bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Foreign Direct Investment and Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Energy Efficiency Contingencies and Thresholds
Authors: Ofori Isaac K. , Gbolonyo Emmanuel Y. , Ojong Nathanael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they relate to green growth, there remains an empirical research gap with respect to whether EE can engender positive synergy with FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE in both the short and long terms. Thus, this paper aims to investigate whether there exists a relevant synergy between EE and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which are based on dynamic GMM estimator, FDI hampers IGG in Africa, while EE fosters IGG. Notably, in the presence of EE, the environmental-quality-deterioration effect of FDI is reduced. Additional evidence by way of threshold analysis indicates that improving EE in Africa generates positive sustainable development gains in both the short and long terms. This study suggests that a country’s drive to attract FDI needs to be accompanied by appropriate policy options to promote energy efficiency.JEL Codes: F2; F21; O11; O44; O55; Q01; Q43; Q56
Explore Cervical Cancer Prevention Methods among Conservative Muslim American Women in Virginia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.
Authors: MD.  , Sheppard Vanessa , Abdelkarim Maryam , Abosamak NourEldin , Ramadan Rana , Gal Tamas 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Cervical cancer screening (CC-S) and HPV vaccination (HPV-V) are crucial in reducing cancer-related morbidity and mortality. The Muslim population is a growing and understudied minority group presenting with a higher rate of late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis and a lower rate of HPV-V than non-Muslims. Our study aimed to explore religious, behavioral, and socio-cultural factors affecting Muslim women's decisions regarding CC-S and HPV-V in Virginia, USA. The study interviewed 10 Virginian Muslim women to collect qualitative data as part of a mixed-method cross-sectional study in August and September of 2021. The results showed that most participants had limited information about CC, CC-S, and HPV-V, with some emerging themes, including cultural aspects, misconceptions, and barriers caused by language issues and the complexity of the US healthcare system. Future studies investigating these barriers are needed to reduce the effect of CC on the Muslim population.
Fanzine como recurso Artístico-Educativo para Promoção da Saúde Mental dos Jovens
Authors: Souza Alberto Carlos Paula de , Tavares Claudia Mara de Melo 
Published: November 2022

O fanzine, ou zine, revista artesanal autoral, vem sendo aos poucos incorporado como recurso pedagógico em sala de aula. Apresentamos o exemplo do projeto Fanzinoteca do Instituto Federal Fluminense, a partir de depoimentos e as publicações autorais de jovens escolares vinculadas ao projeto, com vistas a refletir sobre a possibilidade de expressão dos sentimentos dos escolares por meio do fanzine e discutir experiências positivas de criação de fanzines na escola, relacionando-as com a promoção da saúde mental do jovem. A partir da experiência singular da Fanzinoteca do Instituto Federal Fluminense, acreditamos na importância do fanzine não só como uma ferramenta pedagógica, mas como um mecanismo facilitador do processo de autoconhecimento e resgate da autoestima dos jovens.
Palavras-Chave: Educação em Saúde; Fanzine; Promoção da Saúde em Ambiente Escolar; Adolescentes; Saúde Mental.
The Nation Born in Translation (Latvian Translation Scene)
Authors: Veisbergs Andrejs 
Published: November 2022

Latvian national identity (language-centred), the literary polysystem and even the written language itself are the result of translation. Translations have always constituted the majority of literary and other texts. Translation played an exceptionally important, even pivotal, role in the beginnings of written Latvian in the 16th-18th centuries. Translators (native German speakers) formed, codified and modified written Latvian. Religious translations applied a rigorous fidelity approach. Secular translations were localizations of easy reading, sentimental German stories. Parallel to the rise of native literature in the 19th century, there occurred a gradual transition from adaptation /domestication to foreignization and fidelity as the main approach. More ambitious translations of Western classics started, usually done by distinguished Latvian writers. Next to the traditional faithfulness, some translations were freely shortened and otherwise modified. After acquiring independence at the beginning of the 20th century the volume of translation grew and included also literature from more exotic sources. The Soviet period brought a re-orientation: most translations were done from Russian, fiction was translated from the original languages or via Russian as well. Regaining of independence brought about an enormous growth in the translated information amount; within 5 years English became the dominant source language. Translation again (like in the early stage of Latvian) became the main vehicle of language development. In a somewhat paradoxical way translators have formed, altered and inspired a strong language-bound national identity. Their voice, though not always heard and recognized, has been central in the Latvian narrative polyphony.
“Primum non nocere…” Explanting implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with inherited arrhythmia syndromes - Case series
Authors: Proost Virginnio M. , Kooiman Kirsten M. , Werf Christian van der , Lange Frederik de , Wilde Arthur 
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Patients with Inherited arrhythmia syndromes
(IAS) are at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias that may present as a
sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) or a cardiac syncope. The benefit
of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients with IAS
should be weighted against the risk for adverse events. This case-series
describes patients diagnosed with an IAS, who were eventually
reclassified in a low risk category and subsequently got their ICD
explanted. Methods: We selected patients who, 1) were
diagnosed with an IAS, 2) presented with either a documented arrhythmic
event or syncope presumed to be arrhythmic syncope, 3) followed by an
ICD implant, and 4) in whom we decided to explant the pulse generator.
Results: Overall, eight patients fulfilled the inclusion
criteria. Mean age at ICD implantation was 35±11.6 years. Mean length of
ICD in situ was 4.9±3.6 years. None of the patients experienced a
cardiac event. 2 patients presented with a presumed cardiac syncope,
this diagnosis was rejected after guideline guided syncope evaluation
including Tilt table testing. Alternative (pharmacological) therapy was
started in six patients. Conclusion: These cases illustrate
the importance of re-evaluating ICD therapy in patients with IAS. This
should be integrated in standard clinical care, even in patients with
IAS who survived a SCA and long term critical follow up is available. In
patients with IAS presenting with an presumed cardiac syncope, extensive
guideline guided syncope evaluation, can be of additional value when
syncope event remains unknown
Improving control system of output voltage in “shaft generator - frequency converter” complex
Authors: Avdeyev Boris Aleksandrovich , Davydova Daria Dmitrievna , Podunai Svetlana Vladimirovna 
Published: November 2022

The article focuses on operation of the ship shaft generator on the joint buses of the main switchboard through a frequency converter that consists of an uncontrolled rectifier and a self-excited inverter with pulse width modulation. The most common schemes of using shaft generators on ships are given, their advantages and disad-vantages are analyzed. There has been illustrated a flowchart and given a detailed description of the operation
of a ship electric power plant with power take-off from the main engine. A control system regulating the constant flow interlinkage in the “frequency converter - shaft generator” complex, which ensures stable output voltage, has been developed. It has been stated that a random change in the rotational speed or in a torque fluctuation of the shaft generator rotor have little impact on the quality of generated electricity. Simulation modeling of the complex is given in the MATLAB/Simulink software package. The developed controller of a self-excited inverter supports continuous flow interlinkage by vector control. There has been demonstrated the composition and operation principle of the control system of output voltage of a shaft generator by using vector regulation method. Modeling has proved the availability of the self-excited inverter control system. The oscillograms of modeling the input and output current and voltage values have been obtained. The modeling results justified that changing the input voltage and frequency of the generator provided the high quality output voltage indicators. Harmonic distortion coefficients and static deviations have been analyzed. The expediency of using combined filters of higher harmonics to eliminate interharmonics and higher harmonics in the ship network has been proved. Practical recommendations are given to improve the quality of operation of the ship electrical complex with a shaft generator.
Modeling load effect of marine diesel engines on cooling system operation
Authors: Zelinsky Michail Mikhailovich , Romanenko Nickolay Gennadievich , Nenastiev Egor Aleksandrovich 
Published: November 2022

The article provides analysis of the load effect of the marine internal combustion engines (ICE) on the tem-perature parameters of the water cooling system of ICEs equipped with L32-40 Vis diesel engines. In ICE cooling systems the drive motors of the pumps supplying the cooling water operate at a constant speed and provide a constant water supply. The thermal state of a marine diesel ICE is regulated by valves according to deviation of the actual temperature values of cooling water from the preset values. By closing or opening the water lines the valves change the proportion of cooling water flows of the external and internal circuits fed to the heat exchangers. There is implemented the principle of regulating the deviation of the main coordinate - the temperature of the cooling water. The influence of other factors on the operation of the system is taken into account with a delay. Modeling the operation of the high-temperature circuit of the cooling system of the main ship engine of the ferry was carried out using the simulator
of the engine room TRANSAS TechSim 5000. There have been obtained graphical results of changing the cooling circuit water temperature with increased and decreased loads on diesel engines by changing the set speed with different initial and final values at a constant water temperature in the external cooling circuit. The graphs helped obtain numerical and qualitative indicators of transient processes (duration, oscillation, overshoot, final temperature values, etc.) for the different initial conditions - ranges of diesel load changes. The resulting graphical dependences are analyzed, conclusions about the modes of working out the disturbing influences by the cooling system, the parameters
of transient processes and the features of the operation of the standard control system and the cooling system circuit
of the main marine diesel engine in terms of ensuring optimal performance of the system are drawn. It has been inferred that the standard control system under some initial conditions does not provide the optimal parameters of transient processes.
PENDAMPINGAN PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA KELAS XI MA YPPI KABUPATEN BULUKUMBA MELALUI PEMBERIAN TUGAS
Authors: Jamil Haeruddin , Ibrahim Misykat Malik , Sriyanti A. , Munirah Munirah , Idris Ridwan 
Published: November 2022

Abstrak
Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peningkatan hasil belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran matematika siswa kelas XI MA YPPI Kabupaten Bulukumba dengan penerapan pemberian tugas. Populasi dalam pengabdian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas XI MA YPPI Kab. Bulukumba yang berjumlah 52 orang dan terbagi menjadi 2 kelas. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh. Kelas eksperimen adalah kelas XIa sebanyak 27 siswa, yang menjadi kelas kontrol adalah kelas XIb sebanyak 25 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu tes essai sebanyak 5 soal, dan analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis deskriptif dan analisis inferensial. Hasil analisis statistik deskriptif diperoleh rata-rata post-test kelas eksperimen 83,06 dan rata-rata post-test kelas kontrol 72,48. Sedangkan hasil analisis inferensial dalam pengujian hipotesis data menunjukkan nilai thitung lebih besar daripada nilai ttabel (3,38>1,68) dan rata-rata hasil belajar kelas eksperimen lebih tinggi dibanding rata-rata hasil belajar kelas kontrol, dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan pembelajaran pemberian tugas efektif dalam meningkatkan hasil belajar matematika pada siswa kelas XI MA YPPI Kab. Bulukumba.

Abstract
The dedication of this study were knowing the in crease in student learning out comes in mathematics Class XI students of MA YPPI, Bulukumba Regency with the implementation of assignments. The population in this study were all students of class XI MA YPPI Kab. Bulukumba, amounting to 52 people and divided into 2 classes. The sampling technique used a saturated sampling technique. The experimental class was class XIA with 27 students, the control class was class XIB with 25 students. The instruments used were 5 essay tests, and the data analysis used was descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The results of the descriptive statistical analysis showed that thepost-test average for the experimental class was 83.06 and the post-test average for the control class was 72.48. While the result sofin ferential analysis in testing the data hypothesis show that the t-count value is greater than the t-table value (3.38> 1.68) and the average learning out comes of the experimental class are higher than the average learning outcomes of the control class, thus it can beconcluded that the use of learning assignment is effective in improving mathematics learning outcomes in class XI MA YPPI Kab. Bulukumba.
PERAN PELATIHAN PERENCANAAN DAN PENGELOLAAN KARIR DAN JABATAN AKADEMIK TERHADAP SIKAP DOSEN DALAM KENAIKAN PANGKAT
Authors: Damayanti Eka , Dewi Eva Meizara Puspita , Gunawan H.Z Arie , Ramdhani Paras Putri , Halima Andi 
Published: November 2022

Abstrak
Penelitian pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pembekalan pengetahuan dan keterampilan kepada peserta agar mereka paham regulasi dan mengetahui secara teknis hal yang harus dilakukan untuk kenaikan pangkat dan jabatan fungsional dosen. Kegiatan penelitian pengabdian yang dilakukan oleh APPI Sulawesi dalam bentuk Pelatihan Perencanaan dan Pengelolaan Karir dan Jabatan Akademik Dosen yang dilakukan secara online dengan menggunakan media zoom meeting. Jumlah peserta sebanyak 39 namun yang menjadi responden sebanyak 27 orang yang berasal dari latar belakang pendidikan dan jabatan yang berbeda dari berbagai kampus/instansi di Sulawesi Selatan, bahkan ada dari Jawa Barat dan Sulawesi Barat. Instrumen pengumpulan data menggunakan angket yang disebar melalui google form. Data diolah menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dinilai bermanfaat dan sesuai dengan kebutuhan peserta. Materi yang disajikan dapat menyadarkan peserta tentang pentingnya perencanaan dan pengelolaan karir mulai dari kegiatan pendidikan, penelitian dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Setelah pelatihan, keseluruhan peserta menyatakan akan membuat perencanaan karir dosen.

Abstract
This service research aims to provide participants with knowledge and skills of technical rules and regulations that lecturers must follow for the promotion and functional positions. The study was conducted by APPI Sulawesi in form of Lecturer Career Planning, Management Training, and Academic Position. It was carried out online by using the Zoom meeting media. The total number of participants was 39, with 27 respondents coming from various educational backgrounds and positions at many campuses and agencies in South Sulawesi, some even from West Java and West Sulawesi. The data instrument used was a questionnaire distributed via a google form. The data was analyzed descriptively. This community service is advantageous and meets the needs of the participants. The material presented has the potential to make participants aware of the significance of career planning and management, beginning with educational activities, research, and community service. People who have participated in the training agree will make career plans after they have completed their training.
The Embedment of Risk Management in Enterprise Management System
Authors: Sylwia Bąk 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this text is to diagnose the degree to which risk management is embedded in enterprise management system, and in particular to identify risk prevention activities taken in different management domains by enterprises listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, representing the following three sectors: financial services, construction, and IT.

Design/methodology/approach
The research was carried out using a triangulation of research methods. The following research methods were used: analysis of the content of source documentation generated by the analyzed enterprises, one-stage logical classification, exemplification, and comparative analysis. The research involved 107 enterprises listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and representing the sectors of financial services, construction, and IT.

Findings
The main conclusion resulting from the research is that risk management is firmly rooted in enterprise management systems, which manifests itself in the presence of measures taken against risk in various management domains, such as strategic, operational, financial, quality, human resources, project, investment, and innovation management. According to the obtained results, the enterprises under analysis the most often apply risk management measures in the areas of strategic management, operational management, and financial management.

Originality/value
The main added value of the results of the conducted research is the presentation of the management domains in which risk prevention activities are located and the identification of the analyzed enterprises’ specific preventive measures that fall within different management domains and allow the perception of risk management as an integrator of all processes carried out in the enterprise.
The Impact of Virtual Reality Training on Learning Gymnastic Elements on a Balance Beam with Simulated Height
Authors: Bürger D. , Ritter Y. , Pastel S. , Sprich M. , Lück T. , Hacke M. , Stucke C. , Witte K. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) is a tool used in sports to train specific situations under standardized conditions. However, it remains unclear whether improved performances from VR training can be transferred into real world (RW). Therefore, the current study compares beginner training of balance beam tasks in VR (simulated balance beam height, n = 17) with similar training in RW (n = 15). Both groups completed 12 training sessions (each 20 min) within six weeks in their respective environment. The training aimed to learn the one leg full turn on a balance beam with a height of 120 cm. Criteria were defined to analyze the movement quality before and after the intervention. Statistical analyses showed similar improvements in movement quality in RW for both training groups after the intervention (p < .05). These results indicate that the skills adapted in VR could be transferred into RW and that the VR training was as effective as the RW training in improving the movement quality of balance beam elements. Thereby, VR provides the advantages of a reduced risk of injury due to a simulated beam height, a faster beam height adjustment, and spacial independence from specific gyms.
Construction and pre-evaluation of an in-house cylindrical ionization chamber fabricated from locally available materials
Authors: Tagoe Samuel Nii Adu , Chaphuka Clement Dominic , Hasford Francis 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Introduction: The objectives of this study were to construct a very robust in-house cylindrical ionization chamber from locally available materials to minimize cost, and to assess its suitability for use in a clinical setting.

Materials and Methods: The entire body of the constructed IC was composed of Perspex (PMMA). Other components of the IC were made from locally available materials, such as paper and discarded items. The in-house IC was made waterproof by passing the triaxial cable connecting its various electrodes through a plastic tube which once served as a drainage tube of a urine bag. This connection was made such that the chamber was vented to the environment. The completed in-house IC was evaluated for: polarity effect, ion recombination, ion collection efficiency, stability, dose linearity, stem effect, leakage current, angular, dose rate and energy dependences.

Results: Although the pre-evaluation results confirmed that the in-house IC satisfied the stipulated international standards for ICs, there was a need to enhance the stem effect and leakage current characteristics of the IC. The in-house IC was found to have an absorbed dose to water calibration coefficient of 4.475 x 107 Gy/C (uncertainty of 1.6%) for cobalt 60 through a cross-calibration with a commercial 0.6 cc cylindrical IC with traceability to the Germany National Dosimetry Laboratory. Using a Jaffé diagram, the in-house IC was also found to have a recombination correction factor of 1.0078 when operated at the calibration voltage of + 400 V. In terms of beam quality correction factors for megavoltage beams, the in-house IC was found to exhibit characteristics similar to those of Scanditronix-Wellhofer IC 70 Farmer type IC.

Conclusion: The constructed in-house Farmer-type IC was able to meet all the recommended characteristics for an IC, and therefore, the in-house IC is suitable for beam output calibration in external beam radiotherapy.
Cuerpo y memoria. Un análisis de las prácticas del teatro popular de Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya
Authors: Difarnecio Doris 
Published: November 2022

Este artículo expone la construcción de la metodología teatral “Cuerpo y experiencia”, desarrollada por la autora a partir de su práctica de colaboración como directora creativa del grupo teatral de la asociación Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, en San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Además del proceso realizado en diálogo con las actrices tzeltales y tzotziles que forman dicho colectivo, se reseñan los efectos políticos y subjetivos de este trabajo, así como los legados que deja tal metodología en todas las participantes, en tanto que el cuerpo y la experiencia son clave no sólo para dar contenido al hecho teatral, sino también como apuesta de transformación de realidades opresivas.
Body and memory. An analysis of the practices of the popular theater of Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya
Abstract
This article discusses the theatre methodology “Body and experience”, developed by the author in dialogue with Tzeltal and Tzotzil actresses of the group Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The author addresses the artistic, political, and subjective effects produced by this methodology in the participants involved. Body and experience are the key not only to provide content to the theatrical event, but also to enabling a commitment to transform oppressive realities.
Recibido: 05 de noviembre 2020Aceptado: 04 de enero 2021