Cooperative Communication Research Articles

Diversification in Seaweed Processing Cooperative Businesses: A Study of Products and Services Varieties

This study aims to investigate the business diversification undertaken by seaweed processing cooperatives and analyze the variety of products and services offered. This study used a qualitative approach with in-depth interviews and participatory observation to collect data from seaweed processing cooperatives, namely the Utari Seaweed Cooperative (KRLU), which operates in various coastal areas of Bulukumba Regency. The results showed that seaweed processing cooperatives have successfully diversified their businesses to optimize the potential of their seaweed resources. This business diversification includes processing seaweed into various products such as processed foods. The cooperative also offers services such as educational tours, where people can learn about seaweed cultivation and processing. This diversification of businesses and services has provided economic and social benefits to the cooperative and local communities. The study concludes that the business diversification of the KRLU cooperative is an effective strategy for increasing the added value of its products and improving the cooperative's income. Recommendations from this study are to continue to encourage innovation in seaweed processing, increase the capacity of cooperative members through training and mentoring, and expand marketing networks to improve market access.

Symbiotic Relationships, Knowledge Management, and Sustainable Value at the Nexus Between Family Businesses, Cooperatives, and Rural Communities

The creation of value is a key theme in knowledge management. Researchers have identified that in rural communities, many family businesses are members of cooperatives or other consortia. Yet, there is limited understanding about how family businesses associated with a cooperative create and appropriate value. Based on an embeddedness perspective we argue that intertwined relationships between family, business, cooperative, and rural communities could create, appropriate, as well as destroy economic and social value, which can influence sustainability. We rely on a multiple case study approach of family businesses associated with a cooperative in Cyprus. Such an approach and setting are important, as they provide an opportunity to examine multiple contextual interactions. Our findings reveal the role of knowledge construction, knowledge transfer, and symbiotic relationships at the levels of family business, rural cooperative, and local community in powering processes of economic and noneconomic value creation, appropriation, and balance, which are important for community sustainability. Implications for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, as well as future research opportunities, are presented.

Understanding Roblox's business model and collaborative learning on participation in the decision-making process: implications for enhancing cooperative literacy

This study examines the robust relationships between Roblox's business model, collaborative learning, participation in the decision-making process, and cooperative literacy within the Indonesian Roblox community. All hypotheses were substantiated, emphasizing the significance of understanding the business model, promoting collaborative learning, and encouraging active involvement in decision-making activities for fostering cooperative literacy among players. The research employed an exploratory research design with a quantitative approach. Sampling bias and self-reported data are acknowledged limitations, along with the cross-sectional design's inability to establish causality. To address these constraints, future research should employ longitudinal methods, diverse data collection approaches, and intervention studies. Cross-cultural research comparing the Indonesian Roblox community with other cultural contexts is also encouraged. Practical recommendations include integrating features that support collaborative learning and decision-making participation within the Roblox platform. Collaboration between educational institutions and Roblox to use the platform as an educational tool is suggested, offering students a unique opportunity to develop cooperative literacy skills. These findings offer valuable insights into cooperative literacy and community engagement within the Roblox ecosystem, providing a roadmap for its development. This research contributes to the platform's growth and success in Indonesia, making it a more cooperative and informed community.

Autoencoder–Based MIMO Cooperative Communications with Quantize–Forward Relaying

Autoencoder–Based MIMO Cooperative Communications with Quantize–Forward Relaying

A Study on Learning Strategies and Styles Segmentation of Learner Groups in Online Education Platforms

Abstract Online education is becoming a popular form of education day by day. In order to provide corresponding learning programs according to the types of learning styles and learning strategies of different learners, this paper proposes a learning style recognition algorithm based on the Felder-Silverman model. The Bayesian discriminant analysis algorithm is used to calculate the probability estimation of samples belonging to one category, and then the clustering center is calculated by k-means clustering analysis so as to complete the classification of learning styles. According to the results of learning style identification, the perceptual learning group has the highest level of cooperative communication strategies in the information perception style dimension, with a mean score of 3.575, the linguistic group is the least adept at all strategies in the information input dimension, with a mean score of only 3.55, the sequential group excels in a variety of strategies for information comprehension, and the active group is the most adept at performing information processing. The personalized learning experiment was conducted according to the characteristics of different style groups. It was found that students who received personalized teaching based on their learning styles improved their performance more significantly, with their average scores in each subject increasing from 73.174 to 82.247 in the pre-test. Their scores in the post-test were 5.729 points ahead of those of the control class. The application effects are significant when learning strategies and styles are classified, and teaching programs are improved accordingly.

Multi-UAV Cooperative Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in 5G Advanced and Beyond

In 5G advanced and beyond, latency-critical and computation-intensive applications require more communication and computing resources. However, remote areas without available terrestrial edge/cloud infrastructure fail to satisfy these applications’ demands. This motivates the emergence of the UAV-enabled aerial computing paradigm. Single UAV-enabled aerial computing (SUEAC) is limited by small coverage area and insufficient resources, which cannot meet the application requirements. Multiple UAV-enabled aerial computing (MUEAC) has broken through the limitation of SUEAC and has attracted wide attention. Cooperation among multiple UAVs in MUEAC can fully utilize UAV resources and achieve load balancing. Furthermore, for divisible tasks with data-dependent characteristics, using partial offloading makes task scheduling more flexible compared to binary offloading, thus reducing task processing delay. Therefore, we propose a software defined networking enhanced cooperative MUEAC system. To minimize the processing delay of divisible tasks, we study the problem of joint task scheduling and computing resource allocation under task data dependency and UAV energy consumption constraints. To solve the non-convex problem, a multi-UAV cooperative communication and computing optimization (MCCCO) scheme is proposed. Experimental results corroborate that MCCCO can achieve better performance in task processing delay reduction and load balancing on UAV energy consumption than the traditional schemes.

Balancing Performance and Cost for Two-Hop Cooperative Communications: Stackelberg Game and Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Balancing Performance and Cost for Two-Hop Cooperative Communications: Stackelberg Game and Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Stewardship: Christian Responsibility Through Circular Economy – A Community “TAKA PROJECT”

The idea of stewardship, which emphasizes the duty to look after and safeguard the Earth, has its roots in Christian teachings. In light of the circular economy, this article investigates the application of a community “TAKA project” that fosters stewardship. As a strategy for attaining sustainable growth and protecting the environment, the circular economy is garnering more and more attention. Businesses and individuals must align their operations and consumption habits to minimize or eradicate waste and pollution, while also recycling products and resources to restore the ecosystem. As stewards of the planet, humans must accept responsibility for the environment if the circular economy model is to be successfully implemented, which calls for community cooperation. This study examines the execution of a community “TAKA project” that addresses sustainable development in the local community and protects the environment by promoting stewardship through circularity principles. Through sustainable consumption and production, this TAKA project seeks to inform and include the local community, particularly schools. Pope Francis’ call to transform our “throw-away culture” is closely linked to the Christian concept of stewardship and its relationship to the circular economy. It highlights the significance of sustainable development and responsible resource management, which is in line with the biblical call to care for God’s creation by embracing the circular economy’s principles and actively participating in the community to reduce resource depletion and environmental degradation.

Intercalibration: A Cornerstone of the Success of the GEOTRACES Program

The international GEOTRACES program was developed to enhance knowledge about the distribution of trace elements and their isotopes (TEIs) in the ocean and to reduce the uncertainty about their sources, sinks, and internal cycling. Recognizing the importance of intercalibration from the outset, GEOTRACES implemented intercalibration efforts early in the program, and consensus materials were generated that included the full range of TEIs dissolved in seawater, in suspended particles, and from aerosols. The GEOTRACES section cruises include “crossover station(s)” that are occupied by two or more sections and whereby all aspects of sample collection, preservation, and processing can be compared and intercalibrated. Once datasets are generated, an international intercalibration committee reviews intercalibration reports and works with the community to address issues and provide intercalibrated data for intermediate data products. This process has resulted in a highly cooperative community that shares advances in protocols to strengthen capacity building and GEOTRACES outcomes, including an unprecedented oceanic atlas of TEIs, with data quality that is state-of-the-art. This article outlines the development and implementation of the successful GEOTRACES intercalibration process.

내러티브 텍스트를 활용한 어린이 영어교육

This study discusses the educational value of narrative texts in order to utilize them in English education for elementary school and younger children. As children are born with the storytelling gene, listening to stories and storytelling are language acquisition methods close to children’s nature. In addition, the English curriculum was revised in 2022 to achieve ‘English communicative competence.’ Sub-competencies are presented as ‘cooperative communication,’ ‘knowledge information processing,’ ‘creative thinking,’ ‘self-management,’ ‘community,’ and ‘aesthetic sensibility’ (Ministry of Education, 2022c), emphasizing emotional aspects. Therefore, English education using narrative texts is urgently required. This study discusses academic and practical considerations to utilize narrative texts more effectively. Furthermore, it analyzes Anthony Browne’s picture book Gorilla as an example and creates a lesson plan.

Educational cooperation and educational community. Ulisse Adorni’s experience between school and youth policies

Ulisse Adorni (1942-1991) dedicated his life to young people, first as an elementary school teacher, then as councilor for youth policies in the town of Parma. Inspired by don Lorenzo Milani, Célestin Freinet and Jacques Maritain, deeply catholic, in touch with the educational cooperation movement and with Franco Basaglia, he left a pedagogical legacy that deserves to be rediscovered for the relevance of his intuitions. Traits of libertarian pedagogy and integral humanism merge in Adorni’s proposal. Based on the analysis of material from the Lottici-Adorni family private archive and on some interviews, the article introduces some distinctive features of Ulisse Adorni’s progressive school, including playful imprinting, inclusive teaching, openness to local areas and cooperative community building. Moreover, the teacher’s position on school evaluation, the singular nature of some innovative school texts edited by Adorni for Marietti publisher and the main proposals for young people developed during his councillorship are also addressed.

Tourism for Peace and Community Engagement: A Soft Power Approach to Conflict Resolution

The study analyses the soft power approach to conflict resolution using tourism and community involvement initiatives. This study investigates the impact of Peace through Tourism (PTT) and Community participation (CP) on Conflict resolution (CR) in Border destinations of Jammu and Kashmir (UT) in order to explore the possibilities of promoting just, peaceful, and inclusive societies, as articulated by Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16). Using community involvement and tourism as a means to greatly minimise conflict of all kinds as the main objective, about 340 residents of border towns were polled with questionnaires. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modelling (SEM) were employed to test and validate the study's assumptions about the relationships between variables. Current research findings suggest that peace through tourism plays a key role in resolving conflict at destinations and may play a supportive role in building peace on a global and local scale. The results also showed that community participation in tourism development has a big effect on resolving conflicts and that community participation lets locals enjoy the benefits of tourism activities and gives them the power to improve their skills through small business ventures. The paper gives suggestions for how different groups can help build peace through cooperative tourism projects and community interaction based on tourism.

Upaya Pemerintah Provinsi Riau dalam Menangani Kasus Kebakaran Hutan Riau berdasarkan ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

This research discusses the efforts of the Riau Provincial Government in raising awareness among the local community to prevent forest and land fires, which have become a serious issue in the Southeast Asian region. Grounded in the theories of compliance, neoliberal institutionalism, and the concept of international regimes, this study reveals that Indonesia, as the main actor in the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP), has made efforts to comply with the agreement. Preventive measures against forest and land fires involve the central and local governments, as well as the active participation of local communities. Education and socialization programs about the dangers of forest and land fires, relevant regulations, and their negative impacts are crucial components of the prevention strategy. Furthermore, private companies such as Asian Agri and PT SRL play a significant role in supporting these prevention programs. The research findings indicate that despite numerous efforts, the issues of forest fires and transboundary air pollution remain serious concerns in the Southeast Asian region. AATHP, as a binding legal framework for Indonesia, requires more extensive and sustainable efforts to achieve the desired goals of preventing transboundary air pollution. Community awareness and cooperation between government, private entities, and NGOs will be key to addressing this issue.

Reliable cooperative communication in cognitive vehicular networks for intelligent transportation systems

SummaryRapid intelligent transportation systems (ITS) innovations need a reliable MAC protocol to enable massive nonsafety message delivery and high‐priority safety broadcasts. The significant rise in spectrum need is regulated by collaboration in cognitive vehicular networks (CVNs). For QoS improvement, a reliable cooperative MAC for CVNs (CCVN‐MAC) is presented in this study. CCVN allows vehicles to collaborate and share channel status information, allowing for proactive channel switching in case of a legacy user (LU) appearance. To enable transmission mode selection, additional control signals are included. Using the suggested cooperative makeup technique, the helper nodes resend failed transmission. A Markov chain represents the protocol, and NS‐2 is used to evaluate it for several performance characteristics. Compared with conventional MAC techniques, the proposed protocol depicts improved performance, including depreciation of 70% in average latency and an increment of 42.4% in throughput.

Enterprises of Defense, Republican, Local and Cooperative Industry, Transport and Communication of the Kazakh SSR during the Great Patriotic War

Introduction. The purpose of the article is to analyze the activities of defense, republican, local and cooperative industry, transport and communications of the Kazakh SSR during the Great Patriotic War, aimed at the production of military products, weapons, various types of ammunition for the Red Army and Navy. The relevance of the study was determined by the need to identify the performance of the enterprises of the studied areas of industry in Kazakhstan during the Great Patriotic War, which contributed to the build-up of the combat potential of the Red Army and its comprehensive support. Materials and Methods. The source base of the work was made up by the works of Soviet, Kazakh and Russian authors, data of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dedicated to the period of the Great Patriotic War. The author used the method of source study to solve the scientific problem. Results. The peculiarities of technological production of products by the enterprises of defense and local industry of the republic are given, the main factors of growth of their indicators are established. Discussion and Conclusions. It is concluded that the efficiency of defense enterprises, republican, local and cooperative industry, transport and communications of the Kazakh SSR, the work of workers of the rear of the republic in 1941–1945 became a significant contribution to the Victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War.

PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING COMPONENTS

The article presents the observation of private experience in the process of university education in the context of educational reforms and specifically shows the methods of stimulating and developing students’ critical thinking.Accordingly, we consider debates, group discussions and case studies used during seminars and practical exercises. The article reveals students independent thinking and the ability to transcendental reflection.Taking into account the fact that the main goal of continuous reforms of pedagogical education is to make radical changes in the process of formation of professional and personal qualities of the future teacher in accordance with modern requirements, we analyze the implementation of that process during university studies. The study was carried out on the basis of the analysis of the results of the seminar and practical exercises. The findings of the research, shows together with the formation of critical thinking, students develop group cooperation and interpersonal communication skills. The need for the mentioned qualities is explained by the fact that various difficulties arise during the professional activity of a pedagogue under modern conditions. Overcoming these difficulties is possible only through cooperative forms of work, group thinking, constructive communication, and identifying original solutions to problems.

The Use of Flouting Maxim in “Rise of the Guardians” Movie

This descriptive qualitative research analyzed flouting maxims found in Rise of the Guardians movie. The researchers used utterances that contained flouting maxims as the data and the theory of Grice (1975) was used. Maxims refer to linguistic principles that must be understood in communication between speaker and listener in order for the communication process to proceed well. Flouting maxims refer to the phenomena that happen when communicator do not obey the cooperative principal communication. The phenomena of flouting maxims come up in daily utterance and the existence even appears in movie as media that all utterances are scripted. The aim of this research is to analyze flouting maxims in utterances of Rise of the Guardians movie. In process of collecting data, the researchers used the non-participatory observational method. In this research, pragmatic identity method and the competence in equalizing technique used to analyze the data. Based on the results, the researchers found 10 utterances of flouting maxims from the beginning until end of the movie. Flouting maxim of relation had four utterances, three utterances were found in flouting maxim of manner, one utterance was in flouting maxim of quality, and flouting maxim of quantity appeared two utterances.

Encouraging Factors For Women's Empowerment In Community Care And Social Work

Women are often seen as inferior to males in the community. Their occupations are limited to domestic duties such as caring for the family and making sure that everyday necessities are met. Despite their undervalued values, women continue to play a critical role in guaranteeing the welfare of the community, the well-being of the family, and the healthy development of the children. Nowadays, many women are joining the workforce, taking on leadership positions and taking part in a variety of community activities. This demonstrates the importance of women as contributors to society and the need to develop women's potential. Therefore, the study's goal is to investigate factors facilitating women's spiritual empowerment for treating female corpses. The study is focused on women empowerment at Desa Punggul by adopting qualitative method. The data are collected through participant direct observation and facilitating team's documentation, which are collected during community service program. The collected data are analyzed by using thematic analysis method. The study finds that women spiritual empowerment at Desa Punggul are enabled by two main factors. The first factor is the contribution of women organization (PKK). The women's organization promotes women's development in three areas: cognition (improving women's skills and knowledge, learning, or participating in decision-making, collaborating, and organizing community events), affection (boosting women's self-efficacy, self-worth, and strengthening women's mentality), and social (expanding social roles, establishing wider social relationships, and gaining support from their peers). The second component is the encouragement of a welcoming, cooperative, tolerant, engaging, and inclusive environment or community.

The research of interference recognition method in multi-nodes cooperative frequency-hopping communication based on time–frequency image analysis and deep learning

Interference recognition has a significant and irreplaceable importance in keeping battlefield communication reliability and securing information safety. However, the existing recognition algorithms have a common disadvantage, that the model scale is normally very huge. In order to satisfy the demand of decreasing mobile device weight and limiting the memory space, this article designed a lightweight neural network based on the idea of structure reparameterization. This network will take the time–frequency image of the interference signal as the input of the convolutional neural network (CNN), and import the efficient channel attention module, efficiently extract the feature of the interference signals, thus benefiting the interference recognition. The simulation experiment indicates that the network has a high accuracy rate in interference recognition in the circumstances when the quantity of parameters is not huge. At the same time, in order to solve the problem of low recognition accuracy due to the limit of information, this article designed an interference recognition algorithm based on multi-nodes collaboration technology. Considering jamming-to-noise ratio (JNR) could differ for each node, this article set a node select module, that could select the nodes that contain a higher result of JNR as the input of the fusion algorithm when each JNR is highly different, which could adjust abnormal influence from each node. The simulation experiment indicates that, the interference recognition algorithm based on multi-nodes collaboration technology could efficiently increase interference recognize accuracy, and reduce the influence from low JNR nodes.

Pola Komunikasi Pasangan Nikah Muda Dalam Menjaga Keharmonisan Rumah Tangga Di Kecamatan Huristak Kabupaten Padang Lawas

In general, this research aims to find out how young married couples communicate in maintaining household harmony in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district, what are the factors that cause young marriages in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district, how do young married couples behave? in resolving conflicts that occur within households in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district. This type of research uses qualitative methods through a descriptive approach which aims to describe information in detail according to the reality that occurs at the research location. Data was obtained through observation and interviews. Data analysis for this research uses a version of the Miles and Hermawan data model which includes data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The results of the research show that the factors causing young marriages in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district are economic, parents and their own will, the communication patterns used by young married couples in maintaining household harmony in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district are cooperative communication patterns and defensive communication patterns and the way young married couples resolve conflicts in Tobing Julu village, Huristak sub-district, Padang Lawas district, is to communicate well, be open to each other, lower the ego of each partner and accept all forms of the partner's strengths and weaknesses.