bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Application of Clay–rubber Mixtures for the Transportation Geotechnics—the Numerical Analysis
Authors: Jastrzębska Małgorzata , Łupieżowiec Marian 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The use of waste materials (including rubber) in industry is one of the most important issues in terms of environmental protection. One of such applications is the use of soil–rubber mixtures in backfills or lower layers of embankments or road structures. The numerical analyses of the behavior of a clay–rubber mixture layer built into a road embankment are presented in this article. An elastic-perfectly plastic model with a Coulomb–Mohr yield surface was used in the finite element analysis. The parameters of soil–rubber mixtures adopted for the analysis were estimated on the basis of triaxial tests: monotonic (UU—unconsolidated undrained, and CU—consolidated undrained) and cyclic (CU) performed with low frequency (f = 0,001 Hz). The triaxial tests were carried out on mixtures of kaolin (K) and red clay (RC) with the addition of 1–5 mm rubber granulate (G) in the amount of 5–25% by weight. Numerical analyses included a static plate load test (VSS) of a layer made of a rubber–soil mixture built into the embankment and testing the stability of embankments using the c–ϕ strength reduction procedure. The results of laboratory tests confirm the necessity of testing soil–rubber mixtures each time before their use in embankments. The observed overall decrease in shear strength and stiffness of the tested material is variable and depends on the type of soil and the content of rubber waste. Satisfactory results of the analysis were obtained, both in terms of the values of layer stiffness modules and slope safety factors, which allows for the conclusion of the possibility of using soil–rubber mixtures (with the recommended granulate addition up to 30% by weight) in the layers of road embankments and (depending on the road class) in the lower layers of the pavement structure.
GENERIC STRUCTURE POTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF VIETNAMESE PRECEDENTS
Authors: Tuan Ly Phan 
Published: October 2023

Genre is the linguistic level that is of interest to many researchers as evident in a large number of research papers related to genre analysis. In linguistics, genre analysis also has several directions of research with distinct techniques. In this paper, the theory of Generic Structure Potential, which was developed by Hasan Ruquaiya (1989), was used to investigate the macrostructure of legal discourse. The legal discourse chosen to examine was Vietnamese precedents. The method used in this article was the descriptive method through content analysis from the qualitative approach. The result of this study showed the macrostructure of Vietnamese precedents from the perspective of Generic Structure Potential. The article contributed to the picture of genre analysis with a variety of legal discourses. The description of the macrostructure helps to characterize the cultural context of Vietnamese precedent discourses that is considered as a stratum of discourse analysis from the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics.
Backup Plan Constrained Model Predictive Control with Guaranteed Stability
Authors: Tao Ran , Kim Hunmin , Yoon Hyung-Jin , Wan Wenbin , Hovakimyan Naira , Sha Lui , Voulgaris Petros 
Published: October 2023

This paper proposes and evaluates a new safety concept called backup plan safety for path planning of autonomous vehicles under mission uncertainty using model predictive control (MPC). Backup plan safety is defined as the ability to complete an alternative mission when the primary mission is aborted. To include this new safety concept in control problems, we formulate a feasibility maximization problem aiming to maximize the feasibility of the primary and alternative missions. The feasibility maximization problem is based on multi-objective MPC, where each objective (cost function) is associated with a different mission and balanced by a weight vector. Furthermore, the feasibility maximization problem incorporates additional control input horizons toward the alternative missions on top of the control input horizon toward the primary mission, denoted as multihorizon inputs, to evaluate the cost for each mission. We develop the backup plan constrained MPC algorithm, which designs the weight vector that ensures asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system, and generates the optimal control input by solving the feasibility maximization problem with computational efficiency. The performance of the proposed algorithm is validated through simulations of an unmanned aerial vehicle path planning problem.
Can Artificial Intelligence aid communication? Considering the possibilities of GPT-3 in Palliative care
Authors: Srivastava Rajashree , Srivastava Shikha 
Published: October 2023

Objectives:
This article reviews the developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and their current and prospective applications in endof-life communications. It uses Open AI’s generative pre-trained transformer 3 (GPT-3) as a case study to understand the possibilities of AI-aided communication in Palliative Care.

Material and Methods:
Open AI’s GPT-3 was taken as a case study where responses were generated through the GPT-3 beta playground (Davinci engine) and were scrutinised by six mental health professionals (MHPs) working in a palliative care setting in India. They were tasked to evaluate the responses generated by the AI (the identity was not revealed until a part of the study was completed) in a simulated palliative care conversation with another MHP posing as a patient. The aim was to undermine whether the professionals were able to detect that the responses were indeed generated by a machine and did they approve or disapprove of the responses.

Results:
The GPT-3 playground with the right prompts produced remarkable, often surprising texts and responses that imitated human interaction. However, glitches such as redundancy were noticed along with strongly held opinions in certain questions related to faith, death, and life after death.

Conclusion:
AI-assisted communication in palliative care could be used to train professionals in the palliative care field using it as a simulation in training. It could also be used as a therapeutic intervention for the purpose of engagement and philosophical dialogue after certain modifications. However, it would have its own limitations such as it cannot replace a human agent just yet.
Model Pengelolaan Kelas Di Sekolah Dasar Inklusi Kabupaten Bojonegoro
Authors: Hisbollah Hisbollah , Budiyanto Budiyanto , Mudjito Mudjito 
Published: October 2023

Adanya pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan pembelajaran tidak dapat dilakukan secara tatap muka di sekolah. Bagi anak tunanetra dampak dari tidak dilakukannya pembelajaran secara tatap muka menyebabkan anak harus beradaptasi dengan kondisi pembelajaran yang baru. Salah satu strategi yang diterapkan untuk menghadapi adaptasi kondidi ini adalah dengan dilakukannya pembelajaran melalui blended learning. Berkaitan dengan hal tersebut peneliti akan mengkaji secara mendalam mengenai implementasi pembelajaran blended learning di SLBA YPAB Surabaya, sehingga dapat menemukan faktor penunjang dan penghambat pelaksanaan pembelajaran serta menemukan solusi untuk memecahkan permasalahan yang ada. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini dilakukan melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknis pemeriksaan data dilakukan melalui triangulasi data. Teknik analisis data dilakukan menggunakan teknik deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa manajemen blended learning di SLB YPAB Surabaya efektif dengan langkah-langkah perencanaan, organisasi, pelaksanaan dan pengontrolan. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa terdapat faktor pendukung dan faktor penunjang pelaksanaan pembelajaran melalui blended learning di di SLB YPAB Surabaya.
Kata kunci : Blended Learning, Manajemen, Tunanetra.
Manajemen Blended Learning di SLB A YPAB Surabaya
Authors: Murtadlo Murtadlo , Pamuji Pamuji , Ovel Novari Beny Acep 
Published: October 2023

Adanya pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan pembelajaran tidak dapat dilakukan secara tatap muka di sekolah. Bagi anak tunanetra dampak dari tidak dilakukannya pembelajaran secara tatap muka menyebabkan anak harus beradaptasi dengan kondisi pembelajaran yang baru. Salah satu strategi yang diterapkan untuk menghadapi adaptasi kondidi ini adalah dengan dilakukannya pembelajaran melalui blended learning. Berkaitan dengan hal tersebut tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan implementasi pembelajaran blended learning di SLB A YPAB Surabaya, sehingga dapat menemukan faktor penunjang dan penghambat pelaksanaan pembelajaran serta menemukan solusi untuk memecahkan permasalahan yang ada. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini dilakukan melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknis pemeriksaan data dilakukan melalui triangulasi data. Teknik analisis data dilakukan menggunakan teknik deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa manajemen blended learning di SLB YPAB Surabaya efektif dengan langkah-langkah perencanaan, organisasi, pelaksanaan dan pengontrolan. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa terdapat faktor pendukung dan faktor penunjang pelaksanaan pembelajaran melalui blended learning di di SLB YPAB Surabaya.
Kata kunci : Blended Learning, Manajemen, Tunanetra.
Modeling Plasmonics and Electronics in Semiconducting Graphene Nanostrips
Authors: Tene Talia , Guevara Marco , Moreano Gabriel , Calderón Edisson , Bonilla García Nataly , Vacacela Gomez Cristian , Bellucci Stefano 
Published: October 2023

In recent decades, both academia and industry have shown noteworthy interest in investigating the semiconducting properties of graphene. Nevertheless, the lack of a suitable bandgap in graphene has restricted its practical applications in the current semiconductor industry. To overcome this limitation, graphene micro/nano-strips have been actively explored. The focus of the present study centers on modeling the electronic and plasmonic characteristics of graphene strips with varying widths: 2.7, 100, 135 nm, and 4 m. This analysis is conducted at ultralow energies (0.3 eV, or ~73 THz). We employ conventional density functional computations to estimate the Fermi velocity of graphene, refining the results via the GW approximation. Utilizing the accurate Fermi velocity, we employ a semi-analytical model to explore the ground state and plasmon properties (frequency and dispersion) of these graphene strips. Notably, this approach effectively replicates the density of states observed in narrow experimental graphene nano-strips (2.7 nm) grown on Ge(001) and, similarly, reproduces the plasmon spectrum found in synthesized graphene microstrips (4 μm) on Si/SiO2. Interestingly, our study also offers insights into the potential application of this approach in comprehending the plasmon frequency and plasmon dispersion of graphene nano-strips (~135 nm) acquired through liquid-phase exfoliation. The outcomes of this investigation present compelling evidence that the properties of graphene-based strips can be customized to fulfill specific requirements and applications. These findings hold significant promise for advancing graphene-based technologies, bridging the gap between fundamental research and tangible applications. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-05-01 Full Text: PDF
The Effect of Organizational Cultures on Relationships between IT Governance and Individual Behavior
Authors: Fernandes Pedro , Pereira Rúben , Wiedenhöft Guilherme 
Published: October 2023

Background: Organizations allocate substantial resources to Information Technology (IT) to ensure its long-term success. Hence, effective IT Governance (ITG) is crucial for business/IT alignment. However, factors like employee behavior and Organizational Culture (OC) play vital roles in applying ITG but remain underexplored. Objectives: This study aims to bridge this gap by examining the relationship between ITG and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). Additionally, it investigates the moderating effect of different cultures in the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) on the ITG-OCB relationship. Methods/Analysis: A survey was conducted involving 513 employees from over 150 companies worldwide. The data were analyzed using partial least-squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: This study confirms that institutionalizing ITG enhances OCB. Furthermore, a moderating effect was observed in most relationships, highlighting the influence of different OC types. Market and hierarchy cultures exhibited the most significant moderating effect. Novelty: This research contributes to the understanding of ITG's impact on employee behavior, extending the investigation to new dimensions of OCB and confirming the moderating role of OC. The practical implications of this study enable organizations to foster a culture that promotes ITG and cultivates employees' OCB, leading to improved business-IT alignment, enhanced IT-enabled value, and, ultimately, enhanced organizational effectiveness. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-05-010 Full Text: PDF
Learning Curves Prediction for a Transformers-Based Model
Authors: Cruz Francisco , Castelli Mauro 
Published: October 2023

One of the main challenges when training or fine-tuning a machine learning model concerns the number of observations necessary to achieve satisfactory performance. While, in general, more training observations result in a better-performing model, collecting more data can be time-consuming, expensive, or even impossible. For this reason, investigating the relationship between the dataset's size and the performance of a machine learning model is fundamental to deciding, with a certain likelihood, the minimum number of observations that are necessary to ensure a satisfactory-performing model is obtained as a result of the training process. The learning curve represents the relationship between the dataset’s size and the performance of the model and is especially useful when choosing a model for a specific task or planning the annotation work of a dataset. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to find the functions that best fit the learning curves of a Transformers-based model (LayoutLM) when fine-tuned to extract information from invoices. Two new datasets of invoices are made available for such a task. Combined with a third dataset already available online, 22 sub-datasets are defined, and their learning curves are plotted based on cross-validation results. The functions are fit using a non-linear least squares technique. The results show that both a bi-asymptotic and a Morgan-Mercer-Flodin function fit the learning curves extremely well. Also, an empirical relation is presented to predict the learning curve from a single parameter that may be easily obtained in the early stage of the annotation process. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-05-03 Full Text: PDF
Menajemen Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar Dalam Menerapkan Nilai-Nilai Kearifan Lokal Pada Pembelajaran di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh-Aceh Barat
Authors: Kurniawan Anwar , Yanti Hera , Abdurrahman Abdurrahman 
Published: October 2023

Implementasi Kurikulum Merdeka ada ruang-ruang yang memang dialokasikan untuk kewenangan daerah memasukkan muatan lokal berdasarkan karakteristik dan kearifan lokal di daerahnya dan ruang tersebut cukup besar, karena pendidikan berakar pada budaya bangsa. Sehingga tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan dan mengevaluasi Manajemen Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar Dalam Menerapkan Nilai-Nilai Kearifan Lokal Pada Pembelajaran di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh Aceh Barat. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan sampel penelitian yaitu seluruh guru di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh diambil guru muatan lokal dan guru bagian kurikulum menggunakan intrumen lembar pertanyaan wawancara. Sebagai intrumen bahan pertanyaan pada proses pengumpulan data terkait manajemen kurikulum merdeka belajar di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh. hasil penelitian dalam menerapkan nilai-nilai kearifan lokal di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh telah berjalan baik. Meskipun masih dalam tahap penyesuaian. Faktor-faktor pendukung dan yang mempengaruhi manajemen kurikulum merdeka belajar dalam menerapkan nilai-nilai kearifan lokal di SD Negeri 16 Meulaboh salah satunya peran kepala sekola, lingkungan, wali murid, dan siswa itu sendiri.
Pemanfaatan Energi Inersia Fly Wheel untuk Menstabilkan Tegangan Keluaran Generator DC Shunt
Authors: Dsl Winarso , Romadhona Gema , Kurniawan Itmi Hidayat 
Published: October 2023

Energi terbarukan adalah sumber energi alam yang dapat dengan cepat pulih kembali melalui proses yang alami. Energi terbarukan seperti energi potensial air dapat dikonversi menjadi energi gerak dan dalam prosesnya terjadi fluktuatif energi sehingga untuk menstabilkan energi gerak dibutuhkan fly wheel. Fly wheel yang berputar menyimpan energi inersia dan dapat diubah menjadi energi listrik. Pada penelitian ini energi yang tersimpan pada fly wheel dimanfaatkan untuk menstabilkan tegangan keluaran generator dc. Hasil pengujian dengan masa fly wheel 45.7 kg, diameter 50 cm, tegangan output generator sebesar 11.09 volt menjadi 10.22 volt atau mengalami penurunan tegangan 0.87 volt atau sebesar 7.84 %.., sedangkan pengujian pada kondisi generator tidak menggunakan fly wheel tegangan keluaran mengalami penurunan dari 21.55 volt menjadi 13.25 volt atau sebesar 38.51 %. Pengujian kestabilan tegangan generator juga mempengaruhi daya keluaran generator yaitu saat tidak menggunakan fly wheel cenderung tidak stabil, pada saat pencuplikan dari 0 -10 detik kondisi off time prime mover daya keluaran generator menurun dari 13,36 menjadi 3,81 watt ,sedangkan pada saat menggunakan fly wheel cenderung stabil, misalnya pada pengujian masa fly wheel 45,7 kg daya keluaran generator antara 6.25 sampai 6.87 watt .
Aplikasi ESP32 Untuk Monitoring dan Perawatan Aquascape
Authors: Sugianto Rahmad Fajar , Misbah Misbah 
Published: October 2023

Aquascape adalah seni menyusun tanaman dalam air seperti pasir, batu, ranting dan komponen lainnya dalam suatu aquarium yang terkesan menghasilkan ekosistem buatan mirip dengan aslinya. Faktor penting dalam aquascape adalah kualitas kekeruhan air, proses fotosintesis, pemberian pupuk dan pemberian pakan ikan. Dari faktor diatas menjadi sebuah kesulitan untuk para penghobi agar dapat menjaga keberlangsungan kehidupan ekosistem, namun karena keterbatasan waktu dan kesibukan, para penghobi menemukan banyak kesulitan. Maka perlu adanya inovasi alat agar perawatan aquascape dapat berjalan secara otomatis, seperti mendeteksi kekeruhan dengan sensor turbidity, proses fotosintesis buatan dengan lampu LED, proses pemberian pupuk dengan minipump dan pakan ikan menggunakan motor DC. Semua alat dirancang menggunakan ESP32 yang dihubungkan dengan telegram sebagai monitoring perawatan. Pada umumnya ramgka awal yang dilakukan mencari studi literatur untuk membuat rancangan sistem dan desain sesuai kebutuhan sebelum dilakukan pengujian dan analisa hasil. Tahap kedua yang dilakukan antara lain pengujian sensor dan pengujian waktu. Tahap yang terakhir yaitu evaluasi analisa pada sistem untuk mengetahui selisih sistem yang diprogram dengan realisasi alat yang diterapkan.
“Politics of Plastic Nationhood”: Sokol Mass Gymnastics and Eugenics Between Empire and Nation-States
Authors: Balikić Lucija , Pojar Vojtěch 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
This article examines how mass gymnastics in East Central Europe became increasingly entangled with eugenics. It traces the proliferation of eugenic discourses alongside the medicalization of gymnastics within Sokol, a mass nationalist voluntary association. In this context, the bodies of gymnasts became crucial sites of knowledge production and ideological projection. The article introduces the “politics of plastic nationhood,” a concept that foregrounds the fierce debates within Sokol over strategies to shape the imagined body of the nation though physical exercise. It also highlights key actors in these discussions, including medical doctors, physical anthropologists, and gymnastics trainers. The article shows that four major themes shaped these biopolitical disputes: health, diversity, gender, and ability. Focusing specifically on Sokol associations in interwar Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia and their prewar predecessors, the article outlines a chronology of the politics of plastic nationhood, which emerged in the Habsburg Empire and reached their zenith in the successor states. After imperial collapse, in particular, Sokol eugenicists sought to merge the diverse Slavic populations of the new states into a single “national body.” Owing to their perceived failure to achieve national unity, starting in the mid-1930s onward, eugenicists turned to rigid racial hierarchies, statism, and authoritarian politics.
Paradoxes of the Czechoslovak Sokol Association in the Interwar Period
Authors: Newman John Paul 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The article addresses some of the paradoxes of the interwar Czechoslovak Sokol Association. It shows how after 1918 Sokol historiography experienced a boom following national independence: a proliferation of accounts of the Sokol movement’s history to date told in largest part by the leadership of the association itself. These accounts re-narrated the history of the movement so that it became well-adjusted to the new culture of victory of the interwar state, positing throughout a separation between nation and empire and a struggle in which the former, aided by Sokol mobilization, was sure to emerge victorious. The article asks that we read this historiography ‘against the grain’, showing that the actual relationship of Sokol to late-Habsburg civil society was protean and shifting, and only re-cast as unswervingly adversarial in the post-1918 period. The second part of the article looks at the participation of Sokol members and leadership in the war in Slovakia (1919), presented in interwar historiography and commemoration as a culminating moment in Sokol’s participation in the national liberation of Czechs and Slovaks. In fact, there is a compelling case to be made that Sokol’s role in fighting and violence at this time also shows the ongoing contestation and conflict associated with the creation of Czechoslovakia. The article shows that re-narrating the history of the Habsburg period and the war itself to emphasize the voluntarist contribution of groups such as Sokol was an important part of establishing and maintaining the legitimacy of the interwar state.
Successful Pregnancy Outcome in Uterus Didelphys: A Rare Case Report
Authors: Sharmila Poudel  
Published: October 2023

Didelphys uterus is a mullerian duct anomaly that is extremely rare and has unpredictable reproductive and gestational effects. Common genital tract congenital defects in women can have a wide range of implications. While some mullerian anomalies are easy to spot, others manifest in odd ways that make diagnosis and treatment difficult. For a thorough grasp of the pathophysiology and clinical characteristics of congenital defects, one should have a solid foundation in fundamental embryology. Uterus didelphys make up 8% of all congenital problems affecting the female reproductive system. About 0.3% of the population is affected. 2.1% of the population of women with a history of infertility and abortion experience this more frequently. This is a case report of a 19 years primigravida mother with uterine didelphys with the outcome being successful delivery with a live female via caesarian section at 32 weeks of gestation.
Keywords: Didelphys uterus; Mullerian duct anomaly; Successful pregnancy.