Main Key Issues Research Articles

Zaidiyah's Criticism of the Twelver Shiism in the matter of the Imamate through Zaidi Books

The theory of Imamate is considered the cornerstone and central axis for both the Zaydi and Twelver sects. Although these two sects share similar points regarding the Imamate, they differ in many subtopics. In this context, this research focused on these differences and attempted to identify the main points and key issues in the Zaydi critique of the Twelver theory. The research concluded that these two sects differ on numerous aspects of the Imamate, such as the attributes of the Imam, the method of his appointment, the number of Imams, the conditions of the Imamate, and so forth. The researcher, while reviewing Zaydi literature, noted the efforts of Zaydi scholars in critiquing the Twelver theory of Imamate. It can be said that Zaydi scholars have critically analyzed almost every idea of the Twelvers, both rationally and textually.

Robotics and artificial intelligence as representatives of a fundamentally new legal personality

This paper is devoted to the issue of the location of robotics and related technologies with the use of artificial intelligence in the legal field, as well as determining the direction and studying the ratio of the speed of development of such technologies in comparison with the development of legal mechanisms and law enforcement process as a whole. The question of the applicability of the established law in relation to representatives of the digital world in the form of robots with artificial intelligence as independent, autonomous subjects of the existing system was studied. New legal initiatives of the scientific community in the issues of regulation and responsibility in the sphere of real technologies are considered. The impact on the relationship between man and artificial intelligence or the legal regulation of these relations is today a field with numerous new tasks, including the solution of ethical and social problems, the organization of safe conditions for the existence and development of society. In the process of presentation of materials and methods of research the corresponding conclusions are obtained. The purpose of the research is to systematize the existing experience in the field of legal regulation of processes of creation or development, subsequent integration and use of artificial intelligence, robotics and similar, other technologies from this area. The research also aims to identify and highlight the main trends and key issues in this area. In the course of this research, emphasis has been placed on the significant increase in international competition in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies between private companies and states.

Improving performances of Lithium-Sulfur cells via regulating of VSe2 functional mediator with Doping-Defect engineering and Electrode-Separator integration strategy

The sluggish redox kinetics and the severe shuttle effect of soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) are the main key issues which would hinder the development of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. In this work, a nickel-doped vanadium selenide in-situ grows on reduced graphene oxide(rGO) to form a two-dimensional (2D) composite Ni-VSe2/rGO by a simple solvothermal method. When it is used as a modified separator in Li-S batteries, the Ni-VSe2/rGO material with the doped defect and super-thin layered structure can greatly adsorb LiPSs and catalyze the conversion reaction of LiPSs, resulting in effectively reducing LiPSs diffusion and suppressing the shuttle effect. More importantly, the cathode-separator bonding body is first developed as a new strategy of electrode-separator integration in Li-S batteries, which not only could decrease the LiPSs dissolution and improve the catalysis performance of the functional separator as the upper current-collector, but also is good for the high sulfur loading and the low electrolyte/sulfur (E/S) ratio for high energy density Li-S batteries. When the Ni-VSe2/rGO-PP (polypropylene, Celgard 2400) modified separator is applied, the Li-S cell can retain 510.3 mA h g−1 capacity after 1190 cycles at 0.5C. In the electrode-separator integrated system, the Li-S cell can still maintain 552.9 mA h g−1 for 190 cycles at a sulfur loading 6.4 mg cm−2 and 4.9 mA h cm−2 for 100 cycles at a sulfur loading 7.0 mg cm−2. The experimental results indicate that both the doped defect engineering and the super-thin layered structure design might optimally be chosen to fabricate a new modified separator material, and especially, the electrode-separator integration strategy would open a practical way to promote the electrochemical behavior of Li-S batteries with high sulfur loading and low E/S ratio.

British Stress Management Standards Approach in the Post-Epidemic Era and Its Insight on Psychological Health Education

In 2019, British Health and Safety Administration released a report on how to cope with work stress, which proposed stress management. standards approach. Through a structured analysis of the stress management standards approach, this paper clarifies its main connotation and key issues in implementation, and explores its important significance. It found that British standards approach to stress management includes procedures of organizational preparation, risk identification, injury determination, plan implementation, and monitoring of action, with embedded standards of requirements, controls, support, roles, change, and relationship management. It promotes people’s awareness of stress and its effects to a certain extent. British stress management standards approach in the post-epidemic era enlightens people: psychological health education must guide children to discover sources of stress and restore their inner world; Help children to recognize stress injuries and protect their physical and mental safety; Participate in children’s stress relief actions to enhance children’s symbiotic ability; Give full play to children’s initiative in understanding questions and construct children’s reflective life.

Construction of strongly coupled few-layer FePSe3-CNT hybrids for high performance potassium-ion storage devices

Given the layered crystal structure and tunable composition, ternary metal phosphorus trichalcogenides (MPCh3) is an attractive anode material for potassium-ion batteries with higher surface activity and mobility than their binary analogues. However, how to improve the electronic conductivity, ion diffusion, and maintain high reversible potassiation/depotassiation processes are the main key issues for the development of MPCh3-based electrodes with high rate and long cycle life. For example, theoretically, FePSe3 has a layered crystal structure with high electronic conductivity and low diffusion barrier, yet their K+-based electrochemical performance not well demonstrated. Here, we report a mechanical exfoliation method to prepare few-layer FePSe3-carbon nanotube (f-FePSe3/CNT) hybrids for use as high-efficiency K+ storage anodes. Electrochemical performance, kinetic analysis, reaction mechanism analysis, and density functional theory calculations show that this strongly coupled 1D-2D hybrids promotes the reaction and diffusion of potassium ions, giving full play to the inherent advantages of materials with different dimensions. Therefore, the f-FePSe3/CNT PIB anodes exhibit high capacity (472.1 mA h g−1, 0.05 A/g), high rate (124.9 mA h g−1, 10 A/g), and cycling stability (>1000 cycles), which significantly exceeds the performance of its binary analogue, here FeSe. In addition, the full cells of potassium-ion battery and hybrid capacitor coupled with f-FePSe3/CNT anodes exhibit good cycling stability (500 cycles) and high energy/power density of 54.7 W h kg−1/5790.8 W kg−1, respectively, revealing its practical applications in a wide range of K+-based storage systems. We believe that this work will provide a universal strategy for effectively activating the K+ electrochemical performance on a wide range of layered materials.

Optimized utilization of Salix—Perspectives for the genetic improvement toward sustainable biofuel value chains

AbstractBioenergy will be one of the most important renewable energy sources in the conversion from fossil fuels to bio‐based products. Short rotation coppice Salix could be a key player in this conversion since Salix has rapid growth, positive energy balance, easy to manage cultivation system with vegetative propagation of plant material and multiple harvests from the same plantation. The aim of the present paper is to provide an overview of the main challenges and key issues in willow genetic improvement toward sustainable biofuel value chains. Primarily based on results from the research project “Optimized Utilization of Salix” (OPTUS), the influence of Salix wood quality on the potential for biofuel use is discussed, followed by issues related to the conversion of Salix biomass into liquid and gaseous transportation fuels. Thereafter, the studies address genotypic influence on soil carbon sequestration in Salix plantations, as well as on soil carbon dynamics and climate change impacts. Finally, the opportunities for plant breeding are discussed using willow as a resource for sustainable biofuel production. Substantial phenotypic and genotypic variation was reported for different wood quality traits important in biological (i.e., enzymatic and anaerobic) and thermochemical conversion processes, which is a prerequisite for plant breeding. Furthermore, different Salix genotypes can affect soil carbon sequestration variably, and life cycle assessment illustrates that these differences can result in different climate mitigation potential depending on genotype. Thus, the potential of Salix plantations for sustainable biomass production and its conversion into biofuels is shown. Large genetic variation in various wood and biomass traits, important for different conversion processes and carbon sequestration, provides opportunities to enhance the sustainability of the production system via plant breeding. This includes new breeding targets in addition to traditional targets for high yield to improve biomass quality and carbon sequestration potential.

Learners’ Voices in Inclusive Education Policy Debates

Although the idea of including learners in policy-making is gaining ground, their voices still seem to be marginalised. This article focuses on the issue of learners’ voices in inclusive education policy debates. It begins by discussing main policy developments, arguments and key issues around learner voice and participation. It then draws on different aspects of work by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (the Agency) that has directly involved young people in exchanges with policy-makers and decision-makers responsible for developing and implementing policy for inclusive education. This includes four European “Hearings” (in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015), involving over 300 young people. It also includes workshops with learners in Cyprus and Poland as part of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support Programme activities. In the Agency’s work, learners with a range of learning needs from across Europe shared their views on their right to education (access), their rights in education (learning and participation) and their rights in wider society (achievement). Key messages from learners included the importance of barrier-free schools, raising awareness, changing attitudes and combating stereotypes to support their longer-term social inclusion and ensure they are able to become full citizens in their local communities. Building on these messages, the article concludes with some important considerations for future work and recommends positioning learners as key agents in policy debates for inclusive education.

Malaysian Apprenticeship Implementation: Issues and Challenges Towards Effective Employers Engagement

While the jobs recovery is underway in many countries, persistently high rates of youth unemployment remain a significant labour market challenge. In response, there has been increasing interest in apprenticeships both as a route into employment and also in raising the skill levels of the workforce. Apprenticeship is one of the methods to promote young people's employment. It is historically prevalent and successful in Europe and is emulated in other countries around the world to promote employment especially amongst youth. Apprenticeships and other work-based training opportunities are valuable training pathways for improving the transition from school-to-work. At the local level, apprenticeship programmes can contribute to regional development objectives and provide local employers with the skilled workforce they require to remain competitive and create jobs. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the currents issues and challenges faced by Malaysian industrial employers in employer engagement of apprenticeship programmes through action research and descriptive studies. This action-based research as a methodology is to gather the responses of Malaysian local companies’ experiences in the manufacturing sector, across Multinational Companies (MNC), Government-Linked Corporations (GLC) and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME) and identify the key issues and solutions that could create a beneficial prospect for TVET graduates and participating companies. Both descriptive quantitative and qualitative data from the survey questionnaires and interviews, respectively, were employed. 71 companies involved in the online survey and 6 manufacturing companies participated in the interviews and discussions as well as brainstorming. From the perspective ofindustries, this study found that the main key issues and challenges are: scarcity of competent industries instructors and coaches; provision of CPD; availability of apprenticeship bridging programs; teaching capacity; skills to deliver high quality employer focused apprenticeship; and industries and training providers collaboration. These six main issues are fundamentally systemic and highly intertwined in nature and will have to be resolved by all the stakeholders based on an agreeable working framework of apprenticeship in Malaysia. The findings of this study could provide policy makers and social partners with specific learnings to remove barriers to engaging employers in apprenticeship programmes, broaden access to training opportunities and improve the economic development and labour market performance of local areas.

Theoretical and methodological foundations of forensic economics

In modern conditions, the need to increase efficiency of forensic expert activity in economic field depends on development of theoretical and methodological base of forensic economics, interpretation of this economic and legal category in legislative field and determination of the system-forming factor of totality of forensic examinations.
 While systematizing scientific content, the main key issues related to theoretical development foundations of this type of forensic science are considered. The key informative informational blocks of forensic economics are highlighted: the first block is procedural nature of forensic examination assignment and conducting; second block is the use of specific expertise in the field of economics; third block is the topic of forensic economic examination; fourth block is the purpose of the results of economic research. An attempt has been made to improve interpretation of forensic economics as an economic andlegal category, as well as to substantiate its classification on the basis of dividing social production into material and non-material fields that are studied by the corresponding economic sciences.
 Thanks to the use of dialectical method, it is substantiated that solution to this methodological issue lies in the field of material production. Consideration of the relations between the economy and other fields of social activity demonstrated that economy is primary that allowed, as a result of the division of social production into the field of material production (material goods and material services; object of economic relations has a materialized form) and intangible production (intangible goods and intangible services; object economic relations has a non-material form) to determine the system-forming factor of various types of forensic economic examinations.

RTMS for depression: The difficult transition from research to clinical practice.

The publication of the 2020 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the management of mood disorders was followed by a series of correspondences discussing the place of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the sequence care for the routine treatment of depression. The controversy has led to an intense debate about the positioning of this neuromodulation technique in the clinical armamentarium for depression in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. The many arguments presented by the authors to defend their respective points of view can be summarised in two main key issues: (i) the interpretation of the level of evidence of rTMS for depression and (ii) the characterisation of patients who could benefit from this treatment. In this viewpoint, we discuss the difficult transition from research to clinical practice regarding the use of rTMS to treat depression.

Hollow mesoporous silica nanospheres using pentablock copolymer micelle templates

We developed hollow mesoporous silica nanospheres by a sol-gel process utilizing pentablock copolymer templates poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA-b-PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO-b-PLGA) under acidic aqueous conditions. Four kinds of water-soluble pentablock copolymers were used as structure-tuning agents and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) was used as a silica precursor. Hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles were prepared at room temperature without any additive salts, which is the main key issue compared with the other reports. The hollow structure was found when pentablock copolymer with longer chain length was used, while a bimodal pore structure was obtained using shorter copolymer templates. Moreover, hydrothermal stability for the hollow mesoporous silica samples was investigated inside distilled water at 100 °C for 28 d. It is noteworthy that pore structure and morphology were varied depending on the length scale of pentablock copolymer templates and the hollow mesopore structure was obtained from single- and partially bridged micelle templates at room temperature.

Building a Modern Energy System in the Yangtze River Delta

The Yangtze River Delta is one of the most economically active, open, and innovative regions in China. Further promoting energy revolution, and building a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system to promote the coordinated development of the economy, energy, and ecological environment in the Yangtze River Delta is significant to the national strategy of “Integrated Regional Development of the Yangtze River Delta.” This study proposes the idea of building a modern energy system in the Yangtze River Delta based on the local characteristics. The main features, key issues, and overall integration of the system are further discussed. Meanwhile, the economic, environmental, and social benefits brought by the modern energy system to the Yangtze River Delta are predicted. Furthermore, we propose that a unified energy leading agency should be established to build a demonstration area for energy integration; energy system reforms should be deepened to cultivate the energy market; the Internet Plus Smart Energy strategy should be implemented to promote high-quality energy development; and energy technology venture capital funds should be established.

A Global Environmental Pact and Ecological Civilization

Abstract A draft instrument, entitled a Global Pact for the Environment, was launched in Paris in June 2017, which subsequently resulted in a series of UN General Assembly resolutions, a Report by the UN Secretary General, and a report and recommendations by a specifically established ad hoc open-ended working group. Together, these processes identified a range of gaps in existing international environmental law, instruments, and governance. Though this global pact process was a significant milestone in recognising the need for improved global environmental governance, a new ‘umbrella’ international environmental law agreement such as a pact or similar—has not yet been recommended. This article argues that the time for a legally binding global pact is premature. In support of this contention, this article examines the causes leading to the current stage of the process. It does so by analysing the main disagreements and key issues that arose during three substantive meetings of an ad hoc open-ended working group in 2019. It also analyses the content of UNGA’s 2019 Resolution 73/333, which adopted the report of the working group, and considers the implications of this for the future development of the draft Global Pact. China’s growing role as an important advocate for global environmental governance is illustrated by its active engagement in the negotiation process for the Global Pact. It is suggested that China’s future participation in any follow-up negotiations relating to the Global Pact should be actively pursued, with specific reference to the concept of ecological civilization and its potentially important conceptual contribution to the substance of the final negotiation document. This would also reflect China’s commitment to the development of an ecological civilization on a global basis.

The Path towards Evolutionary—Teal Organizations: A Relationship Trigger on Collaborative Platforms

The technological challenges of the so-called fourth industrial revolution, innovative inter-organizational network relations, integration in corporate strategies of sustainability challenges, or unsatisfactory levels of staff commitment stemming from complexity and related uncertainty are some of the main key issues that organizations have to face in the near future. In this context, the appearance of the ‘evolutionary organization’ model marks an important milestone in terms of a renewed identification of fundamental principles for organizations, arguably as an update or revision of systemic thinking. This model allows organizations, functioning as living beings, to be more agile and humanistic and better prepared to establish agile and trustworthy inter-organizational relationships. Collaborative platforms are possible from that ability to add value between organizations while also being closely aligned with the principles and values of evolutionary organizations. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into how these (teal) organizations work with respect to their common principles of wholeness, evolutionary purpose, and self-management. In the end, the study intends to highlight relevant practical organizational aspects that can better facilitate the management of current and increasing complexity, as well as the transition to more humanistic-oriented organizations.

STUDY OF ETHNIC AND REGIONAL FEATURES OF DERMATOGLYPHIC PARAMETERS OF HANDS AND FEET (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Abstract. The article outlines the prospects for studying the ethnic and regional features of dermatoglyphic parameters of hands and feet, given the intensification of migration processes both within Ukraine and worldwide, which each year causes a catastrophic increase in the number of people living outside the country or region origin. Refugees, labor and political migrants, migrants due to racial discrimination and other reasons today make up 3% of the world's population. The growing flow of world migration and assimilation creates all the conditions for the disappearance of pure ethnic groups and peoples. Therefore, modern scientists are interested in the availability of anthropometric, anthroposcopic, dermatoglyphic data of different populations to create regional gene pools. In the context of the above issues, the issue related to the study of anthroposcopic, anthropometric, dermatoglyphic parameters of the population of Ukraine, taking into account regional and ethno-territorial affiliation, remains relevant. The article also identifies the advantages of using the dermatoglyphic method, which include ease of use, financial burden and the ability to obtain results in a short time. A thorough analysis of the literature on this issue, based on which the main directions of application of dermatoglyphics. It has been determined that dermatoglyphic has been the subject of research by specialists in various fields of knowledge form overe the century. Based on the results of studying the features of dermatoglyphic, anthropometric and anthroposcopic parameters, scientists have proposed a zoning scheme of the territory of Ukraine.The results obtained by studying the comb pattern of human hands and feet still remain an informative source in medicine, criminology, anthropology and population genetics. Genetic conditionality of dermatoglyphic parameters allows to use dermatoglyphics to solve a number of issues that arise during ethno anthropological and population-genetic studies. Dermatoglyphics is widely used in medicine: clinical (in predicting the likelihood of various pathological conditions) sports (in determining the physical capabilities of the person). In the practice of forensic medicine, dermatoglyphics has until recently been used in the examination of disputed paternity, but in recent decades it has also been actively used in determining family affiliation, analysis of family ties with subsequent use of data to identify unknown persons parameters of relatives. A number of Ukrainian scientists who studied the ethnic features of dermatoglyphic, anthropometric and anthroposcopic parameters, their contribution to Ukrainian ethnodermatoglyphics and outlined prospects for study were identified in the literature analysis. The main key issues considered by scientists from other countries of the world are also identified, the method of studying the ethnic and territorial features of dermatoglyphic, anthropometric and anthroposcopic parameters used by them is evaluated and the results obtained by them are analyzed. Іn the context of the above, it should be noted that the study of ethnological, regional features of dermatoglyphic parameters of the hands and feet is relevant among the world scientific community. However, currently there are too few works by domestic authors devoted to the study of regional and ethno-territorial features of dermatoglyphic parameters, although given the intensification of migration processes, the prospects for its study are outlined.

Occupant presence and behavior: A major issue for building energy performance simulation and assessment

The building sector in the world is responsible for nearly 36% of the final energy consumption and nearly 40% of total direct and indirect CO2 emissions. Reducing buildings energy consumption is an absolute necessity, and one of the most efficient methods is the estimation and optimization of building energy performance. One of the significant factors affecting the building energy performance is the occupant behavior. Recently, there has been growing interest in the occupant behavior field. Within the framework of this context, different methods have been proposed and developed especially when the traditional methods, such as interview and survey, are not efficient and sufficient to analyze and to predict the occupant behavior with better accuracy. This research provides a comprehensive characterization of the occupant behavior through, a review of current approaches for occupant behavior analysis. The main key issues and drivers affecting the energy behavior of habitants identified on the literature were synthetized and presented. Furthermore, the paper highlights the necessity of including the energy feedback programs as a main key in the topic of occupants, in order to integrate them in the building performance process.This research is a part of a European project H2020 “Holistic Energy and Architectural Retrofit Toolkit (HEART)”.

The Conformity of the Hungarian Public Sector Accounting Regulation with the EPSAS Conceptual Framework

The EPSAS Conceptual Framework 2018 is a useful summary of the main goals and key issues in public sector accounting, since collects all the relevant topics at a general level. Similar to the IPSAS, these standards are also not binding yet, but it is necessary for the EU member states to prepare for the application as soon as possible. The first step is to realise the conformity of the current national system with the standards. In Hungary, the public accounting reform – besides the public financial changes (2011) – has started at the end of 2013. The Hungarian public sector accounting system generally complies with the EPSAS, therefore it is ready to implement the standards. Only some conceptual and technical changes are necessary to be made in the field of IT, professionals, policy and responsibility. International experience shows that the length of implementation can vary widely (2-3 or more than 3 years), as the scope and implementation of reforms are very different. Although both systems are able to serve the basic requirements of transparency and accountability at a financial and social level, but for uniformity the European standards are necessary. Obviously, the subtle details require a lot of attention, as the proverb says: God is in the parts.

A FUSION-BASED WORKFLOW FOR TURNING SLAM POINT CLOUDS AND FISHEYE DATA INTO TEXTURE-ENHANCED 3D MODELS

Abstract. Mobile mapping systems are increasingly developing ad hoc solution and integrated approaches for rapid and accurate 3D digitization in different operating environments belonging to built heritage assets. The use of emerging compact, portable and low-cost solution for imaging and ranging well fits in the purposes of mapping complex indoor spaces especially for narrow and underground ones (tunnels, mines, caves and ancient spaces), that are very challenging contexts in which to experiment integrated technological solutions and tailored workflows. In these cases, the main key issues are generally the difficulty in the seamless positioning and the complete and successful metric-radiometric content association in metric surface, due to the reduced manoeuvring space and complex lighting conditions. The prevalent goals for which the 3D digitization could be conceived are, beyond the accurate metric documentation, the analysis of mutual relations of volumes in complex structures, the virtual reconstruction and navigation of spaces with reduced accessibility for dissemination aims. The new SLAM-based positioning solutions implemented in some recent portable systems for indoor/outdoor mapping are increasingly developing and favoured by geometric features extraction algorithms even in traveling through complex and irregular environments. In parallel, the possibility to exploit the advances in digital photogrammetry algorithms for image matching and dense reconstruction using action-cam, compact and fisheye cameras allows to deploy investigation solutions even in complex environments at first sight impossible to map by photogrammetric approach. Here within the F.I.N.E. benchmark in the site of the San Vigilio Castle (Bergamo) and the “nottole” tunnels, a fusion-based workflow is proposed. It is focused on the purposes of providing radiometrically enriched 3D data from the possibility to colourized ZEB point cloud and a textured mesh surfaces with an oriented image block, taking care of the time processing steps optimization.

Study and Analysis of Process Parameters for Silicone Rubber Mold

Time and expense are two main key issues that are needed to develop a new product. Silicone rubber mold is one of the most commonly used techniques in the rapid tooling technology. As product life cycles are getting shorter, it is important to shorten product development time and costs, and rapid introduction of new products. Thus, enhancing the efficiency of making silicone rubber molds become an important research direction. The silicone rubber mold process parameters were investigated experimentally in this study. The results showed that the weight ratio of base compound and hardener 10:1 is the optimum ratio because the curing time of silicone rubber mold can be shortened significantly. In addition, 40 – 50 °C is the optimum range of curing temperature because of the shorter curing time of silicone rubber mold and 5 % shrinkage of the inner dimensions of the silicone rubber mold. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.24.4.14852

A social network based approach for consensus achievement in multiperson decision making

Nowadays we are living the apogee of the Internet based technologies and consequently web 2.0 communities, where a large number of users interact in real time and share opinions and knowledge, is a generalized phenomenon. This type of social networks communities constitute a challenge scenario from the point of view of Group Decision Making approaches, because it involves a large number of agents coming from different backgrounds and/or with different level of knowledge and influence. In these type of scenarios there exists two main key issues that requires attention.Firstly, the large number of agents and their diverse background may lead to uncertainty and or inconsistency and so, it makes difficult to assess the quality of the information provided as well as to merge this information. Secondly, it is desirable, or even indispensable depending on the situation, to obtain a solution accepted by the majority of the members or at least to asses the existing level of agreement. In this contribution we address these two main issues by bringing together both decision Making approaches and opinion dynamics to develop a similarity-confidence-consistency based Social network that enables the agents to provide their opinions with the possibility of allocating uncertainty by means of the Intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations and at the same time interact with like-minded agents in order to achieve an agreement.