bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CLEANING OF CONCRETE-LINED CHANNELS WITH A LARGE CAPACITY ROTARY BUCKET
Authors: Novruzova G. V.
Published: March 2023

The article deals with one of the most important problems of mechanization of rural and economic work on the state of irrigation canals and ensuring their high-quality functioning. Irrigation canals, water intakes and hydraulic structures are destructed and deformed from the natural climate and artificial factors. A large capacity bucket with shovel form equipped with roller designed for cleaning of lined canals from silting and sediment was considered. A laboratory and field studies were conducted with a model of bucket and bucket with actual size. The nature of the mutual connection between the large capacity bucket and the sediment, the optimal version of the bucket of shovel type and the diameter of the roller, as well as the influence of the digging of the sediment, in the performance of the machine and the quality of cleaning has been established.
“Together, we fight the virus”
Authors: Ho Victor , Zhang Vincy
Published: March 2023

This exploratory qualitative study was conducted in the summer of 2020 when Hong Kong people probably needed a substantial boost in their confidence in themselves, the government, and the future. Through the lens of metadiscourse, we investigated the way the city’s Chinese newspapers attempted the confidence boost in editorials and opinion columns – the two newspaper genres that are probably the most persuasive because of the inclusion and expression of the journalists’ and newspapers’ stance and ideologies. Drawing upon metadiscourse as the analytical framework, the article analyses the rhetoric of the discourse of 31 editorials and opinion columns extracted from five key Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong. The patterns of use of metadiscourse in the two genres have been identified. The roles played by Chinese newspapers that circulated in Hong Kong while the city was undergoing one of the hardest periods in its history are discussed.
Ghost Stories
Authors: Gruber Judith
Published: March 2023

A crucial issue in methodological reflections on African theologies is the question how we can define “African” identity. Since Contextual Theologies first emerged in the early 1970s, it has become clear that the search for cultural identity cannot be pursued independently from the legacies of colonial power/knowledge regimes that continue to shape imaginations of Africa. Starting from a case study of the post/colonial relationship between Belgium and the DRC as it is imagined in the exhibition of the Africa Museum near Brussels, this contribution argues that postcolonial historiographies can have both, de- or recolonizing effects. It also brings theology into the conversation, arguing that core themes in postcolonial historiographies resonate deeply with central motives of the Christian tradition. Based on this interdisciplinary commentary, the article aims to contribute to a framework for conceptualizing post/colonial African identity in the wake of colonial trauma.
Do Interritual Practices Demonstrate Religions’ Theologies of God? Toward a Critical Assessment
Authors: Awad Najib George
Published: March 2023

Can people of different faiths worship the same God and pray inter-religiously? Can this worship demonstrate that the religions believe in the same God? Does the participation in interreligious prayer verify that the participants believe in one God? The essay tackles these inquiries by pointing to theological voices claiming that Christian-Muslim interreligious worship is a reliable basis for concluding that Christianity and Islam believe in the same God. It also offers an assessment in light of a personal interreligious worship experience. The essay shows whether or not there is an authentic, open, epistemic trajectory between religions and their followers’ religiosity, and whether the data collector can certainly rely on this relationship to construct a reliable epistemological perception of the religion’s interpretation of God. In sum, it examines critically whether it is the case that interreligious worship is always a reliable epistemic medium of the religious faith of the worshipping subjects.
Hannah Boast, Hydrofictions: Water, Power, and Politics in Israeli and Palestinian Literature
Authors: Henry Matthew
Published: March 2023

Hannah Boast, Hydrofictions: Water, Power, and Politics in Israeli and Palestinian Literature (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020) 248pp., $105 (ebk), ISBN: 9781474443821.
Adam Stout, Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend
Authors: Waldstein Anna
Published: March 2023

Adam Stout, Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend(Glastonbury: Green and Pleasant Publishing, 2021), 156 pp., £12.99 (hbk), ISBN: 978-1916268609.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Anthropology
Authors: Dumler-Winckler Emily
Published: March 2023

Until recently, popular presumption and scholarly consensus have cautioned against using Emerson as a constructive resource for eco-justice. Emerson’s views of nature, race, and gender as well as his involvement in the abolitionist and women’s movements of the nineteenth century have been a source of ongoing debate. At a time when concerns about social justice and equity have rightly become prominent in eco-justice, scholars of theology, religion, and ecology may wonder whether Ralph Waldo Emerson is best used, if at all, as a foil. Emerson’s anthropology and his reception history are both, at points, deficient. Nevertheless, because justice and love are central to his theological anthropology, he provides a resource for thinking about right relations among human beings and thenatural world. This anthropology provides a way beyond the false binary between anthropocentrism and ecocentrism that continues to haunt environmental ethics.
Posting Hadis dan Kesalehan Digital: Mengurai Fenomena Keberagamaan Generasi Milenial
Authors: Miski Miski , Hamdan Ali
Published: March 2023

The research departs from the widespread phenomenon of ḥadīth posting on WhatsApp on the reading Qs. al-Kahf every Friday (narrated by al-Nasā’i, al-Dārimī, al-Bayhaqī, and others). This posting activity regularly runs every Thursday night. Two primary questions addressed are: first, on the validity of the ḥadīth; and second, on how does the posting activity explain a phenomenon of digital piety. By using a multidisciplinary approach of ḥadīth, virtual ethnography and hermeneutics, this study argues that there is no agreement among scholars regarding the ḥadīth validity, whether it is the saying of prophet or the companions (mawqūf), and whether reading the Qs. al-Kahf is recommended or not. The phenomenon of ḥadīth posting also describes a contemporary religious formation and social media development, especially among the millennial generation of Malang. The activity of posting the ḥadīth on their WhatsApp status becomes concrete evidence on how religiosity experiences the process of virtualization. This phenomenon signifies a new bonding space for digital piety, which is used to be found in offline sphere.
 
Penelitian ini berangkat dari sebuah fenomena maraknya aktivitas posting status hadis di media sosial WhatsApp tentang keutamaan membaca Qs. al-Kahf pada setiap Jumat (hadis riwayat al-Nasā’i, al-Dārimī, al-Bayhaqī dan lain-lain). Aktivitas posting ini, berjalan secara rutin setiap menjelang malam Jumat. Terdapat dua persoalan utama yang dikaji dalam tulisan ini, pertama: tentang keabsahan dan autentisitas hadis tersebut; kedua, tentang bagaimana aktivitas posting hadis tersebut menjelaskan fenomena kesalehan digital. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan multidisiplin, yaitu ilmu hadis, etnografi virtual dan hermeneutika, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pada dasarnya tidak ada kata sepakat di kalangan ulama terkait hadis tersebut, baik terkait statusnya apakah sampai kepada Nabi atau hanya pendapat sahabat (mawqūf), termasuk pula dalam memahami kesunahannya. Selain itu, fenomena posting hadis dalam tema ini pada dasarnya menggambarkan pola keberagamaan kontemporer yang beriringan dengan perkembangan media sosial, terutama di kalangan generasi milenial kota Malang. Aktivitas posting status hadis ini pada akun WhatsApp menjadi bukti konkrit bagaimana religiusitas mulai mengalami fase virtualisasi. Implikasi dari fenomena ini adalah terciptanya ruang ikatan baru kesalehan digital seperti biasa dijumpai pada ruang offline.
LITERACIES IN A NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT: A FUSION OF FORCES
Authors: SAAD MAYTÊ ACHÉ , VÓVIO CLAUDIA LEMOS
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes literacy practices of teenagers promoted by a social organization in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a non-formal educational context. Our theoretical-methodological framework is grounded on Literacy Studies and the Bakhtinian approach. Beyond regularities, we deal with the meanings attributed to these literacy actions, revealed in actors’ interactions and positions within these experiences. The analytical corpus comprises field notes, transcriptions of video recordings of literacy events, and discourses of four teenagers and a social educator collected in conversation circles and semi-structured interviews. The results suggest the concomitant occurrence of traces of school form and culture together with collaborative experiences involving the mobilization of multimodal genres, permeated by orality, affection, and body. Thus, the participants could express and recognize themselves, leading to greater autonomy and reassurance in literacies held in other social spheres.
Tensão pós-moderna em manifestações de rua no Brasil: notas dialógicas acerca da assinatura política
Authors: MAGALHÃES ANDERSON SALVATERRA
Published: March 2023

RESUMO Neste artigo demonstra-se uma alteração discursiva no engajamento em manifestações políticas de rua a partir de um debate acerca da relação entre o funcionamento da linguagem e o aparato tecnológico que continuamente organiza a interação social. O fenômeno em foco é flagrado no modo de assinar os enunciados que constituem essas manifestações. Para isso, analisam-se enunciados de dois momentos políticos brasileiros: as manifestações conhecidas como “diretas já” entre 1983 e 1984 e as manifestações de pauta mais alargada de 2013. De um ponto de vista dialógico, identifica-se uma distinção enunciativo-discursiva quanto à assinatura ética nas manifestações evidenciando uma tensão pós-moderna.
DUAL-BAND HALF-CIRCULAR RING IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA WITH METAMATERIAL SRR FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Authors: Keltouma Nouri , Amaria Saidi , Khadidja Becharef , Mokhtaria Chikhi , Salima Seghier , Kada Becharef , Turkiya Abes
Published: March 2023

This paper presents a half-circular ring antenna with a rectangular slot that operates in the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band at 2.45 GHz. A metamaterial (MTM) split-ring resonator operating in the lower ISM band at 0.9 GHz is added to the proposed implantable antenna in order to obtain a dual-band frequency result of 0.9 and 2.45 GHz. Some methods of miniaturization are used in the design of the proposed antennas, such as the addition of a MTM resonator to the antenna, the use of the Roger 3010 with its high permittivity, the shorting pin to connect the patch and the ground plane, and slot shapes. To check the presence of the MTM, the permeability is extracted by the Nicolson method. A high-frequency structure stimulator is used to design and simulate the proposed antenna in free space, one-layer, and three-layer tissue models. The specific absorption rate values and the maximum input power for the antenna with and without the MTM resonator are also calculated.
embodied-enTAnglements/ enTAngled-embodiments performaTIVe encounters with materials, creative process, and the artist-woman’s body
Authors: Butkow Bev
Published: March 2023

This article explores the changing role of the audience within aesthetic encounters. It is framed within a shift in the nature of these encounters away from the primacy of vision, and towards experiential encounters within the body of the audience. I approach the article as self-reflexive autoethnography, assuming dual roles: in the first place as maker, and then describing my heightened bodily response as audience or experiencer to an immersive constellatioN of forms I made. In the next section, I unpack how experiential aesthetic encounters of this type unseTTle and disorientate traditional understandings of material forms and aesthetic relationships. Meaning is no longer situated within visual representation, but is made rather in situ and in actu within the subjective embodied experience of the experiencer who becomes part of the artwork. The final section recognises the porosity of boundaries between the subject and object, observer and observed, and artist and audience through exploration of the enTAngled relationship between the experiencer, my creative labour as the maker, and the vitalised materials that constitute my constellatioN. I conclude by showing how creative proceSSes have unique power to mobilise experiential materiality in a way that establishes an embodied coNNection within the body of the receptive experiencer. This embodied coNNection enables a reorientation from head-based intellectual analysis, Cartesian binaries and focus on visual representation. By activating the whole-body of the experiencer and the embodied coNNection between audience-maker-artform, possibilities are generated for expanding and deepening interhuman relations, thereby signalling a return to forms of knowledge produced from and by the body.
Observations on a Wild King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), with Emphasis on Foraging and Diet
Authors: Bhaisare Dhiraj , Ramanuj Vipul , Shankar P. Gowri , Vittala M. , Goode Matt , Whitaker Rom
Published: March 2023

Since 2005, we have conducted research on King Cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) in the forests and plantations surrounding Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS) located in the Western Ghats of southern India. In March 2008, we started a radiotelemetry project and to date we have tracked four adult King Cobras (three males, one female) for varying periods. Although we have documented a number of interesting facets of King Cobra biology, this note is confined to observations made on a single male (M2) from June- November 2009. During this time, we observed M2 capturing and consuming 26 pit vipers (two Hump-nosed Pit Vipers, Hypnale hynale, and 24 Malabar Pit Vipers, Trimeresurus malabaricus). We provide details of these remarkable observations, and briefly discuss them in the context of our ongoing efforts to understand and conserve these charismatic serpents.
Use of Natural Marks to Identify Individual Bokermannohyla hylax (Amphibia: Anura)
Authors: Adriano Santos Melissa , Lutzer Ellen Denise , Laps Rudi Ricardo
Published: March 2023

Of 16 Bokermannohyla hylax (13 males and three females) assessed during a seven-month field study in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, five were recognized visually by natural marks when recaptured and the other eleven from photographic records of the flanks and dorsum. This is the first time that identification by natural marks has been used to individually identify frogs. To test this method, waistbands with colored plastic beads were tied to the frogs’ waists to verify individual recognition upon recapture. Photographic identification is a scientific tool that consists of cataloging photographs of the animal for individual recognition and later identification in studies of behavior and population dynamics. Many individuals displayed thanatosis upon handling and some vocalized. Such vocalization is distinct from those associated with territoriality, advertisement, and release calls. The identification of individual B. hylax using digital images was an efficient, low-cost, and non-invasive method that might be of benefit in the study of other amphibian species.
dead or alive v1
Authors: Belulia Angela
Published: March 2023

Objective: Identifying and quantifying the effect of live & dead corals on species diversity.
Fecobionics Test in Subjects with Fecal Incontinence v1
Authors: Wang Yanmin
Published: March 2023

It is the protocol of Fecobionics test in normal subjects. Briefly, the device will be inserted into participants' rectum and several motions (cough, squeeze, straining) will be done. After the motions, the bag will be inflated, and the participant may have different sensations during inflation. If the device falls out before the completion of the test, it will be re-inserted gently. Data will be recorded and shown in real time. Each participant will be tested up to 4 times at following dates: The day before percutaneous nerve evaluation (PNE) (pre-PNE), one day after PNE (day 1), seven days after PNE (day 7), and thirty days after sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) treatment (day 30 post-SNS).
CARD COUNT AND VIAL DEPLOYMENT/RETRIEVAL PROTOCOL v1
Authors: Sandel Grace
Published: March 2023

Procedure to conduct "Crazy Yellow Ant Sampling on Tetiaroa" This protocol provides instructions for performing card counts and deploying/retrieving vials in order to quantify the prevalence of yellow crazy ants, Anoplolepis gracilipes, in given transects around Onetahi, Tetiaroa using two kinds of ant baits--sugar water and peanut butter. In addition, the experiment tested yellow crazy ant preference for sugar water bait versus the peanut butter bait.
Ant Sampling: Sugar and PB Protocol v1
Authors: Capriola Juliet
Published: March 2023

Walked along a series of transects with ant sugar water and peanut butter vials. The experiment aimed to discover the extent of the invasive yellow crazy Ant ,Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Tetiaroa Atoll. In addition, the experiment aimed to test if ants preferred the sugar water bait or the peanut butter bait.
Visión latinoamericana del reconocimiento del matrimonio igualitario en el Perú a partir de la interpretación de la Constitución política del Estado peruano desde el caso Susel Paredes
Authors: De Piérola García Violeta María , Capcha Cabrera Paola , Ludeña González Gerardo Francisco , Córdova Pure Willy Alejandro
Published: March 2023

El reconocimiento del matrimonio igualitario exige urgente reglamentación desde un estado convencional de derecho máxime, cuando existe un auge en Latinoamérica por legitimarse.

El objetivo de este proyecto fue investigar el reconocimiento del matrimonio igualitario en el Perú a partir de la interpretación de la Constitución política del Estado peruano desde el caso Susel Paredes, en el que se presentó una demanda de amparo ante el Poder Judicial a fin de que el Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil (Reniec) resuelve inscribir el matrimonio civil contraído en la ciudad de Miami. En tal sentido, existen antecedentes en el Perú desde el fallo judicial de primera instancia, pero que luego fue revocado incuestionablemente. La metodología empleada fue de revisión bibliográfica estructurada de enfoque cualitativo, con diseño multimodal de análisis temático fenomenográfico desde 30 artículos de las bases de open access de Scielo, Scopus, Wos, realizando una búsqueda con el soporte prisma, utilizando el método híbrido inductivo-deductivo. El muestreo fue no probabilístico, con criterios de inclusión y exclusión desde una revisión bibliográfica estructurada de artículos encontrados en la base de datos de revistas indexadas de rigor científico, únicamente en español, con una antigüedad de siete años. Los resultados y la discusión advierten una posición legal y polémica frente a la incidencia actual hacia el reconocimiento del matrimonio igualitario en el Perú frente a la visión que tiene Latinoamérica. Asimismo, se concluye que la normativa vigente aún no admite el matrimonio igualitario en el Perú, pese a haber sido confirmada la resolución en el Tribunal Constitucional por la improcedencia de la inscripción solicitada con cierta tendencia a reforma y admisibilidad del caso, sin embargo, existe aún un grueso camino legal por dilucidar y reformar en aras de los derechos humanos.
Use of Harsh-Braking Data from Connected Vehicles as a Surrogate Safety Measure
Authors: Edelmann Nathaniel Patrick
Published: March 2023

Traffic safety may be analyzed with the use of surrogate safety measures, measures of safety that do not incorporate collision data but
rather rely on the concept of traffic conflicts. Use of these measures provides several benefits over use of more traditional analysis
methods with historical crash data. Surrogate measures eliminate the need to wait for crashes to occur to conduct a safety analysis. The
amount of time required for enough crash data to accumulate can be significant, delaying safety analyses. Similarly, these measures allow
for safety analysis to be conducted prior to crashes occurring, potentially calling attention to hazardous areas which may be altered to
prevent crashes. In addition to these benefits, traffic conflicts occur much more frequently than collisions, generating many more data
points which in turn make statistical methods of analysis more effective.

Evaluating surrogate safety measures for a particular transportation network is most effectively done with the use of traffic microsimulation
or with connected vehicle data. Traffic microsimulation (such as the use of PTV VISSIM) will generate kinematic data that may then be used for
computation of surrogate safety measures. A significant amount of research has been done on this topic, resulting in the establishment of
algorithms for calculation of several different surrogate measures and validation of these measures.

Kinematic data from connected vehicles has also been used for the calculation of surrogate safety measures. One data point collected by
connected vehicles is harsh braking events which could serve as a surrogate safety measure. Because drivers usually brake more gently if
given the opportunity to do so, harsh braking events indicate that a traffic conflict has occurred or is about to occur. Such events take
away the driver’s opportunity to brake gently. This research establishes statistical models which relate harsh braking events to crashes
on intersections and segments in Salt Lake City, Utah. The findings indicate that harsh braking events have the effect of reducing expected
crashes because they represent traffic conflicts which were remedied through the use of harsh braking as an evasive action. The presence of
schools and the presence of left turn lanes were also found to be statistically significant crash predictors. In addition to this research
work a paper outlining the existing state of safety analysis with surrogate safety measures and evaluating the usefulness and practicality
of various existing measures is presented.
The Effect of the 2018 Tariffs on European Wine
Authors: Johnson Henry
Published: March 2023

This paper estimates a vector autoregression model for average wine prices across U.S. cities to assess the impact of tariff changes on the
U.K., France, Germany, and Spain after they were enacted in October 2019. It uses impulse response functions to gauge how a one-unit impulse
in the per-liter duty rate may effect the average wine price in the U.S. and the quantity of wine from various exporters to the U.S. It finds
that a one-unit impulse in the duty rate levied against the bloc of countries impacted by the tariff results in a fall in the quantity of wine
imported from those countries and that wine from the bloc of countries is substituted with wine from the top three exporters not included in the bloc.
DNA Origami Scaffold Development for Digital Nucleic Acid Memory
Authors: Kobernat Sarah Elizabeth
Published: March 2023

Recently, DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a promising and rapidly expanding method to utilize nucleic acids as a nanoscale building
material. DNA origami is a major structural application of DNA nanotechnology, using DNA to construct two- and three-dimensional shapes.
These structures have been employed for a variety of uses including DNA data storage. DNA is a promising material to address the impending
shortage of silicon-based storage as data demands increase. There are many sequence-based methods of data storage, but digit Nucleic Acid
Memory (dNAM) uses DNA origami as a breadboard and is read by super-resolution microscopy instead. dNAM uses DNA origami to spatially
position DNA probe sequences in a matrix arrangement that can be read by DNA-PAINT. The prototype used 15 different origami structures
to successfully encode and read “Data is in our DNA!\n”.

The dNAM prototype showed the feasibility of using DNA origami as a breadboard, however, the origami’s size limits data capacity and
reading efficiency. In chapter 2, we engineered a larger DNA origami rectangle for dNAM. First, we designed a larger node, with an 8x10
matrix of potential data points, a 67% increase from the dNAM prototype. To construct this larger structure, we designed, cloned, produced,
and tested a large, custom ssDNA scaffold. With this scaffold, we successfully folded larger origami as confirmed by AFM, and showed the
correct positioning of DNA data point probes by DNA-PAINT. This larger structure enabled a 67% increase in the number of data points per
origami, which allows for an 80% increase in the number of bits/node when encoding data. This larger node supports the scaling of dNAM,
and will allow for more efficient production and reading.

To take advantage of recent advances in array-based oligonucleotide synthesis, in chapter three we explore the use of pooled staples for
dNAM. First, we tested the performance of pooled staples compared to individually synthesized staples using the original dNAM node with
the M13mp18 scaffold. We showed that both sets of staples performed equally well in terms of folding origami, and arranging the matrix
of data points. Next, we tested the formation of multiple origami structures using orthogonal scaffolds in the context of mixed pools
of oligos. We compared the ability of two different scaffolds to fold into the appropriate origami with individual and mixed sets of
staple strands. We showed that origami could be folded successfully with either one scaffold and both sets of staples (“random access”)
or both scaffolds and both sets of staples (“one-pot synthesis”). Finally, we designed multiple scaffolds that use orthogonal sets of
staple strands and analyzed their orthogonality. Together, these results move dNAM towards taking advantage of pooled oligos, which will
enhance scalability and efficiency. All moving dNAM towards real world applications.
Accessible and Inclusive Online Course Design in Higher Education
Authors: Lomellini Amy
Published: March 2023

The growth of online learning has expanded the reach of higher education to more diverse students than ever before; however,
students often face barriers to equitable access to online instructional materials, course activities, and assessments. The
challenge of meeting the needs of diverse learners was both highlighted and exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and the
rapid shift to remote teaching and learning at many institutions. Disabled students were one group that was particularly affected.
Research has explored faculty and students’ (with and without disabilities) perceptions of online learning; however, less is known
about instructional designers’ and their team leaders’ roles and perceptions of inclusive online course design. We posit that
instructional designers are well-positioned to lead the charge in designing accessible and inclusive online courses that will
better serve disabled students. Thus, this article-based dissertation presents three studies focused on accessible and inclusive
online learning. Chapter one will introduce the research space and elaborate on the issues of accessible and inclusive online
course design in higher education and the role that instructional designers and their team leaders play. Chapter two will present
a literature review on accessible and inclusive online course design in higher education. The themes and gaps that emerged from
the literature review led to the proposal of two qualitative studies. Chapter three is a qualitative exploration of online learning
leaders’ (i.e., those who lead teams of instructional designers) perceptions of accessible and inclusive online learning. Leaders
provided insight into the institutional and systemic barriers impacting instructional designers’ ability to collaborate in the creation
of accessible and inclusive online learning experiences. Chapter four is a qualitative study focusing on instructional designers’
experiences, perceptions, and knowledge and skills related to accessible and inclusive online course design. These studies, when
taken together, are intended to fill the gap in the literature about instructional design teams’ current and potential role in ensuring
that diverse learners can effectively access, participate, and feel a sense of belonging in online higher education. Chapter five
provides a synthesis of the findings from the three studies, explores the scholarly significance, and presents areas for future research.
Using Augmented Reality for Visualizing Architectures of Software Modules
Authors: Frankiv Oleksandr
Published: March 2023

Nowadays the technology of augmented reality has become available for a wide audience of users because of a big number of software and hardware enhancements and optimizations done in the last years. The fact that the smartphone is a suitable and relatively cheap device having all the hardware required makes the technology even more accessible and thus widespread. Furthermore, the interaction with three-dimensional objects in space may have positive impact on user’s perception of information. These both facts make the technology of augmented reality a good choice for displaying complex data.The analysis of software plays a significant role in development as it is vital to keep the code clean and sustained all the time. Poor quality code may be unsustainable to the extent it must be fully replaced which results in big losses of resources. In terms of quality checks the analysis must be informative and consume as few resources as possible to be executed so that it is appropriate to perform it regularly. That is the reason for this process to be automated and made convenient to execute and percept.The new system for automatic software analysis is described in this article. ADAR (Architecture Displayer in Augmented Reality) software is best suitable for code coupling and cohesion analysis as it uses three-dimensional graph to display connectivity between parts of software module. High coupling and low cohesion might inform the developers of severe architectural mistakes that may lead to high code fragility. With the use of AR technology the result of high coupling detection analysis in the form of graph is presented in augmented reality to provide user the information in a highly intuitive way.This article also covers different approaches to graph visualization in three-dimensional space. The criteria that allow to achieve high level of aesthetics relative to this problem are stated in paper. The problem of using the force-directed algorithms in terms of high-aesthetic graph visualization is described in details and some arguments pro their usage are given.
Implementation of FSM Based Chat-Bots in a Graphical Designer
Authors: Gulayeva Nataliya , Kobieliev Mykhailo
Published: March 2023

Finite state machine (FSM) is a powerful tool to model object behavior. Using FSM and its extensions to model program behavior followed by the automatic generation of executable code is the approach encouraged by the model-driven development (MDD) – a software development methodology based on the concepts of model and model transformation.In this paper, a brief overview of FSM-based common methods to model and develop software programs of any nature is given. These methods include David Harel’s statecharts, UML State Machines, Virtual Finite State Machine, etc. Examples of all types of software systems (transformational, interactive, reactive) implemented using FSM are cited.Chat-bots as an example of an interactive software system are considered: concept, classification methods, implementation techniques. A graphical designer of rule-based chat-bots to be integrated in the messenger Telegram is developed and implemented. In this designer, chat-bot behavior is modeled using FSM.Formal method to model a rule-based chat-bot using FSM is provided. The FSM concept is extended by disabled transitions to save history of transition changes made during the FSM design process. A brief overview of code generation methods from FSM specification is done; advantages and disadvantages of the most popular approaches are considered. Dynamic approach to generate code by FSM specification saved in DB is proposed. To implement this approach, document MongoDB and in-memory key-value Redis DB are used; FSM is kept as a JSON-document. This approach is efficient in flexibility, speed and memory needs.Architecture diagram of developed chat-bot graphical designer is given. It has the microservice architecture. The FSM model-to-code transformation is carried out by the bot-execution service written using compiled language Go. Other services include the front-end (UI for end-user, CRUD API for chat-bot) and the bot-management (synchronization of document and key-value databases) services.
Enhancing Consistency of Pairwise Comparisons on the Base of Linear Algebraic Equations
Authors: Oletsky Oleksii
Published: March 2023

A problem of improving consistency of pairwise comparisons matrices in application to ranking given alternatives is considered in the paper. But it can be shown that consistency is not the only issue as to the quality of pairwise comparisons. Given an arbitrary positive square matrix, we can obtain an ideally consistent pairwise comparison matrix with the same Perronian vector. Therefore, the quality of experts’ judgements is an issue of great importance as well.Technically, an approach to improving consistency of pairwise comparisons on the basis of solving a linear algebraic equations system is suggested. The system contains two groups of equations. One of them represents experts’ judgments, and the other is related to demands of cardinal consistency. Such a system can be over- or maybe underdetermined, and it typically can be inconsistent. Then a pseudo-solution can be obtained by means of pseudo-inverse Moore-Penrose matrix.For improving the quality of pairwise comparisons, it appears urgent to take into account reliabilities of certain judgements by giving them appropriate weight coefficients.Some numerical examples are provided in the paper. The first is a simple basic example without any serious inconsistencies. The second illustrates as to treat incomplete pairwise comparison matrices. And the latest illustrates possible expert’s manipulation, when an expert wants to secure the winning of a certain alternative whereas they don’t want to postulate the advantage of this alternative implicitly, and this results in the order violation. It is illustrated how introducing weight coefficients of equations can help counteract such manipulations.
INTERACTIVE METHODS IN TEACHING ECONOMIC DISCIPLINES
Authors: Hryvkivska O. , Vidomenko O. , Arenovych I. , Arenovych B.
Published: March 2023

The article addresses the essence of the interactive method in teaching the economics, which involves the application of the latest approaches to the study of economic processes and phenomena using information systems and equipment for innovative and operational presentation of the obtained results. It was determined that the main task of economic education currently is the formation of active economic subjects capable of influencing social production at the micro level, as well as adequately evaluating the actions of the state at the macro level. Еxamines the theoretical and methodological aspects of teaching economic disciplines using interactive methods. The role of interactive methods of teaching economic disciplines in shaping the readiness of future specialists for professional activity, their economic thinking and economic behavior is determined. The necessity of using interactive methods in teaching methods of economic disciplines is substantiated. Interactive methods in teaching economic disciplines, which are the most optimal for use in a certain type of class during the training of specialists in economic disciplines, are considered.
It was determined that interactive teaching methods activate the student's attention, his creative abilities, develop the ability to communicate and defend his thoughts and positions, create favorable conditions for the student's learning in a group, his self-education, and the establishment of constructive partnership relations between all subjects of the educational process. It is substantiated that interactive methods are a fundamental basis for the organization of discussions, systematic application of knowledge and skills of students obtained during the assimilation of previous educational components.
DIRECTIONS OF THE RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Novikova M. V.
Published: March 2023

The article examines the theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation of directions for the recovery and development of the national economy under the influence of global challenges, which are often destructive. It was found that global crisis phenomena require the definition and implementation of optimal measures for the purpose of restoration, stabilization, gradual growth and systematic development of socio-economic processes of the national economy. It is substantiated that the study of the degree of influence of global changes on the national economy opens the prospects of effective strategic planning with the identification of priorities for gradual development. The process of determining the priority vectors of the national economy is necessarily reflected in all spheres and industries, defining strategic directions that will ensure the post-war recovery of the national economy, takinginto account potential opportunities. The strategic directions of the restoration of the national economy of Ukraine with further vectorial direction towards development are presented, which are provided by step-by-step solutions to complex tactical and operational tasks, which have the ability to adjust to the influence of the factor environment, which can differ in a certain degree of unpredictability. It is substantiated that the strategy of state regulation of the recovery and development of the national economy of Ukraine is considered the basic principle of ensuring the implementation of conceptual approaches, taking into account modern world trends. In addition, a certain imbalance of the socio-economic infrastructure is possible thanks to the implementation of strategic plans and the implementation of effective operational solutions by the relevant state institutions.
Using Kolb's Learning Model in Structured Types of Professional Education and Training for Teachers
Authors: Močinić Snježana , Tatković Sanja
Published: March 2023

The use of Kolb's model enhances the effects of professional development
because the model allows the exchange of concrete experience, reflective
observation, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation, and provides
the connection between theory and practice. The empirical part of this paper
analyses the results of a survey conducted among teachers from Croatian primary
schools regarding the presence of the four stages of Kolb’s learning model in
structured types of professional education and training. The survey shows
teachers’ dissatisfaction regarding the presence of activities such as reflection on
teaching, linking theory to practice and stimulating research activities in teaching
practice.
Opinions and Views of Slovenian and Croatian Preschool Teachers on Their Ability to Identify Potentially Gifted Preschool Children
Authors: Gomerčić Ljiljana
Published: March 2023

This research aims to investigate the differences between Slovenian and Croatian preschool teachers in their opinions and views on the identification of potentially gifted children, on the self-assessment of their professional skills in this field, on the importance of education and professional formation, and on the role of school counseling service and children’s parents. The survey included 542 participants, 248 (45.8%) preschool teachers from Slovenia and 294 (54.2%) preschool teachers from Croatia. The results show that there are statistically significant differences in self-assessment of individual professional skills between Slovenian and Croatian preschool teachers.
Numerical Schemes Comparison in Solving the Problem of Laminar Flow in the Suddenly Expanding Channel
Authors: Madaliev M.E.
Published: March 2023

The paper studies fluid flow in a two-dimensional channel with sudden expansion (x/h = 2). Calculations were made for the laminar flow mode based on numerical integration of the nonstationary Navier --- Stokes equations. Various flow characteristics were determined at Re = 100--800. Results were obtained for the longitudinal speed profiles in various channel sections and lengths of the primary and secondary vortices at various values of the Reynolds number after the step. The friction coefficient distribution on the channel lower side along its length is presented for various values of the Reynolds number. For the difference approximation of the initial equations, the control volume method was applied; relationship between speed and pressure was found using the SIMPLE procedure. For numerical solution of the problem, the following QUICK schemes were introduced: McCormack's second-order accuracy, Warming --- Cutler --- Lomax's third-order accuracy and Abarbanel --- Gotlieb --- Turkel's fourth-order accuracy. To confirm correctness, numerical results were compared with the experimental data taken from the literature sources
The relationship between EFL learners’ satisfaction with online education and their anxiety level
Authors: Mirshekari Nahid , Tayyebi Ghasem , Dehghani Ali Panah
Published: March 2023

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian senior high school EFL learners’ satisfaction with online education and their anxiety level during COVID-19 outbreak. To this end, 180 students from two senior high schools were asked to participate in this study. Based on the performance of the participants on the Quick Placement Test, the researcher recruited 100 students through availability sampling. To determine the anxiety level of the participants, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale was employed. Moreover, the satisfaction questionnaire was used to check the learners’ satisfaction with online education. The Pearson correlation was run to determine the correlation between different levels of anxiety and e-learners’ satisfaction. The results indicated that there was a significant negative correlation between these variables. In other words, as the anxiety level of the participants increased, their satisfaction with online education decreased to a significant extent.
Keywords: Anxiety levels, EFL elementary learners, e-learners’ satisfaction;
IMPLEMENTASI PROFIL PELAJAR PANCASILA DI MTSN 1 KOTA MALANG
Authors: Wahyudi Aisyah Agustin , Miftahusyai'an Muhammad
Published: March 2023

Character education is the foremost guard in shaping the character of students. However, because character education at this time has begun to fade and the values of Pancasila are rarely practiced in everyday life. Especially related to the phenomenon of intolerance that is rife in the world of education lately as well as the occurrence of bullying and threats of radicalism. Therefore, it is necessary to improve in terms of inculcating an attitude of tolerance in students, especially the younger generation. The focus of the research in this study is how to cultivate an attitude of tolerance in students at MTsN 1 Malang City through the Pancasila Student Profile. The approach used is descriptive type. The data collection technique uses observation, interview and documentation techniques, with sources namely school principals, social studies teachers, PPkn teachers, head of class 8M and chairman of the student council. The results of the study indicate that in an effort to inculcate an attitude of tolerance through the Pancasila Student Profile, the following activities are carried out in the first point. Have faith, fear God Almighty and have noble character, make it a habit to oblige students to pray in congregation which includes dhuha prayer, dhuhur prayer, asr prayer, and Friday prayer. The second point of Independence is the application of the SKS System. Furthermore, Critical Reasoning with the KIR class (Adolescent Scientific Work). Be creative by making art from used items such as used bottles, plates, tote bags, cardboard and other used items. Fifth, Global Diversity with the existence of a student exchange program. Lastly, Gotong Royong, there is community service for non-osis and student council members and there are social service activities carried out by students from one of the 8M grades. While the obstacles are caused by internal factors or within students and external factors, namely the covid-19 pandemic. The solution is to always be guided and control the students so that they have a high tolerance attitude. The role of parents and teachers is very important in working together in inculcating an attitude of tolerance and global diversity in students.
Insights from Inclusive Participatory Fieldwork with Learners with Deafblindness and Other Marginalised Impairments
Authors: Shaw Jackie , Wickenden Mary
Published: March 2023

This paper describes and discusses a piece of inclusive and participatory fieldwork carried out at two sites in Bangladesh in close collaboration with local and international NGOs working on disability as part of the UK government (FCDO) funded Disability Inclusive Development (DID) programme. Our research fieldwork engaged two small groups of learners with specific identities (deafblind or young women) in workshops aiming to gather examples of and understand their experiences as young people with disabilities, both in general terms and about a work-focussed programme. Creative, visual and arts based multi-modal methods were used to encourage maximum participation, including from those with little or no spoken language or literacy. Some were accompanied by carers or supporters who also shared their perspectives. Local staff teams from collaborating INGOs and Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) supported, participated in and learnt from the process. Detail about the workshop activities and data from the participants are presented and discussed. Recommendations from the participants and reflections on the methodological aspects are provided. We concluded that using inclusive, participatory and creative research methods generates rich insights into people’s experiences, which can increase understandings about marginalised people’s lives and inform future interventions to promote their inclusion.
Política Editorial
Authors: Em Questão Comissão Editorial
Published: March 2023

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