bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Is There Any Effect of ESG Scores on Portfolio Performance in South Africa?
Authors: Sandu Diana-Mihaela 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
This study compares the performance of five portfolios built according to the level of integration of environmental, social and governance values in the case of South Africa, over the period of four years from 2 January 2019 to 29 December 2022. The portfolios were built according to (1) the two dimensions of ESG ratings (responsible and irresponsible) and (2) the two levels of ESG implication (partially and significantly), and there is also a portfolio for non-engaged companies (no-reporting). Many recent studies comparing ESG and non-ESG portfolio performance have reported contradictory results so that this debate remains inconclusive. The main question I explore is whether portfolios integrating ESG values really matter in the case of a developing country with many economic and social challenges, as in the case of South Africa. For the purpose of the study, I have used four risk-adjusted measures (Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, Modigliani-Squared and Jensen’s alpha) for the performance evaluation. This study found an adverse effect of ESG on portfolio performance. Overall, the ESG Irresponsible portfolios achieved a better performance as compared to its counterparts. The study findings contribute to and enrich the academic literature by comparing the performance of five ESG portfolios in the South African context.
The Journey of Doctoral Research Challenges and Lessons Learnt
Authors: Danțiș Dragoș 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
This work would like to bring into the attention of readers various aspects associated with the process of doctoral research. For many of the students this can represent quite a challenging experience with an increased level of complexity. The author will show his experience while enrolled in this form of education. Main ideas are based on the factors identified while planning and writing the papers associated with the research journey. Most of the works belong to the themes of the doctoral school, like economics, financial system or international affairs.
The sample of analysed papers contains several works covering the field of interdisciplinary research. This concept will be approached inside the literature review to familiarise the readers with its meaning. Content of this area includes elements from economics, financial system, international affairs and environment.
Novelty of the paper is represented by the personal experience of the writer. He will show the challenges encountered while performing regular and interdisciplinary research, connecting particular notions from business process management and business process improvement. Lean Six Sigma methodology will be used to sustain specific elements of the analytical representation. Moreover, the author will provide an overview on the lessons learnt, hoping this will contribute to the decrease of the research process complexity level and support publication status.
What Digital Technologies are Used Today by Accounting Firms to Deliver Services
Authors: Isip Adrian 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Nowadays for carrying out their activity, enterprises rely a lot on information and communication technology. In a dynamic business environment characterized by many uncertainties, the accuracy and speed of information production are crucial. Internal and external accountants prepare the information needed by managers to make decisions. Advances made in information and communication technology ensure near real-time information and instant communication. This paper investigates digital technologies used today by accounting firms to deliver services considering the driving factors for adoption and the impact of their use. We mobilized institutional theory as a theoretical framework, accounting services industry from Romania as context and semi-structured interviews as research methods involving 17 accounting experts. The results indicated that adoption of digital technologies within accounting firms is mainly driven by coercive and mimetic isomorphic pressures coming from the state and competitors. International and local accounting firms affiliated to international networks implemented digital technologies to a greater extent compared to local independent accounting firms which intend to invest more in digital technologies when the electronic invoicing system becomes mandatory for all enterprises. For clients with a large amount of data, accounting firms use import interfaces to exchange data between information systems. Cloud applications and virtual meeting platforms enable the provision of digital services and today because of digital technologies large companies can also outsource their accounting services. Some accounting firms are required by contract to use digital technologies provided by their clients. Accounting experts claimed that automation solutions decrease the processing time of documents and ensure a similar quality to the manual work performed by human employees. Showing what digital technologies are used today and their impact for accounting services industry represent the main contributions of our study. Our research has implications for smaller accounting firms since our findings can represent for them an important source of information.
Cómo llegar a la segunda:
Authors: Pérez Pereiro Marta 
Published: July 2023

Datos del libro reseñado:
Scholz, A., Álvarez, M., Binimelis-Adell, M., Oroz, E. (Eds.)(2021). Entrevistas con creadoras del cine español contemporáneo. Millones de cosas por hacer. Peter Lang.
Intracranial compliance and volumetry in patients with traumatic brain injury
Authors: Link Caroline , D`Haese Thomas Markus , Frigieri Gustavo , Brasil Sérgio , Vellosa José Carlos Rebuglio , Welling Leonardo 
Published: July 2023

Background:
Cerebral edema (CE) and intracranial hypertension (IHT) are complications of numerous neurological pathologies. However, the study of CE and noninvasive methods to predict IHT remains rudimentary. This study aims to identify in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients the relationship between the volume of the lateral ventricles and the parameters of the noninvasive intracranial pressure waveform (nICPW).

Methods:
This is an analytical, descriptive, and cross-sectional study with nonsurgical TBI patients. The monitoring of nICPW was performed with a mechanical strain gauge, and the volumetry of the lateral ventricles was calculated using the free 3D Slicer software, both during the acute phase of the injury. The linear model of fixed and random mixed effects with Gamma was used to calculate the influence of nICPW parameters (P2/P1 and time-to-peak [TTP]) values on volumetry.

Results:
Considering only the fixed effects of the sample, there was P = 0.727 (95% CI [−0.653; 0.364]) for the relationship between P2/P1 and volumetry and 0.727 (95% CI [−1.657; 1.305]) for TTP and volumetry. Considering the fixed and random effects, there was P = 8.5e-10 (95% CI [−0.759; 0.355]) for the relationship between P2/P1 and volumetry and 8.5e-10 (95% CI [−2.001; 0.274]) for TTP and volumetry.

Conclusion:
The present study with TBI patients found association between nICPW parameters and the volume of the lateral ventricles in the 1st days after injury.
Surgical management of an ossified giant lumbar pseudomeningocele: A case report
Authors: Richardson William Trent , Bhenderu Lokeshwar Sai Santosh , Soto Jose M. , Garrett David 
Published: July 2023

Background:
Pseudomeningoceles (PMs) are infrequent complications of spine surgery resulting from incidental durotomy and subsequent extravasation of cerebrospinal fluid. Giant PMs (GPMs), defined as ≥8 cm in major diameter, are rarely reported in the literature and present a challenge due to a lack of clear guidelines for surgical management.

Case Description:
Here, the authors discuss the successful surgical management of a 25.3 cm lumbar GPM that became calcified 3 years following an initial T10-S2 laminectomy with instrumented fusion performed at an outside-hospital.

Conclusion:
This report focuses on the successful 3-year delayed surgical intervention for the management of an ossified GPM.
INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ERA OF THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY: SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
Authors: Равочкин Н.Н. 
Published: July 2023

В современном мире на институциональные преобразования влияет комплекс, состоящий из множества факторов. Сложный характер социального бытия обусловливает трудную прогнозируемость возможных сценариев государственного развития. Предложение каких-либо эффективных идей, которые бы могли реализовать жизнеспособные институты и вывести общество на желаемый эволюционный вариант развития, немыслимо без анализа ключевых факторов. Воплощаясь в различных реалиях, сочетания идей позволяют создать уникальную институциональную архитектонику, которая дает возможность национальным государствам реагировать на регулярно возникающие вызовы. Настоящая статья посвящена рассмотрению влияния факторов экономики впечатлений на институциональные преобразования. Автор рассматривает модель общества спектакля, конституировавшего структурные составляющие экономики впечатлений. Осуществлен философский анализ ряда направлений институциональных трансформаций по сферам социального бытия. Определена роль клипового мышления по отношению к фрагментации социальности и способностям индивидов критически воспринимать и оценивать самые различные объекты. В заключение подведены итоги и намечены перспективы дальнейших исследований.
In the contemporary world, institutional transformations are influenced by a complex consisting of many factors. The complex nature of social life makes it difficult to predict the possible scenarios of state development. The proposal of any effective ideas that could implement viable institutions and bring society to the desired evolutionary development option is unthinkable without an analysis of key factors. Embodied in various realities, combinations of ideas allow creating a unique institutional architectonics that enables nation states to respond to regularly emerging challenges. This article is devoted to the influence of the factors of the experience economy on institutional transformations. The author examines the model of the society of the spectacle, which constituted the structural components of the economy of impressions. A philosophical analysis of a number of directions of institutional transformations in the spheres of social life has been carried out. The role of clip thinking in relation to the fragmentation of sociality and the ability of individuals to critically perceive and evaluate a variety of objects is determined. In conclusion, the results are summarized and prospects for further research are outlined.
DIGITALIZATION AS A SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Authors: Гурьянова А.В. , Тимофеев А.В. 
Published: July 2023

Процесс цифровизации рассматривается как явление гуманитарной, социокультурной природы. При этом объектом критики становится ограниченное понимание цифровизации как феномена сугубо технического или экономического порядка. Отмечается значимость воздействия цифровизации на человека, общество, культуру. В соответствии с этим получает осмысление широкий спектр гуманитарно-ориентированных проблем, затрагивающих специфику цифрового общества, формирования в нем цифровой культуры и новой системы ценностей, становление нового типа человека, соотношение естественного и искусственного интеллекта, цифрового равенства и неравенства, виртуализации и социальной фрагментации.
The process of digitalization is considered as a phenomenon of humanitarian, socio-cultural nature. At the same time, the object of criticism is a limited understanding of digitalization as a phenomenon of a purely technical or economic order. The significance of the impact of digitalization on a person, society, and culture is noted. In accordance with this, a wide range of humanitarian-oriented problems affecting the specifics of digital society, the formation of a digital culture and a new system of values in it, the formation of a new type of person, the ratio of natural and artificial intelligence, digital equality and inequality, virtualization and social fragmentation are being comprehended.
Аналіз мовної складової в програмних продуктах колаборативної робототехніки для вирішення технологічних завдань
Authors: Кравчук Антон Романович 
Published: July 2023

На фоні всезростаючого попиту на колаборативну робототехніку змістом статті є висвітлення загальних проблем, які виникають під час програмування колаборативних промислових роботів. Виконано стислий аналітичний огляд мов програмування, які можуть забезпечити розв’язання ряду задач колабаротивної робототехніки в цілому і в тому числі в механоскладальних виробництвах машино- та приладобудування. Проведено загальний аналіз мов програмування C++, Java та Python щодо їх переваг, недоліків та особливостей застосування в процесі програмування колаборативних роботизованих систем. Узагальнено представлено вказану вище інформацію у вигляді таблиці, де стисло вказано аналізовані особливості зазначених мов програмування та розділено їх на підгрупи для кращого сприйняття інформації. Результати проведеного аналізу мов програмування C++, Java та Python на основі доступних інформаційних джерел показали, що на сьогодні не існує універсальної мови програмування, яка б могла забезпечити виконання найпоширеніших вимог у колаборативній робототехніці у виробничій сфері. Проте розвиток колаборативних технологій та вказаних вище мов програмування невпинно продовжується завдяки інженерним та дослідницьким спільнотам, open source проєктам та стартап-проєктам, які активно засвоюють та розвивають нові інформаційні технології і впроваджують їх в колаборативні технології.
"¡No es sequía, es saqueo!" Propaganda y movimiento social durante la crisis hídrica en Monterrey, México, desde el sentido común de Gramsci.
Authors: Martinez-Canales Luis Alejandro 
Published: July 2023

Se propone el sentido común (senso comune) de Antonio Gramsci para aproximarse a las «certezas» en las informaciones sobre la emergencia hídrica en Monterrey, México, durante 2022. El senso comune se presenta como un cúmulo de conocimientos que proporciona una certidumbre paradójica frente a sucesos que descomponen la rutina urbana. El cuestionamiento guía es si la coyuntura noticiosa del déficit de agua daría pie, en el largo plazo, a un movimiento social que suponga un sentido común diferente al gubernamental hegemónico.
Se analiza la información aparecida principalmente en medios masivos, ofrecida por autoridades, y la originada en redes sociales y actos públicos del “Frente de Organizaciones Ciudadanas por la Defensa del Agua NL”. Se describe el escenario de incertidumbre metropolitano como una circunstancia que acogería colectivos de mayor convocatoria para fraguar un pensamiento y acciones frente a fenómenos que como el desabasto de agua, ponen en riesgo la gobernabilidad de la población.
La otra resistencia cultural: el gusto como constructor de identidad territorial. Los tamales en la ZMM.
Authors: García Alejandro 
Published: July 2023

En este trabajo se realiza un breve análisis desde la antropología de la alimentación acerca de una forma de resistencia cultural de un patrimonio intangible, la permanencia de los tamales en nuestra dieta a pesar de las hibridaciones producto de la invasión europea hace más de 500 años así como de otros fenómenos que han influido en nuestra historia culinaria y cultural como país.
Se intenta exponer la forma en la que un alimento detona la configuración de ciertas relaciones interpersonales y espaciales y ocupa por tanto un lugar de fundamental importancia en el conjunto de expresiones de las culturas y sus cosmovisiones. Es fundamental de sacar la importancia de estas herencias que están internalizadas y que van con nosotros aún al sitio más remoto, configuraciones expresivas poco abordadas desde las humanidades y que representan otra forma esencial de ser y habitar en nuestro país y en el caso concreto del noreste mexicano.
PELATIHAN PENULISAN PROPOSAL, LAPORAN DAN ARTIKEL PENELITIAN TINDAKAN KELAS SERTA PUBLIKASINYA PADA JURNAL NASIONAL BAGI GURU-GURU SE-KECAMATAN AMANUBAN TENGAH
Authors: Nau Getrudis Wilhelmina , Missa Hildegardis , Inya Buku Maria Novita 
Published: July 2023

Permasalahan yang dialami oleh guru-guru SD, SMP, dan SMA di kecamatan Amanuban Tengah, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan adalah terbatasnya pengetahuan guru mengenai Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK), cara melaksanakan PTK, cara membuat proposal PTK, menyusun laporan PTK, cara menulis artikel PTK dan cara melakukan publikasi pada jurnal nasional; sehingga perlu adanya kegiatan pelatihan terkait. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah (1) agar mitra dapat memahami tentang PTK dan melaksanakan PTK (2) memahami dan dapat menyusun proposal PTK, laporan PTK dan artikel PTK, (3) mengetahui cara melakukan publikasi pada jurnal nasional. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dibagi dalam tiga tahap yaitu: (1) penyampaian materi dengan metode ceramah/presentase tentang konsep PTK dan prosedurnya, tata cara menulis proposal, laporan PTK, dan artikel PTK, (2) simulasi tata cara melakukan submitt jurnal melalui OJS pada jurnal nasional dengan metode demonstrasi; dan (3) telaah contoh proposal PTK dan bimbingan menulis draft proposal PTK dengan metode diskusi dan bimbingan mandiri secara online. Hasilnya peserta sangat antusias dengan kegiatan pelatihan dan berharap dapat menghasilkan luaran berupa publikasi hasil PTK.
Soy-Ipoghurt as an antidiabetic on hiperglicemic animal modelling Rattus norvegicus
Authors: Arjita I Putu Dedy , Sukmana Dhika Juliana , Hardani Hardani , Hidayati Diani Sri , Saputra I Putu Bayu Agus 
Published: July 2023

Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is generally through optimizing a balanced diet. Soybeans and sweet potatoes have good antioxidants and can be developed as healthy foods for people with diabetes. Soybeans and sweet potatoes are processed into Soy-yoghurt. This study aims to determine the potential of soy yogurt as an antidiabetic in experimental animals, Rattus norvegicus induced by hyperglycemia, using Streptozotocin. This study used a experiment design with a total of 40 experimental animals. The research was conducted at the Medica Farma Husada Polytechnic Laboratory, Mataram, in 2022. The experimental animals that Streptozotocin (STZ) induced were then given Soy-yogurt orally at 3 ml and 3.5 ml doses. Experimental animals' Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) levels were measured weekly using a Glucometer, while body weight (BW) was measured every three days. The results obtained were then analyzed statistically using the ANOVA test. The test results showed that there was a significant difference in blood sugar levels (p<0,05) in fasting given soy but no difference in BW (p>0,05). This study concludes that the provision of soybeans can affect the level of FBG of the experimental animals but does not affect the BW of the experimental animals.
Differences in body weight post-induction sleep deprivation and sleep recovery in white male rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Authors: Arjadi Fitranto , Wahyudin Wahyudin , Setyono Joko 
Published: July 2023

Sleep Deprivation (SD) reduced leptin levels, increased ghrelin levels, and it caused were multifactorial, so research was conducted on experimental animals to prove whether SD was the single factor causing changes in body weight (BW). The study's objectives were to know the difference in BW after induction of paradoxical and total SD and to observe the improvement in sleep recovery (SR). This study was true experimental with posttest only, and a control group design used 25 male albino rats randomly shared into five groups; control, PSD, TSD, PSD+SR, dan TSD+SR on August – September 2021. The weight is measured by OHAUS® balance. Statistical analysis used by One-way ANOVA and paired t-test denoted no significant difference after SD (p=0,277) and SR (p=0,297), a significant difference in the TSD+SR and TSD between before (p=0,014), after SD (p=0,008), and after SR (p=0,034). Sleep deprivation increases BW through raised ghrelin, and SR reverses the effects by increasing the antioxidant. Results must be confirmed by measuring ghrelin levels and leptin orexin type 1 and 2 receptors. In conclusion, that was a significant difference in the TSD+SR and TSD between pre and post-sleep deprivation and the TSD+SR between pre and post-SR.
Penerapan Metode PIECES Framework Sebagai Analisis Tingkat Kepuasan Mahasiswa Dalam Penggunaan Sistem Informasi Akademik
Authors: Darwi Metisya , Islamiyah  , Jundillah Muhammad Labib 
Published: July 2023

Sistem Informasi Akademik dapat mempermudah Universitas dalam mendapatkan informasi dan membantu melakukan kegiatan administratif akademik. Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur telah menggunakan SIKAD sejak tahun 2017, akan tetapi sistem ini belum pernah di analisis untuk mengetahui kepuasaan pengguna terhadap sistem informasi akademik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui tingkat kepuasan mahasiswa terhadap SIKAD serta mengetahui kelebihan dan kekurangan sistem. Penelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif, dengan menggunakan Metode PIECES dengan variabel kinerja, informasi, ekonomi, control, efisiensi dan layanan. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner, Populasi dalam penelitian didapatkan dari mahasiswa Angkatan 2019, 2020 dan 2021 dengan jumlah sampel 377 responden. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa semua variabel dari metode PIECES memiliki pengaruh terhadap kepuasan pengguna.
Digitalisasi Pelayanan Administrasi Kependudukan di Desa Taunbaen Timur Berbasis Website Menggunakan Metode Prototype
Authors: Amsikan Dionisius K. , Kelen Yoseph P. K. , Tey Seran Krisantus 
Published: July 2023

One of the main tasks of a village office is the population administration handling and permit paperwork service. The village population administration handling at East Tuanbaun Village, the sub-district of North Biboki, the District of North Central Timor up to the current time, is still implemented conventionally. The data processing management, such as letter of recommendations, document filing are still conventionally recorded in books. Such conditions are considered very ineffective and undeniably very time consuming, particularly when someone is trying to find data. Apart from that it is very lackadaisical and results in long queue whenever people come to get their paper work done. We, in this research, develop website-based information system for population administration service named SIADES. This website platform is chosen as it can be easily and freely accessed from any place at anytime. This application is developed using prototype method, providing the system development method can give access to the interaction between the user and the developer. The existence of this application can help the village officers and the society in handling letters of permit. People don't have to come to the village office to get their permit/recommendation letter since they can do it using online website service. On top of that, all the digitally saved data will remain safe and long-lasting.