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The risk assessment of public-private partnership projects using artificial intelligence algorithms

Purpose: is to develop an innovative approach to risk management in public-private partnership (PPP) projects using advanced artificial intelligence technologies that allow creating the risk assessment model that takes into account non-linear relationships between various risk factors.Methods: in addition to traditional methods of scientific knowledge, interdisciplinary approaches of risk management and established practice of machine learning were used in the work. The methodological basis of the study was formed by works on the risk assessment and the application of AI algorithms in this area. The empirical basis of the study was the data of the official portal of ROSINFRA on public-private partnership projects.Results: the practice of applying AI algorithms to the task of assessing the risks of PPP-projects in Russia and abroad was studied. It is established that the most effective result is shown by the models based on Random-Forest-Classifier. However, the presented solutions do not take into account Russian economic realities. The authors have structured a database of implemented PPP-projects suitable for risk modeling. The model for assessing the risk of failure to achieve the objectives of Russian PPP-projects has been developed and its quality has been assessed. Recommendations on implementation of the model in the operational loop of PPP projects realization processes are offered.Conclusions and Relevance: the developed model allows, according to the general parameters of PPP project (region, authority, term of agreement, industry and scope of implementation, etc.) with the accuracy of 93% (according to the ROC\AUC metric), to assess the risk that the project will end incorrectly (due to a failed tender, refusal to launch, termination by court decision, cancellation/annulment of the tender). With the help of the model the executive authorities of the Russian Federation can build risk management for PPP projects management in the regions and thus contribute to their efficiency improvement. The article may also become useful for project management practitioners and appraisers.

Analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation of investment projects projects of the eaeu regions

Relevance. The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is the most important instrument of cooperation between Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as the most important strategic entity in the context of modern geopolitical realities. It is in such an unstable period that joint cooperation is an integral feature of the long-term development of the member states of the union. The article examines the processes of development and implementation of the largest construction projects within the EAEU, as well as examines the issues of financing these projects, and evaluates the effectiveness of their implementation for each participating country.The purpose of the work is to identify the role of the EAEU in the development of the participating countries, their points of contact and cooperation.Objectives: to analyze the volume of completed construction works of the EAEU member states, the number of housing squares commissioned on the territory of the EAEU; to estimate the amount of investments invested in the largest investment projects of the EAEU in the participating countries.Methodology. The basis of the study is the database of the official portal of the Eurasian Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The materials of Russian and foreign experts published in the official publication of the Eurasian Union "Bulletin of the EEA" were also used in this study. Methods of comparison, synthesis and analysis of information resources were used in the study. Results. The unified strategy for the economic development of the EAEU member states, taking into account internal and external challenges, is implemented mainly through the active development and development of the largest investment programs throughout the Union.Conclusions. The active work of the EAEU brings tangible benefits and advantages to each member country of the union through the exchange of technologies, production experience and resources, as well as through the development of transport infrastructure. At the same time, questions remain about the sufficiency of the contribution of specific States to joint development, since some of them do not have a sufficient level of development and a sufficient amount of natural resources.

Layanan Jakarta Pengawasan (Jakwas) Sebagai Inovasi Inspektorat Provinsi DKI Jakarta Untuk Pelaksanaan Pembinaan Dan Pengawasan Penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Daerah Dalam Rangka Mewujudkan Clean Government

The DKI Jakarta Inspectorate as a state apparatus is involved in achieving the goal of implementing clean government to emphasize the implementation of the principle of government integrity. The official portal of the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate has a JakWas service that needs to be studied as a catalyst and innovation in the implementation of guidance and supervision of the implementation of regional government. The study was conducted using a qualitative research method with a library/literature study data collection technique. The results of the study indicate that: 1) The DKI Jakarta Provincial Inspectorate in implementing guidance and supervision of the implementation of Regional Government innovates by creating a Jakarta Supervision (JakWas) dashboard to integrate SPBE services owned by the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of supervision carried out by the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate on the implementation of Regional Government affairs by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Apparatus in an effort to realize clean government governance; 2) The creation of applications/information systems created by the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate is based on the mandate of regulations in accordance with the duties and functions of guidance and supervision; and 3) The implementation of sustainable programs requires a commitment to continue to carry out the task of guidance and supervision with excellence. Activities such as system evaluation, user feedback, effectiveness of SPBE services, and their impact on the implementation of provincial-level coaching and supervision duties.

АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОГО ЗЕМЕЛЬНОГО КОНТРОЛЯ НА ТЕРРИТОРИИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КОМИ

The article presents an overview of the land control conducted on the territory of the Ukhta municipal district, which is part of the Komi Republic. Municipal land control is a framework that ensures the use of land and land plots, as interpreted by Russian legislation. The bodies whose powers include control over the use of land and land plots within the boundaries of a municipality are the regulatory instrument for the activities of individuals, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. In accordance with the current legislation, risk management during municipal land control and the assessment system on the territory of the Ukhta municipal district is not applied. When implementing municipal land control, records are kept of land control objects owned by the Ukhta municipal District, state ownership of which is not delimited. According to the Regulation, the types of preventive measures are established on the territory of the Ukhta municipal district: generalization of law enforcement practice, informing, consulting, preventive visit, announcement, warning. The results of law enforcement practice are displayed in the annual report, which is subject to approval by the head of the Ukhta municipal district and is posted on the official portal of the administration. Based on the analysis, the main problems in municipal land control in the territory of the Komi Republic have been identified: insufficient technical support, lack of authorized bodies and officials to carry out land control measures, low level of regulation in municipal legal acts, limited capabilities of the inspector. To solve the considered problems, a number of recommendations are proposed: proper technical support, amendments to the legislative framework on the issue of expanding the powers of the municipal inspector, professional development of inspectors, differentiation of responsibilities of municipal and state land control.

Covid -19 Prediction

A global emergency has emerged in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. If governments around the world are serious about lowering the impact of this worldwide epidemic, they must devote significant resources to studying this disease. This research looks into the disease's outbreak, trains datasets for the Indian region, and tests the number of cases over the following three weeks. Based on data acquired from the official portal of the Government of India throughout the crutial time period, we have utilised various machine learning algorithms, including a logistic regression model, to make predictions. When testing the models' efficacy, several regression models were used. In the three-week period of test data, the expected instances are anticipated to be approximately 175K--200K, which closely matches the actual figures. Both the government and medical professionals can use this information to inform their future plans. The goal of data science is to discover new patterns and relationships in large datasets by applying statistical and computational methods. Cleansing and preparing data, visualising data, statistical modelling, machine learning, and many other tasks are all part of it. Discovering trends and patterns in data, creating forecasts, and providing decision-making support are all possible with the use of these methods. Data types that they might encounter include both structured (like dates and numbers in a spreadsheet) and unstructured (like text, photos, or audio). Many different sectors make use of data science, including banking, medicine, retail, and many more.

Analisis Pengaruh Jumlah Penduduk, IPM dan Tingkat Pengangguran Terbuka Terhadap Tingkat Kemiskinan di Provinsi Jawa Timur

Poverty is a complex economic problem and is often faced by countries in the world. There are various factors that cause poverty, especially in Indonesia. This research aims to determine the influence of Population, Human Development Index, and Open Unemployment Rate on poverty levels in East Java Province. This research uses quantitative research and secondary data for the 2017 – 2022 time period obtained from the official portal of the East Java Province Central Statistics Agency. The analytical tool used is panel data regression using the selected Fixed Effect model. The results of this research show that the population variable does not have a significant effect on the poverty level in East Java Province, the human development index variable and the open unemployment rate variable have a significant effect on the poverty level in East Java Province. Meanwhile, simultaneously the variables of population, human development index, and open unemployment rate have a significant effect on the poverty level in East Java Province

Financial Risk and International Inbound Tourism: A Malaysian Illustration

The impact of financial risk on inbound tourism is explored in this study by examining the effect of shocks in foreign debt level and debt service stability on the tourist arrival rate in Malaysia, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Quarterly data from 2010 to 2020 were obtained from multiple sources, which include the Malaysia Tourism corporate website, the official portal of the Ministry of Economy Malaysia, the Department of Statistics Malaysia, and the Federal Reserve (FRED) Economic statistical website. A VAR model was estimated, together with the Granger causality test, to identify the relationship between financial risk, control variables, and the tourist arrival rate in Malaysia. We specifically consider the effects of financial risk on estimated impulse responses and variance decompositions for the studied variables. Empirical results indicate that there is a unidirectional causality running from foreign debt level stability, debt service stability, and industrial production to tourist arrivals. In addition, there is also bidirectional causality from the effective exchange rate to tourist arrivals and from tourist arrivals to the effective exchange rate. This study is the first of its kind to explore the effect of financial risks in the context of foreign debt levels and debt service stability in Malaysia. The study emphasizes the importance of monitoring the country’s debt financing threshold to maintain financial stability, which if violated would be detrimental to tourism.

Forty years of soil research funded by the European Commission: Trends and future. A systematic review of research projects

AbstractThe European Green Deal with its high ambition has set the European Union (EU) on a promising path towards greater soil protection. The EU Soil Strategy 2030, the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Zero Pollution, the Nature Restoration Law and the European Climate Law, among others, include actions to protect our soils. Research and Innovation (R&I) will play a key role in developing new knowledge and tools enabling the transition to healthy soils. The main aim of this paper is to analyse past and near‐future trends in EU's funding for R&I on soil‐related issues. For this purpose, a review of EU‐funded soil projects was conducted based on the data available in the Community Research and Development Information Service and the official portal for European data. Our analysis shows that over the past 40 years, the EU has invested significantly in developing integrated knowledge about the relationships between soil functions and ecosystem services and how human‐induced pressures affect soil health. Following the adoption of the EU Soil Thematic Strategy in 2006, there was an increase in research funding for soil‐related research. Furthermore, our analysis also illustrates an interesting interplay of permanent and changing soil themes. The Horizon Europe Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, which aims to establish a network of 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils and safeguard human and planetary health by 2030, provides a further incentive for soil research. Together with the EU Soil Strategy 2030 and the new proposal for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law), and the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO), the three instruments set up the political framework, concrete measures, and a monitoring system needed for the protection, restoration and sustainable use of soils.

Evaluating the Contents of the Official Portal of the Malaysian Ministry of Education: A Website Review

Evaluating the Contents of the Official Portal of the Malaysian Ministry of Education: A Website Review

Media views in Indonesia on the belt and road initiative policy : a study of Indonesian new media reports to the BRI project of China in Indonesia

The pros and cons of the project of BRI in Indonesia cannot be separated from mainstream and online mass media coverage in Indonesia. In the coverage, there is a framing to build a story so that the influence of journalists is so great that the news is read by the public. In addition, the informant factor as well as ideology influence the news statements that appeared in the media. This research focuses on how the construction of the mass media coverage in Indonesia, especially the new media (online news) related to the cooperation between Indonesian and Chinese government in the BRI project. The research uses a qualitative descriptive approach and framing analysis. The research object is the official portal of online news such as Media Indonesia.com. Republika.com Kompas.com, and Jawapos.com. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that the framing of online media coverage Kompas.com, mediaindonesia.com, jawapos.com and Republika.com have differences. Kompas.com and jawapos.com put more emphasis on scientific and intellectual language because both of their readers have a better level of education and economics. Whereas republika.com and mediaindonesia.com tend to use straightforward and simple language. Kompas.com and jawapos.com lead opinions to think critically with data while republika.com and mediaindonesia.com leads the public to see the implementation of Indonesia's and China economic cooperation programs in the BRI project.

PREDICTION OF THE PROGRESS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BASED ON COLLABORATIVE FILTERING ALGORITHMS

Building an optimal individual educational trajectory for students is currently impossible without the use of recommender systems. The role of such a system for individual educational trajectory is to inform the student about the most useful disciplines for him, based on his interests and academic performance. An important factor for recommendations is the forecast of student progress. Through assessments, the student's inclination to a particular subject, as well as the level of his education, can be expressed. In addition, the success of mastering the discipline greatly affects the motivation of students. Thus, an important part of the recommender system is the prediction model. The article describes an approach to developing a system for predicting the progress of university students in elective disciplines. The predictive model is based on machine learning algorithms. Collaborative filtering was used as the main method. The sources for collecting data on the digital footprint of students are the electronic educational information environment of the university and the official portal, which hosts educational standards, work programs and annotations. Information about students and their progress is presented in the form of three tables – a rating plan, disciplines and a list of students. The data structure has the form of a double nested dictionary, where the keys are sections of the university from faculty to specialty and year of study, and the values are tables with the student identification number, course of study, subject, normalized grade, and elective and model labels. To solve the filtering problem, k-means algorithms, cosine proximity, and Pearson correlation were used. The applied approaches are able to work for small data and do not require large performance costs. The resulting predictive model has a sufficiently high accuracy and can be used in recommender systems to build individual educational trajectories of university students.

The Impacts of Employment-to-Population, Interest Rate Spread and Inflation on Malaysian Economic Growth: Evidence from 1991 to 2019

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest Global Financial Stability Report issued in October 2022, foresees that the world economy is going to be in deep recession in 2023. The main issues highlighted in the report that contribute to the global recession are the multi-decades higher-than-anticipated inflation and the hike in the interest rates. The report further highlights that the large-sized firms are facing a declining profitability due to skyrocketing cost and the increasing number of bankruptcy cases among the small and medium-sized firms because of rising borrowing cost. In the wake of this, the firms need to close down the businesses or to scale down by cutting down the number of employees. This, consequently, will affect the employment rate relative to increasing number of world population. Therefore, based on these current issues, we aim to examine the relationship and the impacts of the macroeconomic determinants on the economic growth focusing on Malaysia. Four macroeconomic determinants were selected namely employment-to-total population ratio (EPR), MYR-to-USD exchange rate (EXC), lending-borrowing interest rate spread (IRS) and consumer price index (CPI). Gross domestic product growth rate (GDPGR) was used as a proxy for the economic growth. Annual secondary data from 1991 to 2019 were gathered from the World Bank Open Data and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) Official Portal. We based our analyses on the descriptive statistics to look at the mean, maximum-minimum and standard deviation of the data of respective variables, then we use the Pearson’s correlation test to show the negative or positive correlation between the dependent variable (DV) and independent variables (IVs) and finally we employ the multiple regressions test to reveal the significant or insignificant relationships together with the positive or negative impacts of each IV on the DV. The main findings from the correlation test indicate EPR, EXC and IRS have negative correlations, where EXC has moderate correlation whilst the other two have very weak correlations with GDPGR. Meanwhile, CPI shows positive but very weak correlation with GDPGR. Meanwhile, the regressions test reveals EPR and IRS positively influence GDPGR whilst EXC and CPI have negative impacts on the Malaysian economic growth. However, only EXC is found to be significant out of the four determinants. The results imply the higher employment creates larger productivity to the economy and the more stable monetary policy (IRS) the better contribution to economic growth. On contrary, depreciation of MYR against USD and fluctuation in price level of goods and services lead to economic instability. The findings have significant implications for policy makers, businesses and investors in their decision making. For future research, we suggest to test on other economic variables such as industrial production index, foreign direct investment and money supply together with non-economic variables such as human development index, corruption perception index and global peace index of the country. We also suggest future studies to apply other methodologies for robustness. Comparison with other countries will also make the findings more meaningful.

РОСІЙСЬКА АГРЕСІЯ ПРОТИ УКРАЇНИ ВІД 2014 РОКУ ДОНИНІ: ПОЗИЦІЯ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ДИПЛОМАТІЇ

This article is devoted to the modern Russian-Ukrainian war, which began in February 2014 and is still ongoing. In this context, attention is drawn to the informational and explanatory efforts of Ukrainian diplomacy, primarily the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The official foreign policy position of the state of Ukraine regarding the prerequisites, causes, course and consequences of Russian aggression is investigated. Mainly, the substantive activity of Ukrainian diplomacy is highlighted – the provisions, arguments, and evidence that formed the basis of the powerful support of Ukraine (as a victim of Russian aggression) by leading states and intergovernmental organizations. In order to achieve this main goal of his research, the author carefully analyzed the official portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The specified ministry objectively classified Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine as a pre-planned military operation that began on February 20, 2014, with the seizure of the Crimean peninsula. Ukrainian diplomats are rightly convinced that Russia’s modern war against Ukraine is a civilizational conflict – a struggle against Russian neo-colonialism. The most important current goals of Ukraine include the liberation of the occupied territories, restoration of its territorial integrity, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. In addition, Russia must pay compensation for the destruction caused to Ukraine, and Russian war criminals must be properly punished. At the same time, Ukraine deserves effective international legal guarantees of its security and full membership in the European and Euro-Atlantic unions. In general, informational and educational efforts remain a priority area of activity of Ukrainian diplomacy in the conditions of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

OpΕnergy: An Intelligent System for Monitoring EU Energy Strategy Using EU Open Data

In this paper, the basic structure of an ICT platform of energy indicators, Openergy, is analytically presented, leveraging energy open data to help address the energy crisis more democratically. More specifically, its applicability as a dynamic tool for the management of climate, environmental, and socioeconomic information is described, and its efficiency in helping uncover insights for optimal data-driven decisions is depicted. Openergy uses data from the official portal for European data and the Eurostat site. Its database consists of data related to six energy categories, EU 2020 energy targets, energy balance, electricity production, transport fuels, heat production, and gas emissions, and each one includes its own indicators for EU countries. The platform includes visualizations of these data as well as time series modeling and forecasting, and the results are depicted at Openergy platform. The time series modeling provides forecasts with confidence intervals of each indicator until 2020 in each energy category. Empirical validation, RMSE, and MAE values showed that in almost all cases and estimations, the predicted values are in very good agreement with the observed values.

Nanomaterials pollutant's emission influencing outdoor recreation in China: Analytical strategies proceeding to sustainable environment

The global demand for bioenergy and nanomaterial utilization has significantly contributed to their source depletion. The impact of outdoor pollutant emissions on residents' health, behavior, physical activity, and sleeping behavior is much less explored. Producing biofuels from organic waste has the potential to unite budget-friendliness and long-term sustainability. Primary biofuels are produced specifically to mitigate environmental problems, and secondary biofuels are produced specifically to mitigate other environmental problems. The high level of pollutants ina certain area can severely restrict human activities and ultimately influence their whole life. The study aims to empirically evaluate the influence of nanomaterials pollutants emissions influencing outdoor recreation in China because its economy is based on fast-paced industrialization and urbanization. Various datasets were collected, including domestic and international tourists from the annual statistics for 2011–2020 from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Ten years of annual METAR data of visibility (VR), temperature (T), relative humidity (Demirhan), and wind speed (WS) from 30 metrological stations at international airports. Annual average AOD (Aerosol's Optical Depth), O3 (Ozone), CO (Carbon Monoxide), SO4 (Sulphate), and PM2.5 (Particulate Matter) satellite imageries from 2011 to 2020 were obtained from NASA's official portal. The overall picture of satellite observations of pollutants over China describes that the highest level of AOD was observed in regions with greater population concentration than in other areas. We computed a statistical summary, correlation matrix, and Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach. Certain analyses were performed, like Unrestricted Error Correction Models (UECM) and Restricted Error Correction Model (RECM)), bound tests for cointegration, and multiplier estimations for short-term and long-term impacts. UECM and RECM models produced R2 > 0.90 with good F statistics and a p-value of <0.05. A bounds F-test for no cointegration on the ARDL model was performed, and the results show that the p-value = 1e-06 and F = 8.516 with alternative hypothesis = Possible cointegration. Bounds t-test for no cointegration was also performed on UECM model and the results show that t = −2.9066, Lower-bound I(0) = −3.43, Upper-bound I(1) = −5.37, p-value = 0.6138 and alternative hypothesis = Possible cointegration. The study's findings may help Chinese policymakers and stakeholders design effective information strategies to combat air pollution. Effective measures can help alleviate this devastating air quality factor, thus benefiting the tourism industry and enhancing the local inhabitants' welfare.

Web-based statement of result verification system for Federal Polytechnic, Mubi

Over the years there has been a continuous request by Organizations Academic Institutions, Recruiters and Employers to verify graduated students' statements of results from Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. This occurs as a result of the delay in issuance of Certificates which are expected to be ready after three years of Student graduation as it is obtainable by other Institutions in the country. This issue is causing Organizations, Institutions and the Polytechnic time and resources over the years. This paper aims to design an online result verification system that will provide easy, fast and real-time verification of student Statements of the result. This system of verifying students' results will reduce the level of result forgery, ease the stress on the Polytechnic and reduce verification time which is done by physical document verification. The current system requires an employer or anybody concerned to send a representative to the Exams and Record Unit of the Polytechnic to verify a particular statement of result which takes a long time and is not cost-effective. This paper designed and implemented a proposed Web Base Statement of Result Verification System using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), MySQL Database and Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (WAMP) Server. Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams and System Architecture were designed for the proposed system. The proposed system was designed to process student results with an embedded Quick Response (QR) code and a Result Verification Code (RVC) which will help organizations to verify students’ statements of results in real-time. This system could be integrated into an already existing institution's official portal.

Identification, documentation and promotion of cultural heritage: problems and prospects in the Indian context

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to overview the current state of affairs of the Indian heritage treasures, which are being identified, restored, preserved and promoted by various organizations at national and international levels with an emphasis on its documentation aspect. Lack of information about the heritage sites, structures and its significance, especially unprotected and unidentified, leads to its permanent loss. One of the prominent measures to safeguard from such irrevocable cultural deprivation is its documentation. Further, the study aims to examine the significant challenges associated with identifying unrevealed heritage assets of the country in the context of its preservation, documentation and promotion. As a suggestive measure, the study aims to propose the need for developing a comprehensive cultural heritage register assisted with technological aids focusing on community participation in taking stock of the heritage items they possess and enable them to effectively document.Design/methodology/approachThe present study extracts the cultural heritage data available with the UNESCO belongs to Indian heritage assets inscribed in its World Heritage portal. The collected data has been analyzed and interpreted to overview the country's recognition at the global level. The data collected from the official portal is further explored and customized to have a lucid account. The details about the organizations and institutions working on heritage conservation and preservation activities in India are also collected. A review of published literature on the related areas has also been performed to identify the issues and challenges associated with the documentation of heritage assets to support this study. The study also included the researcher’s experience in working with cultural heritage documentation.FindingsIndia holds a substantial quantity of cultural as well as natural heritage items. However, an exhaustive effort to document them at the national level is not being accomplished to its full potential. Many of the assets, inheritances or sites of cultural importance have not been fully identified, preserved or documented; hence, it is unrecalled forever once lost. Some organizations and individuals working on cultural heritage lack clarity in its function and do not follow any common standards in its documentation. For any conservation activity, documentation is prime, and the local community's support is also essential. Means of international collaboration for managing and promoting the heritage are required to be encouraged. Findings of the study demand the need for utilizing digital technologies to assist the documentation process. It emphasizes the requirement of having a web-based single window online gateway where an individual or community can dispense the knowledge and resources they possess hence contributing to heritage conservation, preservation and sustainability.Research limitations/implicationsThe study limited to Indian scenario and the data on the heritage sites are collected from UNESCO's World Heritage portal. Only the documentation and promotional aspects of the cultural heritage are discussed. There are many lesser-known and unprotected cultural heritage in different parts of the country with artistic value. The unique characteristics that have not been recorded anywhere are to be documented systematically to reduce the frequency and severity of losses. The implication of the study highlights the present scenario of cultural heritage documentation in India and the need for a comprehensive heritage information gateway supported with a register facility to precisely document and retrieve.Practical implicationsAspects of culture which are inherited from the past to the present are to be preserved for future generations. Digital archives of cultural heritage and the use of digital tools to document them are effective mechanisms to protect and store the data on endangered heritage items. For any such conservation effort, documentation is its first step. Developing and facilitating access to an exclusive database of cultural heritage at risk boast its sustainability and can be enriched by the involvement of local communities. Public access to such a database would greatly support administrators, tourist departments, culture departments, development administration and conservation activists to gather the details of unprotected heritage items of the country, its present condition, risk of damage, etc. which further helps in its preservation, conservation, sustainability and promotion in a constructive manner.Originality/valueTo the authors' best knowledge, no such single and comprehensive mechanism in the country allow the individuals to contribute to the inventory list holding information about the identified, unprotected and unidentified heritage assets which are having a risk of damage, threat, decay, vulnerable, neglect, lack of use or inappropriate maintenance and development. Developing such a system with technological and data infrastructure helps to pool all the cultural heritage resources under one umbrella. It imparts the value and significance of protecting and promoting heritage inheritances and a safe haven of them from the risk of its chronic loss. The system can also support all the activities related to heritage protection and bring the local community to timely support and initiate such heritage conservation activities.

Zakat Collection and Distribution Methods in The Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic: Analysis of its Implementation in Perak

The threat of the COVID-19 virus has spread to all countries of the world. This contagion has affected various sectors, especially the economic, social, education and health sectors. Many institutions are affected by the spread of this virus and one of them is the zakat institution. This is due to the increasing poverty rate and those affected by health problems. This problem affects the zakat institution as the zakat collection is decreasing, wheras the zakat distribution is increasing simultaneously. Thus, this study aims to analyze the management of zakat collection and distribution by the Islamic Religious Council and Perak Malay Custom (MAIPk) in the phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Perak. This study uses a qualitative approach in which the data collection process involves library research method. The data collection process is done by analyzing documents from books, journals, newspapers and also the official portal of MAIPk. For the data analysis process, all documents involved were analyzed using content analysis method. The results show that the MAIPk has implemented several methods for the management of zakat collection and distribution to face the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. Among the methods implemented are zakat campaign activities and dissemination of zakat information in electronic media, providing allocations to those affected by COVID-19, supplementary food assistance, special educational assistance, donations of health and medical equipment and various other assistances. These efforts are viewed as highly beneficial and capable of assisting the community in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects, particularly in Perak.

Walls, deserts and rivers: A study of spatial-temporal variations in apprehensions of illegal Indian immigrants at southwest land border of U.S.A.

Between 2007 and 2022, a total 51046 Indian immigrants attempted to cross the U.S. international border illegaly.2022 saw an increase of 6829.25% in the number of apprehension by U.S. Border Patrol. This tremendous increase in the number of apprehensions of illegal Indian immigrants is the direct result of more and more Indians attempting to cross the border with the help of alien traffickers of Mexico and Central America. These absolute numbers of Indian apprehension are not without reasons. Yearly fluctuations in the number of apprehensions and its spatial variation along the southwest land border along Mexico can be analyzed and interpreted through careful scrutiny of the data provided by the U.S. Border Patrol annually on their official portal. This study can be termed as a pioneer effort in the direction of understanding the underlying spatial-temporal patterns due to myriad of factors affecting the illegal Indian immigrants.

Women in the system of power relations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The article deals with important and topical issues of the gender problem in the system of power relations, a comparative characteristic of the composition of deputies of regional parliaments of the Russian Federation is given. On the example of the northernmost region - the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the situation of women in power is analyzed, the comparative characteristics of the occupied share of women in regional and municipal parliaments, as well as their socio-political interests in career growth are described. Biographies of the most prominent representatives of the parliamentarians of Yakutia are presented, an attempt is made to study the participation of women deputies in the political life of the republic. The materials of the official Internet portal of legal information were used as a research method.