bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Incremental YOLOv5 for Federated Learning in Cotton Pest and Disease Detection with Blockchain Sharding
Authors: Nie Jing , Li Haochen , Li Yang , Li Jingbin , Chao Sherry 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

In this paper, an incremental YOLOv5 model based on blockchain partitioning technology is proposed, aiming at solving the problem of spatio-temporal heterogeneity in cotton pest and disease identification in Xinjiang, as well as improving the automation, accuracy and efficiency of detection. Through the lightweight improvement and the introduction of attention mechanism with deep separable convolution, the model's inference speed and accuracy are enhanced under different computing environments. Combining federated learning and knowledge distillation techniques, the proposed IFOD framework effectively mitigates the catastrophic forgetting problem in incremental learning, reducing the amount of model parameters by 69.95% and the training time by about 60%, despite a 5.7% decrease in accuracy compared to the original model. The designed reputation evaluation and reward distribution mechanism, based on blockchain slicing, ensures high-quality contribution of data and system security. Experimental results show that the IFOD-shard framework excels in reducing the amount of model parameters and computation, increasing the detection speed, while maintaining the memory of the old target while incrementally learning the new target, and significantly reducing the training and communication costs. The reputation evaluation mechanism has excellent ability to recognize malicious nodes and ensures the fairness of reward distribution. This framework not only improves the level of intelligent identification of cotton pests and diseases, but also provides an effective solution to solve the problems of data privacy and computational resource limitations in other fields.
Client satisfaction and associated factors among family planning service users in public health facilities of zuway dugda district, arsi zone, oromia, Ethiopia
Authors: Belachwe Yohanes Abera , Meka Beka Teressa , Hussen Abubeker Ahimed , Seifu Befikad Assefa , Negussie Yohannes Mekuria 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

Background: Dissatisfaction with family planning services is a significant cause of high rates of discontinuation, reduced utilization of family planning services, noncompliance, and high rates of unintended pregnancy. Risk factor of client satisfaction varies across different settings according to sociocultural variations. However, there is a dearth of evidences on those factors in the country and the study area in particular. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the level and factors associated with client satisfaction of FP services among family planning users.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess client’s satisfaction and associated factors among women family planning users at Zuway Dugda district Oromia, Ethiopia.
Method: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among reproductive-age women attending a family planning unit in Zuway Dugda district, from August 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023. A total of 315 clients were selected by simple random sampling and interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The collected data were entered using the EPI-INFO7.2.6 and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to see the association between outcome and explanatory variables. Finally, multivariable logistic regression analysis was done to identify factors associated with client satisfaction. Confidence interval of 95% with respective odds ratio was used to show strength of association and the level of significance was taken at α < 0.05.
Results: The overall client satisfaction of this study was 61.9% (95% CI :( 0.56 - 0.67)). Waiting time [AOR = 1.79 (1.06-3.00)], follow-up [AOR = 2.23 (1.30-3.80)], demonstrate how to use method [AOR = 1.94 (1.11-3.38)] and method side effect explained [AOR = 2.41 (1.37-4.24)] were factors associated with client satisfaction among family planning users.
Conclusion: The overall level of client satisfaction with family planning services was low in this study area compared to other studies. This study found out that waiting time, follow-up, demonstrate how to use method and method side effect explained were factors associated with client satisfaction among family planning users.
Gross Metropolitan Product and Okun’s Law in Urban Cores
Authors: Vincent  
Published: August 2024

Abstract

This paper investigates the behavior of Okun’s Law in the United States’ three largest metropolitan regions: New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Two separate autoregressive distributed lagged (ARDL) model forms are tested to incorporate delayed impacts of prior real output growth and unemployment rate changes on oscillations in current unemployment rates. The first model comprises a simple ARDL model with first-order lags, while the second model incorporates two additional binary indicators for both quarterly recessions and post-coronavirus quarterly recovery periods. This paper finds that the impacts are significantly more pronounced in the three urban cores studied than for the United States as a whole, although the presence of the additional binary indicators modestly lowers the estimates. Dynamics such as more heterogeneous workforces and greater sensitivity to output shifts are attributed as important causes of these higher estimates, as well as the impact that density may have on worker turnover that contributes to more volatile labor markets.
JEL Classifications: E2 , J21 , R11
Proteomics profile of serum and liver samples in women with morbid obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
Authors: Bertran Laia , Rusu Elena Cristina , Aguilar Carmen , Auguet Teresa , Richart Cristóbal 
Published: August 2024

Abstract

Non-invasive methods are necessary for the diagnostic and follow-up of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). This study aims to perform a proteomic analysis on serum and liver samples from morbid obese (MO) women to identify key mediators of MASH. HPLC-MS/MS proteomics was conducted on serum and liver samples from a cohort of 174 MO women classified by liver histology: 44 normal liver (NL), 66 simple steatosis (SS) and 64 MASH. Serum proteomics identified 257 proteins. The MASH individuals had 13 altered proteins, 11 upregulated and 2 downregulated. Altered proteins are primarily involved in molecular pathways of the initial triggering and complement cascade (50%). Liver proteomics identified 2081 proteins, with 72 upregulated and 84 downregulated in MASH. These proteins are mostly involved in molecular pathways of amino acid metabolism (31,25%), antimicrobial peptides (20%), fatty acid metabolism (17,5%). We identified 13 altered proteins in serum of MASH: increased levels of fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, clusterin, collectin-10 and − 11, scavenger receptor cysteine-rich-M130, attractin, pigment epithelium-derived factor, vitronectin, complement factor-H, thrombospondin-4 and apolipoprotein-AIV and decreased levels of sex hormone-binding globulin and adiponectin. These proteins can be part of a panel of biomolecules for the diagnosis or follow-up of MASH.
Determinant Of Stakeholders Reliance On Indonesian Islamic Banking
Authors: Suharto Sonia Maulina , Himawan Hilmi Satria , Mubarok Arif , Hakim Sofyan , Amelia Verra Rizki 
Published: August 2024

Islamic banking carries out business activities based on sharia principles. The economic growth of a country can be seen from the growth of financial institutions such as the banking sector. The influence of the banking sector in a country's economy is very large. The failure of a bank can have systemic consequences for a country's economy, whether conventional banking or sharia banking. This research aims to analyze and test the influence of sharia compliance reports towards the level of stakeholder trust on Indonesian Islamic banking. The indicators used in sharia compliance are profit sharing ratio, Islamic income ratio, and zakat performance ratio, while the indicators used in the level of stakeholder trust are third party funds This research approach uses quantitative methods with ex-post facto (cause-and-effect) research. The population in this research is Sharia Commercial Banks and Sharia Business Units registered with the Financial Services Authority in 2020-2022. Sample selection was carried out using a purposive sampling method, resulting in 13 Sharia Commercial Banks and Sharia Business Units for the 2020-2022 period. The data analysis method in this research is using Eviews 12. The results of this research show that partially the profit sharing ratio and Islamic income ratio have a positive and significant effect towards the level of stakeholder trust. The zakat performance ratio does not have a significant effect towards the level of stakeholder trust. Meanwhile, simultaneously sharia compliance has a positive and significant effect towards the level of stakeholder trust of 26.45%.
An approach on the estimation and temporal interaction of runoff: the band similarity method
Authors: Yilmaz Volkan , Koycegiz Cihangir , Buyukyildiz Meral 
Published: August 2024

ABSTRACT
This study is based on the investigation of the performance of the band similarity (BS) method, which is quite new in the literature, in the prediction of flow and in determining the memory properties of the flow phenomenon. For this purpose, flow prediction models for the monthly flow data of the Sarız station, located in the Seyhan Basin in Türkiye, were produced first with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Second, these models were used in the BS method to create the BSPSO approach. Then, flow prediction was made for the same data set with support vector regression (SVR). In the test period, the standalone PSO, BSPSO, and SVR models achieved the most successful Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) values of 0.516, 0.691, and 0.659, respectively. As a result, it was seen that BS increased the success of PSO by approximately 35%.
Nombrar y circular, gitanos entre Europa y las Américas. Innovación, creatividad y resistencia.
Authors: Muñoz López Mayra Margarita 
Published: August 2024

El presente documento es una reseña del libro: Nombrar y circular, gitanos entre Europa y las Américas. Innovación, creatividad y resistencia. La obra en cuestión aborda desde diversas perspectivas el campo de lo gitano: reflexiona el sentido etimológico e histórico de los etnónimos que han adquirido los "gitanos" en diversas geografías, reconstruye la figura del gitano en la literatura y la narrativa popular y explora la experiencia del gitano y lo no gitano a partir sucesos históricos relevantes para cada grupo.
La reseña entabla un diálogo que invita a reflexionar sobre la experiencia personal en el espectáculo de los gitanos, los discursos emitidos por el Estado para erradicar la vagancia y la tragedia de la fragmentación de los diversos grupos de gitanos en el mundo. Al final, proporciono algunos datos actuales que quedan expuestos a manera de herida sobre la visión denigrante que se tiene sobre lo gitano y cómo el termino se sigue empleando para señalar a los "otros" como un sinónimo de desprecio. ¨Por lo tanto, el Estado continua justificando el ejercicio de la violencia sobre los desplazados y aquellos que en nuestro siglo, siguen vagando.
Factors Affecting the Quality of Audit Process “The External Auditors’ Perceptions”
Authors: Almasria Nashat Ali 
Published: August 2024

Purpose — This research aims to investigate the factors that affect audit quality, including the board of directors’ characteristics and performance, the audit committee's responsibilities, internal audit factors and performance, and the quality of the external audit.
Design/methodology/approach—This study expanded on previous research that has used different proxies to measure audit quality. It employed a questionnaire to measure audit quality and internal governance mechanisms by adopting some practical indicators from previous literature that could reflect and affect audit quality.
Findings — According to the regression results, it has been found that there is a strong positive relationship, which is statistically significant, between the work performance of internal auditors and the audit quality (β =0.280, p=.000); the strongest relationship was between audit quality and work performance, and it contributes to the model, and this is consistent with prior studies. Further, the board of directors’ responsibilities has been determined to have a significant impact on audit quality where the coefficient of determination is .085 at a significant level.
Practical implications — Due to prevalent corporate scandals and audit failures worldwide in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the relationship between Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms (ICGM) and External Audit Quality (EAQ). Audit quality and corporate governance mechanisms are significant aspects of today’s business practices. Hence, these issues have evoked interest and received the attention of regulators, researchers, and practitioners. They have become the centre of the argument due to their role in boosting investors’ confidence and improving the reliability of financial reports.
Originality/value—The current study contributed to the auditing and corporate governance literature. It expanded on previous research that used different proxies to measure audit quality and factors influencing audit quality.
Keywords — Pancasila, accounting education, accountant, financial fraud
Paper type — Research Paper
Precise Description Of The Economic Responsibility Of The Departement Of Purchases And Storehouses According To The Concepts Of Effectiveness And Efficiency: A New Initiative To Enrich The Thought Of Csr
Authors: Saleh Younis A. Battal 
Published: August 2024

Purpose: This study aims to identify and describe the economic responsibility of PWD based on the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency.
Method: To determine and describe the economic responsibilities of the departments that make up the FOS in any corporation, the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency in accomplishing the tasks assigned to those departments were chosen, considering the criteria for evaluating the quality of effectiveness and efficiency.
Result: Through the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency in completing tasks, this study was able to determine and describe the economic responsibility for PWD that was chosen to be the subject of this study, as follows: Providing the tangible and intangible needs for other departments included in the corporation’s FOS in a timely manner, with the specified specifications, and at the lowest possible cost.
Originality/Value: The idea of this study, which depends on the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency in performing tasks, can be adopted in defining and describing the economic responsibilities of the departments included in the FOS of any for-profit corporation. The economic responsibility of the departments lies in the extent of their commitment to the standards of effectiveness and efficiency in the performance of the tasks assigned to them. This study enriches the thought of CSR and will be considered the starting point for many studies and research in this field.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility. Economic Responsibility. Effectiveness and Efficiency. Functional Organizational Structure. Purchasing and Warehouse Department.
Abbreviations: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Functional Organizational Structure\ Structures (FOS\ FOSs). Purchasing and Warehouse Department (PWD).
Efficacy Training As An Effort To Increase Employee Job Engagement In Review Of Employment Status
Authors: Sulastri  , Soetjipto Noer , Hidayat Arif 
Published: August 2024

Purpose — This study aims to determine the influence of self-efficacy training on employees 'job engagement while distinguishing employees' job engagement based on employment status for employees of PT in a similar field of work. Telkomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk in Surabaya.
Design/methodology/approach—The research method used was comparative studies, which were designed using experimental design techniques (experiments). Sampling was done through the cluster sampling technique, which involves taking two sample groups of employees. Research samples were taken from 60 respondents.
Findings — This study indicates that the results of the independent t-test before being enforced on permanent and contract employees have a higher average job engagement value compared to permanent employees, with the same level of self-efficacy. After getting self-efficacy training employees, the value of T = -52.006 and P = 0,000 (p <0.05) prove the existence of significant changes in employee work involvement after obtaining efficacy training. For contract employees, the value of t = -56.542 and p = 0,000 (p <0.05) proves that employment contracts experience significant changes after receiving self-efficacy training for employees. The correlation coefficient value still explains that efficacy training is related to a work engagement of 74.8%, with a 56% effective contribution to job engagement. For employee contracts, the correlation coefficient value is 93.5%, which means the relationship between efficacy and work involvement is very strong, with the value of determination proving that the efficacy of 94.8% affects increasing the work involvement of contract employees.
Practical implications—To improve employee job engagement, a company can hold efficacy training for both permanent and contract employees.
Originality / Value—Efficacy Training Impacts or Influences Job Engagement, which is distinguished from employment status.
Keywords — Efficacy Training, Job Engagement, Employment.
Paper type — Research Paper
The effect of management control system with four lever's of control model and remuneration on employees’ performance: A study at Brawijaya University
Authors: Indika Sari Asri , Ludigdo Unti , Djamhuri Ali 
Published: August 2024

Purpose—This study applies contingency theory to examine the effect of the management control system (MCS) and remuneration scheme on Brawijaya University's employees' performance. The MCS in this study is understood following the Four Levers of Control (LOC), which includes belief systems, boundary systems, diagnostic control systems, and interactive control systems.
Design/methodology/approach—For this analysis, the data collection method employed in this study was cluster random sampling of all employees except structural officials of Brawijaya University (UB). 355 respondents from Headquarters and 7 Faculties participated in this study. The data were collected, and the technique analysis used was SEM—PLS programs.
Findings—Based on the analysis and discussion, the results of this study showed that employees’ performance was positively impacted by the boundary system, diagnostic control system, and remuneration. Employees’ performance could be improved by implementing an effective boundary system and diagnostic control system and providing fair and adequate remuneration. Employees’ performance was unaffected by the belief or interactive control systems.
Practical implications—This study's Empirical evidence also showed that beliefs systems and interactive control systems do not affect the performance of UB employees.
Originality/value — A management Control System with the LOC model (Simons, 1995) is implemented in private organizations. The researchers want to adopt the LOC model (Simons, 1995) in public organizations at Brawijaya University. This research is able to provide benefits for related officials in Universitas Brawijaya to implement a Management Control System with the LOC model as a means of controlling employee performance. Employees can be motivated to improve their performance with the management control system and the LOC model.
Paper type — Case study
ANALISIS MODAL MANUSIA DAN UPAH MINIMUM TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DI PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR
Authors: Wijaksono Rana Adhiella , Syafitri Wildan 
Published: August 2024

Economic growth is parameter for the success of economic development in a region. East Java Province in period 2017 – 2021 has a stable and increasing rate of economic growth, but inversely proportional to the relatively low quality of human development. The Human Development Index which is education, health, labor force and minimum wage levels reflects a measure the quality of human capital. This study aims to determine the effect of human capital and the provincial minimum wage on economic growth in East Java Province. This research method uses panel data regression analysis with a fixed effect model. The data used is from 29 regencies and 9 cities in East Java province from period 2017 – 2021. The results show that the independent variables of education level, health and labor force have a positive and significant effect on economic growth, while the district minimum wage variable has negative and significant impact on economic growth in East Java Province in 2017 – 2021.

Pertumbuhan ekonomi merupakan parameter yang mencerminkan keberhasilan pembangunan ekonomi di suatu daerah. Provinsi Jawa Timur pada periode tahun 2017 – 2021 memiliki tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi yang stabil dan terus meningkat, namun berbanding terbalik dengan kualitas pembangunan manusia yang cukup rendah. Index Pembangunan Manusia yang meliputi tingkat pendidikan, kesehatan, angkatan kerja dan upah minimum mencerminkan ukuran kualitas modal manusia.
Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh human capital dan upah minimum terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Provinsi Jawa Timur tahun 2017-2021. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis regresi data panel dengan model fixed effect. Data yang digunakan merupakan data 29 Kabupaten dan 9 Kota di provinsi Jawa Timur dengan periode tahun 2017 – 2021. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel bebas tingkat pendidikan, kesehatan dan angkatan kerja memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi, sementara variabel upah minimum memiliki pengaruh negative dan signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Provinsi Jawa Timur tahun 2017 – 2021.