bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
From Opponent to Advocate
Authors: Vanysacker Dries
Published: March 2023

In the debates starting in 1958 in Kinshasa, around a possible (or impossible) African theology, the Belgian theologian Alfred Vanneste played a central role. Based on an analysis of Vanneste’s own articles and papers in relation to contemporary African and European theologians, I argue that Vanneste’s opinion changed over time. Originally an opponent of an authentic African theology, he developed into an ardent advocate. In order to explore the different stages that led Alfred Vanneste to change his ideas on the subject, I will first describe the debates and ideas about developing an authentic “African theology” that took place between 1958 and 1968. After that, I analyze developments within theological discourses (1974–1980) that led Alfred Vanneste to change his opinion. I conclude by summarizing his theological turn from opposing to advocating an indigenous African form of theology, and by contextualizing this shift as a transition from colonial, pre-Vatican II thinking about indigenous theologies to the current day developments within intercultural theology.
Writing African History in a Global World
Authors: Enyegue Jean Luc
Published: March 2023

In addressing the question of the relevance of neocolonialism and race as an epistemological framework for the writing and teaching of African history today, this article argues that history has a role to play in bridging parallel historiographies. Using the historiography of Cameroonian Engelbert Mveng and that of his main critique Elridge Mohammadou, the article challenges traditional methods of Western historiographies of Africa and warns against the reductionisms of monocultural and nationalist histories and their traumatic effects. It concludes that interculturality can help historians unleash the healing powers of history as an academic and a taught discipline. For history to not repeat the same errors from the past, historians should not only respect the diversity of perspectives in interconnected yet multi-cultural settings, but also overcome monocultural and nationalistic histories in the classroom. Researching and writing African history today should therefore be global, intercultural and pedagogical processes.
Rejecting Racism, Restoring Intuition
Authors: Powell Russell C
Published: March 2023

John Muir continues to influence Americans to see the natural world as replete with sacred value. Yet Muir’s work is not without its shadow side: Muir’s racism against Indigenous peoples permeates his writing. I locate both the valuable and vile views inherent in Muir’s moral vision in his uncritical reliance on Romantic epistemology, and particularly the recourse Muir continually made to the power of his intuition. Applying insights from G. W. F. Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, I offer an account of the various roles Muir’s intuitions played in his thinking so as to better contextualize the best and worst features of his moral thought.
Laura Hobgood and Whitney Baumann (eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Nature: The Elements
Authors: Wanless Claire
Published: March 2023

Laura Hobgood and Whitney Baumann (eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Nature: The Elements(London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), xii + 342 pp., £135.00 (hbk), ISBN: 9781350046825.
Annual List of Reviewers
Authors: Nichols Amanda
Published: March 2023

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Din Öğretiminde İçerik Hazırlama Süreci İçin Bir Bakış Açısı Önerisi: Şükür Konusu Örneği
Authors: EGE Remziye , KOCA Suat , GÖZELER Esra
Published: March 2023

Bu makale, şükür konusu örnekliğinde, bir konuyu öğrenme ortamına taşıma süreçlerini belirleyen öğreticiye bir ‘bakış açısı’ önerisi sunmaktadır. Bu bakış açısı temelde öğretilecek konunun bilgisiyle karşılaşmaya ilişkindir. Öğreticinin zihinsel planda hazırlanırken öğreteceği konu hakkında müracaat edeceği bilgiye yaklaşımını işaret etmektedir. Konunun hangi içerikle, hangi hedefle, hangi yöntem, teknik ve kaynaklarla sunulacağı ve çıktının nasıl ölçülüp değerlendirileceği, büyük ölçüde bu bakış açısıyla belirlenmektedir. Önerilen bakış açısı bir yönüyle hayatın değişim ve dönüşümü ile din bilgisinin bağlamsallığını, yöntemsel işleyişe dikkat ederek izlemeyi içerir. Şükür konusunun Kur’an’da ve hadis rivayetlerinde yer alma biçimi, öğreticiye, nasıl bir içerik hazırlaması gerektiği konusunda bir ‘bakış açısı’ kazandırmayı hedefler. Bu, öğretici için bir yandan akıp giden hayatı dinî bakımdan anlama/anlamlandırma sürecini yönetirken diğer yandan bilginin Kur’an’da ve hadis rivayetlerinde yer alma biçimlerini göz ardı etmemesi gerektiğini açığa çıkarma önerisidir. Örnek olarak şükür kelimesinin Kur’an’daki ilk anlamı “Allah’a iman etmek”tir. Ancak geleneksel olarak şükrün iman konu alanı içerisinde öğretime konu olmadığı görülmektedir. Bu bağlamda makale, öğretilecek bilginin elde edilme yöntemine ve kaynağına müracaat etmenin, öğreticiye bütünsel ve derinlikli bir ‘bakış açısı’ kazandırabileceği önerisini ortaya koymaktadır.
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF DRUG-INDUCED CHEMICAL REACTION ON UNSTEADY MHD BLOOD FLOW WITH RADIATION EFFECTS THROUGH A PERMEABLE STRETCHING CAPILLARY
Authors: Priyadharsini M. , Gururaj Anthony David Maxim
Published: March 2023

In this paper, we investigate certain drug effects on heat transfer in the bloodstream due to the impact of magnetic
fields and thermal radiation. Certain medications produce disruption in thermoregulatory processes, fever as a result
of the drug's pharmacologic activity, and hypothermia as a result of lowering the temperature. All of this affects the
vascular permeability and chemical reactions that happen in the blood flow. In the present investigation, the impact
of heat radiation and magnetic fields on the velocity, temperature, and concentration of drug-containing blood in a
permeable stretched capillary is investigated. The present problem takes into account the unsteady magnetohydrodynamic
behavior of blood through the porous media of cells and tissues surrounding the capillary, as well as variable
viscosity, thermal conductivity, and chemical diffusivity. The governing equations of the model are formulated, and the
resulting partial differential equation is solved numerically by the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. The numerical simulations are performed using MATLAB software, and the results are plotted in the form of graphs and tables. It has been observed that the permeability factor boosts blood's velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles while simultaneously lowering skin friction and increasing mass and heat transfer rates. Further, the magnetic field can regulate blood velocity and increase drug concentration at the boundary layer.
Effects of Information Overload on Financial Markets: How Much Is Too Much?
Authors: Zer Ilknur , Bernales Alejandro , Valenzuela Marcela
Published: March 2023

Motivated by cognitive theories verifying that investors have limited capacity to process information, we study the effects of information overload on stock market dynamics. We construct an information overload index using textual analysis tools on daily data from The New York Times since 1885. We structure our empirical analysis around a discrete-time learning model, which links information overload with asset prices and trading volume when investors are attention constrained. We find that our index is associated with lower trading volume and predicts higher market returns for up to 18 months, even after controlling for standard predictors and other news-based measures. Information overload also affects the cross-section of stock returns: Investors require higher risk premia to hold small, high beta, high volatile, and unprofitable stocks. Such findings are consistent with theories emphasizing that information overload increases information and estimation risk and deteriorates investors' decision accuracy amid their limited attention.
Ontogenetic Behavioral Shifts in Habitat Utilization of Treefrogs (Hylidae) in North-central Florida
Authors: Granatosky Michael C. , Krysko Kenneth L.
Published: March 2023

Natural history data through all stages of an animal’s life cycle are necessary for making sound management decisions, which are especially critical in Florida, where developmental pressure often comes at the cost of species and their habitats. Despite being locally abundant, relatively little was known about ontogenetic behavioral shifts in habitat utilization for many hylid treefrogs. In this study, we used polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes to survey treefrogs in the localized, but habitat- and species-diverse University of Florida Natural Areas Teaching Lab (NATL) in north-central Florida. A variety of habitat variables were tested over multiple trapping seasons. We found that treefrog species were primarily limited by the presence of some water source or moisture, although some species were more tolerant of drier conditions than others. Ontogenetic shifts in habitat exploitation were detected only in limited instances, with juvenile Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) demonstrating a narrower niche than adults, and juvenile Squirrel Treefrogs (Hyla squirella) being most commonly captured during winter and spring. The non-native Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) ranked third in species detection, and its distribution was highly limited by both season and habitat type. With much to be learned about amphibian biology and natural history, efforts should be made to continue local studies such as this to enable conscious management and conservation decisions.
CARD COUNT PROTOCOL v1
Authors: Sandel Grace
Published: March 2023

Procedure to conduct the card count portion of "Crazy Yellow Ant Sampling on Tetiaroa" The point of this protocol is to quantify the prevalence of yellow crazy ants in given transects around Tetiaroa.
ONT V14 Nanopore Adapter Ligation for Fungal DNA Barcoding v2
Authors: Douglas Russell Stephen
Published: March 2023

This process will take your A-tailed library and add the nanopore adapters. Simply combine several chemicals for a single reaction and do a bead cleanup. Tested with: Flowcells: Flongle 10.4.1 or MinION 10.4.1 Ligation Kit: V14 - LSK114 Time required: ~45 minutes
Experts as Game Changers? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Climate Measures in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam
Authors: Herdt Tanja , Muñoz Sanz Víctor
Published: March 2023

This article analyzes the acceptance of climate policy measures in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam to understand how policy and planning interrelate with private and public interests. While legitimizing climate policy and measures, values can also cause conflict when operationalized locally. By analyzing value conflicts in public discourse, we gain insights into questions of environmental behavior and their influence on the acceptance of climate action. We report on quantitative and qualitative discourse analysis covering 410 articles from Dutch newspapers between 2015 and 2021 in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam related to the energy transition, mobility, and urban greening. Our findings show that public discourse mostly remains abstract and detached from local contexts. As experts and politicians dominate the debate, the discourse mainly addresses science- and policy-related arguments, representing the public interest but reflecting only insufficiently private interests and the local (re-)distribution of benefits and burdens. Therefore, we attribute spontaneous protest to the lack of reference to differentiated values at the local level and find the argument of NIMBYism insufficient to explain residents’ opposition. Instead, our findings point to experts’ and decision-makers’ lack of recognition of the local “idea of place” and a community’s identity as an explanation for the sudden emergence of protests. Here, urban design may bridge the gap between policy and planning by translating technical and economic constraints into place-specific designs.
Insuficiencia renal crónica por fórmula MDRD-4: Prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados en Villarrica, Paraguay
Authors: Vázquez-Roa Sandra Lorena , Sosa-de Sforza Liliana , Vázquez-Roa Alexis
Published: March 2023

La insuficiencia renal crónica (IRC) contribuye a la morbilidad y mortalidad por enfermedades no transmisibles. En Paraguay la tasa de años de vida ajustados por discapacidad para insuficiencia renal (AVAD-IR) aumentó más del 50%, incrementando sustancialmente la tasa de mortalidad. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la prevalencia de IRC presuntiva (IRCp) aplicando la fórmula MDRD-4 en Villarrica, Paraguay, año 2022. El estudio fue poblacional de corte transversal en residentes adultos, aparentemente sanos, de entre 19 y 70 años, tanto hombres como mujeres que aceptaron participar mediante consentimiento informado. Se diseñó un muestreo multietápico y se registró una muestra final de 520 participantes. La prevalencia reportada fue de 9,6 %(IC95%: 7,4 - 12,5 %) siendo IRCp oculta en el 54% de los casos. La población de estudio fue mayormente joven con una edad media de 44 años, con sobrepeso siendo IMC promedio de 28,1 Kg/m2 y predominaron las mujeres en un 62%. Se reportó alta frecuencia de antecedentes urológicos (40%) y sistémicos (33%). Se asoció al IRCp: edad > a 65 años(OR:3,6), sexo mujer(OR: 2,4), IMC > a 25 kg/m2(OR: 2,7), antecedente de enfermedad sistémica(OR:3,1) y medicación actual(OR: 3,5). La prevalencia reportada fue consistente con la del consorcio internacional de investigadores GBD-CKD que refirió una prevalencia del 9,1 % para enfermedad renal según su carga mundial. Por lo tanto, el monitoreo de factores de riesgo asociados debe abordarse de manera exhaustiva tanto en el diagnóstico como en promoción a la salud a fin de garantizar calidad en salud pública.
Nivel de conocimiento de antioxidantes y su relación con el estilo de vida
Authors: Gutiérrez-Ramos Miriam Elizabeth , Rodriguez-Saavedra Lennin Roswell , Alva-Plasencia Pedro Marcelo , Abanto-Zamora Francisco Moisés , Chávez-Abanto Luis Alberto , Saavedra-Suárez Segundo Francisco
Published: March 2023

El presente estudio tiene por objetivo determinar el nivel de conocimiento respecto a los antioxidantes y su relación con el estilo de vida. Estudio descriptivo, de corte transversal con la participación de 392 pobladores de la ciudad de Trujillo, que dieron respuesta a dos cuestionarios: uno para determinar el nivel de conocimiento respecto a los antioxidantes elaborado por la Dra. Carolina González, nutrióloga de la Clínica Alemana, que consta de cinco preguntas relacionadas a los antioxidantes y el cuestionario de estilo de vida promueve la salud elaborado por Walker, Sechrist y Pender, y modificado por Delgado, R; Reyna E y Diaz, R constituido por 25 preguntas, obteniendo información sobre conocimiento de antioxidantes y alimentación, ejercicio y actividad, estrés. Con los datos obtenidos se obtuvo la calificación respectiva y la escala de puntuación saludable y no saludable y si tiene conocimiento o no. De las encuestas procesadas, se evidenció mayor porcentaje de pobladores que no tenían conocimiento de antioxidantes 222 (56.64%) con predominio de los jóvenes 141 (35.97%), así como de un estilo de vida no saludable 285 (72.71%). Se presentó una relación entre nivel de conocimiento de antioxidantes y sexo, con la edad no hubo relación. Además, no hubo relación entre las variables sexo y edad con estilo de vida, teniendo en cuenta que si P > 0.05 no hay relación o diferencia significativa. Finalmente podemos concluir que la población en estudio no tenía conocimiento sobre antioxidantes y estilo de vida no adecuado.
Historicidad política del estrato social de los mestizos y criollos en la Colonia
Authors: Benavides Román Alexander Masías , Misari Torpoco David Efraín , Capcha Cabrera Paola , Ludeña González Gerardo Francisco , Castilla Barraza Jaime Gabriel
Published: March 2023

El presente artículo tuvo como objetivo analizar el tipo de estrato social que se desarrolló en el Perú colonial, así como conocer si la población de la Corona española y súbditos asentados en el país y las Américas tenían diferencias o no en sus derechos, desde una perspectiva de historicidad política. En tal sentido, se ha revisado información y bibliografía especializada sobre la materia a fin de entender el estrato social preexistente durante la Colonia, su composición y estratificación. Finalmente, se concluye que, en el contexto de la época, se evidenció una marcada desigualdad social entre sus habitantes; es decir, entre poder dominante, criollos, mestizos e indígenas.
Papulovesicular skin rash as early sign of COVID-19: a case report
Authors: Paul Vaisakh , Ghosh Rija
Published: March 2023

COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), has spread rapidly through human-to-human transmission worldwide since its first identification in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019. According to a 2021 study published in the British Journal of Dermatology, there is an association between skin rashes and a positive COVID-19 swab test result. A 32-year-old female patient without travel history, presented with a history of severe itching followed papulovesicular skin lesions of both thighs associated with low grade fever for three days then rapid involve legs, and chest since. Four days later develop flue like symptoms, headache, dry cough, and decreased appetite. Her skin manifestations disappeared completely 6 days after the onset of the disease, followed by the disappearance of cough. Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 was done which was positive. Later positive result from nasopharyngeal reverse transcriptase PCR swab.
Tinkering Towards Theories
Authors: Moran ShaKayla
Published: March 2023

Tinkering and modeling have increasingly gained traction within science education. For this study, I adopt the construct of
tinkering, which is usually applied to the development of tangible artifacts and consider how this activity might apply to the
development of novel models and theoretical objects in science. Data was collected from student artifacts and coding of transcripts
was performed to identify how students design models in science, with a focus on how students engage in tinkering when doing so.
Using a multiple case study approach, I examined two cases of undergraduate pre-service science teachers’ development of models of
light and color. The data shows that students can invent theoretical objects to productively model complex abstract scientific ideas.
Examining these models revealed that students use many of the same tinkering processes-iteration, improvisation, playfulness, and
shifting of emergent goals- as seen in tinkering in engineering, but students use theoretical objects (ideas) instead of tangible
objects. Coding of student discussion further showed that students can tinker with theoretical objects in an iterative, playful,
improvisational manner with shifting goals to refine and improve their models. Overall, including tinkering and modeling in the science
classrooms creates a space where students can richly develop scientific ideas and novel models of scientific phenomena.
Fortalecimiento de competencias digitales en docentes de secundaria de Valledupar
Authors: González-Rodríguez Andreina María , Escobar-Zúñiga Juan Carlos
Published: March 2023

Se presentan los resultados de la investigación realizada en la Institución Educativa Agrícola La Mina del municipio de Valledupar, con una población de once docentes a los cuales mediante un diagnóstico inicial se les evaluó el nivel de competencias digitales en el cual se encontraban (explorador e integrador) y con ello permitió la implementación de una propuesta de intervención. El enfoque de investigación es el cuantitativo no experimental con alcance correlacional y momento de estudio transeccional. A partir de los hallazgos encontrados, los docentes recibieron un proceso de formación pedagógica y didáctica, con el fin de fortalecer sus competencias digitales en interacción con las herramientas tecnológicas. Para realizar un contraste, en un segundo momento se implementó un cuestionario final con el fin de identificar los efectos obtenidos después de la implementación de dicha propuesta de intervención. Los resultados permiten inferir que todos los docentes mejoraron sus competencias digitales en un nivel innovador.
Caracterización e inventario ambiental de cultivos bajo invernadero en Tenjo, Colombia
Authors: Marín-Benítez Andrea Carolina , Marín-Escobar Juan Carlos , Maury-Mena Sara Concepción , Maury Antolín
Published: March 2023

Objetivo: Caracterizar y hacer inventario de los tipos de cultivo y suelos, prácticas relacionadas con el riego, estrategias de recolección y comercialización de productos con el fin de determinar los impactos ambientales de los cultivos bajo invernadero del municipio de Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Materiales y métodos: Se hizo un estudio transversal que utilizó la metodología de Caracterización e inventario con técnicas de matrices, lista de chequeo y entrevista. Resultados: Los principales resultados permitieron establecer que existen alrededor de 60 cultivos bajo invernadero de flores, hortalizas y plantas aromáticas en el municipio. Se registraron unas 361,62 hectáreas cultivadas en invernadero, que representan el 3 % de los suelos del municipio. Discusión y conclusiones: Se encontró un bajo nivel de asociatividad entre agricultores lo cual limita las posibilidades de aperturas a nuevas formas de mercados como las tiendas campesinas, además, se necesita una mayor contribución al consumo local como herramienta para garantizar la sostenibilidad del municipio. Se recomienda el uso y conservación del suelo con técnicas sostenibles y con mayor tecnología en la infraestructura del invernadero, ya que se identificó que el consumo de agua es el impacto ambiental más significativo en este tipo de cultivos.
Territorial Infrastructure Support Index (ISIT)
Authors: Orellana Ossandón Arturo , Truffello Ricardo , Moreno Daniel , Altamirano Héctor , Flores Mónica , Puig Isidro
Published: March 2023

Through a review of the literature on infrastructure, a study of international experiences, expert knowledge, and the elaboration of a Territorial Infrastructure Support Index (ISIT), this paper provides a comparative analysis of the development conditions -- regarding infrastructure and services -- for the location of productive economic activities, at the regional and provincial level in Chile. The results show contrasts between regions and within them, revealing the state of the current situation for each of the six dimensions: Water, Energy, Telecommunications, Roads, Logistics, and Resilience, as well as for their synthetic indicator ISIT. The results of the ISIT have been contrasted with the recent definitions made by the Government of Chile regarding the definition of lag zones, finding important coincidences at the provincial level that allow validating the ISIT as a tool for the analysis of gaps in infrastructure and equipment for development of economic and productive activities in Chile.
CRISIS PREVENTION: THE IMPACT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND MARKETING RESEARCH
Authors: Yegorova-Gudkova T. I.
Published: March 2023

The article is devoted to the justification of the need to take into account the influence of project management, planning and marketing research when developing the theory of crisis based on the theory of systems, the transdisciplinary approach, the law of structural harmony of systems, the logical-structural approach in the management of projects and programs. The quality of management decision-making at all levels of the hierarchy depends on the analysis of the external and internal environment. The tool of analysis is marketing research. An attempt was made to substantiate the hypothesis regarding the need to implement a hierarchical planning system to ensure dynamic development and counter the spread of crisis phenomena and the evolution of the crisis. Each integral complex open system, schematically or enlarged, has three basic components: input - contour of operational closure - output. Operational closeness is a system property that affects the behavior of the system as a result of the interaction of the network of circuit processes, the action of these processes in the circuit forms the emergence of super-properties or the effect of emergence, or the synergistic effect. The property of operational closure that is the most important and interacts with the properties of self-organization and selfharmonization. Together, these three properties ensure the stability of the system and its viability to changes and various kinds of bifurcations for the period between these bifurcations (crisis phenomena) and changes in the state of the system and its transition to a new level. In such periods, there is a need to measure and assess the state of the system, which is practically impossible to do with the help of conventional indicators and indicators. Task of scientific ground of mathematical parameters the contour of economic security and development of model of the planning system which it will be possibly to balance with the requirements of market acquires the special actuality at the terms of the state of singular vertical line of crises. Singularity is instrument of evolution of crisis: system crisis – structural crisis – polycrisis with terrible consequences for socioeconomic, etc. systems of any state. Modern researches in relation to development of effective model of counteraction a crisis, it follows to carry out on the basis of transdisciplinary approach. It’s help to exams the level of general acts of shaping, for example – to self-shaping of cycle, which is perspective direction of development of theory of management of complex systems.
PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING AS A MARKETING SYSTEM AT THE MACRO LEVEL: STRUCTURE AND FEATURES
Authors: Robul Y. V. , Sadchenko O. V. , Lytvynenko K. O.
Published: March 2023

The article addresses theoretical and methodological foundations of the marketing systems of the pharmaceutical market at the macro level. The size and social significance of this market determine the need to ensure its proper functioning as a whole system, but the systemic approach to marketing in general and to that of a specific industry remains underdeveloped. Marketing policy still mainly relies on the classical marketing mix, developing in the framework of marketing management approach that is in the micro-framework. Thus, issues related to societal interests in the functioning of markets, such as ensuring sustainability, development of human capital, and quality of life, remain without a proper apparatus of studying and action, on the margin of interests of market actors. This determines the relevance of the study. Based on the systematisation and generalisation of specific features of the pharmaceutical market and using the apparatus and approaches of macro marketing, the general structure of the marketing system is shaped grounded in a specific difference in mechanisms of creation and delivery of consumer value, attributed to the mechanism of drug prescription. Therefore, two interconnected subsystems of the pharmaceutical market marketing system are suggested: prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Managing the first subsystem requires the use of approaches and tools inherent in B2B marketing. The creation and realisation of consumer value here is based on the objective needs of end consumers and is strongly influenced by the expert and professional environment. Taking into account the importance of the pharmaceutical market for ensuring social well-being, the need to create new pharmaceutical products may not always be justified by the significance of the market size, anticipating the need for non-market financing, support from market externalities The subsystem relies both the mechanisms of competition and that of cooperation; uses innovative management and marketing, to a certain extent this subsystem depends on the ability to ensure network of interaction between market participants. Such features of the first subsystem obviously have an impact on the second, where the need to ensure social well-being determines the general direction and sets guidelines and restrictions for marketing programmes of individual market participants. The effective functioning of the whole system is based on a combination of mechanisms of cooperation, vital considering a strong need for externalities, and competitive marketing based on specific characteristics of the pharmaceutical industry and market. Key aspects of macromarketing of the pharmaceutical market have been identified to ensure the management of the marketing system of the market system at the macro level.
Impact of Techno-stressor on Job Performance with Burnout as Mediator for Studies in the Public Sector
Authors: Aprilia Nita , Riani Asri Laksmi
Published: March 2023

The public sector is currently aggressively digitizing by adopting various technologies. The application of technology can have both positive and negative results. The adverse effects of technology need to be studied as a form of mitigation dealing with failures in implementing technology in the workplace. This study aims to analyze the direct and indirect effects of stress caused by technology (technostress) on job performance, both task and contextual, with burnout as mediation. With a quantitative approach that uses primary data, this research data was collected through an online survey. Data collection was carried out purposively in the public sector, namely the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), and 181 eligible samples were obtained. Data analysis used the Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) method. The results showed that the techno-stressor positively and significantly affected burnout. Likewise, burnout also has a negative and significant impact on task and contextual performance. The development of techno-stressor on task performance and contextual performance has the opposite direction to the hypothesis. Although the results of the effect on task performance are not significant, the focus of this different hypothesis is a confirmation that stress is not the only effect. Still, if technostress is appropriately managed, it can produce positive results. Furthermore, the influence of the techno-stressor has a negative and significant impact on task performance and contextual performance when it is mediated by burnout. This result shows that the mediating role of burnout greatly determines whether this technological stress will hurt task performance and contextual performance.
Reading Culture from the Psychological and Educational Perspectives
Authors: Pečjak Sonja
Published: March 2023

The article discusses reading culture and reading as a value in Slovenia, with
theoretical considerations supported by empirical results of foreign and
domestic psychological and educational studies on reading culture. In this
paper we try to answer the questions of what reading culture is and what its
elements are, when reading can become a value and what the obstacles are in
the development of reading culture from the psychological perspective. We
answer these questions from the perspective of the family and school
environment and suggest some ways of dealing with these obstacles, especially
from the perspective of the role of the family and the school or teachers, as
pointed out by the National Strategy for the Development of Reading
Literacy.
Statistical Significance and/or Effect Size?
Authors: Štemberger Tina
Published: March 2023

In the paper, we present some dilemmas concerning the use of statistical significance as the only measure for interpreting results and drawing conclusions. We also introduce effect size measures as a complementary measure in interpretation of the results of statistical tests. We explain the concept of effect size and emphasise the importance of its use in research. We highlight some measures of effect size that we believe could usefully complement the most commonly used statistical test in educational research. We also point out the limitations of using effect size and urge caution in interpreting results.
Reconciling the Other: Travelling Objects and Collaborative Teaching
Authors: Lezaki Moe , Novotna Magdalena
Published: March 2023

A collaborative art education project involving Japan and the Czech Republic focused on the enculturation processes experienced by two teachers and their students, how immersion in visual arts can contribute to cultural understanding and the reconciliation of two pedagogical approaches to art. This project also addressed this reconciliation with the unknowable ‘Other’ through the creation of artwork, ‘travelling objects’ and collaborative teaching. Outcomes include similarities between objects from the two countries and two pedagogical approaches and suggest that participants strived to reconcile the Other, thus creating a spatial and relational intermediate space by dealing with those objects and communicating together.
The Role of Teachers’ Support and Enthusiasm in Predicting Mathematics Anxiety and Confidence among Students
Authors: Vidić Tomislava , Klasnić Irena , Đuranović Marina
Published: March 2023

The goal of this study was to examine the contribution of teachers’ support and enthusiasm to explaining self-confidence and mathematics anxiety in primary-school students. The results of the t-test showed that girls and boys statistically significantly differ only in the perception of confidence variable, while no gender difference was determined in the other variables. The results of regression analysis showed that teachers' support and enthusiasm are predictors of student self-confidence, with support also making an independent contribution to explaining mathematics anxiety.
Acoustics and Hydrodynamics of the Drop Impact: Two Modes of Sound Packets Emission
Authors: Chashechkin Yu.D.
Published: March 2023

The paper studies acoustic signals in two modes of merging with water in a freely falling water droplet by the matched optical and acoustic methods. Only the primary sound packet was observed in the intrusive mode at the low drop speed, when the cavity was formed with a delay in the colored wake of the inflowing liquid. Experiments demonstrated the drop speed influence on the primary signal parameters. At the high droplet speed, the cavity started to form from the moment of the initial contact. The flow pattern became more complicated, the droplet substance was distributed over the emerged cavity surface and the grown crown in the form of separate fibers forming the line and mesh structures. The falling section of the primary acoustic signal was formed by a group of pulses with the complex spectral composition. Further, one or more low-frequency sound packets were registered after the pause. Spectral portrait of the secondary packets was related to the shape of the detached gas cavity. Smooth axisymmetric cavity was radiating the monochromatic packet. The complex-shaped cavity was transforming into a gas bubble and emitting the multi-frequency signal. Duration and amplitude of the secondary sound signals were depending on the transformation rate of the separated gas cavity into a smooth spheroidal bubble. The acoustic signal parameters were changing nonmonotonically with increasing velocity of the merging drop
Understanding context: An essential factor for educational change success
Authors: Alshumaimeri Yousif A
Published: March 2023

Contemporary pedagogical experts have stressed the importance of context in education as a critical determinant of the success of learning outcomes. These recent arguments stem from earlier scholars who claimed that the context of education is often taken for granted, although its influence on teaching and learning is crucial. Perhaps the main reason the context of learning is often ignored is that it has been defined vaguely over the years. Educational context is less understood because it comprises many aspects, including culture, history, social factors, and national ethos, influencing people’s perceptions and understanding. The relationship between context and education outcome remains unclear due to the lack of a clear definition. Since context plays a key role in influencing education outcomes, ambitious policies on educational reforms must consider the context of learning to be implemented successfully.
Keywords: Context, change, educational change, educational context, educational reform, English language teaching
Digital Merchant Payments as a Medium of Tax Compliance
Authors: Bernad Ludovic , Nsengiyumva Yves , Byinshi Benjamin , Hakizimana Naphtal , Santoro Fabrizio
Published: March 2023

Consumers in Africa increasingly pay for their purchases through mobile money, especially since the pandemic. These transactions are known as digital merchant payments. Rwandan consumers can choose between using standard mobile money services or a specific service only for digital merchant payments – MoMo Pay. Digital payments of any kind have the potential to improve tax compliance, because they imply digital data trails and better record keeping. How far is this potential being realised in Rwanda? In collaboration with the Rwanda Revenue Authority, we collected survey data from 1,100 merchants country-wide and were able to correlate this with tax administrative data, i.e. the tax records of the interviewees held by the revenue authority. We also conducted focus group discussions with 15 merchants. We found that the great majority of payments are still made in cash. Larger, more knowledgeable and financially included merchants opt for MoMo Pay as opposed to standard mobile money, the latter being preferred by female and less educated and equipped merchants. At the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, for a period of 18 months, all fees on MoMo Pay transactions were waived to foster digital payments through the service. In September 2021, fees were then reintroduced. The waiver led to a significant rise in the use of MoMo Pay relative to cash. When the MoMo Pay fee was reintroduced, there was a significant shift back to cash from both MoMo Pay and standard mobile money services, even if the latter were not affected by the fee. Lastly, we measure whether the adoption of digital payments correlates with merchants’ tax perceptions and compliance behaviour. First, we show that merchants using MoMo Pay tend to disagree with the obligation of paying taxes in order to receive public services, a measure of fiscal reciprocity. Such negative correlation is probably due to the fee imposed on MoMo Pay. Furthermore, standard mobile money usage improves the perceived ease of complying with taxes, while that is not the case for MoMo Pay. Again, the fact that fees on MoMo Pay are not clearly identifiable in MoMo Pay statements complicates merchants’ reporting and reconciliation of their activity for tax purposes. When it comes to compliance behaviour with VAT, the adoption of digital payments by merchants only improves their reported VAT sales and inputs, and only in the short term, while final VAT liability does not change. This hints at perverse compensating strategies to avoid taxes. We recommend that the tax administration better understand the adoption patterns of digital payments and incentivise usage among less equipped categories of taxpayers. The tax administration would also benefit from getting access to mobile money data to better monitor and enforce merchants’ compliance.
Effect of Ethanol Solvents in the Extraction Process of Bioactive Compounds from Brown Seaweed (Sargassum sp.) with the Ultrasound Assisted Extraction Method
Authors: Slamet Pujianto  , Boy Arief Fachri  , Istiqomah Rahmawati  , Erna Subroto
Published: March 2023

Sargassum sp., part of brown algae, is traditionally used as animal feed. Nonetheless, Sargassum contains phenolic compounds that promise to be the raw material of natural antioxidants. The work is to extract phenolic compounds from Sargassum sp. in ethanol and to investigate the effect of the process on phenol yields. Several dried Sargassum sp. are milled in a certain size and extraction using ultrasound assisted extraction with ethanol solvent. Process variables are the extraction time (30-50 minutes) and the Ratio of Sargassum sp. to ethanol which is 5:100-15:100 (b/v), and power of 170-190 watts. Phenol compounds are quantified using the error acid method. The DPPH method is performed to check the antioxidant activity. To investigate the influence of the process, surface response methods based on central composite designs are applied in this work. 153.334 mgGAE/g in 30-minute extraction conditions, 170 watts of power, and a ratio between masses and solvents of 0.05. The antioxidant activity (IC50) of Sargassum sp. extract is 87.57 ppm.
Weryfikacja ustawodawstwa właściwego a ochrona pracownika migrującego na gruncie prawa Unii Europejskiej o koordynacji systemów zabezpieczenia społecznego
Authors: Szybkie Andrzej
Published: March 2023

Autor opisuje problematykę retroaktywnego określania ustawodawstwa właściwego na podstawie prawa UE o koordynacji systemów zabezpieczenia społecznego. Proponuje wprowadzenie prawnej ochrony pracowników przed skutkami „znikania okresów ubezpieczenia” oraz brakiem obowiązującego w danym okresie ustawodawstwa właściwego któregokolwiek z państw członkowskich UE.
The problem of automatic classification of pictures using an intelligent decision-making system based on the knowledge graph and fine-grained image analysis
Authors: Martynenko Andrii , Tevyashev Andriy , Kulishova Nonna , Moroz Boris
Published: March 2023

In order to prevent the illegal export of paintings abroad, a museum examination using various methods for studying a work of art is carried out. At the same time, an analysis is also made of historical, art history, financial and other information and documents confirming the painting’s authenticity — provenance. Automation of such examination is hampered by the need to take into account numerical values of visual features, quality indicators, and verbal descriptions from provenance. In this paper, we consider the problem of automatic multi-task classification of paintings for museum expertise. A system architecture is proposed that checks provenance, implements a fine-grained image analysis (FGIA) of visual image features, and automatically classifies a painting by authorship, genre, and time of creation. Provenance is contained in a knowledge graph; for its vectorization, it is proposed to use a graph2vec type encoder with an attention mechanism. Fine-grained image analysis is proposed to be performed using searching discriminative regions (SDR) and learning discriminative regions (LDR) allocated by convolutional neural networks. To train the classifier, a generalized loss function is proposed. A data set is also proposed, including provenance and images of paintings by European and Ukrainian artists.
On some methods for solving the problem of power distribution of data transmission channels taking into account fuzzy constraints on consumption volumes
Authors: Ivokhin Eugene , Adzhubey Larisa , Vavryk Petro , Makhno Mykhailo
Published: March 2023

The article deals with the mathematical formulation of the problem of optimal distribution of the power of data transmission channels in information and computer networks with a three-level architecture and fuzzy restrictions on consumption volumes. An efficient algorithm has been developed for solving the problem, the peculiarity of which is the inability to meet the end user’s needs at the expense of the resources of different suppliers. A standard solution method based on a fuzzy optimization problem of mathematical programming is considered. A constructive variant of finding a solution based on the backtracking method is proposed. Computational experiments have been carried out. The developed approach was used to determine the optimal configuration of a three-level information and computer network with a given number of communication servers.
Dynamic certification and assessment of the buildings life cycle under regular explosive impacts
Authors: Trofymchuk Oleksandr , Kaliukh Iurii , Dunin Volodymyr , Kyrash Sergiy
Published: March 2023

Today in Ukraine, there is no single legalized, generally accepted methodology (at the level of a Ukrainian building standard) for dynamic certification of buildings and structures. A unified approach is proposed as such a technique. It includes four components: visual inspection of buildings; experimental studies of the dynamic response of buildings or structures to explosive effects; mathematical modeling of the stress-strain state of the object under study; synthesis of the results of visual inspection; experimental studies and numerical simulation in order to generalize them systematically. As an approbation, the deterioration of the resource of reinforced concrete structures of residential buildings under the conditions of constant mass industrial explosions with a capacity of 500 to 700 tons in the quarry of Southern GZK (Mining and Processing Plant) in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, has been studied. Based on the processing of numerous experimental data and the results of mathematical modeling, a probabilistic model for predicting the deterioration of the technical condition of reinforced concrete structures of the Center for Children and Youth Creativity “Mriya” has been obtained. Calculations of the risks of destruction of the building’s load-bearing elements for its vulnerable areas made it possible to clarify its service life. It decreased by ~ 30 years compared to the standard in 2012.
RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON WASTE SORTING ON THE KVARNER ISLANDS
Authors: DEKANIĆ Antonio , KRSTINIĆ NIŽIĆ Marinela
Published: March 2023

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to empirically examine residents’ perceptions of waste sorting and to research whether residents’ behavior regarding waste sorting has an impact on the sustainable development of a tourist destination. Design – A questionnaire with four constructs was designed: attitudes towards waste sorting, perceived behavioral control, waste sorting behavior and sustainable development of a tourist destination. Data were collected from a sample of 579 residents of the Kvarner islands. Methodology – Univariate and multivariate statistical analysis were used for statistical analysis. Hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM. Approach – The research was conducted on the Kvarner islands (Krk, Cres, Lošinj and Rab) in August and September 2022. Findings – Attitudes of residents towards waste sorting positively influence the behavior of residents of the Kvarner islands towards waste sorting. PBC also positively influences the behavior related to waste sorting. Residents’ behavior regarding waste sorting positively influences sustainable development in Kvarner islands. Originality of the research – Research on waste sorting concerning the residents of Kvarner islands is scarce. Therefore, this paper provides a rare insight into the theoretical and practical implications that are useful for destination development planners and destination management.