bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Overview of Community Forest Management For Logging in The State of Amazonas
Authors: Viana Álefe Lopes , Lucas Filho Fernando Cardoso , Silva Neliton Marques da 
Published: August 2024

Objective: Present an overview of the licensing of community timber forest management activities in the State of Amazonas between the years 2000 and 2021.

Theoretical Framework: This study is addresses the topic of community-based timber forest management. It presents its history and evolution in the Amazon, addressing the main implementation difficulties, supporting legislation and the quantification of initiatives in the region.

Method: The present study is characterized by a qualitative and quantitative approach, using bibliographic and documentary research. A survey was carried out on community timber forest management activities in the State of Amazonas, using the information base provided by the Amazonas Environmental Protection Institute.

Results and Discussion: The results obtained revealed that between 2000 and 2021, 100 environmental exploration licenses were issued for community logging forest management, with projects located in 11 municipalities in the State of Amazonas, with emphasis on Maraã, Santo Antônio do Iça and Uarini. The total volume of licensed wood for the period was 68,122.43 m3 and 10,242 trees were harvested, with emphasis on the species assacu (Hura crepitans L.), macacarecuia [Eschweilera albiflora (DC.) Miers] and mulateiro [Calycophyllum spruceanum (Benth.) K.Schum.].

Research Implications: Based on the understanding from bibliographical and documentary analyzes of community forest management activities, it is expected to contribute to the strengthening of a planning policy on the activity, both at the local and regional level.

Originality/Value: There is no unifying source of data on community forest management in the State of Amazonas that can generate consistent and updated statistics in a timely manner. In this way, the research aims to contribute to strengthening the activity at both local and regional levels, making community timber forestry management not just a simple supplier of raw materials, but linked to a wood production chain, generating high-value-added products, with raw materials of legal origin.
Comparative Study Between University Authorities of The Public And Private Sectors in A Province of The San Martín Region: Management Skills and Job Performance
Authors: Contreras-Julián Rosa Mabel , Delgado-Bardales José Manuel , Sánchez-Dávila Keller , Palomino-Alvarado Gabriela del Pilar , Saavedra-Sandoval Renan 
Published: August 2024

Objective: a comparison is always observed between the services provided in public and private universities; as well as the management carried out by its officials. This entails knowing the skills that professionals possess, which has the purpose of: Establishing a relationship between management skills and job performance in university authorities of the public and private sector in a province of the San Martín region. As well as, compare the level of management skills and work performance of the authorities of private and public universities.

Theoretical framework: focuses on the aspects of management skills: interpersonal, personal and group skills; as well as, job performance: fulfillment of goals and the organizational climate that must be taken into account for its strengthening and better university management.

Method: comparative analysis in which the deductive method has been used, of a basic type with a quantitative approach, with a non-experimental design of comparative correlational scope.

Results and conclusions: in terms of management skills and job performance, are at the level of medium. Private universities demonstrate greater strengthening of skills and better performance in their work than public universities. There is a moderate and significant positive relationship between both study variables with 26% variability.

Implications of the research: as management skills are strengthened, better performance of university authorities will be seen; Therefore, the need to work with training and workshops in order to strengthen the first variable for institutional achievements.
The Formative, Critical and Emancipatory Potential of the Arts in General and Theatre in Particular
Authors: Pinto Luisa Isabel Costa , Gama Joaquim C M , Morgado Elsa Gabriel , Leonido Levi 
Published: August 2024

Objective: The aim of this study is to make a reflective and critical contribution to theatre as a learning space, considering paths towards education through art, education for art and education in art.

Theoretical Framework: The text is based on the pedagogical, aesthetic, ethical and technical experiences of artists such as Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, Augusto Boal, Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Pina Bausch and Ariane Mnouchkine, with the aim of establishing a network of currents of thought that intertwine with Socrates, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Paulo Freire, among others, in the combination of art, pedagogy and social transformation.

Method: The methodology adopted for this research comprises a bibliographical review, which is decisive for the essayistic and dialogical form that the article seeks to establish with the reader.

Results and Discussion: The results obtained indicate that the concept of teaching artist must take on theatre itself and understand that artistic and pedagogical action focused on modes of stage production, scenic thinking and language research already constitute education. Within the concept of the teaching artist, the very structuring of theatre, in its multiple possibilities of experiences, involves artistic-pedagogical decisions and choices. Based on their artistic training and interest in education through art, the teaching artist must link their work to the creative, mobilising and knowledge-building potential that theatre possesses, in direct relation to society from an inter-arts perspective.

Research implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research are based on a conceptual universe that substantiates and emphasises the social and pedagogical role of theatre, the artist and the teacher interested in scenic perspectives that reaffirm the formative, critical and emancipatory potential of the arts.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the specific literature in the area, as well as resulting in a proposition of the Teaching Artist as a mobiliser and builder of theatrical knowledge in direct dialogue with society and other arts.
Environmental Sustainability in Public Procurement Processes: A Study Guided by The Paradigms of The New Law on Tenders and Contracts
Authors: Pessoa Sebastião Felipe Lucena , Brito Clara K. Rodrigues de , Bernardi Renato 
Published: August 2024

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the incorporation of environmental sustainability criteria in public procurement processes, aiming to assess the impact of these criteria on the effectiveness of procurements under the New Public Procurement and Contracting Law.

Theoretical Framework: The research is based on concepts of environmental sustainability and sustainable public procurement. Theories of sustainable development and principles of sustainability in public administration are highlighted, providing a solid foundation for the analysis.

Method: The methodology adopted for this research includes a qualitative approach, using the deductive method. Data collection was conducted through a critical analysis of bibliographic materials indexed on platforms evaluated by Capes, as well as legislative documents and relevant doctrines on the subject.

Results and Discussion: The results indicate that the New Public Procurement and Contracting Law presents significant advances in integrating sustainability into public procurement processes through the explicit inclusion of environmental sustainability criteria. However, the effective implementation of these criteria faces important challenges, mainly related to the training of public agents and the adaptation of existing structures to new demands. The discussion contextualizes these results in light of the theoretical framework, highlighting the identified implications and relationships.

Research Implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research are discussed, providing insights into how the results can be applied or influence practices in the field of public procurement. These implications encompass areas such as public policies, professional training, and sustainable development.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the relevance of the New Public Procurement and Contracting Law in promoting sustainable practices in public procurement. The originality of the research lies in the critical analysis of the challenges and advances provided by the new legislation, highlighting its potential impact on sustainable development.
Application of Artificial Neural Network Analysis in Predicting the Performance of Microbial Energy Cells
Authors: Cacheado Marco Aurélio Andrade , Rodrigues Isabel Cristina Braga , Nucci Edson Romano 
Published: August 2024

Objective: The objective of this study was to apply Artificial Neural Networks to evaluate the performance of Microbial Energy Cells, to identify the best network configuration for cell evaluation.

Theoretical Framework: Although several of the widely used effluent treatment methods show results, most of them have a common disadvantage: they lose the chemical energy contained in the treated effluent and have high energy consumption for their conduction. Therefore, an increasing effort has been made to develop effluent treatment technologies capable of recovering part of the energy contained in the waste to be treated. In this scenario, microbial energy cells (CEM) emerge as a potential technology, as they are devices that simultaneously treat effluent biologically and generate electrical energy.

Methodology: For the application and evaluation of ANNs in CEM, a feedforward neural network was used, with a Levenberg-Marquardt training algorithm, 1 or 2 hidden layers, with sigmoid and tansig activation functions, and an accuracy factor of 10-5. The data used for training and validation for the ANN were obtained through a literature search. Networks with 15, 30, 50, 90, 100, 130, 150, and 200 neurons were used for testing to evaluate the best performance.

Results and Discussion: With the results obtained, it was observed that the best adjustment of the network occurred with the 2-layer configuration, one layer with 100 neurons and the other output layer, with 49 interactions and R2 of 0.91 in the training adjustment, 0 .78 in the validation fit and 0.90 in the fit with all experimental data evaluated, respectively.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by evaluating the application of artificial neural networks, which are empirical modeling mechanisms, inspired by biological nervous systems, with processing abilities, in microbial energy cells.
Do illegal Migration Affect tourism Arrivals in Greece? A Vector Autoregression Analysis
Authors: Krasteva Ruska Ventsislavova 
Published: August 2024

Introduction: This paper explores the impact of illegal migration on the tourism sector in Greece. Utilizing a Vector autoregression (VAR) methodology, the research examines the relationship between the influx of illegal migrants and the number of tourist arrivals. The study presents the migration as a phenomenon that takes place dynamically the last decades in Europe in general and the Greek territory particular. By providing, empirical evidence on the short-term and long-term impacts of illegal migration on tourism in Greece, this study contributes to the broader discourse on migration and economic stability. The research's findings reveal that illegal migration does not significantly influence tourism arrivals in Greece. This indicates that tourists’ decisions to visit Greece are driven by factors other than concerns related to illegal migration.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between the influx of illegal migrants and the number of tourist arrivals

Theoretical Framework: In this topic, the main concepts and theories that underpin the research are presented: the Model of cyclicity, Lee’s migration model.

Method: The research examines the relationship between the influx of illegal migrants and the number of tourist arrivals over a specific period. The methodology used for this research is Vector autoregression analysis, with monthly data for the period January 2015 to December 2023. This analytical approach allows for the examination of the dynamic interactions and potential causality between the two variables over time.

Results and Discussion: The results obtained revealed reveal that illegal migration does not significantly influence tourism arrivals in Greece. Changes in the number of migrants arriving do not predict changes in tourist arrivals, and changes in tourist arrivals do not predict the number of migrants arriving in Greece. The outcome is positive for the Greek tourism industry, which is of a great importance for the country’s GDP and employment politics.

Research Implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research are discussed, providing insights into how the results can be applied or influence practices in the field of tourism. These implications could encompass the socio-economic sector of the country.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by a vector autoregression analysis to the broader discourse on migration and economic stability. The relevance and value of this research are evidenced by the findings, that reveal that illegal migration does not significantly impact tourism arrivals in Greece. This indicates that tourists’ decisions to visit Greece are driven by factors other than concerns related to illegal migration.
Customary Land Tenure and Landless Farmers in Java, Indonesia: The Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Development
Authors: Pitono Andi , Sutiyo  , Baidhowah Adfin Rochmad 
Published: August 2024

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the tenurial system of customary land in Java, its deficiency, the accompanying consequences on land access, and the identification of modes of improvement in order to accelerate rural development. Theoretical framework: This study was based on theories of rural development and decentralization, with a specific focus on landless farmers. Method: This study employed qualitative method to analyze the tenurial system of customary land in Java. Data were collected through two steps, first, observations, interviews, and documentaries were conducted to understand the realities of customary land tenure from the descriptive statistics and narratives of local officers. Second, a focus group discussion involving local officers and villagers was held to present the initial findings, formulate a new tenancy system, and analyze the possibilities of its application in village administration. Results and conclusion: Based on the villages in the Grobogan District of Central Java Province, this study showed that land use causes unequal access to landless farmers. The land management methods to finance village development programs are currently irrelevant in the framework of recent decentralization. A system that can benefit landless farmers is contract farming. Implications of research: This study provided evidence-based information for policymakers to improve the use of customary land for landless farmers and an additional reference for rural development in the world. Originality/value: Studies on Indonesian rural development have shown the strategic position of customary lands in Indonesia, especially in Java. However, little is known about the potential of customary lands to achieve sustainable rural development, as this issue is still inadequately addressed in the literature. This led to the implementation of this study, with the objectives of analyzing the tenurial system of customary land in Java, its deficiency, and accompanying consequences on land access, alongside identifying improvement approaches in order to accelerate rural development.
Internationalization of Companies: a Systematic Literature Review Supported by Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Oliveira Alessandro Bandeira de , Costa Claudio Luiz de Oliveira , Gomes Josir Simeone , Marques Fernanda Larrúbia 
Published: August 2024

Objective: Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the internationalization of companies (IE) over the past three decades, exploring topics ranging from alliance strategies to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Theoretical Framework: Over the past decades, the study of internationalization has gained importance with the reduction of border barriers. Hamel (1991) highlighted the role of international strategic alliances in promoting competition and learning. Multinational companies from emerging markets have become relevant, and early international expansion has driven competitiveness and innovation.

Method: The methodology combines Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and Bibliometric Analysis (BA), using VOSviewer 1.6.20 software to explore networks of co-authorship, co-citation, and co-occurrence in 246 articles published between 1991 and 2023.

Results and Discussion: The results revealed challenges in internationalization, such as selecting suitable partners and mitigating risks. Understanding the factors of success or failure is crucial. Opportunities include consistent product strategies that enhance global competitiveness and strategic collaborations, such as international alliances and joint ventures, which promote learning and innovation. Organizational learning offers a sustainable competitive advantage.

Implications of the Research: The practical and theoretical implications discussed provide insights into how the results may influence practices in the field of alliances within a globalized business environment.

Originality/Value: This study adopts an interdisciplinary approach, highlighting the importance of contextual, cultural, institutional, and economic factors in understanding the complexities of international strategic alliances.
Development of A Man-Machine Interface for Managing Photovoltaic Energy: Applied Study
Authors: Pinheiro Elisângela , Muller Felipe Martins , Candeia Ezequias Daniel , Moretto Marcos Antônio 
Published: August 2024

Objective: Develop and evaluate a human-machine interface (HMI) that integrates advanced monitoring, forecasting, and management functionalities for photovoltaic solar energy systems, aiming to optimize energy production and operational efficiency.

Theoretical Framework: This study is based on concepts of modeling and simulation, solar energy management, and problem-solving methodologies such as Soft System Methodology (SSM).

Method: An applied approach was adopted using modeling, simulation, and statistical analysis techniques. The research included a bibliographic review in scientific databases, a case study, and SSM to organize and solve complex problems. 121 digital solar energy platforms in Brazil were analyzed to define the interface requirements. The interface was developed with React JS, Axios, Bootstrap v5, Apache Echarts, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python libraries for forecasting models.

Results and Discussion: The interface, named "Solar Smart Manager," enables efficient monitoring and management of energy production using critical data such as temperature, time of day, and solar irradiation. Tests in a real operational environment demonstrated improvements in energy management, incident response, and preventive maintenance. The functionality of validating solar radiation incidence data represents a significant contribution to the energy sector, promoting sustainability and innovation.

Research Implications: The practical and theoretical implications of this research provide insights into the efficient and optimized management of photovoltaic solar energy systems, contributing to a better understanding and optimization of available solar resources.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by developing an innovative interface that improves operational efficiency and solar energy management. The relevance and value of this research are evidenced by its positive impact on the energy sector, promoting sustainability and innovation.
Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicles from Renewable Hybrid Systems
Authors: Ferreira Isaias , Tabora Jonathan M. , Lima Pedro Lucas Sampaio de , Rivera Dennis , Carvalho Carminda C. M. de M. , Tostes Maria Emília. de Lima , Matos Edson Ortiz de , Bezerra Ubiratan H. , Nascimento Andreia Antloga do 
Published: August 2024

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze charging strategies for electric vehicles (EVs) in a hybrid system connected to the conventional electricity grid, to optimize the use of renewable energies.

Theoretical Framework: This paper presents the concepts of hybrid systems, photovoltaic power generation, and electric vehicle energy demand. It emphasizes the importance of integrating renewable energy into the transportation sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainability.

Method: The research was based on obtaining load curves and photovoltaic generation in different climatic conditions. The energy available for charging electric vehicles was calculated, considering the limitations of the hybrid system. Different charging power configurations were studied.

Results and Discussion: The results demonstrate the feasibility of recharging EVs with renewable energy and highlight the operational flexibility provided by storage systems. Different climate scenarios affect energy availability for charging, highlighting the importance of adaptive strategies.

Research Implications: This research contributes to developing sustainable strategies in the transportation sector by providing insights into integrating electric vehicles and renewable energy. Practical implications include reducing carbon emissions and decreasing dependence on fossil fuels.
Originality/Value: This study stands out for its specific analysis of EV charging strategies in a hybrid context, providing new approaches for the efficient use of renewable energy in transportation. The integration of storage systems and adaptation to climatic conditions are innovative aspects that add value to the research.