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The Mediating Role of Innovation Capabilities on the Relationship between Dynamic Capabilities and Firm Competitive Performance
Authors: Kareem Mohanad Ali , Kummitha Harshavardhan Reddy , Kolloju Naveen 
Published: March 2024

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of the study is to better understand the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm competitive performance, and how innovation capabilities, specifically (a) product capability and (b) process capability, may play a mediating role in this relationship.

Design/Methodology/Approach
Simple Random Sampling technique was adopted to choose SMEs to collect data based on information obtained from Hungarian SMEs associations. A total of 565 completed questionnaires were obtained, with response rate of 65.50%. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used with AMOS 24 to assess the reliability and validity; and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was additionally used to assess the dependability of the scales. The proposed model was put to the test using structured equation modelling (SEM).

Results
The study results show that dynamic capacities have a significant direct effect on innovation capabilities: product capability and process capability. The study also proves that both product capability and process capability have a significant impact on a firm’s competitive performance.

Conclusion
The study concludes that the relationship between dynamic capabilities and competitive firm performance is partially mediated by innovation capabilities. The study suggests that before enhancing product innovation capability, entrepreneurs should consider reorganizing and reallocating resources into process innovation capability. This study contributes to our understanding of the mediating mechanism of innovation capabilities through which dynamic capabilities enhance firm competitiveness performance.
Muckrakıng Through the Novel: Upton Sınclaır’s the Jungle and the Early Hıstory of Human Resources Management
Authors: Man Fuat 
Published: March 2024

Abstract

Background and Purpose
This study is based on the assumption that the novel, which is a modern narrative form, reflects the canon of the period in which it was written. In this context, the study tries to show how human resources management practices were carried out in large-scale industrial units in a period when the human resources management function was not specialized, with The Jungle novel by Upton Sinclair.

Design/Methodology/Approach:
The study is based on a typology that Bruce E. Kaufman used while describing the early history of US HRM. Kaufman lists fourteen factors that characterize early HRM. One of them is the revealing activities of the Progressive movement. Therefore, the novel is considered here as a means of disclosure. Designed on this basis, the study analyses The Jungle novel around the following themes: the foreman’s empire, child labour, occupational health and safety, wages, job insecurity, career, and the blue-collar/white-collar divide.

Results
The novel shows that although the scale of manufacturing units grew in the early 1900s, human management practices were not yet institutionalized and specialized. Therefore, HRM routines are carried out with the arbitrary attitude of foremen, wages are below the natural wage level, child labour is widely used, and there is a working life full of risks in terms of occupational health and safety.

Conclusion
When the narrative of the novel about human management is read in parallel with the academic studies describing the period, the parallelism between the two narratives shows why the novels can be used as material for academic studies.
Olympism in School and Competitive Anxiety: Its Influence on Participants and Their Perceptions
Authors: Lara-Bocanegra Alejandro , Rocío Bohórquez M. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Anxiety is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide. It is prevalent throughout the life cycle and appears in multiple contexts, such as sports.In line with the idea of sport as a means of promoting integral health, the Andalusian Olympic Foundation promotes Olympic values through the “Olympism in School” programme. This programme, developed in two phases – theoretical and practical (including a “Mini Olympics”) – aims to improve the psychological development of participants through sporting competition. In order to demonstrate whether the management of factors such as competitive anxiety was achieved through this programme, 153 children aged 10-13 completed a socio-demographic data questionnaire and the SAS-2 questionnaire after participating in sporting events. The results showed that the participants endured intermediate levels of competitive anxiety (with greater weight given to the worry factor) and that the anxiety was greater in children not used to competition or who did not usually enjoy it. These findings indicate that competition is a factor related to anxiety in children and that strategies for managing the impact of the competitive context are necessary to enable enjoyment and healthy participation.
A Study on Various Causes of Low Frequency Components in Common Mode Voltage of a Space Vector Pulse Width Modulated Three– Phase Quasi–Z–Source H–Bridge Inverter Fed from a Three–Phase Diode Bridge Rectifier
Authors: Nanda Debalina , Syam Prasid , Mukherjee Kaushik 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The presence of low frequency components in the common mode voltage can cause harmful electromagnetic interference. A critical study on various causes of low frequency components in the common mode voltage of a space vector pulse width modulated Quasi–Z– source three–phase H–bridge voltage source inverter fed from a three–phase diode bridge rectifier is presented in this paper. The Quasi–Z–source network is utilized in boosting the rectified dc voltage which increases the overall voltage gain. The study considers the effect of boosting on the low frequency components. The input three-phase diode bridge rectifier has its influence in modulating the instantaneous common mode voltage and contributes low frequency components. The unbalanced three-phase supply can contribute additionally ac supply frequency component in the common mode voltage. The major contribution of this paper is the analytical, simulated and experiment-based study on various causes of the low frequency common mode voltages due to the combined action of the input non-ideal three phase grid, the front-end diode bridge rectifier as well as the load-end Z-source H-bridge three-phase inverter feeding a three-phase inductive load, while operated through a space vector pulse width modulation strategy.
Psychometric evaluation of the Polish version of the Questionnaire of Attitudes of Healthcare Workers towards Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events (P-RoCAES)
Authors: Majkut Michalina , Majda Anna , Barzykowski Krystian 
Published: March 2024

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of the study was psychometric evaluation of the Polish version of the Questionnaire of Attitudes of Healthcare Workers towards Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events (P-RoCAES), based on an adaptation of the Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events Scale (RoCAES) by Wilson B., Bekker H.L., Fylan F.

Material and methods. A total of 101 participants took part in the study, 41.4% of whom were internal medicine nurses, the remaining percentage were nursing students. In addition to the P-RoCAES, the Author’s Survey Questionnaire, the Justice Sensitivity Inventory, the Moral Feelings Scale, the Perceived Stress at Work Scale were used.

Results. P-RoCAES reliability (internal consistency: Cronbach’s alpha 0.82; McDonald’s omega 0.80) and theoretical relevance for questions from the Author’s Survey Questionnaire were found. Convergent relevance with sensitivity to justice, feelings in moral situations, work stress perception were not proven. Confi rmatory factor analysis did not provide a reinforcement of the 5-dimensional factor structure of the original RoCAES.

Conclusions. The P-RoCAES achieved satisfactory psychometric properties in validation to Polish conditions, enabling to be used in research of attitudes towards adverse events among medical professionals and students, in order to educate and promote reporting culture for maintaining patient safety in healthcare. Despite possible limitations, the P-RoCAES should be considered an objective, valid, reliable tool.
Relationship Between Attitude Towards Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Socialdemographic, Health-Related and Psychological Parameters Among Unvaccinated Hospital Employees in Latvia
Authors: Lielšvāgere-Endele Sintija , Koļesņikova Jeļena , Nauzere Linda , Millere Inga 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of healthcare workers has a critical role in protecting them, the patients, and society. The aim of this study was to explore attitude factors related to COVID-19 vaccination of unvaccinated hospital employees in Latvia. Data were collected from March to May 2021 among the employees of nine hospitals. Overall, 355 respondents took part in the online survey. The respondents in this group ranged from 19 to 71 years old. The results of the hierarchical multiple regression found that sex, previous influenza vaccination, and psychological parameters, are related to more of an attitude of denial regarding vaccination among unvaccinated hospital employees. In conclusion, our study suggests that respondents without previous influenza vaccination, and having concern about the speed of vaccine production, distrust in recommendations of specialists, belief about not being a risk group, belief that the vaccine does not protect oneself and others, belief that COVID-19 is made up, and vaccines are a threat, are related to a more negative attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination.
Observation of Automated Management Use of Self-Sampling Kits
Authors: Gavars Didzis , Gulbis Egīls , Gavars Mikus , Stašulāns Jānis , Gavars Valdis , Grundmane Justīne , Stašulāne Anna 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
In the current times of ever-growing prevalence of infectious diseases, it is requisite to explore ways to provide the safest and most effective medical care for our patients. The aim of this study is to explain how the issues raised by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were addressed by the E. Gulbis Laboratory in Latvia. The study looks back on the goal to introduce an automated and effective solution for the management of self-collected samples. The study is primarily aimed to formulate the conclusions about the data and use of automation in the self-sample kit collection. Results were collected from 18 automated (contactless) sample collection devices used by E. Gulbis Laboratory. Sixty-four thousand two hundred fifty-seven (64,257) saliva kits for SARSCoV-2 PCR testing were employed. It was found that 3.92% of them were positive (SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA found in saliva sample). The average processing time in automated devices located in the capital city was 11.13 hours, in the suburbs — 15.52 hours, rest of the country — 17.60 hours. The average age of patients that choose an automatic device to hand in their saliva sample kits was 33.94 years. These results suggest that by using the automated device, patient contacts are decreased, and direct communication with medical staff is excluded, which reduces the risk of infection during processing. Automated devices make sample kit distribution available 24 hours. They save workforce resources in the laboratory that are already very limited, especially during a pandemic period.
Working Temperature’s Influence on the Lifepo4 Battery Generated Power
Authors: Issa F. , Diaconu E.M. , Ardeleanu M.N. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The battery needed to store electricity is an essential element of a photovoltaic energy production system. The place where this system element is located, during its operation, will thermally influence the way the battery works. The specialized literature presents studies on the influence of temperature on the electrical working capacity of the battery, but through this scientific paper we want to study a concrete case of a LiFePO4 battery and quantify the influence of temperature differences in the working space on the differences in the energy capacities generated by the same battery. The experimental setup allowed recording the temperature of the space where the battery is placed for a long time, so we ensured that the temperature of the battery is approximately equal to that of the working space, just like in a real case of a photovoltaic system. The monitoring of the electric power of the battery in operation was carried out only during its discharge, by imposing a constant discharge current simultaneously with the recording of the voltage at the battery terminals throughout this cycle. At the end of the experiments, we associated the average temperatures during the discharge cycles with the average powers discharged by the battery in each thermal frame. The quantification was achieved by relating the power differences generated to the temperature differences of the different thermal situations experienced. The importance of this study resides into the highlighting of importance to maintain an optimal temperature for the space where the batteries are stored, having as technical effect the maintaining the power’s functioning optimal rate of these. The design of a photovoltaic system must be oriented to a long term calculus regarding power’s rate depending by battery’s working space temperature.
A Review of Recent Control Trchniques of Virtual Synchronous Machine for Renewable Energy
Authors: Nourelhouda Djaraf , Daili Yacine , Harrag Abdelghani 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Increased distributed generation (DG) integration into power system via power electronic devices results in a reduction in the total equivalent inertia of power grid utility, which lead to serve frequency stability and performance degradation of the power system. To facilitate the penetration of DG into the power grid utility, improved control schemes of the power electronics converter based DG are required to improve the system stability when it is dominated by DG based inverter. A virtual synchronous generator (VSG ) approach is suggested, which consists in controlling the static power converter to mimic the essential dynamic behavior of the conventional synchronous generator.
The main objective of this paper is to review the most recent topologies of virtual inertia control. Along this work, a detail description of each topology is presented. In addition, VSG control equations given voltage and frequency control is explained in detail. The VSG problems and future research on VSG control are discussed.
Monitoring A Fluid Circuit: A Comparison between Arduino UNO and PIC
Authors: Perjaru C. , Preduşcă G. , Avram Miruna , Radu M. , Stănescu C. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The purpose of this project is to design an electrical circuit for measuring specific parameters, such as liquid level and engine RPM, to monitor a fluid circuit. The project involves a comparison between the Arduino Uno development platform and the PIC16 development platform. The devices utilized include a level sensor, motor potentiometer, ultrasonic sensor (HC-SR04), submersible pump, a 4x20 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) with an I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuits) interface, and various connection cables.
Simulated Surface Electromyographic (SEMG) Signal Generation and Detection Model
Authors: Messaoudi Noureddine , Belkacem Samia , Bekka Rais El’hadi 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
For didactic purposes, the aim of this work was to improve a simulation model of surface electromyographic (sEMG) signal by taking into consideration the shortcomings of previously developed models. This model started with the simulation of the single fibre action potential (SFAP), then the model of the single motor unit action potential (MUAP), afterwards the imitation of the train of MUAP and finally the modellig of the resultant sEMG signal which is the sum of the MUAPs trains. SFAP simulation was based on: i) the description of the volume conductor model which is composed of four layers (bone, muscle, fat and skin), ii) the description of the electrodes shapes and sizes as well as spatial filters, iii) and the transmebrane current. The proposed model shows its effectiveness in the possibility of carrying out practical work by simulation on the modelling of SFAP, MUAP, MUAPT and the sEMG signal. The most important result of this model is that signal processing tools can be applied to analyze and interpret real-world phenomena such as the effects of physiological, non physiological and sensing system parameters on the shape of the simulated sEMG signal.
Food habits of the endemic Cyprus scops owl (Otus cyprius) during the breeding season
Authors: Kassinis Nicolaos , Alivizatos Haralambos , Christou Antaia , Charalambides Markos , Tölgyesi Zoltán 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The diet of the endemic Cyprus scops owl (Otus cyprius) was studied for the first time during the breeding season 2021 in 7 nesting sites from 6 sampling locations using the pellet analysis (n = 65 pellets). Insects, mostly Orthoptera and Coleoptera, comprised the bulk of the owl diet (87% abundance, 31% biomass), whereas small mammals and reptiles were important in terms of biomass, with 41% and 24%, respectively. Birds were the lowest prey order, with 0.6% abundance and 3.6% biomass. The most essential insects were grasshoppers (Acrididae) (17%) and scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) (6%). From vertebrate prey, Mus spp. (23.7%), Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) (8%), Cyprus spiny mice (Acomys nesiotes) (8%), juvenile black rats (Rattus rattus) (7%), and Cyprus agamas (Laudakia cypriaca) (5%) stand out as % biomass. Predation on a bat species (Pipistrellus sp.) by scops owl was documented for the first time in Cyprus. The estimated prey biomass ranged from 0.1 – 25 grams, averaging 2.1 g.
Influences of Pressure and Green Supply Chain Management on Sustainable Performance of Green Manufacturing Industry in Thailand
Authors: Yupat Mongkhol , Rojniruttikul Nuttawut 
Published: March 2024

Introduction: Green industries play an important role in economic and social development. The market situation is an important factor for the organizations to be developed with regard to technology, regulations of the government, stakeholders, and the competitors, which all affect the revenue of the companies that are faced with the pressure. Thus, the companies implement the Green Supply Chain Management to obtain advantages over their competition. The Green Supply Chain Management increases the competitiveness and resolves the trade dispute issues. The Green Supply Chain Management is a convergence of the elements of environmental management and supply chain management of the organizations that Thai manufacturers cannot avoid.

Objective: This study aims to develop the pressure model and green supply chain management that affect the sustainable performance of green industries in Thailand

Method: The study uses a Quantitative Research method, and the data was collected using a survey of 250 factory managers as well as analysis with the structural equation model (SEM).

Results: The findings reveal that Pressure has a positive direct effect on sustainability performance and Green Supply Chain Management. And, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has a positive influence on sustainability performance.

Conclusion: Pressure and Green Supply Chain Management positively impact the Green Manufacturing Industry's sustainability performance. Furthermore, Market Needs, Regulations, Stakeholders, and Competitors have a significant impact on the improvement of the competitiveness of organizations. They also promote social and community responsibility throughout the supply chain, enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the Green Manufacturing Industry in Thailand in order to develop sustainable economic and social environments.
Features of the application and evaluation of urgent blood pressure monitoring at the pre-hospital stage
Authors: Grishin О. V. , Ruksin V. V. , Kitsyshin V. Р. , Lukyanova I. Yu. , Bulach Т. Р. , Bozhko V. O. 
Published: March 2024

The purpose of the study. Search for criteria for objectifying the safety of emergency treatment of hypertension syndrome at the outpatient stage of emergency medical care.Tasks: 1) еvaluate the possibility of hardware monitoring of blood pressure at the pre-hospital stage of emergency care; 2) select indicators that allow you to objectively assess the safety of emergency antihypertensive therapy with various two-component drug combinations; 3) the use of urgent blood pressure monitoring to demonstrate the differences between the safety of combinations of captopril with furosemide, moxonidine with furosemide, moxonidine with nifedipine.Materials and methods. At the prehospital stage, blood pressure monitoring was carried out during the day simultaneously with taking a number of combinations of antihypertensive drugs (captopril and furosemide, moxonidine and furosemide, moxonidine and nifedipine). In the absence of intolerance to any of the studied drugs, the choice of drugs was carried out by fixed randomization using a table of random numbers. A total of 91 patients were included in the study, in whom the results of an instrumental study were analyzed against the background of drug therapy.Results. To assess the effectiveness and safety of antihypertensive treatment, the protocol for analyzing primary data was modified, new highly informative quantitative criteria for assessing the effect of various drug combinations on the temporal dynamics of blood pressure were developed.Conclusion. The proposed research methodology allows documenting the course of emergency therapy and can be offered for use during outpatient treatment
The models of patients with severe flame burns (message one)
Authors: Vagner D. O. , Zinoviev E. V. , Soloshenko V. V. 
Published: March 2024

Purpose: to develop models of patients with severe flame burns.Material and methods: the analysis of scientific publications and own observations of the causes of flame burns was carried out.Results: based on the data obtained, six models of patients with severe flame burns were formed: residential fires, liquefied petroleum gas-related burns, cookstove-related burns, flammable liquids-related burns, self-immolation and smoking-related burns. According to the results of the study, 94% of patients with flame burns corresponded to these six models. These models turned out to be homogeneous by gender, age, area, depth and localization of skin lesions, severity of the condition and other characteristics.Conclusion: the using models of patients make it possible to form homogeneous groups of victims. Due to the homogeneity of these groups, it is possible to develop surgical treatment tactics for each of the formed models, which should improve the results of treatment of burned patients.