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Cashless Society in Progress: Capturing Different Generationsâ€™ Perspectives toward External Influence in E-Wallet Usage
Authors: Adiani Widyoretno , Aprianingsih Atik , Purwanegara Mustika Sufiati 
Published: April 2022

The use of non-cash transaction, which is currently popular in the public, has made the topic of a cashless society discussed more often. A cashless society is a condition where people transact without using cash money so that it leads to the process from the conventional into the cashless society. In this condition, the involvement of each generation is needed. This study tries to investigate how each generation's perspectiveâ€”both the younger generation and the older generation, toward the external factors, namely social influence, government support, and network externalitiesâ€”affect their use of non-cash transactions in the form of e-wallet. The data were collected using focus group discussion (FGD) and a survey of 489 respondents. The data were analyzed using PLS-SEM. This research reveals how different generations have a different perspective on e-wallet and the government support has a more significant influence on the older generation than the younger generation, who tend to be more influenced by peers or family. However, both generations emphasized how the network externalities influenced the continuance usage in this service. This result implies the importance of e-wallet service providersÂ to expand the network and collaborating with various actors to retain customers.
The Interplay Between Economic Freedom and Tax Revenue Performance: Panel Evidence from SADC
Authors: Naape Baneng 
Published: April 2022

This study aims to scrutinize the interplay between economic freedom and tax revenueÂ performance in 14 SADC countries. The study makes use of dynamic panel dataÂ spanning from 2000 â€“ 2017 with 238 year-country observations. The econometricÂ modeling applied includes Generalized Methods of Moments and Cross-countryÂ Correlations. The dynamic panel estimation results indicate that both conventionalÂ and unconventional determinants of tax revenue mobilization are statisticallyÂ significant in explaining variations in tax revenue performance. In contrast to earlierÂ studies, the researcher found that economic freedom exhibits a negative impact on taxÂ revenue mobilization. These findings can be based on the assumption that AfricanÂ countries are characterized by agrarian activities which take place in the informalÂ sector and are thus are difficult to regulate and tax. As a result, the benefits ofÂ economic freedom cannot be fully realized. The policy implication is for AfricanÂ countries to invest substantially in the manufacturing sector to increase tax revenueÂ and eliminate the substantial informal sector. Further to this, governments in SADCÂ countries should focus more on reducing red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy toÂ enhance the ease of doing business and realize the full benefits of economic freedom.
The Effect of Sectoral Output Volatility on Economic Growth in Ethiopia
Authors: Degu Adisu Abebaw 
Published: April 2022

This study examined the effect of sectoral output volatility on economic growth and the determinants of economic growth in the Ethiopian economy. The study usedÂ annual time series data spanning from 1981 to 2018 and included capital stock,Â working-age population, trade balance, and sectoral output volatility as an explanatory variable. Using the Exponential General Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (EGARCH) and Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration test, the study found a long-run relationship between economic growthÂ and economic growth explanatory variables. From the ARDL model, capital stock andÂ trade balance (which has been negative throughout the study period) was found toÂ have a positive and negative significant effect on the economic growth of Ethiopia, respectively. In the long-run, volatility of industrial and service sector output growthÂ had a negative and statistically significant effect on the economic growth of Ethiopia.Â In recent years the role of agriculture in the Ethiopian economy, particularly in termsÂ of contribution to the national GDP, has been decliningâ€”indicating the growingÂ importance of service and industrial sectors. Therefore, smoothening and maintaining the positive sectoral output growth is advisable for the betterment of the economy.Â Besides, balancing the foreign trade and curbing unrestricted importation isÂ recommended as long as economic growth is concerned.
Financial Products and Family Business Innovation Strategy
Authors: Yu Jiannan 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This paper studies the influence of purchasing financial products (FPs) on the innovation strategy of family businesses (FBs) under the background of Chinese system. Applying a difference in difference methodology we are able to compare FBs who have purchased FPs with FBs who have not yet purchased FPs, and compare FBs that have purchased FPs before and after the purchase. We distinguish between different patent types (invention, utility, and design), and find that purchasing FPs significantly increase the design patents of FBs. That means buying FPs will shift innovation direction to safer and more economical path. Moreover, the effect of purchasing FPs on innovation outputs is governed by institutional ownership, government subsidy, and R&D personnel ratio. This paper contributes to our understanding of the important role of risk aversion in technological innovation strategy of FBs.
The photocatalytic degradation kinetics of the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen in aqueous solution under UV/TiO2 system and neural networks modeling
Authors: Bennemla M. , Bouafia-Chergui S. , Amrane A. , Chabani M. 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In this study, the kinetic degradation of the anti-inflammatory drug Ibuprofen in aqueous solution by heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalytic was investigated. The data obtained were used for training an artificial neural network. Preliminary experiments of photolysis and adsorption were carried out to assess their contribution to the photocatalytic degradation. Both, direct photolysis and adsorption of Ibuprofen are very low-efficient processes (15,83% and 23,88%, respectively). The degradation efficiency was significantly elevated with the addition of TiO2 Catalyst (>94%). The photocatalytic degradation followed a pseudo-first-order reaction according to the L-H model. The hydroxyl radicals and photo-hole (h+‏) were found to contribute to the Ibuprofen removal. The higher the initial concentration of Ibuprofen resulted in the lower percentage of degradation. This can be credited to the fact that the created photon and radicals were constant. The higher the initial concentration of Ibuprofen the fewer radicals were shared for each Ibuprofen molecular and so the lower percentage of degradation. The maximum photoactivity from the available light is accomplished when the concentration of catalyst reaches to 1 g/L (0.8 g), which was adopted as the optimal amounts. Compared to the removal of ibuprofen, the mineralization was relatively lower. This decrease is due to the organic content of the treated solution, which is mainly composed of recalcitrant intermediate products. The network was planned as a Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm with three layer, four neurons in the input layer, fourteen neurons in the hidden layer and one neuron in the output layer (4:14:1). The artificial neural network was trained until the MSE value between the simulated data and the experimental results was 10−5. The best results (R
2 = 0.999 and MSE = 1.5 × 10−4) were obtained with a log sigmoid transfer function at hidden layer and a linear transfer function at output layer.
Validation of a multiple-choice implicature test: insights from Chinese EFL learners’ cognitive processes
Authors: Tai Hsuan-Yu , Liu Chin-Ting , Chen Yuan-Shan 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In the past decades, implicature has been recognized as an indispensable topic in L2 pragmatics research. While various instruments have been used to test implicature knowledge, scant research has verified their construct validity of implicature items by examining test takers’ cognitive processes while responding to them. In response to this research gap, Roever, Carsten. 2005. Testing ESL pragmatics: Development and validation of a web-based assessment
battery. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang implicature test was scrutinized. Twelve L2 test takers with high and low proficiency levels were asked to verbalize their thoughts retrospectively. Content analyses were employed to examine whether their cognitive processes were (ir)relevant to what the test intended to elicit and how well their processes aligned with the test results. The findings revealed that relevant processes were associated with idiosyncratic implicature questions, while irrelevant processes were related to formulaic implicature ones. The high-proficiency test takers generally reported engaging in relevant processes, whereas the low-proficiency test takers reported using for the most part irrelevant processes. Moreover, test takers’ cognitive processes aligned with the test results on the whole. In other words, when the respondents’ cognitive processes corresponded to those the test designed to elicit, the test results were normally correct. One the other hand, when the cognitive processes deviated from the expected ones, the test results were generally incorrect. However, fourteen misalignments were identified and classified as irrelevant conceptual blending, contextual judgment, insufficient effort responding, intuition, and wild guessing. These misalignments were seen as construct irrelevant variance and pose potential threats to the construct validity.
Behavior feature extraction method of college students’ social network in sports field based on clustering algorithm
Authors: Wang Yonggang , Sun Haiou 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In order to improve the integrity of the social network behavior feature extraction results for sports college students, this study proposes to be based on the clustering algorithm. This study analyzes the social network information dissemination mechanism in the field of college students’ sports, obtains the real-time social behavior data in the network environment combined with the analysis results, and processes the obtained social network behavior data from two aspects of data cleaning and de-duplication. Using clustering algorithm to determine the type of social network user behavior, setting the characteristics of social network behavior attributes, and finally through quantitative and standardized processing, get the results of college students’ sports field social network behavior characteristics extraction. The experimental results showed that the completeness of the method feature extraction results improved to 9.93%, and the average extraction time cost was 0.344 s, with high result integrity and obvious advantages in the extraction speed.
Multilevel MC method for weak approximation of stochastic differential equation with the exact coupling scheme
Authors: Alnafisah Yousef 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Davie’s exact coupling technique for stochastic differential equations may be used to enhance the convergence of the multilevel Monte Carlo (MC) methodology. Giles developed the multilevel MC technique, which is based on executing the MC method several times with various time increments. It cuts computing costs significantly by executing most simulations at a low cost. The essential concept behind the multilevel MC approach with the exact coupling is discussed in this article. Numerical implementation reveals significant computational savings, which supports the analysis.
A class of p
1(x, ⋅) & p
2(x, ⋅)-fractional Kirchhoff-type problem with variable s(x, ⋅)-order and without the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition in ℝ
N
Authors: Bu Weichun , An Tianqing , Zuo Jiabin 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In this article, we study a class of Kirchhoff-type equation driven by the variable s(x, ⋅)-order fractional p
1(x, ⋅) & p
2(x, ⋅)-Laplacian. With the help of three different critical point theories, we obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions in an appropriate space of functions. The main difficulties and innovations are the Kirchhoff functions with double Laplace operators in the whole space ℝ
N
. Moreover, the approach is variational, but we do not impose any Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition for the nonlinear term.
Knowledge, attitude, and practices on occupational health and safety principles among cleaners: the case of Tikur Anbassa Specialized Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Authors: Gebreeyessus Getachew Dagnew 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the occupational risks of cleaners of healthcare institutions like Tikur Anbassa Specialized Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of cleaners focusing on occupational health and safety issues, including biological and chemical risks. Interview data were collected using a structured questionnaire that involved all the cleaners. Additionally, focus group discussions and use of observational checklists were applied to capture both administrative and the actual waste management aspects. The result of the study showed that all cleaners had a favorable attitude towards safety principles. However, the knowledge of cleaners on occupational safety was so poor to the level that all of them did not even know the meaning of nosocomial infection. Almost all of the cleaners, 69 (98.6%), had not taken any preemployment training by the time of the interview. All of the cleaners’ practices were not fully compliant with the universal precaution principles and the major proportion, 37 (53%), of them had instances of needlestick injuries ranging from one to four times. Furthermore, the wastes in the hospital were located indiscriminately and with an uncovered container. Though cleaners had a desirable attitude, the status of occupational safety awareness and practice were not to the expected level that it should be. This institution, and similar institutions, should give emphasis to occupational safety issues with healthcare waste management. Awareness training has to be given before employment as well as refreshment trainings after engagement.
An Experimental Investigation of Martensitic Stainless Steel in Aircraft and Aerospace Industry for Thermal Wear Performance and Corrosion Potential
Authors: Karabeyoglu Sencer Sureyya , Yaman Pasa 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Martensitic stainless steels are commonly prefered in industries requiring high mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and hardness. The dry sliding wear behavior of 15-5 precipitation-hardenable (PH) martensitic stainless steel was investigated in a heat chamber with ball-on-disc tribometer under room temperature (RT), 100 °C, 200 °C, and 300 °C. The wear tracks were characterized using SEM, EDS, WCM and XRD. The results showed that wear resistance improved proportionally with increasing temperature and increased surface hardness enabled coefficient of friction to decrease. Corrosion rate decreased with increasing temperature owing to natural passivation film on stainless steel specimens. In comparison with RT and 300 °C tests, hardness increased from 341 HV0.1 to 401 HV0.1 and wear rate lowered by 94 %. It was shown that application and operation of 15-5 PH stainless steels is eligible in aircraft and aerospace industry.
Der Vogelrindwagen vom Glasinac (Bosnien) im Grabkontext und die kultische Bedeutung der Kesselwägen
Authors: Lippert Andreas 
Published: April 2022

Zusammenfassung
Thema des Beitrages ist die Bedeutung der Kessel- und zoomorphen Modellwagen in der Späten Bronze- und Frühen Eisenzeit. Die Überlegungen gehen von einer vollständigen Vorlage und typo-chronologischen Analyse aller 1880 geborgenen Funde aus einer Grabhügelgruppe auf der Glasinac-Hochebene aus, in deren größtem Tumulus das Zentralgrab einen Vogelrindwagen und andere Ritual- und Symposialobjekte enthielt. Vergleiche mit italischen und balkanischen Vogel(rind)wägen und ihren Grabzusammenhängen werden gezogen. Weitere entscheidende Punkte betreffen den sozialen Status der mit einem Modellwagen Verstorbenen, die kultische Funktion dieser Miniaturwägen und den Inhalt der Wagenkessel bzw. zoomorphen Behälter.
Auslegung neuartiger Transferkörper für die Kalibrierung von Massenormalen
Authors: Lehrmann Katharina , Härtig Frank , Tutsch Rainer 
Published: April 2022

Zusammenfassung
Mit der ganzheitlichen Modellierung neuartiger Transferkörper aus monokristallinem Silizium wird die erforderliche Basis für hochgenaue Kalibrierungen von Massenormalen mit einer Nennmasse von einem Kilogramm unter atmosphärischen Bedingungen geschaffen. Hergeleitet werden die grundlegenden Gleichungen für eine materialunabhängige Auslegung. Dabei werden alle signifikanten physikalischen Randbedingungen sowie die Voraussetzungen für eine nutzergerechte Handhabbarkeit berücksichtigt. Berechnet werden die Parameter für zwei Sorptionskörper, einen Duplexkörper, der sowohl als Sorptions- als auch Auftriebskörper eingesetzt werden kann, sowie zwei Auftriebskörper mit Hohlkammer oder Inlay.
Clusterin mRNA silencing reduces cell proliferation, inhibits cell migration, and increases CCL5 expression in SW480, SW620, and Caco2 cells
Authors: Rui Fan , Abdalkareem Eshtiyag Abdalla , Huat Lim Boon , Yin Khoo Boon 
Published: April 2022

Abstract

Objectives
This study aimed to investigate the effects of specific gene silencing in colorectal cancer cells. Clusterin protein was found in the serum samples of colorectal cancer patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni previously.

Methods
For this reason, silencing clusterin mRNA in colorectal cancer cells was first performed to study the cytotoxic effect by lactate dehydrogenase assay. Next, propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry were performed to investigate the cell cycle profile in clusterin-silenced cells. A wound-healing assay was also used to examine the migration rate of clusterin-silenced cells. The mRNA expression of cell proliferation- and migration-related genes was then assessed by real-time PCR.

Results
Clusterin mRNA silencing caused a significant reduction in cell growth but induced no cell cycle arrest or potential apoptosis in all cells. It was found in this study that cell migration rate was inhibited in clusterin-silenced cells. Surprisingly, significantly induced chemokine (C–C motif) ligand 5 (CCL5) mRNA expression was detected in clusterin-silenced Caco2, which indicated that the cell proliferation and migration of clusterin-silenced Caco2 were likely associated with CCL5 mRNA expression.

Conclusions
Clusterin may be a potential target for regulation, staging, surveillance, and developing a cost-effective therapeutic agent for treating parasite-infected Caco2 type of colorectal cancer patients.
Deformation Failure Mode of Slope Based on Stochastic Limit Equilibration-Material Point Method for a Hospital Environment
Authors: Li Xing , Tian Jun 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Slope instability is a dynamic evolution process involving large slope deformation, which often determines the consequences of landslide failure. In this paper, the stochastic limit equilibration-material point method is used to study the dynamic evolution process of different failure modes of slope under the condition that the slope parameters are not uniformly distributed in the space of a hospital environment. Based on this, in this article, the influencing factors of the study on slope deformation and failure mode according to deformation and destruction will be divided into sandstone slope deformation and destruction difference weathering, the unfavorable combination of bedding structure surface and cutting layer structure surface, artificial excavation disturbance, and the deformation characteristics of failure mode and all kinds of process will be analyzed. Finally, Phase2 software was used as a tool to study the stability and failure mode of the rock slope, and it was found that both side slope angle and rock strata dip angle would have an impact on the slope deformation and failure.
A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Time to Full Enteral Feeds for Very Low Birth Weight Neonates
Authors: Olowoyeye Abiola , Basile Eric , Kim Susan , Thompson-Branch Alecia 
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND
Adherence to standardized feeding guidelines has been proposed as a strategy to limit morbidity in very low birth weight neonates. Fostering adherence limits the variability in medicine that affects the quality of patient care. The aim of this study was to reduce by 20% the time to full enteral feeds in very low birth weight neonates in the NICU within a 12-month period.

METHODS
In a level IV regional perinatal center with low utilization of its feeding protocol, a 12-month quality improvement project was conducted with a key intervention of a feeding schedule calculator based on the unit standardized feeding protocol. Through studied education and implementation cycles, these feeding schedules were used to reduce time to full enteral feeds while monitoring adverse events related to their use.

RESULTS
During the course of this quality improvement project, our time to full enteral feeds of 160 ml/kg/day of feeds reduced from 24.7 days to 17.7 days after process changes with special-cause variation noted on control charts. We also showed a significant reduction in mean central line duration over the course of the project from a baseline of 19 days to 14.5 days.

CONCLUSION
Through a key intervention of a feeding volume calculator, we were able to reduce the time to full enteral feeds in neonates without any increase in adverse events of necrotizing enterocolitis or poor weight gain.
Екологічна економіка: інструмент реалізації концепції сталого розвитку
Authors: Dubovich Ion , Adamovsky Alexander , Vasylyshyn Khrystyna , Perkhach Oksana , Volkovska Yuliia , Petrețchi Nicolae-Miroslav 
Published: April 2022

Серед основних проблем людства особливе місце належить охороні, використанню та відтворенню природних ресурсів, а також екологічному убезпеченню населення. Сьогодні ставлення більшої частини населення світу до природи має виразно споживацький характер, де природні ресурси та природні умови сприймаються лише як чинник, що впливає на розвиток економіки. Такий підхід населення до природи є хибним і призводить до погіршення стану природного життєвого довкілля, великомасштабних біологічних катастроф, а також погіршення якості життя та здоров’я людей.
Для об’єктивної оцінки обізнаності та ставлення населення до розвитку екологічної економіки і розуміння концепції сталого розвитку здійснено соціально-економічне дослідження, за результатами якого з’ясовано, що більшість громадян України (84%) вважають, що екологічна економіка є основним інструментом для реалізації сталого розвитку. Більшість респондентів (87%) вважають, що економічний розвиток має ґрунтуватись на теоретико-методологічній основі концепції сталого розвитку.
Встановлено концептуальні положення щодо вдосконалення розвитку економіки, орієнтовані на засадничі принципи екологічної економіки та моделі сталого розвитку. Обґрунтовано необхідність посилення ролі держави у розвитку екологічної економіки та практичній реалізації засад сталого розвитку, спрямованих на забезпечення належних контролюючих механізмів, невідворотності відповідальності за порушення законодавства та належної координаційної діяльності органів державної влади у сфері реалізації політики з питань сталого розвитку.
Запропоновано класифікацію та порівняльну характеристику еколого-економічних інструментів щодо реалізації сталого розвитку. Сформовано пропозиції щодо удосконалення шляхів запровадження інструментів екологічної економіки для реалізації концепції сталого розвитку