bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Concentration of Authority and Rent Seeking Behaviour in Bureaucracy: An Evidence of Ineffective Governance in Bangladesh
Authors: Naim Sayada Jannatun , Hasan Abu Hena Reza
Published: September 2019

Political leadership and public administration run the government of Bangladesh. Political wing is short tenured under a democratic system, but the public administration is permanent. An administrative process in Bangladesh made bureaucracy most powerful in the country. It has accountability to none but has controlling authority on all components of state including political leadership. This absolute power gives unlimited opportunity to administrative bureaucracy and other parts of the public administration of the country for exercising rent seeking behaviour. This paper evaluates the experience of common people of the country who used to interact with public administration for receiving public services using primary data collected through a field survey. The level of rent seeking is very high in public administration. The four major types of rent seeking behaviour among public officials are bribe, nepotism, and favouritism, use of official power to mischief common people and negligence to official duties and responsibilities. People used to suffer from rent seeking behaviour uniformly irrespective of their level of income and educational status. The root of rent seeking is the administrative bureaucracy. People face financial loss, delays in getting services from officials. It is necessary to reduce absolute power of public bureaucracy to control rent seeking of public administration.
Peasant Empowerment Trough Quasi-Agrarian Reform Program, Evidence from Indonesia
Authors: Rochadi Af Sigit
Published: September 2019

This article introduces the concept of quasi agrarian reform and critique of the de Soto theory of formal property.  According to writer, agrarian reform, both redistribution and legalization of assets, must be run in Indonesia. The Indonesian government follows the de Soto theory by implementing the Farmers Empowerment Program. The objective of the quasi agrarian reform program is to encourage farmers to take credit in banks provided by the Government under the scheme Credit for the People (KUR).The importance of agrarian reform in Indonesia to empower farmers to solve various structural problems, such as poverty, unemployment and inequality. Implementation of an asset legalization program in this paper is called quasi agrarian reform, not in line with the original aspirations. Farmers prefer security in possession of land while the government wants it further that is the willingness of farmers to pledge their land in banks.
The Role of Moral Outrage on the Impeachment of Garut Regent in 2012-2013
Authors: Sardini Nur Hidayat
Published: September 2019

Moral and political are two things that cannot be separated. The marriage of a regent in Garut regency, Indonesia, with an underage girl eventually leads to community action, where people demand the regent to resign from his position as a regional head. It was not even four days of marriage the regent had divorced his young wife via a short message from his own mobile phone. Therefore, the people of Garut suddenly expressed their wrath through a large-scale demonstration which pushedthe Local House of Representative immediately to process the regentâ€™s removal. This research utilized a qualitative approach with a case-study method, the data in this research relied on the practice of in-depth interviews, observations, and documentaries. This research succeeded to observe that the general factor which underlying the action of demonstration in Garut which demanded the resignation of the regent was caused by the political climate change of democratization in the national level which also impacted Garut Regency. The national politicalclimate change increased the unconventional public participation in Garut and provided political sphere for non-state actors to establish political-involvement balance between state actors and non-state actors themselves. In other hand, the specific underlying factor on this case is the regentâ€™s behavior which was judged as the act of dishonorable humiliation on womenâ€™s dignity, especially his speech in some national television channels. The power of this study lies on its novelty, filling in lubrication and study originality, towards the moral and ethical behavior as the new object on Social Movement.
Access to Communication Channels and Use of Family Planning among Women in Tanzania: Spatial and Socio-demographic Analysis
Authors: Kilugwe Zuena , Ruheza Sosthenes
Published: September 2019

This study examined the relations and access to communication channels on the use of Family Planning (FP). Relationships between independent variables including access to communication channels and the use of FP services, and demographic characteristics were examined. This study used cross-sectional data from the Tanzania Demographic Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (TDHS-MIS) of 2015-2016 from 11,127 women aged between 15-49 years. The sample was weighted to ensure representativeness. Univariate, bivariate and binary logistic regression analyses were used. Results in this study revealed a statically significant correlation between access to FP messages and use of family planning services (p<.001). Access to radio, television, printed media, and mobile phones was observed more among women who were never in a union, those with tertiary education, women in urban areas and among those within a high wealth index. Use of FP services increased with the fluency of access to FP messages. Printed media predicted more likelihood in the use of FP at 0.460, p<0.001; radio at  0.368, p<0.001; health facilities at 0.284, p<0.001 and education level at 0.276, p<0.001. The study concludes that despite the fact that there was a correlation between access to FP messages and the use of FP, the use or not use of the same is also influenced by factors.
Determinants of the Return Migration of Household Heads from South Eastern Zimbabwe to South Africa During Prolonged Crisis, 2000-16
Authors: Ranga Dick
Published: September 2019

The study assessed return migration by heads of households that migrated during the prolonged crisis, 2000-16. It collected data among 166 households from four districts in South Eastern Zimbabwe. Most of the male household heads had previously migrated, half of them to South Africa. Non-migrant heads were mainly females who remained behind when their husbands migrated to South Africa or urban areas. Both heads who returned from migrating to South Africa and locally to urban areas came back during 2011-15 with the desire to reunite with families. This period was associated with severe retrenchments by Zimbabwean companies that attempted to survive the shrinking economy. Yet it was also an attractive period to return home for international migrants because of the stability brought by the adoption of multiple currencies. Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2015 also â€˜pushedâ€™ some of the heads into returning home. International return migrants were significantly younger and had lower levels of education than internal and non-migrants. Three-tenths of them returned into households having traditional huts as their main houses which suggested that migration was unsuccessful for them. There is a need for restoration of stability soon after a crisis since this helps attract back human capital.
Policy and Non-Policy Factors: What Determines Foreign Direct Investments in Africa?
Authors: Awolusi Olawumi Dele
Published: September 2019

Studies have been conducted on the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) destinations. However, there seem to be few studies on determinants in African countries. This paper evaluates the determinants of FDI inflows, by examining specific relationships between the determinants (policy and non-policy factors) and FDI inflows to Africa, using a panel dataset from 1980 to 2016. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) were used as the estimation techniques. The dependent variable, FDI inflows, was represented by the ratio of FDI flows to GDP, while the independent variables were agglomeration effects, trade openness, fiscal balance-macroeconomic condition, market size, economic instability, exchange rate, foreign aid, human capital development, corporate tax, and natural resource endowment. First-year lag of FDI (agglomeration effects), trade openness, market size, economic instability, foreign aid, human capital development, and natural resources (oil and metals) endowment have positive and significant effects on FDI inflows to Africa, while there is a negative relationship between FDI inflows to the continent and fiscal balance (public debt), exchange rate, and corporate tax. Consequently, government policies and non-policy factors played significant roles in facilitating FDI inflow into Africa during the study period. The p-value of the estimation (0.0001) further attests to the statistical significance of the results. Consequently, African countries must improve their regulatory framework to be able to attract more inflow of FDI. Efforts should also be made to reform and improve macroeconomic policies, institutional quality, and natural comparative advantages.
Iconographic changes of ecclesiastic seals in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom (illustrated by the example of Spis chapter provosts)
Authors: Glejtek Miroslav
Published: September 2019

The study deals with the evolution of great seals used by provosts of the St.
Martin?s Spis Collegiate Chapter in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom. A seal
image used to be an important part of seals. From the iconographic point of
view the most interesting are seals of clerical institutions and
dignitaries. These items, containing a large number of depicted motifs,
became an important source of research in the area of medieval iconography,
hagiography, heraldry and the history of art in general. The study
introduces the evolution and metamorphoses of motifs as they appeared on
Spis provosts? seals during the thirteenth-fifteenth centuries.
Ikone i freske zografa Antonija iz Kostura (1550-1560)
Authors: Cigaridas Eftimios
Published: September 2019

The paper publishes an icon of the Virgin Hodegetria, a Royal Door, and two
parts of an epistyle with the Deesis scene. This group of works, which once
decorated the iconostasis in the Church of Saint George Mouzeviki (c.
1550-1560) in Kastoria, belongs to the creative opus of the painter Anthony
(zographos Antonios), known for his work at Mount Athos (1537-1552). The
paper also argues that the frescoes in the Church of St. George, preserved
in fragments and in a poor state of repair, can also be attributed to the
same artist.
Metamorphoses of ascetic texts in some depictions of St. Cyriacus the anchorite in the Balkans from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century
Authors: Vasilev Tsvetan
Published: September 2019

The text presents several unpublished Greek inscriptions written on the
scrolls of St. Cyriacus the Anchorite from Bulgaria. The main focus falls on
an inscription from the narthex of the Rozhen Monastery (sixteenth century)
and its identification; parallel inscriptions observed in Athonite
monasteries are discussed too. A second group of inscriptions from Bulgaria
and Macedonia are also discussed, with a stronger focus on an inscription in
the church St. Apostles Peter and Paul in Veliko Tarnovo. The linguistic
analysis attempts to discern the patterns by which such ascetic texts are
visualized and transformed along the way from their original textual source
to their final destination - the wall painting.
An essay on Byzantine architectural influence on the spatial organization of the architect Sinan’s square baldachin single-domed mosques
Authors: Erarslan Alev
Published: September 2019

The works of the Ottoman Empire?s Master Architect Sinan that he attached
great importance to and produced the greatest in number were mosques. Mimar
Sinan made use of multiple-support systems such as 4, 6 and 8-baldachins in
his domed structures, planning the layouts of his domed buildings around the
framework of these systems. In this article, five of Mimar Sinan?s square
baldachin, singledomed mosques (Edirnekap? Mihrimah Sultan, Zal Mahmut
Pasha, L?leburgaz Sokullu Mehmet Pasha, Fatih Bali Pasha and Manisa
Muradiye) are selected, aiming to present an essay on the observed influence
of Byzantine architecture in the domed square-baldachin and adjacent spaces
that form the main area of these buildings.
Ktetor portraits of church dignitaries in Serbian post-Byzantine painting (part one)
Authors: Matic Miljana
Published: September 2019

Church dignitaries were often represented as ktetors in Serbian painting of
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, primarily in wall paintings and on
icons. The first part of this paper discusses twelve ktetor representations
of Serbian patriarchs and metropolitans. By analyzing the ktetoric projects
of Orthodox Serbs within the Ottoman Empire, the historical framework and
description of every portrait, it explores the questions regarding not only
the self-referentiality of the ktetors from the highest circles of the
clergy under the Patriarchate of Pec, the patterns and ways they wanted to
be represented and remembered, but also the ideological and program context
as well. Finally, this two-part study attempts to examine the question of
individual and collective identity, imagery and ideas constructing the
visual culture of clerical ktetorship in Serbian Post-Byzantine painting.
Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners
Authors: Dodgson Mary Kate , Agoglia Christopher P. , Bennett G. Bradley , Cohen Jeffrey R.
Published: September 2019

While current audit standards explicitly state engagement partner tenure requirements, firms have flexibility in managing the rotation process. We conduct semi-structured interviews with 20 U.S. audit firm partners who share their experiences on topics including how they identify appropriate candidate partners and what efforts they undertake to manage relationships with clients post-rotation. We investigate firms' motivation to manage the auditor-client relationship through the lens of Social Exchange Theory (SET), and we consider how likely outcomes of this rotation process map onto regulators' intent that a newly rotated partner provides a fresh perspective to the audit. Our study informs regulators and investors about the process by which engagement partners are selected for rotation, documenting that partner assignment is typically not random. Further, our finding that partner rotation is an extended process (rather than a single discrete event) has implications for audit researchers investigating the effects of partner rotation.
A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of a Virtually Supervised Home-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention in People With Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Scott Sam N. , Shepherd Sam O. , Andrews Rob C. , Narendran Parth , Purewal Tejpal S. , Kinnafick Florence , Cuthbertson Daniel J. , Atkinson-Goulding Sandra , Noon Tom , Wagenmakers Anton J.M. , Cocks Matt
Published: September 2019

OBJECTIVE

Adopt a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate a virtually supervised home-based high-intensity interval training (Home-HIT) intervention in people with type 1 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Eleven individuals with type 1 diabetes (seven women; age 30 ± 3 years; 2.5 ± 0.2 L/min; duration of diabetes 10 ± 2 years) completed 6 weeks of Home-HIT. A heart rate monitor and mobile phone application were used to provide feedback to the participants and research team on exercise intensity (compliance) and adherence.

RESULTS

Training adherence was 95 ± 2%, and compliance was 99 ± 1%. Home-HIT increased by 7% (P = 0.017) and decreased insulin dose by 13% (P = 0.012). Blood glucose concentration did not change from baseline to immediately or 1 h post Home-HIT. Qualitative perceptions of Home-HIT and the virtual-monitoring system were positive, supporting that the intervention successfully removed exercise barriers in people with type 1 diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS

Virtually monitored Home-HIT resulted in high adherence alongside increased and decreased insulin dose.
Prevalencia de la esteatosis hepática en niños y adolescentes obesos entre 5 y 17 años y factores asociados; Hospital de Niños Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde
Authors: Riemann Conrad , Serrano Adriana , Carrion Saskia , Salgado Gabriela
Published: September 2019

Introducción: la esteatosis hepática es la forma más común de enfermedad hepática en niños y adolescentes. La patogénesis de esta enfermedad no es conocida en su totalidad, relacionándose principalmente con la obesidad. El objetivo principal de este estudio es determinar la prevalencia de esteatosis hepática en niños y adolescentes obesos, e investigar los factores asociados. Materiales y métodos: estudio transversal, realizado en una población de niños y adolescentes obesos entre 5 y 17 años. Se utilizó la ecografía abdominal como método para determinar la presencia y severidad de la esteatosis. Las medidas antropométricas y parámetros sanguíneos fueron examinados para determinar cuáles de estas variables estaban asociadas con la esteatosis hepática. Resultados: 671 pacientes fueron analizados. 280 (41.73%) tuvieron diagnóstico de esteatosis, 21.76% leve, y 19.97% moderada-severa. El análisis estadístico reveló que los factores más asociados con la esteatosis hepática fueron el índice de masa corporal aumentado (OR 2.53, 95% IC 1.45-4.40; P=0.0004), el perímetro abdominal aumentado (OR 2.00, 95% IC 1.33-3.01; P=0.0003), el HDLc disminuido (OR 1.98, 95% IC 1.36-2.90; P=0.0002), la glicemia aumentada (OR 1.85, 95% IC 0.98-3.50; P=0.03), y los triglicéridos aumentados (OR 1.76, 95% IC 1.18-2.63; P=0.002). Conclusiones: la alta prevalencia de esteatosis hepática en niños y adolescentes obesos en nuestra zona geográfica (41.73%) es una alerta para los profesionales de la salud; se debe prestar más atención a los factores asociados con el fin de educar, promover y fomentar acciones para prevenir y/o contrarrestar la evolución natural de la enfermedad. De esta manera se evitará el posible aumento en la prevalencia de cirrosis hepática en adultos jóvenes a futuro.
5-7 yaş grubu çocukların geometri becerilerinin incelenmesi
Authors: Sezer Türker , Güven Yıldız
Published: September 2019

Bu araştırmada, 5-7 yaş grubu çocukların geometri becerilerinin yaş ve cinsiyet değişkenleri açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Nicel araştırma kapsamında ve tarama modeline uygun olarak tasarlanan araştırmanın evrenini, İstanbul ili Anadolu yakasında bulunan, okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarına ve ilkokulların 1.sınıfına devam eden 5-7 yaş grubu çocuklar (333’ü 5 yaş, 210’u 6 yaş ve 211’i 7 yaş) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri, “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Erken Geometri Beceri Testi” kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, yaş değişkenin çocukların geometri becerileri üzerinde farklılık oluşturduğu, cinsiyet değişkeninin ise herhangi bir farklılık oluşturmadığı tespit edilmiştir. 5-7 yaş grubu çocukların, şekillerin tipik (prototip) örneklerini ayırt etmede sorun yaşamadıkları; ancak şekil seçiminde şekillerin atipik ve geçersiz örneklerinden etkilendikleri belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca şekil seçiminde çocukların daha çok görsel eşleştirme yapmalarının yanı sıra şekillerin basit özelliklerin yönelik eşleştirmeler yaptıkları da tespit edilmiştir. Araştırmada Clements ve diğerlerinin (1999) ileri sürdüğü tanıma öncesi dönemin (pre-recognitive) ve bütünleşik (syncretic) düzeyin varlığına yönelik kanıtlar elde edilmiştir.
Eksistensi dan Regenerasi Kerajinan Tangan Anyaman Bambu di Tasikmalaya
Authors: Nero Sofyan Agus
Published: September 2019

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini berjudul “Eksistensi dan Regenerasi Kerajinan Tangan AnyamanBambu di Tasikmalaya”. Penelitian ini bertujuan memperoleh data dan informasitentang kearifan lokal anyaman bambu sebagai bagian dari budaya Tasikmalaya. Metodedalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif-kualitatif, yaitu metode yang digunakan untukmenggambarkan fenomena-fenomena yang ada, yang berlangsung saat ini atau saat yanglampau. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah survei ke lapangan melaluiwawancara, pengamatan secara langsung, dan pengambilan sumber-sumber tertulis darimasyarakat dan pemerintah setempat. Masalah yang dibahas dalam penelitian ini adalahbagaimana eksistensi kerajinan tangan anyaman bambu Tasikmalaya dan bagimanaregenerasi kerajinan tangan anyaman bambu dari generasi tua kepada generasi muda. Hasilyang dicapai dari penelitian ini adalah kerajinan anyaman bambu Tasikmalaya merupakankearifan lokal yang menjadi ciri dari masyarakat Tasikmalaya; eksistensi dan keberadaananyaman bambu Tasikmalaya dewasa ini masih ada, tetapi sudah semakin sulit ditemukan.Kata Kunci: kearifan lokal, kerajinan, anyaman, budaya, TasikmalayaABSTRACTThis study entitled “Existence and Regeneration Handycrafts Bamboo Webbing inTasikmalaya”. The aim of this study was to obtain data and information on local wisdom bamboowebbing as part of the culture of Tasikmalaya. The method in this research is descriptivequalitative,that used to describe phenomena that exist, which takes place in the present or thepast. Data collection techniques in this study is a survey of the field through interviews, directobservations, and taking written sources from the community and local government. The problemsaddressed in this study is how the existence of bamboo webbing handycrafts Tasikmalayaand how regenerating bamboo webbing handycrafts from the older generation to the youngergeneration. The results obtained from this study are bamboo webbing handycrafts of Tasikmalayais local knowledge that is characteristic of Tasikmalaya society; the existence and presenceof bamboo webbing Tasikmalaya is still there, but it is increasingly difficult to find.Keywords: indigenous, crafts, woven, culture, Tasikmalaya
Oposisi Biner dalam Sajak Abel dan Caïn Karya Charles Baudelaire
Authors: Wardani Sri Rijati
Published: September 2019

Tulisan ini membahas tema oposisi biner yang didukung oleh berbagai aspek struktur dalam teks puisi. Dalam Abel dan Caïn karya Baudelaire ini, elemen-elemen pembentuk teks yang dianalisis terdiri dari komposisi larik, irama, sajak, sintaksis dan gaya. Struktur Abel dan Caïn menunjukkan bahwa terdapat juga keterkaitan antara tema dengan irama dan sajak secara alegoris. Oposisi biner secara apik direpresentasikan  oleh unsur-unsur dalam teks. Baudelaire dapat menunjukkan bahwa oposisi biner yang terbentuk menunjuk pada tema dualitas yang diusungnya. Dualisme sejalan dengan makna adanya dua kutub, sisi dan titik yang selalu hadir dalam kehidupan dan keadaan manusia.
Seismic Evaluation of Mixed Steel and RC Columns in Hybrid High-Rise Buildings
Authors: Kontoni D.-P. N. , Farghaly A. A.
Published: September 2019

The growth in high-rise building construction has increased the need for hybrid reinforced concrete and steel structural systems. Columns in buildings are the most important elements because of their seismic resistance. Reinforced concrete (RC) columns and steel columns were used herein to form hybrid structural systems combining their distinct advantages. Eleven 3D building models subjected to earthquake excitation with reinforced concrete beams and slabs of 12 floors in height and with different distributions of mixed columns were analyzed by the SAP2000 software in order to investigate the most suitable distributions of a combination of reinforced concrete and steel columns. Top displacements and accelerations, base normal forces, base shear forces, and base bending moments were computed to evaluate the selected hybrid structural systems. The findings are helpful in evaluating the efficiency of the examined hybrid high-rise buildings in resisting earthquakes.
Methods of Allocation of Task Teams to the Planned Works
Authors: Kasprowicz T.
Published: September 2019

Small construction objects are often built by standard task teams. The problem is, how to allocate these teams to individual works? To solve the problem of allocation three methods have been developed. The first method allows to designate optimal allocation of teams to the individual works in deterministic conditions of implementation. As a criterion of the optimal allocation can be applied: “the minimization of time” or “the minimization of costs” of works execution. The second method has been developed analogously for both criteria but for stochastic conditions and for the stochastic data. The third method allows to appoint a compromise allocation of teams. In this case, the criteria “the minimization of time” and “the minimization of costs” are considered simultaneously. The method can be applied in deterministic or stochastic conditions of works implementation. The solutions of the allocation problems which have been described allow to designate the optimal allocation of task teams and to determine the schedule and cost of works execution.
The Qualitative and Quantitative Structure of the Causes of Occupational Accidents on Construction Scaffolding
Authors: Nowobilski T. , Hoła B.
Published: September 2019

The article presents the results of research, the aim of which was to determine the qualitative and quantitative structure of the causes of accidents that were a result of falling from scaffolding. An original methodology for the classification of accidents with regards to their causes was developed and was based on cluster analysis. An example of using the proposed methodology is provided. 187 post-accident protocols of occupational accidents involving construction scaffolding, which occurred between 2010 and 2017 in selected Polish voivodeships, were analyzed. Afterwards, the matrix of accident causes, for which the calculations were made, was created. Five subsets of accidents were obtained and the accidents were classified to a subset with similar causes.
Analysis of Signal Formation and Conversion in Hybrid Radio Over Fibre Network
Authors: Iashchuk Oleksandr , Iashchuk Iuliia , Sunduchkov Konstantin
Published: September 2019

Calculation methods of the signal formation parameters at the central station and of selective conversion in mobile terminal receiver of the vehicle moving at speed of 200-300 km per h are described. Architecture features of radio over fibre networks to operate without handover between base stations lead to additional requirements for transmitting and receiving signal methods in the network. The solution of this problem will provide high-rate services (up to 12 Mbit per second) for subscribers moving on the highway or high-speed railway using hybrid radio over fibre network. It allows providing services of any content at any time.

Objective: calculation methods development of the signal formation and conversion parameters. Signal is a set of services in the form of OFDM-symbols, the total bandwidth of which is much higher than 1 GHz.
Intermodal Logistics Processes Supported by Electronic Freight and Warehouse Exchanges
Authors: Bohács Gábor , Frikker Ivett , Kovács Gabor
Published: September 2019

Nowadays, modern companies operate in a common logistics network. In a modern approach, these networks of companies are called virtual enterprises, whose main purpose is the maximal fulfillment of customer needs and process optimization. The electronic freight and warehouse exchange is a good basis for building virtual enterprises, and that may be a new way to support the reorganization of the supply chains, and to rethink the connections within the intermodal network.

Firstly, the paper presents the need of intermodality. On the other hand, it details the benefits and the critical evaluation of intermodality. It presents the general transshipment processes and techniques then evaluates the containers based on their main features. On this basis, the paper describes the electronic freight and warehouse exchange as a member of cloud supply chain. Moreover, the paper contains the new challenges and opportunities of electronic freight and warehouse exchanges as complex logistics providers.
From Bubble to Sustainable Economy in the Baltic States
Authors: Hilmola Olli-Pekka
Published: September 2019

The Baltic States became independent in the early 90’s, when the iron wall collapsed in the whole Eastern Europe. Thereafter, development in economic terms was rapid and particularly manufacturing and transportation sectors were responsible for prosperity formation. However, after late 90’s situation changed, and boom was apparent in credit led real estate, finance, retail and construction sectors. As these sectors are all domestically oriented, and while the Baltic States in this credit boom period did not experience any trade surpluses, it was evident that credit crunch in 2008-2009 affected economies severely. This research work shows that the Baltic States need to change again weight in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for manufacturing and transportation, sectors which have been supported previously only by European Investment Bank and EU Cohesion fund. FDI is vital for the Baltic States, since they have been for long time net receivers of capital, and GDP has greatly been dependent on these inflows. However, future prosperity is only built with export oriented FDI.
ره‌نگڤه‌دانا بابه‌تێن جڤاكی د كۆمه‌له‌ چیرۆكێن مه‌یدانا كوچكان یا (ئیسماعیل هاجانی)
Authors: Ismael Rondk M.
Published: September 2019

ئه‌ڤ ڤه‌كۆلینه‌ هه‌وڵدانه‌كه‌ ژبۆ خویاكرنا چه‌وانیا ره‌نگڤه‌دانا بابه‌تێن جڤاكی دناڤ ده‌قێن چیرۆكێدا ،هه‌لبه‌ت هه‌ر میتوده‌كا ره‌خنه‌یی گرنگی و سه‌نگا خۆه‌ د ئه‌ده‌بیاتیێ دا هه‌یه‌ ،ره‌خنا جڤاكی ژی وه‌كو جۆره‌كێ گرنگ ژ ره‌خنا ئه‌ده‌بی روله‌كێ مه‌زن د ئه‌ده‌بیاتێ دا دگێریت و ره‌خنا جڤاكی پێكڤه‌ گرێدانه‌كێ دناڤبه‌را نڤێسه‌رو به‌رهه‌م و ژینگه‌ها ده‌وروبه‌رێ نڤێسه‌ری دروست دكه‌ت ،كو برێكا وى ره‌خنه‌گر دشێت رێژه‌و راده‌یێ كاریگه‌ریا جڤاكی لسه‌ر نڤێسه‌ری ئاشكرا بكه‌ت، هۆكارێن هه‌لبژارتنا مه‌ ژبۆ چیرۆكێن هاجانی ئه‌و بووییه‌ كو پرانییا چیرۆكێن وى بابه‌تێن جڤاكی هاتینه‌ ده‌ستنیشانكرن،هه‌روه‌سا ئارمانج ژ ئه‌ڤێ ڤه‌كۆلینێ ئه‌وه‌ كو چیرۆكێن چیرۆكنڤێسێ كورد لدیڤ پێنگاڤ و پره‌نسیپێن شرۆڤه‌كرنا ره‌خنا جڤاكی شرۆڤه‌كرییه‌ ،ئانكو دێ ئه‌وى هونه‌ری ده‌ستنیشان كه‌ین یێن كو نڤێسه‌رێ چیرۆكێ دناڤ شێۆازێ خوه‌دا بكارئینایی ژبۆ به‌رجه‌سته‌كرنا بابه‌تێن جڤاكی كه‌واته‌ ئه‌و په‌یڤ و ته‌كنیكێن تایبه‌تن ب نڤێسه‌ریڤه‌ .

د ئه‌ڤێ ڤه‌كۆلینا بناڤۆنیشانێ (ره‌نگڤه‌دانا بابه‌تێن جڤاكی د كۆمه‌له‌ چیرۆكێن مه‌یدانا كوچكان یا ئسماعیل هاجانی)، هه‌لبه‌ت د ئه‌ڤێ ڤه‌كۆلینێدا دیاردكه‌ین تا چ راده‌ چیرۆكنڤێسی بۆ تاكێ جڤاكی ل دوور ئه‌وان بابه‌تێن جڤاكی ده‌ربرینێن خوه‌ ئاراسته‌ كرینه‌ و بۆ مه‌خوویا بووییه‌ كو نڤێسه‌ر گه‌له‌ك یێ ب جڤاكێ خوه‌ كاریگه‌ر بووی ،پرانیا بابه‌تێن جڤاكێن سه‌رده‌مێ نڤێسه‌ری دناڤ ئه‌ڤان چیرۆكاندا هاتینه‌ ره‌نگڤه‌دان وه‌كوبابه‌تێن(گه‌نده‌لی،ره‌شبینی،هه‌ژاری، نه‌ خوینده‌واری).
MÔ PHỎNG TÍNH TOÁN ĐỘ THẤM CỦA BÊ TÔNG SỢI THÉP CÓ TÍNH ĐẾN ẢNH HƯỞNG CỦA TẢI TRỌNG
Authors: Phạm Đức Thọ , Trần Thế Truyền , Bùi Anh Thắng , Hồ Xuân Ba
Published: September 2019

Nghiên cứu này sử dụng mô hình lưới (lattice model) để mô phỏng sự hình thành và phát triển các vi khe nứt và ảnh hưởng của nó đến hệ số thấm của cấu kiện bê tông tăng cường sợi thép (FRC). Trong mô hình này, bê tông được xem là bão hòa nước và bỏ qua ảnh hưởng của hiện tượng mao dẫn. Luật ứng xử kết hợp cơ-thủy được phát triển dựa trên mô hình cơ học phá hủy Mazars với sự tăng độ thấm của bê tông là 1 hàm lập phương của độ mở rộng vết nứt. So sánh kết quả mô phỏng với thực nghiệm cho thấy mô hình đề xuất là 1 công cụ hữu hiệu cho phép đánh giá độ mở rộng vết nứt và ảnh hưởng của nó đến sự thay đổi hệ số thấm của bê tông sợi thép, có vai trò quan trọng trong việc phân tích độ bền của các kết cấu bê tông cốt sợi thép.
The Safety of Radioiodine Therapy for Women of Reproductive Age
Authors: Elliyanti Aisyah
Published: September 2019

Radioiodine (131I) is  an essential adjuvant treatment after thyroidectomy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma as well as Graves’ disease (hyperthyroidism). Generally 131I is safe, It has some side effects. Infertility is one an important issues for patients who will consider to receive the therapy, especially for woman in reproductive age.  This is reviewed in this paper. Studies reported, in hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer patients who received  131I therapy, demonstrated no significant radiation effect, some of patients may have experienced short-term reproductive organs disfunction and changes generally resolve. There is no effect of 131I to subsequent pregnancy documented.
The Effect Of Giving Red Guava Juice To Grade of Pregnant Women’s Hemoglobin
Authors: Apriyanti Fitri , Andriani Lara
Published: September 2019

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014, as many as 41.8% of maternal deaths in developing countries were associated with anemia in pregnancy and most were caused by iron deficiency and acute bleeding, not even the two interacting frequently. Red guava juice can increase hemoglobin levels that can treat anemia. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of giving red guava juice (psidium guajava, linn) to hemoglobin levels.This type of research is quasi-experimental (quasi-experimental) with a non-equivalent pretest-posttest design carried out in the village of Kuok working area PUSKESMAS Kuok on July 26 -1 August 2018. The population in this study were all pregnant women who suffer from anemia with hemoglobin levels of 8-11 gr%. The research sample amounted to 15 respondents using total sampling techniques. Hemoglobin level examination use haemometer digital. The data analysis use T-test.The results of this study obtained mean hemoglobin levels before administration of red guava juice (Psidium Guajava, Linn) was 8.80, mean hemoglobin level after administration of red guava juice (Psidium Guajava, Linn) is 12.60. Hb levels before and after administration of red guava juice were 3.8. The statistical test results obtained p-value 0,000 (<0.05). Conclusion This study has the effect of giving red guava juice (Psidium Guajava, Linn) to the hemoglobin level of pregnant women.
The Overview of Mother’s Characteristics, Exclusive Breastfeeding History and Immunization Status on the Morbidity of Infants 1-14 Months in Sukabumi
Authors: Gumilang Lani , Nurmalasari Rahmy , Dhamayanti Meita , Handayani Dini Saraswati , Didah Didah
Published: September 2019

Morbidity among children in Indonesia is high. Based on the 2013 Hospital Information System data, there were five major morbidities, namely acute respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, fever, seizures, and pneumonia. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of mothers, history of exclusive breastfeeding and immunization status against morbidity in infants aged 1-14 months in the Sukabumi region. This study used descriptive research method with a cross-sectional study design on 71 mothers who have infants aged 1-14 months and are domiciled in the Sukabumi region. The data sources used were primary and secondary data, while the data was analyzed using univariate. The results of the study showed that the majority of mothers aged 20-35 years had infants morbidity due to fever by 78.9%, 29.6% of infants morbidity in mothers with elementary school graduate was caused by fever, housewives had infants morbidity due to fever by 78.9%, 83.1% of infants morbidity due to fever was occurred in mothers who performed exclusive breastfeeding, and 63.4% of morbidity in infants with complete immunization were also caused by fever. The results of this study can be concluded that the majority of morbidity was caused by fever, in mothers aged 20-35 years, mothers with elementary school graduate, housewife, children who obtained exclusive breastfeeding and complete immunization.
ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ СУТНОСТІ КАТЕГОРІЇ «FINTECH»
Authors: Shkarlet Serhiy Mykolaiovych , Dubyna Maksym Viktorovych , Zhuk Olena Serhiivna
Published: September 2019

Актуальність теми дослідження. FinTech відіграє ключову роль у розвитку ринку фінансових послуг. Сучасні інноваційні технології мають значний потенціал до трансформації такого ринку й підвищення якості надання фінансовими установами послуг своїм клієнтам. Постановка проблеми. Зростання важливості впровадження FinTech у роботу фінансових установ зумовлює необхідність поглиблення теоретичних засад розробки та реалізації таких інновацій. Аналіз останніх досліджень і публікацій. Дослідженню розвитку фінансових технологій присвячено праці вітчизняних та закордонних учених, до яких варто віднести таких: А. Бухтіарова, С. Волосович, В. Діденко, І. Дяконова, А. Мазаракі, Н. Морозко, Н. Пантєлєєва, Г. Поченчук, T. Ankenbrand, T. Nakashima, A. Ross, P. Schueffel, Shan L. Pan та ін. Виділення недосліджених частин загальної проблеми. Проте залишається не до кінця науково обґрунтованою сутність FinTech та теоретичні положення щодо особливостей функціонування суб’єктів, які розробляють та впроваджують такі технології. Постановка завдання. Метою роботи є поглиблення теоретичних положень розробки та впровадження FinTech на ринку фінансових послуг. Виклад основного матеріалу. Розглянуто теоретичні положення щодо визначення сутності FinTech як окремої категорії. Досліджено концептуальні засади вже сформованих наукових підходів до трактування її змісту, що дало змогу виділити серед них такі: розгляд FinTech як інноваційних фінансових технологій, що впроваджуються фінансовими установами; дослідження FinTech як окремої галузі національного господарства, яку запропоновано розглядати як сукупність FinTech-установ. Теоретичні положення пізнання сутності FinTech було поглиблено через використання двох категорій: «FinTechкомпанія» та «FinTech-установа». Висновки. У статті поглиблено теоретичну сутність FinTech, визначено базові підходи до розгляду його природи.
Functional Movement Screen Pain Location and Impact on Scoring Have Limited Value for Injury Risk Estimation in Junior Australian Football Players
Authors: Fuller Joel T. , Lynagh Matthew , Tarca Brett , Zacharia Andrew , Townsley Alex , Gleeson Cara , Milanese Steven , Chalmers Samuel
Published: September 2019

Objective

To describe the location and severity of pain during Functional Movement Screen (FMS) testing in junior Australian football players and to investigate its effect on FMS composite score and injury risk.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Methods

Junior male Australian football players (n = 439) completed preseason FMS testing. Pain location and severity (on a 0-to-10 numeric pain-rating scale [NPRS]) were assessed for painful subtests. The FMS composite score was calculated using 3 scoring approaches: “traditional,” a score of zero on painful subtests; “moderate,” a score of zero on painful subtests if an NPRS pain severity was greater than 4; and “raw,” did not adjust painful FMS subtest scores. Players were monitored throughout the competitive season and considered injured when 1 or more matches were missed due to injury.

Results

One hundred seventy players reported pain during FMS testing. The pain-scoring approach affected mean composite score values (raw, 14.9; moderate, 14.5; traditional, 13.6; P<.001). Sixty-eight percent of pain was mildly severe (NPRS of 4 or less). Back pain (50%) was more common than upper-limb (24%) or lower-limb (26%) pain (P<.001). Upper-limb pain was associated with a small increase in injury risk (hazard ratio = 1.59, P = .023). No other FMS pain location influenced injury risk, nor did pain severity (P>.280). The FMS composite score was not associated with injury risk, regardless of pain-scoring approach (P≥.500).

Conclusion

Pain was common during FMS testing in junior Australian football players and had a notable effect on the FMS composite score, but minimal effect on subsequent injury risk. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(2):75–82. Epub 17 Sep 2019. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9168
Hybridization as a Form of Media “Extension”: Stand-up Technologies in Infotainment Discourse (A Case Study of the Jim Jefferies Late Night Talk Show)
Authors: Kunitsyna E. Yu. , Pegov R. I.
Published: September 2019

Purpose. The article addresses the issue of media discourse hybridization, the latter being the result of discourse-and-genre transgression and the source of new discursive practices, particularly, infotainment. The growing demands of society for information and the increasing worldwide popularity of humorous programs (especially stand-up comedies) have triggered the emergence of a unique media product – The Jim Jefferies Show. The salient feature of the talk show is that its host and producer is a famous stand-up comedian. Jim Jefferies’ versatile, controversial, belief-challenging and thought-provoking satirical comedy has won him admiration and respect across the USA and abroad.
Results. Adopting an interdisciplinary, integrated approach, we explore the problem of media discourse technologization and game-ization. The research is based on the premises of theory of discourse, pragma- and sociolinguistic discourse studies, critical discourse analysis, philosophy of discourse and philosophy of play and games.
We argue that incorporating stand-up technologies, also referred to as attractions, into informational discourse brings about a powerful discursive shift and comprehensive hybridization manifested in multiple interdiscursivity (with a variety of types and kinds of discourse involved: informational and entertaining, institutional [status bound] and personal [personality bound], existential and habitual; critical, political, comical; simulative), multiple destination (along with information-offering [news] and entertainment [fun], opinion, critique, subversion, shock) and multiple functions (informational, orientational, that of solidarity vs. agonistic, actional, axiological and “ludenic”).
Conclusion. The new discursive practice as an extension of media and man, homo ludens, meets demands and values of the consumer society, agrees with the postmodernist Zeitgeist and reveals a carnivalesque mediachronotope.
Semiotics of Advertising: The Functional-Communicative Analysis
Authors: Fedorova L. L.
Published: September 2019

Purpose. The article aims to demonstrate the validity of the functional typology of signs proposed by the author in the semiotic approach to the analysis of advertising slogans. Advertising texts perform their functions in the communicative situation of interaction between the advertiser and the client.
Results. The analysis shows language mechanisms of involvement of the addressee in the creation of an advertising image, ways of influence on the addressee, ways of presentation of goods or service.
Thus the main functions of the sign – identification, regulation and modeling – are realized.
Conclusion. The analysis of advertising serves as an illustration of the proposed functional classification of the sign; it highlights specific language mechanisms of interaction and influence on the addressee.
The Experience of Man and Nature Interaction in the Specialized Print Publications of the Late 19th Century (A Case Study of Magazines “Nature and Hunting” and “Russian Hunter”)
Authors: Lyapina A. V.
Published: September 2019

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to examine the experience of man and nature interaction, to outline the variety of directions presenting this interaction and elicit the problem-thematic range of magazine published works.
Results. The publicistic sections of “Nature and hunting” 1891–1892 editions and “Russian hunter” during the year of 1892 have been thoroughly analyzed in terms of journalistic context. The experience of man and nature interaction includes different aspects: nature is considered to be aesthetic delight, hunting storylines reveal national traditions of interaction with nature, issues of careful attitude to nature are discussed, hunting facilitates human physical vigor development, nature becomes a matter for scientific research.
Conclusion. The author concludes that nature and hunting magazines give their position on the dialogue model of man’s taming of the diverse natural world.
Is suicide a significant contributor to mortality in head and neck cancer - A surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database study
Authors: Thavarajah Rooban , Mohandoss Anusa Arunachalam , Joshua Elizabeth , Rao Umadevi Krishnamohan , Ranganathan Kannan
Published: September 2019

Introduction:

Patients with oral and orofacial cancers have been suggested at increased risk for suicide, but only a few studies have described the survival characteristics. The purpose of this study was to describe survival (5-years), mortality, and suicide among patients with mid-facial head and neck cancer (HNC) and to identify the patient and disease characteristics associated with higher suicide rates.

Methods:

Patients in the study were residents of geographic areas served by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program who were diagnosed with cancer from 1973 to 2014. This was a retrospective cohort study of survival (classified into 5 groups), mortality with a focus on suicide in persons with HNC. All relevant details were collected and analyzed.P≤ 0.05 was considered significant.

Results:

There were 218,048 cases of HNC of who 774 committed suicide, 63,262 succumbed to HNC, 44,113 died due to other causes, and 81,779 are alive. Tongue was the most common site and most common type was squamous cell carcinomas. The overall mean 5-year survival period did not remarkably change since 1974. The mean survival period significantly varied between the outcome groups. Mean 5-year survival in cases of suicide was progressively decreasing with time frame while death due to other causes occurred at a relatively less time in 2003–08 as compared to 1973–78. Of interest is the nearly stable survival, by volume in death due to HNC in the entire span of time 1973–2008 but different in percentage level.

Conclusion:

It has been documented that patients with HNC in the SEER database have a higher incidence of suicides influenced by oral sites, stages, and number of tumors. These points to the need for psychological evaluation of patients with HNC and the relationship of tumor stage with survival characteristics. The study also highlights the burden of oral cancer and mental health issues that are largely neglected.
Removing Ammonia From Wastewater Using Natural and Synthetic Zeolites: A Batch Experiment
Authors: Canellas Judit , Soares Ana , Jefferson Bruce
Published: September 2019

Ion exchange based processes for the removal of ammonium from wastewater using zeolites could be an attractive additional or potentially complementary treatment option for conditions that pose a challenge for biological processes, such as variable load or low temperatures. A range of natural and synthetic zeolites have been studied for removing ammonium from wastewater. However, the relatively low capacity of zeolites and challenges regarding regeneration have so far complicated efforts in this research direction. Here, we compare the most commonly used natural zeolites US-Clinoptilolite, UK-Clinoptilolite, Mordenite and Chabazite (using Na- and Ca- as main cation exchanger) as well as a thermally modified US-Clinoptilolite and a synthetic zeolite MesoLite in terms of their capacity and regeneration efficiency to determine whether a synthetic zeolite like MesoLite can address the aforementioned problems related to capacity and regeneration efficiency. This investigation was performed as a series of batch experiments on synthetic and real wastewater solutions. When zeolites were pre-saturated with sodium ions, we found the overall highest capacity of 4.6 meq/g for the synthetic zeolite MesoLite, relative to a range between 1.1 and 2.1 meq/g for the natural zeolites. Ammonium adsorption capacity of MesoLite with real wastewater ranged between 74 and 97% of what was observed for a synthetically generated mono component solution set at approximately the same ionic load. Our results indicate that MesoLite could be an appropriate media for ion-exchange based tertiary treatment of wastewater.