparison of Religiosity Level Between Students With “Niqab” and Students Without “Niqab”
Authors: Falikah Tri Yaumil , Nuryana Zalik , Kurniawan Muh. Alif
Published: February 2023

Purpose – This study intends to examine whether there is a difference in the level of religiosity between students with “niqab” and students without “niqab”. The discourse on wearing the “niqab”l is still a crucial problem in several educational institutions in Indonesia, including Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD).

Design/methods/approach – This is quantitative research at the Ahmad Dahlan University Islamic Education Study Program with a random sampling technique. The data collection tool used was a questionnaire with a Likert scale of scale 4. The instrument was tested with validity, reliability, normality, and homogeneity tests. The data were then analyzed by using the T-test to test the hypothesis.

Findings – The results showed that the level of religiosity of female students with “niqab” at Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI) UAD was in the high category. This was evidenced by 33 respondents of students with “niqab” at  PAI UAD. 23 subjects (69.6%) showed a high religiosity and ten subjects (30.3%) were in the medium category. The religiosity of students without “niqab” at PAI UAD was also in the high category, as shown by 33 respondents who are without “niqab” at PAI UAD. There were 26 subjects (78.7%) showing a high level of religiosity, and seven subjects (21.2%)were in the medium category.

Research implications/limitations – The analysis results showed that there was no difference in the level of religiosity between students with “niqab’ and students without “niqab” at PAI UAD, as evidenced by the t count = 0.452 (sig < 0.05) then Ha was accepted, and Ho was rejected.

Originality/value – There is no difference in the level of religiosity between students with “niqab” and students without “niqab” in PAI UAD. “Niqab” is not part of Islamic shari'a so it cannot always be associated with one's religious experience. The nature of religiosity cannot be established simply by wearing the “niqab” without looking at other religious dimensions.
Implementation of Islamic Education and Wasathiyah Da'wah for Millennial Generation with Al-Qur'an Perspective in Facing Society 5.0
Authors: Wulandari Widya
Published: February 2023

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to determine the implementation of Wasathiyah education and da'wah for the millennial generation from the perspective of the Koran in facing society 5.0.  The challenges and obstacles will be more complex. Methods -- The research method used was literature research. The data collection technique was documentation. The data were analyzed by using critically performed text analysis.

Design/methods/approach – The research method used was literature research. The data collection technique was documentation. The data were analyzed by using critically performed text analysis.

Findings – The results showed that Islamic education for the millennial generation is facing increasingly rapid technological developments. They are not affected by extreme groups in the name of Islam, and it is not easy to declare heresy against someone who has a different opinion.  A preacher must be creative, and innovative to adapt with the developments of technology so that the millennial generation is interested in Islamic teaching.

Research limitations – This study has limitations on the observed cases regarding the implementation of Islamic education and wasathiyah da'wah for the millennial generation.

Originality/value– The research findings provide an overview of the deflection of the understanding of the wasathiyah concept regarding trust education for the millennial generation. Islamic education that is not delivered properly may cause radical actions. Technology makes da’wah reach all circles. In the midst of the globalization revolution, it becomes an opportunity for preachers (da'i) to be more creative and innovative in conveying messages. In other words, da’wah activities should be improved, both in terms of supplies and facilities (tools/materials).
“ENEM, Chego Junto, Chego Bem”: Promoção da transição para o ensino superior nas escolas estaduais do Ceará, Brasil
Authors: Maia Flora de Paula Gonçalves Holanda , Karruz Ana Paula
Published: February 2023

A transição para o ensino superior ainda tem ocorrido de forma muito desigual no Brasil. Em geral, a proporção de alunos que participam do Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM) é muito menor nas redes estaduais que nas escolas privadas. Uma iniciativa de relevo na transição para o ensino superior é o “ENEM, Chego Junto, Chego Bem” (ECJCB), programa do estado do Ceará que considera a diversidade dos obstáculos encarados pelos alunos das escolas públicas (e.g., falta de motivação; falta de documentos para inscrição no ENEM; falta de meios de locomoção até o local de prova). Este estudo descreve o processo de reconhecimento do problema, as ideias dos formuladores do ECJCB, os instrumentos de política utilizados e os prováveis ​​mecanismos acionados por tais instrumentos. São mobilizadas teorias sobre policy process, em particular o advocacy coalition framework, e escritos sobre policy design. A pesquisa apoia-se em entrevistas semiestruturadas com atores-chave para a formulação e a implementação da política. Resultados indicam que as crenças compartilhadas entre formuladores moldaram o programa, entre elas a crença na capacidade dos alunos e das escolas públicas, e a crença de que a preparação para o ENEM deva ser tema central nas escolas estaduais. São também salientes as estratégias de engajamento da rede.
Ein Update zu digitalen Interventionen in der Logopädie/Sprachtherapie
Authors: Meier B. , Leinweber J.
Published: February 2023

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, digitalization in speech language therapy has progressed rapidly. Teletherapy, in particular, has become part of regular speech language therapy, as it has been reimbursed by German health insurance companies since March 2020. At the same time, political innovations such as the E-Health Act (E-Health-Gesetz, 2015), the Act to Improve Healthcare Provision through Digitalization and Innovation (Digital Healthcare Act – DVG, 2019), and the law on digital modernization of healthcare (DVPMG) (2021) offered new opportunities but also generate (future) tasks for speech and language therapists. For example, since the DVG was approved, applications (apps) can be prescribed by physicians and the statutory health insurance pays for them. In addition, speech language therapists are also to be connected to the telematics infrastructure starting in 2026. These and other digital innovations offer a variety of opportunities for improved care in speech language therapy but also incorporate new duties and responsibilities in the professional range of tasks of speech and language therapists. In order to be able to specify requirements and critically accompany (new) technological developments, it is highly relevant that speech language therapists acquire a critically reflected attitude towards digital technologies to acquire or expand digital competence. In addition, goal-oriented political frameworks and specifications are of enormous importance for successful implementation of digital technologies in speech language therapy Keywords: aphasia,
Range Search over Encrypted Multi-Attribute Data
Authors: Falzon Francesca , Markatou Evangelia Anna , Espiritu Zachary , Tamassia Roberto
Published: February 2023

This work addresses expressive queries over encrypted data by presenting the first systematic study of multi-attribute range search on a symmetrically encrypted database outsourced to an honest-but-curious server. Prior work includes a thorough analysis of single-attribute range search schemes (e.g. Demertzis et al. 2016) and a proposed high-level approach for multi-attribute schemes (De Capitani di Vimercati et al. 2021). We first introduce a flexible framework for building secure range search schemes over multiple attributes (dimensions) by adapting a broad class of geometric search data structures to operate on encrypted data. Our framework encompasses widely used data structures such as multi-dimensional range trees and quadtrees, and has strong security properties that we formally prove. We then develop six concrete highly parallelizable range search schemes within our framework that offer a sliding scale of efficiency and security tradeoffs to suit the needs of the application. We evaluate our schemes with a formal complexity and security analysis, a prototype implementation, and an experimental evaluation on real-world datasets.
M2Bench
Authors: Kim Bogyeong , Koo Kyoseung , Enkhbat Undraa , Kim Sohyun , Kim Juhun , Moon Bongki
Published: February 2023

As the world becomes increasingly data-centric, the tasks dealt with by a database management system (DBMS) become more complex and diverse. Compared with traditional workloads that typically require only a single data model, modern-day computational tasks often involve multiple data sources and rely on more than one data model. Unfortunately, however, there is currently no standard benchmark program that can evaluate a DBMS in the various aspects of multi-model databases, especially when the array data model is concerned. In this paper, we propose
M2Bench
, a new benchmark program capable of evaluating a multi-model DBMS that supports several important data models such as relational, document-oriented, property graph, and array models.
M2Bench
consists of multi-model workloads that are inspired by real-world problems. Each task of the workload mimics a real-life scenario where at least two different models of data are involved. To demonstrate the efficacy of
M2Bench
, we evaluated polyglot or multi-model database systems with the
M2Bench
workloads and unfolded the diverse characteristics of the database systems for each data model.
TokenJoin
Authors: Zeakis Alexandros , Skoutas Dimitrios , Sacharidis Dimitris , Papapetrou Odysseas , Koubarakis Manolis
Published: February 2023

Set similarity join is an important problem with many applications in data discovery, cleaning and integration. To increase robustness, fuzzy set similarity join calculates the similarity of two sets based on maximum weighted bipartite matching instead of set overlap. This allows pairs of elements, represented as sets or strings, to also match approximately rather than exactly, e.g., based on Jaccard similarity or edit distance. However, this significantly increases the verification cost, making even more important the need for efficient and effective filtering techniques to reduce the number of candidate pairs. The current state-of-the-art algorithm relies on similarity computations between pairs of elements to filter candidates. In this paper, we propose token-based instead of element-based filtering, showing that it is significantly more lightweight, while offering similar or even better pruning effectiveness. Moreover, we address the top-
k
variant of the problem, alleviating the need for a user-specified similarity threshold. We also propose early termination to reduce the cost of verification. Our experimental results on six real-world datasets show that our approach always outperforms the state of the art, being an order of magnitude faster on average.
Making Cache Monotonic and Consistent
Authors: An Shuai , Cao Yang
Published: February 2023

We propose monotonic consistent caching (MCC), a cache scheme for applications that demand consistency and monotonicity. MCC warrants that a transaction-like request always sees a consistent view of the backend database and observed writes over the cache will not be lost. We show that the complexity of MCC ranges from P
time
to N
p
-C
omplete
. We characterize MCC via a notion of obsolete items, based on which we abstract a principle for designing competitive MCC policies. By applying the principle, we develop an optimal MCC policy for the batch model, where requests in a batch are known in advance. For the online and semi-online models, we develop ML-augmented policies that benefit from blackbox ML models for classifying obsolete items, while being provably competitive even if the ML is arbitrarily bad. Using benchmark and real-life traces, we show that MCC policies reduce 39.09% of database reads for Redis atop HBase and improve their throughput by 77.15%.
Barriers and facilitators to enrolling in nursing programs as perceived by male students: a qualitative study in the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Subu Muhammad Arsyad , Ahmed Fatma Refaat , Al-Yateem Nabeel , Dias Jacqueline Maria , Rahman Syed Azizur , AbuRuz Mohannad Eid , Hassan Muna Mohamed , Hamad Safa Hamed , Al Mubarak Al Ghafli Shaika , Hassan Zuleikha , Alnaqbi Aisha Rashid
Published: February 2023

Objectives

Despite the cultural challenges and stigma associated with nursing in the United Arab Emirates, there has been an increase in male nursing students. It is therefore important to understand barriers and facilitators that influence their decision to choose nursing education.

Methods

This qualitative study used purposive sampling to recruit 30 male undergraduate students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were analyzed with thematic analysis.

Results

Ten themes were identified that described barriers and facilitators to choosing nursing programs as perceived by male students. Four themes reflected barriers and six themes were identified that encompassed facilitators to choosing nursing programs.

Conclusions

For international audiences, our findings could be helpful in enhancing both the recruitment and educational opportunities for male nursing students. Male students may be inspired to pursue the nursing profession by the presence of men in the profession and favorable male role models. Effort is needed to recruit male role models in nursing schools.
Experimental investigation and simulation of 3D printed sandwich structures with novel core topologies under bending loads
Authors: Eryildiz Meltem
Published: February 2023

In a range of applications, such as the automotive, aerospace, and shipbuilding sectors, where weight reduction is essential, sandwich structures are getting more popular. The performance of sandwich structures in bending can be enhanced by using lightweight core topologies. In this study, six different novel and new core topologies were designed with CATIA V5. Polylactic acid (PLA) sandwich structures with new core designs were produced using the fused deposition modeling (FDM) additive manufacturing method. In order to determine the mechanical characteristics of these six designed core topologies, three-point bending tests on sandwich structures were performed. The influence of core topology on the flexural characteristics of lightweight sandwich structures was investigated to appropriately choose and design the core topology of the sandwich structures to meet desired structural requirements. To evaluate the flexural behavior of sandwich structures, finite element simulation using ANSYS Workbench 2021 R2 was also performed. Both the experimental data and simulation were in good agreement and clearly showed that the sandwich structure with the triple bow core exhibited the highest mechanical properties. These results provide new perspectives on the investigation of the mechanical response of sandwich structures, which can be beneficial for many other industries and applications.
Egy migrációgazdaság lehetséges útjáról
Authors: A. Gergely András
Published: February 2023

This short review piece gives a summary of Zsuzsánna Biedermann’s academic works, commemorating her contributions to Hungarian African Studies and scholarship on international migration as well as development economics.
Concepts of World Order and their Implications for Regional Power Research
Authors:   Geopolitical Research Group of the Eurasia Center, John von Neumann University, Faust Anita
Published: February 2023

Regional powers attracted the heightened interest of researchers in international relations (IR) when the first signs of potential challenges to the unipolar world order appeared, but after a decade’s worth of efforts to make sense of regional power status, and regional ordering, it petered out, leaving hypotheses consistently unconfirmed. The paper investigates the interpretive framework – the concepts of world order – that underlay the unfruitful hypotheses. For this end, the paper re-examines four contemporary paradigms of world order – distinguished on the basis of their constituents and their concept of relations – from the viewpoint of regional power research. The approach offers a shift in viewpoints that may help foster the creation of a paradigm of world order that can account for the sub-global level. Furthermore, to realign theory and practice, the paper attempts to tackle the problem of regionality in the context of interdependence and globalization. By expanding the present categorization of powers as global, regional, and local to include the proposed novel category of transregional power the rigidity of regionality can be eliminated. The new category enables a more nuanced understanding of the hierarchy of powers as well as of the processes of world order on multiple geographical scales.
The Strategic Partnership Between India and the United States of America and How China’s Influence Challenges the India-Us Alliance in the Indo-Pacific Region
Authors: Bharti Mukesh Shankar
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this research is to find out the main approaches and rationale for bilateral India-US cooperation. India relies on the
United States for security in the Indo-Pacific and its neighbourhood. Furthermore, India has serious security threats in its neighbourhood
on the northern and Himalayan borders. The research investigates the bilateral cooperation between both countries. Why is
the USA more important to India for the purpose of the security and defence sectors in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific region? The
investigation of this study uses the empirical method with an analytical approach. As result, the India-US strategic partnership is on
the right track, and there is no conflict of interest in the Indo-Pacific or at a global level. Furthermore, this research recommends that
India needs to win the hearts of its South Asian neighbourhood to limit the Chinese involvement in these countries.
Didelės gamybos įmonės žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo sistemos modelis
Authors: Giedraitis Algirdas , Stašys Rimantas
Published: February 2023

Šiame straipsnyje pateikiama priemonė, leisianti tobulinti žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo sistemą didelėse gamybos įmonėse, siekiant
veiklos efektyvumo. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizavus žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo sistemos praktikas ir pasekmes, pateikti žmogiškųjų
išteklių valdymo sistemos tobulinimo modelį. Remiantis mokslinės literatūros šaltinių analize ir atliktu kokybiniu tyrimu (16 informantų
– vidutinio lygio vadovų) didelėse gamybos įmonėse Klaipėdos apskrityje, sukurtas žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo sistemos
tobulinimo didelėje gamybos įmonėje modelis. Jame pateikti trys pagrindiniai žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo sistemos etapai, nurodant,
kad sistemą sudarančių priemonių rinkiniu siekiama veiksmingumo. Modelis apima griežtai reguliuojamą ir lankstų požiūrį į
žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymą. Derinant bendruosius gamybos įmonės poreikius ir darbuotojų siekius, vykdomi organizaciniai procesai,
užtikrinant kiekvieno darbuotojo tobulėjimą ir organizacijos veiklos efektyvumą.
Ekonominių veiksnių poveikis Lietuvos nekilnojamojo turto rinkai 2015–2021 metais
Authors: Latoža Rūtenis , Ruginė Henrika
Published: February 2023

Straipsnyje tiriami ir analizuojami ekonominiai veiksniai ir jų poveikis Lietuvos nekilnojamojo turto rinkai 2015–2021 metais. Siekiama
nustatyti pagrindinius ekonominius veiksnius ir įvertinti jų įtaką Lietuvos nekilnojamojo turto (NT) rinkai analizuojamuoju
laikotarpiu. Siekiant šio tikslo teoriškai apibrėžiama NT samprata, struktūra ir cikliškumas. Analizuojami ir didžiausią poveikį NT
rinkai turintys ekonominiai veiksniai: bendrasis vidaus produktas (BVP), infliacijos ir nedarbo lygis, darbo užmokestis (DU) ir palūkanų
norma. Teorinė analizė atskleidė, kad BVP, DU ir infliacijos didėjimas, nedarbo lygio ir palūkanų normos mažėjimas kelia
nekilnojamojo turto kainas. NT kainos mažėja, esant atvirkštinei ekonominių veiksnių tendencijai. Tiriamojoje analitinėje dalyje
apžvelgiama Lietuvos nekilnojamojo turto rinkos ir makroekonominių šalies rodiklių dinamika tiriamuoju laikotarpiu. Atlikta koreliacinė-
regresinė analizė atskleidė, kad nekilnojamojo turto rinką labiausiai veikia BVP vienam gyventojui ir darbo užmokestis.
Mažiausiai reikšmingas ryšys pastebimas tarp infliacijos ir kitų nagrinėtų nekilnojamojo turto rodiklių.
Daugiabučių namų modernizavimas Klaipėdos miesto savivaldybėje
Authors: Stonienė Alma , Stumbraitė-Vilkišienė Edita
Published: February 2023

Didžioji dalis Lietuvos gyventojų gyvena daugiabučiuose namuose, kurie pradėti statyti XX a. šeštajame dešimtmetyje. Senstantis gyvenamųjų
pastatų fondas ir gyventojų patiriamos didelės šildymo sąnaudos aktualizuoja daugiabučių namų modernizavimo problemą.
Straipsnyje, taikant mokslinės literatūros ir teisės aktų analizės, sisteminimo bei apibendrinimo metodus, nagrinėjamos daugiabučių
namų modernizavimo priežastys ir poreikis darnaus vystymosi kontekste bei daugiabučių namų modernizavimo modeliai. Daugiabučių
namų modernizavimo situacija Klaipėdos miesto savivaldybėje analizuojama, remiantis oficialiose interneto svetainėse, dokumentuose
ir teisės aktuose pateikta informacija, siekiant atskleisti modernizavimo patirties raidą ir specifiką. Atlikus kokybinį tyrimą gautų rezultatų
pagrindu, taikant iš dalies struktūruoto interviu metodą apklausus Klaipėdos miesto daugiabučių namų valdytojus, t. y. savivaldybės
paskirtus daugiabučių namų administratorius, įvertinta gyvenamųjų pastatų būklė, nustatytos valstybės paramos daugiabučių namų
renovacijai silpnosios ir stipriosios pusės, modernizavimą skatinantys veiksniai, problemos bei modernizavimo nauda.
Dorsolateral Striatum is a Bottleneck for Responding to Task-Relevant Stimuli in a Learned Whisker Detection Task in Mice
Authors: Zareian Behzad , Lam Angelina , Zagha Edward
Published: February 2023

A learned sensory-motor behavior engages multiple brain regions, including the neocortex and the basal ganglia. How a target stimulus is detected by these regions and converted to a motor response remains poorly understood. Here, we performed electrophysiological recordings and pharmacological inactivations of whisker motor cortex and dorsolateral striatum to determine the representations within, and functions of, each region during performance in a selective whisker detection task in male and female mice. From the recording experiments, we observed robust, lateralized sensory responses in both structures. We also observed bilateral choice probability and preresponse activity in both structures, with these features emerging earlier in whisker motor cortex than dorsolateral striatum. These findings establish both whisker motor cortex and dorsolateral striatum as potential contributors to the sensory-to-motor (sensorimotor) transformation. We performed pharmacological inactivation studies to determine the necessity of these brain regions for this task. We found that suppressing the dorsolateral striatum severely disrupts responding to task-relevant stimuli, without disrupting the ability to respond, whereas suppressing whisker motor cortex resulted in more subtle changes in sensory detection and response criterion. Together these data support the dorsolateral striatum as an essential node in the sensorimotor transformation of this whisker detection task.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSelecting an item in a grocery store, hailing a cab – these daily practices require us to transform sensory stimuli into motor responses. Many decades of previous research have studied goal-directed sensory-to-motor transformations within various brain structures, including the neocortex and the basal ganglia. Yet, our understanding of how these regions coordinate to perform sensory-to-motor transformations is limited because these brain structures are often studied by different researchers and through different behavioral tasks. Here, we record and perturb specific regions of the neocortex and the basal ganglia and compare their contributions during performance of a goal-directed somatosensory detection task. We find notable differences in the activities and functions of these regions, which suggests specific contributions to the sensory-to-motor transformation process.
INFLUENCE OF MICROENCAPSULATION PARAMETERS ON THE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGY OF MICROCAPSULES BY ECO-FRIENDLY SOLVENT EVAPORATION METHOD ORIENTED TO MEDICAL TEXTILES
Authors: THUY DAO THI CHINH , SINTES-ZYDOWICZ NATHALIE , HUONG CHU DIEU
Published: February 2023

Application of microcapsules in medical textile has been studied and commercially developed widely in recent years. The aim of this work was to propose an eco-friendly microencapsulation by solvent evaporation method that can contribute to the manufacture of medical textile products using microcapsules. Quillaja saponin was used as bio-sourced surfactant and ethyl acetate was used as the less toxic, non-halogenated organic solvent. The influences of saponin concentration, stirring speed during emulsification step and the volume of ethyl acetate used to saturate the aqueous phase before emulsification on the microcapsule size and morphology were investigated. The results showed that eudragit microcapsules of ibuprofen with diameter in range from 17 to 34 µm, which were suitable for medical textile applications, were successfully elaborated. The saponin concentration varied from 0.025 to 0.1 wt%. The stirring speed was changed from 700 to 600 rpm. The volume of ethyl acetate used in saturation step was 0, 8 and 12 ml. In the scope of investigation, the saponin concentration and the volume of ethyl acetate used in saturation step did affect the microcapsule size and morphology while the stirring speed did not. The saturation step really helped to reduce the formation of irregular microparticles and to narrow the size distribution, but the microcapsules became more porous, weaker and were deformed significantly by drying in the fabric treatment process.
INFLUENCE OF SOME WINDING PARAMETERS ON HAIRINESS OF YARN AFTER WINDING PROCESS
Authors: DUC TRUNG TRAN , CHU DIEU HUONG , DAO ANH TUAN
Published: February 2023

Hairiness is an important quality parameter of yarn after winding process. It affects not only the quality of yarn, but also the productivity of the warping, weaving, knitting machines as well as the quality of produced fabrics. Hairiness is influenced by the factors of raw materials, technology and equipment at all stages of yarn production. This article presents the results of experimental research on the simultaneous influence of four typical winding parameters, including: Winding speed (Z1), the load on the friction discs of the yarn tensioner (Z2), the distance between the bobbin and the yarn guide (Z3) and the pressure of package on the grooved drum (Z4) to the increasing percentage of the hairiness of the yarns after winding compared to that before winding. Yarn hairiness was measured by Uster tester 5. By using the second-order orthogonal experimental planning, together with the support of Excel 2019 and Design Expert 11 software, an experimental matrix and mathematical models describing the relationship between the four winding parameters and increasing percentage of the hairiness of three types of yarn (carded Ne 31/1 CVCD, combed Ne 30/1 CVCM, combed Ne 30/1 COCM) are established. The research result is the scientific basis for selecting the optimal winding parameters in order to achieve the required increase in hairiness of the yarn after winding or predict hairiness increase of the yarns before winding.